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On December 10 2014 07:57 klipik12 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 07:50 Darkdwarf wrote:
My Unfiltered cravings just grow bigger and bigger! OBC get here already! So this is getting acquired, not bought, as in Alex didn't sell GG to Twitch and is still running it, right? Unlike when Amazon bought Twitch or MS bought Mojang, the guys who owned the compaines left.
Actually no difference between "bought" and "acquired" unless money was not involved in an acquisition (like, never); the differences you're noting are just specific to the deals. In this acquisition it's clear that AG's expertise and relationship with the community and sponsors was valuable along with his organization. Or he would not accept terms that did not leave him at CEO. Either way it's a good decision to keep him there.
There are definite possible issues as I brought up in the (now duplicate) thread. Twitch is a delivery platform for esports. GG is a creator of esports content (by providing competitors). Amazon is also a competitor with at least one esports sponsor (NewEgg). Furthermore, while tournaments have been sponsored by streaming sites including Twitch, no teams have had a conflict from this sector in deciding what tournaments to participate in.
The conflicts exist right on the surface; the question is how the related organizations react to this. For the most part, considering GG, Amazon, and Twitch's place in the market, it is more on them than anyone else. As long as a parent organization does not cascade bullying behavior down, it should be fine.
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This was abrupt and unexpected. I am wondering if the means we can expect and "EG Channel Conglomeration" of sorts. Will we see a set of Twitch channels from EG given highly preferential treatment? Will they merge in to a super channel of sorts with special pages and unique features? I am interested in the logistics of how this will operate within the website itself.
So many questions, cannot wait for that iNcontroL video.
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This is incredible for eSports as a whole, with GoodGame aligning itself with Twitch and in-turn Amazon means that eSports is going to start having a much stronger foundation and in time legitimacy.
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Holy crap what is this !!
So in the end, Amazon owns EG/GG
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Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^
More subs too 
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Well, I guess this'll affect streaming schedules for the pros at least. Hopefully for the better. MORE.
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A monolith getting bigger, not sure how this is supposed to be a good thing. We need twitch competitors, not a bigger monopoly
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Why is anyone assuming this will have any impact on SC2?
Yes, Jaedong will be able to attend tournaments for another year, but other than that?
It's save to assume that they would have sent Jaedong regardless, he's a legend and their last relevant SC2-player.
People assuming that they will just open another SC2 team out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want to give back to the community that helped making them big are kidding themselves.
On December 10 2014 09:15 BongChambers wrote:Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^ More subs too
Yes, probably ten new players. One Dota-team, one LoL-team.
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On December 10 2014 09:36 SixStrings wrote:Why is anyone assuming this will have any impact on SC2? Yes, Jaedong will be able to attend tournaments for another year, but other than that? It's save to assume that they would have sent Jaedong regardless, he's a legend and their last relevant SC2-player. People assuming that they will just open another SC2 team out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want to give back to the community that helped making them big are kidding themselves. Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 09:15 BongChambers wrote:Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^ More subs too Yes, probably ten new players. One Dota-team, one LoL-team.
Ya, I'm not sure why everyone is being so optimistic here. EG had little interesting in Sc2 before, this doesn't change that.
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This is nice and all but what does it matter for Starcraft I wonder.
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And as an Amazon subsidiary, we’ll also be able to offer our players other additional benefits to which they didn’t previously have access.
Surprised no one has commented on this bit yet. If this is what it appears to be, it means players will be getting things like health insurance from Amazon, which is a HUGE step forwards for the industry.
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On December 10 2014 10:02 Iceman331 wrote:Show nested quote +
And as an Amazon subsidiary, we’ll also be able to offer our players other additional benefits to which they didn’t previously have access.
Surprised no one has commented on this bit yet. If this is what it appears to be, it means players will be getting things like health insurance from Amazon, which is a HUGE step forwards for the industry.
Probably because not everyone reads "additional benefits" as "benefits" in the employer/employee sense (which would include health benefits). I would love for this to be the case but we don't know that it is yet.
Remember that these individuals are probably considered independent contractors.
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On December 10 2014 10:02 Iceman331 wrote:Show nested quote +
And as an Amazon subsidiary, we’ll also be able to offer our players other additional benefits to which they didn’t previously have access.
Surprised no one has commented on this bit yet. If this is what it appears to be, it means players will be getting things like health insurance from Amazon, which is a HUGE step forwards for the industry.
Or it could just be something like free Amazon Prime memberships...
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meaning HuK will never try again T_T
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On December 10 2014 09:36 SixStrings wrote:Why is anyone assuming this will have any impact on SC2? Yes, Jaedong will be able to attend tournaments for another year, but other than that? It's save to assume that they would have sent Jaedong regardless, he's a legend and their last relevant SC2-player. People assuming that they will just open another SC2 team out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want to give back to the community that helped making them big are kidding themselves. Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 09:15 BongChambers wrote:Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^ More subs too Yes, probably ten new players. One Dota-team, one LoL-team.
Well considering This, no LoL team. And why would they need a new Dota team?
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On December 10 2014 09:39 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 09:36 SixStrings wrote:Why is anyone assuming this will have any impact on SC2? Yes, Jaedong will be able to attend tournaments for another year, but other than that? It's save to assume that they would have sent Jaedong regardless, he's a legend and their last relevant SC2-player. People assuming that they will just open another SC2 team out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want to give back to the community that helped making them big are kidding themselves. On December 10 2014 09:15 BongChambers wrote:Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^ More subs too Yes, probably ten new players. One Dota-team, one LoL-team. Ya, I'm not sure why everyone is being so optimistic here. EG had little interesting in Sc2 before, this doesn't change that.
Yes this is an advertising acquisition. E-sports while a relatively small market is still growing and Amazon wants someone already in the industry that knows how to advertise to gamers just in case E-sports actually makes it big. The thing I don't like is that no numbers were released. Amazon overpaid for twitch are they now hiding the fact they overpaid for GG or was it such a small transaction (couple million) that it doesn't really matter? Won't mean much of anything for SC2 unless it magically gets popular again. All the Ad money is in LoL/Dota2.
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On December 10 2014 10:24 klipik12 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 09:36 SixStrings wrote:Why is anyone assuming this will have any impact on SC2? Yes, Jaedong will be able to attend tournaments for another year, but other than that? It's save to assume that they would have sent Jaedong regardless, he's a legend and their last relevant SC2-player. People assuming that they will just open another SC2 team out of the goodness of their hearts, or because they want to give back to the community that helped making them big are kidding themselves. On December 10 2014 09:15 BongChambers wrote:Means more players will be signed, more games brought in for EG and Alliance and lots more 'pros' streaming ^_^ More subs too Yes, probably ten new players. One Dota-team, one LoL-team. Well considering This, no LoL team. And why would they need a new Dota team?
That just said they still have a LoL team. This is an acquisition of GG, EG and Alliance are just brands under GG. It states there that GG will continue to sponsor the LoL teams but not under EG or Alliance.
but yea they already have 2 DotA teams and 2 LoL teams so probably not interested in getting more.
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Whoaaaaaaaaaa that's huge news!
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