On March 29 2012 03:15 Asha` wrote:
Easily one of my favourite shows.

Shame David's mic is cutting out quite a bit since this is another great episode.

Yeah quite anoying. GOod to hear IPL4 is getting a decent crowd tho

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 28 2012 18:18 GMT

#162

2k tickets? Let's see, with $25 per regular ticket, that would be at least $50,000 in revenue, probably more since there will be VIP tickets included.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 28 2012 18:23 GMT

#163

Hmm, IPL possibly adding a fighting game and FPS...interesting.

Also the possibility of holding qualifiers in China and getting more Chinese exposure for IPL 5 could be interesting as well.

GenoPewPew

United States347 Posts

March 28 2012 18:25 GMT

#164

This show is actually really insightful. I come from a new organization for another game that's trying but I find all of the information very useful

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 28 2012 18:45 GMT

#165

New sponsors for Dignitas? Sounds very good.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

March 28 2012 18:46 GMT

#166

On March 29 2012 03:18 Bagration wrote:
2k tickets? Let's see, with $25 per regular ticket, that would be at least $50,000 in revenue, probably more since there will be VIP tickets included.

Nah, man. As he put it they will still be losing money. It's an investment and it will continue to be that way until they grow it properly.

Like he said, having players like HuK on the frontpage of IGN will go a long way.

What do you think I've been saying since day 1? You have to make it about the players. It's all about brand recognition too.

Diab

Denmark320 Posts

March 28 2012 18:49 GMT

#167

Unfortunately missed most of it

Really looking forward to the vod! The bit I did catch seemed really interesting, really like IPL so it's going to be good.

rotegirte

Germany2859 Posts

March 28 2012 18:50 GMT

#168

Despite the sound issues ("Fuck skype" - itmejp, "Worst piece of technology ever" -djWHEAT), yet another great episode. Keep it coming!

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 28 2012 18:55 GMT

#169

On March 29 2012 03:46 StarStruck wrote:

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Of course, that would not even come close to covering all the costs. IPL 3 supposedly cost nearly $1 million if I remember correctly from an interview that Ting did shortly after IPL 3. IPL 4 could cost even more.

But having a packed audience for IPL 4 is definitely nice, as one of the few issues with IPL 3 was the lack of audience. I wonder how many HD passes they will be able to sell.

THM

Bulgaria1131 Posts

March 28 2012 18:58 GMT

#170

Watched most of it today with David Ting, found it insightful and entertaining.

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

March 28 2012 19:01 GMT

#171

apologies about the audio issues. thems the breaks. anyways, feedback?

GenoPewPew

United States347 Posts

March 28 2012 19:25 GMT

#172

On March 29 2012 04:01 chobopeon wrote:
apologies about the audio issues. thems the breaks. anyways, feedback?

Show was good to me. I'm curious as to what he was saying during his mic breaking but I'm not sure if you guys can get that kind of thing

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

March 28 2012 19:34 GMT

#173

On March 29 2012 04:25 GenoPewPew wrote:

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Show was good to me. I'm curious as to what he was saying during his mic breaking but I'm not sure if you guys can get that kind of thing

heh, i was curious too. he'd cut out and skip and have feedback for me too in skype so i was left wondering about what he was saying on occasion. ended up well all things considered.

jlake02

United States395 Posts

March 29 2012 01:24 GMT

#174

Episode 5 with David Ting of IPL:

Acronysis

872 Posts

March 29 2012 01:30 GMT

#175

On March 29 2012 04:34 chobopeon wrote:

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heh, i was curious too. he'd cut out and skip and have feedback for me too in skype so i was left wondering about what he was saying on occasion. ended up well all things considered.

I agree

The audio was definitely annoying and made me had to really pay attention to get everything he was saying, but despite all that, this was definitely my favorite episode yet.

David was just so candid and i felt he did a good job of giving his answers in a way that everyone can understand what he means. He was never afraid to answer a question and he just dove right into it - i loved it. Made for a very entertaining show!

Big thanks again to what you guys are doing. Are you able to give any more insight into what next week's episode is about? Does Ford have any involevment in esports?

UnceL

Poland73 Posts

March 29 2012 07:53 GMT

#176

anyone any idea why episode 3 wouldn't play on my car radio? All the rest play just fine except the 3rd one. They all have same file format, don't they?

thanks in advance

JackDT

724 Posts

March 29 2012 19:54 GMT

#177

David was a fantastic guest who was awesomely transparent. Great episode content wise.

I was really fatigued from trying to understand everything through the horrible audio though. Do you guys call the guest ahead of time and make everything is good? Was he on wifi rather than wired or something? He may as well have been calling from the Moon.

jlake02

United States395 Posts

March 30 2012 16:44 GMT

#178

We did a sound/video check before the show and it was fine. Sadly the wifi connection didn't hold up very well but the information David shared definitely makes the episode worth watching.

Emix_Squall

France705 Posts

March 30 2012 16:51 GMT

#179

Can we expect more episodes of The Executives now? These first 4 (still haven't seeen the 5th one) were so very interesting and informative it would be a treat to get one of these maybe once every 2 weeks but for a longer amount of time.
Providing you feel like you have enough things to talk about of course ^^

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

March 30 2012 16:53 GMT

#180

I really enjoyed the episode and I liked that fact that David pointed out that a spot on front page of IGN is worth(and costs) a ton of money. I got really annoyed when IPL 1, 2 & 3 came out and everyone was asking why it wasn't on the front page, main headline. But people seem to be more aware now a days and not making as many silly demands/questions.