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Gwavajuice
France1810 Posts
On February 01 2016 22:04 Elentos wrote: People would start betting on the lineups. yeah and that would be pretty harmless, in the worst case a coach can be arrested but the players are free from the pressure. I really think that the main problem is that some teenagers get pressured by illegal betting mob, and in the end if they're not protected enough, there will always be one to fuck up. Cause really, you're stupid when you're 17. | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
The show(s) must go on! | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On February 01 2016 22:00 ZiggyPG wrote: Let's not call this a day, shall we? I mean, there was a 6 team Proleague at one point, wasn't there? And at it's best it had 12. It's the beginning of the year and a new iteration of the game. Yeah, Starcraft is having a hard time right now due to various reasons, namely the fixing scandal, sonic's financial shenanigans; I doubt whining over the situation is the right solution. Anything can happen till the end of the year, look on the bright side. I think Afreeca is working around the clock to revitalise Starcraft in Korea (both BW and SC2), we're even going to have GSL finals at outdoor venues (or just outside of the Afreeca Studio, if I'm not mistaken). Well I mean he literaly said that this year's PL almost didn't happen because SKT | ||
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nighcol
298 Posts
Come on SKT, you keep winning in that other game... I'm sure you can keep supporting Starcraft too. | ||
Ziggy
South Korea2106 Posts
On February 01 2016 23:18 OtherWorld wrote: Well I mean he literaly said that this year's PL almost didn't happen because SKT I know, I was just addressing the fact, that despite there being sponsorship issues right now, anything can happen to attract new sponsors next season | ||
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Gwavajuice
France1810 Posts
On February 01 2016 23:29 ZiggyPG wrote: I know, I was just addressing the fact, that despite there being sponsorship issues right now, anything can happen to attract new sponsors next season I agree on this, and I'm kind of hopeful cause the game's potential is great both for viewers and players. If we have game like Dear/zest and TY/solar every week, it should be ok... + Show Spoiler + crossing fingers | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On February 01 2016 22:21 The_Red_Viper wrote: But blizzard surely cares about sc2 in korea (yes yes the wcs changes, bla bla). If there is no proleague there basically is no sc2 in korea at this point, i don't think the original kespa teams would sponsor sc2 teams without proleague going on? Blizzard only needs WCS to sell their product, spending a shit ton of money on Korea alone isn't financially viable. It's not like they have much left to make money off of for SC2. | ||
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
On February 01 2016 19:04 HyDrA_solic wrote: had no idea Proleague was in such a bad shape  because of matchfixing. very serious in Korea | ||
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geokilla
Canada8246 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On February 02 2016 00:26 Dodgin wrote: Blizzard only needs WCS to sell their product, spending a shit ton of money on Korea alone isn't financially viable. It's not like they have much left to make money off of for SC2. I mean if it ONLY was about money blizzard would have stopped sponosring sc2 esports a long time ago i think. So i am not 100% sure if we should only look at that factor ^^ | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On February 02 2016 01:27 The_Red_Viper wrote: I mean if it ONLY was about money blizzard would have stopped sponosring sc2 esports a long time ago i think. So i am not 100% sure if we should only look at that factor ^^ Sure but you can at least sell the idea of WCS to your bosses at blizzard, saying that supporting Korea's pro teams and players is a good idea would be a hard sell. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On February 02 2016 01:27 The_Red_Viper wrote: I mean if it ONLY was about money blizzard would have stopped sponosring sc2 esports a long time ago i think. So i am not 100% sure if we should only look at that factor ^^ Money-wise, it would have been hard to justify the "death" of a game that took 10 years, millions of $$$, and huge human ressources to make, only 2-3 years after its release, especially considering they also had 2 expansions to sell for 60$ each (or so was planned). They had to put SC2 on assisted breathing, now they don't have to as much. | ||
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20-Minute-Jackal
United States336 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On February 02 2016 01:40 OtherWorld wrote: Money-wise, it would have been hard to justify the "death" of a game that took 10 years, millions of $$$, and huge human ressources to make, only 2-3 years after its release, especially considering they also had 2 expansions to sell for 60$ each (or so was planned). They had to put SC2 on assisted breathing, now they don't have to as much. What "death" ? At the end of they day most people buy sc2 for the singleplayer, i doubt sponsoring the esport scene is hugely relevant there. That is different from their other games which are mutliplayer only. | ||
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Wildmoon
Thailand4189 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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Sc2_PuGGy
United States5 Posts
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Elentos
55571 Posts
On February 02 2016 02:06 Antisocialmunky wrote: Man, they had problems getting SKT on board with SCII proleague? I can't imagine what would happen if there was no SKT1 or KT. :o They probably mean SK Telecom the company & Proleague main sponsor, not the team itself. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On February 02 2016 02:04 The_Red_Viper wrote: What "death" ? At the end of they day most people buy sc2 for the singleplayer, i doubt sponsoring the esport scene is hugely relevant there. That is different from their other games which are mutliplayer only. Wasn't SC2 supposed to be a "10-year eSports experiment"? Plus, Blizzard went out of its way to make KeSPA switch from BW to SC2, that shows that MP was of primordial importance to them. Although it is true that most of the sales come from the singleplayer aspect of the game. | ||
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