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WCS EU afterthoughts:
WCS EU started off pretty rough; with stuff like, last minute sign in time changes, people falsely reporting their opponent for being late, etc. They were also the unfortunate ones to have to start the qualifiers first so they cannot learn from the american qualifiers.
Their production improved greatly at a pretty noticeable pace: from getting better casters, better casting desks, then seeing them adjust the screen in the back so they casters' head do not cover the scores, then finally showing us such an awesome studio, leading up to a well executed finals event (with whitera taking over the bar!).
Meanwhile in America, MLG seems to be just stagnant: the huge focus and monopoly they are given for WCS failed to motivate to improve. The MLG live event is no different from their other cheaply made events in their NY high rise studio. They are stuck with the same two casters with the exception of when Rotterdam paid his own trip to cast WCS, or when totalbiscuit went over to NY to host his shoutcraft tournament.
Sundance seem to have forgotten what has made an MLG event great at the first place. Remember what people keep saying back when Koreans were dominating the MLG events? Even though the Koreans took the trophy, the MLG CROWD won the tournament. The enthusiasm of the MLG crowd can even rival past OSL events (BW events got tons of people attending but I feel like they lack the same enthusiasm as the american audience). MLG: time to stop being cheap and wasting money on a studio at such a fancy place: because you are ruining WCS america.
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