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| VidyaYuropa August 20 2012 08:32. Posts 86 | Profile Blog # |
I thought long about a cool beginning to my blog, but i didnt find one, so I am just going to cut straight to it. TSL4 is boring. It's basically a "well... it happened" tournament. In my eyes TSL4 has already failed half way through and this makes me angry. No, it actually makes me furious.
>But Wisert, why does a supposedly failed tournament make you angry?<
Well, let me tell you something....
MLG went to shit with it's 20 MLG Arenas per month. I stopped watching it (not because of the pay-to-view, there were enough restreams) because it got boring.
There are just too many tournaments, and although their quality went up, the amount of tournaments has made it very tiring to follow them.
>But what are you trying to tell us<
The Point is, if a tournament wants to stand out in this huge pile of "oh....again", they need something that people remember. A Story, really good games and well recepted caster-combos.
TSL4 now, in my opinion, is not working to its full potential. TSL3 in that regard was much better, what means, much more hyped.
I'll admit, TSL3 had it easier. It was tournament during a time, when the only things running during the whole TSL3 schedule were weekly cups.
Now, the "market is oversaturated" and no one cares about the biggest Online Tournament on the scene. And that is sad.
>But they are doing Previews and Recaps, is that not enough for you?<
No its not.
I have a problem with the way TL seems to just keep on rolling the TSL4 forward. It's a tournament, they can't stop, right?
The general sentiment i got from talking to a lot of people, is that "TSL4 is good, but i haven't watched the last games".
Question: Can you name the people who lost in the ro8 and ro16? I can, but only because i checked to not write any bullshit. Further I know a lot of people, who regularly follow the scene and don't know.
Why is that so? Missing Story.
And by Story I dont mean Idar Rage and stupid reddit drama. I mean legitimate Stories.
During TSL3, a lot of people were still new to the scene. The old BW-stars would meet the boys coming from WC3. Who knew about Thorzain before TSL? No one. But due to TSL3 having huge exposure, everyone got to see him win that shit.
TSL4 has it much harder, but ti's not impossible.
...Back to my "Story" point.
Story can be something so simple like a good player introduction.
TSL4 misses to introduce the players completely. It's basicly Korean #385 vs Korean #176. Oh and there is him:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ZOHBa.jpg)
We basicly dont know anyone of them. I'd like to focus on the Koreans.
Many people might say:" Well I know Sting, he was on NSHoseo and played in the GSTL. Was in a Team with Jjakji and other strong NSH-Terrans."
Is that enough Info to make you eager to see him play? In my opinion not. It needs more.
Maybe you can: elaborate his style in a post, find his strenghts, make a video-interview so we see his actual face, not a drawing (the drawings are cool, style is nice, but the faces are not rememberable and that is what's important). Bring up points so people remeber him as the person who did this and that. Beat X and Y to get here in these games. Show us his highlights. Make him interesting.
A lot of people adress the "irrelevance" to the early elimination of the foreigner big-names like Thorzain and Naniwa. I dont think so. If the big names lose early its the perfect beginning to turn the up and coming guys into Stars, even if it's just for this tournament.
Furthermore, I am missing advertisement on TL for their own tournament. The Previews and Recaps are all nice, but they are the same as the ones for WCS, IEM and so on. Once you make the players interesting and bring the news about TSL4, your own torunament, to the center of attention, be it by Ads or the TL banner changing. Do whatever is needed so people see "Ah, TSL4 is on, Great!".
I think im done for tonight, maybe I'll add more on a part 2 tomorrow or later.
Discuss it, whatever, if you think i missed something crucial PM me. Oh and Wisert is me btw.
Edit1: Typos
Edit2: Catering to the Masses (credit: intrigue)
Last edit: 2012-08-20 19:47:14
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| yoigen Germany. August 20 2012 08:34. Posts 327 | Profile # |
agreed 100% and deserves a spotlight.
TSL4 just feels completly irrelevant.
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 NIGGERCANCER420 South Africa. August 20 2012 08:35. Posts 3 | Profile # |
420/420 would read again
User was banned for this post. |
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| Bakkendepao Netherlands. August 20 2012 08:35. Posts 179 | Profile # |
| I agree with this post 100% VidyaYuropa (whatever that might mean). Blog should be featured for this masterpiece that has been written, 5/5 stars. Last edit: 2012-08-20 08:36:20 |
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| Trizz Netherlands. August 20 2012 08:35. Posts 1164 | Profile # |
| I actually agree with the TSL4 being boring, 5 stars. |
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| K3Nyy United States. August 20 2012 08:38. Posts 1715 | Profile # |
| I think it's just because most of the big names got eliminated really early. |
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| HardlyNever United States. August 20 2012 08:39. Posts 915 | Profile Blog # |
I've enjoyed the TSL4 mostly, but haven't been following it really closely, but I don't follow any tournaments ridiculously closely.
I honestly can only understand about 50% of what you wrote here, so I'm going to assume English isn't your first language. What is an "autist?" Is that someone with autism?
I seriously don't know. |
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| marttorn Norway. August 20 2012 08:44. Posts 5028 | Profile Blog # |
A confusing, sometimes overly aggressive and antagonizing criticism of TSL4.
I hardly claim for TSL4 to be perfect, actually I don't really watch it, but I'm certain there's a way to get your point across without talk of autist babbies and the like.Last edit: 2012-08-20 08:46:52 |
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| MahE Canada. August 20 2012 08:53. Posts 261 | Profile # |
thing about TSL4 is the really shitty production value
TSL3 felt a lot better.
The casters need better microphones, there needs to be better music, better transitions, more hype. Only casters who aren't useless are DjWheat and Apollo, but the former knows nothing about the game and the latter is being paired with the wrong person to do well. |
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| mewbert United States. August 20 2012 08:55. Posts 287 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:53 MahE wrote:
thing about TSL4 is the really shitty production value
TSL3 felt a lot better.
The casters need better microphones, there needs to be better music, better transitions, more hype. Only casters who aren't useless are DjWheat and Apollo, but the former knows nothing about the game and the latter is being paired with the wrong person to do well.
get out of the thread mahe
I agree mostly but you should tone down on the agressiveness if you want to be taken more seriously, I agree that MLG really lost its status as one of the best tournaments when it kept creating these sub par arenas as cash grabs, I cant really watch anything but the GSL with the over saturation of tournaments these days.Last edit: 2012-08-20 09:06:15 |
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| MahE Canada. August 20 2012 08:57. Posts 261 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:55 mewbert wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:53 MahE wrote:
thing about TSL4 is the really shitty production value
TSL3 felt a lot better.
The casters need better microphones, there needs to be better music, better transitions, more hype. Only casters who aren't useless are DjWheat and Apollo, but the former knows nothing about the game and the latter is being paired with the wrong person to do well.
great blog but you should tone down on the agressiveness if you want to be taken seriously
Yeah, was going to say exactly this |
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| PDizzle Denmark. August 20 2012 08:57. Posts 1735 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:55 mewbert wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:53 MahE wrote:
thing about TSL4 is the really shitty production value
TSL3 felt a lot better.
The casters need better microphones, there needs to be better music, better transitions, more hype. Only casters who aren't useless are DjWheat and Apollo, but the former knows nothing about the game and the latter is being paired with the wrong person to do well.
get out of the thread mahe great blog but you should tone down on the agressiveness if you want to be taken seriously
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| NIGGERCANCER420 South Africa. August 20 2012 08:58. Posts 3 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:55 mewbert wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 08:53 MahE wrote:
thing about TSL4 is the really shitty production value
TSL3 felt a lot better.
The casters need better microphones, there needs to be better music, better transitions, more hype. Only casters who aren't useless are DjWheat and Apollo, but the former knows nothing about the game and the latter is being paired with the wrong person to do well.
get out of the thread mahe great blog but you should tone down on the agressiveness if you want to be taken seriously
fuck off mewbert
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| Probe1 United States. August 20 2012 08:59. Posts 16445 | Profile Blog # |
Sorry your /v/ inspired blog is just too deep and edgy for me.
>keep that crap
>on 4chan
>bro |
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| Roe Canada. August 20 2012 09:02. Posts 5193 | Profile Blog # |
| There's just something about TSL this time that isn't special. Not sure what it is, but probably just the amount of tournaments being thrown at our faces. |
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| Bakkendepao Netherlands. August 20 2012 09:02. Posts 179 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:59 Probe1 wrote:
Sorry your /v/ inspired blog is just too deep and edgy for me.
>keep that crap
>on 4chan
>bro
Reported, please keep it constructive. |
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| VidyaYuropa August 20 2012 09:04. Posts 86 | Profile Blog # |
On August 20 2012 08:59 Probe1 wrote:
>keep that crap
>on 4chan
>bro
>i will tone it down
>so it doesnt bother you guys that much
>and you can actually get the message
>bro |
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| Chainedsage United States. August 20 2012 09:06. Posts 36 | Profile # |
| I agree and thank you for being so brave to point this out. |
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| taLbuk Madagascar. August 20 2012 09:13. Posts 1448 | Profile # |
On August 20 2012 08:59 Probe1 wrote:
Sorry your /v/ inspired blog is just too deep and edgy for me.
>keep that crap
>on 4chan
>bro
do you sit on /v/ scouting for people posting things on TL?
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| Trizz Netherlands. August 20 2012 09:15. Posts 1164 | Profile # |
| Howmuch longer does this blog have? |
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