EPTIPL 6 is Cancelled - Official Statement - Page 8
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Azarkon
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Demonhunter04
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On March 05 2013 10:56 Noocta wrote: Riot is owned by the 3rd richest compagny in the world, Tengcent or something. That's where the money come from for big things like the LCS, which is basically Riot setting up their own teamhouses for everyone, their own studio, their own leagues, and bringing all the teams at one place, and everything is paid by Riot. Just try to compete against that... Tencent is the 3rd largest internet company in the world behind Google and Amazon, not the 3rd overall. They also own Epic Games, by the way. | ||
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On March 05 2013 11:13 Demonhunter04 wrote: Tencent is the 3rd largest internet company in the world behind Google and Amazon, not the 3rd overall. They also own Epic Games, by the way. Correct. The third biggest company in the world is Walmart.  | ||
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ihOpe
192 Posts
On March 05 2013 11:13 Azarkon wrote: Correct. The third biggest company in the world is Walmart. haha i looked it up too :D Also38billion market cap does not come close to the big car makers Daimler and volkswagen in germany. Largest companies in the world ar the oil lords :D | ||
Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On March 05 2013 10:56 Noocta wrote: Riot is owned by the 3rd richest compagny in the world, Tengcent or something. That's where the money come from for big things like the LCS, which is basically Riot setting up their own teamhouses for everyone, their own studio, their own leagues, and bringing all the teams at one place, and everything is paid by Riot. Just try to compete against that... I remember Destiny bringing up this issue ages ago. The e-sports scene for other games is heavily, heavily subsized by the actual publishers of those games. It's a marketing expense that extends the long-tail of their gaming sales and bolsters the value of their IP. Blizzard has been terrible at growing their scene. They were/are so arrogant based on WoW's and Broodwar's success, they thought simply making a great game would guarantee it would have a long shelf life. Even though they announced two expansions, it doesn't seem like they saw the development of e-sports as an ongoing, active investment. | ||
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thragar
Canada450 Posts
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figq
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i want more Kevin Knocke live events | ||
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nomyx
United States2205 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On March 05 2013 11:13 Demonhunter04 wrote: Tencent is the 3rd largest internet company in the world behind Google and Amazon, not the 3rd overall. They also own Epic Games, by the way. Yah, that's what I meant. Forgot to specify it =( | ||
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ZergX
France436 Posts
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Redfish
United States142 Posts
As far as the whole NA SC2 scene goes, I think this spells a lot of trouble. I've been to two live tournaments, IPL3 and MLG Providence 2011. What I remember from IPL3 was amazing venues, a great atmosphere (sitting three feet from Stephano and Thorzain watching them dork around with offraces in the practice room), a great stage, comfortable seats for everyone. What I remember from MLG was a super crowded huge room, jostling for space on a concrete floor to sit on for hours at a time (people held seats for hours since they were so precious), very restrictive areas, inability to bring concessions inside the convention hall, and poor service at the shop. It was still enjoyable Starcraft but it was much less relaxing to be a spectator there. Hopefully the tournament scene continues to grow and be more competitive, but I have my doubts, and after the way this was handled, ZD/IGN is going to have to work a lot harder to get my money again. | ||
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Peacecrafts
45 Posts
On March 05 2013 11:19 nomyx wrote: Wasn't IPL going to have an $8000 showmatch? Is that still going on or what (I think it was between Byun and someone) go back a page(page 7) On March 05 2013 11:05 IGNProLeague wrote: Yes, our friends at Alienware will be hosting our event with us at SXSW. All our staff is already there and setting up the production assets we had prepared for IPL6. Our goal was to match the mark GOM made at IPL5. We are putting our all into this event, and please tune in for the Ultimate Fight Club. p.s. my man Paul made this bittersweet promo: p.p.s. my man Paul wrote Austin Convention Center when it should be Palmer Events Center. | ||
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Havik_
United States5585 Posts
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vthree
Hong Kong8039 Posts
On March 05 2013 11:17 Defacer wrote: I remember Destiny bringing up this issue ages ago. The e-sports scene for other games is heavily, heavily subsized by the actual publishers of those games. It's a marketing expense that extends the long-tail of their gaming sales and bolsters the value of their IP. Blizzard has been terrible at growing their scene. They were/are so arrogant based on WoW's and Broodwar's success, they thought simply making a great game would guarantee it would have a long shelf life. Even though they announced two expansions, it doesn't seem like they saw the development of e-sports as an ongoing, active investment. I am not sure a direct comparison can be made due to the differences in the business model. The revenue from games like SC2 is from game (box/download) sales while LoL is free but with things like champs and skins. So I think the pro scene has different affects on the revenue. For example, BW was still going strong as a e-sports until 2011 in Korea. But do you think Blizzard made a lot of BW sales in 2011? But for something like LoL, as long as pros are using new champs, they can always generate revenue. Again, I am not saying which way is better. They are just different. Like someone pointed out above, things like the LCS are part of the marketing budget for LoL. And marketing will always be about ROI. The Riot game payment model simply generates more revenue from hosting tournaments in the pro scene compare to Blizzard games. | ||
modesttoss
United States221 Posts
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MF_Icy
Sweden99 Posts
It has been a long time (I believe) since a SC2 tournament was cancelled; really annoying and frustrating for those who planned to go. I guess that is the cost of cancellation. | ||
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Headnoob
Australia2108 Posts
Guess them publishers don't pay like they used to. | ||
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blastyblast21
United States61 Posts
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