What's being overlooked and not being blown up is that on one stream NOTHING but AE and Marvel are being shown (plus a little IGAU, mystery games, and Dive, each with maybe 4 hours a piece between the entirety of the 3 day event). Both those games got most of their pools streamed, and are getting their Top 32 and down streamed. I've read that they had top entrants, with AE having around 205, and Marvel having like 209, with Divekick being next with 181, and then injustice with 179.
Does having 20+ more people make it ok that between AE and Marvel, they get 22+ hours of collective stream time, while other games get considerably less?
IGAU gets 6+ hours; MK gets 2; SFxT gets 4; and everything else gets maybe 2 hours. The stream time is completely skewed, and THAT is the problem. Whether you are trying to push a product or not, it's dumb.
I have to say though, showing the mystery stuff throughout the day in between matches is smart and very cool, if that is how he was going to show Divekick mostly, then that would be the smartest thing. Showing mystery games and Divekick intersperse during the down time of the main attract games on stream would ensure you get the most people seeing the product (like a commercial), but that is not what they did.
As someone else pointed out, the people behind UFGT were doing IGAU a "favor" by even including it one the main stream at all, but beyond that, they are implying that all the other games just don't matter because even though they came and participated, paid their money and in turn helped to pay for EVERYTHING else going on at that tourney, they are brushed to the side and regulated as side events next to the "real games," the "games that matter," that are being played...Evo qualifier or not.
