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Activision-Blizzard acquires MLG - Page 4

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shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
January 01 2016 10:38 GMT
#61
lol buying a sinking and dirty ship.
what blizz
RIP MKP
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
January 01 2016 10:42 GMT
#62
On January 01 2016 19:38 shid0x wrote:
lol buying a sinking and dirty ship.
what blizz

no, they bought the goods from the ship..
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
January 01 2016 10:49 GMT
#63
TLDR from this thread : People that don't understand the difference between buying assets and buying everything.
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aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
January 01 2016 11:20 GMT
#64
I wonder how much of this is for blizzard games and how much is for call of duty...
can i get my estro logo back pls
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28483 Posts
January 01 2016 11:31 GMT
#65
On January 01 2016 13:22 Ansibled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 13:19 RevTiberius wrote:
This is total bullshit.. Even less competition... Game going down the toilet... Quit now while u still can...

um... what?

If you wait too long Ansibled, you won't be able to quit at all! D:

I wonder what exactly those "MLG assets" are btw.
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13980 Posts
January 01 2016 11:31 GMT
#66
On January 01 2016 19:22 y0su wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 18:59 Topdoller wrote:
Never been impressed by MLG, they dump games on the drop of a hat rather than try to build up the franchise.

I still cant see what Blizzard is trying to achieve with the purchase, unless its to umbrella Overwatch and Heathstone.
Starcraft 2 is almost dead in the USA player wise, so i cant see any quality tournaments happening for SC2 scene



A. assets. They didn't buy "MLG". They purchased assets. I don't know what all that entails but they do have had offices in NYC and an arena in Columbus OH. I'd venture the plan is to use the assets to produce esports content.

B. it was an activision-blizzard purchase. This could very well be more for Activision. Or.. Blizzard wants to run Blizzcon twice a year with one event closer to the east coast.

If its Blizzcon East, I sure as hell am not complaining
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
January 01 2016 11:38 GMT
#67
On January 01 2016 20:20 aRyuujin wrote:
I wonder how much of this is for blizzard games and how much is for call of duty...

It is hard to say, ESL is supposed to be doing COD World League for them, then there is a possibility this is mainly for Blizzard games since other than CoD Activision has no other esports titles.
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
January 01 2016 12:09 GMT
#68
On January 01 2016 20:31 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 19:22 y0su wrote:
On January 01 2016 18:59 Topdoller wrote:
Never been impressed by MLG, they dump games on the drop of a hat rather than try to build up the franchise.

I still cant see what Blizzard is trying to achieve with the purchase, unless its to umbrella Overwatch and Heathstone.
Starcraft 2 is almost dead in the USA player wise, so i cant see any quality tournaments happening for SC2 scene



A. assets. They didn't buy "MLG". They purchased assets. I don't know what all that entails but they do have had offices in NYC and an arena in Columbus OH. I'd venture the plan is to use the assets to produce esports content.

B. it was an activision-blizzard purchase. This could very well be more for Activision. Or.. Blizzard wants to run Blizzcon twice a year with one event closer to the east coast.

If its Blizzcon East, I sure as hell am not complaining

It's a long shot but I like to try to see the potential :D
Topdoller
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3860 Posts
January 01 2016 12:38 GMT
#69
On January 01 2016 19:22 y0su wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 18:59 Topdoller wrote:
Never been impressed by MLG, they dump games on the drop of a hat rather than try to build up the franchise.

I still cant see what Blizzard is trying to achieve with the purchase, unless its to umbrella Overwatch and Heathstone.
Starcraft 2 is almost dead in the USA player wise, so i cant see any quality tournaments happening for SC2 scene



A. assets. They didn't buy "MLG". They purchased assets. I don't know what all that entails but they do have had offices in NYC and an arena in Columbus OH. I'd venture the plan is to use the assets to produce esports content.

B. it was an activision-blizzard purchase. This could very well be more for Activision. Or.. Blizzard wants to run Blizzcon twice a year with one event closer to the east coast.



Read what i posted. I never said they bought MLG, i just commented on MLG in general and its inability to support a brand or scene to develop the market.

My second comment was based on what content Blizzard are trying to promote with their newly purchased assets, which as far as SC2 goes would take some doing in that the USA scene is almost dead. Hearthstone and Overwatch which as far as i can tell in the USA are far more popular and look much more promising.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16787 Posts
January 01 2016 14:04 GMT
#70
Kotick is a big fan of buying existing stuff he does it every time he enters a new market area.
Kotick is great at acquisitions.
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ilikeredheads
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1995 Posts
January 01 2016 14:09 GMT
#71
On January 01 2016 19:38 shid0x wrote:
lol buying a sinking and dirty ship.
what blizz


more like they bought what was on the ship and gutted everything that still has value.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
January 01 2016 14:17 GMT
#72
Anyone remember the days when they got fed from the Halo 2 community?
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Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-01 14:25:26
January 01 2016 14:23 GMT
#73
On January 01 2016 23:04 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Kotick is a big fan of buying existing stuff he does it every time he enters a new market area.
Kotick is great at acquisitions.

true

they want a part of the cake

what a bizarre way for MLG to end as we knew it, too bad
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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b0rt_
Profile Joined October 2011
Norway931 Posts
January 01 2016 14:49 GMT
#74
Mmmmm I smell advertising.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4135 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-01 14:52:23
January 01 2016 14:51 GMT
#75
How is everyone thinking MLG is a sinking ship? I only follow sc2 but if they have only removed the sc2-section then this tell us exactly nothing about the status of that ship.
Like if Nike stops to support Football-clubs and focus more on Balett-clubs.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16787 Posts
January 01 2016 15:07 GMT
#76
Activision wasn't just a sinking ship.
Activision was laying at hte bottom of the ocean being picked over by deep sea fish.
How did that go?
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
January 01 2016 15:15 GMT
#77
On January 01 2016 12:31 geokilla wrote:
So Blizzard bought IPL/IGN and nothing much happened. I guess we can expect the same with MLG.

Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 10:55 Solar424 wrote:
Another eSports company bites the dust...soon ESL and Dreamhack will be all that's left in the West aside from developers with their first party events (LCS, WCS, CS:GO/Dota Majors)


Except ESL and Dreamhack aren't doing too well either. Wouldn't be surprised if they go belly up in the next year or two.

Is eSports ded sport?^^
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-01 16:16:15
January 01 2016 16:13 GMT
#78
There's something great about Sepso going to Activision then buying MLG('s shit). Those talks must have been hilarious.

On January 01 2016 20:20 aRyuujin wrote:
I wonder how much of this is for blizzard games and how much is for call of duty...


Activision have been looking to do something on this scale for a while so I'd guess its largely for CoD stuff, with their new division being made with Sepso and that ESPN dude. More speculation than knowledge on my part but from what I can piece together I think it's mostly an Activision move.

On January 01 2016 12:31 geokilla wrote:
So Blizzard bought IPL/IGN and nothing much happened. I guess we can expect the same with MLG.

Show nested quote +
On January 01 2016 10:55 Solar424 wrote:
Another eSports company bites the dust...soon ESL and Dreamhack will be all that's left in the West aside from developers with their first party events (LCS, WCS, CS:GO/Dota Majors)


Except ESL and Dreamhack aren't doing too well either. Wouldn't be surprised if they go belly up in the next year or two.


haha what? According to who or what? ESL took over an entire block in Burbank and hired like 100 people in America this year and DreamHack more than doubled their office space and are doing events in NA in 2016 what are you even talking about?
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Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
January 01 2016 16:27 GMT
#79
So, if they do SC2, that would be good. And if they don´t then nothing changed.

Doesn´t sound too bad.
goiflin
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1218 Posts
January 01 2016 16:31 GMT
#80
It probably won't change much as far as starcraft is concerned. If I had to speculate, they might use those assets for a small regional tournament, just to foster some lower level growth in the scene, but this is very likely activision pushing forward with their esports division and making something for call of duty.
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