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Kishin2
Profile Joined May 2011
United States7534 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-29 01:41:50
May 29 2014 01:41 GMT
#61
Did anyone not see this coming?
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
May 29 2014 01:48 GMT
#62
What a surprise!
AldarisGCE
Profile Joined June 2013
United States20 Posts
May 29 2014 02:33 GMT
#63
THIS IS SHOCKING I AM GENUINELY SURPRISED BY THIS NEWS
Sour About That
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
May 29 2014 02:34 GMT
#64
I'm most worried about the good people we know went over there... maybe we'll see Frodan at ESL? And please, SOMEONE think of CHANCE!!

That poor, poor puppy.
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
saddaromma
Profile Joined April 2013
1129 Posts
May 29 2014 02:47 GMT
#65
too much talk and downtime. I hate that show.
Advantageous
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
China1350 Posts
May 29 2014 03:35 GMT
#66
ESGN had put down quiet a bit of money for barely having a stable grounds when they started fight night... this shouldn't be a surprise unfortunately. but i do like their production, and i hope they can pull through this difficult time. glhf
"Because I am BossToss" -MC ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ I'm sure that all of my fellow class mates viewed me as the Adonis of the Class of 2015 already. -Xenocider, EG, ieF 2013 Champion.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
May 29 2014 03:58 GMT
#67
^_^
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 29 2014 04:18 GMT
#68
This is where I have to come in as a new employee of the eSports industry and say, "Unfortunately payments here come late or not at all." reading through this article and the scam that it is, however... I must say I am thoroughly disgusted.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
May 29 2014 04:27 GMT
#69
On May 29 2014 07:11 Fusilero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2014 07:09 Conti wrote:
Weren't the guys behind ESGN basically the same guys that were behind Azubu?

Not they're backed by clauf, a mysterious company that has recieved a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly zero ability to return profit. They're nothing like azubu a mysterious company that has received a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly no ability to return profit.

Well Twitch just sold for $1Billion. Azubu might not have been a bad idea if they executed on it.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
May 29 2014 04:43 GMT
#70
i think Kripp mentioned some random guy becoming the director or something. Dunno, doesnt seem they have the highest selection criteria for a lot of the jobs. It seems like a lot fo the companies in esports are suffering from a lot of financial difficulties so im not surprised.
TechNoTrance
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada1007 Posts
May 29 2014 04:54 GMT
#71
Well that fizzled out earlier than I was expecting.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 29 2014 05:25 GMT
#72
Is anyone in this business still making money?
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
CrazyF1r3f0x
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States2120 Posts
May 29 2014 05:56 GMT
#73
They must have spent all of their money on showgirls and wheels ^_^
"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery."
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-29 06:49:42
May 29 2014 06:48 GMT
#74
Actually, I have heard name esgn but I have absolutely no idea what they did. Did they host events?

If they have used so much money,maybe they should have used more to advertise their "product"
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
May 29 2014 06:51 GMT
#75
On May 29 2014 15:48 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
Actually, I have heard name esgn but I have absolutely no idea what they did. Did they host events?

If they have used so much money,maybe they should have used more to advertise their "product"

They ran SC2 and hearthstone events
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESports_Global_Network
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/hearthstone/Fight_Night/Season_1
Moderatorlickypiddy
Holdenintherye
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada1441 Posts
May 29 2014 06:52 GMT
#76
Wait, didn't they recently get like a $30 million investment or something?
or is that some other sapinda/clauf/azubu clusterfuck?
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
May 29 2014 06:54 GMT
#77
On May 29 2014 15:52 Holdenintherye wrote:
Wait, didn't they recently get like a $30 million investment or something?
or is that some other sapinda/clauf/azubu clusterfuck?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/447034-azubu-receives-345-million-from-sapinda-esgn
Moderatorlickypiddy
malady
Profile Joined November 2010
United States600 Posts
May 29 2014 06:54 GMT
#78
On May 29 2014 15:48 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
Actually, I have heard name esgn but I have absolutely no idea what they did. Did they host events?

If they have used so much money,maybe they should have used more to advertise their "product"


the only thing I remember is "the bitches"
dumchu
Enigmasc
Profile Joined February 2014
United Kingdom147 Posts
May 29 2014 06:57 GMT
#79
while this sucks for all the people who took job offers with them and took the time to go to thier events, everyone and there dog saw this coming a mile off
they had a massive glossy studio with high production values, well known casters ( some of which live in korea ie artosis) and big name players...
and then had something in the region of 2k viewers to show for it
considering thats the sort of numbers destiny puts up i doubt it was anywhere near enough to pay for thier costs
heck it even got called out on unfiltered a while ago ( the general consensus being where do they expect to make that money back from)
neoghaleon55
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7435 Posts
May 29 2014 07:56 GMT
#80
On May 29 2014 07:06 Shellshock wrote:
wow I'm shocked

shellshocked?
or sarcasm
moo...for DRG
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