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What series/types of tournaments did you enjoy most in 2021?

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TL.net Bot
Profile Joined June 2004
TL.net131 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-22 23:20:47
December 22 2021 23:20 GMT
#1
Discussion thread for TL.net poll: "What series/types of tournaments did you enjoy most in 2021?"
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
December 23 2021 05:20 GMT
#2
I seem to enjoy team leagues the most. When Proleague was still a thing, it was my favourite StarCraft II event. Nowadays I enjoy watching World Team League whenever I can.
Stopped watching ESL content in 2022 when the company was acquired by Savvy Gaming Group. Also object to sponsorships by the U.S. Air Force. Thanks for the lively discussions about sportswashing. StarCraft II is not for me anymore.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33374 Posts
December 23 2021 09:00 GMT
#3
I enjoyed the big 3rd party majors the most :0.

Felt the most like "old" competition where the best players in the world faced off
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
December 23 2021 13:24 GMT
#4
Season final and 3rd party tournament have been great, but I have to tip my hat to the WTL, a great tournament and a great week to week coverage to suit it.
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Moonerz
Profile Joined March 2014
United States445 Posts
December 23 2021 15:00 GMT
#5
I chose the 3rd party majors because I feel like we get to see the best players play more often at these things. A lot of the time the season finals feel like there are some top players who always miss out.

It used to happen at Blizzcon too where people would have a great first half of the year and fall off but still qualify where as someone who is really getting hot and one of the best players at that time ends up missing out.
DiMano
Profile Joined July 2011
Korea (South)2066 Posts
December 23 2021 18:46 GMT
#6
GSL ST 3 Rogue vs Maru finals, best ending of the year
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2718 Posts
December 23 2021 19:04 GMT
#7
I'll be honest. I enjoy tournaments where my favorite players (Scarlett) do well and lose all interest when they fall out of the tournament :p
very illegal and very uncool
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4406 Posts
December 23 2021 19:21 GMT
#8
No GSL or is that included with EPT? Assuming GSL is excluded the 3rd party EPT events like TSL. Open qualifiers almost always produce the best lineups and most interesting results.
zelevin
Profile Joined January 2012
United States260 Posts
December 23 2021 21:39 GMT
#9
the gsl events were my favorite
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
December 24 2021 07:49 GMT
#10
DH EU and WTL
Then 3rd party events with points
Wasn t realy interested in the minor regions or GSL
MaxPax
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15949 Posts
December 24 2021 07:55 GMT
#11
GSL
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swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-24 08:06:00
December 24 2021 08:04 GMT
#12
Code S, and
also some tournaments where the most liked player in the match up got wrecked by the least favorite one or underdog player ended up in freaking disastrous series.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
yoshi245
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2969 Posts
December 24 2021 13:29 GMT
#13
GSL
I do wonder where those events qualify, probably under EPT regionals?
"Numbers speak about the past, not the present." -Thorzain
uselless
Profile Joined April 2021
92 Posts
December 24 2021 16:59 GMT
#14
On December 23 2021 22:24 Nakajin wrote:
Season final and 3rd party tournament have been great, but I have to tip my hat to the WTL, a great tournament and a great week to week coverage to suit it.

We all know they have the best point system
maru :D
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
December 24 2021 20:25 GMT
#15
I really liked the caster team league where they drafted their players for their team. There was so much soul in that tournament.
Wrathsc2
Profile Joined March 2011
United States2025 Posts
December 24 2021 22:55 GMT
#16
GSL and esl weeklies
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tennisl
Profile Joined March 2018
United Kingdom44 Posts
December 24 2021 23:20 GMT
#17
King of Battles 2
EnkiAlexander
Profile Joined January 2018
Mexico8 Posts
December 24 2021 23:33 GMT
#18
ESL Weeklies , King of Battles 2 , Wardi events
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16071 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-29 23:11:11
December 29 2021 23:10 GMT
#19
Humorous that GSL isn't an option here.

But to answer the poll, without actually clicking a poll answer because my answer isn't listed.

GSL and GSL ST's were my favorite, but after that comes King of Battles and then after that is TSL's and DH Master's series.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
December 30 2021 00:14 GMT
#20
How is GSL not an option?
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4927 Posts
December 30 2021 21:39 GMT
#21
GSL
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
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.
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jorumba
Profile Joined September 2020
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.
think beyond borders.
Khabra
Profile Joined July 2018
Poland36 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
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12854 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!
WriterMaru
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
January 07 2022 20:48 GMT
#26
GSL <3. Agreed should be a different option,
Whatson
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States5356 Posts
January 11 2022 07:56 GMT
#27
i stopped caring about all tournaments besides GSL sometime around 2016
¯\_(シ)_/¯
kallagen
Profile Joined November 2016
Russian Federation13 Posts
January 16 2022 11:04 GMT
#28
It's painfully hard to make a decision -- i crazy in all of them =\
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