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Navichi
Profile Joined July 2011
49 Posts
August 03 2011 20:14 GMT
#41
Man this seems really sad Sc2 seems to not be growing nearly as fast (if at all?) in Korea as it is in the west.

Just another reminder of the point Milkis made on Lo3 talking about the EG debacle, how Sc2 is struggling in Korea..
٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
Logros
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands9913 Posts
August 03 2011 20:15 GMT
#42
On August 04 2011 05:04 Yemack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 03:23 Milkis wrote:
On August 04 2011 03:21 Yew wrote:
Is there another big SC2 site (thisisgame?) that could possibly do GSL interviews? I really liked those, you got to get a lot of personality from the koreans that we don't usually get to see


They have their own, but we're not allowed to translate from TIG.


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.


But don't you think the their last interview with Maka prime had something to do with it? It was a pretty bizarre incident.


What's this about?
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
August 03 2011 20:33 GMT
#43
This is a major disappointment. Someone on TL in South Korea wants to do this for free, right?
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
Govou
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1072 Posts
August 03 2011 20:33 GMT
#44
On August 04 2011 05:15 Logros wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 05:04 Yemack wrote:
On August 04 2011 03:23 Milkis wrote:
On August 04 2011 03:21 Yew wrote:
Is there another big SC2 site (thisisgame?) that could possibly do GSL interviews? I really liked those, you got to get a lot of personality from the koreans that we don't usually get to see


They have their own, but we're not allowed to translate from TIG.


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.


But don't you think the their last interview with Maka prime had something to do with it? It was a pretty bizarre incident.


What's this about?


+ Show Spoiler +
After Maka got through the qualifier they posted winner's interview wit him on playXP. But the answers Maka gave was just really disappointing to say the least. He said things like he didn't practice at all but somehow won all those matches, not sure if he wants to continue progaming stuff, he's more into other games right now, he's living with parents right now and doesnt have a plan to join with team right now cuz he doesn't have the motivation, don't know who's in code A .. stuffs like that.

Mostly the tone and nuance was pretty disrespectful of his opponents. Maka is known to do some weird interviews and what not but this just sounded like some bored teen giving short answers and couldn't be bothered to do interview. many people blamed Maka for not being professional and all that.

Then another interview of Maka came up on TIG and even though it was an exactly same content, it was done in much more matured tone and one you would normally expect from any pro gamer.

So the army of angry netizens who was originally mad with Maka's interview was like WTF is going on? who did this interview with Maka from playXP? and why is it so different?

Next day (which is the day 2 of the qualifier), it seemed like the journalist who worked for playXP just quit as no more content was coming up. Honestly I dont know what happened in between but I saw some people apologizing to journalist there.

There you have it.
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
August 03 2011 21:40 GMT
#45
Well, in business there are always transformations, let's hope another company takes on the journalist element that they give up. Big thanks to them for the excellent interviews.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
August 03 2011 21:52 GMT
#46
I wonder if it would be feasible for TL to contact the journalists in question and see if they'd be willing to continue doing interviews that TL could release in both languages.

Just a pipedream thought.
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
August 03 2011 21:57 GMT
#47
Sad news.
On August 04 2011 02:26 Roffles wrote:
Somewhere Elly the ESPORTS Elephant is crying.



Indeed Roffles, Indeed..

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
TicketoHELL
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada368 Posts
August 03 2011 22:01 GMT
#48
they still have thisisgame.com which was always more of the esports news place than playxp which was really just a fan site
the news will not be as easily as accesible as before but thisisgame is still there so...
(づ.ㅡ) 부비적 (ㅡ.ど) 부비적 (づ.ど) 부비부비
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
August 03 2011 22:05 GMT
#49
On August 04 2011 07:01 TicketoHELL wrote:
they still have thisisgame.com which was always more of the esports news place than playxp which was really just a fan site
the news will not be as easily as accesible as before but thisisgame is still there so...

the problem on our side of things is that tig requested translated content of theirs not be posted on tl
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JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4415 Posts
August 03 2011 22:06 GMT
#50
No more GSL interviews? T_T
Clearout
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1060 Posts
August 03 2011 22:06 GMT
#51
This is bad news, I really enjoyed the interviews
really?
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
August 03 2011 22:07 GMT
#52
On August 04 2011 05:33 Yemack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 05:15 Logros wrote:
On August 04 2011 05:04 Yemack wrote:
On August 04 2011 03:23 Milkis wrote:
On August 04 2011 03:21 Yew wrote:
Is there another big SC2 site (thisisgame?) that could possibly do GSL interviews? I really liked those, you got to get a lot of personality from the koreans that we don't usually get to see


They have their own, but we're not allowed to translate from TIG.


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.


But don't you think the their last interview with Maka prime had something to do with it? It was a pretty bizarre incident.


What's this about?


+ Show Spoiler +
After Maka got through the qualifier they posted winner's interview wit him on playXP. But the answers Maka gave was just really disappointing to say the least. He said things like he didn't practice at all but somehow won all those matches, not sure if he wants to continue progaming stuff, he's more into other games right now, he's living with parents right now and doesnt have a plan to join with team right now cuz he doesn't have the motivation, don't know who's in code A .. stuffs like that.

Mostly the tone and nuance was pretty disrespectful of his opponents. Maka is known to do some weird interviews and what not but this just sounded like some bored teen giving short answers and couldn't be bothered to do interview. many people blamed Maka for not being professional and all that.

Then another interview of Maka came up on TIG and even though it was an exactly same content, it was done in much more matured tone and one you would normally expect from any pro gamer.

So the army of angry netizens who was originally mad with Maka's interview was like WTF is going on? who did this interview with Maka from playXP? and why is it so different?

Next day (which is the day 2 of the qualifier), it seemed like the journalist who worked for playXP just quit as no more content was coming up. Honestly I dont know what happened in between but I saw some people apologizing to journalist there.

There you have it.


I've talked to them in private about it and the reason they gave was Money, so.

Who knows, but I rather not speculate.
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
August 03 2011 22:09 GMT
#53
On August 04 2011 02:38 Torte de Lini wrote:
Oh how I will miss playXP, but this seemed inevitable.

Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 02:26 Roffles wrote:
Somewhere Elly the ESPORTS Elephant is crying.



[image loading]


Picture sums it all up.
Where will we get our juicy juicy interviews from GSL now? Where will we hear of cute puppies, thoughts of retirement due to wrist injuries, and predictably one sided games?

WHERE O WHERE.
memes are a dish best served dank
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
August 03 2011 22:12 GMT
#54
That's extremely dissapointing. Are Rachel and CSN still there, maybe they can start making some interviews.
the farm ends here
legaton
Profile Joined December 2010
France1763 Posts
August 03 2011 22:13 GMT
#55
Just another symptom of the failure of SC2 to win Korea's heart. Well, at least SC2 has us.
No GG, No Skill - Jaedong <3
Mioraka
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada1353 Posts
August 03 2011 22:16 GMT
#56
On August 04 2011 07:13 legaton wrote:
Just another symptom of the failure of SC2 to win Korea's heart. Well, at least SC2 has us.


Doubt its just SC2 though, with the MBC stuff going on and all.

Looks like esports in Korea is not doing really hot now days.
zelgadiss
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)1 Post
August 03 2011 23:02 GMT
#57
Thank you all TL staff's and e-sports fans. just thanks. ^_^
Siwoo 'zelgadiss' Lee
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
August 03 2011 23:42 GMT
#58
On August 04 2011 08:02 zelgadiss wrote:
Thank you all TL staff's and e-sports fans. just thanks. ^_^


Thank you for all the passionate articles that you've written for PlayXP
amazingoopah
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1925 Posts
August 03 2011 23:47 GMT
#59
sort of weird that with two $1 million dollar tournaments cropping up, they would start back off esports... guess Korea is just losing interest with esports right now?
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
August 04 2011 10:56 GMT
#60
No more interviews...

This is so sad...
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
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