OmegaXCN
[10] Knight
I had a great experience at MLG. The gorgeous venue, the awesome competition, and free cans of Dr. Pepper were very very cool.
However, Esom's podcast is definitely worth listening to. I definitely felt like an afterthought or a burden as a community at MLG. Their lack of sensitivity with DQing players and not allowing Esom to play his match because of their BS schedule prevented the event from being perfect. Rekki was DQ'd while watching a match on the main stage, not realizing the sound system was connected to that area and he couldn't hear his name being called.
Like Hates said in this article, you can't run this shit like Halo or StarCraft. Not everyone traveled in teams. Esom spent the time and money to travel to this event and they wouldn't even allow the simple solution of letting him play his match because they have to move on with their schedule or whatever crap.
I had a great time at MLG, but there's definitely room for improvement.
However, Esom's podcast is definitely worth listening to. I definitely felt like an afterthought or a burden as a community at MLG. Their lack of sensitivity with DQing players and not allowing Esom to play his match because of their BS schedule prevented the event from being perfect. Rekki was DQ'd while watching a match on the main stage, not realizing the sound system was connected to that area and he couldn't hear his name being called.
Like Hates said in this article, you can't run this shit like Halo or StarCraft. Not everyone traveled in teams. Esom spent the time and money to travel to this event and they wouldn't even allow the simple solution of letting him play his match because they have to move on with their schedule or whatever crap.
I had a great time at MLG, but there's definitely room for improvement.