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On March 27 2012 01:13 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Not surprised.
This is what I love about TL. There's always that one person that is thinking in their head when all of us are doing other stuff:: "It wouldn't be weird/surprising at all to see WCG go all mobile." I assume such people go on with this opinion and do not post it unless if they are right. In the event that they are right, they proceed to post the above quote and be smug.
+ Show Spoiler +Just joining the trolling squad of this thread. I am the BOSS at Tiny Wings
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Forgive a caveman with an old cell phone, but is it even possible to play cell phone games with someone else?
Otherwise the main event would be like Snake, Tetris and whatnot.
Funny troll. I can't believe some people really bought this story. xD
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I'm not sure about you guys, but my Drawsomething DPM is through the roof lately.
And by DPM I mean, of course, dicks per minute.
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Excellent news!! I've been playing Asphalt all year!
I also hope they add "Where's my Water?", they can give new puzzles and whoever gives the crocodile a bath the fastest wins!
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Wait... isn't this just pre-emptive April Fool's joke?
Are people taking this seriously?
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On March 29 2012 02:11 mrlie3 wrote:
Wait... isn't this just pre-emptive April Fool's joke?
Are people taking this seriously?
It's been confirmed by many sources and makes a certain amount of (twisted) sense.
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On March 26 2012 22:23 Jiddra wrote:
Several esport sites have reported on this now, wcg 2011 was a big fiasco and they have been struggling with their finances.
It doesn't really come as a surprise that they didn't know how to make WCG viable nowdays, so this is a step in leaving the esport scene for Samsung.
But they have all reported the same news with the same original source. Until there's an official statement I'd stay cool, especially since they did have the poll this year, even if that means nothing 
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On March 29 2012 00:26 Bippzy wrote:This is what I love about TL. There's always that one person that is thinking in their head when all of us are doing other stuff:: "It wouldn't be weird/surprising at all to see WCG go all mobile." I assume such people go on with this opinion and do not post it unless if they are right. In the event that they are right, they proceed to post the above quote and be smug. + Show Spoiler +Just joining the trolling squad of this thread. I am the BOSS at Tiny Wings
You might outsmart about 90% of the tl.net users intellectually, but not me.
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They missed a very important step - browser games , only after they fully expored the browser games esports world they should have downgrated to mobiles games.
OR WAIT , BROWSERS GAMES ON YOUR PHONE!!!!
Inbefore TRAVIAN WCG!!
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This will happen when GSL has a Runescape tournament.
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On March 28 2012 21:44 marttorn wrote:
Why.... ? What do they possibly gain from this, but the loathing of the entire PC gaming world? I'm severely confused
It's really simple.
The PC gaming world in general doesn't give a shit about WCG. I imagine most PC gamers never even heard about it, and most game industry companies and developers have nothing to do with it and couldn't care less. Esports in general is a fringe business with an extremely niche audience. Mobile apps (games being #1 among them atm) are a massive and growing industry. Connect the dots.
It boggles my mind that people actually think this is somehow a step down for WCG (with Samsung behind it of all companies -_-) to the extent where they think it's so unrealistic that it would be an "april fools" joke.
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On March 30 2012 00:23 Talin wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 21:44 marttorn wrote:
Why.... ? What do they possibly gain from this, but the loathing of the entire PC gaming world? I'm severely confused It's really simple. The PC gaming world in general doesn't give a shit about WCG. I imagine most PC gamers never even heard about it, and most game industry companies and developers have nothing to do with it and couldn't care less. Esports in general is a fringe business with an extremely niche audience. Mobile apps (games being #1 among them atm) are a massive and growing industry. Connect the dots. It boggles my mind that people actually think this is somehow a step down for WCG (with Samsung behind it of all companies -_-) to the extent where they think it's so unrealistic that it would be an "april fools" joke.
Noone doubted the fact that mobile games are a growing industry. What simply boggled everyone in here is seeing mobile gaming as a competitive e-sport. The simplicity involved in such games make them poor spectator sports and there are few opportunities to develop interesting approaches to playing the game or showing amazing skill in it.
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We still going for the April Fools theory on this one?
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cant wait for this to blow up in someones face....wonder how long they thougth about this for... or if they just had a dart borad and kepts throwing darts till it hit something... =p
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Funny how the olympics of gaming is now the "olympics??" of mobile phones... ??????????
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A true concept of "esports" as a reputable and stable industry of secure professionals, the likes of which can be viewed as anything beyond a cheap novelty, is circling the drain.
I can see why people would think this was an april fools.
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On March 28 2012 21:44 marttorn wrote:
Why.... ? What do they possibly gain from this, but the loathing of the entire PC gaming world? I'm severely confused
Samsung is android, android is pushing to own the mobile games market. By extention, Samsung wants to own the mobile games market.
Hardcore PC gamers are meaningless to Samsung. We (in theory) don't buy their shit, the way a hardcore phone junkie might.
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On April 02 2012 08:44 Abrafred wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 00:23 Talin wrote:On March 28 2012 21:44 marttorn wrote:
Why.... ? What do they possibly gain from this, but the loathing of the entire PC gaming world? I'm severely confused It's really simple. The PC gaming world in general doesn't give a shit about WCG. I imagine most PC gamers never even heard about it, and most game industry companies and developers have nothing to do with it and couldn't care less. Esports in general is a fringe business with an extremely niche audience. Mobile apps (games being #1 among them atm) are a massive and growing industry. Connect the dots. It boggles my mind that people actually think this is somehow a step down for WCG (with Samsung behind it of all companies -_-) to the extent where they think it's so unrealistic that it would be an "april fools" joke. Noone doubted the fact that mobile games are a growing industry. What simply boggled everyone in here is seeing mobile gaming as a competitive e-sport. The simplicity involved in such games make them poor spectator sports and there are few opportunities to develop interesting approaches to playing the game or showing amazing skill in it.
I don't think they're even thinking of it in terms of "e-sports". If they're smart, they'll promote it as a mobile gaming festival with a competitive element on the side rather than "gathering of top Angry Birds progamers" kind of thing.
They don't need it to be a sport or to involve skill, they just want to popularize the games and get their own devices to sell more. Which is still a lot more than they can accomplish by going with actual e-sports (and the actual event will probably be cheaper for them as well).
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Why.... ? What do they possibly gain from this, but the loathing of the entire PC gaming world? I'm severely confused If they're smart, they'll promote it as a mobile gaming festival with a competitive element on the side rather than "gathering of top Angry Birds progamers" kind of thing. [/QUOTE]
That's exactly what they're doing, as it said in the letter we published when we broke the story:
Under this circumstance, we made a hard decision that we should bring the mobile, new key sector in the game industry, in our event concept. Hence, WCG decided to start the Mobile Game-Based Festival.
To create the Mobile Game-Based Festival, WCG is under the discussion with the sponsors and game publishers regarding new event structure and the countries for new festival. Therefore, there will be no longer present event module, such as Pan Championship, and PC-Based National Finals. And, the official game titles of WCG will consist of mobile games.
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WCG Asphalt 6 Tourney...... what was it last time, $45,000 prize pool. I guess its going up to 100 grand next time!
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