drago talks about brink

Its finally here, Team Dignitas has released its new website! That means we have a blog section again and Drago was kind enough to write a blog about Brink as an esports title!

It's simple and perhaps posted a little bit too late (this is our fault) but its still a good read, plus you get to check out the cool new website :)

http://www.team-dignitas.net/articles/Blogs/Brink/97/Drago-Brink-suited-for-eSports

Edit: if you get a 404 error that means your area DNS server hasnt refreshed yet and you are still seeing the old website (& old links), just try again in a few hours then
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Refreshingly simple page. I love it!
I haven't even tried Brink and it is SHIT:DF:D:
Nice, a FB-like button!!! Will press it asap.
to summon it:
- no SDK
- no demo function
- no 1st person view as spectator <-- lol (horrible for streams, which is quite more used nowadays like in SC2 etc... something like ETTV is not needed anymore imo, since streaming has become so easy + good money from commercials... but who wants to watch 3rd person lol)

sounds like a promising esports title ? ... definitly NOT !

On the other hand i gotta say it really looked kinda fun (and good) when watching drago play yesterday... but enjoying the game personally (as a player) is one thing... being esports capable is something different... and at the current state of the game i definitly wouldn't talk about "Brink being suited for esports" sorry...
SDK will come at a later point.
Demo function is being worked on because atm it has some sort of glitch .
I agree on the spectator thing tho.
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same statements from Splashdamage as always... Have Fun waiting :) ... they will invest more time releasing new DLCs with new skinpacks or weaponcolors or any shit for making $$$, than in any of the 3 functions written above... mark my words.
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I love the game, it's great fun :)

I don't care whether it will be the next big esport game, or what not. I probably wont be playing anything competitively ever again :)
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no doubt about it being fun, i'm even thinking about buying it cause it looked fun playing... and i really enjoyed my time with ETQW tbh.

my point was just about talking about Brink as an esports title.
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I doubt any streams or casting in the future will be very intense, will be very similair to ET:QW to watch (which was quite boring) and will be similair to ET in that you have to have an idea of what is going on as the game style is different.

The maps are a real let down in terms of how they progress 2-3 single stages with cut scenes where you basically sit on the objective 95% of the time.

This being said, it is fun to play and a good laugh (more so than ET I think, actually forces you to help team mates more in Brink seemingly) but it isnt the fail that was Wolfenstein (anyone that even thinks it is didnt play wolfenstein or hasnt played brink) as the game is quite playable currently but without changes it will fade away.
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i haven't played Brink ofc... since i did not buy it yet :D ... but from what i saw i would compare it with early ETQW, not with Wolfenstein ofc... and as i already mentioned i enjoyed playing ETQW! Still the game is not esports capable at the current state... this was my point.

Streaming btw has become such a huge esports aspect, top SC2 players streaming their games make up to 3000-5000$ per month just from streaming...
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yeah but sc2 is a 1v1 game mostly.. so its way easier to stream. while in a team game u want to spec a certain player or just want to have a general overview over the tactics and stuff... i like streams but for teamshooters i would prefere some kind of ettv tbh.
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sounds like BFBC2
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Just can't be arsed with it anymore, mainly cause I'm shit! I will probably try again in the future, but I don't see much competition potential atm
How can you be shit at it , mate ?

Compared to ET , Brink is piss easy !
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site looks terrible though
make them a new one then
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why would i
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you can criticise something without being able to improve it.
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of course, is the internet right?
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I hear people call footballers etc shit all the time irl, they surely aren't better though.
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pretty boring read tbh :(
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LOL WHAT??
okok
Brink just feels like an Xbox game which has been ported to PC last minute. Slow movement, SMART button takes out any skill involved in movement & the game in general just feels awkward.

In my opinion, the movement aspect is the biggest problem. The game feels one dimensional compared to other PC FPS games, and this is what I think deters me the most.
The movement system (or the rest of the game for that matter) aren't fundamentally crap, though. It's the unfinished feeling it has that's bad.
I guess that they still didn't quite have the game ready for release, and didn't dare to delay it a second time. In hopes of proper patches and an SDK so that this diamond could be cut.

I still have my hopes up. ET was an incomplete piece of junk at the time of release, too.
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Yeah I know ET sucked at first, but I just don't like how the movement (hold one key to do everything) works, it seems too focused on console gamers. Where as in ET you have players who, with good movement, can be the difference between winning & losing.
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Agree with above.

The best and worst part of brink is its flagship SMART movement. at the moment, it just doesnt work... the game feels awkward/choppy.

Now i have to say a fun online fps game for example COD:MW still has absolutely pants movement ability. its terribly bad, but the game makes up for it by having shit movement smooth and very multi-dimensional.

Brink just feels unfinished and needs months more work to convince me otherwise.


I wont play it until it is finished. as i have better things to do than waste my time getting slid into and knocked down by some idiot with a 12 core PC thinking he is the don.
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:(
awaitin a real article based on his experience of the game cuz this one is just irrelevant or way too late
cannot into care.
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