Personal favorites are always more interesting to follow than just following whoever is the best.
Being emotionally invested in a player makes the games so much more enjoyable to watch.
So I chose the national option.

LowEloPlayer

United States198 Posts

August 25 2012 22:37 GMT

I'm Korean so... I'll go with both? :D

LowEloPlayer

United States198 Posts

August 25 2012 22:38 GMT

#10

On August 26 2012 07:32 sekalf wrote:
Personal favorites are always more interesting to follow than just following whoever is the best.
Being emotionally invested in a player makes the games so much more enjoyable to watch.
So I chose the national option.

That's true, but sometimes it makes watching games worse

MMA, DRG, and Squirtle are my favorite players. MMA went in a slump, DRG is in a slump, and Squirtle... watching him place 2nd so many times is just terrible for me.

BlackPride

United States176 Posts

August 25 2012 22:47 GMT

#11

I always prefer new players that have likable new styles. Vortix, for example.

Talin

Montenegro9071 Posts

August 25 2012 22:55 GMT

#12

I'm going to go with rising talent here. My opinion on that has changed in the last year or so, as I used to be very much in favor of giving spotlight to the top players only.

The thing is that I am so rarely impressed by the "best" players. If I have to watch a mistake-ridden, mechanically mediocre play anyway, the slight differences in quality and level of play don't really matter.

MCXD

Australia2732 Posts

August 25 2012 23:08 GMT

#13

Favourite players > Best players > Rising players

But frankly, a combination of the three is always the best. That's why semi-invite semi-open systems seem to work well.

BearStorm

United States795 Posts

August 25 2012 23:26 GMT

#14

I prefer watching the best of the best, but I appreciate some tournaments showing rising talent versus the best. I would be happiest if both types of tournaments existed with the majority of them skewed towards showing the best versus the best.

WarrickHunt

United Kingdom392 Posts

August 26 2012 00:34 GMT

#15

I'm not, but how are koreans supposed to differentiate between the two?

rift

1817 Posts

August 26 2012 00:41 GMT

#16

Option 1: I prefer to watch Koreans and token foreigners

Catatafish

75 Posts

August 26 2012 01:03 GMT

#17

There's not much rising talent in Denmark anyway. Everyone except BabyKnight will likely get roflstomped.

In any case I always prefer the tournament with the highest caliber of players possible. Which is why I will probably be less psyched for the actual world championship than I was for the Korean qualifier.

Sharkas

Germany19 Posts

August 26 2012 01:03 GMT

#18

Its great to watch the best of the best , but watching a player u can rule for is even better though.

trashman

United States113 Posts

August 26 2012 01:13 GMT

#19

I'll usually prefer a bunch of gosu Koreans, but WCS NA has been a nice change of pace.

Oiseaux

United States653 Posts

August 26 2012 01:29 GMT

#20

Both, but considering there seems to be plenty of outlets for the best of the best, I chose the up and comer option.

I also chose to ignore the home nationality part when choosing the up and comer part. Whether the up and comer is Korean/Polish/NA/Chinese/Martian, whatever, it's always fun to watch a player grow from invisibility to the spotlight. Ex: I've loved following Taeja and Crank since the early days of the ~~Taeja~~ Korean Weekly.