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Headnoob
Australia2108 Posts
On December 15 2014 22:59 looknohands119 wrote: As much as I would like to believe otherwise, this certainly seems to be the case. A smart business decision shouldn't have anything to do with him being there or not, the numbers are overwhelmingly with CSGO and promoting that while it's on the rise and there is far more money to be made and created is a natural choice. | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On December 15 2014 22:56 SC2Toastie wrote: Out with Ohlen, Nothing will change. And in the end, PR strikes again.... As far as I know Ohlén had no executive role in deciding what games go where at Dreamhacks. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:02 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the big disagreements between Ohlen and the other execs the roll of SC2 at DH? Ohlen was supposed to be the public face of the company. I'm not sure if a public face decides anything | ||
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
As long as SC II is still played at the Hacks, I dont see so much problems with it. Dreamhack needs to make money to run. | ||
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Makro
France16890 Posts
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spoonmaster
United States347 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
So far, CS:GO has had limited exposure in DreamHack's world circuit, with the game having been left of out of a number of events that take place in several countries throughout the year. Does that mean that potentially, StarCraft II will be excluded from smaller Dreamhack tournaments? | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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ivancype
Brazil485 Posts
It is just kinda sad for SC2. | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:16 ivancype wrote: It is not a unreasonable decision at all, CS:GO had around 7x more viewers than SC2 this last DH. It is just kinda sad for SC2. Sums up my thoughts pretty well. Well be interesting to see if there's a hit to the prize pool. | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
As long as sc2 is still carried, I'm fine with this. + Show Spoiler + and please no ded gaem jokes | ||
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johnbongham
451 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:14 Zealously wrote: I don't actually grasp what the difference will be here. The SC2 stage wasn't shabby, but the CS:GO stage at DH:Winter was enormous and fucking awesome. Are there any functional changes at all? The CSGO tournament at the last dreamhack was special in that Valve contributed heavily to the prize purse in order to make the tournament be considered a 'major'. CSGO tournaments at the other dreamhacks earlier in 2014 were pretty small and terribly produced. | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:24 johnbongham wrote: The CSGO tournament at the last dreamhack was special in that Valve contributed heavily to the prize purse in order to make the tournament be considered a 'major'. CSGO tournaments at the other dreamhacks earlier in 2014 were pretty small and terribly produced. Cool, I had no idea. | ||
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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johnbongham
451 Posts
Also, that prize money from valve is funded by CSGO players when they buy 'keys' to unlock weapon crates that they earn in-game. Then during the actual tournaments, players can buy 'stickers' of their favorite team logos that they can put on their weapons in-game and the sticker money goes directly to the teams as extra income. It is really exciting how valve has managed to monetize CSGO in a way that benefits the competitive scene and makes it sustainable without anyone losing their investment into the game. | ||
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:28 Yorkie wrote: Sad news, especially when I see this and this https://twitter.com/DrAeromi/status/544443612243951616 And that was going to be my first event I was going to | ||
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Ctone23
United States1841 Posts
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
On December 15 2014 23:16 ivancype wrote: It is not a unreasonable decision at all, CS:GO had around 7x more viewers than SC2 this last DH. It is just kinda sad for SC2. The CS tournament was a major tournament. Dreamhack felt insignificant being sandwiched between Blizzcon, Homestory Cup X and IEM San Jose. | ||
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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
Makes me think that mainstream eSports still is, and probably will always stay, just an extended arm of marketing for popular games. | ||
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Mahanaim
Korea (South)1002 Posts
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