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Schmieds
United States312 Posts
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Highways
Australia6098 Posts
SC2 can finally reach the mainstream gaming media. | ||
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Kinky
United States4126 Posts
This year just gets better and better for ESPORTS! | ||
Razuik
United States409 Posts
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phanto
Sweden708 Posts
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DharmaTurtle
United States283 Posts
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muzzy
United States640 Posts
And instead of hating on the company, let's try and be positive- Maybe they're doing something good. Just because a company does a lot of crappy things doesn't mean you have to hate everything it does. | ||
Nothingtosay
United States875 Posts
On March 23 2011 09:57 wristuzi wrote: I strongly dislike the idea of rupert murdoch being involved in any Starcraft, he is literally the devil. But I guess this is what's gonna happen if Starcraft 2 is gonna get big. In fact, it already has, it's happened guys. Starcraft 2 is going to be huge this year. And hopefully it'll last too. I hope everyone knows what kind of an evil person he is. He owns so much of the media its nearly impossible to know whether or not you're funding his corporate hydra of doom. I will literally never watch one game from this league because every time I see an ad his empire makes money. | ||
Layden
United States45 Posts
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Triscuit
United States722 Posts
On March 23 2011 10:04 Nothingtosay wrote: I hope everyone knows what kind of an evil person he is. He owns so much of the media its nearly impossible to know whether or not you're funding his corporate hydra of doom. I will literally never watch one game from this league because every time I see an ad his empire makes money. I'm not going to look a gift proleague in the mouth. | ||
xguyx
United States124 Posts
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On March 23 2011 09:09 TheHunksta wrote: This is why announcements of announcements need to stop, TeamLiquid didn't announce shit about TSL until THEY ANNOUNCED IT and that kept all the hype and excitement balled up for when it was out. Well that's false. TSL 3 did the same thing. They announced the korean invites separately. Remember needing to tune in each sat to get the tsl invites? Remember needing to tune in to the bracket announcement? Remember still needing to tune in to find out the schedule of what games will be aired as they only announce those at the end of each sunday? TSL 3 did just as much milking with their announcements as NASL or IGN are doing. | ||
Layden
United States45 Posts
This might be the best thing for Starcraft as an e-Sport; better than TV coverage even. If you think about it pushing it on mainstream television consumers will result in low chance of success. But, by putting it in a bigger market of gamers (console, PC, handheld, etc.) there is a much bigger chance of success. Advertising can be niche specific. This is a win for the community. The only thing better that I could think of is putting matches on the Xbox Live Network. | ||
thesideshow
930 Posts
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stormchaser
Canada1009 Posts
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Mogs
United States13 Posts
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Zechs
United Kingdom321 Posts
On March 23 2011 10:11 Layden wrote: The IGN network is the biggest conglomeration of video game websites. They have higher access to legitimate advertising and will 9hopefully) put this proleague in front of potentially hundreds of thousands of gamers, many of whom have never seen a pro caliber match before. This might be the best thing for Starcraft as an e-Sport; better than TV coverage even. If you think about it pushing it on mainstream television consumers will result in low chance of success. But, by putting it in a bigger market of gamers (console, PC, handheld, etc.) there is a much bigger chance of success. Advertising can be niche specific. This is a win for the community. The only thing better that I could think of is putting matches on the Xbox Live Network. What you say about TV is very, very true, and something that mindless "lets go mainstream" people seem to overlook. I still hold plenty of reservations about this whole thing though. | ||
Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
On March 23 2011 08:27 the9thdude wrote: Too many leagues, not enough time. Exactly the way I see it. Just not in an "omfg awesome" way but in a concerned and oversaturated way. | ||
RevRich
United States218 Posts
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Zomodok
United States41 Posts
On March 23 2011 10:14 Dagobert wrote: Exactly the way I see it. Just not in an "omfg awesome" way but in a concerned and oversaturated way. Yeah man, we are still trying to figure out how BW got so popular with that oversaturated tournament and league system they have. | ||
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