Slasher never really seem informed about any scene besides maybe quake. He would skim the latest drama thread or read some results but there where a lot of times he simply flat out said the wrong things. One of the worst ever was when he said he "understood korean culture" and the sc esports team blah blah I talk to __________ reporter from _____. Then he went on to completely make a fool of himself as he applied western culture directly to korea with the TSL fiasco. Slasher gets stuff wrong all the time, it shows he looks it up but is not "into" many of the scenes he tries to cover. I dont think the daily show on "esports" is really needed or valuable unless its done EXCEPTIONALLY well, which really unfortunately isnt worth the cost right now either.

MLG TV was really shoddy as well and its a good cut. Fuck Slasher was "okay" at times but no way that content can draw in the viewers.

JLew

Canada353 Posts

December 20 2011 09:03 GMT

#543

This makes sense. Make way for much more independent journalism in 2012. I enjoyed Fuck Slasher but like MLG's decision to put resources in places that make more sense, the MLB/NHL,etc. aren't primarily investing their money on in house coverage, but rather marketing,etc. and letting 3rd parties do the analysis and news surrounding the sport. ie. ESPN, TSN, etc.

If MLG and eSports want to grow I think this is an excellent choice.

jonyjon

France17 Posts

December 20 2011 10:12 GMT

#544

So sad for FSLASHER. It was a not too late in the night show that i found really intersting even though you can discuss about the revelance of some content or opinion stated in it.

I think the cancellation might also have a link with the audience of the show that was not very big (1500 viewers on average, 3000 at maximum), compare high valuated production involved.

Anyway, i hope they will start those shows again somewhere else!

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

December 20 2011 10:16 GMT

#545

even though i don't really 100% agree with slasher's point of view on the world, i kind of liked his show considering it was a good source to get news in the competitive gaming scene. besides, unless it was something about the mlg, he had quite an objective view and don't try to talk things good like other shows, who claim that it is not their duty to do so (which might be true but is still a bit disappointing).

HallBregg

134 Posts

December 20 2011 10:38 GMT

#546

Sad for FSlasher, was a great show.

laggikoN

Sweden213 Posts

December 20 2011 10:52 GMT

#547

F Slasher, you will be missed!

Zanno

United States1484 Posts

December 20 2011 10:58 GMT

#548

Kar98

Australia924 Posts

December 20 2011 11:02 GMT

#549

Slasher annoyed me I"m not sad to see it go

Danglars

United States12133 Posts

December 20 2011 11:06 GMT

#550

As long as SOTG continues ...
SC Report was great, visible lineup, everything reminiscent of SportsCenter. Hope chobopeon hasn't lost his passion (chuckle) and finds a way to continue the program in a diminished capacity at least.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States43751 Posts

December 20 2011 11:14 GMT

#551

Definitely curious why the shows shut down. Perhaps either bad PR or not doing well enough (whatever that actually means)?

Quite frankly, I trust Sundance's decision on it for the most part, considering how good of a guy he is. He surely has really legitimate reasons for doing something like this, and he wouldn't close them for no reason.

Super happy that SotG is staying

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2573 Posts

December 20 2011 11:32 GMT

#552

I suspect this really is what Sundance says it is; making MLG leaner. The more things the company has to do, the more decisions have to be made, and the less focus the higher ups at the company can spare for any given product. If you've got projects that are sucking up a lot of man hours but aren't generating a big ROI, and you have an idea where you could put that money and time to get a better return, it makes sense to refocus.

Basically, even if the shows they cancelled were breaking even or even making a small profit, it may very well make good business sense to stop producing them to focus resources elsewhere.

tooDARKpark

United States149 Posts

December 20 2011 11:54 GMT

#553

This is sad news, but if I had to guess, MLG may be looking to compete with IPL's success with more actual game content. I won't be the least bit surprised to see the announcement of MLG's own versions of Team Arena Challenge and Fight Club, etc. Maybe even an online league season similar to GSL in frequency and format.

Sqq

Norway2023 Posts

December 20 2011 12:07 GMT

#554

I'm really perplexed as to why they removed Fuck Slasher. Was a really decent show that. Didn't it hold around 2k average and being a daily show and all ?

onedayclose

United States1145 Posts

December 20 2011 12:09 GMT

#555

This isn't really news MLG created all of this and they can take it all away whenever they want to. Just remember that MLG is in offseason mode right now and I imagine they want to cut everything. These shows can simply go independent much like State of the Game was and is now simply hosted by MLG. EZ PZ!

ReboundEU

508 Posts

December 20 2011 12:47 GMT

#556

Waw..that left a gap in my heart really

i was a daily !%$@! Slasher watcher and i loved them all

+ The huge fact i was finding out about other awesome communities like Quake...CoD ...CS...and so on...it was a great show that covered a huge part of e-sports..not just 1 game

SHOOG

United States1639 Posts

December 20 2011 12:48 GMT

#557

Im not really supportive of MLG's choice of doing this. Fuck Slasher, and SOTG better continue elsewhere. Their to good to drop. Julies Show was interesting at times. It just had some weird guests at times.

ChriseC

Germany440 Posts

December 20 2011 13:16 GMT

#558

sad

i think dailys are the way to go to improve esports and make it a stable buisness and keep the fans in the game.
i really liked mlg for their way to produce sc2 content on a regular way. i really love seeing mlgs every 2-3 months. Big events once a year are nice but tbh when one year is over some of the games alrdy lost half of their fans. so i really love events and shows on a regular basis. maybe dailys are too much for fuck slasher but i think a weekly would be ok aswell.

mechavoc

United States664 Posts

December 20 2011 13:45 GMT

#559

It is very strange that Sundance would just have no comment.

Why not just explain the reasoning and be done with it, now instead we have big questions and speculation.
They couldn't have handled this worse in my view.

UnholyRai

720 Posts

December 20 2011 13:47 GMT

#560

Have to say I never watched an episode.