I didn't go to WCG this year as a referee as I'd decided that it was time to concentrate more at home, and Cologne should have a plethora of replacements from Europe. Turns out it's all finished up last week! Totally forgot about it during crunch month.
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Showing posts with label WCG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WCG. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, October 22, 2007
Carmac
I'm not much of a fan of carmac, he's outspoken and almost up himself. Last year he slammed double elimination as a format in favour of the intensity of single elimination, but then whinges when single elimination doesn't deliver. The thing is agree with most of his points, but for different reasons. He just seems to gloss over critical issues that have much more impact than the surface issues.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
WCG announces games for 2007
WCG posted up the official list of games for 2007. Looks like there's a fair few new games with 12(!) in total including 2 team games.
Seems a bit top-heavy with 4 RTS games, and no single person FPS ? I do like the inclusion of Gears of War as the 2nd team-based game as it has a lot to offer that is different to CS. Tony Hawk has also been a long-time hardcore game with little recognition, so it's another good pick. The competition format is still being decided for Tony Hawk & various other new entries, so I'm not sure how it's going to play in a one-on-one competitive format.
There's also the Promo video for Seattle up on the site too.
Seems a bit top-heavy with 4 RTS games, and no single person FPS ? I do like the inclusion of Gears of War as the 2nd team-based game as it has a lot to offer that is different to CS. Tony Hawk has also been a long-time hardcore game with little recognition, so it's another good pick. The competition format is still being decided for Tony Hawk & various other new entries, so I'm not sure how it's going to play in a one-on-one competitive format.
There's also the Promo video for Seattle up on the site too.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
WCG Wrapup
The dust has settled once again on an eventful WCG, this time with Italy hosting the grand final at the Monza track. Overall it went Ok. Probably needed to ramp up a notch to keep up to the times of ever increasing competition, but adequate enough not to drop the ball as the reigning world event. I wish I got to see more of Italy. Claudio offered an opportunity for me to get in early and tour rome for a week before the event. That would have been perfect to make the trip more than just an apartment and stadium in some other country, but the timing of work and family didn't quite let it happen.
The travel in the area was pretty bad. I didn't know how out-of-the-way the monza track would be, but in retrospect there's a lotta noise to hide away. It took me 6 hours to get to the hotel from the airport on arrival, although my shoot-from-the-hip approach to public transport was partly to blame for that. Claudio probably made the most fuss about it. Maybe he felt the pressure of it being in his home country and took anything going wrong personally? Even things like the transport weren't that bad, just inconvenient. I really, REALLY wanted to get a ride around the Monze circuit itself. They were offering free hotseat laps in BMW's during the day, but the only time we had free, on the sunday after it finished, they had packed up :/
Coverage on the other hand was up a notch from last year. Sky TV did a number of broadcasts, although I didn't get to see the end result. The Cyberstage areas worked well, with games played upstairs in the competition area and commentated downstairs on the big screen in front of a seated audience. The main stage still had the players up on stage and had to deal with the whole plausible information issue, but I haven't seen a system yet that delivers both players and a commentatable game to the general public, so I'm not too fussed. Best of both worlds I guess. WaaghTV also went out from the WC3 area, enough to hit server limits for most of the days we broadcasted. It seemed Toby was still disturbed by the fact that even with 2 games a round going out that people spectating from home still wanted more, and once again took it to heart. Even I get frustrated with some things WCG do, but you need to know what is out of your control and be prepared for the things that are in your control. I hope it's just something you get with experience as his intentions are noble.
The tournament itself went smoother again this year.Having 1/2 the referees from last year back again certainly helped with the orientation, and Andrei, a former team leader, helped out greatly as someone else with a perspective from both sides of the advertising barriers. There seemed to be less information getting to the players this year. As returning players from last year quickly fell into line with the demands of WCG finals, new players still were getting to grips with basic tournament etiquette. No real issues though, apart from Sky's yellow card that kept coming up over and over ...
The flight home was coincidentally the same one that the Australian team, New Zealand team and 6 other referees were on. Made for a great reunion down the back of the plane drinking up the free booze and wangling 1st class meals from the hostesses. Even though I got to sleep a fair bit on the plane, it still hit pretty hard the next day at work.
The travel in the area was pretty bad. I didn't know how out-of-the-way the monza track would be, but in retrospect there's a lotta noise to hide away. It took me 6 hours to get to the hotel from the airport on arrival, although my shoot-from-the-hip approach to public transport was partly to blame for that. Claudio probably made the most fuss about it. Maybe he felt the pressure of it being in his home country and took anything going wrong personally? Even things like the transport weren't that bad, just inconvenient. I really, REALLY wanted to get a ride around the Monze circuit itself. They were offering free hotseat laps in BMW's during the day, but the only time we had free, on the sunday after it finished, they had packed up :/
Coverage on the other hand was up a notch from last year. Sky TV did a number of broadcasts, although I didn't get to see the end result. The Cyberstage areas worked well, with games played upstairs in the competition area and commentated downstairs on the big screen in front of a seated audience. The main stage still had the players up on stage and had to deal with the whole plausible information issue, but I haven't seen a system yet that delivers both players and a commentatable game to the general public, so I'm not too fussed. Best of both worlds I guess. WaaghTV also went out from the WC3 area, enough to hit server limits for most of the days we broadcasted. It seemed Toby was still disturbed by the fact that even with 2 games a round going out that people spectating from home still wanted more, and once again took it to heart. Even I get frustrated with some things WCG do, but you need to know what is out of your control and be prepared for the things that are in your control. I hope it's just something you get with experience as his intentions are noble.
The tournament itself went smoother again this year.Having 1/2 the referees from last year back again certainly helped with the orientation, and Andrei, a former team leader, helped out greatly as someone else with a perspective from both sides of the advertising barriers. There seemed to be less information getting to the players this year. As returning players from last year quickly fell into line with the demands of WCG finals, new players still were getting to grips with basic tournament etiquette. No real issues though, apart from Sky's yellow card that kept coming up over and over ...
The flight home was coincidentally the same one that the Australian team, New Zealand team and 6 other referees were on. Made for a great reunion down the back of the plane drinking up the free booze and wangling 1st class meals from the hostesses. Even though I got to sleep a fair bit on the plane, it still hit pretty hard the next day at work.
Avatars for WCG referee page
Hopefully this avatar will be Ok for the WCG referee forum that is being set up. It'll be good to catch up with the referees again and plan for next year.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
First Hop
Just landed in Singapore after the first leg in the trek to Monza. God bless free internet in SIngapore airports. Memories are coming back about my lost mobile the last time I was here. I'm pretty sure t was this internet kiosk that I 'misplaced' it. Oh well.
6 hours down, 18 to go. Certainly would have been easier if they held WCG in Sngapore again.
Emirates is looking pretty good. Only me in my row so I can stretch out. 50 odd games on the personal system to play (even multiplayer against other passengers), 18 movie channels, plus video feeds from the plane looking forward and down. Free alcohol too. Fun stuff. Only complaint so far is that there doesn't seem to be a schedule to show you what movie is playing and on what station.
6 hours down, 18 to go. Certainly would have been easier if they held WCG in Sngapore again.
Emirates is looking pretty good. Only me in my row so I can stretch out. 50 odd games on the personal system to play (even multiplayer against other passengers), 18 movie channels, plus video feeds from the plane looking forward and down. Free alcohol too. Fun stuff. Only complaint so far is that there doesn't seem to be a schedule to show you what movie is playing and on what station.
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