Guild Wars 2

while the date might have been known for a small number of players because they have read and remembered it somewhere before, it is completely wrong to start advertising for such a ‘big’ event 4 days before the finals happen.

there needs to be a reminder in hotm, on the forums, on the website, on twitch, maybe even articles about it on websites like IGN – weeks before, but cmon, how can you be serious about esports if you do something like that?

Probably is just my opinion, but there is no E-Sports for GuildWars2. For example I do not care. First we must have a good product, and only afterwards advertise it.

You ask for more advertising… advertise what exactly? How many players like PvP and love the balance in this game? From those players, how many like to watch streams and have passion for PvP tournaments (not just legendary backpack crafting)?

PvP advertisement has ever been Anets strong suit. I mean, I have no clue how the new Tournament system is laid out now… do they have tournaments on wednesdays or sundays or both? Is it just top players from the Ladder league? Who knows…

Yeah, communications were quite poor. It’s almost as if they’ve already given up on the whole pro league concept and are just following through on some commitments at this point.

style.6173:

Yeah, communications were quite poor. It’s almost as if they’ve already given up on the whole pro league concept and are just following through on some commitments at this point.

They gave up because players gave up; players gave up because the product was not stable enough; product was not balanced because they did not care enough.

How much notice does one have to give when they only have 50 twitch followers? Remembering also, that 50 probably contains members of staff.

I admit that they should have started this sooner, but I do not understand why people are not hyped for the finals. My hype levels are absolutely through the roof right now for it, as much as they we 3 days before HoT came out. I love the new website, I LOVE the new highlight videos that are on there and I can’t wait for the finals, which I have been aware of when they were since the start of the pro league, so there is no advertising issue there if someone genuinely interested in the pro league is fully aware of when the finals are.
I really hope the finals are exciting and that season 2 is just as good and I really hope that Anet do not abandon their e-sports like some people have asked for (who I hope is the vocal minority) because that would disappoint me more that HoT being removed from my account forever, it seriously would.
Overall though while I admit that it was a mistake to start advertising 4 days before the finals, I am still so excited for the event and for season 2.

PvP is all about advertisement. Bahahalance patchs have only one goal: to make pro league entertaining to watch, certainly not entertaining to play. In a pay to play model, anet only needs to sell the game to win. It doesn’t matter if victims shortly notice this game is full of rubbish.

Companies these days go for short term benefits. It may not seem wise at first but if you look closer to the gaming industry, the offer is more and more overwhelming. Average players don’t invest much time into a game before switching to another.

I may be wrong somewhere, but that’s what it looks like to me.

Ara.4569:

PvP is all about advertisement. Bahahalance patchs have only one goal: to make pro league entertaining to watch, certainly not entertaining to play. In a pay to play model, anet only needs to sell the game to win. It doesn’t matter if victims shortly notice this game is full of rubbish.

Companies these days go for short term benefits. It may not seem wise at first but if you look closer to the gaming industry, the offer is more and more overwhelming. Average players don’t invest much time into a game before switching to another.

I may be wrong somewhere, but that’s what it looks like to me.

Indeed, you are right. There is no long term vision and only short term profit matters to them. Slowly, in time, the product will fade away. History of many other games confirms it.

I can not wait to see how almost to no viewers is gonna watch the stream this season.
E-sports!