The channel may be gone, but the 5am 240p restreams will live forever in everyone's memory. Hopefully everything gets released and archived, but i feel like that may be wishful thinking with how copyrights work. S1 Korean Air Flash vs Effort is still one of the best events I've ever seen.

On November 26 2020 14:38 GTR wrote:
just recorded a 30 minute long video discussing how OGN became OGN and why the channel eventually decided to close
maybe watch sped-up because its just me rambling for the most part

cute plushies

TelecoM

United States10675 Posts

November 26 2020 22:08 GMT

#62

Well, this sucks anyway you look at it.

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

November 27 2020 01:57 GMT

#63

RIP

evilfatsh1t

Australia8690 Posts

November 27 2020 04:48 GMT

#64

riot officially my least favourite game company now.
they took ogn's last big title only to do a massively shit job themselves. goodbye ogn; most koreans still dreamt that riot would give you back the broadcasting rights.

DekkuM

United States149 Posts

November 27 2020 16:22 GMT

#65

It's a shame it happened this way. Blizzard finally stepped back from starcraft broadcasting, and now the premier esports broadcasting entity in Korea is folding.

outscar

2832 Posts

November 27 2020 20:26 GMT

#66

Maybe I'm gonna sound like a dick but I'm still mad that they all those years never tried to make an OSL - couple tiny events that I can count with my fingers is what they achieved. So I'm gonna say that's what you deserve for betraying the legend game which made esports on Korea into a thing. BoxeR vs. YellOW, Bisu vs. Savior and FantaSy vs. Jangbi those were times...

NrG.Bamboo

United States2756 Posts

November 27 2020 22:51 GMT

#67

I suppose all good things must eventually come to an end. Very sad to hear.
gg's all around, thanks for all the great memories and incredible events.

@GTR great history recap

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

November 27 2020 22:54 GMT

#68

Oh wow TL is still a thing. Cool. I see some familiar names still kicking around in this thread.
Goodbye OGN

itsdaniel

Austria334 Posts

November 28 2020 01:35 GMT

#69

well done, pal...

sugeo

Japan19 Posts

November 28 2020 06:40 GMT

#70

Did anyone find any updates on this? It looks like there is nothing but only rumors as of now.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50386 Posts

November 28 2020 10:42 GMT

#71

On November 28 2020 07:54 OpticalShot wrote:
Oh wow TL is still a thing. Cool. I see some familiar names still kicking around in this thread.
Goodbye OGN

come on opshot.

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

November 29 2020 22:51 GMT

#72

oh wow, RIP OGN, forever grateful for these moments

StorrZerg

United States13919 Posts

November 29 2020 23:33 GMT

#73

sad news, i do hope the replays get released as well as any extra videos.

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

November 30 2020 00:45 GMT

#74

depressing news, so many good memories with ogn starcraft

Rigodon666

Canada183 Posts

November 30 2020 01:22 GMT

#75

Yeah like most people here, I remember watching live stream of OSL in 2005+, that was majestic. Sad to see it goes but it has not been relevant for like 8 years. I got pretty sad when MBC disappeared also. The page has really turned now. The present is still great, but the massive scale of what it used to be is still leaving a void in my heart.

And hmmmmmmm, related to that, there was a video on the theme of Happy Ending by Mika showing all the OSL champions (Well up until the first Jaedong I think).... well I can't find it anymore. I thought it was on Violetak youtube (which I was sure was banned) but it's not. Well if anyone still have it somewhere, I'm interested for the nostalgia factor.

Jealous

10175 Posts

November 30 2020 01:28 GMT

#76

On November 30 2020 10:22 Rigodon666 wrote:
Yeah like most people here, I remember watching live stream of OSL in 2005+, that was majestic. Sad to see it goes but it has not been relevant for like 8 years. I got pretty sad when MBC disappeared also. The page has really turned now. The present is still great, but the massive scale of what it used to be is still leaving a void in my heart.

And hmmmmmmm, related to that, there was a video on the theme of Happy Ending by Mika showing all the OSL champions (Well up until the first Jaedong I think).... well I can't find it anymore. I thought it was on Violetak youtube (which I was sure was banned) but it's not. Well if anyone still have it somewhere, I'm interested for the nostalgia factor.

May have been Hot Bid's YT? Or yubee?

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

November 30 2020 13:17 GMT

#77

In terms of production understanding and enhancing value and entertainment there were some mad geniuses at OGN. I think it hasn't been surpassed since and since every in-house production I see nowadays was Dead Serious (tm) w/ dark colors, edges and corners and whatnot I think it never will be.

There was an OGN OSL torrent pack here couple years ago, is that still online? Might buy an external HDD just in case their archive vanishes too.

Szinkler

Hungary394 Posts

November 30 2020 14:59 GMT

#78

On November 30 2020 22:17 PVJ wrote:
In terms of production understanding and enhancing value and entertainment there were some mad geniuses at OGN. I think it hasn't been surpassed since and since every in-house production I see nowadays was Dead Serious (tm) w/ dark colors, edges and corners and whatnot I think it never will be.

There was an OGN OSL torrent pack here couple years ago, is that still online? Might buy an external HDD just in case their archive vanishes too.

You can find it here: https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/428628-ongamenet-starleague-collection

LegalLord

United Kingdom13775 Posts

November 30 2020 17:53 GMT

#79

Admittedly I follow BW so sparsely these days that I only just saw this.

RIP OGN. Was some great years of watching professional BW. At this point, given that the pro scene is little more than a distant memory, it feels like little more than confirmation of something that has long been clear. It's a shame they couldn't find their place in the post-BW world, though.

Chef

10810 Posts

December 01 2020 03:37 GMT

#80

Tanks for the memories. BW was never the same after it stopped being on TV. It was so cool telling my friends how they play SC on TV in Korea lol. And just the sheer amount of pro matches there used to be, it was actually too much to watch all of them, but it was always there played at the highest level when you wanted it. Who would have kept playing this game if it weren't on TV. First and last organic esport and competitive video game. Very unique time in terms of SC kinda being the only game in town, the internet being just good enough to share videos of it to all of us outside Korea, and being a kid with all the time in the world to get obsessed with it.