EPTMBCGame to shut down? - Page 54
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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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TheOnly92
Malaysia804 Posts
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blubbdavid
Switzerland2412 Posts
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:51 TheOnly92 wrote: I think it's a problem regarding the image of esports and broodwar overall. If a media company wants to shut this down, it will be apparent to other company that this is not sustainable. Unless the board of a company or some sort of high enough reputation person has enough passion and interest in it, otherwise it is very unlikely that the broodwar/esports scene will be able to gain any enterprise support anymore. Yes, this is the general concern. I'm pretty sure Broodwar was (probably still is) the most successful esport they've ever had on television, so if a company that has been deeply involved for years is pulling out, it casts a long shadow across every other game. "If the most profitable game is no longer earning, what does that say about other games?" | ||
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Gann1
United States1575 Posts
No BW players will switch to SC2 because of this, there isn't any less money in BW because of this, it's just that there will only be about half as many televised games as before. | ||
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Kiyo.
United States2284 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:54 Gann1 wrote:No BW players will switch to SC2 because of this, there isn't any less money in BW because of this, it's just that there will only be about half as many televised games as before. That's kind of a contradiction. If there's less games on TV, there's less advertising which means less money in the sport. | ||
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:54 Gann1 wrote: There isn't any less money in BW because of this, it's just that there will only be about half as many televised games as before. That's incorrect. The money in BW will drop directly because of this. Even if you exclude the prize money for winnings and the bonuses in player contracts, the money will still drop. The reason sponsors pay players is because the exposure they get makes the investment worthwhile. Having 50% of your exposure disappear is going to make that value drop significantly, which means salaries will also drop. | ||
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diehilde
Germany1596 Posts
 I cant even imagine a world without MSL, been part of my life for like 5+ years, will never forget the savior era when he rolled everyone in MSL like 5 times in a row. Also keep SC2 out of this thread pls, who cares what this means to sc2, obviously this thread should be about what this means to bw and not SC2. | ||
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Dante08
Singapore4179 Posts
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conTAgi0n
United States335 Posts
...and maybe alcohol. | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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FlopTurnReaver
Switzerland1980 Posts
I guess the chances of a new tv channel taking it's place are pretty slim :/ Do we know what happens to SPL now? I mean now they can't play 2 matches at the same time anymore. | ||
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r_con
United States824 Posts
dude, only one league for broodwar, fuck no : ( | ||
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Mannerheim
766 Posts
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:59 Dante08 wrote: I've got an idea, lets put all our efforts into Maverck's bw mod, and make it exactly like BW. Then get them to broadcast SC2BW and eventually everyone will watch that. Screw SC2 Pretty sure it wont work -- you can't accomplish things like worker drilling on the SC2 engine. | ||
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
MBC had a good run. BW will burrow. | ||
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blubbdavid
Switzerland2412 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
come on, someone else has to continue the MSLs?? =( | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:59 Dante08 wrote: I've got an idea, lets put all our efforts into Maverck's bw mod, and make it exactly like BW. Then get them to broadcast SC2BW and eventually everyone will watch that. Screw SC2 I don't believe thats possible. I remember reading somewhere that a problem with recreating BW feel was due to the fact that in BW a unit can only move in 16 different directions whereas in SC2 its pretty much infinite. Theres not point if it looks like BW but doesn't feel like BW. | ||
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Chargelot
2275 Posts
On July 28 2011 00:08 ShadeR wrote: I don't believe thats possible. I remember reading somewhere that a problem with recreating BW feel was due to the fact that in BW a unit can only move in 16 different directions whereas in SC2 its pretty much infinite. Theres not point if it looks like BW but doesn't feel like BW. It's possible that someone would figure it out, or that Blizzard could actually just make a setting for this in the editor. They constantly update the SC2 map/mod editor to have new features that are only useful in very limited circumstances. This could be one of those circumstances. | ||
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eNtitY~
United States1293 Posts
On July 27 2011 23:29 Chargelot wrote: Multiple MLG Events were on the American TV station USA. Yeah but the viewership wasn't high enough to continue it after 2006, which is why in 2007 it was on G4 and now they don't do it at all anymore. To be fair, it was highlight clips and a general overview of each tournament with a good production value and it wasn't anything close to live (The first episode aired like 8 months after the first event). Meaning as of right now, there isn't really a good market for it to be successfully put on television outside of Korea. | ||
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