EPTNASL end SC2 Operations, ESL to take over WCS AM - Page 9
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Chvol
United States200 Posts
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:22 Plansix wrote: The Chinese players could be boned if their visas can't be obtained. But maybe they can get in on a travel visa since this should be a one off thing. Those have to be easier to obtain, right? (Hopeful smile) how many Chinese players are there in WCS NA that need visas? EDIT: ok looking at the wiki its 2 so far, Xigua and Toodming, mostly Koreans in the ro16 lol all Koreans so far except for Huk, Xigua, and Toodming | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:48 JimmyJRaynor wrote: if ESL is based in Europe i think they'll have a hard time putting on solid live events in NA. my prediction is... the live events for WCS AM in 2014 will suck balls compared to the final WCS event organized by NASL. ESL's online only stuff should be good though. basically, Blizzard is unwilling to pay MLG enough money to make it worth their while. So wrong. So so wrong. One you are assuming ESL will be running seasons 2 and 3. Two, ESL has been putting on events I'm NA for years. | ||
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GulpyBlinkeyes
United States1449 Posts
Thanks for the memories, NASL. | ||
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trifecta
United States6795 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:48 JimmyJRaynor wrote: if ESL is based in Europe i think they'll have a hard time putting on solid live events in NA. my prediction is... the live events for WCS AM in 2014 will suck balls compared to the final WCS event organized by NASL. ESL's online only stuff should be good though. basically, Blizzard is unwilling to pay MLG enough money to make it worth their while. ? ESL hosts the most geographically diverse set of events out of any organizer | ||
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Snake.69
Canada140 Posts
ANd WCS europe cant be WCS europe if its the only region where theres a WCS. | ||
Jer99
Canada8157 Posts
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:55 Snake.69 wrote: WCS is falling apart... Korea wants *GSL CODE S* back, so its not really WCS korea anymore. Wcs america is in europe with mostly korean players... so its not really WCS america anymore.. ANd WCS europe cant be WCS europe if its the only region where theres a WCS. What are you even talking about.. GSL hasn't changed... | ||
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Mattumsfox
United States233 Posts
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suicideyear
Ivory Coast3016 Posts
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Caladan
Germany1238 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:55 Snake.69 wrote: WCS is falling apart... Korea wants *GSL CODE S* back, so its not really WCS korea anymore. Wcs america is in europe with mostly korean players... so its not really WCS america anymore.. ANd WCS europe cant be WCS europe if its the only region where theres a WCS. 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? | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16679 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:53 jmbthirteen wrote: So wrong. So so wrong. One you are assuming ESL will be running seasons 2 and 3. Two, ESL has been putting on events I'm NA for years. this is a fly by seat-of-their-pants last minute decision.. not some calculated move so you are predicting a live event as good or better than the final event organized by NASL in 2013? i'm predicting they live events in NA will be worse and just part of the general decline of the SC2 esports scene. its not economically viable, especially in NA where you have a population so spread out. the live events in 2014 in NA will reflect its lack of viability. If the WCS finals occur at Blizzcon 2014 it'll be great because Blizzard is willing to lose money on that show. | ||
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
On March 08 2014 12:06 Mattumsfox wrote: Redbull to run seasons 2 and 3? that assumes they want it. WCS NA seems to be a money loser and I don't think RedBull will want to be seen having a failure and will probably play it safe and keep a distance from WCS NA. (My completely speculative guess of course) | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
Sad tho. | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On March 08 2014 12:11 Noocta wrote: Pretty obvious stuff after seeing MrBitter leave a few days ago. Sad tho. Not obvious to MrBitter. His tweet pretty much indicates that. Nor to Rotterdam - his tweet indicates the same thing. Fortunately, I think Chance is safe even though he may be Clauf'd. | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On March 08 2014 12:12 felisconcolori wrote: Not obvious to MrBitter. His tweet pretty much indicates that. Nor to Rotterdam - his tweet indicates the same thing. Fortunately, I think Chance is safe even though he may be Clauf'd. Chance is on ESGN. Every stream viewers have no idea what the dog is doing here everytime. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On March 08 2014 11:36 stuchiu wrote: NA fans are almost like second class citizens. There's like less than half the number of regular NA viewers as opposed to EU. It's to be expected that EU would get priority. The EU audience is more reliable and there's more of them. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On March 08 2014 12:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote: this is a fly by seat-of-their-pants last minute decision.. not some calculated move so you are predicting a live event as good or better than the final event organized by NASL in 2013? i'm predicting they live events willl be worse and just part of the general decline of the SC2 esports scene. What live event are we talking about here? The events will basically mirror WCS EU, which has been better than WCS NA. There are no more season finals, so no reason to compare to the Toronto event. The WCS AM season finals were at Red bull. Which was a nice event for sure, but nothing amazing that ESL won't match or better. | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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