Anyone familiar with /b/ should know of summer fags, right? Now we suffer from another kind of cancer and thats idiots screaming the game is dead, when anyone with a brain can tell that it won't die off until star 3 comes out in 2030.

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Gary Oak

Canada2381 Posts

August 08 2013 15:05 GMT

#262

So... MLG Columbus isn't happening, is what this translates to. Hopefully they change their mind, otherwise, RIP in peace, MLG.

IMoperator

4476 Posts

August 08 2013 15:05 GMT

#263

Not good for the NA scene

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

August 08 2013 15:05 GMT

#264

On August 09 2013 00:03 Crownlol wrote:

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This fuckin' guy.

Hey, off seasons are cool. More time to plan.

Dundron2000

Sweden1140 Posts

August 08 2013 15:06 GMT

#265

On August 08 2013 23:55 marcesr wrote:

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If SC2 esport is heavily dependent on the sympathy of Blizzard it is dying.

so either people get mad at Blizzard for not being like Valve and Riot and taking a more hands on role in providing the infrastructure for the growth of the game or people get mad because what, Blizzard is interfering in the "invisible hand" of the market economy? cmon man, get it together

Bigtony

United States1606 Posts

August 08 2013 15:08 GMT

#266

Can't really blame MLG for this. Blizzard is years behind DOTA, LOL, and even WOT in terms of support for their game as an esport. The observer features, micro transaction, and monetization (not really sure about WOT) of those scenes is much better. Blizzard doesn't even have to innovate...just copy what is proven successful.

TelecoM

United States10691 Posts

August 08 2013 15:09 GMT

#267

This really sucks, I have only been to MLG twice, and both times it was MLG Colombus, I really am hoping they change this because I was really looking forward to playing in this MLG.

Gentso

United States2218 Posts

August 08 2013 15:11 GMT

#268

On August 08 2013 23:59 Plansix wrote:

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Yeah, but it doesn't mean they can't charge for in client viewing. MLG is trying to make money and isn't back by "steam sales" to fund all their efforts. Compairing the two is not really fair on any level.

Nobody should feel sympathetic for how a company is making money. If other tournaments are providing good free content, MLG can do it too. I'm not saying they can't charge, because most tournies charge. But most tournies also have free HD stream and better content.

Mackus

England1681 Posts

August 08 2013 15:14 GMT

#269

Not seeing the issue here aside it's demoralizing for the NA scene

MLG has always been behind in terms of storylines, production and most annoyingly downtime with the likes of ASUS, Dreamhack, IEM and GOM - Not including OSL here because their downtime is horrendous.
The last event they did was pretty good despite the slapping it got after WCS NA but it felt they peaked to their maximum.

Prove me wrong.

PosixT

United Kingdom10 Posts

August 08 2013 15:15 GMT

#270

Considering the feedback they get from the community before, during and after every event, I'm not surprised they're moving away.

Arzar

France51 Posts

August 08 2013 15:17 GMT

#271

Scott Smith ‏@SirScoots 1 h
You all can blame @MLG but I blame the people that should be fired over at WCS for actually making the scene worse.

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

August 08 2013 15:17 GMT

#272

On August 08 2013 23:49 ejozl wrote:
What happened? It was looking so good for SC2, games are more exciting now than ever, the best players are winning finally.

After WCS EU please tell me you're a troll

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

August 08 2013 15:17 GMT

#273

the fact that he vaguely announces it over twitter in an non committal fashion is a slap in the face. we lined his pockets for three years and i believe we deserve better.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19307 Posts

August 08 2013 15:18 GMT

#274

MLG knows that Naniwa was going to win the whole thing anyway. So instead it will be a single invitation and they will hand Dragon Slayer the trophy.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17261 Posts

August 08 2013 15:18 GMT

#275

Sundance's promises to "improve in the future" during mishaps of past events now seem almost comedic.

Resilient

United Kingdom1431 Posts

August 08 2013 15:19 GMT

#276

A game like SC2 that has inherent barriers that other games don't (1v1 only/heavy regional skill differences etc) needs constant attention/promotion and small tournaments to keep it relevant and fresh.

Blizzard have done nothing, preferring a hands-off approach as they say. The community can only take a game so far, especially when your home region is pretty much KO'd by WCS.

MLG are doing whats best for business. And given that Blizzard seem to be happy to pit their WCS regional finals against TI3 this weekend, they're probably doing the best thing.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

August 08 2013 15:21 GMT

#277

To be fair, When I think about MLG the only thing that really comes to mind were all the insane production failures they've managed to pull off. MLG has never really made it on my list over elite triple A tournaments such as Proleague, GSL, Dreamhack, Homestory cup with many many more which did it allot better.So, at least for me, MLG never really were that great to begin with.

nihlon

Sweden5581 Posts

August 08 2013 15:22 GMT

#278

On August 09 2013 00:17 Arzar wrote:

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Yeah, I can't help to shake the feeling that despite the good intentions with WCS, it made the 2013 sc2 scene worse overall.

NeonGenesis

Norway260 Posts

August 08 2013 15:22 GMT

#279

I don't think theres much doubt something happened between Blizzard and MLG because of the WCS stuff. This vague and suggestive - yet non-comitting statement, might be a political move to gain leverage in negotiations.

HotGlueGun

United States1409 Posts

August 08 2013 15:25 GMT

#280

On August 09 2013 00:21 Integra wrote:
To be fair, When I think about MLG the only thing that really comes to mind were all the insane production failures they've managed to pull off. MLG has never really made it on my list over elite triple A tournaments such as Proleague, GSL, Dreamhack, Homestory cup with many many more which did it allot better.So, at least for me, MLG never really were that great to begin with.

MLG's player pool was always top notch but they had a lot of downtime between games and low quality stream. The old MLG's where foreigners actually did well vs koreans were great but since then it has become less interesting.