On April 09 2013 04:34 Branman wrote: I guess this explains why EG is moving their team house to San Francisco.
Cause Blizzard bought them? ^^
they are moving from nevada to san franciso? oO sources pls.
Go watch their streams, they aren't super secretive about it. Incontrol has already moved to the Bay area. The rest will follow. Catz also talked about with the advent of NA WCS, they were looking to start a team house in California near EG. If we have team houses and a blizzard-sponsored esports organization in San Francisco, then we're starting to see the beginnings of an actual American esports scene that might allow live content that isn't played online.
It's still shame to have lost IPL as a tournament, in part because of the other games they had there, such as fighting games, but will be exciting to see the content the former staff members will make for Blizzard.
On April 09 2013 04:43 Xacez wrote: Yeah IPL from a LoL tournament perspective is now dead because IPL=Blizzard, and why would Blizzard run something related to LoL?
On April 09 2013 04:43 Xacez wrote: Yeah IPL from a LoL tournament perspective is now dead because IPL=Blizzard, and why would Blizzard run something related to LoL?
They're still going to run MOBA tournaments, they'll just be playing Blizzard All-Stars.
On April 09 2013 04:43 Xacez wrote: Yeah IPL from a LoL tournament perspective is now dead because IPL=Blizzard, and why would Blizzard run something related to LoL?
I dunno maybe to get more money?
I agree. First of Blizzard has no foothold in the DOTA genre anyway soo making money of of it wouldn't hurt and IPL could be made profitable with LoL alone if Blizzard and Riot work together.
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! Honestly i was only expecting them to hire Kevin and some other key figures there, but this is spectacularly good news for them. They had some of the best content in America, and far and away the most consistent content
"Saving eSports" is kind of funny in this respect. Are they saving SC2? Probably not, SC2's doing just fine with the current number of tournaments, and people have even been talking about oversaturation of SC2's tournaments, which this may only further perpetuate. Instead, the League of Legends scene, the fighting game scene and the Shootmania scene all lost a huge major tournament with this purchase. Had IPL been purchased by another corporate sponsor and allowed to continue with their previous track, that would have "saved eSports" way more than this purchase does.
why keep the same people? IGN dumped them for a reason. I haven't had the stomach to watch any of their content since IPL 3 because I just don't think they had the quality of personnel to make it worth my while. Cool blizzard is getting involved but is a sinking ship really where you want to place your trust? good luck to them hopefully they turn it into something worthwhile.
On April 09 2013 04:34 Branman wrote: I guess this explains why EG is moving their team house to San Francisco.
Cause Blizzard bought them? ^^
they are moving from nevada to san franciso? oO sources pls.
Go watch their streams, they aren't super secretive about it. Incontrol has already moved to the Bay area. The rest will follow. Catz also talked about with the advent of NA WCS, they were looking to start a team house in California near EG. If we have team houses and a blizzard-sponsored esports organization in San Francisco, then we're starting to see the beginnings of an actual American esports scene that might allow live content that isn't played online.
Yeah, this isn't rocket science. A lot of folks are moving to the Bay area, where the suns is bright, the ping to Korea is good, and Blizzard is local. With NASL right down the road. The only group that would need to open a studio out there is MLG.
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