Rate the Ultimate Empire Showdown Event

[bjorntju1]

So if I understand correctly, The VS should have won because they won 2 out of three challanges. But instead the TR won because most people voted for TotalBiscuit? (who is probably the most populair of the three, I didn't even know the other two)

Really?

0/10

[ringring]

It was not so good.

1. I had no idea there was supposed to be simultaneous events on all servers. Maybe it said so somewhere and I didn't read the last few emails from the team because I though I already knew this wasn't meant for me on Miller.

I normally ready everything so I don't know how I missed that.

2. Horrible horrible technical issues. How was it that weren't you prepared?

3. Jacehall. He should have done a little homework, ignorance by the commentators is not acceptable. Take sports commentators for instance. They have a good grounding in whatever sports they commentate on, but in addition they also have and do in depth preparation on the terams of the team involved and the strategies thay may be on show. - Amateur.

4. Adrienne. Similar tbh criticism as with Jace also because of her role not quite as important. When she was speaking with the teams, she didn't know their names. Standing next to Levelcap and TRay she said 'Here I am with the, erm, VS team...'. Although, if I was Levelcap I'd have forgiven her anything too when she sat on his lap and bounced up and down a few times.

5. Viewers perspective? Confusing. There were no visible strategies that were apparent over and above people zerging, and dying often and too quickly. Maybe they were there but if so it didn't come out.

Perhaps if you had 1 commentator following each empire exclusively they could follow strategies evolving and then summarise them for the audience.

Perhaps also there should be a special overview map where the progress of the war and strategies can be explained. For example, TV sports summarisers have a screen where they explain things, they can draw arrows and with those show how 'plays' develop and if they break down be knowledgable enough to show the points where a wrong turning was taken.

The results.
The voting thing, what! Surely not.
VS dominated, TR and NC quite a way behind and close together with NC trailing in last. I think this reflects current game balance pretty well.

In Summary.
It was not a particularly good viewing experience. I have seen better in PS2, from Maggie and Jimmywhis included who I think are great.
You need a rethink on how to present a war over and above how to present a simple fps bout.
You need your presenters to be knowledgable, I think Addrienne was fine but Jace needed to do some work beforehand.

+1 to TB for humour.

[Rothnang]

It was ruined for me by two things: Deciding the winner by who won a popularity contest instead of who won the war, and how much whining there was about nerfs.

[ChipMHazard]

Well, what did you expect? The VS completely dominated the event, so obviously people were going to be calling for nerfs, whether it's warranted or not. Same would have happened if any of the other factions had been dominating.
Sadly that's just part of the online gaming culture.

[Ghoest9]

Almost no one understood the event before it started and most people didnt even know it going to be on all servers.
I still dont know if there was going to be some sort of reward.

I have no idea how the it went on the main server but on mine it was kind of a joke.

[laoss]

I'm sorry to say, but the event was a bit underwhelming. All that tra-rah and bling-bling up until the showdown, but the show itself felt unprofessional and not well-thought-out.
(... kinda like the game itself).

This game cannot survive on PR stunts.

[Infernalis]

Yes but the fact is we all know there is balance problems between factions and between vehicles and the lack of communication from the dev team about it doesn't help (Higby just acknowledged the Magrider was the best MBT after so much time for ex, without any solutions).

As for the event it was a failure, but I guess they'll learn from it.

[artifice]

Originally Posted by Infernalis

Yes but the fact is we all know there is balance problems between factions and between vehicles and the lack of communication from the dev team about it doesn't help (Higby just acknowledged the Magrider was the best MBT after so much time for ex, without any solutions).

As for the event it was a failure, but I guess they'll learn from it.

I hope they learn from it.

[MasterMind]

Really? The TR won because of a popular vote? Everybody knows that TR have the most people on EVERY SINGLE SERVER. Its obvious they will get the most votes... Vanu easily dominated the competition and is the true winner of the showdown.

[CaptainTenneal]

I think everyone was having a blast during the event. The winner selection is what soured the results. Even though I utterly loath the VS, it was down right wrong to not give them the trophy. I'm sure SOE regrets how they handled it and can't change it now, so maybe a sizable cert prize, and/or some item/decal prize to the VS who participated would make everyone feel better. And the NC get a buff, poor guys need it And the TR get to keep our "Propoganda Victory", since TR apparently still controls the media in the Auraxis universe.

[mikeyspud]

Take a look at this link, http://www.planetside2.com/news/ues-victory-report

Look at the score card. VS VS VS VS VS with TR coming last. Somewhere in the article it says "The fans have voted and the competition was intense, and in the end Total Biscuit's team took the victory and the spoils. Congratulations to Terran Republic for dominating their foes." Dominating isnt quite the word i would use there. We clearly didnt dominate because we lost nearly every single challenge, TR has the most people so we were obvioulsy going to win, they may aswell of given TB the trophy as soon as the competition started. I really do hope LvlCap and Seananners atleast questoned this decision to the faces of SOE. Since when did getting public vote count as dominating... Surely this is enough evidence against SOE's decision to put it down to vote. I atleast hope they learn from this mistake...

[Rothnang]

I think acting as though the VS did well just because of the Magrider and bullet drop is just idiotic and utterly insulting to the people who play on the faction.

If success is always just going to be viewed as being overpowered we might as well either shut the game down right now or remove all differences between the factions until all they are is a color and a logo.

[capiqu]

Aside the technical problems I really enjoyed the empire showdown. I could see growth and improvement in these types of events. Especially with the PS2 Twitch channel alone having 15,000 viewers for the contest.
As far as the game play the maps should have reset before each event. Especially on the second event which gave the VS a huge advantage and this is apparent by the VS sweeping in all continents.
I agree with Canaris. On a king of the hill contest all sides should be at an equal distance from the capture point. Maybe what's needed is an specially designed base or even continent for these events.

[Eduard Khil]

Absolutely terrible in every aspect.

You know there is something wrong when a notorious videogame newbie wins a cup, I wonder who actually made it happen for him.

[Ghoest9]

Originally Posted by Rothnang

I think acting as though the VS did well just because of the Magrider and bullet drop is just idiotic and utterly insulting to the people who play on the faction.

If success is always just going to be viewed as being overpowered we might as well either shut the game down right now or remove all differences between the factions until all they are is a color and a logo.

Ummm its not just the Magrider - and its definetly not bullet drop that makes Vanu the best.


Compared to NC They are better at everything that matters.
-Easier to use guns.
-All round better ESF
-Much better tank.

-The NC have a better close range MAX(whoopdeee do)