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justinpal
United States3810 Posts
On October 20 2011 05:35 Reptilia wrote: i don't know what could go terribly wrong to not try it. GO FOR IT !  inb4 massive success I think it can go terribly terribly wrong. For example, no one watches it and the feedback is largely negative from the general audience. ESPN cancels it after a few weeks and esports will never be on TV again. That seems bad to me. | ||
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GumThief
Canada284 Posts
On October 20 2011 06:34 justinpal wrote: I think it can go terribly terribly wrong. For example, no one watches it and the feedback is largely negative from the general audience. ESPN cancels it after a few weeks and esports will never be on TV again. That seems bad to me. Well it will either A) Never be on TV or B) Never be on TV AGAIN So it's worth a shot for it to be on TV at least once in the west, right?? Who would you rather do it? ESPN 2 partnering with MLG would be the best shot we could give. | ||
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DueSs
United States765 Posts
But, yeah--I'd watch. | ||
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NoobieOne
United States1183 Posts
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GumThief
Canada284 Posts
On October 20 2011 06:38 NoobieOne wrote: However if it fails then whatever chance it might have in the future has this to look down on .. and what does the future hold that is more promising compared to attempting this now??? | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
On October 20 2011 06:34 justinpal wrote: I think it can go terribly terribly wrong. For example, no one watches it and the feedback is largely negative from the general audience. ESPN cancels it after a few weeks and esports will never be on TV again. That seems bad to me. and the world will fall into darkness destroying esports as we know it as the coming apocalypse comes just to kick us in the nuts. Dude you are out of your mind lol ESPN is probably one of if not the best stations to handle something like this. You see what they did with poker? Try going to a casino and watching people play, its possibly one of the most boring things ever if you are not playing. But ESPN with card cameras and what not made poker what it is today online and off. And if it doesnt work on ESPN then there was probably no chance it would ever work anyways. Not like you can make a gaming channel for Sc2. The idea behind this is to attract a bigger audience. If you were to put it on a gaming channel on TV all you would be doing is moving the people who watch streams to watching it on TV without an increase in viewers. Think before you post negative thoughts or just make outlandish comments bout loom and doom. | ||
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nucleo
292 Posts
On October 14 2011 19:33 CHOMPMannER wrote: no thanks I watch real sports on espn. Internet is for e-sports. Maybe show some big tournaments on G4 like poker? | ||
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theBizness
United States696 Posts
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
On October 20 2011 06:34 justinpal wrote: I think it can go terribly terribly wrong. For example, no one watches it and the feedback is largely negative from the general audience. ESPN cancels it after a few weeks and esports will never be on TV again. That seems bad to me. Not only TV, but if it fails other sponsors will look at how bad it failed and not support e-sports. Or current sponsors might pull out. They have one shot, and they gotta do it right.. I dunno if were ready yet. Yet. | ||
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Zinroc
Canada73 Posts
Pretty much look at the explosion of the UFC and how long they are holding out for the perfect network deal. | ||
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AWakefield
Canada420 Posts
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Kiyo.
United States2284 Posts
On October 30 2011 16:07 Zinroc wrote: Unless a TV network comes begging with a proposal they have been working on for a long time for putting SC2 on TV I don't think its worth it to do because if they treat it like a freak sideshow it won't do anything for Esports. Pretty much look at the explosion of the UFC and how long they are holding out for the perfect network deal. What? The UFC didn't hold out for a perfect TV deal. They were still operating in the red and looking for a way to break into the mainstream when they came up with the idea for The Ultimate Fighter reality series, which they sold to Spike for pretty cheap. That led to more cooperation with Spike and eventually live events. It was a good deal for both parties in the end, the UFC benefited tremendously from the exposure, but the UFC never "held out" for a perfect deal. | ||
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LXR
357 Posts
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Wegandi
United States2455 Posts
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Wegandi
United States2455 Posts
On October 30 2011 16:26 LXR wrote: To be honest... I watch sc2 on my computer. It's way more convenient than watching on tv.... if they stream on espn.com then i wouldn't care at all but if they only stream over TV then i'm probably not going to watch it You telling me you would rather watch SC on your computer which most likely is under 28' and is probably not 1080P HD or better. Sure, I usually watch the games on the couch or my bed with my laptop, but laptops have an even worse screen size than desktops and running HDMI to the TV is one more step than if ESPN took up the mantle for me. :p Would be cool if they had casters for ESPN Radio also. Wouldn't mind listening to play-by-play on my way home or going on a trip somewhere. | ||
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T3tra
United States406 Posts
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North2
134 Posts
If you start with a smaller TV station, there's almost no doubt that we will be able to give more traffic than they can lose. That's very solid incentive for the TV station to put SC2 up in the future. Even if it fails, it won't be monumental to the point where nobody will want to try it again. I just don't see any benefit whatsoever to start with ESPN. | ||
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jeeeeohn
United States1343 Posts
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
Don't forget the spelling bee. That is on ESPN. | ||
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howLiN
Portugal1676 Posts
On October 20 2011 06:40 GumThief wrote: .. and what does the future hold that is more promising compared to attempting this now??? It's a question of timing. If the scene isn't big or interesting enough to attract viewers putting it on TV would fail, but if you wait some more time for the scene to naturally grow and only then put it on TV, then maybe it could survive. | ||
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