EPTI really liked IPL.
Not sure who'll buy it.
IGN to "simplify, focus"; wants to sell IPL - Page 3
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
I really liked IPL. Not sure who'll buy it. | ||
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GTPGlitch
5061 Posts
At least I have IPL6 tickets :C | ||
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xsnac
Barbados1365 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:33 johnny123 wrote: well we still have 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? man you cant say : we still have iem , say we still have IEM championship IEM brasil IEM cologne etc . cuz you are saying 1 tournament like is once a year and manye of them are 3-4-5 times a year . you missed eswc and asus rog . | ||
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Achaia
United States643 Posts
On February 22 2013 04:58 Tsubbi wrote: mrchae is gonna buy ipl imho That would actually be pretty interesting. Especially if they did something similar to a European event then used those as satellite events to feed a couple of seeds into the GSL Code A or something. That would kind of be one step closer to the "Global System" that everyone seems to think would be good but isn't really feasible. It would probably take someone like GSL or KeSPA doing something like buying leagues from other countries to expand their reach and become that entity rather than trying to create a merger of sorts with other organizations. | ||
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iky43210
United States2099 Posts
Reality checked in, at the end of the day only a few (1-3) organization will remain intact. And when that happens is when starcraft as a whole scene may actually grow | ||
NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 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. and your source is? oh wait..... you don't have one because this is a load of bs. people like you make me laugh. | ||
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quantumslip
United States188 Posts
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Luiwtf
England217 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:44 xsnac wrote: man you cant say : we still have iem , say we still have IEM championship IEM brasil IEM cologne etc . cuz you are saying 1 tournament like is once a year and manye of them are 3-4-5 times a year . you missed eswc and asus rog . What? Do you also want him to list GSL 2013 Season 1, GSL 2013 Season 2, GSL 2013 Season 3, GSL 2013 Season 4, all the MLG tournaments each year, all the Dreamhacks every year, etc, etc? :s. It's a shame they're selling it, the actual live tournament is pretty good (I couldn't care less about the rest of it though, or their team league, KOTH etc). Still, there's tons of tournaments going, and even if a buyer isn't found and we have no more IPLs it isn't that big a deal by itself IMO. | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:56 DarkLordOlli wrote: Lol I love how people go back to babbling about SC2 dying when all that's happening is IGN's owner isn't doing well financially overall and has to sell stuff, let people go etc. and one of them happens to be IPL. It ain't got shit to do with SC2 dying. I know this is primarily a Starcraft website and Dota 2 is not in the major tours but you figure people would remember that very few esports events are sc2-only. | ||
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Kasaraki
Denmark7115 Posts
Anyway, I wonder who is bidding for IPL. Really one of my favourite tournaments and I don't think whoever buys it will be sad about their purchase. | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On February 22 2013 06:00 Dodgin wrote: I know this is primarily a Starcraft website and Dota 2 is not in the major tours but you figure people would remember that very few esports events are sc2-only. Selective memory. or, alternatively: stupidity | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:17 T.O.P. wrote: Because it won't be IPL anymore - they'll rename it whatever they want, and whatever IGN is asking for it is probably less than what it would cost to build up an equivalent eSports league from scratch.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. Also, can all of the BW trolls/eSports-is-dying trolls/idiots in general please go away? Anyone who actually bothered to read the article and has basic reading comprehension would know that this has nothing to do with SC2 "dying", it's because IGN is doing badly overall and they're trying to shrink. | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:56 DarkLordOlli wrote: Lol I love how people go back to babbling about SC2 dying when all that's happening is IGN's owner isn't doing well financially overall and has to sell stuff, let people go etc. and one of them happens to be IPL. It ain't got shit to do with SC2 dying. If SC2 wasn't dying, and in fact was growing, then IPL would be something IGN makes profit off of and they wouldn't sell it. Your post makes the exact opposite of sense. | ||
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geokilla
Canada8246 Posts
In all seriousness, I'm not surprised... But what does IGN have outside of game reviews and IPL? | ||
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NoGasfOu
United States1117 Posts
On February 22 2013 05:46 NovemberstOrm wrote: and your source is? oh wait..... you don't have one because this is a load of bs. people like you make me laugh. It's an observation. No need for facts. MLG was losing a ton of money and had to raise additional millions from investors. They had a thread about this in 2012. They made a risky investment by reaching some kind of deal with Kespa to get exclusive players' rights hoping to generate big bucks. Don't think that's going anywhere considering the amount of money they're spending on players' airplane tickets and hotel for the next event. You don't have to be very smart to know that GOM is losing foreign subscribers compare to the early days of 2010 and early 2011. They're moving to a new place and doing "MORE ESPORTS". I don't think they can survive just on SC2 alone. Sometimes you have to jump ship to survive. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
Doesn't mean it will end well though. It is incredibly difficult to pull off what IPL is doing, and when your main income of money is looking to sell you, that is quite troublesome, because who is going to buy you? Either way there are going to be some major changes for IPL. | ||
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Master of DalK
Canada1803 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? The owner of IGN only wants the news coverage of eSports and video games. Thats why GameSpy and others are getting sold off as well. IPL should be fine, especially with all of the coverage it was given for IPL5. EDIT: BY THE WAY, IPL doesn't only do SC2, they do fighting games and LoL as well. So saying that IPL is going with the 'dying SC2 scene' is not thinking about the big picture. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On February 22 2013 06:08 AnomalySC2 wrote: If SC2 wasn't dying, and in fact was growing, then IPL would be something IGN makes profit off of and they wouldn't sell it. Your post makes the exact opposite of sense. IPL does League of Legends, does this also mean that League of Legends is dying? | ||
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bduddy
United States1326 Posts
On February 22 2013 06:08 AnomalySC2 wrote: IPL was never fully intended to be a money-maker, part of it was to promote IGN, its eSports coverage, and the rest of its site. That's why IPL has basically no sponsors. If you bothered to read the news story you would see that IGN is stopping basically all of its advertising, and IPL is probably included under that.If SC2 wasn't dying, and in fact was growing, then IPL would be something IGN makes profit off of and they wouldn't sell it. Your post makes the exact opposite of sense. | ||
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