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On March 02 2013 15:51 Geos13 wrote:
I'm surprised we didn't see an announcement from IPL today. The cat is kinda out of the bag so I'm not really sure why they would delay it any longer?
They are probably doing whatever they can to salvage it. Canceling an event is one thing, but if you have to cancel an event knowing that your company has to be bought by another party to survive means that they need to save their image at almost any cost. It is basically an elimination round and they dont want to gg out just yet.
IGN probably still does not have a buyer for IPL or else we'd know and either that company would say they cannot afford to host ipl6 or that ipl6 is being scaled down.
New IGN proabaly isn't willing to pay the bills for an IPL6 otherwise this whole situation would have been avoided.
If IGN cant find a buyer for IPL, it would seem IPL6 just isn't going to happen, in which case it really hurts IPL's selling potential.
Best case at this point would be that they dont make any official announcement until they find a buyer and can say "hey we got a buyer and are pushing IPL6 back a few months."
If they cant find a buyer and have to make that announcement canceling IPL6 it hurts their ability to find a buyer. In fact the longer this drags on, the more it hurts their ability to find a buyer at all, or at least a buyer with the resources they'd like.
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*double posted somehow, someone pls delete*
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I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous.
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I remember when IPL did it's first tournament, and everyone was so happy that this was going to blow everything out of the water. This makes me very sad to see.
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On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous.
You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get.
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On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get.
Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now?
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On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now?
The chances of saving it? No difference. The only logical conclusion over what's happening now is that IPL is trying to find a buyer to save the event. Whether they find a buyer or not is probably not affected by this.
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On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous.
His sources are solid. and he even named sources this time (as much as he could at least)
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I wish blizzard would be taking action and tried to somehow get it/save it. I see Blizzard getting slowly more involved in the community but Riot for example does in my opinion way better job at this.
I wish Blizzard tried to save it, but they probably aren't.  This just helps there making rocks image. Hopefully they (IGN/IPL) are able to to save the event  .
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On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now?
If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish.
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On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish.
They're likely not releasing a statement because they don't know. Pretending nothing is wrong would be releasing a statement that says IPL6 is still on. But they're not going to release a "we're not sure what's happening" statement.
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On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish.
"Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen."
See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work
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Here's a link to something from the LoL reddit that has a tiny bit more information:
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/19hd8e/ipl_may_not_be_cancelled/
In short:
-The Cosmopolitan still has not recieved word from IPL that the event is canceled (last email recieved from IPL was 7am yesterday (march 1))
-If you want to buy tickets and the event is canceled the Cosmopolitan is the one issuing refunds. (you are safe to buy tickets to the event, hotels/flights are a different issue)
-The Cosmo knows about as much as we do :\
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On March 03 2013 00:13 NerdFace wrote:I wish blizzard would be taking action and tried to somehow get it/save it. I see Blizzard getting slowly more involved in the community but Riot for example does in my opinion way better job at this. I wish Blizzard tried to save it, but they probably aren't. This just helps there making rocks image. Hopefully they (IGN/IPL) are able to to save the event .
Blizzard emulating Riot is probably the worst thing that could happen to the scene. Buying success isn't helpful, nor is it sustainable, especially without the third largest internet-based corporation in the world paying you. If they do anything, they should do something similar to what Valve's doing with Dota 2; provide ways for viewers to directly support tournaments without buying them like Riot.
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On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work
Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support."
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On March 03 2013 04:23 ragz_gt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support."
That statement would basically say it is cancelled.
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On March 03 2013 04:55 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 04:23 ragz_gt wrote:On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support." That statement would basically say it is cancelled.
Well, it is cancelled. They are returning products to the sponsors that send them, they cancelled the IPL6 LoL qualifier in korea, the VP of Riot has said that he is interested in doing something with the floor space. The decent thing would be to admit it, not hope for a miracle. There are people that don't read TL who might be interested in going and making plans. Getting burned on non refundable airline/hotel purchases is a slap in the face and its pretty shameful to spring it on people less than a month in advance when all the signs are there.
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On March 03 2013 04:55 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 04:23 ragz_gt wrote:On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support." That statement would basically say it is cancelled.
That's the point, no? They are basically hoping for the Ace on the river now.
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On March 03 2013 05:34 ragz_gt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 04:55 WolfintheSheep wrote:On March 03 2013 04:23 ragz_gt wrote:On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support." That statement would basically say it is cancelled. That's the point, no? They are basically hoping for the Ace on the river now.
That's the assumption based on several rumours. True as it may turn out, you're essentially telling IPL to just go and make it official...despite it not being official.
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On March 03 2013 05:38 WolfintheSheep wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2013 05:34 ragz_gt wrote:On March 03 2013 04:55 WolfintheSheep wrote:On March 03 2013 04:23 ragz_gt wrote:On March 03 2013 03:25 Gojira621 wrote:On March 03 2013 00:52 ragz_gt wrote:On March 02 2013 17:20 Prplppleatr wrote:On March 02 2013 16:42 zefreak wrote:On March 02 2013 16:35 Advantageous wrote:
I wouldn't find Rod's (Slasher) source any credible than some other e-sports fan... I mean ya he's a "professional" reporter but still, after all this time, his sources are iffy and ambiguous. You'd have to be completely blind to not believe him this time. IPL's silence speaks volumes and the longer they wait the more angry I get. Imagine if you were IPL, trying to save an event, and people leak/report this information...how likely are your chances now? If IPL is trying to save the event, it's still pretty irresponsible of them to not release a statement. People are making travel plans, using vacation time and reserving flight / hotels. For the host to be pretending nothing is wrong when there is significant risk with the event is very selfish. "Hey guys its your friends from IPL. We aren't sure whether or not this event is still going to happen so we figured we would make an announcement stating that we aren't sure whether or not this even it still going to happen." See? Unless they know for sure making a statement is just pointless. Any with such a huge event if there's even a sliver of a chance of still making it happen that's likely what they are working on day and night. It blows for people who are spending lots of cash to go but they can either come out and say "yeah sorry you just lost all your money" or they can say nothing and keep trying to make it work Or they can say "Due to recent development it is possible that the upcoming IPL6 could be rescheduled or canceled. We are working hard at the moment to ensure the event would proceed as planned but please be advised when making traveling plans. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and continuous support." That statement would basically say it is cancelled. That's the point, no? They are basically hoping for the Ace on the river now. That's the assumption based on several rumours. True as it may turn out, you're essentially telling IPL to just go and make it official...despite it not being official.
They already made it official by not stating anything. Now they are just trying to get people who might go to IPL6 but is really tuned out from esports news (not that many) to buy ticket and (slightly) boost their sale to show to possible buyers, but it is really selfish as it passes a significant risk to customer in order to possible (but not likely) help themselves.
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