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SafeAsCheese
United States4924 Posts
On July 28 2011 17:37 Inferno272 wrote: its only a matter of time till idrA gets banned from the player lounge Considering he is extremely polite and nice IRL, that would be a douche move, no? | ||
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Alaz
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Jonas :)
United States511 Posts
On July 28 2011 21:52 Alaz wrote: Am I the only one who thinks this will suck for actual event attendees that travel out there just to meet the pro gamers? Inbetween matches was the best time for autographs. I understand its draining on the pros but thats a part of being e-famous. Yeah this is a pretty terrible move, IMO. You go to these events to watch live starcraft, yes, but to get to meet the players was the best part. At IEM New York back in October I sat down at one of the starcraft 2 booths and was playing a custom game vs some random dude. And then terran player sat down next to me and entered a match, and he was fucking crushing it on his keyboard, he had to be playing at like 200 APM or something. So I stop playing to watch this guy play, and sure enough his first opponent was Catz and they play a long macro game that ended with him losing. I see his name after he loses: Gretorp. Hahaha. Keep in mind this was pre-NASL gretorp, so not a lot of people had heard of him. So I go up and introduce myself after his match and I shook his hand and complimented him on his play and told him I saw him on Day9's friendsday wednesday the week beforehand. He enters another match, this time it was against HuK who was warming up for his match against qxc, and during the whole match they're just talking about random ass stuff. HuK says "play like qxc" to which gretorp responded "why? I don't want to lose" or something like that. tl;dr: It was a lot of fun, and I feel like by segregating the players from the fans you miss out on a key part of the fun events like these | ||
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Ojahh
Ireland728 Posts
On July 28 2011 23:22 Jonas  wrote:Yeah this is a pretty terrible move, IMO. You go to these events to watch live starcraft, yes, but to get to meet the players was the best part. At IEM New York back in October I sat down at one of the starcraft 2 booths and was playing a custom game vs some random dude. And then terran player sat down next to me and entered a match, and he was fucking crushing it on his keyboard, he had to be playing at like 200 APM or something. So I stop playing to watch this guy play, and sure enough his first opponent was Catz and they play a long macro game that ended with him losing. I see his name after he loses: Gretorp. Hahaha. Keep in mind this was pre-NASL gretorp, so not a lot of people had heard of him. So I go up and introduce myself after his match and I shook his hand and complimented him on his play and told him I saw him on Day9's friendsday wednesday the week beforehand. He enters another match, this time it was against HuK who was warming up for his match against qxc, and during the whole match they're just talking about random ass stuff. HuK says "play like qxc" to which gretorp responded "why? I don't want to lose" or something like that. tl;dr: It was a lot of fun, and I feel like by segregating the players from the fans you miss out on a key part of the fun events like these all this read to me like: "I don't care if he is tired and needs to rest to post good results and earn his lively hood, you're famous, that's your fault, you made me like you, you're my bitch now, DANCE BITCH DANCE!" ---- Great player list Ibsen, I look forward to some awesome content, get HB on that please | ||
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Ibsen
United States102 Posts
On July 28 2011 23:22 Jonas wrote:Yeah this is a pretty terrible move, IMO. You go to these events to watch live starcraft, yes, but to get to meet the players was the best part. At IEM New York back in October I sat down at one of the starcraft 2 booths and was playing a custom game vs some random dude. And then terran player sat down next to me and entered a match, and he was fucking crushing it on his keyboard, he had to be playing at like 200 APM or something. So I stop playing to watch this guy play, and sure enough his first opponent was Catz and they play a long macro game that ended with him losing. I see his name after he loses: Gretorp. Hahaha. Keep in mind this was pre-NASL gretorp, so not a lot of people had heard of him. So I go up and introduce myself after his match and I shook his hand and complimented him on his play and told him I saw him on Day9's friendsday wednesday the week beforehand. He enters another match, this time it was against HuK who was warming up for his match against qxc, and during the whole match they're just talking about random ass stuff. HuK says "play like qxc" to which gretorp responded "why? I don't want to lose" or something like that. tl;dr: It was a lot of fun, and I feel like by segregating the players from the fans you miss out on a key part of the fun events like these The players are still going to be on the floor as much at this event as they were at previous ones. The point of the lounge is: - give the players a place to relax when they are not on the floor (as opposed to the existing system of them being in 20 different hotel rooms and people miss games) - put the players in contact with sponsors (increasing the likelihood that they can continue to afford to be players) - give the greater community (those who can't afford to come to MLG from all over the world) a chance to interact with a ton of these guys all in the same place. Is it potentially a little worse for those fans in attendance (1 or 2 thousand people)? I concede that it is possible. Is it definitely better for the greater community (22 million streams in Colombus)? Absolutely. If the Player's Lounge hits these goals it will enhance the quality of the games played, the quality of life of the players, and most importantly the quality of content (and access) for the greater community. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On July 28 2011 19:57 SafeAsCheese wrote: Considering he is extremely polite and nice IRL, that would be a douche move, no? Big e-penis... ey? Anyway, this is a cool idea. Glad TL is making it happen. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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Aurdon
United States2007 Posts
I loved Hot Bid's interviews from Columbus and haven't really seen anything from Anaheim. | ||
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SenorChang
Australia4730 Posts
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Hakker
United States1360 Posts
On July 28 2011 23:22 Jonas wrote:Yeah this is a pretty terrible move, IMO. You go to these events to watch live starcraft, yes, but to get to meet the players was the best part. At IEM New York back in October I sat down at one of the starcraft 2 booths and was playing a custom game vs some random dude. And then terran player sat down next to me and entered a match, and he was fucking crushing it on his keyboard, he had to be playing at like 200 APM or something. So I stop playing to watch this guy play, and sure enough his first opponent was Catz and they play a long macro game that ended with him losing. I see his name after he loses: Gretorp. Hahaha. Keep in mind this was pre-NASL gretorp, so not a lot of people had heard of him. So I go up and introduce myself after his match and I shook his hand and complimented him on his play and told him I saw him on Day9's friendsday wednesday the week beforehand. He enters another match, this time it was against HuK who was warming up for his match against qxc, and during the whole match they're just talking about random ass stuff. HuK says "play like qxc" to which gretorp responded "why? I don't want to lose" or something like that. tl;dr: It was a lot of fun, and I feel like by segregating the players from the fans you miss out on a key part of the fun events like these Dude I remember at iemny I was playing a game at one of those setups and in the middle of it gretorp comes and stands at the computer right next to me and I remember tensing up and getting all self concious about my play and I lost T_T | ||
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HCastorp
United States388 Posts
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Baozer
Sweden159 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:39 HCastorp wrote: I looked this up on a whim - remembered being excited about it when it was first announced - what ended up happening? Does glorious content await? Here's another one that's interested! What happened? Success? | ||
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Aurdon
United States2007 Posts
On August 01 2011 17:02 Baozer wrote: Here's another one that's interested! What happened? Success? I expected more content from this as well. If anything, there was less. I remember TL releasing interviews with Hot_Bid at Columbus. I didn't see anything this time. | ||
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Quakie
Norway725 Posts
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Mattchew
United States5684 Posts
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clownzim
Brazil267 Posts
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36402 Posts
On August 01 2011 17:14 Aurdon wrote: I expected more content from this as well. If anything, there was less. I remember TL releasing interviews with Hot_Bid at Columbus. I didn't see anything this time. There aren't any interviews this time, we (Kennigit and I) were very busy with meetings and setting stuff up, as well as with the event in general (helping the Liquid guys, etc). We simply didn't have the time or energy to do all the coverage we wanted in the way we wanted so instead of half-assing it we are just going to do it better at Raleigh. As for the lounge itself, I'd say it was a success as a hang out spot after the days were over, but it wasn't used in the way we intended (place for interviews, amas, etc) because the distance from the venue was still long enough to deter players from coming between matches, and when they did finally come after their matches were over, they are not in the mood to do interviews. In this way it did not meet our goals, but ultimately this was an experiment for one MLG so we'll just reevaluate and determine whether we want to do one for Raleigh, and we're probably leaning toward no. Still, it was fun hanging out there and the place was really nice. | ||
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Quakie
Norway725 Posts
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