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//: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |OT5| Killing #ESPORTS
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I dunno why I keep posting Day9 Dailies now... but the recent one's been pretty good, if you take away all the bullshit (half of it):
Day[9] Daily #503 P1 - Day[9] HotS ladder games #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBIExgI0gg&feature=plcp
Day[9] Daily #503 P1 - Day[9] HotS ladder games #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBIExgI0gg&feature=plcp
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
That's the very problem I started having with the daily. It took too long (I think it was roughly an hour) to convey a point or a strategy that should've taken 5-10 minutes to properly explain. Watching the daily will help people get out of Bronze, Silver, Gold, Plat etc. But the only way to start improving on that is to just practice.
I think that's probably why the daily isn't being viewed too much anymore. It's a good archive of information, but what can he really talk about in WoL that hasn't discussed already (besides niche strategies and metagame shifts).
AdventureRacing
Member
The daily is actually a terrible source to get you out of bronze,silver, gold, plat etc. He way over analyses tiny things which really aren't the big problems for people in those leagues. The only reason people going there for advice were seeing so much improvement is because they were taking the time to study the game in some form.
Some of them are ok but for the most part they are way to long winded considering how little information they convey. Something more concise that won't turn away newer players would be better imo.
Some of them are ok but for the most part they are way to long winded considering how little information they convey. Something more concise that won't turn away newer players would be better imo.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Got email from blizzard...got all excited...was email about WoW expansion...FU TROLLS! 
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Got email from blizzard...got all excited...was email about WoW expansion...FU TROLLS!
Yea, saw that yesterday. They are so annoying. Not buying that dumb expansion pack.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I dont even play wow :/
AdventureRacing
Member
Letting so few people in seems to defeat the purpose of a beta. I mean if they want to find all the bugs and balance issues they need more people in the beta.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Shrug you can say that about any beta. I wish every beta was open :/
AdventureRacing
Member
That's true but i only really comment on this one because i don't really care about pretty much any other games with betas. Also the situation is slightly different when you want your game to be an esport. That means it requires a lot mroe balance testing than your regular game.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
The biggest problem I see with beta testing the game is that majority of the pros will not play it until they are needed to (tournaments switch). So they might released something that is considered balanced at launch but then the meta games will change that very quickly.
Yeah.... There's no way I'm paying MLG for an online tournament.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Its not JP casting from his MLG home though! lol
Wonder if its just gonna be skype cast again? Didnt read the actual report since Im not gonna pay that much attention to it.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Why would anyone want to watch this slaughterfest? And online only? No crowd? eff that.
Looking forward to the results.
Looking forward to TLPD & LP!
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
W...wow.
Don't... get Planetside 2 instead!
AdventureRacing
Member
There goes SEA's chances in the GAF team league >.>
no, give it to corran :-D
I saw paz playing the other day.. Maybe hots tho.
AdventureRacing
Member
Edit: Just on dreamhack the first day schedule is pretty terrible. Every group is SO predictable, there are 2 good players guaranteed to go through and 2 bad players with no shot in hell. These random long breaks when there are so many games to get through aren't helping. I can't help but feel this is going to lead to this tournament getting far less viewers than something like WCS Europe.
Just felt like he couldn't be bothered playing out the game. He was up by 20 supply and was up by 1 or 2 bases. The move made no sense.
Just felt like he couldn't be bothered playing out the game. He was up by 20 supply and was up by 1 or 2 bases. The move made no sense.
AdventureRacing
Member
I don't feel like it's any more or less predictable than most sports i watch. The games are fun to watch so i watch them. In general most people do only watch for the top tier of players and that's why the viewers are so much lower at the start of the tournament. Not sure that this is really a problem.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Agreed. Most of the times, I don't find SC2 boring or predictable. Mostly players just streaming their games and it's really my bread'n'butter of entertainment nowadays.
AdventureRacing
Member
Pretty much same here, i watch way to much SC2 >.>.
I agree. Although I wouldn't say predictable. I would say that a lot of match ups in the game just aren't very fun to watch.
StopMakingSense
Member
I love cannon rushes in pro games.
StopMakingSense
Member
This first game is great. Taeja is a beast.
TheThunder
Member
good games
AdventureRacing
Member
Results went as expected, looking forward to tonight. I still hate how tournaments have those massive breaks. Like i decide to watch some games but nope here is a 90 minute break. What the hell are you supposed to do with a break like that? If i go off to do something for that long i'm probably not coming back.