EPTBlizzard Buys IGN Pro League - Page 7
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PhoenixVoid
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WolfintheSheep
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On April 09 2013 05:13 iMOOrtal wrote: Good and bad. It's unfortunate that some can't stand on their own with the product, without the Blizzard parachuting in to save/absorb these brands. At the same time, I think it's wonderful that Blizzard bought it because obviously with the WCS changes things are moving forward (not perfectly but definitely better as a result). I guess I don't really have an opinion on this yet. Except Blizzard isn't really saving the brand. They're buying out experienced staff with all the infrastructure to manage content creation and broadcasting, and they're dropping the old brand. As I said back in the old IPL Closing threads, anyone interested in starting up any kind of Esports content creation would have been foolish to ignore IPL's existing resources. | ||
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Plansix
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On April 09 2013 05:22 TommyP wrote: Does creating content mean IPTL/IPL6? Obviously they would be under a different name should they ever happen. No, they hired the staff and assets. They are not running the same leagues. Blizzard already has a league, called the WCS. | ||
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 Looking forward to the Blizzard content coming up. | ||
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Prog455
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On April 09 2013 04:48 scintilliaSD wrote: "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. Nono you got it all wrong. Starcraft 2 IS eSports. LoL and Riot in particular is a villain supported by Dustin Browder and David Kim, trying to kill everything we hold dear. Seriously though, i really hope that IPL will still be for shooters, fighters and even LoL. I don't see anything good coming out of a feud between Blizzard and Riot. | ||
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FatBat
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TommyP
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On April 09 2013 05:24 Plansix wrote: No, they hired the staff and assets. They are not running the same leagues. Blizzard already has a league, called the WCS. Yea i know but WCS isnt a team league and IPTL was awesome | ||
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Plansix
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On April 09 2013 05:32 FatBat wrote: wait .. What about EG announcement of incontrol and his wife moving to bay area? No announcement. They just moved to a house in the Bay area like normal people. The same area with Blizzard and NASL are. People are just putting things together because we are smart and stuff. | ||
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Brutaxilos
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On April 09 2013 04:40 Broodwurst wrote: There is no more IPL. There is a new Blizzard braodcasting/tournament division (or whatever it's called.) Excellent. | ||
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