MBCGame to shut down? - Page 82

DES column says that WeMade FOX is soon to be no more? http://t.co/ryRX6rQ

On August 01 2011 01:04 Klonere wrote:


My dream scenario is that GOM has some enormous amounts of cash on hand and acquires MBCGame, retains all its BW infrastructure and programming and keeps the show rolling.

This is all so scary T_T

On August 05 2011 02:54 Kipsate wrote:
Not entirely sure where to post this since there isn't really much information yet so prolly doesn't warrant a thread.

but Milkis just retweeted



QQ BW what is happening.

(Also does this effect their WCIII, counterstrike or whatever teams too?).

On August 05 2011 03:07 Hyde wrote:

ahhhh....*sigh* August, bloody August...it's such a rough period.

On August 05 2011 02:54 Kipsate wrote:
Not entirely sure where to post this since there isn't really much information yet so prolly doesn't warrant a thread.

but Milkis just retweeted



QQ BW what is happening.

(Also does this effect their WCIII, counterstrike or whatever teams too?).

On August 05 2011 05:35 eviltomahawk wrote:

It would be great if the article was translated, considering that it may shed more light on the exact meaning of the tweet.

Anyways, I'm really scared for BW right now

On August 04 2011 20:23 supernovamaniac wrote:


When I talked to the CJ Entus Sports Management Sr. Analyzer, he was pretty serious with KeSPA dipping into Chinese scene.

The BW teams might also start some SC2 teams, but that just means that KeSPA will be running some tourney in the near future (After contract ends). Right now, he was talking about the popularity of BW in China atm, and KeSPA's desire to start making the scene more global, starting with the country with 2nd largest popularity.

On August 05 2011 05:53 Essbee wrote:
Please Brood war... don't leave.

FOX
MBC

On August 05 2011 02:54 Kipsate wrote:
Not entirely sure where to post this since there isn't really much information yet so prolly doesn't warrant a thread.

but Milkis just retweeted



QQ BW what is happening.

(Also does this effect their WCIII, counterstrike or whatever teams too?).

On August 05 2011 05:43 Ryo wrote:

He didn't mention much about Fox pulling sponsorship of its team. Only the first line of the article. The rest of it is a summary of the difficulties/crises that the BW scene has gone through in the last decade and the importance of this final in Shanghai to the survival and expansion of the BW industry.

This is also worth noting:

On August 05 2011 16:25 Dansickle wrote:
I've been speaking with some of my korean friends on the issue and they say that money really isn't the reason for the change. Mr. Kim(the CEO of MBC) just wants to have his own K-pop channel for various reasons and I guess starting up a new station isn't economical for him. He's also apparently not well liked in korea to begin with(he's been very contentious with the MBC Labor union for example, firing many people), but this proposal of his is causing an uproar outside of just the gaming nerds. My friends think that the public opposition will be enough to stop them from changing MBCGame, but they're only a few people and possibly biased. Although they don't watch BW anymore, they are gamers at heart and read gaming websites, etc.

OrangeMilkis Wooju Lee
Someone got some hard numbers regarding TV ratings for OGN and MBC Game... it doesn't look good. (70th and 60th respectively).

OrangeMilkis Wooju Lee
Basically: OGN has a sixth of the rating they had in 2007, MBC has a third of what they had in 2007.