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On January 21 2012 21:50 Influ wrote:
It's kinda obvious that MLG wants to work against each other and not along each other. Was so funny when people said before MLG/IEM New York that they wanted to advertise the other tournament and stuff. Casters at IEM were talking about results from MLG and everyone at MLG really tried hard to not mention IEM at all.
You can't put MLG and IEM in the same category anyhow to be honest. MLG is simply a much bigger deal then IEM or Assembly, which is why they are able to ignore them so easily.
The only tournament MLG needs to coordinate with to some extent is the GSL, because they need koreans to legitimize their tourney.
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On January 21 2012 21:36 Nouar wrote:Show nested quote +On January 20 2012 14:02 LorDo wrote:
JP said on SOTG that MLG had spoken to every other major tournament organizer, but missed ASUS ROG. they "missed" Assembly ? Lol. I can understand if they miss Battle in Berlin, which was quite unknown, but missing Assembly ? Ahahahah
Yeah lol, didnt think MLG was THAT unprofessional...
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On January 21 2012 22:06 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2012 21:50 Influ wrote:
It's kinda obvious that MLG wants to work against each other and not along each other. Was so funny when people said before MLG/IEM New York that they wanted to advertise the other tournament and stuff. Casters at IEM were talking about results from MLG and everyone at MLG really tried hard to not mention IEM at all. You can't put MLG and IEM in the same category anyhow to be honest. MLG is simply a much bigger deal then IEM or Assembly, which is why they are able to ignore them so easily. The only tournament MLG needs to coordinate with to some extent is the GSL, because they need koreans to legitimize their tourney.
tbh, i would watch dreamhack and IEM over MLG. MLG seems to think that having lots of lower quality matches in the open bracket is a good idea, and personally, if i wanted to watch that level of play id just watch Catz or destiny stream. from the quarter finals usually gets good, but thats the same in any tournament.
on a side note, i wonder is the reason that there are 139 players is because people turned down invites for this? JP seemed to not really know what to say on SotG when asked about the weird numbers
even if its only EU player who end up going to ASUS, thats probably still going to be better than watching the Koreans shit all over a bunch of NA GMs
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On January 21 2012 22:06 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2012 21:50 Influ wrote:
It's kinda obvious that MLG wants to work against each other and not along each other. Was so funny when people said before MLG/IEM New York that they wanted to advertise the other tournament and stuff. Casters at IEM were talking about results from MLG and everyone at MLG really tried hard to not mention IEM at all. You can't put MLG and IEM in the same category anyhow to be honest. MLG is simply a much bigger deal then IEM or Assembly, which is why they are able to ignore them so easily. The only tournament MLG needs to coordinate with to some extent is the GSL, because they need koreans to legitimize their tourney.
Just because the US only has two tournaments of any note, does not mean it's a much bigger deal than IEM or Assembly. MLG last year was the most work for the least money of pretty much any tournament on the planet.
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On January 21 2012 21:00 zomgE wrote:
won't their schedules line up quite nicely though since they're on different continents. there should be enough good players for both. 24/7 sc2 ftw etc
Honestly... it might depend on how the talent splits up. Part of me wonders if it's a coincidence that MLG announces a tournament with 6k more prize pool AND 32 qualifier based PAID invites two weeks after ASUS ROG was announced...
However, we (fans) might get luck with a 60 hour block of straight SC2 (energy drink companies are you paying attention? THIS is the weekend to advertise!!). I'll quote one of my posts from another thread..
On January 21 2012 18:57 DusTerr wrote:
With MLG sure to draw some of the bigger names and split the talent this could be an amazing opportunity for some other players to get some fame and fortune (I'm sure it would be more appealing than going through the open brackets!).
We could end up with two high quality tournaments.
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If the games at Assembly start early enough and there isn't too many delays, it could still work out nicely.... :p
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On January 20 2012 08:05 Ladnil wrote:Show nested quote +On January 20 2012 06:55 ssg wrote:On January 20 2012 06:41 TripTrip wrote:
It is just so hard to understand why this actually happens.
Sundance said on Twitter that the MLG dates have been set for ages. Then why keep it such a secret for soooo long and risk things like this happening? Do you think MLG gives a damn about what ASUS does? MLG knows that they are the much better run and much more popular league. They aren't going to let someone smaller than them affect what they do. It would be PR suicide for MLG to make a habit out of situations like this. It would just make them look like bullies, and SC2 fans would then cheer if an even bigger or more well funded bully like IPL comes along to muscle MLG out of a weekend. Plus, splitting the potential player and viewer pool is not ideal for anyone involved. For this first one, it's reasonable to give them the benefit of the doubt that they locked in that date before they knew the ASUS date and as such were unable to accommodate it because let's face it, there are a ton of tournaments going on all the time right now.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you just said IPL > MLG. such a jokester
Anyways, I'll watch MLG live but I'll definitely catch ASUS VoDs if they're free again.
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On January 21 2012 22:06 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2012 21:50 Influ wrote:
It's kinda obvious that MLG wants to work against each other and not along each other. Was so funny when people said before MLG/IEM New York that they wanted to advertise the other tournament and stuff. Casters at IEM were talking about results from MLG and everyone at MLG really tried hard to not mention IEM at all. You can't put MLG and IEM in the same category anyhow to be honest. MLG is simply a much bigger deal then IEM or Assembly, which is why they are able to ignore them so easily. The only tournament MLG needs to coordinate with to some extent is the GSL, because they need koreans to legitimize their tourney.
I absolutly can. I was watching IEM fill halls when MLG was just a bunch of tables in the back of a Halo tourny. In fact when you compare IEM gamescom or cebit numbers (viewers, prize money, live spectators, etc.) with any MLG, the better question is if u can put MLG in the same category as IEM. It's just that MLG gets a shitload of hype.
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On January 20 2012 08:07 hrvoje07 wrote:
You are kidding yourselves if you think mlg cares about this, MLG doesn't suffer from this, only their competition.
I suppose you think MLG booking an event for the EVO weekend didn't hurt them either? Except, you know, killing their last chances of ever being relevant in the fighting game scene.
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why not simply create a closed Facebook group with all the big tournament organizers in there to share schedules and communicate? I think the issue with overlapping schedules could be avoided way easier than we might think.
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On January 22 2012 01:09 obsKura wrote:
why not simply create a closed Facebook group with all the big tournament organizers in there to share schedules and communicate? I think the issue with overlapping schedules could be avoided way easier than we might think.
Of course it could be, but they (MLG) obviously don't / didn't want to.
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MLG's business and PR practices anger me further with each day that passes.
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