| BearStorm United States. December 14 2012 06:10. Posts 772 | Profile # |
| Breaks are good for high end tournaments like GSL and MLG. They build up hype and make each victory seem more significant, but I wouldn't mind if the less popular events occupied the time in between. The worst is when there is a lot of overlap. |
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| skrotcyk Sweden. December 14 2012 06:11. Posts 427 | Profile # |
| I don't understand this question.. As a viewer your not obliged to watch every event, nothings gonna happen if you skip an event or two. |
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| kochanfe December 14 2012 06:12. Posts 877 | Profile # |
| Breaks are good for the players and the overall level of play. However, I don't think it's likely or NECESSARILY beneficial for the sport as a whole. |
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| shraike December 14 2012 06:16. Posts 4 | Profile # |
| @skrotcyk - Fans aren't obligated, but to keep up with builds, storylines, and epic games, we have to. If we had longer periods in between events, we'd have more time to recoup and schedule time off to watch. |
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 BisuDagger United States. December 14 2012 06:17. Posts 5511 | Profile Blog # |
| The off season practice in PL will prove doubters in this poll that it is necessary. Players need breaks. Small time tournaments should always be running. GSL needs more breaks or a reformat. |
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| KristofferAG Norway. December 14 2012 06:27. Posts 9826 | Profile Blog # |
| Players are free to not play if they want to, but I'd rather have the option to watch SC2 games whenever I want to. |
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| bbm United Kingdom. December 14 2012 06:27. Posts 1291 | Profile # |
On December 14 2012 06:11 skrotcyk wrote:
I don't understand this question.. As a viewer your not obliged to watch every event, nothings gonna happen if you skip an event or two.
Sure it is. I'll be out of the loop, I won't know about the most recent upsets, who's on form, who's not, what state matchup X or Y is in, etc.
Six months ago Rain hadn't played a televised series (and all we'd really seen of kespa players was some of the hybrid proleague, and the small side-tourney at anaheim). Seed had just won a GSL. Taeja had just been beaten by Tassadar in the GSTL. He hadn't even played in the IPL TAC 3 yet. DRG had just won an MLG. Life was still on ZENEX, Naniwa was still on quantic, etc.
Now the scene's completely different. People rise, people fall, it happens very quickly in our scene and if you take a month off you'll miss out, and there's no easy way to catch up on previous months going ons (as I found out while writing this post) |
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 KadaverBB Germany. December 14 2012 06:33. Posts 8219 | Profile # |
| Breaks are cool, it's always nice to see a higher level of play after players had time to rest and practice up again. |
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| Naphal Germany. December 14 2012 06:42. Posts 1225 | Profile # |
| i think its ok if certain leagues take breaks, but then there is the perfect opportunity for home story cup etc., if i need a break, i stop watching =) and players should carefully consider how much events they can attend. |
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| FuzzyJAM Scotland. December 14 2012 06:59. Posts 3767 | Profile # |
| I don't see what's stopping both players and viewers choosing when and what to watch. Leagues taking a break makes sense, but as a "scene"? Nah. |
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| Targe United Kingdom. December 14 2012 07:01. Posts 1733 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm more worried about the players really, I think it would be better if they had periods to rest and just practice where no large or premiere tournaments are on (or leagues). |
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| xShoeicide New Zealand. December 14 2012 07:10. Posts 39 | Profile # |
Some of you think you don't need a break but the breaks/timing of all entertainment is one of the integral parts.
TV shows and movies release dates, season spacings, even scene lengths during a single show make or break a show.
NFL is massive because fans are frothing for it between seasons (season is only 17 weeks + playoffs. NFL has one of the highest viewships on the planet.
Mad fans (like me) will just watch everything. We won't take time off by choice, we will just keep watching even as it dulls our excitement. We need it turned off for us so we can come back more excited than ever. |
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| Zerg.Zilla Hungary. December 14 2012 07:10. Posts 2240 | Profile # |
On December 14 2012 06:10 BearStorm wrote:
Breaks are good for high end tournaments like GSL and MLG. They build up hype and make each victory seem more significant, but I wouldn't mind if the less popular events occupied the time in between. The worst is when there is a lot of overlap.
My thoughts exactly...and bigger prizepools 
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| TheCustodian Canada. December 14 2012 07:10. Posts 8 | Profile # |
On December 14 2012 06:27 bbm wrote:
Show nested quote +On December 14 2012 06:11 skrotcyk wrote:
I don't understand this question.. As a viewer your not obliged to watch every event, nothings gonna happen if you skip an event or two.
Sure it is. I'll be out of the loop, I won't know about the most recent upsets, who's on form, who's not, what state matchup X or Y is in, etc. Six months ago Rain hadn't played a televised series (and all we'd really seen of kespa players was some of the hybrid proleague, and the small side-tourney at anaheim). Seed had just won a GSL. Taeja had just been beaten by Tassadar in the GSTL. He hadn't even played in the IPL TAC 3 yet. DRG had just won an MLG. Life was still on ZENEX, Naniwa was still on quantic, etc. Now the scene's completely different. People rise, people fall, it happens very quickly in our scene and if you take a month off you'll miss out, and there's no easy way to catch up on previous months going ons (as I found out while writing this post)
Wow I can't believe it was that different six months ago, I guess time flies when there is a tournament every weekend. Players definitely need a break, the smaller events should fill the gap between the majors. This would give major players a break and a chance for up and comers to take smaller cups. |
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| LittLeD Sweden. December 14 2012 07:10. Posts 7402 | Profile # |
| Non-stop! Breaks are for the weak-minded! x) |
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| EnhancedZ United States. December 14 2012 07:31. Posts 123 | Profile # |
| I personally like one event after the other. A full off-season? No. But maybe a small half-off-season would be okay. The consistent content is always nice. |
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| Flench United States. December 14 2012 07:32. Posts 16 | Profile # |
| Would be a nice build up to the beginning of the next season. |
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| snively United States. December 14 2012 07:34. Posts 1080 | Profile Blog # |
why have an offseason when you can have MORE ESPORTS
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| red4ce United States. December 14 2012 07:48. Posts 7301 | Profile Blog # |
| Fans need a break? No, players need the break. |
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| VediVeci United States. December 14 2012 07:51. Posts 82 | Profile # |
| Off season and breaks aren't the same thing. If you have a three month off season for example, that means you need to eliminate tournaments (which might not be bad) or accept that they're all going to be cluttered together the rest of the year. Taking breaks between tournaments is great. |
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