EPTSaying Goodbye to ASL English - Page 4
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mmhmm
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CobaltBlu
United States919 Posts
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Just_a_Moth
Canada1971 Posts
Foreign crowdfunds an ASTL team sponsorship. Afreeca cancels ASL english cast. | ||
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june19
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Dante08
Singapore4201 Posts
On March 03 2021 11:49 starvingbox wrote: ASL can't allow it to be streamed on Twitch, though. They are a streaming business - it just doesn't make sense. It's unfortunate, but we need to think of a realistic solution within the bounds of reality. Would there be any way for Twitch to grant an exemption to Twitch partners so that they can stream ASL on Afreeca? | ||
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DreXxiN
United States494 Posts
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Dante08
Singapore4201 Posts
On March 03 2021 11:55 caffeine_free wrote: Please, I understand I'm just an angry fan, but could you explain why? Surely the return on investment isn't being questions? This is very un cool to just suddenly pull (on some TL thread no less) Has to do with cost/streamlining of activities. I'm pretty sure the foreign BW viewership has actually been growing the past 2 years but they still decided it wasn't worth the cost/effort. | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
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IGotSunshine
United States4 Posts
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Levque
88 Posts
Maybe covid preventing crowds/ticket sales for a full year has caused this? If so maybe when things get back up and running english cast could return? Very sad the rest of the world will be cut off from pro brood war Still, I want to thank Afreeca and Tastosis for the 10 seasons of ASL we did get...it was amazing. | ||
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Volka
Argentina412 Posts
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ZAWGURN
96 Posts
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On March 03 2021 12:26 Volka wrote: Terrible news. It's not going to be the same. It won't! Every foreigner boycott the ASL starting now. | ||
Peeano
Netherlands5981 Posts
On March 03 2021 12:20 Just_a_Moth wrote: Foreign crowdfunds an ASTL team sponsorship. Afreeca cancels ASL english cast. Kinda ironic tbh | ||
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Gemini_19
United States1265 Posts
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On March 03 2021 12:34 Gemini_19 wrote: The only reason I would ever watch BW was because Tastosis was casting it. Guess I'll be going back to no BW. Yep. | ||
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cRoSsy
66 Posts
Its been my honor to watch ASL with some great casters: Artosis, Tasteless etc. Just wanna throw some thoughts on this decision. Afreeca has been running ASL at a loss. There's a rumor in Korean BW scene the reason why Afreeca still helps BW scene is because the CEO of Afreeca is a big fan of BW, which is true. However, I believe since so many people still donate lots star balloons to the Korean streamers, Afreeca wants this scene to be alive longer. Games like LOL, PUBG have many more viewers than BW, but most BW viewers are over 20 years old, so they donate more than other games. But still, it is not as big as other games. Most foreign streamers stream on Twitch. In order to bring foreign community over to Afreeca, AfreecaTV has been donating prizepool to NASL / Nation wars. They also opened a few LA lans. In business perspective, it is also understandable that they dont want to support anymore, since nothing comes back to them even if they do stuff at a loss. Just my thoughts, but its very sad and disappointing to hear their decision. | ||
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mcVV
7 Posts
On March 03 2021 12:34 Gemini_19 wrote: The only reason I would ever watch BW was because Tastosis was casting it. Guess I'll be going back to no BW. Ditto. I’ll be on the lookout to send my support if some kind of petition/fundraising/whatever can help undo this. | ||
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Peeano
Netherlands5981 Posts
On March 03 2021 12:34 Gemini_19 wrote: The only reason I would ever watch BW was because Tastosis was casting it. Guess I'll be going back to no BW. You should give BSL a chance. Gypsy and Nyoken are pretty solid casters! | ||
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oOOoOphidian
United States1402 Posts
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