EPTNASL end SC2 Operations, ESL to take over WCS AM - Page 6
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
ESL taking over one region at a time, soon ESL will reign over everything ! More seriously though, wonder who will do season 2 in NA. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:31 Squat wrote: NASL bet on SC2 and WoT over LoL and Dota2, it was kind of a matter of time. They tried to establish themselves as a niche market provider but the turnout just wasn't there. A shame, but I'm not sure NA could ever support it to begin with. Right now there is MLG, maybe, and...what else? They couldn't do LoL, riot does the LCS NA in house and there are no other lol events. They could have picked up dota, that is already a very crowded field. It's not like they could just pick up dota and get unlimited viewers. | ||
jackslater
Russian Federation604 Posts
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Rollora
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movac
Canada494 Posts
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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ZachFreeman
Australia484 Posts
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:42 Plansix wrote: They couldn't do LoL, riot does the LCS NA in house and there are no other lol events. They could have picked up dota, that is already a very crowded field. It's not like they could just pick up dota and get unlimited viewers. They were late to the party and were left with an unsustainable business model. Happens all the time. I'm just not sure there is any available or even interested successor. You can't pick up LoL or Dota because the market is already heavily saturated, and you can't do other games because they don't turn a profit. NASL was shit out of luck basically. | ||
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EseNcEIncubus
Canada39 Posts
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shin_toss
Philippines2589 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:54 AllinMacroMicro wrote: They didn't mention why though. Anybody know why they're leaving Starcraft? I just heard that they lost a lot of staff a few months ago/recently. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:54 AllinMacroMicro wrote: They didn't mention why though. Anybody know why they're leaving Starcraft? Probably went out of buisiness entirely. Rotterdam didn't even know about this. Kevin van der Kooi @RotterdaM08 6m Asking and wondering about my situation now, I didn't know about this. It was a bit of a shock but no need to worry, I should be alright. | ||
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:58 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Probably went out of buisiness entirely. Rotterdam didn't even know about this. Kevin van der Kooi @RotterdaM08 6m Asking and wondering about my situation now, I didn't know about this. It was a bit of a shock but no need to worry, I should be alright. It's kinda really really crappy that he didn't even know before he left the country. | ||
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LongShot27
United States2084 Posts
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:54 AllinMacroMicro wrote: They didn't mention why though. Anybody know why they're leaving Starcraft? How is this even a question? It's not profitable. NASL began by running the game at a loss since the beginning, in the hopes that the growth would continue and it would become a profitable investment. It never happened, the scene stagnated and SC2 remained a revenue negative project. Now was apparently when the coffers ran dry and there was no money left to feed intravenously into the scene. Same thing is happening in Korea. The SC scene still has some shrinking to do before it hits equilibrium and the amount of money coming in is equal or greater to the amount going out. | ||
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Redrot
United States446 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
I guess this means they will run WCS AM at AM friendly times even for the ro16 onwards, the players and casters will have to be up really late if they're in germany though. | ||
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