EPTIPL yet to pay out multiple top finishers from IPL5 - Pag…
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Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
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SimoNostalgia
United States226 Posts
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CursivE
Australia317 Posts
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
I guess I have some relevant information to pitch in. One of the reasons I got pretty close with team MVP's management in the first place was that I offered to go harass IGN for the money they owed MVP for IPTL's final season. It was the same damn story. David Ting and the gang keep saying things like "oh the money should have already been sent long ago, yatta yatta yatta" But in fact, nothing was being paid or processed unless you demand it either through actively harass by mail and phone calls, even threaten with legal proceedings. That's what I did... and they paid... all $9000.00 that was owed to team MVP. Here are some relevant emails you should have if you guys are up for it: IGN account payable: ap@ign.com Frank Fields: ffields@blizzard.com <--former IPL operational manager and controller Kevin Knocke: catspajamassc2@gmail.com David Ting: dting@blizzard.com Errol Pinto: epinto@blizzard.com | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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theBOOCH
United States832 Posts
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AllSalesFinal
United States211 Posts
On August 12 2013 10:15 dreamseller wrote: i think fingering blizzard with such a terrible logic on the front page of a news story on this site was pretty stupid. here's hoping that IPL pays the players, i feel really bad for them. lol that was not fingering blizzard. It sounded like a perfectly legit question to ask if you don't know the answer. OT: same as everyone else, this is bullshit, they better pay up | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
On August 12 2013 13:14 CursivE wrote: Cloaken, one of the Blizzard staff on Reddit has indicated that Blizzard are looking into the situation. Wow that's pretty great to hear. Good to see Blizzard taking charge of the situation. | ||
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achristes
Norway653 Posts
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suddendeathTV
Sweden388 Posts
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chaos021
United States258 Posts
On August 12 2013 14:08 Holdenintherye wrote: Wow that's pretty great to hear. Good to see Blizzard taking charge of the situation. There's nothing good about this situation. The asshats that bailed at IGN should be held accountable, including the asshats Blizzard hired if they're culpable. I just don't think anyone should have to go through this to get what they're owed. At this rate, team management may need to start lowering player salaries and bonuses just to keep lawyers on retainer. This is weakening my support for the SC2 scene altogether. I'm already at the point where I've cancelled most of my subscriptions related to players, teams or broadcasts. I've almost never heard of this kind of crap in any other esport. So what the fuck gives? | ||
Waxangel
United States33571 Posts
On August 12 2013 13:14 CursivE wrote: Cloaken, one of the Blizzard staff on Reddit has indicated that Blizzard are looking into the situation. that's a safe, obvious, and completely uninformative remark from someone who's job is PR it could mean nothing or everything | ||
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TRaFFiC
Canada1448 Posts
On August 12 2013 11:30 Eloot wrote: Let's not. Team owners/management are just as much to blame for this. They need to be going through the proper channels (legal if necessary) to make sure their players are paid. Players and fans shouldn't be spamming Twitter accounts to find their winnings. This is embarrassing from so many angles. The only people who should be embarrassed are IGN for fucking over players. Legal is never the proper channel for getting anything done. Even if you win, nobody will force them to pay. You harass people to death, then threaten them, execute threats, then give up. | ||
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CatNzHat
United States1599 Posts
On August 12 2013 03:52 partydude89 wrote: so since blizzard absorbed IPL, does this mean that blizzard has to pay out the prize money? No, blizzard bought some IP's and hired some employees, they did not buy the company (and therefor did not inherit their debts) | ||
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TelecoM
United States10700 Posts
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Gatored
United States679 Posts
On August 12 2013 11:47 Aveng3r wrote: How many threads like these have we seen before..? Too many. Really disgusting how people host tournaments and then blow off paying the winners. Another problem in the scene is tournament winnings being delayed from being paid out for months and months. I know I have experienced this firsthand. Win money and wait half a year before I see any of it (and only after I have sent multiple emails and messages). | ||
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JacobDaKung
Sweden132 Posts
On August 12 2013 15:05 TRaFFiC wrote: The only people who should be embarrassed are IGN for fucking over players. Legal is never the proper channel for getting anything done. Even if you win, nobody will force them to pay. You harass people to death, then threaten them, execute threats, then give up. Legal might be the perfect way to go, at least in Sweden if you win a settlement i court then you can force the company to pay the settlement + legal fees + compensation for damages, I'd assume there is something similar in US law. Given that the is a case and that the legal fee + damages + settlement is high enough to be not be neglected by the company and low enough to avoid bankrupting the company other companies would realize that they NEED the money for the prize pool or there will be consequences. Or have 10k ppl complain on twitter (like anyone cares). | ||
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dreamseller
Australia914 Posts
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havok55
United States276 Posts
WTF BLIZZARD Y U DO NOTHIN?! I bought a lot of your games, so get my house back, its your moral responsibility!!!! | ||
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Agh
United States1039 Posts
On August 12 2013 03:53 Mannerheim wrote: Not surprising in the least, IGN and everything affiliated with it is terrible. It's a shame anyone actually put their trust into that organization. Towards the end, yes. At the start it was amazing, Alex Conn put in good work and had an amazing vision for the direction of it initially. Unfortunately he left down the road, and there were internal conflicts on what they should focus on, and which direction to take in terms of sc2. They abandoned their original NA-centric scene approach to try to capitalize on the what seemed to be ever-growing popularity of the game (pretty much every company was attempting to do this at the time), but unfortunately sc2 was about to reach its peak and begin its decline. So IPL along with some other brands kept investing more resources than they should have which led to the eventual implosion of it. | ||
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