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Undead1993
Germany17651 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
Also, more Chance. | ||
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
On June 19 2013 03:54 Rainling wrote: Axeltoss and Axslav are great casters, but NASL has much better online production and a more diverse lineup of casters, often bringing in guests, which makes them more fun to watch imo. I can't wait to see the NASL studio back in action next season! On June 19 2013 03:42 Proseat wrote: Also made official on the Blizzard WCS portal: http://wcs.battle.net/sc2/en/articles/wcs-america-operator-update I think it makes sense as NASL traditionally are a lot more experienced with day-to-day operations of Starcraft 2 broadcasting, while MLG always excelled at putting on great weekend tournament shows. Hopefully, MLG will not be too sour about how things transpired and will re-focus with new energy on what made them big and successful in the past. If anything, they probably took a good look at DreamHack and saw that there is a market in running big independent weekend tournaments outside the new WCS system, yet be somewhat associated by awarding WCS points. I like this development and wish much success to everyone involved. NASL isn't doing the online production part, Blizzard are. | ||
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Empirimancer
Canada1024 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 19 2013 04:04 Lonyo wrote: NASL isn't doing the online production part, Blizzard are. Well Blizzard hired the production crew from IPL and built a studio. It doesn't mean they aren't working with NASL's casters and so fourth. Their studios are really close together. | ||
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Fries
United States124 Posts
On June 19 2013 04:04 Lonyo wrote: NASL isn't doing the online production part, Blizzard are. Only for season 2. NASL is doing all of season three, and the NASL casters will stop by to cast the offline stuff still. | ||
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StarStruck
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TheSir
1830 Posts
On June 19 2013 02:52 AgentW wrote: 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. MLG cant exist without SC2? There are way more games then SC2, and what would you think the community would do if MLG would announce they are not allowed to run SC2 championships anymore because Blizzard wants them to run WCS with a loss? Well Blizzard would be fucked, i can tell you that right now. So and if that was true, why are they allowed to bail now then? Right, that makes not much sense. And MLG makes money of SC2? What? First thing i said when i heard about WCS, well im curious cause thats a lot of man power and resources your going to spent. Anyone could see that, so your telling me its better to let your partners push you around, on as project you know your going to loose money on and you know your going to deliver a shit product (for what ever reason) which will give you a shitload of bad reactions and hate in the community and you will have to pull out at some moment or invest a shitload more to make yourself look good again with the hope it works out..... Congratulations, they did almost exactly that. Its just next level stupidity. Of course you say no to your partners if they are trying to run your business and force you to loose money, then you say fuck you and move on to something else. Thats what any normal company would do, cause your loosing the control over your own damn company and your bending over and put your brand at risk. Again, next level stupidity and unless someones comes with real statements and no excuses (im so tired of excuses in esports) im going to think this cause i cant make anything else of it. | ||
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
Good luck NASL and new Blizzard staff! :D | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 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. It's great reading community feedback from people that have no idea what they're talking about | ||
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dizzy101
Netherlands2066 Posts
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yh93kim
Korea (South)62 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 19 2013 04:24 TotalBiscuit wrote: It's great reading community feedback from people that have no idea what they're talking about I was going to say that, but decided to be more polite about it. But, yeah, he is really just talking out of his ass and just claiming stuff is bullshit for no apparent reason. But enough about him. Back to the joy and the return of the Pulse. Oh yeah, its coming back. | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On June 19 2013 04:27 dizzy101 wrote: Ok, so it is ONLY the offline LAN portion that the NASL will produce? Why not the whole thing? Seems less of a big deal than the hubbub on Reddit suggests. Blizzard have the IPL guys as well and I believe there will be a lot of overlapping. edit: Overlapping is the wrong word, what I mean to say is that they can end up doing both. | ||
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JustPassingBy
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On June 19 2013 04:28 Plansix wrote: I was going to say that, but decided to be more polite about it. But, yeah, he is really just talking out of his ass and just claiming stuff is bullshit for no apparent reason. But enough about him. Back to the joy and the return of the Pulse. Oh yeah, its coming back. Cynical Brit is cynical :p | ||
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Frankon
3054 Posts
As for NASL. Hope they will do their job well. As for MLG. Lucky bastards. They dont have to waste money on there overpaid crew on daily basis and just use them once in a while during weekends. Also the price lock by Blizzard makes it easier for them to break even with their Pro Circuit events. | ||
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Schmoooopy
United States448 Posts
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grs
Germany2339 Posts
But anyways, I hope everyone focusses on what they can do best now. | ||
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Zax19
Czech Republic1136 Posts
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