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OrangeMilkis just tweeted:
"Looks like PlayXP will no longer be covering e-Sports as much as before. Thank you, PlayXP, for all the amazing content."
"Everyone say your thank yous to the PlayXP journalists that made it all happen for so long: @ssidaglez and @JamOnTheGroove"
Okay so i thought PlayXP covered BW, but appar they do more wc3 and sc2. ty to mod for moving ^_^
I guess this isnt as bad as i thought then, still sad though, afaik they are the biggest korean e sports site? its the one we hear about the most thats for sure
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On August 04 2011 03:15 Milkis wrote:They'll cover SC2/WC3/Diablo 3 news still. They just wont have actual journalists going around getting interviews and special features. That's why I said "they won't cover as much as before" rather than saying they won't cover it at all
So, there's no more GSL interviews.
On August 04 2011 03:23 Milkis wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 03:19 aksfjh wrote:
Was there a stated reason, or are we assuming the demand/money just wasn't there for the amount of coverage it was getting? Yeah, the money just wasn't there to keep the coverage going, which was unfortunate.
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Goddamn it, stop it with the bad news. 
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United States7481 Posts
playxp was more of sc2 and wc3 coverage than bw, so it's not really a huge deal for bw. still a big bummer though.
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I thought PlayXP didn't cover Brood War...
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51630 Posts
yeah they didn't cover BW more than a few rumors and some small interviews with pros,mostly cover WC3 and SC2.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
I am not sure this belongs in this section, as PlayXP doesn't really cover BW does it?
still sad to hear.
I thought all translations were from PLayXP tho in terms of interviews, or does DES do it aswell?
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So PlayXP turns down as a whole or does it shift it's content?
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Not a big blow for BW...
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Well, about the MBC thing, it's nto shutting down, it's just scaling back the coverage as well. I talked to Milkis at MLG, and it's unlikely that MBC Game is "shutting down", it'll convert to a more music based channel, and leave maybe only 20% of its content as Gaming, and most of that left to SCBW and possibly SC2 in the future. You have to understand, that MBC Game, as a channel, aside form proleague, MSL, and the odd scbw show like Attack! the rest is fluff, lots of bs shows, either talking about scbw without any actual gameplay or using old replays, or about lesser games being displayed that has very VERY low ratings.
Realistically, while the decline in the televised gaming world is worrisome, it doesn't mean that suddenly we're never going to see SCBW happening again. This is probably along the same remarks for PlayXP as well, they'll stick to super popular games to cover like SCBW, war3, sc2, and maybe dota2 when it releases, but it will probably put less emphasized is all. They're a business and need to cover things that will make it profitable and survivable as a corporation, and if the ratings aren't there anymore covering Korean Dungeon or MMO game #829, then they'll have to scale back eventually.
I think MBCGame relied too heavily on the profits/hits made by SCBW to carry their other content, and now that sc2 is out, they're preparing for scbw to no longer able to carry that full load anymore.
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Somewhere Elly the ESPORTS Elephant is crying.
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That really sucks, we still will get post match interview i hope.
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I don't entire get it: isn't playXP a gaming oriented site? If they "scale back" esports coverage then what will they cover?
Its like hearing "team liquid scales back on starcraft coverage": but TL is all about sc anyway...
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eSports is just not a very profitable space to be in.
Can't blame them for trying.
Thank you PlayXP! All the best of luck in the future.
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That's really bad news for SC2 in korea, and e-sport in general.That sucks
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Oh how I will miss playXP, but this seemed inevitable.
On August 04 2011 02:26 Roffles wrote:Somewhere Elly the ESPORTS Elephant is crying.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sjSDB.jpg)
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So.. what will they cover instead of esports?
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People shouldn't let this worry them too much about the international scene. SC2 is getting huge everywhere except Korea. Which is an interesting change. We're used to Korea predicting the success of e-sports, but SC2 is a unique case where I would say Germany/Sweden/USA are the countries we should care about.
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On August 04 2011 02:40 Probe1 wrote:
So.. what will they cover instead of esports?
Probably K-pop.
Regardless of what they cover, it still sucks for their SC2 and WC3 communities.
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From their site I'd guess they'll still be game related, but more towards stuff like Diablo 3 and WoW. More of a casual gaming site.
The biggest concern would be who is going to pick up post-match GSL interviews. GOM does their own but they are always really short and have really general questions which always elicit the same answers.
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It's ok guys, with the incoming recession / depression Starcraft will become more popular in Korea.
Brood War got popular as a form of cheap entertainment in Korea a decade ago. This time it will happen with SC2 considering how cheap a computer that can play the game there is and also considering the presence of Brood War already in the country.
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On August 04 2011 02:43 Dubzex wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 02:40 Probe1 wrote:
So.. what will they cover instead of esports? Probably K-pop. Regardless of what they cover, it still sucks for their SC2 and WC3 communities.
They'll cover SC2/WC3/Diablo 3 news still. They just wont have actual journalists going around getting interviews and special features. That's why I said "they won't cover as much as before" rather than saying they won't cover it at all
So, there's no more GSL interviews.
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