EPTMLG and KeSPA Announce Multi-Year Partnership - Page 7
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GoodRiot
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ZisforZerg
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50864 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:41 Davis23 wrote: A hybrid bw/sc2 proleague was never confirmed... wut..do you even read the news... | ||
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Xyst
Turkey66 Posts
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Dreadwolf
Canada220 Posts
EG Flash, make it so. | ||
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:41 Davis23 wrote: A hybrid bw/sc2 proleague was never confirmed... http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=336363 http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2 http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2 | ||
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IMNasty
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On May 11 2012 15:38 JackDT wrote: Wow, this news is a big bummer if so. The best part about the growing Starcraft community is seeing brand new tournaments emerge every year, each with its own style and atmosphere. Lone Star and Iron Squid. Homestory. Dreamhacks. NASL. So many different flavors and new ones popping up every week. Can you imagine if the US. Open got 'exclusive' rights to Roger Federer? Very strange model. sounds like MLG wanted to get the jump on the imminent new era of SC2 by securing the BW pros. not sure what to make of sundance's latest tweet | ||
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ReboundEU
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bagina
Canada43 Posts
atleast thats my understanding of it! | ||
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:38 rUiNati0n wrote: Any word on if MLG is going to do anythhing with other KeSPA games? Well, it says specifically in the announcement "announced today an exclusive multi-year global partnership that will bridge the Western and Korean StarCraft worlds." So I doubt it. Plus, most KeSPA games aren't relevant enough to be at an MLG, like Special Force or Kart Rider or FIFA. But League of Legends is recently a KeSPA game as of last February, and since MLG is going to try out LoL soon at Anaheim, this could potentially be an interesting part of this partnership. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:45 bagina wrote: so basically mlg is shelling out some big bucks to rent kespa's players for events. of course they (mlg) want to protect their investment by having exclusivity, which was probably a lesson they learned over the past 2 years when some well-known players skipped their events in favor of others. (dreamhack, ipl, assembly etc) atleast thats my understanding of it! Sounds about right to me, shitty for the viewers and people who will never be able to make an MLG to meet these guys in person. On May 11 2012 15:46 JackDT wrote: It seems like such an obviously bad idea for the long term health of the game that I still kinda doubt that what's they mean here. Sure, it gives you a short term boost relative to other tournaments perhaps. But that sort of insularity will hinder growth in the Starcraft community in the long term. If MLG cared about the long term growth of the Starcraft community they wouldn't be having all these PPV arenas. | ||
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JackDT
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On May 11 2012 15:43 IMNasty wrote: sounds like MLG wanted to get the jump on the imminent new era of SC2 by securing the BW pros. not sure what to make of sundance's latest tweet It seems like such an obviously bad idea for the long term health of the game that I still kinda doubt that what's they mean here. Sure, it gives you a short term boost relative to other tournaments perhaps. But that sort of insularity will hinder growth in the Starcraft community in the long term. Maybe they just mean that Kespa players will always choose an MLG event any conflicting alternatives that weekend. It just seems nuts that they'd have players pretend the rest of the Starcraft world doesn't exist! | ||
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Pure-SC2
United Kingdom1440 Posts
You can bet MLG has put a large chunk of that extra funding they got into this. Question is, will it buy them the success they want? Or have they just limited the Kespa players from the number of tournaments they can enter and therefore the prize money they can win? | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:45 J1.au wrote: Will you have to pay to watch online? for Anaheim? no. there is a free stream. unless they put this on their beta streams, which I can't imagine them doing. would be a terrible move | ||
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Daria
Australia500 Posts
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Swampsteel
United States94 Posts
Need to say what type of viewers, obviously not concurrent. | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
It looks more and more like we're going to have a "war" between IPL and MLG, and it's not good for the scene .. | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:47 jmbthirteen wrote: for Anaheim? no. there is a free stream. unless they put this on their beta streams, which I can't imagine them doing. would be a terrible move MLG Is not above making terrible moves, and someone has to pay for those plane tickets keep in mind. | ||
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