Always felt the work of you and your staff has gone a bit under the radar. For myself I never payed much attention to iccup in regards to sc2 because of the attitude the site seemed to hold for it. I think this is an excellent move and you and yours are one of the support pillars to the growing sc2 scene.
Goodluck with this move, I can see only better things coming from it going forward.

(Edited for sleepy bad spelling everywhere)

zipz0p

United States123 Posts

August 18 2011 05:04 GMT

#283

Hope the venture under the new name gets more support, and you can really make a good go of it! Thanks for all the hard work.

Also, I kind of like ESV - I don't even think the TV bit is a necessary add-on. It's not just television after all, it's ESVision

TehBenju

Canada2 Posts

August 18 2011 05:09 GMT

#284

I can't say i paid attention to the brand because i mostly just click the stream link on TL, but your stream has become a staple of my SC2 diet and i wish you the absolute best in your rebranding and hope that you find a company willing to support you. You do great streams and deserve to be rewarded for your hard work and talent.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

August 18 2011 05:19 GMT

#285

Ah well it's sad to see the ICCUPtv name die but as long as you guys keep being awesome it's all good right? ESVtv is definitely not a good name though. Sounds very generic. I hope you guys will change it.

Puph

Canada635 Posts

August 18 2011 05:29 GMT

#286

As long as your stream pops up on my liquid sidebar Im fkn in. ICCup is getting old, why no like boys?

Dobrev

Bulgaria30 Posts

August 18 2011 07:01 GMT

#287

Love the work you are doing. Hope it all end good for you.

ReboundEU

508 Posts

August 18 2011 07:07 GMT

#288

When i first read this, i was so sad...but i calmed after i went through it all. Diamond fighting!

ESVision tho....don't like it that mutch.... the vision part sounds strange...even if i know what u are aiming at. Considering u are so loved by the community, maybe make some more options and make a pool...what would the community want. (This ofc if u don't sign up with any major firm).

Pleiades

United States472 Posts

August 18 2011 07:11 GMT

#289

Honestly, the name doesn't matter... the contents do

NeWeNiyaLord

Norway2474 Posts

August 18 2011 07:13 GMT

#290

wow, this is sad. Iccup have been a the sole server i've used a very long time. Nice to see you are still going forward but i'll really be missing the name..

Lexxes

Sweden144 Posts

August 18 2011 07:19 GMT

#291

Hmm, how bout the name Hiccup :-)

Then u still take pride in your history, and u get a unique name

Baituri

Netherlands1501 Posts

August 18 2011 07:26 GMT

#292

I don't really like the name to be honest. Yesterday when I was watching the CH Blizzcon Qualifiers. I thought that ESL TV was streaming it. When I opened the stream I saw that Orb was casting it, so I knew something was wrong.

A name that looks so much like another company is not a good name tbh.

cari-kira

Germany655 Posts

August 18 2011 07:48 GMT

#293

i am a huge fan of the korean weekly, but...

am i the only one who can read this "pirated servers"-part?
what you need illegal servers for?

FieryBalrog

United States1381 Posts

August 18 2011 08:01 GMT

#294

Oh, just a name change. Sorta makes sense if you think about it. Obviously Blizzard can't promote a name that directly points people to a private server for BW, even if they don't have any problem with it (which they don't, as they haven't stopped it from running like with BnetD).

zmansman17

United States2567 Posts

August 18 2011 08:06 GMT

#295

I wish this had more publicity in the past, as I would have made more notice of iccup. But now it looks like I will have this chacne

JonnyLaw

United States3482 Posts

August 18 2011 08:11 GMT

#296

Best of luck. All of the shows and effort you guys have put forth since beta is appreciated.

Cannot wait to see the new name decision.

SmoKim

Denmark10305 Posts

August 18 2011 08:17 GMT

#297

kinda bitter sweet when thinking of all the great things ICCUP have done for the community, especially foreigner Brood War

but Diamonds post is full of hope and positive vibes so i am not THAT sad again

best of luck guys

you are the best <3 <3 <3

StateAlchemist

France1946 Posts

August 18 2011 08:18 GMT

#298

Good luck ESV

Buzerio

United Kingdom135 Posts

August 18 2011 08:35 GMT

#299

Good Luck, I hope you continue to have success under your new name

niteReloaded

Croatia5281 Posts

August 18 2011 10:19 GMT

#300

Frankly I never really understood why you guys even tried to pull ICCup into SC2, I made absolutely no sense at all.
ICCup is a Broodwar community (among other games ofc), centered around a pirate server.

Now that I hear you didn't even receive financial support, I gotta ask-- What took you so long? ^^

Good move on your part, now you're freeer.