What series/types of tournaments did you enjoy most in 202…

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Argonauta

Spain4955 Posts

December 30 2021 21:39 GMT

#21

GSL

Drfilip

Sweden590 Posts

December 31 2021 00:37 GMT

#22

GSL is run by Afreeca, not ESL, so it is a third party EPT. But they have a deal where GSL code S acts like a DreamHack Masters regionals, with GSL Super Tournament as some kind of parallel competition with a lot of overlap with code S.

Since it is unclear whether GSL code S is DHM regionals or a third party EPT event I voted for King of Battles.
KoB2 had such a great translation for interviews. It felt like a language barrier with one person in the group knowing both languages instead of a passive translation. The Korean players really opened up in those interviews. And that was only one of the great things about that event. There were more.

Ever since Proleague stopped I haven't found a new clear favourite event.
The caster team league was great, but it didn't have a clear structure for continuation.
WTL is missing out a lot on personality with only a clean feed streamed and no clear team player interactions.
Homestory cup is great, but it is over too quickly. There is no time to make a Wolf Schroeder storyline about the players. I want a longer event with matches in intervals. The herO hating sOs story worked in Proleague, as did the underdogs fighting mighty foes story. Salvation (Forte) playing his heart out vs Cure in a TvT where every unit was used and I think only 2 upgrades were untouched. Shorter events with a high density of games in a few days can't do that. There's always the next match coming.

Reynor just talking, Homestory cup and GSL are the closest things to Proleague. I haven't seen players smile so much in any other big and long event. PartinG used a ruler to show what was going to do vs FlaSh is just 1 of many pre-/post game ceremonies that put a smile on the players' faces. The English interview that gave us Rogue's self-proclaimed Sexy boy nickname was in Proleague.

jorumba

Germany7 Posts

January 06 2022 09:42 GMT

#23

GSL is fun to watch. Dreamhack could have been a bit more entertaining. Too much annoying commercials often longer than games.

Khabra

Poland38 Posts

January 06 2022 11:43 GMT

#24

I preferred third party tournaments, like KoB, TSL, much over ESL regionals even though these are paid less and theoretically should be less competitive. Wide groups with a lot of one-sided matches does not seem like a good way to promote uprising players. Funding higher weekly open cups is much better idea.

I also don't like pulic casters predictions before each match, it is the case since some time, but I feel like it should not be a task for casters to declare such things while leading an event. Hope at least players don't hear it since it could be mentally discouraging.

I didn't watch at all WTL, which I regret, team tournament idea is exciting.

GSL is still most competitive as it always has been I think, with a long history, great cast and unrepeatable atmosphere always fun to watch.

Poopi

France12904 Posts

January 07 2022 09:36 GMT

#25

I voted for EPT / DH Regionals because that was the closest thing to GSL, but I am not even sure if GSL is included in those so it should have been a separate option imo
Cross server matches were horrendous overall but there were enough KR vs KR or EU vs EU finals in some tournaments like KoB so those were interesting too!