Guild Wars 2

hello everyone,

I want to tell you sth about why sPvP is not so good for big ESL tournaments:

Let’s compare with other Games which established in the ESL scene:
The “BIG DEAL”: League of Legends is a game which is based on three lanes (compareable to GW2) you have slow fights and on the map there are not more than 2 “big fights” so it’s easy to shoutcast, be cause you have only one fight at a time and the rest of map happens nothing more.

The “VETERAN”: Counter Strike is a fps Game which has different objectives, very fast shoot outs, so there is no big deal in shoutcasting it, be cause you can switch to the action.

The “CONQUEST”: Battlefield is a Conquest based Game (like GW2) with the small difference that you have one direct Line between base -> point A -> point B -> point C -> enemy base. so the action will be around Point B normally.

The “NEWCOMER”: Guild Wars 2, GW2 takes a bit of every Game, you have 3 Lanes, 3 Capture points and a lot of action. You have normally fights on every point they are not standing in front of each other and waiting for mistakes. the players are going in and start killing. now there is the Problem for Shoutcasting: you don’t know where to stay and watch the fight, be cause everyone wants to see some other place, one guy wants to see how the engi is killing the bunker guard, some other want see the 3 vs 3 fight in the mid, and so on.

If you want to have a good ESL with a lot fans and stuff, you need clear PvP fights, one fight on the map a clear objective what you want to kill.
I give you an example for that: (care mister obvious is showing up) Guild Wars 1 PvP modes, some example for the shoutcasters try to shoutcast this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWvdyCk1Uo
it’s 5 years old but got 212k views over the time.
For the guys who didn’t play GW1:
Game Mode explanation:
Main aim: kill enemy lord (NPC standing in the enemy base)
Side Objective: bring a flag to the shrine, every 2 min holding you get a morale boost which increases your life for 10% and Cd’s on rezz signets are restored.

No other Objective which need to explain, really simple you don’t think so?

I apologise for the wall of text. have fun reading and discussing.
question for discussion:
What do you think could increase the presence of GW2 in ESL?

Greetings Pimpi