EPTMLG did great but I'm excited to hear more bitterdam now :D
WCS AM Season 2 to be run by NASL and Blizzard - Page 25
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Radicalness
United States271 Posts
MLG did great but I'm excited to hear more bitterdam now :D | ||
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caradoc
Canada3022 Posts
On June 20 2013 08:30 JimmyJRaynor wrote: again, a conspiracy is about communicating a crime. no criminal communications ...no conspiracy Ohhh... okay. so, what do you call that thing where someone believes there's shadowy stuff going on beneath the surface, with people or organizations, or entities CONSPIRING with each other to influence some outcome of something (to some inscrutible benefit), while hiding it from the public or from people who have some stake in the outcome but may be affected in a negative way? Then, how do you say, like what's the word for the THEORY that that person who believes all this has-- about what those said people/organizations are CONSPIRING about in the dark shadowy secret corners of unknown land, what do you call that THEORY? like, what word would you use, I know it can't be a conspiracy theory, but what is it? anyways, snark aside, MLG is fine, sc2 is fine. This is all good for everyone. Be excited that NASL gets to do what they like and are good at, and MLG gets to do what they like and are good at. Everyone wins. and again , i hope NASL returns to Toronto/Mississauga. yeah, would be awesome. | ||
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Chanted
Norway1001 Posts
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chipmonklord17
United States11944 Posts
EDIT: And that it will be Season 3's final (again that's been talked about briefly too) | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On June 20 2013 05:27 JimmyJRaynor wrote: We won't know until the end of season 3 if moving away from MLG and using NASL was an improvement for WCS-AM. This is definitely a great move for MLG though. They can focus on their true strengths. Is there any word on whether or not SC2 is going to be at any future MLG events? Or has this "pressure" from Blizzard disappeared? Blizzard may try to pressure MLG. But , the results of this "pressure" have been a very badly run WCS-AM. I do not think ATVI will try to leverage the CoD franchise against MLG to force MLG's hand into accommodating SC2 into their live events. They'll use their "CoD franchise power" for CoD related activities. As stated previously, ATVI barely knows SC2 exists. CoD, Skylanders, and WoW are the money makers. JimmyJRaynor hard at work for his next ban it seems. | ||
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Cereb
Denmark3388 Posts
Though I am gonna misss Axslav's casting of wcs! To me, he's the best analytical casting and he actually makes some great points every once in a while that are actually useful for my play ! That's so rare! But NASL <3 And Bitterdam <3 | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 20 2013 10:20 Integra wrote: JimmyJRaynor hard at work for his next ban it seems. The man is a legend in his own time. A myth, never to be copied or remade. His view of the world is not to be understood, only viewed from afar with a sense of wonder and confusion.  | ||
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
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CloudMage
Canada221 Posts
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Neoattitude
Guam172 Posts
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On June 19 2013 20:42 Gr33d wrote: Try posting something worthwhile then (Judging from your "argument" of just rewriting something in your lololbro language you can't I guess). Unless TB was included in the negotioations he is as much an insider as you or I am. He posts from his caster / team owner perspective AND as organisator for a (kinda) competing tournament. But feel free to correct me: - The MLG did host the offline (the most expensive) part in their office. They have this for some years already IIRC and unless they planned to suddenly move away from NY just before WCS happened, they would pay the rent anyway. - Do you *realy* think Blizzard could just say to MLG "Hey, you have to do this and also pay 40000 in prizes". Besides the fact that its a free market and MLG could just say no, what would be Blizzards way to pressure? No Blizzard games? Would hurt themself AND other companies make WCS Tier 1 + 2 events just fine. - If its such a bad thing and MLG was so desperate they had to accept to broadcast WCS, why would NASL *want* to broadcast? Maybe because there *is* profit in it, be it either money or brand exposure. The fact alone that a different company pursues the right to play a part in WCS pretty much proves this part false. Chances are great MLG did stop because they did such a bad job (yes, parts that were not in their control were responsible too) that it did hurt their brand. Its a company that wants to make profit, they didn't expect that it turned out this way and stopped. PS: I also think its funny to show them as kind of organisation that wants to foster american talent and it was not in their interest that koreans participated. They INVITED and gave MLG seeds to various koreans even before WCS and in addition kept a system that allowed players to be seeded even if they did produce only very bad results. (I like him as personality, so no offense there if I use him as example: Incontrol) I stopped reading at the part where you implied MLG's only/main expense in running the offline portion was the office rent money. | ||
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Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
On June 21 2013 10:15 Firestorm wrote: So what happens to the Axes? They'll probably still cast the normal MLGs, right? | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
On June 20 2013 05:45 Plansix wrote: JimmyJRaynor strikes with inside info on the inter workings of Activision. Apparently they barely know that SC2 exists, even though they alway talk about it at their earnings calls to share holders. Are they lying to their shareholders? Who knows? Do they even know what an RTS is? SC2 isn't leaving MLG and I don't know why you would have that impression. so far MLG stated they are doing the June 28-30th event. MLG could easily "leave" SC2 as they "left" Halo OR they could have an event as good as 2012-Anaheim for Summer. If MLG has made a commitment beyond Spring 2013 then post it. It can be placed in the post at the top of the thread. If you do not have this then you are just speculating and then slamming other posters for speculating. An interesting hypocrisy. SC2 is a very small revenue stream for ATVI. Blizzard has already announced the size of their SC2 team. It is much smaller than the WoW and CoD head count. Skylanders, WoW and CoD are the primary revenue drivers of ATVI and this is reflected in all their public communications. Like it or not SC2 is a small part of what ATVI does, As we continue to move up the executive ladder we see Vivendi shopping ATVI around because they need cash. | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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oxZellxo
United States2 Posts
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On June 21 2013 11:04 lamprey1 wrote: so far MLG stated they are doing the June 28-30th event. MLG could easily "leave" SC2 as they "left" Halo OR they could have an event as good as 2012-Anaheim for Summer. If MLG has made a commitment beyond Spring 2013 then post it. It can be placed in the post at the top of the thread. If you do not have this then you are just speculating and then slamming other posters for speculating. An interesting hypocrisy. SC2 is a very small revenue stream for ATVI. Blizzard has already announced the size of their SC2 team. It is much smaller than the WoW and CoD head count. Skylanders, WoW and CoD are the primary revenue drivers of ATVI and this is reflected in all their public communications. Like it or not SC2 is a small part of what ATVI does, As we continue to move up the executive ladder we see Vivendi shopping ATVI around because they need cash. sup jimmy? | ||
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BlueBoxSC
United States582 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
The format is shockingly similar. | ||
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Axxis
United States133 Posts
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