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digmouse
China6329 Posts
On March 01 2013 20:41 Awesomeness wrote: 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. They have a buyer. | ||
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On March 01 2013 15:54 Exarl25 wrote: That little rant was the most damaging thing a community member has ever done to this scene. I'm still annoyed at the community for being suckered in by it. The worst part was that almost everything Destiny was demanding had already been announced by Blizzard and was coming in HotS anyway. Completely counter-productive. So glad he has moved on to LoL now. That's what motivated him in the first place, he was annoyed that LoL players were getting more views and he was no longer eating from the biggest pie. I disagree. Even as someone who doesn't really like Destiny (only because he says offensive things!), all the points he brought up were good. Even if Blizzard already intended to do all the things in HotS (which is true because they released the stuff fairly early after the Destiny thread, which meant they worked on it long before he made that thread), it's good because what if they didn't? It's the "do you really want chat channels?" thing all over again. (Or the Real ID fiasco which did require a response from Mike Morhaime himself.) You need to complain hard at Blizzard or else they think "oh well, no one will care about <insert feature here>". [b]Though, negativity does have certain affects on the game (like people may have probably left SC2 for other games because of the negativity bandwagon). And I definitely do agree on that too. (I come from another set of forums that does episode reviews for a certain series. And I remember a well established fan of the series ranting or hating on something after many liked the episode, then everyone just followed suit >.>.) On the up side, it may push Blizzard to work harder at fixing things (though I honestly don't know how it works at Blizzard... I'm sure Dustin Browder always try his hardest but the thing that matters the most is how much resources the highest ups at Blizzard gives them). So overall, you can complain or give feedback to Blizzard but definitely not overdo the negativity (as it can leave an impression to the public that can cause players to leave or not join in on the game). | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
And who exactly is the buyer? | ||
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zantomun
United States37 Posts
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bo1b
Australia12814 Posts
On March 01 2013 22:00 zantomun wrote: I would like my fifteen dollars back so I can buy me something nice Buy a book on grammar. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51485 Posts
 Very sad, that it got to this stage and a bit angry that it has taken this long to pull the plug on it. We knew about the takeover on then turn of the year, and people were always asking (especially in the thread on TL, me being one of them) about IPL6 and whether it will be going ahead. Hope no one other than IPL will lose money on this, and well, i guess everyone can focus on HOTS games now and don't need to play WOL anymore (minus SPL players and RorO and Symbol) | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
http://www.gamespot.com/news/ign-cancels-ipl6-esports-tournament-6404672 It's pretty fucking dead. T_T | ||
Waxangel
United States33390 Posts
On March 01 2013 22:05 neoghaleon55 wrote: gamespot just published this: http://www.gamespot.com/news/ign-cancels-ipl6-esports-tournament-6404672 It's pretty fucking dead. T_T I don't see it as very different from what scoots said, except that gamespot/slasher are willing to draw a more confident conclusion than scoots, who preferred to hedge a little more. but given the evidence people are presenting, you couldn't blame fans for deducing that it's essentially dead | ||
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
Not IPL, they are what made interested in SC2 in the first place. IPL 5 was so awesome, even for me who couldn't see everything. | ||
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
Injecting several millions into IPL6 to give it one last harrah will make Blizzard a hero, even if it's a financial loss. If they don't, IPL6's demise might tarnish the launch of HotS indirectly... | ||
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Tsubbi
Germany7996 Posts
hell, qualifiers were run over like the last 3 months and broadcasted weekly, actually i still want to refuse to believe this is true  | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 01 2013 22:05 neoghaleon55 wrote: gamespot just published this: http://www.gamespot.com/news/ign-cancels-ipl6-esports-tournament-6404672 It's pretty fucking dead. T_T The claims of sponsors getting their promotional items returned back and OGN cancelling their LoL qualifiers for IPL seem to be solid evidence of a cancellation, unfortunately. I hope this all just means a cancellation for this one event and that there would still be future events. | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On March 01 2013 22:16 Derez wrote: Would have been a disaster in viewership numbers anyway with HotS out. That said, cancelling a tournament ruins IPL's name and is going to make it much harder to sell as a recognized 'brand'. I don't think anyone wanted to buy it regardless. I mean, even if you were interested in investing in an esports tournament like IPL, it doesn't make a lot of sense to buy one that is bleeding money, plus, why not just make your own? | ||
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
On March 01 2013 22:25 AnomalySC2 wrote: I don't think anyone wanted to buy it regardless. I mean, even if you were interested in investing in an esports tournament like IPL, it doesn't make a lot of sense to buy one that is bleeding money, plus, why not just make your own? Where did you read that IPL was bleeding money? | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
That's what uninformed kids say on reddit, come on, are you saying people are just making shit up on the internet? That never happens! | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
My brain. The viewer numbers for IPL sc2 are lower than a lot of player streams themselves (note, I'm not talking about the finals that take place in Las Vegas, just the regular online stream). There is just no way they're recouping costs with such a small amount of viewers.... Then, of course, there is the common sense argument, who is going to sell something that makes them profit? IPL is not going to come out and straight up say, "hey we're a giant money pit!!!!". Especially when they're trying to sell it off. On a side note, I'm not getting pulled into this argument again, sorry. If you can't see the obvious.... | ||
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
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