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TLnet Poll - Would you rather watch the best possible play…

Would you rather watch the best possible players in a tournament, or matches that feature your country's rising talent? :

I prefer to watch the best players. (15397)71%
I prefer to watch rising national talent. (6363)29%

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Martyrc
Profile Joined May 2012
217 Posts
August 25 2012 21:38 GMT
#1
Yay! :D, I love these polls, keep it up.
¨First in, last out.¨
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
August 25 2012 21:47 GMT
#2
I like watching rising talent take on the best players, so it's a mix of both lol
`Zapdos
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States935 Posts
August 25 2012 21:55 GMT
#3
Where is the "I prefer to watch my favorite players" I could care less about half of my countries players..
www.twitch.tv/thezapdos come watch me :]
Pjorren
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden777 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 21:59:03
August 25 2012 21:56 GMT
#4
I like a combination of both :D
Fus
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1112 Posts
August 25 2012 22:00 GMT
#5
I prefer to watch the players i like the most Those are sometimes from my own country.
NaNiwa | Innovation | Flash | DeMuslim ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PeterUstinox
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany47 Posts
August 25 2012 22:16 GMT
#6
sadly: best players mean koreans only... i like my nation's people rise and shine
Are you gonna drop a nuke or not?
ChrysaliS_
Profile Joined January 2011
United States261 Posts
August 25 2012 22:22 GMT
#7
This is a poorly worded poll. It should be between "best" and "favorite".
Chrysalis.145
sekalf
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden522 Posts
August 25 2012 22:32 GMT
#8
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
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States205 Posts
August 25 2012 22:37 GMT
#9
I'm Korean so... I'll go with both? :D
hmm... let's think about it
LowEloPlayer
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States205 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.
hmm... let's think about it
BlackPride
Profile Joined July 2012
United States186 Posts
August 25 2012 22:47 GMT
#11
I always prefer new players that have likable new styles. Vortix, for example.
I've never waited in line at the DMV [YVNG]
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 22:56:47
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
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 23:09:09
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
Profile Joined September 2010
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.
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
WarrickHunt
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom393 Posts
August 26 2012 00:34 GMT
#15
I'm not, but how are koreans supposed to differentiate between the two?
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
August 26 2012 00:41 GMT
#16
Option 1: I prefer to watch Koreans and token foreigners
Catatafish
Profile Joined April 2012
75 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-26 01:04:45
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
Profile Joined February 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
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.
Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones: / But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.
Oiseaux
Profile Joined May 2011
United States676 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.
"[S]o be ready to kiss a few donkeys with glued-on paper horns during your unicorn hunt." -Some stupid 4x4 magazine
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