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Braavos36374 Posts
ESL has announced today that its parent company, Turtle Entertainment GmbH, has entered into an agreement to acquire the New York City-based ESS Agency, formerly the Esports Services Agency. With the announcement, ESL will be opening a full production studio and office in Los Angeles, California, making it ESL’s seventh global office location. Full article: http://www.ongamers.com/articles/esl-launches-north-america-operations-with-purchase-of-ess/1100-1146/ 
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Aeromi
France14456 Posts
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10668 Posts
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Serinox
Germany5224 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:25 Aeromi wrote: Does that mean no WCS by Redbull/MLG for Season 2 ? Probably. MLG probably doesn't want it back and Red Bull does not have a setup yet to host all of that. | ||
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:25 NovaMB wrote: Looks like ESL keeps WCS AM at least for this year, which would be amazing. WCS AM, in America? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Also looks like ESEX can predict the future http://esportsexpress.com/2014/03/esl-annexes-wcs-north-america/ | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
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messioso
Denmark635 Posts
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robih
Austria1086 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
 On March 31 2014 22:29 NovaMB wrote: Also looks like ESEX can predict the future wut | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
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Xums
Germany19 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:31 Micro_Jackson wrote: Take that ´merica the europeans are coming. again!! I'm glad to see ESL is expanding into NA. A few more Tournaments besides MLG and Redbull should be like a Reanimation for the NA scene. At Least: Dreamhack, it's your turn!! | ||
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Taronar
Netherlands177 Posts
edit: April's Fools right around the corner? | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
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Niko_Thien
Germany2671 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:33 robih wrote: rotterdam and incontrol to cast WCSAM As much as I like Incontrol, I'd prefer Nathanias and Incontrol as host | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:42 y0su wrote: oooh, very interesting! I wonder if this will lead to direct competition between ESL and MLG... Pretty sure this means a cage fight between Carmac and Adam. | ||
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Xums
Germany19 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:50 Musicus wrote: Pretty sure this means a cage fight between Carmac and Adam. Carmac wins, 'cause he has more experience in lifting people ^-^ | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:45 Niko_Thien wrote: As much as I like Incontrol, I'd prefer Nathanias and Incontrol as host Incontrol is far more entertaining and lightyears better at SC2 in my incredibly humble opinion! :D | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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Ctone23
United States1839 Posts
On March 31 2014 23:20 zanga wrote: Incontrol is far more entertaining and lightyears better at SC2 in my incredibly humble opinion! :D Agreed! Nathanias gets so excited he completely over powers the other caster lol. I would be happy with either though. | ||
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trada
Germany347 Posts
NASL had 4 casters in frodan/gretorp and bitter/rotti. I dont see why incontrol and nathanias lead by rotti wouldnt do a fine job. great news overall, ESL expanding and hopefully bringing more action into the NA scene, cant wait to see how it turns out. | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
On March 31 2014 23:33 trada wrote: why not both? NASL had 4 casters in frodan/gretorp and bitter/rotti. I dont see why incontrol and nathanias lead by rotti wouldnt do a fine job. great news overall, ESL expanding and hopefully bringing more action into the NA scene, cant wait to see how it turns out. Word up. | ||
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matthy
66 Posts
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mnck
Denmark1518 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On March 31 2014 23:33 trada wrote: why not both? NASL had 4 casters in frodan/gretorp and bitter/rotti. I dont see why incontrol and nathanias lead by rotti wouldnt do a fine job. great news overall, ESL expanding and hopefully bringing more action into the NA scene, cant wait to see how it turns out. NASL also went bankrupt, I don't know if having many casters is such a good idea. But awesome news nonetheless ESL taking over the world!On March 31 2014 22:39 Taronar wrote: edit: April's Fools right around the corner? Uh oh... Carmac is the biggest troll so... | ||
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TAMinator
Australia2706 Posts
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vult
United States9400 Posts
NA SC2 Lives!!! | ||
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FuRRie
Belgium815 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:42 y0su wrote: oooh, very interesting! I wonder if this will lead to direct competition between ESL and MLG... Like that would be a fight lol, esl wins that fight with 1 arm ried behind their back. | ||
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Riquiz
Netherlands402 Posts
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TBone-
United States2309 Posts
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
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TheFlexN
Israel472 Posts
This is awesome news, good luck for them running the events! | ||
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SeriousLus
169 Posts
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:25 Aeromi wrote: Does that mean no WCS by Redbull/MLG for Season 2 ? Why would MLG or Rebull want WCS NA? Anyway, good news for NA, fuck knows we could use some of that. Incontrol casting is cool too. | ||
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iViNtaGe
United States254 Posts
Should be amazing!!! | ||
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Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
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Nesserev
Belgium2760 Posts
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
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Zax19
Czech Republic1136 Posts
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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imJealous
United States1382 Posts
On April 01 2014 00:02 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: Europe is coming for you! I for one welcome our European invaders with open arms :D ESL has come so far from what they were around the time when SC2 launched, I trust them and Carmac to take the right steps to make sure they can deliver what is most important in whatever they get involved in. | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
On April 01 2014 01:40 imJealous wrote: I for one welcome our European invaders with open arms :D ESL has come so far from what they were around the time when SC2 launched, I trust them and Carmac to take the right steps to make sure they can deliver what is most important in whatever they get involved in. You have no idea how far ESL has come - I was a admin 8 years ago ... they wouldn't allow me in this time around. I guarantee it :D | ||
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Jampackedeon
United States2053 Posts
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GohgamX
Canada1096 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
I hope it works out or at least that they have it setup so that failure doesn't endanger their EU branch. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:11 Zaphid wrote: What are they going to broadcast from NA that couldn't be served in EU ? While nice to see the scene grow, NA market seems to be ridiculously hard to stay in and turn a profit. I'd guess NASL wasn't even close to turning a profit, ever. MLG is very picky and does a ton of brand and game promotions and the little guys have very little overhead - BtS runs from a single house. RedBull only cares about brand recognition, which they have been doing very well. Riot throws money everywhere they go to clear the way. Maybe Blizzard + ESL ? I hope it works out or at least that they have it setup so that failure doesn't endanger their EU branch. I guess the main motivation is that it is nice for WCS America to be located in America somewhere. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:09 Darkhorse wrote: The ESL WCS Monopoly. Incontrol and Rotterdam casting shall be awesome. Omg make this happen. I need Incontrol casting full time. He is as all American as it gets. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:18 Plansix wrote: Omg make this happen. I need Incontrol casting full time. He is as all American as it gets. Geoff lives in SF, this studio is in LA. highly doubt he becomes a full time caster for WCS But this is great news. Having such an established organization move into the States is great. Right now we only have MLG and thats just not enough. | ||
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:18 Plansix wrote: Omg make this happen. I need Incontrol casting full time. He is as all American as it gets. Eh, not as American as Polt or Stephano, but close, I'll grant that. I guess the main motivation is that it is nice for WCS America to be located in America somewhere. Then maybe your Esports organisations should stop being poor? Ever though about that? If they were less poor, they wouldn't need dirty EuroSports money to come and save them. | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On April 01 2014 00:00 Riquiz wrote: April fools ? I doubt it considering the ESL takeover of WCS AM was announced like 3 weeks ago. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:23 Squat wrote: Eh, not as American as Polt or Stephano, but close, I'll grant that. Then maybe your Esports organisations should stop being poor? Ever though about that? If they were less poor, they wouldn't need dirty EuroSports money to come and save them. They're even worse than poor now. They're dead  | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
On March 31 2014 22:33 robih wrote: rotterdam and incontrol to cast WCSAM Rottertrol? Interdam? Damcontrol? Nothing as good as bitterdam | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33327 Posts
http://essagency.com/?page=work interesting body of work running WCG USA/CAN qualifiers during the time of the dignitas fiasco not great, if there is a connection | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:34 Canucklehead wrote: Where's the LA studio going to be? Will they just rent the old nasl studio? Burbank. The studio was signed before NASL shut down. Actually the deal has been in the works since August....and the talking phase since about 2007. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:38 Kennigit wrote: Burbank. The studio was signed before NASL shut down. Actually the deal has been in the works since August....and the talking phase since about 2007. Ah cool. Jay Leno closes up shop in burbank and Fallon moves show to NY, leaving an empty studio in burbank. Coincidence?  | ||
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
On April 01 2014 02:13 Darkhorse wrote: I guess the main motivation is that it is nice for WCS America to be located in America somewhere. Well, Kennigit just said they have been talking since August, so WCS AM may have sped up things, but it definitely wasn't the only reason. | ||
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FuRRie
Belgium815 Posts
Driving to LA might be a challenge :p. | ||
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yido
United States350 Posts
Please... | ||
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:38 Kennigit wrote: Burbank. The studio was signed before NASL shut down. Actually the deal has been in the works since August....and the talking phase since about 2007. awesome... that's so close to my house! :D | ||
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asongdotnet
United States1060 Posts
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Waise
3165 Posts
but overall this is cool and i'm excited | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
As expected by most, ESL NA will be responsible for WCS America from Season 2 onwards with Rotterdam and Nathanias as commentators | ||
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