SeriousWB on 18 August 2011
| Machina said: I stayed up to watch the first match, which turned out badly on several fronts - long delay, constant in-game lag and game pauses, and one of the dullest, most ultra-cautious non-stop farm games I've ever watched (understandable given the prize, I guess). Game itself looking good though. |
Bad luck, the first game unfortunately was the only one like that D= They reached 1.5 million concurrent stream viewers which was causing all the problems. However they worked around it and there was no pauses in the later games.
All the replays are being uploaded to youtube in 1080p so you can truly see how nice the game looks. These replays aren't being observed by humans, it's using DotA TVs AI or auto-spectator. One fantastic feature among many in the new client.
They seem to have completely worked out their bandwidth issues and the games for Day 2 are going without hitch. The GamesCon doors are now open to the public aswell so there is an audience.
