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WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
April 18 2013 03:59 GMT
#181
Hey, if Jimmy only gets one prediction right he'll still be a better prophet than Nostradamus.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Bashnek
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia895 Posts
April 18 2013 11:33 GMT
#182
For the sake of clarity:

ESL told us that they would allow us to stream to WCS_Europe2.

Problem here is that since we're not officially involved in WCS we would essentially be working for free. 2 casters, 2 production people, 8+ hours dedicated to a stream channel that isn't ours. As much as Kev and I would love to cast the games, of course our boss isn't going to allow it.

So the dispute was "Is NASL allowed to stream WCS Qualifiers to NASL channels?".

The answer to that question, at least for now, is "no".

The complete quote on why NASL didnt continue to cast WCS Qualifiers.
/人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人\
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 12:56:52
April 21 2013 12:53 GMT
#183
On April 18 2013 04:06 Integra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 18 2013 04:02 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
and yet Khaldor was allowed to stream Code "A" qualifiers on his own channel.
and yesterday WCS qualifiers were on NASL.tv

its just a totally disorganized mess... and has been from the start.

hopefully, no legit players get burned by hacking or stream cheating.. but i'll be shocked if there are zero incidents.

Prepare to be shocked then i guess.


well,
i guess i'm not shocked.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1cs1n0/thoughts_on_wcs_na_qualifier_situation/

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408425&currentpage=4

i'm sure you'll come up with some way of saying how great WCS is though
another hand picked by Blizzard ... "partner" doing an "awesome job" with these online qualifiers.

another example of poor planning and execution by Blizzard for WCS 2013.

Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 21 2013 14:55 GMT
#184
On April 21 2013 21:53 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 18 2013 04:06 Integra wrote:
On April 18 2013 04:02 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
and yet Khaldor was allowed to stream Code "A" qualifiers on his own channel.
and yesterday WCS qualifiers were on NASL.tv

its just a totally disorganized mess... and has been from the start.

hopefully, no legit players get burned by hacking or stream cheating.. but i'll be shocked if there are zero incidents.

Prepare to be shocked then i guess.


well,
i guess i'm not shocked.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1cs1n0/thoughts_on_wcs_na_qualifier_situation/

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408425&currentpage=4

i'm sure you'll come up with some way of saying how great WCS is though
another hand picked by Blizzard ... "partner" doing an "awesome job" with these online qualifiers.

another example of poor planning and execution by Blizzard for WCS 2013.



It's MLG who were responsible for dealing with the tournament setup which was a normal 512 invite and they were the ones who fucked it up, not Blizzard. The Europe version had no problem since it was handled by ESL, another organizer. This had nothing to do with WCS or Blizzard since MLG would had fucked it up anyway, they couldn't even update the brackets correctly which is kinda O_o.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
April 21 2013 19:26 GMT
#185
and Blizzard HAND PICKED MLG as their partner in the Americas.
lol

PhysicsLee is gone.

lol

i just feel bad for all the other people he eliminated.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
April 21 2013 19:32 GMT
#186
Is this thread still going?

Is the OP even remotely relevant anymore, or is Jimmy just desperately clinging to every single controversy he can find to salvage some pride?
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 21 2013 19:46 GMT
#187
On April 22 2013 04:32 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Is this thread still going?

Is the OP even remotely relevant anymore, or is Jimmy just desperately clinging to every single controversy he can find to salvage some pride?

He has no pride left to salvage, and regarding relevance I think I've figured it out, JimmyJRaynor's logic basically goes like this:

Find something bad, any bad that happens in the community and then find a possible link to Blizzard, disregard if the link actually is credible, relevant, real or simply made up, and claim that Blizzard is the cause or own it while being as general as possible so it fits.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
April 22 2013 12:48 GMT
#188
Comm was also disqualified...
pretty sad stuff.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
April 22 2013 12:49 GMT
#189
On April 22 2013 04:46 Integra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2013 04:32 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Is this thread still going?

Is the OP even remotely relevant anymore, or is Jimmy just desperately clinging to every single controversy he can find to salvage some pride?

He has no pride left to salvage, and regarding relevance I think I've figured it out, JimmyJRaynor's logic basically goes like this:

Find something bad, any bad that happens in the community and then find a possible link to Blizzard, disregard if the link actually is credible, relevant, real or simply made up, and claim that Blizzard is the cause or own it while being as general as possible so it fits.


Comm was also disqualified...
pretty sad stuff.

then there was that big lag incident.
really there are too many hacking and lag incidents to track .. and i'm too lazy to list them all.

your implication that there would be ZERO hacking incidents the entire year was good for a laugh though.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 13:00:46
April 22 2013 12:55 GMT
#190
On April 22 2013 21:49 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2013 04:46 Integra wrote:
On April 22 2013 04:32 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Is this thread still going?

Is the OP even remotely relevant anymore, or is Jimmy just desperately clinging to every single controversy he can find to salvage some pride?

He has no pride left to salvage, and regarding relevance I think I've figured it out, JimmyJRaynor's logic basically goes like this:

Find something bad, any bad that happens in the community and then find a possible link to Blizzard, disregard if the link actually is credible, relevant, real or simply made up, and claim that Blizzard is the cause or own it while being as general as possible so it fits.


Comm was also disqualified...
pretty sad stuff.

then there was that big lag incident.
really there are too many hacking and lag incidents to track .. and i'm too lazy to list them all.

your implication that there would be ZERO hacking incidents the entire year was good for a laugh though.

Please outline where I said no one would hack or cheat in the tournament. And to further correct you, again, I was talking about the timeframe of the qualifiers, and not for the entire year, but that doesn't matter since it's okay for you to just make up shit, right?
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 13:10:29
April 22 2013 13:04 GMT
#191
this kind of event.. this giant open qualifier could easily be held in the traditional (MLG 2010,2011, 2012) MLG open bracket live event to avoid all of these issues.

however, that is expensive. and over all support for eSports has been lowered for 2013 in comparison to 2012.

So, we'll all have to tolerate the possibility of hacking, stream cheating, and lag spikes (which can be tough to quantify) during online matches (which are cheaper to host and run).

And again.. for the 5th time.

Blizzard selected MLG.

MLG isn't running this on their own... it is not some kind of independent MLG event.

Please stop pretending that Blizzard has nothing to do with the WCS. Because the WCS is 100% their property.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 13:28:20
April 22 2013 13:26 GMT
#192
On April 22 2013 22:04 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
this kind of event.. this giant open qualifier could easily be held in the traditional (MLG 2010,2011, 2012) MLG open bracket live event to avoid all of these issues.
No, the problems would still had persisted regardless of WCS since the problems are due to poor administration of MLG, and MLG actually had far worse problems during 2010-2011. It's not unusual for MLG to fuck up.


however, that is expensive. and over all support for eSports has been lowered for 2013 in comparison to 2012.
And you have zero evidence of this, except for the slightly lowered GSL price pool, how that now possibly even can be related to MLG.


So, we'll all have to tolerate the possibility of hacking, stream cheating, and lag spikes (which can be tough to quantify) during online matches (which are cheaper to host and run).
And exactly how was this better before WCS? The offline tournaments were just as prevalent before.



And again.. for the 5th time. Blizzard selected MLG.

Congrats! You are right!


MLG isn't running this on their own... it is not some kind of independent MLG event.
Actually it is an MLG driven event which Blizzard had no control over.


Please stop pretending that Blizzard has nothing to do with the WCS. Because the WCS is 100% their property.
No one ever said that Blizzard had nothing to do with WCS, why did you even bring up this point?
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 14:01:08
April 22 2013 13:53 GMT
#193
still nothing published any where about the starting times of the WCS America Online Qualifiers held by MLG.

which is allegedly going on every night this week... its now Monday 10 AM EST.
pretty disorganized.

for all of Mohraime's talk about an easier viewing experience... its just not happening.

hopefully, it'll improve in the future...
but at this point .. its all pretty sloppy.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 22 2013 13:56 GMT
#194
On April 22 2013 22:53 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
still nothing published any where about the starting times of the WCS America Online Qualifiers held by MLG.

which is allegedly going on every night this week... its now Monday 10 AM EST.
pretty disorganized.

for all of Mohraime's talk about an easier viewing experience... its just not happening.

Mohraime is not the owner of MLG or responsible for the organization, Sundance is, remember?
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
9-BiT
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States1089 Posts
April 22 2013 14:46 GMT
#195
This thread is still alive? 0_o
kwark_uk: @father_sc learn to play maybe?
FlamingForce
Profile Joined September 2011
Netherlands701 Posts
April 22 2013 15:10 GMT
#196
On April 06 2013 18:50 FlamingForce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2013 09:55 Aelonius wrote:
Lets rename the OP to "JimmyTryHard"


Show nested quote +
On April 06 2013 12:09 blade55555 wrote:
ROFL holy cow I expected jimmy to ignore this or something but he still thinks he's right? lol holy cow.


Show nested quote +
On April 06 2013 16:13 Ianuus wrote:
On April 05 2013 10:31 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
On April 05 2013 10:26 Ryalnos wrote:
This blog is delicious now.


3.25 million in total was handed out in 2012.
you think all the other events outside of WCS will add up to 1.7 million in 2013?
i don't.


Except this blog isn't about private company support, it's about Blizzard's support.

God I love it when people are spectacularly wrong, then still try to argue to save face. It makes me feel a lot better about myself.


He's a known troll over at Gamereplays.
Atleast I'm pretty damn sure it's the same guy.


I'll just echo my earlier statement for everyone's sanity.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 15:13:13
April 22 2013 15:12 GMT
#197
Lots of problems across the board in both the EU and "America" WCS qualifiers.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859#1


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859#9
lol


Blizzard hand selected both ESL and MLG with promises of a better and easier viewing experience.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/04/04/blizzards-starcraft-2-wcs-2013-explained-by-company-ceo-mike-morhaime/

what do ESL and MLG have in common? both hand picked by Blizzard.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
FryBender
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
April 22 2013 15:18 GMT
#198
On April 23 2013 00:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Lots of problems across the board in both the EU and "America" WCS qualifiers.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859#1


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859#9
lol


Blizzard hand selected both ESL and MLG with promises of a better and easier viewing experience.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/04/04/blizzards-starcraft-2-wcs-2013-explained-by-company-ceo-mike-morhaime/

what do ESL and MLG have in common? both hand picked by Blizzard.


Yes Jimmy, we all know that the qualifiers are kind of a mess. That in absolutely no way, shape, or form proves your original point that Blizard is scaling back it's support for e-sports.

Just stop. At first it was funny. Now it's just sad.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-22 15:24:48
April 22 2013 15:21 GMT
#199
Morhaime is the guy making the general sweeping statements about how much better WCS 2013 will be...
" We wanted to take the next step and involve the StarCraft 2 ecosystem."

this is an evolution.. LOL

the whole thing is a giant clusterfuck that was hastily thrown together...

this means "less support".

proper support means running a proper WCS akin to the level of quality of the 2012 WCS.

as stated already...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859&currentpage=37#729
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
FryBender
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
April 22 2013 15:26 GMT
#200
On April 23 2013 00:21 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
the whole thing is a giant clusterfuck that was hastily thrown together...

this means "less support".

proper support means running a proper WCS akin to the level of quality of the 2012 WCS.

as stated already...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=408859&currentpage=37#729


Wow, either you're just trolling, in which case whatever, or you seriously don't understand the definition of the word support in which case you might be mildly retarded. In either of the cases talking to you is pointless so good luck with the rest of the thread.
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