Heyo,
it is like christmas eve in here, when everybody is a bit drunk and tells his family members what he really thinks of them. Well here is my two cent:
Of course did ami screw up with relic in the yoink stream (why on hell yoink had to put it online anyway, i will never understand). Of course Ami can be annoying - probably more than other people - but that is mostly because he cares and he wants to create. You can´t have one without the other. He is an perfectionist and he tries to up the production value. I truely understand, that if relics offers him a WFA key for a big tournament like OCF, it is like treating him like a child. Maybe it was from relics side still deserved after the yoink incident, but now it should stop.
What i am trying to say is: I dont care if ami is "two-faced", he is such a prominent figure in the community because "he gets shit done" and without him there wouldn´t be ESL or any competitive scene of coh2.
Best Regards
awa59b
PS: I think ami hates puppies, even the fluffy ones...
+1/2
It's like having your in-laws over for Christmas.
But I agree with most of what you said. Lets agree to disagree to agree for a better future honestly. We all want CoH2 to do better in one way or another, best to work for progress through action, though it's good to lay down some facts, whether it be Relic or the Community.
The excitement for ESL has been low because they are catering to the same small group of players each week. Increased prizes will do very little to help.
Poor seeding and the same EU players in the NA brackets all lead to a stacked system.
Relic/ESL needs to restrict players to either the NA or EU tournament.
They should have done an upper and lower league to encourage new players to get involved and gain experience in competitive play. At minimum make it double elimination with a loser's bracket so players have a chance to play a couple competitive games.
Blocking out an afternoon to end up playing a level 500+ player in round 1 then playing a top 10 player in round 2 isn't fun for anyone. I get more competitive games just playing automatch.
I strongly agree with this as well, the majority of people that try multiplayer aren't enticed to try ESL considering the amount of pr0s vying for the tournament prizes provided, including myself. NA/EU need to be separate, unless there's a joint tourney for it, and there should be a beginners, intermediate, and pr0 tournament revolving around ESL, hopefully this can be done in the future, for now I like how we've been able to startup ESL again successfully.