daw, this is fantastic.
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Evolution 2016 IOT2I Final day Final game - SFV Top 8 live on ESPN2
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daw, this is fantastic.
Melee's viewership pull is always brought up as a factor of why it should get a Sunday spot, especially with Smash 4 also on the menu.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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The Dude is awesome, and for an "old man" he sure as heck knows a lot about the scene.
Rice-Eater
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To support both, I had it on ESPN2 and kept the Twitch stream on. But I found the ESPN broadcast to be far better so that was what I watched instead even if I might have enjoyed James and Sajam's commentary more. Who knows how many but I think a huge chunk of the people who wanted to watch SFV top 8 also had both on or watched exclusively on ESPN2 because it was superior to the Twitch stream.
As for capturing a new audience. I was never counting on that too much but I hope the ratings were good enough to bring it back next year. I hope the numbers are release at some point. Overall I'm pretty sure it beat last years 254k from only Twitch. So regardless it was growth and hopefully we can keep it going.
As for capturing a new audience. I was never counting on that too much but I hope the ratings were good enough to bring it back next year. I hope the numbers are release at some point. Overall I'm pretty sure it beat last years 254k from only Twitch. So regardless it was growth and hopefully we can keep it going.
I'm going to choose to believe Bill Walton is being genuine and isn't lying to make me feel good
Thing on a Spring
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Anyone got a link for GG top 8?
jediyoshi
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If it makes you feel better, in a Smash-less reality, people would just be comparing it to prior years' numbers instead.
Fuck all.
about that....
so weird to hear him mention ChrisG lol
That old man is Hall of Fame NBA Player Bill Walton.
http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/william-t-bill-walton
InfiniteCombo
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This was amazing from Infil.
What the f...??
Is this real life? Is Infiltration... Human?
The announcement was for the pot bonus for MKX at EVO.
tintin1029
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Gunslinger
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He treated EVO like the PC port of his game.....Forgotten and discarded lol.
papertoonz
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oh well it's still a good costume so not much is lost
LOL
Obliterator
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Man if his reaction here is legit, and it sure feels like it is, thats totally awesome. EVO is so much damn fun.
The real reason why Capcom was censoring SFV. All to prepare for the TV moment and it was still not enough!
EatinOlives
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Chie Satonaka
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No Salty Suites?
LittleToaster
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Romars202129
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I wonder if this has the panache to become an evo moment?
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
He brought up money pretty often. Gave results for two games then went on like "and they're buying merchandise too!"
Also he was def reading from a script
https://twitter.com/XsK_Samurai/status/754883909096054784
Daigo watched top 8 from General admission. :0
Daigo watched top 8 from General admission. :0
katsubento
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Makes sense. No biggie. You want coverage, there are rules and things you gotta put up with. I prefer her story costume anyways.
I actually caught a restream of the ESPN feed (went down really fast), and yeah, it really was top notch with great production value.
As for reaching new audiences, overall Twitter feed on ESPN 2 seemed really positive. Some salt here and there but majority seemed more positive to it than negative so that's a good sign. But that's Twitter. Some have reported having to talk about the game at bars with some showing interest about the game. Going to be interesting to see how much it did reach though and we won't find out for awhile.
the_log_ride
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Time for that EVO withdrawal. ESPN 2's coverage was so damn good. Never thought I'd experience watching top 8 broadcast on ESPN while cozied up on the couch.
I hope the FGC continues to get more shine. #downloadcomplete
I hope the FGC continues to get more shine. #downloadcomplete
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
guys fighting games beat league for a whole day yippee
The whole thing is weird, he hinted about EVO on twitter back in June and later that day he announced it. People assumed he was going to show off something at EVO and it never happened.
depths20XX
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Damn, Bill Walton is awesome. So nice too see him understand the FGC scene.
Why are you trying to ruin my dreams
This. This. This.
dude is legit. so happy to see him promote the game. you're never too old to enjoy some SF.
He trolls even when he doesn't realize it.
Gunslinger
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people who thinks bill was faking his excitement needs to read this article. This guys legitimately likes playing SFV.
Basically saying he figured him out.
You have to take what you can get
Like last year we got Jamie Lee Curtis
This year we get Bill Walton
Ah ok.
He downloaded him during the match
Gunslinger
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This year we got Lupe Fiasco too. He composed the original song that played during the intro on ESPN.
People joke Infiltration (and others) is a robot because of how good he is, so when he loses a round and destroys the opponent in te next round, he "downloaded" the information from his opponent.
Aka he figured them out