As much as I like voting mechanisms and having it have some impact/relevancy on the event in order to get people involved, I agree with all of the sentiments that for this kind of thing, where money is on the line, it has no place, players need to earn it.
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Fighting Games Weekly | Dec 15-21 | I did the math; it came out to 500,000
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As much as I like voting mechanisms and having it have some impact/relevancy on the event in order to get people involved, I agree with all of the sentiments that for this kind of thing, where money is on the line, it has no place, players need to earn it.
But in terms of marketing the event, he's still a no-name. I'm all for "outta nowhere" stories like Pepeday being allowed to happen and hate the whole "root for only established famous people" thing, but since Capcup is essentially an all-star game/bonus round, you want the players involved to have had exposure on the Capcom Pro Tour throughout the season, and Du/ChuChu didn't provide that to Capcom. (Pro tours are "promotional tours", after all.)
CountBlack
Member
capcom noooooooooo
The above. Anecdotal evidence I know but most if not all people I know hated the ipad DJ and the megas because they wanted to watch the tourney. Maybe having two setups on the main stage with players testing buttons/warming up and waiting for his match on one while other two play on the other and then switching to the other setup as soon as the match ends so you can save more time (mostly at the start of the bracket).
Fan-vote QisTopTier into Capcom Cup
We can do it guys
Not a good fan, she didn't vote for him
We can do it guys
Not a good fan, she didn't vote for him
Professor Beef
Banned
I'll even let him use my converter again.
Lostconfused
Member
Is that why its the DMC 1 and 2 outfits that are getting used instead of 3 and 4?
Not anecdotal when 20,000 viewers dropped during the DJ set.
It was done last year, and some people are suggesting that it should be done next year as well was my point.
sixteen-bit
Member
What was peak viewers for CC14? Did they pass Evo?
DMC2? DMC3 costume is already in DmC and DMC4 is getting its own release.
And by going back to roots I clearly mean stuff like harder difficulty settings, tweaked style gain, manual lock on etc.
Rice-Eater
Member
There was a separate Japanese stream that had around 12k. All the Japanese were there so you pretty much had to add there totals with the main stream. Fishstix had a tweet that said 90k was watching Capcom Cup at one point I think. Still no where near EVO but far better than the next best.
They actually got to almost 100k (if you count streams in all languages) during grand finals, but I don't think they hit six figures at any point.
notworksafe
Member
Capcom wants to be eSports so bad but no one cares. It's tough when League casual streams hit 100k easy but the biggest SF tournament out there can't come close. I don't know what the solution is.
I'm reminded that I should probably go pick up the HD Collection since I haven't played them since PS2.
Does it matter for which console I get it on? Or is everything the same?
sixteen-bit
Member
Maybe they'll stream it Live on Playstation next year.
I remember one year they officially re-streamed Evo in Home on PS3, :lol
Console doesn't matter.
500k is going to make things a lot different. This weekend got almost 60k, so that's not far off. Let's revisit this discussion a year from now.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I feel its like the Halo Master Chief Collection, and the inevitable all-but-confirmed Marcus Fenix Gears collection this year, a HD-ready product that can port over to tide fans over/build up excitement around the brand before the next, fifth entry comes out
notworksafe
Member
That's true. Big money like that is definitely going to get some notice. I just hope it's enough to keep the train rolling.
Around 76,000, but then you can add the 12,000 from the Japanese stream (I think all the Japanese viewers went there) and 5,000 from the French stream which was on another site. It's nowhere near Evo, but it's a big step up from the first Capcom Cup and it's officially the most viewed fighting game tournament after Evo. As long as it's growing we are on the right track.
The breaks killed the momentum various times.
sixteen-bit
Member
Or USFIV on PS4 for that matter, while we're speaking of fifth entries
$500,000
sixteen-bit
Member
Consider yourself lucky.
They're positioned between ESports and TCGs in terms of structure and how they're going about things w/ local tournaments, and its a good position. It's a growth thing, and Sony being involved for at least the next 2 years is a very good thing. (I suspect 2016 might have both USF4 and SF5 16-man brackets, which would be amazing.)
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
Will the bigger prize pot make people watch if they have no interest? Those MOBA tournaments have huge pots. I don't watch. IDK we shall see. I hope it gets the people who play online and don't go to tournaments or message boards. Maybe it will get the interest up there. Good for the scene though.
Maybe they should advertise it in game with a ticker at the main menu
Maybe they should advertise it in game with a ticker at the main menu
ViewtifulJC
Banned
that, too.
funny how all four of that franchise kinda have "fifth" entries coming up
God damn that's an awesome sketch lol.
Smooth Operator
Member
YES ! Good to see you here Prog
ViewtifulJC
Banned
have we reached out to 8bitpimp for a gaf account
what about the megas
Holy crap.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
welp