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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
November 25 2020 16:16 GMT
#21
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.
iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4341 Posts
November 25 2020 16:19 GMT
#22
The intro to the 2007 Ever OSL will forever be the best intro.
So wait? I'm bad? =(
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
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"
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
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.
:3
itsdaniel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Austria334 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-11-25 18:30:23
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...
OFFICIAL #1 STORK FAN // Stork:"This past week, there's a foreign fan named Daniel who got caught on the camera a few times. He came from Vienna in Austria to come and see me, and he wanted to be mentioned in one of my interviews."
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3426 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-11-25 19:40:28
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
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
November 25 2020 19:41 GMT
#27
End of an era
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
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.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
purakushi
Profile Joined August 2012
United States3301 Posts
November 25 2020 19:46 GMT
#29
very sad but not unexpected
T P Z sagi
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51531 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.
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10289 Posts
November 25 2020 19:52 GMT
#31
This is depressing. Thank you for all the memories OGN!
Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
November 25 2020 21:27 GMT
#32
Very sad to hear - end of an era
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
November 25 2020 22:31 GMT
#33
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-11-25 22:51:57
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.
the last wcs commissioner
MineraIs
Profile Joined September 2020
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...

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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
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.
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
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
The heart's eternal vow
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19305 Posts
November 26 2020 02:30 GMT
#38
It’s sad to see this go, but the tournaments were clearly rigged to eliminate certain players.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Hazard17
Profile Joined September 2020
6 Posts
November 26 2020 02:42 GMT
#39
why???I can't believe that...
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
November 26 2020 03:30 GMT
#40
God damn this hurts to see. So many memories of staying up all night watching OSL at the turn of the last decade. I hope they release all the match replays and VODs somewhere
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
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