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Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3703 Posts
August 08 2013 15:04 GMT
#261
On August 09 2013 00:02 gasmeter wrote:
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On August 08 2013 23:53 pjc8513 wrote:
Sc2 is sooooo dead. & e-sports. Was fun while it lasted. Go play soccer.


StarCraft 2 is not dead. Not sure where you got that from.


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
Profile Joined June 2011
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.
[14:15] <+Skrammen> I like clicking Gary's links, kinda. Its like playing with lava.
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
August 08 2013 15:05 GMT
#263
Not good for the NA scene
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
August 08 2013 15:05 GMT
#264
On August 09 2013 00:03 Crownlol wrote:
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On August 08 2013 22:49 Plansix wrote:
All right folks, I figured it out:

The next MLG Championship event is being held on 22-24 November.

Blizzcon is being held Novermber 8-9, with the championship that weekend. Why hold a SC2 event after the world championship? It seems a little redundant.


This fuckin' guy.

Hey, off seasons are cool. More time to plan.
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Dundron2000
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden1140 Posts
August 08 2013 15:06 GMT
#265
On August 08 2013 23:55 marcesr wrote:
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On August 08 2013 23:49 Penev wrote:
It would obviously suck if MLG would drop SC2 but I've seen pretty decent viewer numbers for WCS EU this week; So please refrain on the "SC2 is dying" please.


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
n.Die_Jaedong
Bigtony
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
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.
Push 2 Harder
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10819 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.
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Gentso
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2218 Posts
August 08 2013 15:11 GMT
#268
On August 08 2013 23:59 Plansix wrote:
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On August 08 2013 23:57 Gentso wrote:
On August 08 2013 23:54 Plansix wrote:
On August 08 2013 23:52 Gentso wrote:
On August 08 2013 23:46 Knightess wrote:
I hoep they dont jump the dota train. Dota is better off without MLG -_-


I agree. I can see them charging $10+ for in game tickets and other stupid nonsense already!

They already made like 4 million on the compendium. And Dota 2 always charges for in client viewing(except for TI3, which just had the compendium).


What? Compendium and MLG are completely different. Compendium is an optional way to support Valve and the players alike. It also comes with a bunch of cool stuff.

MLG tried making PPV events in SC2 with 8 players, has nonstop Doritos commercials, 480p streams, and money grubs at every possible corner. That's why I don't like them at all, because other tournaments just do it better.

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
Profile Joined January 2011
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
Profile Joined October 2011
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
Profile Joined October 2011
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
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-08 15:17:50
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
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
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.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19372 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.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17735 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.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Resilient
Profile Joined June 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-08 15:22:13
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.
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nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
August 08 2013 15:22 GMT
#278
On August 09 2013 00:17 Arzar wrote:
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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.

Yeah, I can't help to shake the feeling that despite the good intentions with WCS, it made the 2013 sc2 scene worse overall.
Banelings are too cute to blow up
NeonGenesis
Profile Joined September 2005
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.
It's all good. I just want rainbows, unicorns and machine guns. -Sundance DiGiovanni
HotGlueGun
Profile Joined January 2012
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.
Don't hoot with the Owls at night if you cant soar with the Eagles at dawn.
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