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Hey everyone,
First off, the good news. As @MLGSundance said on twitter yesterday, we will be releasing replays for all our events moving forward. The timing on this is going to be delayed for a couple of reasons. Also, wanted to take a moment and clear the air on a few things. Some of this was posted in the other thread, but was probably lost in the discussion.
- Going into our announcement that we were holding replays, I was already talking with Blizzard about patching the chat spam issue. The issue is broader than MLG was willing to disclose publicly for many reasons. And from an information/network security policy perspective, you just don't talk about all the issues in a public forum. Hence the vagueness of our initial announcement. The relative risk reduction was very, very minor in not releasing replays, but reducing any risk at our events, with so much effort on the line, is always a step that we're going to take. The various technical observations that we received were not off base. But to be 100% clear, if there's even a chance at reducing risk at our events, we're going to do it. The integrity of the event is more important than anything in our operations.
- Blizzard has confirmed (and said that's okay for me to discuss this publicly) that they are working on the chat spam issue specifically. When and where it drops is obviously subject to their development schedules, so I am certainly NOT committing them to a timeframe or specifics.
- MLG's intent was always to hold replays ONLY until it was patched. Since we could not previously discuss this, this is why the original announcement was phrased as it was.
- The ONLY reason we were holding replays was to ensure that there was a patch in place for the exploits we were seeing. That remains true now. Please help me circulate this word to debunk all the conspiracy theories that I still see persisting out there :D
- In the spirit of full disclosure and to completely clear the air, we are NOT charging any casters or anyone for "access" to the replays. However, we are going to hold replays back from each event for a few weeks. This is for two reasons: a) we want to give casters a chance to produce replays without massive overlap and highlight the best matches that weren't on the stream through casted VODs; b) most importantly, erring on the side of caution, we want to make sure that there aren't any tech issues that crop up that we have to then deal with.
- Once the patch has hit, we will always release replays AT LEAST before the next event takes place. This may or may not be possible before Raleigh. But they will be released.
If you have any questions or concerns, please post here. Again, I'm not going to debate specifics on anything technically related. Apologies for getting everyone riled up, but there is a good reason (as above) for why we had to approach it this way. Hopefully everyone understands now.
That said, I hope all of you enjoy the replays. I know I'm certainly going to be watching a bunch of matches that I missed.
Lastly, if you'd like to be on our list of casters, please email me at: lchen(at)mlgpro.com
Thanks everyone!
Lee
@MLGLee
EDIT: A big thank you to Blizzard for always supporting MLG and eSports in general.
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Great news! Love them pro replays!
Keep up the good work MLG!
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Love me some delicious MLG replays.
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Can the release date of replays to the public be any more specific?
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Thanks for the informative post. I'm sure I speak on behalf of many saying we are really looking forward to watching the replays.
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Nice to see Blizzard is working with tournament organizers and doing something for the pros.
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So in other words, they will be released, but not until Blizzard patches the chat issues. correct?
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On August 04 2011 05:49 farvacola wrote:
Can the release date of replays to the public be any more specific?
Unfortunately, no. Have to wait for Blizzard to patch (NOT throwing them under the bus). The issue is complex, and they're working hard on it.
On August 04 2011 05:50 carloselcoco wrote:
So in other words, they will be released, but not until Blizzard patches the chat issues. correct?
Correct.
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Thank you good sir :D
Looking forward to studying the Terran so I can improve my game!
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Awesome, glad to hear it. Really great announcement and I for one am looking forward to the reps :D
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On August 04 2011 05:50 MLG_Lee wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 05:49 farvacola wrote:
Can the release date of replays to the public be any more specific? Unfortunately, no. Have to wait for Blizzard to patch (NOT throwing them under the bus). The issue is complex, and they're working hard on it. Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 05:50 carloselcoco wrote:
So in other words, they will be released, but not until Blizzard patches the chat issues. correct? Correct.
Again, I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight just how attentive MLG is in regards to the concerns of the community at large. Thanks Lee, looking forward to them replays!
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The only question I have is This is for two reasons: a) we want to give casters a chance to produce replays without massive overlap and highlight the best matches that weren't on the stream through casted VODs; b) most importantly, erring on the side of caution, we want to make sure that there aren't any tech issues that crop up that we have to then deal with.
I don't exactly get the reasoning behind this part.
I don't see why the casters couldn't cast games if the replays were released, as was done previously.
I don't see how exactly releasing the replays being released would cause any technical problems.
If someone could explain that I'd appreciate it.
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Good to hear! glad MLG is clearing the air now that they have the opportunity too. I am sure some people will be crying foul, but this all looks good to me, and I am glad we will get the replays eventually!
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Don't be so excited, guys--we're waiting for Blizzard to patch a bug. It'll still be a few month's wait, if we're lucky.
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Well played mr. Lee.
And thanks for a superawesome event that devoured my entire weekend :D
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Mmm, don't really like the release of replays WEEKS after the event. It takes away the 'high' coming off of MLG weekend in to a solid week of studying the replays of the event, as well as making it more likely for me to forget about them 
Much better than the alternative of no replays though - So thank you VERY much.
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Canada1637 Posts
Cool, thanks for the heads up and being as transparent as you can be, fired off an email hope I get hooked up to cast some reps ^_^.
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United Kingdom2950 Posts
Amazing transparency from MLG, something very few companies can admit to doing. Again, remarkable job responding to the communities outcry over this. Much appreciated
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