Sad day.

I didnt know they lost LCK, OGN really is what grew esports in korea.

There's multiple documentaries now about OGN, that also cover not just early days of brood war but also the growth of league for them.

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4342 Posts

November 25 2020 16:19 GMT

#22

The intro to the 2007 Ever OSL will forever be the best intro.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

November 25 2020 16:27 GMT

#23

Inevitable considering the situation, but still pretty sad. OGN always had great production and the matches were great too. It was also pretty cool that they helped out with SSL10/11 back in 2014/15 during the Sonic era, essentially reviving OSL even if for a short period of time: SSL and "OSL revived, Dream Realized"

Eiii

United States2566 Posts

November 25 2020 17:35 GMT

#24

The 2008 OSL finals was the first match of pro starcraft I watched live, and I was instantly hooked. Watched as much of every BW starleague I could after that. Sad to see this part of brood war history finally winding down -- I hope people have been proactive about archiving all their matches/broadcasts so we can continue to enjoy them in the future.

itsdaniel

Austria334 Posts

November 25 2020 18:30 GMT

#25

sad but not surprising... no audiences for months... big devs producing broadcasts on their own... Kart Rider & Darts & a decline in PUBG can't save that...

True_Spike

Poland3433 Posts

November 25 2020 19:40 GMT

#26

Not surprising, unfortunately. OGN was awesome back in the BW days, but it's days of glory are behind it.

sabas123

Netherlands3122 Posts

November 25 2020 19:41 GMT

#27

End of an era

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

November 25 2020 19:43 GMT

#28

oh, just yet another minor esports organization falling... wait a second OGN ??
OGN marks a end of an era without a doubt, it was instrumental to grow Esports.

purakushi

United States3302 Posts

November 25 2020 19:46 GMT

#29

very sad but not unexpected

GTR

51622 Posts

November 25 2020 19:49 GMT

#30

On November 25 2020 23:41 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I still can't believe that Blizzard/Riot thinks they know more about broadcasting in Korea than OGN

A lot of the production staff that made a lot of the marquee esports programs at OGN jumped ship some time ago to those in house production arms.

Frankly I'm not surprised by this news. As Waxangel said, the major modern titles do their own production or outsource to Afreeca/SPOTV. OGN had a slim chance of surviving by picking up the rights to do the Nexon Kartrider League earlier this year but clearly wasn't enough to keep them afloat.

FlaShFTW

United States10489 Posts

November 25 2020 19:52 GMT

#31

This is depressing. Thank you for all the memories OGN!

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

November 25 2020 21:27 GMT

#32

Very sad to hear - end of an era

Solar424

United States4001 Posts

November 25 2020 22:31 GMT

#33

tedster

984 Posts

November 25 2020 22:49 GMT

#34

Incredibly sad but not super surprising. I'd heard they were scaling back a ton of their operations in the last year or so, including cancelling a lot of projects they'd only recently invested heavily in, so this doesn't come as a shock to me. But it still stings.

MineraIs

United States846 Posts

November 25 2020 23:02 GMT

#35

On November 26 2020 07:31 Solar424 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unMXYC8byT4

I will always love these amazing intro videos...

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

November 26 2020 00:04 GMT

#36

Dang, they had a good run, and lasted almost 8 years longer than MBCGame. It sucks that they got shafted in this era of accessible online streaming and developer-run eSports leagues. I wonder what will happen to their studio and other leftover assets.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

November 26 2020 00:53 GMT

#37

I read some really detailed comments last year how OGN was losing foothold but this is way too sad to conceive. Even last year I was wondering if maybe we could have another joint OSL with the round robin format and the booth and the grey chairs even if they are empty and all that.

I'm lucky enough to have been able to have visited their studio and will always remember how much this seemingly random little channel gave me. Probably can only compare it to VH1 all in all