Asian Games 2022

[Grassmarket 4,031]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Dressage really made a huge wave today in India. First equestrian gold since 1982 and first dressage medal since 1986. Had my friends asking about the discipline showed them the highlights and they were waiting for the horse to jump when they realized there were no hurdles at all and watched some best dressage videos of past world champs and enjoyed it.

Just tell them it's like a mantra  for horses, they'll understand. 

[NearPup 3,496]

The League of Legends esports tournament is, unsurprisingly, a complete joke of an event. The format is bad (Bo1 group stages with Bo3 single elimination bracket), it is being played on an old patch and the bracket is very uneven - the de-facto final will be the - semi-finals. The only real reason for fans to care is that the six Korean players (most notable Faker) have a chance to avoid having their careers ended by military service.

 

The Dota 2 tournament has a similar problem with a bad format and the de-facto final being the semi-final ( and are by far the best teams, with likely being the third best team).

 

It's really frustrating just how bad IOC and OCA events are at showcasing esports. There is well over twenty years of expertise on how to run sucessful esports events, but whoever is in charge here is just not willing to learn what makes an esport event work. Everything is baffling, from the broadcast to the venue to the choise of games to the format.

 

(At least the Street Fighter and FIFA tournaments have a somewhat sensible format, so there is that).

Edited September 26, 2023 by NearPup

[Olympian1010 8,230]

2 hours ago, NearPup said:

It's really frustrating just how bad IOC and OCA events are at showcasing esports. There is well over twenty years of expertise on how to run sucessful esports events, but whoever is in charge here is just not willing to learn what makes an esport event work. Everything is baffling, from the broadcast to the venue to the choise of games to the format.

It’s not just esports. There’s dumb formats on show across the whole program.

 

I don’t really know the reasoning for it, but this event has not left me impressed with the OCA.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

Didal  appears to be injured. She’s having difficulty getting around the venue 

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

It's really frustrating just how bad IOC and OCA events are at showcasing esports. There is well over twenty years of expertise on how to run sucessful esports events, but whoever is in charge here is just not willing to learn what makes an esport event work. Everything is baffling, from the broadcast to the venue to the choise of games to the format.

 

The issue with esports is that it is very decentralized with no centralized governance. Any time one is attempted they ignored the established organizers and thus you end up with this.

 

In hindsight it makes sense that the sport is so decentralized. The genre of games is so vast. It would be like trying to have football and boxing ran by the same federation.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

2 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

The issue with esports is that it is very decentralized with no centralized governance. Any time one is attempted they ignored the established organizers and thus you end up with this.

 

In hindsight it makes sense that the sport is so decentralized. The genre of games is so vast. It would be like trying to have football and boxing ran by the same federation.

Yes, navigating the quagmire of potential titles can be difficult. The host country’s attitude towards the video game industry may also be a complicating factor in this case.

 

That said, the AESF is a reasonably established continental federation. This isn’t their first rodeo.

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

40 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yes, navigating the quagmire of potential titles can be difficult. The host country’s attitude towards the video game industry may also be a complicating factor in this case.

 

That said, the AESF is a reasonably established continental federation. This isn’t their first rodeo.

Yeah, I didn't realize Peacekeeper Elite was just PUBG Mobile and I imagine China pushed hard for Dream Three Kingdoms 2. Not sure why as something like CrossFire seems to have more interest there.

 

Looking at the popularity of games in the top Asian nations the following games should have been selected.

 

Arena of Valor

Dota 2

Hearthstone

League of Legends

Overwatch

PUBG Mobile (or PC PUBG)

Valorant

 

They got 4/7 and Hearthstone was originally on the schedule before getting removed. Only Overwatch and Valorant were missing.

 

The next tier of games would be Apex Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Free Fire, League of Legends: Wild Rift and Rainbow Six Siege.

[Roamingrover86 862]

8 hours ago, dcro said:

Very surprising podium. Gold for India, silver for China, no medal for neither Japan nor South Korea (I believe that's a first time for both).

 

Jacqueline Siu looks good for a possible individual title defense, meanwhile.

Will the points from AG be added for world rankings & count towards Olympic qualification? 

[Roamingrover86 862]

🥇& 🥉 for  in 50m 3P( W) .

 

Sift Kaur Samra won 🥇 with a WR score  (469.6) in the final  

[El Analyzer 308]

40 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

🥇& 🥉 for  in 50m 3P( W) .

 

Sift Kaur Samra won 🥇 with a WR score  (469.6) in the final  

is doing great  in shooting recently, both youth and adults categories, I think you should get few medals in Paris with this consistency and high performance