EPTNASL end SC2 Operations, ESL to take over WCS AM - Page 7
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Shellshock
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TotalBiscuit
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:11 Shellshock wrote: Yeah that night shift will probably result in some interesting casting I am expecting some ground breaking stuff. Also, TB, I hope Blizzard has your back on that. | ||
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Caladan
Germany1238 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:10 Dodgin wrote: 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. That's not a problem per se if they manage to have entirely separate staff for WCS EU and WCS AM so no one has to work 12 hours+ a day. Only problem is when it comes to Ro16 and onwards, that no crowd in Germany will want to attend an event that goes from like 0 am to 4 am... Wonder how they will manage that problem. | ||
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zelderan
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:11 TotalBiscuit wrote: Got some serious concerns regarding travel compensation which was supposed to be done through NASL. Hopefully we'll get an answer from Blizzard soon about it otherwise that could be a huge suckerpunch to teams budgets. You got any Axiom guys in WCS NA atm? Sorry, I haven't been following this season much so I'm a little out of the loop. I really think Bizzard should pick up the tab for it regardless, they are the ultimately responsible party. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:15 Caladan wrote: That's not a problem per se if they manage to have entirely separate staff for WCS EU and WCS AM so no one has to work 12 hours+ a day. Only problem is when it comes to Ro16 and onwards, that no crowd in Germany will want to attend an event that goes from like 0 am to 4 am... Wonder how they will manage that problem. it'll probably just be like when MLG ran it. no crowd. kind of a weird final ceremony | ||
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:11 TotalBiscuit wrote: Got some serious concerns regarding travel compensation which was supposed to be done through NASL. Hopefully we'll get an answer from Blizzard soon about it otherwise that could be a huge suckerpunch to teams budgets. That seems like a pretty big problem. Also seems like that would majorly affect teamless Koreans like Oz, which communicating issues like this would be difficult to sort out. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:16 Squat wrote: You got any Axiom guys in WCS NA atm? Sorry, I haven't been following this season much so I'm a little out of the loop. I really think Bizzard should pick up the tab for it regardless, they are the ultimately responsible party. off the top of my head Heart, Crank, and Alicia made it to the offline portion for Axiom | ||
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tribulator
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Never seen an event get moved halfway across the world like this. I'm really surprised there wasn't any option in the US to host it. In house at blizz? Or rent out a conference room at a hotel and do it FGC style? | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:16 Squat wrote: You got any Axiom guys in WCS NA atm? Sorry, I haven't been following this season much so I'm a little out of the loop. I really think Bizzard should pick up the tab for it regardless, they are the ultimately responsible party. 3 of em, we have the most of any team in that tournament iirc. We sent them because of travel compensation arrangements made for the 2014 season. This puts that into flux, though I trust Blizzard to have our backs regardless. No doubt other teams with Korean players have similar concerns though. I'm most worried about the Chinese players. | ||
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:18 tribulator wrote: I'm really curious if they're gonna pre-record it or if they really plan on having the players and casters operate on the graveyard shift in germany for a week or so. Then there's the that whole chinese players having to get different visa's thing... Never seen an event get moved halfway across the world like this. I'm really surprised there wasn't any option in the US to host it. In house at blizz? Or rent out a conference room at a hotel and do it FGC style? I think the problem is that this happened on such short notice. Based on reactions from people within and outside NASL it seems like no one knew before today. Yeah considering Jim couldn't get a visa in time for WCS Season 2 Finals in Germany, it could be a big problem. | ||
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lystier
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jakethesnake
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Jarree
Finland1004 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:16 zelderan wrote: Kind of disappointing in NASL's decision to be honest. Let's hope another company will step in to support the NA scene. So far it's not looking good. GG. What "decision"? NASL has been run by venture capitalists and most likely they pulled the plug. | ||
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plogamer
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Caladan
Germany1238 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:17 AWalker9 wrote: That seems like a pretty big problem. Also seems like that would majorly affect teamless Koreans like Oz, which communicating issues like this would be difficult to sort out. I think ESL has a pretty good experience when communicating with Koreans, seriously, it's not the first time.  The show must go on... On March 08 2014 11:16 Shellshock wrote: it'll probably just be like when MLG ran it. no crowd. kind of a weird final ceremony Yeah, either that, or they try to do it on a time that is both acceptable for crowd and for NA viewers. Like 21 CET / 15 EST. Also maybe just drop the price or make attendance totally free could help. | ||
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Naphal
Germany2099 Posts
In all seriousness this sucks and Blizzard should maybe consider taking WCS AM completly under their control, also i hope no problems for the players arise and they manage to adjust their sleepschedule, if ESL makes a latenightpartyevent for WCS AM i will surely attend, isnt that far from here, USA USA USA chant included. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
On March 08 2014 10:31 Eliezar wrote: I was pretty happy with what NASL was delivering today, but really felt like they botched the opportunity to have something cool when they started. Was surprised to see they lasted as long as they did. Will be interesting to see who fills the void. I think they were cool from day one. They got a league rolling with a good quality stream and a nice site with VOD's so that you could follow it in your own time. Even the chat was cool. It was all cool. | ||
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