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Blizzard Partners with MLG for the WCS - Page 3

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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
April 24 2012 13:04 GMT
#41
Interesting! NO EXTENDED SERIES.. HMmmmmmmm

^_^ <3
nooboon
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2602 Posts
April 24 2012 13:14 GMT
#42
Makes sense as MLG is based primarily in the U.S (for now). The biggest issue will be time as it is a 64 player, with double elimination, on top of a championship.
iEatWoofers
Profile Joined August 2011
Switzerland108 Posts
April 24 2012 14:17 GMT
#43
Awesome! I hope this makes more NA players play seriously (even more so if this will be a yearly event!)

Then maybe we can see more good foreigner competition! The Europeans could use some backup, NA! ;-)
Nazeron
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1046 Posts
April 24 2012 14:45 GMT
#44
Awesome news, nice to see Blizz attempting to promote esports by teaming up with established leagues
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
decaf
Profile Joined October 2010
Austria1797 Posts
April 24 2012 15:20 GMT
#45
You gonna use the reconnect tool in case a disconnect happens? Just curious.
sLBoGoRoH
Profile Joined January 2012
Netherlands126 Posts
April 24 2012 15:28 GMT
#46
Great to hear. Now i deff need to go to Anaheim!
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
April 24 2012 16:20 GMT
#47
On April 24 2012 22:04 iNcontroL wrote:
Interesting! NO EXTENDED SERIES.. HMmmmmmmm

^_^ <3


Hmmm indeed.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
April 24 2012 16:46 GMT
#48
So I guess.. Blizzards maps ? ( Daybreak with the full middle base, Metropolis with rocks and no creep, etc )
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Tobblish
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden6404 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-24 17:06:10
April 24 2012 17:05 GMT
#49
Really don't like to see two tournaments on the same date, this is going to be so hard for some players.
Questioning Blizzard intentions, with fatigue players and maybe casters this won't exactly be a great tournament.
Yes I'm calling it now, sorry

Players are already saying it's really hard to come from the open bracket and battle your way to the top, now they will have EVEN more matches if they want to compete in both tournaments.

Hope to see a IPL/DH stream with full HD and 60fps.

+ Show Spoiler +
No Extended Series?
FUCKING YES! <3
The curse is real
morbvs
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany358 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-24 17:59:44
April 24 2012 17:56 GMT
#50
On April 24 2012 18:19 Alva` wrote:
The partnership between Blizzard and MLG kinda implies that Riot will not be able to put LOL on the circuit. Blizzard is not only trying to grow SC2, but also trying to secure a spot for their new MOBA in order to compete with LOL(IMO).



Well... IEM are having LoL and the ESL is doing !!! 12 !!! events for the Blizzard WCS... not just 2 events.

So I doubt that Blizzard tries to influence the MLG towards not having LoL in the circuit with this deal...
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
TestSubject893
Profile Joined September 2009
United States774 Posts
April 24 2012 18:08 GMT
#51
I'm wondering when they are going to announce who has already been invited to nationals. The most notable names (Sheth, Idra, Axslav, Nony, KawaiiRice, Incontrol, etc.) have been missing from the Playhem qualifiers.
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
April 24 2012 21:25 GMT
#52
Maybe the announcement will be a patch that includes extended series into the ladder!

Like if you lose to a guy on the ladder, then next game you play against them and win, doesn't actually count as a win, but exists to cancel out the previous loss. Blizzard have you ever considered adding Extended Series to the Ladder?
zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 04:58:10
April 24 2012 23:10 GMT
#53
On April 25 2012 02:56 morbvs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2012 18:19 Alva` wrote:
The partnership between Blizzard and MLG kinda implies that Riot will not be able to put LOL on the circuit. Blizzard is not only trying to grow SC2, but also trying to secure a spot for their new MOBA in order to compete with LOL(IMO).



Well... IEM are having LoL and the ESL is doing !!! 12 !!! events for the Blizzard WCS... not just 2 events.

So I doubt that Blizzard tries to influence the MLG towards not having LoL in the circuit with this deal...


That and also the fact that MLG just had a meeting with the CEO of Riot games, and are already in talks with Valve on their titles to be added to the circuit.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
April 25 2012 02:42 GMT
#54
On April 21 2012 02:47 MLG_Adam wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2012 02:45 Krainer wrote:
Extended series?


Not for the Blizzard event.


YES

YES
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
HiTeK532
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada171 Posts
April 25 2012 04:52 GMT
#55
On April 25 2012 02:05 Tobblish wrote:
Really don't like to see two tournaments on the same date, this is going to be so hard for some players.
Questioning Blizzard intentions, with fatigue players and maybe casters this won't exactly be a great tournament.
Yes I'm calling it now, sorry

Players are already saying it's really hard to come from the open bracket and battle your way to the top, now they will have EVEN more matches if they want to compete in both tournaments.

Hope to see a IPL/DH stream with full HD and 60fps.

+ Show Spoiler +
No Extended Series?
FUCKING YES! <3

I couldn't agree more with this player fatigue is going to be a major for these tournaments and will probably end up leading towards lower quality games.
I play games not girls
simmeh
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada2511 Posts
April 25 2012 04:58 GMT
#56
On April 24 2012 20:12 Ace1123 wrote:
This will be a lot harder for me to watch all games at a time -_-


1st world problems
byah!
onedayclose
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1145 Posts
April 25 2012 17:52 GMT
#57
On April 25 2012 13:58 simmeh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2012 20:12 Ace1123 wrote:
This will be a lot harder for me to watch all games at a time -_-


1st world problems


Disappointed Blizzard insisted on doing these tournaments simultaneously but perhaps it will save them $. I pray that the WCS becomes so gigantic that they will have seperate events next year. At least a seperate event for Continental Grand Finals.
GohgamX
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada1096 Posts
April 25 2012 18:28 GMT
#58
Thank you for no extended series!
Time is a great teacher, unfortunate that it kills all its pupils ...
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