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emc
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danl9rm
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Whitewing
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On September 28 2016 10:30 Zato-1 wrote: Can't blame Nazgul and Arhancet for cashing out at this point; they've put in the work, and they earned this. Cashing out is quite the opposite of what is happening here. | ||
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Descent
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Existential
Australia2107 Posts
Hope this turns out great! | ||
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madnessman
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Eiii
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lestye
United States4135 Posts
On September 28 2016 08:31 TheEmulator wrote: This has nothing to do with the websites guys so don't worry. I think thats kind of the issue, is that the website/liquipedia is part of the deal, and I think the value of this "deal" was for the pro teams, and not the website/wiki primarily. That's a double edged sword though, like we could be "under the radar" and really significant to the Liquid enterprises new owners, but at the same time I don't want there to be budget cuts 5, 10 years from now, and they look at the website/wiki as something that could be shut down to "trim the fat" because it might not be the focus or the most profitable part of the business. I don't hear about VC firms trying to acquire forums and the like So yeah, I hope the corporate fat cats see the teamliquid community as something that's something completely unique and great for them, the TL community is something completely different that ONLY TL has. EG, Dignitas, TSM, CLG, Cloud9, however big those orgs are, they dont actually have a community associated with them. | ||
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Jaaaaasper
United States10225 Posts
On September 28 2016 13:07 Plexa wrote: Cashing out is quite the opposite of what is happening here. So selling out is a better term? Money goes to Naz and control of the brand goes to the group buying. Or is something drastically wrong about the basic understanding of whats happening | ||
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ZenithM
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tofucake
Hyrule18969 Posts
On September 28 2016 14:22 lestye wrote: I think thats kind of the issue, is that the website/liquipedia is part of the deal, and I think the value of this "deal" was for the pro teams, and not the website/wiki primarily. That's a double edged sword though, like we could be "under the radar" and really significant to the Liquid enterprises new owners, but at the same time I don't want there to be budget cuts 5, 10 years from now, and they look at the website/wiki as something that could be shut down to "trim the fat" because it might not be the focus or the most profitable part of the business. I don't hear about VC firms trying to acquire forums and the like So yeah, I hope the corporate fat cats see the teamliquid community as something that's something completely unique and great for them, the TL community is something completely different that ONLY TL has. EG, Dignitas, TSM, CLG, Cloud9, however big those orgs are, they dont actually have a community associated with them. oops, wrong Liquipedia will live on regardless though, because of the Share Alike license. Users would likely follow as well. | ||
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
BOOOOOOOM. I think this is awesome, although would love to hear more about what this means for TL going forward  | ||
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lestye
United States4135 Posts
On September 28 2016 21:39 tofucake wrote: the website and liquipedia were not part of the deal, as far as I'm aware. The team was sold. Also, even if Liquipedia were sold and they decided to shut it down later, the CC-BY-SA license and the backups of it make that kind of pointless, as it would pop up somewhere else with a different name, and then a large portion of their dedicated users go *poof* FO has eased my concerns about Liquipedia being potentially shut down, however, some staff says the deal was for "Liquid enterprises" which owns the website, Liquipedia, the pro team etc. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On September 28 2016 13:07 Plexa wrote: Cashing out is quite the opposite of what is happening here. Probably safe to say this announcement needs an announcement to explain what exactly was announced. | ||
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Shana
Indonesia1814 Posts
Liquid pro team has been horribly managed after merging with Curse, except sc2 and DotA2. | ||
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Kerence
Sweden1817 Posts
However; I assume an investing group expects a profit. When you invest in something you generally want something back. Things not profitable might need to change, or be removed completely. Things might not change tomorrow, but who knows where things stand a year from now. I assume Nazgul will touch upon this in his blog post that he mentions. But I also assume than when you're the CEO of a company owned by someone else, you need to keep them happy. | ||
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polgas
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Kickboxer
Slovenia1308 Posts
I've been mostly lurking since a very long time and am very happy for you guys, I always loved your sites this is where I get my global news and spend a lot of time reading random forum posts | ||
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