edit: actually i may be mistaken, im trying to look up the channel but i cant find a clear answer. Sorry, i might be confusing it with the other starcraft broadcasts from other companies

renaissanceMAN

United States1840 Posts

March 05 2013 01:38 GMT

#102

very sad, because LG-IM was most certainly going to take home another team league trophy

Hot_Bid

Braavos36379 Posts

March 05 2013 01:40 GMT

#103

at IGN the children screamed,
Stephano cried and Leenock dreamed.
but not a word was spoken...
business model was broken.
the three races I admire most:
the Protoss, Zerg, and the Terran ghost...
they canceled their flights to the coast
the day IPL died

farvacola

United States18839 Posts

March 05 2013 01:40 GMT

#104

Ya know, I never really felt all that strongly about IPL, and it has almost nothing to do with the quality of their content nor tournament production. IPL 3, 4, and 5 were amazing, and the content they put out in between was not only pretty good, there was a lot of it. I simply enjoyed other leagues a bit more, and would always prioritize the GSL, MLG, DH, and even the NASL once Bitterdam came aboard over the IPL, and as a pretty diehard fan of esports. I can't help but feel a bit bad about that in retrospect. I feel the worst for Kevin Knocke, who is an absolute credit to this community, Sc2, and the esports scene in general, and I really hope he ends up somewhere where his talents can continue to impress hardcore fans and the casual audience alike.

Sad no matter how you shade it

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

March 05 2013 01:41 GMT

#105

Thank you IPL for providing refunds to everyone who bought tickets

Nazeron

Canada1046 Posts

March 05 2013 01:42 GMT

#106

sad to see it not happening, feel really bad for the people who already bought tickets and things of that nature to go and watch.

TommyP

United States6231 Posts

March 05 2013 01:42 GMT

#107

"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."

Didn't they have IPL5 and plan for IPL6 after BWC and after Riot put on like 2000 LoL tournaments?

PhoenixVoid

Canada32743 Posts

March 05 2013 01:42 GMT

#108

I expected this to happen, but seeing it confirmed just makes me super sad. IPL events have always been a personal favorite of mine, and seeing this happen is not good news. IPL6 was going to be epic being the swan song of WoL, an epic IPTL finals and a HotS open bracket. I suppose this is just the nature of competition, but at least IPL isn't dead, and it still has a chance for restructuring and repairing itself for the future. Hope the best works our for IPL in the future.

(P.S. What about IPTL finals? Are they being broadcasted in the future online, or being done like last time in another live venue?)

jiberish

80 Posts

March 05 2013 01:42 GMT

#109

Damn, IPL was getting better and better. Every IPL improved so much in terms of production quality and event quality.

Peacecrafts

45 Posts

March 05 2013 01:43 GMT

#110

On March 05 2013 10:33 Arceus wrote:
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?

For some reason I don't believe Ziff Davis does anything, research or thinking, except making decisions base on short term profit.

They said they want to grow the brand IGN, then they cancel a major tournaments and alienate thousands of gamers/companies/organizations.

FoShao

United States256 Posts

March 05 2013 01:45 GMT

#111

scumbag LoL

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

March 05 2013 01:45 GMT

#112

Is Polt vs. Hyun still on for $8,000 at SXSW?

TommyP

United States6231 Posts

March 05 2013 01:48 GMT

#113

I feel for the players who played an online tournament for a day, qualified and now have nothign to show for it.

Fujikura

United States337 Posts

March 05 2013 01:48 GMT

#114

On March 05 2013 10:45 Fionn wrote:
Is Polt vs. Hyun still on for $8,000 at SXSW?

As far as I know it still is on!!! We haven't received notification, otherwise!

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

March 05 2013 01:49 GMT

#115

This is what i've always fear about with IPL. What happens if/when IGN decides to say no more? IPL was a very daring risk made by IGN. They spent a lot of money on it. (hell IPL 5 cost them over a million dollars alone). Banking so much on one company just seemed too good to be true. And then when IGN went up for sale... I'm not the least bit surprised this is happening. It's a shame as they did put on great events (although their best production was from outside with Reveille producing IPL 3 and GOM producing IPL 5).

Sad day. Maybe they will surprise me and make a comeback, but I'm not counting on it (despite the positive words we may hear from them in the coming days saying stuff like "oh we are in talks with X amount of companies" or something).

Peacecrafts

45 Posts

March 05 2013 01:50 GMT

#116

On March 05 2013 10:42 TommyP 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."

Didn't they have IPL5 and plan for IPL6 after BWC and after Riot put on like 2000 LoL tournaments?

Pretty sure it's just a convenient excuse for its parent company to scrap something that wasn't going to make profit in the short term.

MaestroSC

United States2073 Posts

March 05 2013 01:50 GMT

#117

On March 05 2013 10:40 Hot_Bid wrote:
at IGN the children screamed,
Stephano cried and Leenock dreamed.
but not a word was spoken...
business model was broken.
the three races I admire most:
the Protoss, Zerg, and the Terran ghost...
they canceled their flights to the coast
the day IPL died

And they were singing,
Why Why must the IPL die?
But Sundance G, cheered with glee
Said, "The U.S. Scene is all Mine!

My Competitions dead
And now I wont have to try
I've got the U.S. Scene
Entirely monopolized.

(I don't count those NASL league guys
Compared to Me they are a bunch of small frys.)"

At MLG they dont care that the pural of fry is actually fry.

TommyP

United States6231 Posts

March 05 2013 01:51 GMT

#118

I'm really curious about the future of IPTL. Did MVP and IM just waste time and give IPL free exposure? lol

Necosarius

Sweden4042 Posts

March 05 2013 01:51 GMT

#119

That's too bad, was hoping for a last WoL event

mrRoflpwn

United States2618 Posts

March 05 2013 01:53 GMT

#120

Ah this sucks for everyone. IPL had a big thing going for them. I guess the IPTL will not have a finals either? sucks for all the teams that put so much effort into it.