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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:58 Manifesto7 wrote: Mani vs. Donkey Oh wow that's hilarious. Did his messages actually include all those typos too? Also, TL could totally take over a small corner of the world and start a country if we wanted to =D | ||
Last Romantic
United States20661 Posts
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StRyKeR
United States1739 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:58 Manifesto7 wrote: TSL really brought people out of the woodwork. I got contacted by a major American sports broadcasting company that has four letters in its name. They had recently invested in a videogame league (relationship now defunct lolz). They heard about TSL, and without any preamble, they came to me and said: Donkey- Let's nto beat around the bush. We want to buy your site. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we play starcraft, not xbox. Donkey- That's ok. We will make it huge. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we don't even have a sponsor for the tournament yet. Would you be interested in a sponsorship deal? We could work out some sweet exposure for you. Donkey- We just want to buy the site. What is your business model?ManifestoCrusher- Our what? Donkey- How much do you get paid a month? ManifestoCrusher- Um, nobody gets paid. It is a volunteer site. Donkey- Yeah but how much do you MAKE? ManifestoCrusher- We pay our server fees with google ads and sometimes we make shirts. We don't make a profit though. Donkey- I'll buy your site. You know, I can't pay a lot, ut I could give you a few bucks for the domain and create a paid position. ManifestoCrusher- But we have about 30 staff. Who gets the money. Donkey- It could just be between you and me. ManifestoCrusher- ... Donkey- So how much for the site? ManifestoCrusher- One million dollars. Donkey has left the chat. LOLOL roflpwned he might have bit, I would have said 100 million dollars just to be safe | ||
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StRyKeR
United States1739 Posts
On February 25 2009 10:01 Manifesto7 wrote: 1) is there a grand scheme for TL? what happens if SC / SC2 dies? might be like 10+ years - Nobody is thinking that far down the line, but if that happened, there is enough talent on TL to turn it into a global professional organization. See the TL Manpower thread for the beginnings of that. 2) who legally owns TL? Nazgul and Meat own the domain and pay the rent. Are there any plans of taking the american SC scene professionally? (TL becomes synonymous with Western e-sports? O_O) | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
It was a totally drama free and friendly relationship. We sent the reps over to ESL after the games, they waited until after our broadcast, and chose the games they wanted to show. It got the TL name out and set up a nice working relationship. Kennigit is right. There are a lot of people trying to soak up a few short term bucks off any scene, instead of building something long term. We see how well that has worked out for the most part. However, there are a lot of cool people that can do things either for free or while getting paid. Money isn't the main issue, it is intent. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22251 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
 to the guy above me 1) no idea, we'll just be an angry online community ranting about how things use to be better in the past and how games reached their peak in 1998 2) Nazgul and Meat | ||
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Boonbag
France3318 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
On February 25 2009 10:04 StRyKeR wrote: Are there any plans of taking the american SC scene professionally? (TL becomes synonymous with Western e-sports? O_O) I'm with Chill. I think we should buy a bus, fit it out with comps, and have a TL.net SC2 mobile LAN party. Just hit up all the cities along the coast and zig zag N. America. That would be fun as hell. I wonder if my wife wants to live on a video game bus for 6 months... | ||
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
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Realpenguin
8253 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:58 Manifesto7 wrote: + Show Spoiler + TSL really brought people out of the woodwork. I got contacted by a major American sports broadcasting company that has four letters in its name. They had recently invested in a videogame league (relationship now defunct lolz). They heard about TSL, and without any preamble, they came to me and said: Donkey- Let's nto beat around the bush. We want to buy your site. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we play starcraft, not xbox. Donkey- That's ok. We will make it huge. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we don't even have a sponsor for the tournament yet. Would you be interested in a sponsorship deal? We could work out some sweet exposure for you. Donkey- We just want to buy the site. What is your business model?ManifestoCrusher- Our what? Donkey- How much do you get paid a month? ManifestoCrusher- Um, nobody gets paid. It is a volunteer site. Donkey- Yeah but how much do you MAKE? ManifestoCrusher- We pay our server fees with google ads and sometimes we make shirts. We don't make a profit though. Donkey- I'll buy your site. You know, I can't pay a lot, ut I could give you a few bucks for the domain and create a paid position. ManifestoCrusher- But we have about 30 staff. Who gets the money. Donkey- It could just be between you and me. ManifestoCrusher- ... Donkey- So how much for the site? ManifestoCrusher- One million dollars. Donkey has left the chat. ROOOOOOFL This thread is amazing. I love reading about these things. Really surprised at how ignorant these folks are for approaching you guys the way they did. | ||
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StRyKeR
United States1739 Posts
I have so many questions lol 1) who's made the biggest bid to take over TL so far 2) which organization are we friendliest with at the moment the ESL group sounds so ethical compared to the other chumps. things like this will remain in my head for a long time. ESL just got bumped up in my respect rating even though I don't know what they do | ||
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bladebrood
189 Posts
btw i think Him/Her: “Lol?….that’s not going to happen” should be 'Me' instead of 'Him/Her'?;D oh and there was some sentence with lots of him/her but then a couple of just 'him' very amusing stories! D; | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:58 Manifesto7 wrote: TSL really brought people out of the woodwork. I got contacted by a major American sports broadcasting company that has four letters in its name. They had recently invested in a videogame league (relationship now defunct lolz). They heard about TSL, and without any preamble, they came to me and said: Donkey- Let's nto beat around the bush. We want to buy your site. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we play starcraft, not xbox. Donkey- That's ok. We will make it huge. ManifestoCrusher- Um, we don't even have a sponsor for the tournament yet. Would you be interested in a sponsorship deal? We could work out some sweet exposure for you. Donkey- We just want to buy the site. What is your business model?ManifestoCrusher- Our what? Donkey- How much do you get paid a month? ManifestoCrusher- Um, nobody gets paid. It is a volunteer site. Donkey- Yeah but how much do you MAKE? ManifestoCrusher- We pay our server fees with google ads and sometimes we make shirts. We don't make a profit though. Donkey- I'll buy your site. You know, I can't pay a lot, ut I could give you a few bucks for the domain and create a paid position. ManifestoCrusher- But we have about 30 staff. Who gets the money. Donkey- It could just be between you and me. ManifestoCrusher- ... Donkey- So how much for the site? ManifestoCrusher- One million dollars. Donkey has left the chat. AHHAHA AWEOMSE | ||
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Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
On February 25 2009 10:10 StRyKeR wrote: 1) who's made the biggest bid to take over TL so far Nobody has made a really serious bid. The value we assign TL as members, and the value percieved by people from the outside for a site that looks like craigslist v.2 (sorry coders >.<) is so far apart that it is ridiculous. 2) which organization are we friendliest with at the moment We are an incestuous bunch here at TL. iccup is pretty awesome though. | ||
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Ideas
United States8080 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Yeah like Mani said iCCUp is awesome but they are pretty community based like us. Stryker 1) i have no idea. I don't want to get too money money because Meat and Naz deal with that stuff and wrt TL as a business i dont even worry about it. 2) I'd say we are friendly with most organizations. The korean teams that we talk to are really good - Sean Oh at CJ is a really great guy and helped us ALOT with the CJ shirts and charity auction. Same with Coach Lee @ MBC. The reason they are good is because they work for big companies with strong leadership. I find the leadership in western esports firms to be particularly weak. | ||
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Tom Phoenix
1114 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:49 Kennigit wrote: Nothing wrong with SC2GG we just have tons of drama history lol. Could you describe some of that drama? I am honestly curious, especially since Chill participated in the Commentator Idol. | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On February 25 2009 09:59 FuDDx wrote: Wow thanks Kennigit. Very interesting,Its fascinating to get a glimpse behind the curtains. If you need anything (not asking for any special treatment) Id love to help out in anyway that I may be able to.Even if its cleaning dust out of your computer ^_^ Dude just keep posting blog pictures of bears in trees and im happy hahaha | ||
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