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On March 05 2013 13:40 forumtext wrote:OK I got the answer: + Show Spoiler +BW had no real competition those days?
I wrote this a while ago for something:
The success of Starcraft in South Korea is widely attributed to a unique combination of several complementary factors: the government rollout of high speed broadband; economic pressure keeping people at home; post-war reluctance to purchase Japanese consoles and easy access to computers through ‘pc bangs’.
I think I stole the information from another article but yeah, all you need to do is recreate these circumstances.
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On March 05 2013 21:51 Gosi wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 18:24 Soda-88 wrote:On March 05 2013 18:21 samwise_the_brave wrote:
sc2 is going to die !theire statement is total bs . when they would have wrote sth like :" sry but we cant make money with sc2" it would have been the truth . Yeah, SC2 is going to die. In 10-15 years. Seriously tho, you believe we will sit here 2023 watching sc2 as an "esport"? :p
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On March 05 2013 22:03 Gemini_sc2 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 21:51 Gosi wrote:On March 05 2013 18:24 Soda-88 wrote:On March 05 2013 18:21 samwise_the_brave wrote:
sc2 is going to die !theire statement is total bs . when they would have wrote sth like :" sry but we cant make money with sc2" it would have been the truth . Yeah, SC2 is going to die. In 10-15 years. Seriously tho, you believe we will sit here 2023 watching sc2 as an "esport"? :p SC3?
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A sad day for SC2. Let's hope this does not represent the first major casualty of many in the Foreign SC2 Scene.
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The release of the HOTS hurts a lot for these tournaments, but eventually they will get pack up, or at least I hope so.
EDIT: back*
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another patch zerg victim, watta a surprise.
anyways, im actually watching a starcraft 2 tournament today(iem) because its not the same exact boring ass game we've seen for like a year now.
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zzz people still watch this game? i gave up a long time ago
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Get CatsPajamas to take over the proleague casts for the love of god, this guy is talented, needs a good job and would do a hell of a lot better than the current situation!
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"HELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME!"
No seriously, IPL should have come clean about this and blocked furhter ticket orders days ago when SirScoots spread the rumour of IPL's cancellation. This feels like one of the worst kept secrets in esports.
I have no respect for IGN thanks to this delay. I have no respect for Ziff Davis Media either after what they supposedly did to TechTV and now IPL.
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ouch that airfare 
what a disaster
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That's extremely sad; I hope you guys can bounce back.
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"Today, game publishers are holding their own tournaments, which is why we are not ready to commit the resources at this time to run another major independent event. You should also know that we are working on finding a new home for the IPL team and IGN will continue to broadcast partner tournaments in the future."
Blizzard like runs a single tournament every year. I'm not entirely sure if this isn't entirely just BS answer they gave us. However I don't know how League runs.
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On March 05 2013 23:41 Pucca wrote:
"Today, game publishers are holding their own tournaments, which is why we are not ready to commit the resources at this time to run another major independent event. You should also know that we are working on finding a new home for the IPL team and IGN will continue to broadcast partner tournaments in the future."
Blizzard like runs a single tournament every year. I'm not entirely sure if this isn't entirely just BS answer they gave us. However I don't know how League runs.
Of course it is a BS answer. Riot runs the LCS every week but if there is a partner event like IEM, MLG or IPL the LCS matches are at the event and some LCS teams can still participate in the tournament.
And even if that would be reason for the cancellation they know that riot will run their own league since the end of season 2.
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This is a sad announcement for me. IPL1 was the first competitive gaming event I ever watched and what introduced me to esports. I enjoyed all the live IPL events even though they weren't all perfect.
With that said, this has nothing to do with SC2, or Riot games and League of Legends. It is entirely due to the fact that there is new management at IGN who is not interested in an esports venture and more concerned with cutting costs then anything else. It's business, plain and simple. Unfortunately I feel like the announcement was handled in an amateur fashion, being both brief and late. IPL should have been honest with it's customers as soon as they knew the event would have to be cancelled and an announcement should have been made by David Ting himself rather then leaving Kevin Knocke to do this by himself.
I don't know what is in store for IPL in the future, I can only imagine it will be no more as that seems to be the goal of new management, but I hope that the hardworking crew that made the IPL possible all find continued success in the esports industry.
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On March 05 2013 17:34 MrRicewife wrote:
By the way, The decision must not be obvious because you're wrong. If you knew what capitalism was about, you would have to agree building a trusting relationship with your customers is just as important as expanding and growing. The two go hand in hand. So yes, sometimes you have to suffer in the interest of the future relationship you create with your customers. In this case, IPL took the ez way out, and now is left with a lot of disappointed customers.
If you care to disagree, Microsoft is an example:
Slowly but surely, they have been ignoring the demands of what people want. They have been failing to listen, and in turn, gave up what was essentially (and legally at one point) a monopoly to Apple. Which is a company that one man worked at who could understand just how important it was to please their customer, or at the very least convince them that they care.
LOL. You're nuts. I wouldn't bleed a crapload of money just to keep a bunch of people happy. You're basically saying they should bleed their backers' money even though they know they won't break even. Would you bleed money if you knew a potato farm you invested in was going under regardless? I love some french fries man. You should show me some love.
Also, if you think Steve Jobs gave a flying shit what anyone else thought, you have an amazing talent at revising history.
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On March 06 2013 00:27 Pantagruel wrote:
With that said, this has nothing to do with SC2, or Riot games and League of Legends. It is entirely due to the fact that there is new management at IGN who is not interested in an esports venture and more concerned with cutting costs then anything else. It's business, plain and simple.
I wish everyone would understand that. I mean, an SC2 and LoL tournament gets cancelled and people argue that means SC2 is dying because of LoL. Literally.
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On March 05 2013 17:34 MrRicewife wrote:
By the way, The decision must not be obvious because you're wrong. If you knew what capitalism was about, you would have to agree building a trusting relationship with your customers is just as important as expanding and growing. The two go hand in hand. So yes, sometimes you have to suffer in the interest of the future relationship you create with your customers. In this case, IPL took the ez way out, and now is left with a lot of disappointed customers.
If you care to disagree, Microsoft is an example:
Slowly but surely, they have been ignoring the demands of what people want. They have been failing to listen, and in turn, gave up what was essentially (and legally at one point) a monopoly to Apple. Which is a company that one man worked at who could understand just how important it was to please their customer, or at the very least convince them that they care.
Wow, that's complete nonsense plus Apple evangelism in one.
On a side note - Microsoft is still king in office environment and in gaming world. And that's where are people really loyal to them.
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