Changing the Format won't fix your viewership problem

IncrediPhiLL·10/1/2017, 2:10:47 PM·5 votes·763 views

We all know you have a viewership decline, riot. Anyone with eyes can see it although you have a lot of moon landing experts in these forums who refused to listen.

The format change is not the way to go. It's not gonna get you your fix. That's not why we stopped watching. We stopped watching because you have consistently geared the league and its results for the success of one team (you know the one) instead of the league. I know their games get 50% more viewership than any other team, but until you realize that your other teams matter and there are fans that want to watch these teams, then you'll still turn everyone away.

A format change was not needed. A competitive environment and fair environment for every team was needed. You're still blinded by one team's viewership numbers to see. I guess we'll just have to watch TSM win BO1s instead of BO5s.

Next.

19 Comments

Jorencice10/1/2017, 2:13:51 PM2 votes

Fair? Does one team get a 20% damage boost that im not aware of?

IncrediPhiLL10/1/2017, 2:13:16 PM1 votes

BO3s

IncrediPhiLL10/1/2017, 2:17:05 PM1 votes

No, but one team gets 3 foreign imports while the others get 2...

GeminiRune10/1/2017, 2:44:05 PM1 votes

I don't consider myself a part of this "we" element you elude to. It's been evident for years that most fans only care about winners and figureheads, regardless of the format. Anyone else is usually better off not being regarded in the League.

Kabraxis10/3/2017, 9:42:43 AM1 votes

TSM never won the league in BO1's, C9 did.

The viewers aren't really a decline by eye because many switched off of Twitch (which is cancer) and started watching on Youtube or VOD's.

However, that being said I think if they switched it to the Korean format things would be a lot easier and better.