On May 17 2016 15:17 JimmyJRaynor wrote: until Blizzard comments on these guys i would not hold my breath.
EA took 2 years to pay the money owed to the final C&C Ladder season winner. It took so long some thought it might never happen and they'd come up with some elaborate legal reason why they did not have to pay.
Remember all of IPL's big plans. Then it all got cancelled. Just because there is some big company involved doesn't mean you'll get paid or the event will even take place. That final IPL event just got outright cancelled.
Of course you can't be sure. But a company as big as Alibaba, especially considering that they are involved in all kinds of sports, would ruin their reputation if this isn't legit.
Which doesn't mean that it has to be legit; but if you don't trust this tournament you're gonna have a hard time trusting any tournament where Blizzard (or Valve) isn't involved.
On May 17 2016 15:17 JimmyJRaynor wrote: until Blizzard comments on these guys i would not hold my breath.
EA took 2 years to pay the money owed to the final C&C Ladder season winner. It took so long some thought it might never happen and they'd come up with some elaborate legal reason why they did not have to pay.
Remember all of IPL's big plans. Then it all got cancelled. Just because there is some big company involved doesn't mean you'll get paid or the event will even take place. That final IPL event just got outright cancelled.
Of course you can't be sure. But a company as big as Alibaba, especially considering that they are involved in all kinds of sports, would ruin their reputation if this isn't legit.
Which doesn't mean that it has to be legit; but if you don't trust this tournament you're gonna have a hard time trusting any tournament where Blizzard (or Valve) isn't involved.
J2 Global is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ. That didn't stop them from burying the IPL6 faster than a zergling rush. How bad did it harm their reputation? No one cares. They didn't ever comment and they even sat on the information for a while knowing IPL6 was not happening.
Running IPL6 was a "drop in the bucket" for J2 Global. It got buried fast with not a whisper.
"What if I want to run a tournament over the Maximum Prize Value?
That’s awesome! We’d love to work more closely with you to ensure the success of your tournament. For larger tournaments like this, we can often help promote your event in the appropriate region, or offer other assistance. That process starts with obtaining a tournament license from Blizzard...."
so again UNTIL BLIZZARD SAYS SOMETHING this is meaningless.
pretty much guaranteed that the top management people from teams like Liquid will be going straight to Kim Phan and other Blizz execs to find out what they think is going on. or do you think Liquid just randomly flies guys all over the planet with zero diligence? lol
Jimmy is right. I have every faith that this will come about because of the sponsor but untill Blizz approves it it should be taken as a maybe happening instead of a certainly happening.
Well the JonSnow 10k giveaway on male was also Blizzard "approved"... WCA was and is also Blizzard approved, as it has 3 games of them (Hearthstone, Heroes, Warcraft III).
I dont think you can judge this from that point of view.
Alibaba is a rock solid company and the money will be there.
Went to talk about people at Ali and pretty sure they are serious and actually have people from their sports department running this so I'm not THAT concerned. Of course as a first timer expect hiccups.
On May 17 2016 15:17 JimmyJRaynor wrote: until Blizzard comments on these guys i would not hold my breath.
EA took 2 years to pay the money owed to the final C&C Ladder season winner. It took so long some thought it might never happen and they'd come up with some elaborate legal reason why they did not have to pay.
Remember all of IPL's big plans. Then it all got cancelled. Just because there is some big company involved doesn't mean you'll get paid or the event will even take place. That final IPL event just got outright cancelled.
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