Quote Originally Posted by Ars Moriendi
A complete waste of time.

First, they broadcast about half an hour of commentary - two guys talking a language I don't understand (polish I presume) while staring at the lobby. And they talked, and talked and then talked some more...

Then the game finally starts and I realize that I don't understand anything that's happening :
- resolution so low even on the 500kbps "hi-quality stream" that the units are just vague blobs of color,
- game interface is in polish too, so no help with unit identification there
- the fact that it's rainy weather on the grassy plain doesn't help visibility either
- game crawls at about 2-3 fps, kind of a powerpoint slideshow
- the thing that finally made me quit : the guy handling the camera apparently doesn't know that there's keys for this purpose - that cursor dashing quickly from left to right to top to ... aaargh ! it made me crazy.

Anyway, even if the quality was better and camera handling ok, I don't think live MTW is any good - there's a lot of things happening at once in a 3vs3 battle and the cameraman can't know in advance where the hot points will be, and can't be in two places at the same time. Better to watch an edited video - the dead time is cut off, the major events are recorded by separate cameras if required. Or even better, get the replay - you can pause, move elsewhere, go slow motion or 6.0x etc.

Ok, maybe the .PL should have been an indication that it was a polish website. If the language bothered you so much you should have left earlier. Secondly, live TW is not a lost cause. Watch the "City Under Siege" tournament on Gamespot.com.