WCS AM Season 2 to be run by NASL and Blizzard - Page 5
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							Riquiz
							
							
						 
						
						Netherlands402 Posts
						 
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							Kazeyonoma
							
							
						 
						
						United States2912 Posts
						 
					NASL has really built itself as the north american defacto league and already ran around 2-3 events a year, which lines up with the WCS season structure. It's infrastructure was just starting to reach a pinnacle in production value and now can turn it towards WCS America. They even had a more standard broadcast schedule throughout the week that made it more lineup more with what WCS America wanted and I feel it should've been the first pick to begin with. MLG, especially since they carry other games, was an understandable pick but made less sense. Now they can focus again on their live events, part of which the open bracket made it exciting to go visit, and they can seek out their own sponsors again. It just made more sense to do it this way because MLG also houses LoL, CoD, FGC and other games at their live events, and forcing all of those other leagues to lineup with blizzard's WCS seasons seemed dauntingly difficult. Good luck to MLG and I look forward to your amazing events again, and grats again to NASL for getting the chance they deserve!  | ||
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							Mekare
							
							
						 
						
						Germany393 Posts
						 
					Gogogo NASL, I'm sure you'll do a great job! <3  | ||
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							Chloroplaste
							
							
						 
						
						France281 Posts
						 
					So happy to see NASL crew again ! This is so awesome, MLG will continue to do Lan as they know how to do and will stop to fail at organisating WCS AM. Congratz NASL Crew, I will definitly follow this !  | ||
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							Bijan
							
							
						 
						
						United States286 Posts
						 
					Now we really have a good balance of regional, daily WCS content, and a healthy schedule of large, weekend-warrior tournaments. Things are shaping up.  | ||
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							Random2732
							
							
						 
						
						Canada51 Posts
						 
					cool news though, best of luck to all ^^  | ||
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							Plansix
							
							
						 
						
						United States60190 Posts
						 
					On June 19 2013 01:57 ramask2 wrote: "NASL will be handling the LAN portion of the event, while Blizzard's own staff in San Francisco (the old IGN guys) will be handling much of the rest.". ....Wait.... what!? So who's going to be casting the online part of the tounament..???? Likely Bitterdam and whoever else they hire. Don't read into press releases to much. Just wait for all the information to come out.  | ||
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							garbanzo
							
							
						 
						
						United States4046 Posts
						 
					On June 19 2013 01:58 Plansix wrote: Likely Bitterdam and whoever else they hire. Don't read into press releases to much. Just wait for all the information to come out. Don't they still have Kevin Knocke and other IPL guys?  | ||
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							Tobblish
							
							
						 
						
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							Schelim
							
							
						 
						
						Austria11528 Posts
						 
					On June 19 2013 01:58 Plansix wrote: Likely Bitterdam and whoever else they hire. Don't read into press releases to much. Just wait for all the information to come out. Bitterdam and Kevin Knocke with Idra or Incontrol plz. i guess Nathanis could work too but i think he's employed at ESL?  | ||
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							Aveng3r
							
							
						 
						
						United States2411 Posts
						 
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							Assirra
							
							
						 
						
						Belgium4169 Posts
						 
					On June 19 2013 01:49 Cinim wrote: What about Dreamhack?  (What about Dreamhack? ESL did a good job with WCS Europe. Let dreamhack be its own thing and let them focus on that 100%.  | ||
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							neoghaleon55
							
							
						 
						
						United States7435 Posts
						 
					thank god!  | ||
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							Plansix
							
							
						 
						
						United States60190 Posts
						 
					On June 19 2013 01:59 garbanzo wrote: Don't they still have Kevin Knocke and other IPL guys? Could be them too. The point is that NASL will release more information in the next couple of days. I wouldn't be shocked if Incontrol and Idra cast, since they are in Cali too. This is NASL, they could do anything.  | ||
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							Penev
							
							
						 
						
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							farvacola
							
							
						 
						
						United States18835 Posts
						 
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							Kyir
							
							
						 
						
						United States1047 Posts
						 
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						Canada3485 Posts
						 
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							Liquid`Nazgul
							
							
						 
						
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							FrostedMiniWheats
							
							
						 
						
						United States30730 Posts
						 
					I like my MLG, but their production of WCS AM was totally lacking. NASL and the IPL team I feel really knew how to go that extra mile and gives us not just the games but additional content that was fun. We're going to own EU this season :p!  | ||
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