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Mike Morhaime talks WCS 2013 - 2014 - Page 5

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MidnightZL
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden203 Posts
December 13 2013 07:05 GMT
#81
On December 13 2013 01:59 Conti wrote:
He didn't thank TeamLiquid for their support of Dota2 and LoL. That meanie.


Why on earth should he? He's CEO of Blizzard Entertainment and last i checked they are not in charge of neither Dota2 or LoL.
- I'm fairly certain YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people - Jack Black
sword_siege
Profile Joined September 2002
United States624 Posts
December 13 2013 07:11 GMT
#82
I remember meeting Mike Morhaime at Blizzcon 2012. The guy is worth millions of dollars and he's just chilling in the Hilton lobby greeting all the fans in the post Blizzcon party. Mike's a stand up guy and means what he says. Great interview Wax!
Noam
Profile Joined September 2010
Israel2209 Posts
December 13 2013 07:29 GMT
#83
MIKE said:
I loved the write-ups leading up to the matches, all the profiles you did for the WCS Finals.

He's talking about you CHRISTELLE
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painkilla
Profile Joined June 2013
United States695 Posts
December 13 2013 07:33 GMT
#84
On December 13 2013 16:11 sword_siege wrote:
I remember meeting Mike Morhaime at Blizzcon 2012. The guy is worth millions of dollars and he's just chilling in the Hilton lobby greeting all the fans in the post Blizzcon party. Mike's a stand up guy and means what he says. Great interview Wax!


He's worth more than a billion.
Supernova | TY | Polt | Innovation | forGG | Lucifron | Happy
papaz
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden4149 Posts
December 13 2013 07:36 GMT
#85
Starcraft is probably Mike's favourite franchie. You can almost hear it in any of his interviews.
Strelok
Profile Joined January 2006
Ukraine320 Posts
December 13 2013 08:24 GMT
#86
Did you hear anything about teamleague in WCS? There was a talk about that rather long ago, but no more info about it now.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada18040 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-13 09:30:12
December 13 2013 09:18 GMT
#87
On December 13 2013 16:33 painkilla wrote:
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On December 13 2013 16:11 sword_siege wrote:
I remember meeting Mike Morhaime at Blizzcon 2012. The guy is worth millions of dollars and he's just chilling in the Hilton lobby greeting all the fans in the post Blizzcon party. Mike's a stand up guy and means what he says. Great interview Wax!


He's worth more than a billion.


approximately 1.8 Billion
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/michael-morhaime-net-worth/

however, he is not listed on the Forbes 400. so that net worth of 1.8 billion floating around is in dispute.

On December 13 2013 16:36 papaz wrote:
Starcraft is probably Mike's favourite franchie. You can almost hear it in any of his interviews.


Different high level Blizz employees write the "forward" in the fiction books related to Warcraft and Starcraft.
in a forward contained in a Starcraft fiction book Morhaime states that Starcraft is his favourite franchise.
so there are no probablies about it.. its his favourite franchise.

and every RTS fan should thank the baby jesus that this is the case because without Starcraft the RTS genre is in big big trouble.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
December 13 2013 09:42 GMT
#88
This guy is awesome. When he did the announcement at the start of Blizzcon, i almost thought he was going to cry. His passion for his company and the game is really much more than just dollars.

This guy is proud of what is done and love it. And he has every right too. Not sure if he really read TL or if someone prepared his interview but prepared interview are just normal. But i wouldn't be surprise if he prepared them himself.

They will get better and better with each error they do and we will have the perfect setup when time fly.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
December 13 2013 09:50 GMT
#89
forward
foreword
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
dizzy101
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2066 Posts
December 13 2013 10:02 GMT
#90
Good interview. He's right to support TL. Starcraft without TL is almost as difficult to imagine as Starcraft without Blizzard.
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-13 10:39:08
December 13 2013 10:37 GMT
#91
On December 13 2013 02:16 claybones wrote:
I wonder if we'll be hearing any more about the team league they hinted at when they first released WCS 2014 details. I've honestly been really excited about that possibility.


I really hope Blizzard doesn't try to fully bring team leagues under WCS. If they want to take region winners and let them duke it out at the end of the year that is fine. Imo they should support the people that do team leagues already (or want to again like NASL?) but not take full control over them.
There's no S in KT. :P
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
December 13 2013 10:53 GMT
#92
On December 13 2013 18:50 figq wrote:
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forward
foreword


What is the difference (honest question) ?
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16129 Posts
December 13 2013 11:22 GMT
#93
On December 13 2013 02:17 Darkhoarse wrote:
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On December 13 2013 01:59 Conti wrote:
He didn't thank TeamLiquid for their support of Dota2 and LoL. That meanie.

He works for Blizzard!


Works for? The guy practically IS Blizzard.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Khai
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia553 Posts
December 13 2013 11:30 GMT
#94
Still can't agree with the insistence on a "unified storyline" idea, Starcraft is not suitable for that. I'd much prefer there being many important independent tournaments but sadly I might be in a minority and definitely against what Blizzard wants.
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
December 13 2013 13:57 GMT
#95
lol @ the last question

I too think the Tennis model is better. I didn't walk out of Blizzcon finals thinking sOs was best player in world. And nor should i. It was just another tournament with another champion who was the better person on the day out of a select group of players. No different to any other event. Not to downplay Blizzcon, i love it, but i don't view that event as a legitimate world championship tournament above all the others in terms of determining the best player.
Leenock =^_^= Ryung =^_^= Parting =^_^= herO =^_^= Guilty
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
December 14 2013 05:31 GMT
#96
On December 13 2013 02:06 Waxangel wrote:
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On December 13 2013 02:03 Philozovic wrote:
Do you think the entire unified storyline with a global champion at the end is necessary? Compared to say, a system like tennis or golf where you have several majors, but without a specific final tournament to crown the year end champion.


ATP World Tour Finals ?!


I mean, TECHNICALLY

TECHNICALLY it is the world finals of the year of tennis and consists of the highest ranked tennis players based on points.
These points are drawn from 250, 500, 1000, and major tournaments.
Extremely similar to the less extensive system of WCG (majors being regional WCS Premier finals, 1000 tournaments being tier one tournaments such as IEM and DreamHack, and 500 equivalents being tier two tournaments, and 250 tournaments being WCS Challenger tournaments).

Tennis and SC2 can't really be directly compared ofc, but I believe that they are pretty similar at least.

I think what you really meant was that the 4 majors in tennis are the most important tournaments of the year, and that even though there is an end of the year tournament with the top ranked players in the world, there is no "major" to represent that.

Although both crown a year end Champion of the top point holders, in SC2, WCS is considering that end of the year tournament as a "Major", whereas the ATP doesn't.
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
Kimch
Profile Joined December 2013
2 Posts
December 15 2013 05:46 GMT
#97
For some reason, SC2 just doesn't seem as exciting as it did during the first couple years after it came out. I really hope Blizzard can recapture some of that excitement! It would be great if the scene could keep more pro players...it's sad to see players retire.
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