Out of interest: since TheViper seems to co-organize/co-fund this, will he be competing as well? Or will he be hosting/casting? (I guess the former but you never know.)
I'm sorry but this is defending him a bit too much. Ultimately most he cares about currently is money, it's his full-time job after all. So it's understandable. He did not retract because he is worried about others but because of the backlash that he got from it. It's clear from his RAID...
Very excited for this. I'm happy and curious to see maps like hideout and arena. This gives more defensive players a better chance. I'm eager to see how this plays out and what kind of comebacks this will yield.
Concerning the rules, a few subjective suggestions.
Since the new expansion I've...
I am a nobody on here, so here's my nobody opinion. Irrespective of the personal sentiment that is attached to this, and whether or not you are a F A N B O I I or a h4tEr, we should all try to look at this objectively. My points, feel free to agree/disagree:
This reminded me of that time when...
When I was watching it was 2K for both T90 and Viper - but of course, may have been just because I was early. 2K additional viewers would be a great addition!
I'd think that some people (~900 viewers currently at Memb) may want to see the finals live, but at the same time do not want to be spoiled. However, rather than dedicating two full days, they now have the opportunity to watch the recorded games with Memb casting and then the finals. That seems...
There is a difference between saying "I find it boring" and "it is boring". Even though it may not be the intention, it comes across as if he thinks that that is the sentiment of the whole community and that what he thinks is boring is the same for everyone. It isn't toxic, but it sure is...
I assume that for many viewers, Friday is a working day. Even if that fits in the schedule of the players (which is an IF), the viewer count would not be optimal.
Not sure if it matters at this level, but will there be stream delay to prevent stream sniping? I highly doubt any of the four players would do so, but you never know.
Also, players can stream their POV but can they have chat enabled too? It frequently happens during stream that chat spoils...
@Umdeuter AFAIK, those aren't BO3. All three games are played and the wins count towards the final goal. Perhaps that makes it more tiring for the players - I do not know.
I don't know the man, but seeing him stream and talking to chat, I bet that Viper's mind set is that he will try to win...
Happy to see that the organizers have taken the request for multilingual streaming into account! Looking forward to this weekend! Gonna be some intense "doing chores while watching AOE" days. Let's go boyzzz
This looks very cool! I don't play ranked that much - I doubt I even have 30 games - but my ELO is swinging between 1000-1200. I would've loved to join but alas.
good luck everyone and enjoy!
@chrummi Well, that is exactly my point! Even though we may agree on some things what cheating isn't, it is not always clear when an advantage becomes cheating, I suppose. If you'd do a poll about the range mod and ask whether it is cheating, I'm convinced that there'll definitely be people who...
@johannes Wow, easy there tiger.
This discussion was never intended as a The rules must change, I demand it. It was intended to have an sitting-at-the-bar discussion about how mods can be used and perhaps abused by players, and whether or not tournaments should have rules about which mods are...
Thanks for getting back to us, and thanks for organizing!
I don't know about you but I know that Viper has said many times that he does not like to stream POV during big tournaments but I suppose that you talked to him about it and that he agreed to it so that is fine. It might be a good idea...
Yes, by all means, where the line is drawn is subjective and open to discussion (hence this thread). However, I foresee abuse in this direction. The range mod is a small taste of what I think can be done. Because the possible profit gained increases, people will also try out everything they can...
Well, I think that I address everything you mention in my post. It was one of my suggestions: to be able to ban some mods. And yes, as I said they are not really cheating but they do give an advantage over the default - they are not merely aesthetic mods.
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Please read the whole thing before commenting. I see that many comments are made about things that I explicitly mention so please read thoroughly.
This is my first post here. I've mostly been lurking here and on Reddit but I thought I'd throw this out there to the more dedicated players...
Interesting match-up and cool system to determine the finals (point system). Looking forward to the games, but I can't say I'm very excited to be honest... No open casting/streaming will really hurt the viewership.
Yes, Hera will cast and he's a very insightful caster, but there will be no...
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