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IPL 6 is Cancelled - Official Statement - Page 5

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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
March 05 2013 01:18 GMT
#81
Thank you IPL.
The ref to Riot LCS somewhat make me bitter. Riot and their Chinese overminds are creating a bubble from whom I fear the explosion.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13392 Posts
March 05 2013 01:19 GMT
#82
On March 05 2013 10:18 Noocta wrote:
Thank you IPL.
The ref to Riot LCS somewhat make me bitter. Riot and their Chinese overminds are creating a bubble from whom I fear the explosion.


I don't get it. What do you mean?
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Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 01:25:00
March 05 2013 01:22 GMT
#83
On March 05 2013 10:14 Cyro wrote:
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.

Yeah. If that's how this is gonna end, then good fucking riddance.

edit: nm misread TB's tweet
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neoghaleon55
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7435 Posts
March 05 2013 01:22 GMT
#84
Seriously sucks for all the players that you promised to fly out to Vegas.
They lost precious practice time and sleep over something that will never happened.

I'm so angry that IPL lead everyone on a fucking wild goose chase.
Terrible management.
moo...for DRG
Vespasian
Profile Joined August 2010
Romania44 Posts
March 05 2013 01:23 GMT
#85
IGN fan will I not ever be !

They finally announce it after everyone already found out a week ago ...
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Jacmert
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada1709 Posts
March 05 2013 01:24 GMT
#86
On March 05 2013 10:04 Wyrd wrote:
Shame. I hope this doesn't destroy inter-league competition in US. Who's next to compete with MLG?

NASL, of course and in Europe and internationally, Dreamhack / IEM.
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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
March 05 2013 01:24 GMT
#87
So urm now that it's official how should liquipedia be edited in response to this, run a massive line through the pages saying "cancelled".
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 05 2013 01:26 GMT
#88
On March 05 2013 10:24 Fusilero wrote:
So urm now that it's official how should liquipedia be edited in response to this, run a massive line through the pages saying "cancelled".

I suggest just having this come up on the page over everything
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Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
March 05 2013 01:26 GMT
#89
I think this officially heralds the end of the honeymoon period for international eSports. Didn't think it was going to be IPL that went belly up first, but then again, they were the lavish spenders, setting a standard for premium tournaments but at the same time, losing money in the process. When the management change came and the vision for IGN shifted, it was only a matter of time.
Beakyboo
Profile Joined May 2010
United States485 Posts
March 05 2013 01:26 GMT
#90
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.


I really doubt this has much to do with why they're canceling, but whatever.
iViNtaGe
Profile Joined July 2012
United States254 Posts
March 05 2013 01:27 GMT
#91
That sucks.... ;(

Maybe the upcoming news will make it a bit better.

Or maybe MLG will finally step their game up again to help fill the void of best foreign events.

One can hope.
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Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 01:28:04
March 05 2013 01:27 GMT
#92
I always thought IGN had unrealistic ideas about what esports was, is, and should be. It doesn't surprise me in the least that they're gone now. They brought a lot of arrogance to the scene and claimed that everyone else was doing things "wrong", but clearly they were diving in headfirst into something they didn't completely understand.
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
March 05 2013 01:28 GMT
#93
On March 05 2013 10:18 recklessfire wrote:
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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


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?

Is GSL on TV nowdays? i was under the impression it was just on gomtv, online.
KiWiKaKi
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada691 Posts
March 05 2013 01:29 GMT
#94
ur pro or ur noob , thats life
Hrrrrm
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2081 Posts
March 05 2013 01:29 GMT
#95
IGN couldn't of been sold at a worse time. Don't think this will hurt too much in the long term, just sucks that there is one less big event pushing standards higher. Hope to hear from some of the folks at IPL in the weeks/months ahead about what went down.

Wish em well.
alot = a lot (TWO WORDS)
Scisyhp
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States200 Posts
March 05 2013 01:31 GMT
#96
This was incredibly unprofessionally handled. Whether or not there are issues with things within the company, waiting this long to make a statement is really not something anybody should ever be doing.
Larkin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom7161 Posts
March 05 2013 01:32 GMT
#97
Well that sucks. Hope to see you guys back on your feet soon.
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Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
March 05 2013 01:33 GMT
#98
So they basically find out that this event could not yield returns and back the fuck out last minute.

I mean, really? Did they do any market research and shit or just pour money in and cancel whenever it doesnt seem ok?
partydude89
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
1850 Posts
March 05 2013 01:33 GMT
#99
at least we have an offical statement
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Oreo7
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1647 Posts
March 05 2013 01:34 GMT
#100
This is a very short post for a very serious situation. More elaboration would be nice (I say nice to be polite, honestly it's necessary for IPL to have an legitimacy going forward.)
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