EPTNASL end SC2 Operations, ESL to take over WCS AM - Page 13
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
| ||
|
Trasko
Sweden983 Posts
| ||
|
qotsager
Germany585 Posts
| ||
|
Swiv
Germany3674 Posts
| ||
|
ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
I hope they find a good stable broadcasting partner or ramp up their in house broadcasting staff again, with HeroesotS coming up and possibly the Hearthstone scene, it wouldn't even be a SC2 only investment and would pay of for Blizz for sure. | ||
|
Baarn
United States2702 Posts
| ||
|
Divine-Sneaker
Denmark1225 Posts
| ||
|
ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
On March 08 2014 09:55 Squat wrote: It would be kind of funny if a bunch of NA natives had to drop out due to visa issues. Don't worry, that won't happen, Germany is a colony of the US. | ||
|
arkedos
Germany1426 Posts
On March 08 2014 18:40 ACrow wrote: Don't worry, that won't happen, Germany is a colony of the US. politically that's right wing / extremist bullshit... not saying that you are one, because I think you meant it ironic. @topic: Well I think ESL will make a decent show. But sad to see the NASL dropping SC2 entirely. | ||
|
Oukka
Finland1683 Posts
 ((((((( My all-time favourite thing to watch, NASL S3 was the tournament that truly got me into watching SC2. Used to spend my breaks and skips at school to catch up with last nights VODs. Well, time goes on but it still makes me very sad. | ||
|
ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
On March 08 2014 18:44 arkedos wrote: politically that's right wing / extremist bullshit... not saying that you are one, because I think you meant it ironic. @topic: Well I think ESL will make a decent show. But sad to see the NASL dropping SC2 entirely. Of course I meant it ironic, it was a reference to NSL scandal more than anything, keep those right-wing nutjobs away from me  It's very, very rare that a US/Canadian citizen gets denied a VISA, so we really won't need to worry about VISA issues preventing any players from attending, as long as they don't forget to file for it in time. Germany <-> US even has an electronic VISA system, so it's really fast to file for it. | ||
|
Amiralsims
34 Posts
| ||
|
BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On March 08 2014 19:01 Amiralsims wrote: So WCS America will take place in Europe. This is ridiculous. Pretty much sums it up. Shows lack of contingency planning on behalf of Blizzard I would say, but then again, I suppose they were taken as much by surprise as anyone else. I can't imagine the people behind NASL will be let anywhere near any official SC2 tournament after this. | ||
|
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30545 Posts
On March 08 2014 19:07 BaneRiders wrote: Pretty much sums it up. Shows lack of contingency planning on behalf of Blizzard I would say, but then again, I suppose they were taken as much by surprise as anyone else. I can't imagine the people behind NASL will be let anywhere near any official SC2 tournament after this. Well it's probably just crisis management from Blizzard's side. They probably just heard it yesterday as well and called ESL with whom they have good relations as they also produced blizzcon. It's just a make-shift solution so WCS NA doesn't fail. I'm sure they'll look at other options for season 2 and 3. | ||
|
Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
On March 08 2014 12:10 Caladan wrote: You're partly right, the situation right now is a bit sketchy, but I hope Blizz will find a new organization in NA that can run future seasons of WCS NA. On the identity problem with Huk being the only American player in WCS NA... well, we never mentioned region lock, did we? So its the Koreans fault that the NA players suck? If WCS NA can't survive with viewers watching Koreans then how on earth could they survive with no one watching the NA players? | ||
|
Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On March 08 2014 17:52 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: WCS EU should have priority if they run both events at the same weekend No because America. | ||
|
Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On March 08 2014 19:07 BaneRiders wrote: Pretty much sums it up. Shows lack of contingency planning on behalf of Blizzard I would say, but then again, I suppose they were taken as much by surprise as anyone else. I can't imagine the people behind NASL will be let anywhere near any official SC2 tournament after this. Anyone surprised that an eSports broadcasting company goes under is stupid. | ||
|
playa
United States1284 Posts
I don't know why Blizzard doesn't get criticized for trying to monopolize the game, when the game has gone nothing but downhill since they have upped their strangle hold on how tournaments are to be run and rules regarding everything. If Blizzard is going to set all the rules and be the only tournament going, then I just wish the billion dollar company would go all the way and run it themselves, instead of delegating it to companies that are struggling to stay afloat. No one wants to watch thestc in WCS America. Some of these groups in WCS America are so horrible and help no scenes. | ||
|
crow_mw
Poland115 Posts
| ||
|
ErrantKnight
Switzerland186 Posts
| ||
| ||
