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On March 01 2013 16:21 Sorkoas wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 10:58 Fionn wrote:You can have whatever opinion you want on Scoots, but he's a reliable source with lots of connections in e-sports. He called the Hyun to Quantic merger news a few days before it was announced, so of course he has credibility. My "opinion" is that he's been guessing wildly on Twitter the last few days so I wouldn't use him as a credible source for this affair. Scoots has been posting "BREAKING" news about buyers of IPL how many times now? 4? I don't see why we would trust him on this either. Plus it's just RUMORS.
if you can't see the difference between his previous tweets and this one, i dont know what to say. not to mention we have heard Kennigit, incontrol, JP and moonglade all say they've heard it too
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On March 01 2013 16:29 jmbthirteen wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 16:21 Sorkoas wrote:On March 01 2013 10:58 Fionn wrote:You can have whatever opinion you want on Scoots, but he's a reliable source with lots of connections in e-sports. He called the Hyun to Quantic merger news a few days before it was announced, so of course he has credibility. My "opinion" is that he's been guessing wildly on Twitter the last few days so I wouldn't use him as a credible source for this affair. Scoots has been posting "BREAKING" news about buyers of IPL how many times now? 4? I don't see why we would trust him on this either. Plus it's just RUMORS. if you can't see the difference between his previous tweets and this one, i dont know what to say. not to mention we have heard Kennigit, incontrol, JP and moonglade all say they've heard it too
Then use them as a freaking source in the OP. Not this sensational journalist that is trying to be funny but is just craving for attention.
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why would anyone buy ipl, like what are their assets?
i'm assuming buying ipl means you also get their debts? it's been a while since i took accounting feel free to correct me.
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On March 01 2013 15:33 MVega wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 14:01 ETisME wrote:On March 01 2013 13:37 Plansix wrote:On March 01 2013 13:26 ChuCky.Ca wrote:On March 01 2013 13:21 geokilla wrote:
SC2 is dying. State of the Game just said that with the successful WOL launch, people might have over invested, such as IPL. Plus eSports is very strong now, especially with DOTA and LoL.
Interestingly enough, IPL5 was profitable... but probably the only profitable event.
So does this mean that IPL's partnership with GOM is over? I think the termination costs with GOM would be pretty huge as well.. are you a complete idiot? the whole point they made was that sc2 isnt dying and people like you who cry its dying every 5 seconds are morons. They are pretty dumb. But you know, Destiny fans are like that. it wasn't only Destiny fans that thought SC2 was dying you know... It was mostly Destiny fans. If Destiny hadn't had that little rant almost nobody would have thought that SC2 was dying. Except for people who think that if something isn't the most popular then it's dead. LoL won't die if Dota 2 eventually gets bigger than LoL. Dota 2 won't die if LoL remains bigger than it forever, for example.
What? People have been saying SC2 has been dying long before Destiny said anything. Hell, you can find people saying it when SC2 peaked in popularity.
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Doesnt Scoots work for MLG in some capacity?
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On March 01 2013 17:12 jalstar wrote:
why would anyone buy ipl, like what are their assets?
i'm assuming buying ipl means you also get their debts? it's been a while since i took accounting feel free to correct me.
A person or corporation can purchase all the assets, but non of the debts. Basically leaving the debt loaded shell corporation behind, the new corporation carries the name, assets, trademarks etc forward.
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On March 01 2013 16:50 Sorkoas wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 16:29 jmbthirteen wrote:On March 01 2013 16:21 Sorkoas wrote:On March 01 2013 10:58 Fionn wrote:You can have whatever opinion you want on Scoots, but he's a reliable source with lots of connections in e-sports. He called the Hyun to Quantic merger news a few days before it was announced, so of course he has credibility. My "opinion" is that he's been guessing wildly on Twitter the last few days so I wouldn't use him as a credible source for this affair. Scoots has been posting "BREAKING" news about buyers of IPL how many times now? 4? I don't see why we would trust him on this either. Plus it's just RUMORS. if you can't see the difference between his previous tweets and this one, i dont know what to say. not to mention we have heard Kennigit, incontrol, JP and moonglade all say they've heard it too Then use them as a freaking source in the OP. Not this sensational journalist that is trying to be funny but is just craving for attention.
scoots isnt a journalist and isnt claiming to be one. and he tweeted this before anyone else saying it.
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On March 01 2013 17:38 Grimmyman123 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 17:12 jalstar wrote:
why would anyone buy ipl, like what are their assets?
i'm assuming buying ipl means you also get their debts? it's been a while since i took accounting feel free to correct me. A person or corporation can purchase all the assets, but non of the debts. Basically leaving the debt loaded shell corporation behind, the new corporation carries the name, assets, trademarks etc forward.
this runs the risk of nudging the thread completely off tangent, but technically at the negotiation table, the buyer also has the option to assume all of a purchased corporation's debts, making a merger or acquisition seem like a much better deal for the selling party.
nobody knows the exact terms of the negotiations for IGN and whatever they chose to do with IPL; however, as both j2 global and News Corp are publicly traded companies, it shouldn't be too difficult to find details of most of their transactions.
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the david ting's stunned silence is very reassuring
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nobody knows the exact terms of the negotiations for IGN and whatever they chose to do with IPL
No one knows the specifics, but Polygon has quoted IGN has saying: Actively engaged with parties interested in acquiring IPL. IGN's role going forward will be to broadcast and cover a variety of eSports events
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He should change his name to Sir scoops.
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I was so excited to finally go to an esports event and it's right at the end of my spring break. I'll be so sad if this is true.
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On March 01 2013 18:22 tabeatz wrote:
I was so excited to finally go to an esports event and it's right at the end of my spring break. I'll be so sad if this is true.
Same here man same here :/.
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Well I don't know if that's rumor is true or not or if IPL is gonna shut down, SC2 dying or whatever.
What I know is IPL5 was a great tournament that I really enjoyed and I'd be sad should there be no IPL 6...
So... just hoping for the best here. 
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I rarely listen to the BS that people gossip about, but Scoots has been a reliable source for long enough that I'd say he's right on track if this is really a thing.
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That would suck, IPL 5 was such a great event!
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Scoots is a smelly old man
User was temp banned for this post.
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There are two pretty good reasons for them to postpone it.
1) So that they can use their Capcom fighting game titles. IPL6 was going to clash with a fighting game event (afaik) and you know how that community is. If you clash with one of their events they will boycott you for the rest of time.
2) So that they can run their main SC2 tournament on Hots. Right now there is no way for them to change to hots without getting a lot of shit. But if the event is postponed by a month or so, they pretty much have to switch it to Hots.
Just a theory.
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On March 01 2013 17:37 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Doesnt Scoots work for MLG in some capacity?
Only as a freelancer, he's directing one of the streams for Dallas.
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On March 01 2013 20:36 sashkata wrote:
There are two pretty good reasons for them to postpone it.
1) So that they can use their Capcom fighting game titles. IPL6 was going to clash with a fighting game event (afaik) and you know how that community is. If you clash with one of their events they will boycott you for the rest of time.
2) So that they can run their main SC2 tournament on Hots. Right now there is no way for them to change to hots without getting a lot of shit. But if the event is postponed by a month or so, they pretty much have to switch it to Hots.
Just a theory.
There is no way they would postpone it on such short notice, because of stuff like this.
I think it's more likely that they didn't find a buyer for IPL and are shutting the whole thing down.
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