EPTConfessional booths in StarCraft tournaments?
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CicadaSC
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bulldozer06701
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Dingodile
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Hikaru's efficiency at talking is insance. | ||
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Haighstrom
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Malinor
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Waxangel
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BTW there's already some pretty good versions of it, like PiG and Serral talking through his IEM Katowice Finals, or Lambo explaining his entire NeXT 2nd place run. While the Serral video got decent views, I think something like the Lambo video (which is excellent quality and some of the best SC2 content I've watched) not even getting 10k views suggests that this kind of stuff might not necessarily be worth the effort for everyone to put together (there's a reason why the popular content we have right now is popular). | ||
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Ciaus237
South Africa286 Posts
On June 08 2024 13:49 Waxangel wrote: + Show Spoiler + I enjoy the "players explainer their own matches" kind of content as well, and I'd like to see more of it. BTW there's already some pretty good versions of it, like PiG and Serral talking through his IEM Katowice Finals, or Lambo explaining his entire NeXT 2nd place run. While the Serral video got decent views, I think something like the Lambo video (which is excellent quality and some of the best SC2 content I've watched) not even getting 10k views suggests that this kind of stuff might not necessarily be worth the effort for everyone to put together (there's a reason why the popular content we have right now is popular). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AcApRALxq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKp79b7o4ns I think part of why this content may not get as many views is that the live-tournament confession booth 1) runs concurrently with the tournament - some viewers are already there. 2) as the name suggests, is more emotive and has that little element of the scandalous. Hearing Serral say "I can't believe he actually tried that" 10 minutes after a game when he's just come off stage has much more draw than hearing the watered down calm version a week later. | ||
Mizenhauer
United States1906 Posts
On June 08 2024 18:58 Ciaus237 wrote: I think part of why this content may not get as many views is that the live-tournament confession booth 1) runs concurrently with the tournament - some viewers are already there. 2) as the name suggests, is more emotive and has that little element of the scandalous. Hearing Serral say "I can't believe he actually tried that" 10 minutes after a game when he's just come off stage has much more draw than hearing the watered down calm version a week later. Progamers/athletes are notorious for giving awful interviews mid/post match They either feel like shit and make it clear they want to leave or they are so overcome with emotion and adrenaline that they cannot form complex sentences. StarCraft II is an absurdly difficult game and the "week later" version is more informative. If you want detailed explanations, you're better off waiting. If you want players to magically transform into a more entertaining, polarized version of themselves when asked questions, that isn't happening. As much as some people would love the drama, you're won't hear Serral shouting "SHIT ON!" like they do in call of duty. | ||
Poopi
France12906 Posts
On June 08 2024 21:02 Mizenhauer wrote: Progamers/athletes are notorious for giving awful interviews mid/post match They either feel like shit and make it clear they want to leave or they are so overcome with emotion and adrenaline that they cannot form complex sentences. StarCraft II is an absurdly difficult game and the "week later" version is more informative. If you want detailed explanations, you're better off waiting. If you want players to magically transform into a more entertaining, polarized version of themselves when asked questions, that isn't happening. As much as some people would love the drama, you're won't hear Serral shouting "SHIT ON!" like they do in call of duty. This reminds me of the FPS pros scenes such as Halo where you can see the teams come on stage full of adrenaline and probably adderall try to look like human beings in front of the crowd | ||
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rwala
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4228 Posts
Doubt it will ever be implemented anywhere in e-sports though. | ||
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Mizenhauer
United States1906 Posts
On June 08 2024 21:16 Poopi wrote: This reminds me of the FPS pros scenes such as Halo where you can see the teams come on stage full of adrenaline and probably adderall try to look like human beings in front of the crowd A player was dropped from his team in the Call of Duty League because he was too adderaled out during a post game interview. | ||
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Ciaus237
South Africa286 Posts
On June 08 2024 21:02 Mizenhauer wrote: Progamers/athletes are notorious for giving awful interviews mid/post match They either feel like shit and make it clear they want to leave or they are so overcome with emotion and adrenaline that they cannot form complex sentences. StarCraft II is an absurdly difficult game and the "week later" version is more informative. If you want detailed explanations, you're better off waiting. If you want players to magically transform into a more entertaining, polarized version of themselves when asked questions, that isn't happening. As much as some people would love the drama, you're won't hear Serral shouting "SHIT ON!" like they do in call of duty. That's a fair point. As with the chess tournament, I'd only expect a few players to make it interesting (I expect Solar and Reynor could have some fun things to say) - but even one or two is enough. I think the interview issues you mention may also be slightly mitigated in lower stakes tournaments, for whatever that's worth. | ||
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