I kinda agree here, feels like observer is more suitable for LAN events.Best tournament in a long time. Loved the organization, all the extra things, stats, cocasters and everything.
I just don't like the observer thing, never showing what the casters are talking about. Loved the final day in that regard.
I love you memb and I know the observer simplifies things for the caster, but it's worse for the viewer.
or you can say won against 3 of 4 participants of Tournament Champions League 2020Kudos to Vinch, people forget that he won against 3 of 4 participants of who is no.2 event, Hera, Yo, Liereyy. He had an amazing tournament.
Another way to look at it, but when he lost to No.1, tournament made to decide for No.2 seems more clickbait for my post.or you can say won against 3 of 4 participants of Tournament Champions League 2020
Kudos to Vinch, people forget that he won against 3 of 4 participants of who is no.2 event, Hera, Yo, Liereyy. He had an amazing tournament.
I liked the observer; I felt that there were many moments when the observer highlighted a development that the casters didn’t immediately notice or focus on.I kinda agree here, feels like observer is more suitable for LAN events.
Are the observer's transitions also smoother? When they had to switch to Memb's POV I kind of felt it was all over the place even though generally I don't really mind streamer's POV.I liked the observer; I felt that there were many moments when the observer highlighted a development that the casters didn’t immediately notice or focus on.
smoother maybe, memb tends to click a lot everywhereAre the observer's transitions also smoother? When they had to switch to Memb's POV I kind of felt it was all over the place even though generally I don't really mind streamer's POV.
also true, sometimes, but at the cost of many times being showing something different to what the casters are talking about, being late to show fog of war...I liked the observer; I felt that there were many moments when the observer highlighted a development that the casters didn’t immediately notice or focus on.
That's pretty annoying, it's true. But I think it's often the caster itself that can't let go of control rather than the observer not showing what's going on. I personally think the usage of an observer in tournaments is one of the best things that happened to competitive AoE in the last two years - I like it really much. Not having those casters jumping around, forgetting what they want to say while scrolling etc. It's a much smoother viewing experience overall. But the casters itself still need to get used to it and mentally let go of some control (which is probably the hardest part about it).It's much more annoying to me when the casters have to tell the observer what to look at.
The idea that MbL has a bad match-up against Viper or can't perform vs him is one I've seen a few times recently and find really interesting - based on recent performances it's hard not to agree, but it's funny to think that it was only two or three years ago that he was the only player who looked like he could consistently take games off Viper, beating him in the first two NACs and having maybe the match of the year against him in the HC2 semis.Mbl never plays his best against him & Jordan doesn't have any answers.
The last three HCs have all been in March I believe, so assuming it's happening - which I'd say is likely but by no means guaranteed - then that's when I'd expect it.Is it true Hidden cup 5 is coming in February?
HC2 was in April but the last two HCs being in March is still enough to think March for this one assuming it is happening.The idea that MbL has a bad match-up against Viper or can't perform vs him is one I've seen a few times recently and find really interesting - based on recent performances it's hard not to agree, but it's funny to think that it was only two or three years ago that he was the only player who looked like he could consistently take games off Viper, beating him in the first two NACs and having maybe the match of the year against him in the HC2 semis.
The last three HCs have all been in March I believe, so assuming it's happening - which I'd say is likely but by no means guaranteed - then that's when I'd expect it.
Really! Totally slipped my mind. Well that works for me better, so our so called experts put Hera in top 10 of all time, who is not even considered top 5 short time ago. Lol.Hera wasn't in the who is no.2 event, the other two were Tatoh and MbL, one of whom beat Vinch.
Really! Totally slipped my mind. Well that works for me better, so our so called experts put Hera in top 10 of all time, who is not even considered top 5 short time ago. Lol.
Like in all games, the players got better and better over the years; in dota 2, things that were considered super plays just 5 years ago are now a given, everybody already assumes that the player will have that reflex trained to perfection and will execute 9 out of 10 timesReally! Totally slipped my mind. Well that works for me better, so our so called experts put Hera in top 10 of all time, who is not even considered top 5 short time ago. Lol.
I liked the observer; I felt that there were many moments when the observer highlighted a development that the casters didn’t immediately notice or focus on.
To be fair, Hera has had better results than 99% of Aoe2 players in history.Really! Totally slipped my mind. Well that works for me better, so our so called experts put Hera in top 10 of all time, who is not even considered top 5 short time ago. Lol.
If only 100,000 people played any version of AOE2, that would put only him in the top 1000. That is definitely an easy threshold to pass.To be fair, Hera has had better results than 99% of Aoe2 players in history.
Okay, he has had better results than 13 of the top 16 AoE2 players in historyIf only 100,000 people played any version of AOE2, that would put only him in the top 1000. That is definitely an easy threshold to pass.
If by players you are more specific like for example : "players who have competed in RO 64 or higher in competitive S-tier tournaments", then being in top 1% of that would be impressive. And he probably passes that bar too.
The frequency of S-tier tournaments lately has definitely skewed things a bit.
While, most of the "Top X " are subjective, longevity should be one of the most important factors which I think Hera lacks a bit.
You're probably correct For the criteria you're thinking of but I cant check if its true since you didn't mention it. I checked tournament elo Website and there were 4 people with better tournament results. They were Viper, Daut , Chris and Tatoh. Didn't check every one ofcourse.Okay, he has had better results than 13 of the top 16 AoE2 players in history
It's really interesting to me, too, and for the same reasons. It's fascinating how one can bet on MbL having a good chance at beating people he's beaten somewhat consistently before (Hera, Yo, Vinchester), and always bet against him on people he has almost always lost to (Liereyy, TheViper).The idea that MbL has a bad match-up against Viper or can't perform vs him is one I've seen a few times recently and find really interesting - based on recent performances it's hard not to agree, but it's funny to think that it was only two or three years ago that he was the only player who looked like he could consistently take games off Viper, beating him in the first two NACs and having maybe the match of the year against him in the HC2 semis.