Stream here. Hypercrew clash for the cash. Link for Hypercrew here. I'll put up replays or vod links if they share them.
Spoilers after the page break
Thursday, August 4, 2011
ColCatz Stream updated
I have updated Catz Stream with Twitch link. Also added Drewbie stream for twitch.
Both of those links and more are on right side of blog for easy clicking.
Both of those links and more are on right side of blog for easy clicking.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
MLG Replay, well VODs best can do here is link to all of them
According to MLG this is link to all VODs in order. Just what they casted for the event, none of the games that were played off stage. I will keep looking for and posting links to all of those other games that I can find. In addition I will still be posting links to individual games of interest to me from the MLG site.
VOD link is also on right side of the blog.
FYI, they are unwatchable on my (old) desktop my CPU or graphics card can't handle how they have the stream set up. It looks like real bad lag, I tried to lower quality but it won't let me change the setting, which might just be my computer.
Stream is fine on my laptop, my gaming machine, just figured I would give people a heads up.
VOD link is also on right side of the blog.
FYI, they are unwatchable on my (old) desktop my CPU or graphics card can't handle how they have the stream set up. It looks like real bad lag, I tried to lower quality but it won't let me change the setting, which might just be my computer.
Stream is fine on my laptop, my gaming machine, just figured I would give people a heads up.
MLG Anaheim Alicia vs ToD
MLG Anaheim Catz vs ToD VOD casted by Crota
Game 1 Catz vs Tod
Game 2 Catz vs Tod
Game 3 Catz vs Tod
I'll put my comments after page break to avoid spoilers.
Game 2 Catz vs Tod
Game 3 Catz vs Tod
I'll put my comments after page break to avoid spoilers.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
MLG Anaheim VOD
I will be putting up links to VODs starting later today or tomorrow, a few are already out, if there are any you are having trouble finding a specific game or match up, post about it here and I will see if I can find it for you.
Just in case anyone from MLG takes a look at this page I, and others, would be willing to pay more for replays than stream or VODs.
Because of time zone issues for Europe and Korea your also missing out on large part of your potential market. Your simply not giving them ability to buy your product. Not all SC2 fans are English. Not even sure if majority of SC2 fans are native english speakers even if they know some english. So VODs by english speaking casters are probably not going to be a big draw to them.
Just in case anyone from MLG takes a look at this page I, and others, would be willing to pay more for replays than stream or VODs.
Because of time zone issues for Europe and Korea your also missing out on large part of your potential market. Your simply not giving them ability to buy your product. Not all SC2 fans are English. Not even sure if majority of SC2 fans are native english speakers even if they know some english. So VODs by english speaking casters are probably not going to be a big draw to them.
Monday, August 1, 2011
MLG Anaheim replays
MLG says they won't release them, their statement here, I have very strong doubts about the factual basis of their statement.
Plenty of players and events release replay packs, so I suspect real answer is something else.
Probably money.
I note they are not offering replays with memberships either, or at least they are not mentioning them on their website, I was going to get a membership till I realized it was auto renew with no opt out.
I would have been willing to pay more for one time fee to have MLG Anaheim only video pass, especially if I could watch replays.
I am getting to the point that even the best casters just can't do good enough job covering game for me to LEARN from them. They can only cover one spot of the map at a time, and they haven't worked replays into esports yet like they do NFL (American) Football to be sure fans watching get to see important or exciting replay.
Please note, I am not knocking the casters. When I watch good replays, I often will go over certain parts 2-4 times frequently to figure out exactly what happened, I want to see what each player was actually looking at during each moment, what Production tab shows, what the upgrades where for various units. Also what income is at, what they are spending money on, etc.
Sometimes when there is something new, or new to me I may go over one little slice of time in the game many many times to determine all I possibly can.
But then like Day9 & Spanishiwa, among I suspect many other SC2 players and fans, I came to SC2 from competitive Chess background. Analyzing games is something I have lot of practice with, one of the very cool to me things about SC2 over Chess is games are recorded as video, not notes of describing every piece being moved, so I can focus on what happened and why. I don't have to keep looking at the recorded moves and move the pieces on a board to see everything. Note to hardcore chess players, yes I know many really good chess players can see the image looking at the notation but I have never been able to get the visual and verbal parts of my brain to connect internally like that.
I am real disappointed with the no replay being released from MLG, I think that is totally wrong move for SC2.
If there is a legitimate DOS [Denial of Service] issue why can't they work with Bllizard or some experts to find a way around that issue?
Plenty of players and events release replay packs, so I suspect real answer is something else.
Probably money.
I note they are not offering replays with memberships either, or at least they are not mentioning them on their website, I was going to get a membership till I realized it was auto renew with no opt out.
I would have been willing to pay more for one time fee to have MLG Anaheim only video pass, especially if I could watch replays.
I am getting to the point that even the best casters just can't do good enough job covering game for me to LEARN from them. They can only cover one spot of the map at a time, and they haven't worked replays into esports yet like they do NFL (American) Football to be sure fans watching get to see important or exciting replay.
Please note, I am not knocking the casters. When I watch good replays, I often will go over certain parts 2-4 times frequently to figure out exactly what happened, I want to see what each player was actually looking at during each moment, what Production tab shows, what the upgrades where for various units. Also what income is at, what they are spending money on, etc.
Sometimes when there is something new, or new to me I may go over one little slice of time in the game many many times to determine all I possibly can.
But then like Day9 & Spanishiwa, among I suspect many other SC2 players and fans, I came to SC2 from competitive Chess background. Analyzing games is something I have lot of practice with, one of the very cool to me things about SC2 over Chess is games are recorded as video, not notes of describing every piece being moved, so I can focus on what happened and why. I don't have to keep looking at the recorded moves and move the pieces on a board to see everything. Note to hardcore chess players, yes I know many really good chess players can see the image looking at the notation but I have never been able to get the visual and verbal parts of my brain to connect internally like that.
I am real disappointed with the no replay being released from MLG, I think that is totally wrong move for SC2.
If there is a legitimate DOS [Denial of Service] issue why can't they work with Bllizard or some experts to find a way around that issue?
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