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Twitch acquires Good Game / EG - Page 3

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sumsaR
Profile Joined January 2013
Sweden1812 Posts
December 09 2014 21:42 GMT
#41
Considering that Twitch has been sponsoring individual players, mostly in the FGC, I'm not as surprised by this as I should be. Maybe that it was EG that they acquired, perhaps.

I wonder if the internal structure of EG will continue as it is.
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
December 09 2014 21:43 GMT
#42
Everyone at Twitch is thrilled. Everyone at EG is beyond excited. So I'm happy.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
December 09 2014 21:44 GMT
#43
On December 10 2014 06:40 Musicus wrote:
That's pretty sick.



That is good.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1024 Posts
December 09 2014 21:45 GMT
#44
What a great news. Now I only have to move to Amazon and Jaedong will be my colleague
Skynx
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Turkey7150 Posts
December 09 2014 21:45 GMT
#45
So this is a good thing right? I didn't understand one bit of Alex' statement.
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Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
December 09 2014 21:46 GMT
#46
uh okay! cool move by twitch and big for all the ESPORTS people, party party yay yay.

hopefully some of the fairydust will make it to http://aligulac.com/teams/40-Evil-Geniuses/ and good player development

good luck guys!
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Holdenintherye
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada1441 Posts
December 09 2014 21:47 GMT
#47
Can we start calling Twitch a monopoly now?
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
December 09 2014 21:48 GMT
#48
On an musing note, this means Idra works for Twitch too. Think about THAT for a while.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
d_runk
Profile Joined March 2013
124 Posts
December 09 2014 21:50 GMT
#49
On December 10 2014 06:31 gneGne wrote:
Why would Twitch as a broadcaster buy and support a specific e-sports team? Instead of producers of content like ESL etc?


GoodGame use progaming teams / Jaedongs as a platform to push their clients to prospective consumers. It's very similar to what Twitch does in a way. Alex Garfield has experience with pushing big brand names to gamers and has yet to get involved in an embezzling scandal, which makes him and his enterprise a very valuable asset for a company looking to sell advertising or products to gamers.
Look at it this way, we are the product and hyperx/monster/etc are the client. Admit it, you could name almost all of EG-s sponsors even if you are not a fan.
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Sub40APM
Profile Joined August 2010
6336 Posts
December 09 2014 21:54 GMT
#50
On December 10 2014 06:50 d_runk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2014 06:31 gneGne wrote:
Why would Twitch as a broadcaster buy and support a specific e-sports team? Instead of producers of content like ESL etc?


GoodGame use progaming teams / Jaedongs as a platform to push their clients to prospective consumers. It's very similar to what Twitch does in a way. Alex Garfield has experience with pushing big brand names to gamers and has yet to get involved in an embezzling scandal, which makes him and his enterprise a very valuable asset for a company looking to sell advertising or products to gamers.
Look at it this way, we are the product and hyperx/monster/etc are the client. Admit it, you could name almost all of EG-s sponsors even if you are not a fan.

Yet?
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
December 09 2014 21:56 GMT
#51
I'm not sure I really understand...
Hmm. Strange. Idk what to think of this. Grats I guess.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
gneGne
Profile Joined June 2007
Netherlands697 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-09 22:02:33
December 09 2014 22:01 GMT
#52
On December 10 2014 06:50 d_runk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2014 06:31 gneGne wrote:
Why would Twitch as a broadcaster buy and support a specific e-sports team? Instead of producers of content like ESL etc?


GoodGame use progaming teams / Jaedongs as a platform to push their clients to prospective consumers. It's very similar to what Twitch does in a way. Alex Garfield has experience with pushing big brand names to gamers and has yet to get involved in an embezzling scandal, which makes him and his enterprise a very valuable asset for a company looking to sell advertising or products to gamers.
Look at it this way, we are the product and hyperx/monster/etc are the client. Admit it, you could name almost all of EG-s sponsors even if you are not a fan.


I just didn't think EG draws in that many viewers...but you are saying EGs sponsors will pay Twitch now? Do you really think that is effective?

PS. I only know Monster
Aveng3r
Profile Joined February 2012
United States2411 Posts
December 09 2014 22:01 GMT
#53
wow. to say that Amazon is your parent company? in this industry? not bad at all
I carve marble busts of assassinated world leaders - PM for a quote
meshfusion
Profile Joined June 2014
Russian Federation232 Posts
December 09 2014 22:01 GMT
#54
On December 10 2014 06:46 Liquid`Snute wrote:
uh okay! cool move by twitch and big for all the ESPORTS people, party party yay yay.

hopefully some of the fairydust will make it to http://aligulac.com/teams/40-Evil-Geniuses/ and good player development

good luck guys!


that link reminded me of ThorZain.. he was one of my favorite players.

Anyone know what happened to him ?

Did he just loose interest and stop playing ?
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
December 09 2014 22:02 GMT
#55
I'll make a completely pointless prediction now: With this newfound financial status, we'll see EG roll out a Cardstone division in the near future (I'd say by June).
The world is better when every background has a chance.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
December 09 2014 22:02 GMT
#56
On December 10 2014 07:01 meshfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2014 06:46 Liquid`Snute wrote:
uh okay! cool move by twitch and big for all the ESPORTS people, party party yay yay.

hopefully some of the fairydust will make it to http://aligulac.com/teams/40-Evil-Geniuses/ and good player development

good luck guys!


that link reminded me of ThorZain.. he was one of my favorite players.

Anyone know what happened to him ?

Did he just loose interest and stop playing ?

He's a student now.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10103 Posts
December 09 2014 22:03 GMT
#57
On December 10 2014 07:01 meshfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2014 06:46 Liquid`Snute wrote:
uh okay! cool move by twitch and big for all the ESPORTS people, party party yay yay.

hopefully some of the fairydust will make it to http://aligulac.com/teams/40-Evil-Geniuses/ and good player development

good luck guys!


that link reminded me of ThorZain.. he was one of my favorite players.

Anyone know what happened to him ?

Did he just loose interest and stop playing ?

med school bro
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
December 09 2014 22:04 GMT
#58
rich nerds
rich nerds everywhere
This is our town, scrub
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
December 09 2014 22:05 GMT
#59
wait, so is Alex Garfield stepping down from leading the organization then?

(maybe I should just read the full article, but it's so long...)
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AgentW
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States7725 Posts
December 09 2014 22:06 GMT
#60
On December 10 2014 07:05 ]343[ wrote:
wait, so is Alex Garfield stepping down from leading the organization then?

(maybe I should just read the full article, but it's so long...)

From what I understood, no. He's still the CEO, he's just not the majority shareholder any longer.
Who's the bigger scrub, the scrub, or the scrub who loses to him?
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