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WCS AM Season 2 to be run by NASL and Blizzard - Page 11
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SanchoPanda
United States117 Posts
Can't wait <3 | ||
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FrodaN
754 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:13 turdburgler wrote: what money did they spend exactly? they hired no new staff, held it in their studio that is already paid for and blizzard at least covered prize money. if you cant make money in a tourney like that, you have no hope. compare it to ESL who are in the same situation, and they put on a lot of extra work for their WCS league, and it was great. so unless you are saying that 200-400k hours of ad revenue is enough to make or break WCS i dont see how mlg can be happy to move away from it. and if you cant make money on NA times with limited additional outlay, why are NASL to eager to move in to hosting it? Flights, hotels, the set, Axeltoss+Axslav, equipment, graphics packages (way more $$ than you think), production team, and many more hidden costs that will be forever unknown. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:42 Lonyo wrote: NASL being good at what they did won't count for anything when they aren't doing much at all during the regular season. Blizz screwing up once again. They will be getting the IGN guys presumably to run most of the show, and NASL was so ridiculously much better than IPL in terms of the overall show there's almost no point in bothering with the whole debacle once again, as Blizz look like they are giving with one hand by involving NASL, then taking away by not using NASL's main strengths. Are you kidding me? Put away your pitchfork and wait for a whole day before you go all internet outraged. You have no idea how this is going to be run or who is doing what. Stop digging through the press release just to find something to be pissed about. | ||
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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Fries
United States124 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:42 Lonyo wrote: NASL being good at what they did won't count for anything when they aren't doing much at all during the regular season. Blizz screwing up once again. They will be getting the IGN guys presumably to run most of the show, and NASL was so ridiculously much better than IPL in terms of the overall show there's almost no point in bothering with the whole debacle once again, as Blizz look like they are giving with one hand by involving NASL, then taking away by not using NASL's main strengths. My impression is this is just a transitional period as NASL gets ready. I doubt every season will be this way. | ||
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
 Hopefully NASL pull off something special and peoples confidence in them is returned. | ||
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TheSir
1830 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:38 Plansix wrote: I don't think it had much to do with pitch forks at all. MLG opted out of WCS and didn't want to do it in the first place. Then why do it? Whats the difference of bailing out before the start or after just one freaking season. It all sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. This is exactly like the weak ass GSL production and excuses we got last week. All i hear are excuses why something was or wasn't possible. And dont tell me, like TB is suggesting, that MLG was forced to run it because then as MLG make a statement with not running it and let the community grab the pitchforks towards Blizzard. But hey if thats true then MLG likes to bend over i guess and i was rating them to high even after all the fuck ups they make on a regular basis. This hole thing is a joke, and even worse then OGN/GOM nonsense. | ||
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BretZ
United States1510 Posts
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Ichabod
United States1659 Posts
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Blargh
United States2104 Posts
Couldn't be worse than what it was though, right? | ||
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thunder54
38 Posts
MLG doing great weekends, NASL doing the league so happy right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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FluffyBinLaden
United States527 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:47 TheSir wrote: Then why do it? Whats the difference of bailing out before the start or after just one freaking season. It all sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. This is exactly like the weak ass GSL production and excuses we got last week. All i hear are excuses why something was or wasn't possible. And dont tell me, like TB is suggesting, that MLG was forced to run it because then as MLG make a statement with not running it and let the community grab the pitchforks towards Blizzard. But hey if thats true then MLG likes to bend over i guess and i was rating them to high even after all the fuck ups they make on a regular basis. This hole thing is a joke, and even worse then OGN/GOM nonsense. You mean the deep rooted Korean business practices nonsense? The kind that has been going on for decades. The kind that SC2 and Blizzard cannot fix with brute force. OGN is a large broadcast company and not someone Blizzard can just push around and tell them what to do. But your entitled to your opinion and can think it is bullshit. I am inclined to believe them, since TB has never lied to me before. The same with the GSL issues. I have no reason to think any of those people are bullshitting me. | ||
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
Bitterdam alone will draw double viewership. | ||
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:47 TheSir wrote: Then why do it? Whats the difference of bailing out before the start or after just one freaking season. It all sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. This is exactly like the weak ass GSL production and excuses we got last week. All i hear are excuses why something was or wasn't possible. And dont tell me, like TB is suggesting, that MLG was forced to run it because then as MLG make a statement with not running it and let the community grab the pitchforks towards Blizzard. But hey if thats true then MLG likes to bend over i guess and i was rating them to high even after all the fuck ups they make on a regular basis. This hole thing is a joke, and even worse then OGN/GOM nonsense. Based upon your equivalence of this situation and the OGN/GOM one, I'm going to assume you haven't allowed any consideration for the internal politics of the WCS setup. I have no idea what went on, but image being given a few weeks to set up the largest tournament your game has ever created and trying to bang out everything both logically and legally. Was MLG supposed to say no to the people who permit them to use a game with a large fanbase in major competition, a game that makes them money? Certainly not. | ||
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Fragile51
Netherlands15767 Posts
This is pretty good D: Was scared bitterdam and frotorp were stuck just casting tanks all day, glad to see that's not happening. | ||
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
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