At this point not having Blizzard games harms WCG way more than it does Blizzard. Sucks for WCG being stuck between Samsung who has supported their organization for years and given them the monetary basis to hold leagues, and between Blizzard who holds IP rights for the games that will bring in the lion's share of fans and viewers. Hope this can be resolved in some way and WCG can still have Blizzard games without a major sponsor shakeup resulting in an even more downsized tournament/organization.

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

February 25 2011 18:21 GMT

#222

Yep, it will hurt WCG way way more than it does hurt Blizzard. No way i would watch WCG without any Blizzard title, and i bet there are over 20,000 people who think so as well. CS is half watchable for me, but i wouldn't watch WCG only for CS.

Lokian

United States699 Posts

February 25 2011 18:43 GMT

#223

Can't OGN just broadcast the event regardless? They have been for BW all this time, and Blizzard has been letting them since they never filed an injunction. So yeah, why now?

imperator-xy

Germany1366 Posts

February 25 2011 18:51 GMT

#224

why do they have to act like children

Ponyo

United States1231 Posts

February 25 2011 18:59 GMT

#225

Why is this happening@@

monx

Canada1400 Posts

February 25 2011 19:00 GMT

#226

Wow that sucks. I guess they'll have Dota but that's boring to watch IMO. Well, i guess i'll stick to MLG if this happens. WCG is likely to disappear anytime soon imo. The organization is just falling apart.

MHT

Sweden1026 Posts

February 25 2011 19:12 GMT

#227

Guess what blizzard did was to shot the fans, WCG, Samsung, Esports and themselves in the foot. All in one shot.

lowkontrast

United States855 Posts

February 25 2011 19:14 GMT

#228

Wow, this is pretty ridiculous and I'm not even sure why it has to come to this.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be in the back of my head next time a Samsung product is one of my available choices. The whole situation is just really dumb.

SichuanPanda

Canada1542 Posts

February 25 2011 19:21 GMT

#229

My view is simple, let them try doing a WCG without Blizzard games and see how many people pay to come (answer: very very few) as all the other games selected at WCG are massively dwarfed by the competitive scene surrounding Blizzard games.

grandkai

Canada71 Posts

February 25 2011 19:34 GMT

#230

without sc it's going to be a shit turnout, I hope they change their mind.

bovi

Japan208 Posts

February 25 2011 19:34 GMT

#231

cant believe ppl are wondering why samsung is doing this. btw didnt samsung hand over WCG to microsoft couple of years ago?

time blizzard got a taste of their own medicine. just go back to making money by selling games instead of trying to control and pocket from esports directly. don't be too greedy cos you're stunting the scene.

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

February 25 2011 19:45 GMT

#232

If only I could post one-liners I would simply just say LOLOLOLOLOL

Blizzard screwed themselves -.- and in association, every Blizzard game fan out there. Stupid IP rights.

shabbit

United States13 Posts

February 25 2011 19:59 GMT

#233

Why are people saying Blizzard screwed themselves? Granted, this may lock them out of more future tournaments later on, but the professional scene to play Blizzard games is already there and Blizzard's ultimate control of their IP rights ensures that they get more net profit from that than from any unascertainable growth from advertising that WCG and the like gives them.

Now if they were struggling to get advertisers and professionals invested in their games, then the battle over IP rights may have screwed Blizzard. I haven't seen any evidence of that though so Blizzard looks to have made the right business decision by going to war for the IP rights.

Mephiztopheles1

1124 Posts

February 25 2011 19:59 GMT

#234

Hmmmmm, this spells disaster for WCG, bar the CS competition. Even if Blizzard is partly to blame, they are so big and already in a much bigger tournamente like GSL I really don't see them crying too much over this.
This is sad for WCG, such a long standing and nice event to watch every year

ch4ppi

Germany802 Posts

February 25 2011 20:02 GMT

#235

WCG will be pretty boring without proper RTS titles to me =/

Well Fifa and CS are still there which is good, because germany is known for their good teams there, but its not the same as cheering for your favorite players in an RTS =/

aimaimaim

Philippines2167 Posts

February 25 2011 20:04 GMT

#236

When will this be confirmed or denied??????

Updates would be lovely, sirs.

King[Neikos]

Costa Rica506 Posts

February 25 2011 20:21 GMT

#237

Thank you my dearest mr kotick, you are now murdering everything Esports have accomplished to this point simply because a couple of bucks, i honestly cant wait for the sue to end in korea(and actiblizz to lose ofc) and dota 2 to be released so WC3 has no players left.

All my support and my best wishes to WCG so they can find a way out of this, having a WCG without koreans is completely nonsense and they know it, the problem is that BW is one of the only games arround that is a good spectator sport. So ill just hope for the best again while a conclusion is made.

teamsolid

Canada3668 Posts

February 25 2011 20:37 GMT

#238

On February 26 2011 02:47 Energizer wrote:
Do you ever see the developers of Counter-strike going after major corporations for fees and claiming IP rights?

Yes, Valve in fact does charge for IP rights/fees for the use of their games. So do the companies that make fighting games.

speedphlux

Bulgaria962 Posts

February 25 2011 20:37 GMT

#239

Huh, so this means that WCG will die ?! I mean, who would watch it ?! Besides CS, which is not my cup of tea, but I watch it anyways, coz it's eSports, there isn't anything else to watch. And if it's going to be CS only, then I might not bother watching it at all. I mean I got all the other jazz to follow - MSL, IEM, TSL, NASL, GSL, MSL, OSL and so on.

Whitewing

United States7483 Posts

February 25 2011 20:54 GMT

#240

Didn't Blizzard give broadcasting rights to GOM tv for $1 to use SC2 in their tournaments and make money off of it?

They're not looking for money here, they just want companies to recognize that it's their product.