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On March 05 2013 10:00 boxerfred wrote:IGN selling IPL -> IPL cancelled.. makes me believe that those "potential big buyers" they were talking about in a statement are seemingly not so interested. Sad to hear, I always liked Kevin Knocke 
i wouldn't be so sure about this one. If anyone had bought IPL, they would have to immediately take responsibility for IPL 6. Basically what im saying is it could have went down like this: "hey big shot, you want to buy ipl? cool. by the way there's a big tourney called IPL 6 at Vegas in like a month. Here's the bill."
The potential buyers might want to change IPL's whole business model and may have thought a live tourney of this caliber is just too expensive to run right off the bat. But time will tell, and we'll see if theres anybody actually interested in buying ipl.
its all speculation ofc....
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I feel for the teams and players that bought plane tickets.. Huge slap in the face for them.
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I dont really get this though. they posted viewership in the 2012/2013 shift and bragged about their viewership.
Now they say that there is to much competition?
Well, a business suicide by cancelling imo. If they are selling IGN they wont get much after this fasade.
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Very disappointing. I was looking forward to finally attending an eSports event and now this...
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On March 05 2013 10:08 geokilla wrote:
I feel for the teams and players that bought plane tickets.. Huge slap in the face for them.
There should be enough time until the event that teams and players can get a refund for the tickets.
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On March 05 2013 10:00 Exigaet wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 09:58 Archile wrote:On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies 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. "
Hmm... This could be referencing Riot and the LCS, which would be ongoing during the IPL 6. the viewership would be split, and the sc2 audience + 1/2 the league audience is not enough to support the prizepool and other expenses of IPL6. good luck IPL, hope you guys find a way to make it through this Riot killing eSports. 
I dunno dawg, LoL seems to be doing quite well so far.
Just seems like SC2 can't carry a tournament on it's own back anymore
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This is really sad news, I always felt the IPL live events were rly cool Additionally this sucks a lot for the mapmaking community since IPL was about to introduce some new maps...
On March 05 2013 09:52 IGNProLeague wrote:
When we launched IPL two years ago, the eSports landscape was very different with far fewer events than we have now. 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.
Hm... Blizz and Valve have their own tournaments but those aren't essential for the scenes to exists I think... I don't know all about LoL but I guess it's about that game so... LoL/Riot killing esport. Can we stop saying that LoL can only be good for esport and SC2?
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Thank you for everything IGN. IPL's tournaments were always something I looked forward too and watched religiously, Definitely my favorite eSports event to watch. Obviously the tournaments were not sustainable and with little to no ROI it's a smart move to pull out as a bad investment. From a business point of view I understand, but as a fan I'll definitely miss all of your great productions.
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On March 05 2013 10:10 torg wrote:
I dont really get this though. they posted viewership in the 2012/2013 shift and bragged about their viewership.
Now they say that there is to much competition?
Well, a business suicide by cancelling imo. If they are selling IGN they wont get much after this fasade.
This is pure speculation, but I believe the viewership for LoL benefits Riot (through whatever contractual agreements were made) more than it does IGN/IPL. And if I'm not mistaken, the viewership for LoL was the only thing that could have possibly kept them afloat. The viewership for SC2 simply didn't cut it for the investment they were putting into the tournament.
tl;dr I think Riot proposed something along the lines of, "Sure, you can have our game, but we're taking most of the money you generate," and then IPL went broke.
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On March 05 2013 10:11 Eishi_Ki wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 10:00 Exigaet wrote:On March 05 2013 09:58 Archile wrote:On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies 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. "
Hmm... This could be referencing Riot and the LCS, which would be ongoing during the IPL 6. the viewership would be split, and the sc2 audience + 1/2 the league audience is not enough to support the prizepool and other expenses of IPL6. good luck IPL, hope you guys find a way to make it through this Riot killing eSports. I dunno dawg, LoL seems to be doing quite well so far. Just seems like SC2 can't carry a tournament on it's own back anymore
GSL seems to manage
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Where dat snitch at?37125 Posts
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Thank you for the memories IPL. Best of luck!
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United Kingdom20345 Posts
They're not refunding travel expenses, cancelling is a massive fuck you to all of the people who trusted them to put on a nice event.
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Good thing I've always liked MLG more. I mean yeah sure, it sucks that IPL is gone, but Sundance is so based that it doesn't even matter.
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unfortunate
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On March 05 2013 10:13 garlicface wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 10:10 torg wrote:
I dont really get this though. they posted viewership in the 2012/2013 shift and bragged about their viewership.
Now they say that there is to much competition?
Well, a business suicide by cancelling imo. If they are selling IGN they wont get much after this fasade. This is pure speculation, but I believe the viewership for LoL benefits Riot (through whatever contractual agreements were made) more than it does IGN/IPL. And if I'm not mistaken, the viewership for LoL was the only thing that could have possibly kept them afloat. The viewership for SC2 simply didn't cut it for the investment they were putting into the tournament.
before all this stuff happened, at ipl 5, david ting said in some interviews they closed a deal with capcom to bring in the fighting games in for the next ipl. They definitely would have brought a lot of viewers aside from sc2 and lol. I just dont think views alone in the esports scene is good enough right now as the only source to get the roi's for these huge lan events.
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On March 05 2013 10:13 allyourbase3 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 10:11 Eishi_Ki wrote:On March 05 2013 10:00 Exigaet wrote:On March 05 2013 09:58 Archile wrote:On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies 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. "
Hmm... This could be referencing Riot and the LCS, which would be ongoing during the IPL 6. the viewership would be split, and the sc2 audience + 1/2 the league audience is not enough to support the prizepool and other expenses of IPL6. good luck IPL, hope you guys find a way to make it through this Riot killing eSports. I dunno dawg, LoL seems to be doing quite well so far. Just seems like SC2 can't carry a tournament on it's own back anymore GSL seems to manage
WoT?
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United States97277 Posts
Sucks that this has to happen. Hopefully IPL and all that can find a new home and we can see it in the future.
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On March 05 2013 10:13 allyourbase3 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 10:11 Eishi_Ki wrote:On March 05 2013 10:00 Exigaet wrote:On March 05 2013 09:58 Archile wrote:On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies 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. "
Hmm... This could be referencing Riot and the LCS, which would be ongoing during the IPL 6. the viewership would be split, and the sc2 audience + 1/2 the league audience is not enough to support the prizepool and other expenses of IPL6. good luck IPL, hope you guys find a way to make it through this Riot killing eSports. I dunno dawg, LoL seems to be doing quite well so far. Just seems like SC2 can't carry a tournament on it's own back anymore GSL seems to manage
they get views from two mediums, television and online. Hot6ix is and has been the title sponsor and thats primarily aimed at the korean audience. I'm guessing their television views have a much more bigger impact on their sponsorships/roi's than online?
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On March 05 2013 10:17 Eishi_Ki wrote:Show nested quote +On March 05 2013 10:13 allyourbase3 wrote:On March 05 2013 10:11 Eishi_Ki wrote:On March 05 2013 10:00 Exigaet wrote:On March 05 2013 09:58 Archile wrote:On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies 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. "
Hmm... This could be referencing Riot and the LCS, which would be ongoing during the IPL 6. the viewership would be split, and the sc2 audience + 1/2 the league audience is not enough to support the prizepool and other expenses of IPL6. good luck IPL, hope you guys find a way to make it through this Riot killing eSports. I dunno dawg, LoL seems to be doing quite well so far. Just seems like SC2 can't carry a tournament on it's own back anymore GSL seems to manage WoT?
GSL expanding to another game just means they're doing well enough to run another title other than SC2. I don't see World of Tanks surpassing SC2 at all.
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