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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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onedayclose
United States1145 Posts
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On February 28 2012 12:07 jlake02 wrote: Play it by ear but I anticipate most episodes will be between 1-1.5 hours long. Understandable, thanks for the quick response. Looking forward to the series, best of luck! | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
On February 28 2012 11:43 Trowa127 wrote: Please ask David Ting how much money (if any, but I think most people around here know they must have) IPL has lost since season 1. I'd be really interested to hear even a ballpark figure because I think IGN artificially pricing their products so incredibly low is not good for the sustainability of the scene at all (unless they think this investment will pay off in the medium to long term which I can't see happening, at least in the case of sc2). They are effectively killing off leagues who need to charge higher premiums to survive. Will tune in. I would not say that IPL is starting any price wars or undercutting any competition. Sure MLG had its PPV Arena, but its main event in Columbus is still going to be free. Besides, competition is good for the scene, as it forces the tournaments to constantly improve their products. Finally, one can argue that the scene right now is oversaturated, with too many tournaments all competing for the same viewers at the same time, and by having a fewer, stronger tournaments would be better than many small tournaments. IPL has lost a significant amount of money, I believe David Ting once said in an interview more than 6 figures. However, with IGN fielding the overhead costs, they are basically treating that as an advertising expense, as IGN has bought a lot of goodwill from the SC2 and LoL communities. Mr Ting also mentioned that his goal was to make IPL break even for the next year. | ||
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Erik.TheRed
United States1655 Posts
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Deezl
United States355 Posts
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TheLOLas
United States646 Posts
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Arcanne
United States1519 Posts
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Phil Phoenix
United States100 Posts
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DR.Ham
Netherlands621 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10635 Posts
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Flamingo777
United States1190 Posts
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Rampager
Australia1007 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:11 purecarnagge wrote: should try to get FXOBoss on the show to do like a monthly or even based 5-10 minute segment with his opinion. Would be friggen awesome. Kind of like when ESPN brings the attorney's on when something big is going down... Just a short segement with a brilliant minds opinion. (well maybe ESPN isn't the best example for the brilliant mind part). Came here to say this. Also, that logo is awesome. I'll be tuning in. | ||
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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SillyPrincess
Canada115 Posts
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stalpno
Australia9 Posts
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FluffyBinLaden
United States527 Posts
Not gonna lie, my favorite part has to be that TotalBiscuit has his own episode. I hope it's awesome! | ||
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Axieoqu
Finland204 Posts
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
Any plans to make the VODs available as a podcast on iTunes? American shows are usually on while I'm at uni so it'd be badass to have a system like that. I believe Blip.tv can automatically do that but I've heard it has quite a few problems. Or just have the mp3 available on iTunes like SOTG does. | ||
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