CPL Suggestions

[Deadbeat]

When I was three months old, my parents cropped my monkey.

[Exo]

Yeah America should lose hope now of winning. The Europeons don't get paid to play for a job, but it's damned close. Oh well, they're bringing the professional scene to a new high, and hopefully some of it will seep over here.

[Gpig]

Broadcast CS on tv?



If you would have put 2 seconds of thought into that instead of 1 you would have realized to delete what you said because it is a horrible idea. There's no reason to even discuss why it's such a crappy idea because they're so fucking obvious. Think.

[-:Nighthawk:-]

You could actually pull it off, but I wouldn't go national TV with no experience. You'd want music, commentators, and a lot of changing scenes constantly to make it work.



Dead time? Don't broadcast it in real-time, but instead clip boring parts and put in commercials (hey, this is TV we're talking about). Then just do the "recap of the action up to this point" with highlights of the frags in each round.



It sounds weird to think about, but with sources inside the CPL helping you get a couple of direct HLTV connections, a director with some sports coverage tallent (probably more the olympics type of thing), and just a lot of practice doing the editing quickly and whatnot, and I think you'd actually interest quite a few people in it.



Seriously, esports won't get big on HLTV, you know, it has to be actual broadcast television. I don't care much either way (I don't even own a TV), but it's not an absolutely horrible idea, and I have put a bit of thought into it.



Beats me what the disclaimers would have to be, or how you'd want to customize it for each type of network (ie, obviously TechTV has a different viewing audience than certain other networks, and each would have its own ideal music style and such).



I think it'd be rather odd to see highlights of a CS match being played in some sort of odd Tech Sports coverage, heh, but who knows, maybe it'd work. That's something for the future, though.

[alex`]

gpig.. i really would watch a pro cs tournament on tv, and i think many would do the same.. i mean, comeon.. its much better than those damn robot fighting programs..

[sniv]

PK0rZ wrote..

CSN should cover the pokemon blue and red gameboy games instead

maybe http://pokemonblueandredsnation.pokemon.net would be more appropriate for that

[Gpig]

alex.S wrote..

gpig.. i really would watch a pro cs tournament on tv, and i think many would do the same.. i mean, comeon.. its much better than those damn robot fighting programs..

If you're not into strategies and just want to see kills strung together then it would work. Then you'll probably get a 3rd person angle of the action replayed again probably in first person of the people getting killed/people killing. Either way it wouldn't be as good as watching it on HLTV where you can control which is still not as good as playing CS yourself unless you've taken being a geek to the next level and can somehow get more enjoyment from watching people play a game then actually playing the video game yourself. If that is the case, seek help. Broadcasting on TV would have to go with one idea while if you were to watch on hltv you you could do it however you wanted it and different people do different things. Some just watch their favorite player all the way through or whoever they think is doing the best. Others like to watch the overhead map until they think something is about to happen then they switch to 3rd person or first person to watch that. It's not like football or other sports(and no, I'm not going to call Counter-Strike a sport) where not only do you not miss anything but you get good replays instead you miss 90% of what is going on and it ends up becoming nothing more than a frag video except with commentary instead of music. This, I'm sure, would garner incredible ratings and there would eventually be a Half-Life USA channel, an esports USA channel, and a HDTV esports channel. Watch out superbowl here comes bowling and the CPL!

[Delta|Cpt.Terran]

this one better be better than the summers, cuz i wanna see the clans really show some skill before they get duped by some other dudes. Doubt it though as some can't make it for the CPL...*sigh*

[alex`]

well, gpig, that all depends on the way the program would be made.. i dont think anyone would watch people get killed in 3rd person.. and you would not miss out on plays if you were watching it on tv.. on the contrary, the commentators could point out all that you might have missed.. and with the new digital cable technology the show could be made somewhat interactive, so will get a bit of both worlds

[icer-]

ESPN, ESPN2, & ESPNe (ESPNesports ;o)