Well I am not hugely surprised as none of these shows really got any viewers. I could be wrong but did Fuck Slasher really ever get over 2k viewers and SC2 report I believe had even less, I have seen some mlg shows that have like 50 viewers.

It seems to me that State of the game is pretty much the only really successful online show that mlg has so obviously that isn't going anywhere.

Roggay

Switzerland6320 Posts

December 20 2011 14:23 GMT

#562

On December 20 2011 23:18 Krogan wrote:
Well I am not hugely surprised as none of these shows really got any viewers. I could be wrong but did Fuck Slasher really ever get over 2k viewers and SC2 report I believe had even less, I have seen some mlg shows that have like 50 viewers.

It seems to me that State of the game is pretty much the only really successful online show that mlg has so obviously that isn't going anywhere.

Fuck Slasher had more than 2k pretty much all the time (i think it hit 5k on good shows). The lasts SC2 reports were at 1k.

I will really miss them.

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

December 20 2011 14:28 GMT

#563

Never tuned in to fuck slasher. I don't really like slasher and thought the name of the show was dumb.

2k viewers isn't much if you compare it to other shows and if MLG is backing it. Not surprised this stuff got axed

TaktiDerBlonde

Germany33 Posts

December 20 2011 14:29 GMT

#564

2k/5k viewers = not enough income when the show is about 1-2 hours long.

DailYLeet

Germany827 Posts

December 20 2011 14:35 GMT

#565

whats the reason?

vijeze

Netherlands719 Posts

December 20 2011 14:38 GMT

#566

bb slasher.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

December 20 2011 14:46 GMT

#567

"Fuck Slasher" was a dumb and immature name for a show to begin with, and the actual show wasn't much better. Good riddance.

Regina

Netherlands148 Posts

December 20 2011 15:04 GMT

#568

funny that sundance mentions lean and mean, while really its just Lean management which means all processes that dont contribute to the end product/happiness of customers should be cut. While i actually do see sotg and f slasher contribute to the end product. Since branding MLG is part of what they are supposed to do. Anyhow it's not that I bother to much really, welcome to the real world where unpopular shows get cut daily. (although i dont see sotg be unpopular, but I guess the costs don't out weight the benefits since the pillars of sotg aren't really there out of the name of MLG but try to be not bias. Also its not that they get more website hits, because MP3's and VODS are posted on sotg blogspot.

So from an organisational pov its totally acceptable. And from my personal view I don't give a f

RexCogitans

Norway37 Posts

December 20 2011 15:07 GMT

#569

I'm OK with this. I'd be very sad if there was no SOTG, but as long as it keeps trucking I'm a happy bunny.

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

December 20 2011 15:10 GMT

#570

As long as SOTG is unaffected this is acceptable... still -.-

Chillton

Canada85 Posts

December 20 2011 15:16 GMT

#571

That sucks, Slasher's show was actually pretty decent as far as news related shows went

CursedRich

United Kingdom737 Posts

December 20 2011 15:21 GMT

#572

Im not surprised that these have been cancelled. F Slasher was entertaining at times but he always seems to play the role of "ill be as controversial as possible" which for my tastes got boring very quickly and can only really be achieved by very funny people in any form of program. However, I'm sure that this isn't Rod in real life (time for your public persona to mature a little IMO) and expect other content to emerge from MLG. As for starcraft centre i only ever watched one but I feel that JP's strengths are much more suited to being a host than a caster where I feel that he is weaker. Just my opinions but good luck to all and everyone should bear in mind that these programs when you factor in support staff, equipment and location expenses were well supported and given a fair chance.

Now I expect an amalgamation of these shows with better direction and presentation to emerge at some point and probably would be better off once a week, so that its something to look forward to, SOTG would be boring if it were to happen 3 times a week.

brrip

United Kingdom211 Posts

December 20 2011 15:37 GMT

#573

SotG is alive and kicking which is awesome. Fuck Slasher. (end of sentence)

Mereel

Germany895 Posts

December 20 2011 15:44 GMT

#574

i really dont understand why, i always liked slasher

StarStrider

United States689 Posts

December 20 2011 15:49 GMT

#575

Not too surprised or upset to see "F%$# Slasher" go, it was kind of annoying hearing weekly Slasher pontificate from positions which he was completely wrong about, and yet make a stir in the community because the talking heads of esports for some reason respected his opinion enough to show him how wrong he was. Well, if you're a Slasher fan, don't worry, I'm sure he'll still be guest starring more on LiveOnThree and SoTG etc. I wonder, are they doing away with the Vinny Brusco show too? I really enjoyed that one, but it had a paltry amount of viewers compared to even Slasher.

BronzeKnee

United States5217 Posts

December 20 2011 15:50 GMT

#576

On December 20 2011 23:28 LuckyFool wrote:
Never tuned in to fuck slasher. I don't really like slasher and thought the name of the show was dumb.

Same here. Slasher comes off as immature to me, and the name of the show just furthered that belief in me.

ThatBronyGuy

United States169 Posts

December 20 2011 15:52 GMT

#577

I remember seeing another forum member saying he was looking to get more into the E-sports scene in some kind of behind the scenes fashion, not necessarily playing. With news like this, it appears that getting a chance like that will become even harder. I can understand what Sundance is saying when he wants MLG to be lean and mean, so this decision will help MLG toward that goal, but it would be nice to see something consistent from MLG especially since it's the off season before the next wave of events.

Silentenigma

Turkey2037 Posts

December 20 2011 15:54 GMT

#578

This sucks so bad.

Eury

Sweden1126 Posts

December 20 2011 16:01 GMT

#579

Which show other than State of the game was more popular than F Slasher for MLG? Having 2k-5k daily viewers is pretty damn good.

Mohdoo

United States15723 Posts

December 20 2011 16:05 GMT

#580

On December 21 2011 01:01 Eury wrote:
Which show other than State of the game was more popular than F Slasher for MLG? Having 2k-5k daily viewers is pretty damn good.

Its really good by the standards of independent people putting on a show, but not by the standards of an actual for-profit organization. Kind of like how you couldn't support a workforce of people from Destiny's stream, but he can easily support himself from it.