EVE Alliance Tournament Discussion

Yes.

I agree with most points, especially 4. I was really sad to see Soundwave go, both in design terms and as a host for the AT, but the commentator group has been really good and I hope most of them can get another invitation for the next NEO/AT.
Gargant still has some things to learn, but that is to be expected. You simply don't pick it all up the first time.
What I miss, however, is AT prize ships fielded (And subsequently lost).

The matches during last year where several AT ships were fielded and died, with the resulting upsets and the knowledge that these were unique ships, really did something for me. I can hope that we're still in for a treat though!

I also have a suggestion for Elise: If you clip your nails, you won't have anything to bite, and that will save you a lot of trouble after the AT. I know it (probably) is too late now, but I realised Friday that my nails were far too long for my own good with the matches coming up, and as such I decided they needed to be clipped.
You might want to do the same next year.

I have really liked the ATXII so far, and the only huge disappointment was the lack of a tournament cat to justify the name of the event. I really can't see why CCP would let that one slide.
Minor hiccups, like server-issues and CODE. being controversial, though detrimental, doesn't invalidate a great ATXII.

Oh, and one last comment re: the commentator group: Your work has actually been so excellent this time that several matches can be followed simply by listening to your commentaries. I think it's pretty telling to your level of quality and overview. Massive kudos from here!

CAMEL have been working with HYDRA the entire time. They're pretty much HYDRA's B-team at this point.

That's not to say they don't deserve the win, but theyre in no way shape or form underdogs.

I am pleasantly surprised by the commentary team. I was worried when Soundwave left, but Gargant has been doing a fantastic job. This was also the first time I have heard of SirSqueebles, and I really hope he comes back next year.

The only thing that was sort of disappointing was the first few weekends' focus on drone boats. I have seen way too many Gilas.

Also, this is the first time I have put ISK on bets, and if Camel wins, I will be very, very happy.

I have really enjoyed this years Tournament, the matches have been varied enough for continued interest and some have been nail bitingly close. The commentary was good, I particularly enjoyed Bachinalian and Apothne, you can tell they know all about flying these ships but the other guys did a pretty solid job to. CCP Gargant did well especially with some of the guests who were less fascinating and didn't seem inclined to talk themselves interesting; it would have been a cool touch to feature short cameos of other CCP's rather than just catch sight of a few of them at the end.

There were a couple of downsides, the technical delays were made exceedingly dull by there being no provision to take up the slack with information, interviews and additional features. The failures in the graphics systems also meant that vital tackling was missed and nuances of the game play were lost. I'm sorry but Jita Cam / Dodoxie Cam / Rens Cam etc do nothing for me, please show feeds of incursions and factional warfare or at least something meaningful. Twitch chat was also too spammy and painful to read even though some players and CCP's made some valid remarks there.


The high points were the matches themselves, closely followed by the Alliance Adverts. I will definitely be watching again next year :)

When I sat down at the commentary desk where Elise had been for the PL matches, there was quite literally a pile of fingernails on the desk. lol!

Greatest tournament, unfortunately the viewer numbers were down from 22k last year to 12k. A shame.

The value of MMJUs was imo somewhat debatable. The clearest example was the clutter on my overview. Ofc, I could have simply unchecked them. But, they are very effective at dodging opponents' mobile drones, or for putting drones on target and then jumping away. I did it regularly during practices. But did not really have an opportunity or need during matches.

The perceived value or lack thereof is simply due to pilot inexperience with the module. On TQ for fleets, they are fairly useless. So most pilots simply don't really know how to use them. I think that is why we saw so many people boundary violate using them.

I would like to see them again. Hopefully pilots will realize that having an instant teleportation pad might be useful, and train accordingly.

I've watched all EVE tournaments since ATX and I agree that this was the best one yet IMO. The competition was higher, the meta changed more frequently, and the commentators seem to get better (at commentating) every year. Thanks to everyone involved for a great show--devs, commentators, and players o/