EPTBlizzard Games may be excluded from WCG2011 - Page 4
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
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aimaimaim
Philippines2167 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:21 mprs wrote: Blizzard needs game advertisement? That is the real news... every bit of advertisement helps right? especially if its held in korea .. hey they have been advertised for the past 10 years for free! On February 25 2011 18:25 Whitewing wrote: Blizzard filed the lawsuit because KESPA and other organizations were refusing to recognize their property rights. In other words, in the mind of Blizzard, they were stealing. If I made this hugely popular game, and an organization decided to host tournaments, put it on T.V., and make money off the game without consulting me, asking for permission to use the game to earn money, or even recognizing that the game belongs to me, I'd be pissed and probably sue too. Blizzard actually tried, for years, to convince KESPA to recognize their property rights without filing a lawsuit. KESPA refused, and has continued to earn a profit off of Blizzard's game. Just to be clear: Blizzard tried to settle the issue without a lawsuit. KESPA is basically a money grubbing organization that has no respect for the players (tons of reports of this), no respect for the games themselves and the game developers, and no respect for ESPORTS in general based on their wanton refusals. are we really gonna derail this thread again into a kespa vs blizz thing? and get your damned facts straight while youre at it . | ||
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ChThoniC
United States536 Posts
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
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Heimatloser
Germany1494 Posts
would have happened in every other country, too. out of the possibilities: a.) pay blizzard for "ip rights" broadcasting rights and no other company b.) pay all companies (but why if they dont ask you to?) c.) pay no companies c.) seems the most logical to me. What if maybe Blizz would just present the broadcasting rights for wcg to them? | ||
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TRAP[yoo]
Hungary6026 Posts
thats like cutting off both of your legs -.- | ||
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arioch
England403 Posts
On February 25 2011 17:52 Avaloch wrote: Guitar Hero is an Activision game and besides, Activision already discontinued the series. Having people play it in a tournament is actually beneficial for the series failing sales. I don't get your point... My point is that WCG will lose 3 of their official competitive games if they are not allowed to use activision products any more, not just 2. I think its kind of sad to be honest, but if their worldwide partner refuses to allow BlizzardActivision products to be played then there's nothing WCG can do about it really. | ||
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BluePabs
United States317 Posts
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ReaperX
Hong Kong1758 Posts
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GhostLink
United States450 Posts
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zobz
Canada2175 Posts
I would say that it would've been nice if blizzard had found a way to simply support and properly benefit from all that's been built up around their game, without destroying it. But that would be based on speculation, since i have no idea if that could've been possible. Ultimately it's blizzard's call anyway, and that has to be respected in a free society. | ||
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Tumor
Austria192 Posts
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
On February 25 2011 17:53 teamsolid wrote: What made the last few WCGs so much worse economically than the years before that? Well, probably the worst decision they did was to host the event in cities that really don't have the audience for it, but they have been bleeding money for years now. I'm sure Samsung, by now, is getting a bit sick of losing money even if you factor in the marketing value of sponsoring such an event. | ||
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Thiper
Poland1 Post
 Now, we just need to wait :/ | ||
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Nukm_
Germany104 Posts
the sooner the sc community realizes that, the better. | ||
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aimaimaim
Philippines2167 Posts
On February 25 2011 19:08 Nukm_ wrote: the wcg is not e-sports, its a joke. marketing and industry bullshit. the sooner the sc community realizes that, the better. and its not like the last years where the international sc community needed an event like this what? WCG has been the only tournament that caters RTS, Arena-based, FPS, Sport games fans for the past decade .. and its bullshit? | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:33 aimaimaim wrote: every bit of advertisement helps right? especially if its held in korea .. hey they have been advertised for the past 10 years for free! are we really gonna derail this thread again into a kespa vs blizz thing? and get your damned facts straight while youre at it . rofl... I just have to point this out "lolol they advertised for free through kespa omg omg omg" "are we really gonna derail this thread again into a kespa vs blizz thing?" Anyway, yes every bit of advertisement helps. But advertisement in WCG is not big enough for them to go back on their word or philosophy. How many people watch the WCG? How many of them have never heard of Starcraft/Diablo/Warcraft? They aren't reaching an audience that they haven't tapped into already. If anything, WCG is the one hurt by this, (and by association, their sponsors). For Blizzard, this is unfortunate but I doubt it is a company-shaking event. | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Blizzard wouldn't care about Broodwar if it wasn't for MBC and OGN. Broodwar would be dead with out the Korean scene and its unbeliavable that Blizzard are willing to risk ruining this wonderful scene just because they don't make money from it. Blizzard makes so much money already its redicolous, and they have the tenacity to say things like Blizzard surports Esports. | ||
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Agathon
France1505 Posts
WCG in Korea? Without both SC.BW and SC2? I doubt it would make it :D | ||
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