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Here's the link: http://www.vvv-gaming.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46510
Obviously, it's not all Starcraft related, but if you're curious as to MLG in 2011, then you should listen to this.
Some highlights:
- Starcraft 2 to be 'right there' with Halo (no surprise)
- Plan to release entire 2011 season schedule all at once (including hotels and such)
- League of Legends discussed and Quake Live /might/ be at some events (sounds like Quake is more likely)
- CS will /not/ be on the circuit in 2011
- Raleigh pretty much confirmed as a location for 2011
- Seattle mentioned as possible/probable location
- Columbus referred to as if it already was a location (not surprising - Columbus has been a stop for several years now)
- Throwback titles at different events (probably not of much interest to TL, but whatever) - Halo 2, GoW 1, DJ Hero (?)
- Activision/Sony offered up a 'few hundred thousand' in prize money and staffing support to have CoD Black Ops on the circuit on the PS3; also Treyarch sounds like they're patching in LAN support for MLG
- Combines will 'take a different shape' next year -> re-crafted into LAN center initiative MLG has been working on
- Trying to find ways of working with WCG (no details yet); talking to the folks in Korea
- VOD archives on the way; mobile phone platform for video archive as well
- Rebuilding Gamebattles (apparently will 'hook' /directly/ into the certain games to allow for things like auto-score recording via Agora Games integration)
- MLG Mad Catz controller - specs sent to Mad Catz, testing early in new year, replaceable components in controllers, same form factor for Xbox 360/PS3 (interesting)
- 3 main titles for 2011 is the plan (no follow-up on exactly what the titles are, but based on interview, almost certainly Halo Reach, Starcraft 2, and Black Ops)
- SSBB - will not be back on circuit in 2011; lack of support from Nintendo, hit or miss audience numbers, Mew2King issue didn't help, harder to get sponsors for as a result
- Might be doing something targeted towards female gamers (no specifics)
- Sponsors - no details until official announcement, some new additions, sponsor health 'very good', can't wait to introduce some of the new brands
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eww CoD BO as a main game. otherwise everything looks pretty good, especially the couple hundred thousand prize money part
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CoD BO isn't nearly as much fun to watch as MW2 in my opinion. Black Ops just has silly out of nowhere deaths due to RCxD and silly grenade mechanics, but at least MLG is getting some loot for it.
As long as SC2 is the main attraction MLG will do awesome.
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I salute activision/sony for providing a huge prize pool and fixing up lan for MLG. Now we just need that activision/blizz would do the same
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ignoring the Activision buyout of MLG (seriously kotick, stop getting in our faces) I really like MLG's future. Hopefully it continues to grow 
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On December 24 2010 02:31 Piski wrote:
I salute activision/sony for providing a huge prize pool and fixing up lan for MLG. Now we just need that activision/blizz would do the same
This is a good point. It would be nice to see some Actizzard stateside support for these events. I am not a fan of CoD but if they do patch in LAN and provide some prize money, that is great news.
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Can't watch the whole thing yet since i'm at work but from the highlights it looks really interesting and helpful.
Schedules are always nice, it's sad that their main titles are still going to be games for consumers (except SC2 ofc).
What was the the m2k issue? I don't follow the smash scene at all, I mostly just watch melee vods because brawl is meh, just curious to know what was going on since we may be seeing a season without fighting games.
Also I am perplexed about quake live. Great game definitely, without a doubt my favorite fps to watch, but since it's MLG and I'm not sure how and if non-american teams will be flying their players over it looks just like an event to give rapha some free cash.
LoL would be bigger than most people think, the players' streams already have a huge number of followers, the real problem is riot's shitty way of handling tournaments. After seeing how the alpha is shaping up their observer mode is going to be horrible, without any of the common (and basically required) features.
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Although I don't like COD, I think that it's addition with activision support is GREAT for MLG, which also makes the SC2 part stronger
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I hope Quake gets the attention it deserves. So awesome to watch that. This is getting me excited for 2011. Hope I can go to at least one.
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quake live in mlg just be so so sick
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On December 24 2010 02:29 Chronald wrote:
CoD BO isn't nearly as much fun to watch as MW2 in my opinion. Black Ops just has silly out of nowhere deaths due to RCxD and silly grenade mechanics, but at least MLG is getting some loot for it.
As long as SC2 is the main attraction MLG will do awesome.
I doubt SC2 will be the main attraction, but that's not to say that is a bad thing. Halo and CoD both have a lot of mainstream popularity and generate a lot of viewers and revenue, and hopefully SC2 will also be able to benefit from that.
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Never cared about Super Smash Bros. Brawl considering I always sticked to Melee but it's sad to see it go in such manner. If only Nintendo offered more support for competitive gaming, you would have thought they would join in after the succes of Melee in MLG.
A whole year of Black Ops and Reach yay.......
Oh well at least we have SC2 to look forward too.
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No CS. No SF. Quake Live MAYBE (If Bethesda throws enough cash to promote Rage).
There is no way to take this as anything more than an overhyped Ad-fest, E3 with prizes. If this is eSports, then I am no fan of it.
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An esports event without CS isn't really an esports event imo.
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I liked the interview. It was much easier to listen too then the SotG interview w/ Lee Chen.
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Let's hope they put in quake so all the console fps-people can see how bad they actually are 
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Logistically speaking, I don't see LoL being a game for all stops.
Other than that, it just seems to be a hype interview with nothing significant said. A whole lot of "maybe" and "we are trying" lines.
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Always loved sundance. If you want to hear more of him you should check Lo3 vods where they interview him. <3
Looking forward towards 2011 MLG
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