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Feb 13, 2011 -- 6:24AM, raul wrote:

Closest thing to an explanation for why no QF from Kelly Digges on the DailyMTG twitterfeed.

twitter.com/#!/dailymtg/status/364289676...

Thanks for that.  If it's a physical limitation then that's not their fault and I support them doing the best they could.  It's just that at this point WotC's unfortunate situations look indistinguishable from their intentional decisions.

I actually think the coverage is good now that we're on it, and 100% support them trying to work around Rietzl in the GP.  There's a ton of room for improvement, but for what they do it's well-enough done.

Feb 13, 2011 -- 6:42AM, Elgore wrote:

Is Rietz playing the semi's and his draft at the same time? How did he win game one and then play games 1 and 2 of the GrandPrix and then go back to the semi's for game two?

Am I missing someone? Please enlighten me.

It's not uncommon for them to pause one quarter/semi while they cover another so that both can get covered.  I expect they're combining that attitude with the desire to keep Rietzl alive in the GP.  They wouldn't hold up the whole show, but if a pause between games lets Rietzl go play while they still have Stark/Nakada to cover, then it's a win/win.

Not showing quarterfinals was really bad You could've at least played two QF matches at a time and then made the videos downloadable so we could watch them later. Saying "Rietzl was in trouble against Wurmcoil Engine but found a way to win", describing 5 games in one sentence and then interviewing one of the players feels insulting towards the people watching at home. Usually we see SEVEN matches, now we got only THREE. That's chopping more than 50% of them off. I'm pretty pissed off.

Again, this just boggles my mind.  Why are you not covering the GP top 8?  You're already freaking there with cameras set up!

There is no excuse for how poor the coverage is, and in this case it's not even greedy players asking for more stuff for no reason!   The Pro Tour is a marketing tool!  They have the Pro Tour so that people want to buy their cards and qualify for it, and they run it at a loss for that reason.  So instead of showing good video coverage of it, so that people can say "Oh, wow, look how cool that is, I really wish I was there" and then trudge off to go buy some cards or practice on MODO, they do nothing until the semifinals.

Also, cost is clearly not an issue.  GGSLive gives full video coverage to events that have a TOTAL prize purse the size of about what 16th place at the PT gets.  They operate off of freaking donations.  If you are going to run a million dollar commercial, which is essentially what a Pro Tour is, it would make sense THAT YOU LET YOUR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS SEE IT!!!!