Why on earth would you have it in Cork...So far removed from the capital city, where the majority of the country live...Aka I am butt-hurt because I cannot attend due to this.

Ourk

United Kingdom298 Posts

November 08 2013 13:34 GMT

#264

well you cant attend this anyway because its not on lol

WombaT

Northern Ireland25947 Posts

November 08 2013 13:37 GMT

#265

Cork is nicer than Dublin IMO, unless you are travelling from somewhere in Ireland you can fly to it just as conveniently as Dublin I would have thought, it's the second city not some backwater.

Genesis_443

Scotland52 Posts

November 08 2013 14:08 GMT

#266

I stand to lose over 200 GBP from this... Airline apparently does not offer any refunds on cancellations. Genuinely lost for words at the moment.

murphs

Ireland417 Posts

November 08 2013 16:00 GMT

#267

Oh for fuck sake

LongShot27

United States2084 Posts

November 08 2013 16:02 GMT

#268

Shades of IPL

GGDeMoN

109 Posts

November 08 2013 17:08 GMT

#269

The reason i was asking so many questions at the start was because i knew this was a hoax, i highly doubt the event was sponsored by any of those big name sponsors and i'm nearly 100% sure that the money this tournament were offering isn't correct and they cannot afford to pay out this huge prize pool. The fact that they are trying to do another tournament in a few weeks time with a much smaller prize pool makes no sense what so ever? whats going to happen to the money that was supposedly going to be given out at this tournament?
Also noobcon have completely fucked themselves over now because no-one is ever going to trust this event again and lots of people have wasted alot of money on this event that is now not going to happen..

Even if in a few weeks you post noobcon 2nd tournament i guarntee you are going to get no partisipants because people will not want to take the risk of losing £££ again..
what a shame for the people who have payed out money etc but like i said me and a few friends saw this a mile off which is why our teams wont send us..

good job noobcon (y)

mau5mat

Northern Ireland461 Posts

November 08 2013 18:08 GMT

#270

Fucked up BIG time, this was supposed to help shape the scene in Ireland for eSports, which would have positive impacts in future events. Now it's just a massive disappointment, and people are out of pocket because of the incompetence of the organizers. Do you think this + the Veralynn fiasco makes Ireland look like a fertile place for eSports? Absolute joke.

Teodice

Sweden641 Posts

November 08 2013 18:12 GMT

#271

Shiet. Lets hope the event comes back in full force. Hope to see a event in Ireland in the future!

TheBloodyDwarf

Finland7524 Posts

November 08 2013 18:46 GMT

#272

Menace and Ence esport lost quite lot money....

ODKStevez

Ireland1225 Posts

November 08 2013 18:48 GMT

#273

I thought this was dodgy since I heard of the mass Prizepool.

Ourk

United Kingdom298 Posts

November 08 2013 19:41 GMT

#274

yea i think its bang out of order i really doubt they even had any sponsors tbh like MS didnt promote it once

Gumbi

Ireland463 Posts

November 08 2013 22:02 GMT

#275

Very unfortunate that this didn't go ahead. Also, for those of you who are saying "I knew it was a hoax from the beginning"... way to jump the gun, we know nothing of why it was cancelled, so less speculation please.

WombaT

Northern Ireland25947 Posts

November 08 2013 22:15 GMT

#276

I don't mind speculation, I just hate the ones 'I knew from the beginning' when they were posting HOW EXCITED THEY WERE.

The flights, hotels are an issue that I feel people's pain for. In my case I just miss a weekend of wages which is unrecoverable.

I run a big Fbook group of the Northern players and they've been reporting that their ticket refunds have been sorted pretty promptly, so at least that is something.

To paraphrase a wiser man than I, 'Don't attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.'

WombaT

Northern Ireland25947 Posts

November 09 2013 12:40 GMT

#277

Still no further explanation, wtf?

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

November 09 2013 13:36 GMT

#278

I feel really sorry for all the players/teams that booked flights and hotels and also the Axbros. They were really excited about this event.

Dunmer

United Kingdom568 Posts

November 09 2013 14:15 GMT

#279

I doubt its a hoax if blizzard gave them a license to run the tournament without ensuring they had the sponsorship support. They even advertised this on their facebook page, but they will need a good reason to save some face on this.

I wonder if it had anything to do with HSC clashing with it

n00bgaming

Ireland240 Posts

November 09 2013 15:56 GMT

#280

We would again like to express our sincerest apologies. This is the last thing that we wanted to do and we are all devastated by the tough but necessary decision we had to make. We are aware that everyone is looking for a specific reason as to why this happened, but as this would lead to shifting of blame, we feel this would only be counter-productive. There have been multiple issues facing us since the beginning, however due to the excellent support and dedication of those behind us, we have, again and again, been able to push through these and fix them. Unfortunately they did not stop occurring and despite the contingency plans we had in place, this went beyond what we would physically have been able to shoulder. In relation to companies that have been involved in this, all have been informed prior to making the decision. All have been very supportive and helpful in light of the situation that arose, and this has been invaluable to us. Companies involved have been very understanding and we do still have support for the future. Our aim will be to continue to work to build eSports in Ireland.