Do you watch big matches in Counter-Strike or WarCraft III?

As per requested by FlyingDJ
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watching others play games is boring
No, rl is more than enough for me:
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I download some cod2 demos and try to keep up on that scene since its pretty nice, and i used to listen/watch to some random bf2 streams games when they were/are on gamestv.org. Personally w3 and cs are boring spectator games.
WCIII is boring to watch. CS is okay'ish.

I tend to watch Q3/4 games though.
warcraft 3 is pretty boring but I don't mind cs games, I prefer cs:s tho tbh
Usually watch the LAN video streams, q4/WC3/Starcraft & q3 gtv (<3 CPL) - not so much cs.

The shoutcasters make the difference as to what I watch.
giga.de
ggl.com
and cpl.com?

any more sites out there?
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gotfrag.com will stream CPL winter.
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too bad they use q3 -.-
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I gotta say I agree with Chosen, Q4 1.3 is almost as good as Q3 now
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Because they made it into a copy of q3, only you need a big ass pc to run q4.
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It's the rail, stupid.
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Fatality on monsoon vs stermy. Stermy rockets out and from nowhere fat catches him with the greatest rail I have ever seen. The crowd at WCG went nuts for that
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Fatal1ty & monsoon are the only good things about q4 <3

It's as if he intentionally gives his opponents a head start - comeback king.
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Clearly fixed for F-players publicity ^^
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q4 > faster > q3
q4 > looks better > q3
q4 > i bought it
q3 > i found a legal download some years ago xD
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The engine is not designed for multiplayer. That's all you need to know.
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cant agree :/
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nothing to agree there.. its a fact ;)
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cant agree :/
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q3 along with starcraft are still miles ahead of any online game out there. speaking from a gamers pov and spectators pov. You can enjoy them as a noob as much as a pro, perfect learning curves imho.
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Esreality - fuck the other sites.

That'd be like checking CB over xf for ET news...
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I'm the same - I watch streams from LAN, but not much else.
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WC3 rocks. It's just amazing how players control their units :O
Like I have the time to watch ET matches -_-
Make a poll: Wich games do you like to watch besides ET?
imo giga should pay for this market research! :P
I watch most games that NiP and SK.swe play. Warcraft is so boring to watch and I dont have it installed.

I saw a few VODs from WCVG (or whatever it was) on Starcraft and it was really really great to watch so if possible Id like to watch a few more of those, crazy strategies in that game o_0

I also watched VODs from teh Toxicator when possible.
i only watch xfire.be 16 hours a day, no time =<
Some q3 matches and the rare CoD2 streams, but no CS or WC3.
I watch Qlasics from tiem to time, and when there are major leagues played at LAN I watch the dutch teams like digitalMind, I dont watch WC3 :>
CS Master Series and EPS on giga & giga2!
Counterstrike is realy boring to watch. They seldomly let you spectate from a players pov. I never played the game so its realy hard to understand what is going on. Same goes for warcraft. Its not fun to watch games you dont understand.

Painkiller, fear, and Q3/4 are fun to watch as long as its 1o1. TDM isnt that fun to watch unless you got some scandinavian team pwning the shit out of some unknown clan. (or the Doctors playing F.E.A.R. )

And ofc SC > all. Along with ET is one of the most enjoyable games. Imho a good spectator game should have big stars batteling it out, and a game wich allows for lots and lots of tactics along with enough room to surprise you with 'out-of-the-box' thinking (just watch any sc fragvid to understand this; winghaven or night like playing)
Any good places to get starcraft-videos from? And I dont want any youtube-shit. :)
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www.ggl.com

Theres a shitload of vids from Blizzcon and and WCG. Realy nice shoutcasts to, mostly people who played the game themselves (sorry dj wheat but you are teh biggest SC nob out there ;) You need an account though.
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Nick "Tasteless" Plot, the greatest SC caster on the planet! Also looks like John Travolta
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Is he the dude with the glasses or the young dude with the cool hair? I liked the young dude, realy great shoutcasts. Entertaining at the start to get the noobs in, explains some of the game basics during the boring parts and doing the pr0 shoutcasting during the actions.
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Wheat is the guy with funky hair and glasses (looks like gordon freeman from halflife)
Tasteless is the guy with Pink hair at wcg and I think blue hair at WCG usa, and is young yes.
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I recoginze DJwheat :) Thought i saw some other sc with glasses. But yeah, tasteless is just awesome, although u5'bunny looks cute when shoutcasting wc3. Sounds like she has an orgasms whenever a hero reaches a new lvl.
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Agreed, She is phenominal - I love casting with her
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I realy enjoy the cute part, her shoutcasting can get a bit too exciting, but maybe you need that to make a confusing game like WC3 interesting.
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Or you can just ask me ;)
I'm watching quit much Q4 :)

and of course counterstrike
Poland versus. Germany Nationscup, I watched live at GC, were brilliant skill of poland.
Somehow I never enjoyed watching Q4 as much as cpma. Q3 VQ3 is kk as long as its some of the top players batteling it out, though cpma is just way way more spectator friendly as theres much more going on. vq3 is just map control. cpma is aggresive :)
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hmn, Q3 is coming very strong back, or not :>
Q3 migth be for spectator better, anway i think it is better then Q4.

My interest to Q4 was very strong when TosspoT cased at GC.
This was fun, he cased with the some of NationalGaming Leagues.

And Toss tried to be funny and yeah it was. Maybe becaus I ate this day 20 lollipoppers, anway I would like to see on Gamestv.org more other FPS Games then ET. :>
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I'll pretty much watch anything fps based, Quake, CS and CoD are my preferred options, although i was watching some BF2142 stream last night.
I'd only watch warcraft from the RTS category, and thats only when either bunny, wheat or smeagol are casting it, I might listen to SC for tasteless's jokes though.

Infact to clarify, I'd pretty much watch any stream iTG put out, does that make be bias? :P
Im the same ill watch owt FPS but as far as WC3 its great to play but hell as boring to watch, and shoutcasters seem to struggle on things to say after a while, most just end up talking about shitall its that borin. Its great for new shoutcasters to start on however you do need some knoledge of warcraft. (not that i have the slightest clue about shoutcasting i was just told it was :o)
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I enjoy Q4 streams and in few other occasions WC.
But CS matches? Cmon, no way.
XFIRE 24/7 j00
I read xfire all day long :D
I only read Crossfire all day long.
no thx
seen a few from Croatia Zeus @ wc3 !
I watch some big CS games, like finals n stuff, same for CoD2. Also I watch most of Quake 4 streams.
Warcraft III is just LOL
I love watching some fps games as CS or CoD, but don't like games like Warcraft, maybe it's because I never played it
I rather play myself then watchin others play thats so stupid :\

I have games to play not to watch others.
CS (and CS:S, DoD:S) yes

WC3 no longer (I played too much DotA and hate the game now :) )
vi sitter i ventrilo och spelar lite DotA?
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I prefer cutting my veins
minesweaper 1on1 games for ze win.
I watch ManU matches :)
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