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Slasher posting on irc:
'[03:38] <MLG|Slasher`> If you guys want to see Live On Three or SoTG or both tonight tweet @djWHEAT @itmejp @SirScoots @88iNcontroL'
So all you with twitter, go ahead!
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Naniwa has some actual personal issues that he had to sort out to a much greater degree of severity than, for sake of example, a 'typical gamer' like IdrA. I'm glad he appears to have turned that around, I look forward to watching him in the future.
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On April 04 2011 10:41 Slardar wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:39 nokz88 wrote:On April 04 2011 10:32 AntiGrav1ty wrote:On April 04 2011 10:27 Vundox wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On April 04 2011 10:25 Shadowcloak wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:21 loveeholicce wrote:On April 04 2011 10:15 L3g3nd_ wrote:
first place? wc3
second place? wc3
third place? wc3.
Suck on that BW 1st GSL s1? BW 1st GSL s2? BW 1st GSL s3? BW 1st GSL s4? BW 1st GSL s5? BW Suck on that wc3 ^^ Ok so name 3 players that came from wc3 that particaipate in gsl........ take youre time im waiting............. ooo wait indeed there are NONE FoCuS, ReMinD, Moon, Lyn and SocceR now stfu because this isnt the topic of this thread Now you are just lying. Remind has never ever tried to qualify for GSL  But as I said, there just weren't that many korean wc3-pros left at the end. Only a handful switched to sc2, the rest retired or plays wc3 for fun, wheras a TON of old bw-players switched to sc2. Of course they are going to do better in GSL if there are a gazillion more of them who have a shot at winning. In europe WC3 was pretty popular, which is why there are a lot of successful former wc3-players in europe. It has nothin to do with the game but with the amount of people playin. Skillwise bw and wc3 players are pretty even in sc2. It's a new game. Oh god please... How can you even dare to compare the two? BW pros that switched to SC2 and are looking great: MC, MVP, Bomber, MMA, to list just a few WC3 pros that switched and are looking great: ....... okay, looking somewhat good: ...... maybe Lyn? remotely... could make a case for our champ Naniwa, but he's unproven in the big leagues so.... Who freaking cares, enough with this unwarranted bias against WC3 players. You just continuously prove the argument that this bias exists. RTS players are RTS players, we are part of the shame mesh of gamers. Anyway Grats to Naniwa for basically the most beast performance I've seen since Nestea. Proves he has really upped his game, looking forward to see more of him in TSL3 
Okay, if stating facts makes you feel sad, I'll stop sorry
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On April 04 2011 10:42 Vimsey wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:38 pHelix Equilibria wrote:On April 04 2011 10:36 BlackMagister wrote:On April 04 2011 10:33 AndAgain wrote:On April 04 2011 10:31 PraetorianX wrote:
BTW here is the prizepool. Naniwa won $5000. Not so much actually.
1st $5000
2nd $3000
3rd $2000
4th $1400
5th $1000
6th $700
7th $500
8th $400
Given the travel expenses, I imagine he got 40 bucks in profit. Somehow I doubt that, unlikely Naniwa would come if it was that costly and out of his own pocket. MLG or someone else probably paid for his travel expenses. Well I'm sure Dignitas has pretty loaded sponosored team that they can afford to send their few players to MLG over for a weekend. Im shocked that people dont realise how big Dignitas is across esports they are the equal of EG or Complexity and Fanatic. edit and yes TL.
Whoa now, I've always been a huge fan of Dignitas's TF2 team. They are big.
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On April 04 2011 10:44 johnkub wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:41 artanis2 wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 Duoma wrote:On April 04 2011 10:25 Neplusultra wrote:On April 04 2011 10:23 badDogma wrote:Wow compare this ceremony to ANY other big event like IEM. They got lightshows, confetti, girls, a winners podium.
And MLG just got one guy there shaking his hands saying "congratulations, here you go!". Makes you wonder how MLG spent the ~5mil$ they grossed last year. Ever seen a CEO, COO, CFO, or VPs paycheck? Not much to wonder about. Posts like these are really frustrating... So silly to think that MLG is a bunch of fat cats rolling in money. Also the assumption that the title CEO somehow guarantees a huge salary is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. MLG is very young as compared to the big European e-sports events. In addition to that, the north american RTS scene is just plain smaller than in Europe. While it is true that MLG had some hiccups during this event(most of which were out of their direct control), it is clear that they want nothing more than to put forth a good product, and in the end of the day this event gave us some really good games. People really just need to stop depicting MLG as this huge corporate entity cutting corners for profit at every possible place, because really that is just not true. When the qqing reaches the realm of "why wasn't there confetti?!?!" you should just stop. They have a budget of millions and a prize pool equal to community tourneys with 1 or 2 sponsors... so yeah. dont forget that the prize pool is actually smaller than the money the players themselves contribute by paying $70 each to play... 208 * $70 = 14560
Ok.. THAT right there just made me pretty darn mad.
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Congratulations to Naniwa. He has proven his Meaty Owl Legs are powerful indeed.
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On April 04 2011 10:42 Niklai wrote:
anyone got their hands on huk's interview after he lost today? the one which was rumored to be live on mlg site. already saw idra's, they're uploaded to yt.
Can you provide a link? it's not on youtube.com/mlgpro
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Thank you all, this thread (despite the too eager banhammers of the MODS) was the best part of MLG. You all came together as a community and made us see the humour in the situation; the memes and pictures, jokes and jesting, it has all been awesome. Quality QQ!
Love you. Sleep well.
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End of WC3 discussion. Next post like that = ban,
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The rebroadcast is stuck on a loop between the start of the pre-amble before select vs incontrol and the actual match 
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This was an amazing weekend of MLG organization failures, epic live report threads and some very entertaining series.
Hope next MLG will be this fun as well. And grats to Naniwa, well played.
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On April 04 2011 10:44 Klogbert wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:42 Vimsey wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 pHelix Equilibria wrote:On April 04 2011 10:36 BlackMagister wrote:On April 04 2011 10:33 AndAgain wrote:On April 04 2011 10:31 PraetorianX wrote:
BTW here is the prizepool. Naniwa won $5000. Not so much actually.
1st $5000
2nd $3000
3rd $2000
4th $1400
5th $1000
6th $700
7th $500
8th $400
Given the travel expenses, I imagine he got 40 bucks in profit. Somehow I doubt that, unlikely Naniwa would come if it was that costly and out of his own pocket. MLG or someone else probably paid for his travel expenses. Well I'm sure Dignitas has pretty loaded sponosored team that they can afford to send their few players to MLG over for a weekend. Im shocked that people dont realise how big Dignitas is across esports they are the equal of EG or Complexity and Fanatic. edit and yes TL. Root?
Ive not heard of root outside of SC2 and they have only just got sponsorship the teams above i mentioned have won trophies and a good deal of money in other esports and are well established hence my surprise.
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On April 04 2011 10:41 artanis2 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:38 Duoma wrote:On April 04 2011 10:25 Neplusultra wrote:On April 04 2011 10:23 badDogma wrote:Wow compare this ceremony to ANY other big event like IEM. They got lightshows, confetti, girls, a winners podium.
And MLG just got one guy there shaking his hands saying "congratulations, here you go!". Makes you wonder how MLG spent the ~5mil$ they grossed last year. Ever seen a CEO, COO, CFO, or VPs paycheck? Not much to wonder about. Posts like these are really frustrating... So silly to think that MLG is a bunch of fat cats rolling in money. Also the assumption that the title CEO somehow guarantees a huge salary is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. MLG is very young as compared to the big European e-sports events. In addition to that, the north american RTS scene is just plain smaller than in Europe. While it is true that MLG had some hiccups during this event(most of which were out of their direct control), it is clear that they want nothing more than to put forth a good product, and in the end of the day this event gave us some really good games. People really just need to stop depicting MLG as this huge corporate entity cutting corners for profit at every possible place, because really that is just not true. When the qqing reaches the realm of "why wasn't there confetti?!?!" you should just stop. They have a budget of millions and a prize pool equal to community tourneys with 1 or 2 sponsors... so yeah.
Er what community tourney has a prize pool of tens of thousands of dollars? Plus MLG's nationals have a considerably larger pool. If Naniwa is getting 5k it's because 5k is all they have not because they're lining their pockets. Sundance said last year the SC2 circuit made no profit.
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I felt like staying home would have almost been better, no commentary whatsoever at the venue made the viewing experience less enjoyable for sure.
EDIT: Just got back from Dallas.
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1st: Naniwa
2nd: Kiwikaki beaten by naniwa 4-2
3rd: Select beaten by kiwi 2-0
4th: Incontrol Beaten by kiwi 2-0
5th: TLO beaten by Inc 4-2
6th: Socke beaten by TLO 2-0
7th-8th: Idra/Moonan
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On April 04 2011 10:45 pHelix Equilibria wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:42 Vimsey wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 pHelix Equilibria wrote:On April 04 2011 10:36 BlackMagister wrote:On April 04 2011 10:33 AndAgain wrote:On April 04 2011 10:31 PraetorianX wrote:
BTW here is the prizepool. Naniwa won $5000. Not so much actually.
1st $5000
2nd $3000
3rd $2000
4th $1400
5th $1000
6th $700
7th $500
8th $400
Given the travel expenses, I imagine he got 40 bucks in profit. Somehow I doubt that, unlikely Naniwa would come if it was that costly and out of his own pocket. MLG or someone else probably paid for his travel expenses. Well I'm sure Dignitas has pretty loaded sponosored team that they can afford to send their few players to MLG over for a weekend. Im shocked that people dont realise how big Dignitas is across esports they are the equal of EG or Complexity and Fanatic. edit and yes TL. Whoa now, I've always been a huge fan of Dignitas's TF2 team. They are big.
me too Agron <3
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On April 04 2011 10:46 tnud wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:44 johnkub wrote:On April 04 2011 10:41 artanis2 wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 Duoma wrote:On April 04 2011 10:25 Neplusultra wrote:On April 04 2011 10:23 badDogma wrote:Wow compare this ceremony to ANY other big event like IEM. They got lightshows, confetti, girls, a winners podium.
And MLG just got one guy there shaking his hands saying "congratulations, here you go!". Makes you wonder how MLG spent the ~5mil$ they grossed last year. Ever seen a CEO, COO, CFO, or VPs paycheck? Not much to wonder about. Posts like these are really frustrating... So silly to think that MLG is a bunch of fat cats rolling in money. Also the assumption that the title CEO somehow guarantees a huge salary is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. MLG is very young as compared to the big European e-sports events. In addition to that, the north american RTS scene is just plain smaller than in Europe. While it is true that MLG had some hiccups during this event(most of which were out of their direct control), it is clear that they want nothing more than to put forth a good product, and in the end of the day this event gave us some really good games. People really just need to stop depicting MLG as this huge corporate entity cutting corners for profit at every possible place, because really that is just not true. When the qqing reaches the realm of "why wasn't there confetti?!?!" you should just stop. They have a budget of millions and a prize pool equal to community tourneys with 1 or 2 sponsors... so yeah. dont forget that the prize pool is actually smaller than the money the players themselves contribute by paying $70 each to play... 208 * $70 = 14560 Ok.. THAT right there just made me pretty darn mad.
MLG has always been like that. here is an article about Gamebattles (owned by MLG)
http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-gaming/2011/02/12/how-gamebattles-is-taking-advantage-of-you/
they are a "business" what do you expect
GET REAL
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On April 04 2011 10:44 johnkub wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:41 artanis2 wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 Duoma wrote:On April 04 2011 10:25 Neplusultra wrote:On April 04 2011 10:23 badDogma wrote:Wow compare this ceremony to ANY other big event like IEM. They got lightshows, confetti, girls, a winners podium.
And MLG just got one guy there shaking his hands saying "congratulations, here you go!". Makes you wonder how MLG spent the ~5mil$ they grossed last year. Ever seen a CEO, COO, CFO, or VPs paycheck? Not much to wonder about. Posts like these are really frustrating... So silly to think that MLG is a bunch of fat cats rolling in money. Also the assumption that the title CEO somehow guarantees a huge salary is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. MLG is very young as compared to the big European e-sports events. In addition to that, the north american RTS scene is just plain smaller than in Europe. While it is true that MLG had some hiccups during this event(most of which were out of their direct control), it is clear that they want nothing more than to put forth a good product, and in the end of the day this event gave us some really good games. People really just need to stop depicting MLG as this huge corporate entity cutting corners for profit at every possible place, because really that is just not true. When the qqing reaches the realm of "why wasn't there confetti?!?!" you should just stop. They have a budget of millions and a prize pool equal to community tourneys with 1 or 2 sponsors... so yeah. dont forget that the prize pool is actually smaller than the money the players themselves contribute by paying $70 each to play... 208 * $70 = 14560
add up 1st-8th place winnings = 14k, only 560 difference
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On April 04 2011 10:50 Dantaro wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:46 tnud wrote:On April 04 2011 10:44 johnkub wrote:On April 04 2011 10:41 artanis2 wrote:On April 04 2011 10:38 Duoma wrote:On April 04 2011 10:25 Neplusultra wrote:On April 04 2011 10:23 badDogma wrote:Wow compare this ceremony to ANY other big event like IEM. They got lightshows, confetti, girls, a winners podium.
And MLG just got one guy there shaking his hands saying "congratulations, here you go!". Makes you wonder how MLG spent the ~5mil$ they grossed last year. Ever seen a CEO, COO, CFO, or VPs paycheck? Not much to wonder about. Posts like these are really frustrating... So silly to think that MLG is a bunch of fat cats rolling in money. Also the assumption that the title CEO somehow guarantees a huge salary is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. MLG is very young as compared to the big European e-sports events. In addition to that, the north american RTS scene is just plain smaller than in Europe. While it is true that MLG had some hiccups during this event(most of which were out of their direct control), it is clear that they want nothing more than to put forth a good product, and in the end of the day this event gave us some really good games. People really just need to stop depicting MLG as this huge corporate entity cutting corners for profit at every possible place, because really that is just not true. When the qqing reaches the realm of "why wasn't there confetti?!?!" you should just stop. They have a budget of millions and a prize pool equal to community tourneys with 1 or 2 sponsors... so yeah. dont forget that the prize pool is actually smaller than the money the players themselves contribute by paying $70 each to play... 208 * $70 = 14560 Ok.. THAT right there just made me pretty darn mad. MLG has always been like that. here is an article about Gamebattles (owned by MLG) http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-gaming/2011/02/12/how-gamebattles-is-taking-advantage-of-you/they are a "business" what do you expect GET REAL
well, the total prize pool for Dallas was exactly $14,000, most its not that bad.
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