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MBCGame to shut down? - Page 15
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Keep any SC2 vs BW comments out of this thread. This is a thread about Brood War and Esports (Tekken Crash, Special Forces, etc) in general. If you discuss what this means for ESPORTS be sensitive about it. | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
Sad news indeed | ||
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ampson
United States2355 Posts
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Ryo
8787 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:51 ZeroChrome wrote: Well I would think that if the company had good finances then they wouldn't risk moving on to an already well established market. But you know a lot more about it than me ofc. MBCGame channel itself is not turning much profit yes but it's pretty much always been this way. The problem lies with the parent company, MBC Plus Media, which has money but sees no point in investing it in the gaming channel. | ||
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Yxes2211
United States1587 Posts
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bokchoi
Korea (South)9498 Posts
.. what's gonna happen to Hero? | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
What about MBCGame Hero team ? I will enjoy every single second of the PL Grand Finals in Shanghai. edit : Bisu'd better win this MSL. | ||
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:54 Ryo wrote: MBCGame channel itself is not turning much profit yes but it's pretty much always been this way. The problem lies with the parent company, MBC Plus Media, which has money but sees no point in investing it in the gaming channel. so in other words they think changing it to a music channel will generate more revenue for them instead of mbc game channel ???? fucking kidding me... | ||
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whatusername
Canada1181 Posts
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GTR
51690 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:56 Sawamura wrote: so in other words they think changing it to a music channel will generate more revenue for them instead of mbc game channel ???? fucking kidding me... the sad reality is that it is true. what's even sadder is that mnet and km are the only two relevant music channels on cable in korea. mbc's new channel probably wont make a dent in their ratings. | ||
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Phyrigian
New Zealand1332 Posts
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Biane
Australia645 Posts
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bearbuddy
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Good1
Russian Federation138 Posts
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
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Ruyguy
Canada988 Posts
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Fanatic-Templar
Canada5819 Posts
I can. I used to watch every game in the Proleague, Starleague and MSL and most of what little else sporadically turned up, and while I expected that to decrease when I started watching StarCraft II as well (and Adun have mercy, that is completely oversaturated. Even with GSL alone that would take hours every day. I think it'd be easier to hype up the tournaments if people had time to savour it) the Proleague format change really hurt my attendance of that league. There's just no way I can watch 8-14 Brood War matches every Proleague day. Hell, I could follow GSL because StarCraft 2 used to have ten minute games most of the time, but now I need to cut down on that as well. Point is, since I wasn't actively following Proleague I eventually stopped watching it entirely until the playoffs, relying on Teamliquid's coverage to keep myself relatively informed. Which obviously lead to some surprises - I swear Wraith based TvT weren't the norm last Proleague season, for example. To be honest, there's also the lack of English commentary. I keep up to date on Starleague games thanks to NuketheStars, but I sometimes miss MSL games. 'Course, those are just things going on with me, it allows me to salvage something from this loss, but it might be no help to you if you didn't share my perspective. | ||
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
On July 27 2011 16:58 Ruyguy wrote: Does this mean BW players will come to SC2 once their contracts are up? some probably will | ||
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Umbrella
Taiwan936 Posts
I really hope there's a replacement since that means there are a lot less games being televised and played. I can't imagine the competition from every team for only one individual league (kinda like with GSL). BW doesn't even have WCG anymore. | ||
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CptnObvious
United States54 Posts
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Kici
Poland57 Posts
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