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suicideyear
Ivory Coast3016 Posts
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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kommunalka
United States550 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:17 T.O.P. wrote: I can't see why anyone would buy IPL. It doesn't make sense for a competitor to buy it at all. Why waste money on acquiring IPL when money off better spent investing in your product. Secondly, why would a investor invest into a product that is not profitable. Perhaps someone with an existing presence elsewhere looking to expand into new markets with an established product? ...not out of the realm of possibility. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:23 Bagration wrote: So does this mean that IPL is unprofitable, or simply not profitable enough to become part of the leaner IGN? Esports itself isn't profitable. IGN was losing tons of money every IPL, but it was seen as marketing dollars basically. Riot loses tons of money on their esports stuff, but they spend that money again for marketing. On February 22 2013 05:22 NoGasfOu wrote: IPL is ending. MLG's revenue is not enough to pay interest. GOM is losing foreign subscribers day by day. Looks like the beginning of the end for anything that's not Kespa. BW 2.0 incoming. Kespa would fully switch to LoL before ever going back to bw. | ||
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quantumslip
United States188 Posts
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ssg
United States1775 Posts
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BretZ
United States1510 Posts
Also, can't wait for the "esports is dying D: D: D:!!!" comments for the next week. IPL will sell and will be fine. IGN says they are covering e-sports events anyways, dont see why they'd sell but I guess downsize as much as possible for the biggest profit. | ||
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derpface
Sweden925 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:22 NoGasfOu wrote: IPL is ending. MLG's revenue is not enough to pay interest. GOM is losing foreign subscribers day by day. Looks like the beginning of the end for anything that's not Kespa. BW 2.0 incoming. Praise the Lord! | ||
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dubRa
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Froob
United Kingdom342 Posts
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Darkren
Canada1841 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:22 NoGasfOu wrote: IPL is ending. MLG's revenue is not enough to pay interest. GOM is losing foreign subscribers day by day. Looks like the beginning of the end for anything that's not Kespa. BW 2.0 incoming. I dont know if u know but http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=398674 This is the end of the life we all knew, bunker up | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:22 NoGasfOu wrote: IPL is ending. MLG's revenue is not enough to pay interest. GOM is losing foreign subscribers day by day. Looks like the beginning of the end for anything that's not Kespa. BW 2.0 incoming. False, source, and false (ridiculously false actually since GOM moved to twitch - where do you come up with this shit?). WoW went through this phase too where people had to come into every WoW thread and tell us that it was dead, like they thought we needed a public service announcement. It took 2-3 years but eventually those people found a way to stop crying and move on with their lives and most threads now go by without somebody calling it dead every 4 posts. There are too many teams and too many tournaments and too many Korean ESF players. We're losing some of each and will continue to lose some of each, and nothing of value will be lost. IF IPL dies here (by no means a certainty), then that will be sad, but we'll still have literally 20+ tournaments each year. The scene is fine and will be fine, especially with HotS in 3 weeks. On February 22 2013 05:23 Bagration wrote: So does this mean that IPL is unprofitable, or simply not profitable enough to become part of the leaner IGN? IGN is a boat with a lot of holes, so they're dumping all the cargo except the absolute best and most mainstream cargo so that they can keep the boat afloat. | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
It doesn't seem like IPL will continue if they don't find a buyer anyways. I think it's a good thing. Less competition for the other tournaments gives them more viewers. | ||
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johnny123
521 Posts
MLG/NASL/IEM/HOMESTORY/DREAMHACK/IRONSQUID/GSL/BLIZZARDS TOURNAMENTS/KESPA PROLEAGUE AND INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE/TEXAS LONE STAR/ OCCASIONAL RED BULL BATTLEGROUNDS/WCG and numerous more that i cant mention of the top of my head like that german tournament and france tournament which had stephano competing in Scene is still doing good, Loosing ipl would be the biggest blow to the american scene to be honest. Unless blizzard or mlg pick up the mantel for developing the usa scene, I think thats it, We might have idra make a decent performance now and then but who else? | ||
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:22 NoGasfOu wrote: IPL is ending. MLG's revenue is not enough to pay interest. GOM is losing foreign subscribers day by day. Looks like the beginning of the end for anything that's not Kespa. BW 2.0 incoming. Gom just got a new studio in a more expensive part of Seoul. They're doing pretty fine. Also MLG doesn't seem like they'll be shutting down anytime soon. Also IPL is not ending, it's being sold. | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:35 ACrow wrote: Hope they find a good new owner that keeps it running. IPL has very good production and produces so much good content... I'll miss the regular weekday tournaments like IPTL and Fight Club. I've gotten a lot of enjoyment from those and they regularly produce high-level play. Though the loss of a LAN event like IPL would be really sad, I think I'd miss IPTL/FC more. | ||
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johnny123
521 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:36 DarkLordOlli wrote: Gom just got a new studio in a more expensive part of Seoul. They're doing pretty fine. Also MLG doesn't seem like they'll be shutting down anytime soon. Also IPL is not ending, it's being sold. dude you can basically say its coming to an end. They are just trying to petty coat this stuff like everything will be alright. Nobody is going to buy IPL........ I can think of only 1 organisation that has the funds to buy it if they choose to, and that is AZUBU . I dunno what other big companies are interested in ESPORTS to sponsor such an event. Ipl spends over 1 million dollars per event.. Thats it for ipl. I wont get your hopes up | ||
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Acronysis
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