IPL4 Groups and Stream Details - Page 24

On February 28 2012 08:51 sephuys wrote:
LoB is obviously angry, people are allowed to point out that they appreciate how IPL is doing things and that MLG should take notes. We as esports fans dont care how much it all costs to put on and if you can afford it. We just want to see good players play in high quality for the best deal. IPL is offering the quality and the value. You can laugh about us comparing them on your own time.

On February 29 2012 06:31 Canucklehead wrote:
Can someone clarity the $5 sub for me. Does this mean HD for major events or every single event? By that I mean, will ipl team league and fight club, etc require the $5 sub to watch HD?

On February 28 2012 05:12 IGNProLeague wrote:
This paid subscription model will take effect the first week of April, with IPL4 being the first of our events to be covered by it. All of our streams will continue to be free in all resolutions until IPL4.

On February 28 2012 05:12 IGNProLeague wrote:
If you are currently an IGN Prime member, we want to make sure you can take advantage of this offer, so we will offer a one time opportunity to migrate from IGN Prime to our new Twitch.tv subscription page. Details on that are still to come.

On February 29 2012 06:37 ragnorr wrote:




All their content will be paid HD now

On February 29 2012 06:13 Trowa127 wrote:


LoB is angry, but his basic point is completely on the money (no pun intended). No matter what people wish to believe, Newscorp do not give one flying fuck about esports. Period. They. Do. Not. Care. They care about money and brand exposure. The same organisation who hacked the phones of a murder victim back the IGN Pro League. Thats a fact. I really wonder what kind of fantasy World people on this forum live in. They see esports as a potential growth market, which is why they are willing to get shafted for six figures on one event (IPL3) and charge artificially low prices for their events in future. Its called a bubble, they are going to price other leagues out of the market and its not good for esports, no matter what the masses say.

People should seriously look at the situation realistically and stop bashing anyone who says anything negative about IPL.

Edit - I understand this is harshly worded. Its just very frustrating that everyone jumps down the throats of anyone who says anything bad about IPL. For once people need to look past the fact we are getting high quality content for nothing, that our casters are getting full time jobs and that IGN makes MLG look like the bad guys. Bigger picture.

On February 29 2012 06:42 SynapseSC wrote:



According to many reports, IGN has been in the process of spinning off from Newscorp since they bought UGO last year.

On February 29 2012 04:05 IGNProLeague wrote:We are using a third-party Facebook utility because it makes sense for our promotion. Facebook and Twitter both have millions of users that do not browse TeamLiquid.net or Reddit.com that could potentially be interested in our event. You certainly do not have to agree to a ToS or Privacy Policy to purchase a ticket, which costs $25. You can skip all of the promotion and just buy the ticket on our Eventbrite page here: http://ipl4.eventbrite.com/

We're sorry that you are against this sort of promotional discount, but many people will find it beneficial. We can justify the 50% discount because of the potential of more tickets sold.

On February 29 2012 06:13 Trowa127 wrote:


LoB is angry, but his basic point is completely on the money (no pun intended). No matter what people wish to believe, Newscorp do not give one flying fuck about esports. Period. They. Do. Not. Care. They care about money and brand exposure. The same organisation who hacked the phones of a murder victim back the IGN Pro League. Thats a fact. I really wonder what kind of fantasy World people on this forum live in. They see esports as a potential growth market, which is why they are willing to get shafted for six figures on one event (IPL3) and charge artificially low prices for their events in future. Its called a bubble, they are going to price other leagues out of the market and its not good for esports, no matter what the masses say.

People should seriously look at the situation realistically and stop bashing anyone who says anything negative about IPL.

Edit - I understand this is harshly worded. Its just very frustrating that everyone jumps down the throats of anyone who says anything bad about IPL. For once people need to look past the fact we are getting high quality content for nothing, that our casters are getting full time jobs and that IGN makes MLG look like the bad guys. Bigger picture.

On February 29 2012 06:13 Trowa127 wrote:


LoB is angry, but his basic point is completely on the money (no pun intended). No matter what people wish to believe, Newscorp do not give one flying fuck about esports. Period. They. Do. Not. Care. They care about money and brand exposure. The same organisation who hacked the phones of a murder victim back the IGN Pro League. Thats a fact. I really wonder what kind of fantasy World people on this forum live in. They see esports as a potential growth market, which is why they are willing to get shafted for six figures on one event (IPL3) and charge artificially low prices for their events in future. Its called a bubble, they are going to price other leagues out of the market and its not good for esports, no matter what the masses say.

People should seriously look at the situation realistically and stop bashing anyone who says anything negative about IPL.

Edit - I understand this is harshly worded. Its just very frustrating that everyone jumps down the throats of anyone who says anything bad about IPL. For once people need to look past the fact we are getting high quality content for nothing, that our casters are getting full time jobs and that IGN makes MLG look like the bad guys. Bigger picture.

On February 29 2012 06:56 Bagration wrote:


I wish we had that much power to sway the great corporations of our times. Of course NewsCorp is a pretty machiavellian organization, and we cannot do much to avoid that. But what can IPL, or even IGN do? NewsCorp accquired them, and they need to work their best within these parameters.

Just because Murdoch is evil does not mean that you instantly distrust everything IPL does. David Ting is not some secret agent on a task assigned by Murdoch to destroy esports by undercutting the competition. He's a guy who has passion for SC2, and took the risk of starting IPL within IGN.

One year later, IPL is offering premium content in the form of team tournaments, fight clubs, and of course, a major LAN event with some of the world's best players. This is not about MLG vs IPL. This is just another great Esports event.

On February 29 2012 07:04 Trowa127 wrote:


Thats not the point. What I'm asking is are the IGN's target market (us, esports fans) happy with companies losing six figures on a single event and continuing to offer content at rock bottom prices, even if it means that in a year or so its possible we won't have any leagues at all? I'm talking about sustainability. I cannot see how IPL can be making a profit considering the number of people it employs and the number of events with high cash prizes it hosts.

I just don't see sc2 growing the amount they are obviously hoping it does.

Anyway, maybe I'm just taking it too seriously. I have no doubt IPL4 is going to be excellent. I just hope future IPL events are possible.

On February 28 2012 05:25 ssg wrote:

April is still awhile off. If he can get his ZvT back to where it was at the end of 2011, he's got a very good chance of advancing.