EPTWCS Commissioner Adrian Harris announced via Twitter that he had left Blizzard Entertainment as of Friday.
WCS Commissioner leaves Blizzard
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WCS Commissioner Adrian Harris announced via Twitter that he had left Blizzard Entertainment as of Friday.
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Bomzj
Belarus24 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On October 15 2019 15:22 Bomzj wrote: Definitely something not good happened to him forcing leave right before upcoming WCS in two weeks. He gave notice a month ago which hopefully means that he just found a new opportunity rather than anything else. Of course it definitely hurts for WCS to lose one of its 'champions'. | ||
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her0craft
11 Posts
On October 15 2019 15:22 Bomzj wrote: Definitely something not good happened to him forcing leave right before upcoming WCS in two weeks. The first sentence said he put in his notice a month ago. eh, why do I get the vibe that you are one of those people who want a Vietnam war or something worse to happen.. User was warned for this post. | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
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her0craft
11 Posts
On October 15 2019 15:32 MockHamill wrote: First China and now this. Good that that I decided not to go pro and stay in diamond league for now. so sad that I cannot tell if you're joking or not. humans are dumb asf. User was warned for this post | ||
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
Best of luck in the future | ||
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Ronin2011
Greece30 Posts
On October 15 2019 15:28 ZigguratOfUr wrote: He gave notice a month ago which hopefully means that he just found a new opportunity rather than anything else. Of course it definitely hurts for WCS to lose one of its 'champions'. People only see what they wanna see.. On October 15 2019 15:35 her0craft wrote: so sad that I cannot tell if you're joking or not. humans are dumb asf. Not humans in general but those snowflake millennials for sure. User was warned for this post | ||
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AttackZerg
United States7584 Posts
On October 15 2019 17:26 Ronin2011 wrote: People only see what they wanna see.. Not humans in general but those snowflake millennials for sure. The inventor of the term snowflakes was a gay millennial writer, who coined it to mock right wing asshats. | ||
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sneakyfox
8218 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8991 Posts
On October 15 2019 17:26 Ronin2011 wrote: People only see what they wanna see.. Not humans in general but those snowflake millennials for sure. Are you guys for real? Anyhow, it seems to be a big loss. With Marc Olbertz and Kim Phan also leaving the boat this year on top of a bunch of community manager, it's gonna be hard to find someone with experience to stear the boat. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19384 Posts
On October 15 2019 20:09 Nakajin wrote: Are you guys for real? Anyhow, it seems to be a big loss. With Marc Olbertz and Kim Phan also leaving the boat this year on top of a bunch of community manager, it's gonna be hard to find someone with experience to stear the boat. Don't worry. SC2 will be made open source and everyone will switch to Starbow. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7402 Posts
On October 15 2019 20:09 Nakajin wrote: Are you guys for real? Anyhow, it seems to be a big loss. With Marc Olbertz and Kim Phan also leaving the boat this year on top of a bunch of community manager, it's gonna be hard to find someone with experience to stear the boat. Maybe it's an opening for casters and organizers. Wardi / Rifkin/ ZG / Rotti, get your hats in there! | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8991 Posts
On October 15 2019 20:29 Harris1st wrote: Maybe it's an opening for casters and organizers. Wardi / Rifkin/ ZG / Rotti, get your hats in there! Rifkin to lead WCS 2020 - All casters to follow a new formation called "Community casting 101: How to win an argument vs Twitch chat" | ||
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19384 Posts
On October 15 2019 21:00 Nakajin wrote: Rifkin to lead WCS 2020 - All casters to follow a new formation called "Community casting 101: How to win an argument vs Twitch chat" He will also form the most controversial caster crew featuring: "Rifkin, Destiny, and Avilo" | ||
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Agh
United States1104 Posts
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DubiousC2
129 Posts
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JoeCool
Germany2520 Posts
On October 16 2019 01:06 DubiousC2 wrote: Looking at his LinkedIn profile shows he moved to a different company. Still doesn't sound reassuring though, as he probably expects SC2 e-sports to either cease its operations completely or be cut down significantly in 2020. To be fair, that's pretty much what everyone expects. I highly doubt that we'll have another year of WCS/GSL/Blizzcon. | ||
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Cosmos
Belgium1077 Posts
On October 15 2019 15:32 MockHamill wrote: First China and now this. Good that that I decided not to go pro and stay in diamond league for now. Hahahahaha, I like it. | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
EDIT: Yeha, i think he is 11:00 | ||
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BlueStar
Bulgaria1176 Posts
On October 15 2019 19:00 sneakyfox wrote: This is looking worse and worse. By now my main hope is that blizzard has decided to outsource the whole thing to ESL, which is why they don't need people at blizzard anymore. If ESL comes back in SCBW it is the end. | ||
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twndomn
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GreasedUpDeafGuy
United States398 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7402 Posts
Then maybe WC3 Reforged will take over the RTS section in esports. We'll see | ||
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Deleted User 26513
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Ej_
47656 Posts
I don't know about running tournaments for a game played by 20 people. | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On October 16 2019 05:25 Integra wrote: Allot of key people in Esports ( none gaming developers) has either jumped ship or been fired. Guess Blizzard really is cutting down on Esports content in general throughout the entire company. Esport has been pretty much moved to Activision with the moves at Blizzard + shutting down MLG. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On October 16 2019 18:02 Pr0wler wrote: I expect WCS to end this year and W3 Reforged will take over as soon as it's out(if it ever gets out). Doubt that W3 Reforged will be a substitute for SC2. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7402 Posts
On October 16 2019 19:41 deacon.frost wrote: Doubt that W3 Reforged will be a substitute for SC2. Depends very much on Blizzard I think. If they announce a WCS'ish system with WCS'ish prizepools, a lot of players would be tempted to switch and probably other sponsors then too | ||
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Cricketer12
United States14003 Posts
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HsDLTitich
Italy831 Posts
On October 16 2019 16:57 twndomn wrote: Just want to give context on the gaming industry and how it's relevant to Blizzard. https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1181736075775004672 This guy is so full of himself it hurts | ||
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dalecooper
56 Posts
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ElMeanYo
United States1032 Posts
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JoeCool
Germany2520 Posts
On October 16 2019 21:26 Harris1st wrote: Depends very much on Blizzard I think. If they announce a WCS'ish system with WCS'ish prizepools, a lot of players would be tempted to switch and probably other sponsors then too But for how long? Unfortunately the RTS genre is pretty dead these days. Warcraft 3 Reforged is probably going to be a big hit in the first weeks and maybe months but I really can't see this game becoming the next SC2. | ||
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twndomn
401 Posts
On October 17 2019 01:39 HsDLTitich wrote: This guy is so full of himself it hurts He's been in the gaming industry, and work with Asia politics; are you in the gaming industry also? | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8991 Posts
On October 17 2019 03:06 twndomn wrote: He's been in the gaming industry, and work with Asia politics; are you in the gaming industry also? He is actually lol | ||
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ZugzwangSC
87 Posts
On October 17 2019 01:47 ElMeanYo wrote: Wow, lots of doom and gloom in this thread. Maybe he did so well at his job he got noticed by someone else and took a better offer? Some new blood in the position could also be a good thing! Yes, many are understandably jittery. Let's all hope it is that simple and not a symptom of something else. Some variation of Occam's Razor could apply: the simplest explanation is likely the right one. I'm glad Adrian Harris had the foresight to point out that he gave notice a month ago - otherwise some might be (rightly) having conniption fits. We all read the tea leaves to interpret the state of the union in different ways, but we all share a love for the game. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7402 Posts
On October 17 2019 02:07 JoeCool wrote: But for how long? Unfortunately the RTS genre is pretty dead these days. Warcraft 3 Reforged is probably going to be a big hit in the first weeks and maybe months but I really can't see this game becoming the next SC2. The only problem RTS has, it translates bad to console. People claimed RTS is dead for a while now and here we are. Still loving RTS Besides Blizz there are a few interesting projects developed right now. Out of the top of head there is Iron Harvest and A year of Rain | ||
digmouse
China6331 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On October 17 2019 17:43 digmouse wrote: Let's be real, W3R isn't going to suddenly light everything on fire. It's way more likely that SC2 being the final bastion of RTS esports before it inevitably fizzles out in the next year or two, if not even sooner. Uh, no? While I don't think that W3R will overcome SC2(unless Blizzard invests some money) I don't think that removing support off SC2 will kill it and all the e-sport will be suddenly dead. Sure, it will be way smaller, but dead? Don't think so, BW didn't die either... | ||
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digmouse
China6331 Posts
On October 17 2019 19:24 deacon.frost wrote: Uh, no? While I don't think that W3R will overcome SC2(unless Blizzard invests some money) I don't think that removing support off SC2 will kill it and all the e-sport will be suddenly dead. Sure, it will be way smaller, but dead? Don't think so, BW didn't die either... It won't be dead for sure. The Chinese scene will surely support it further down the line, but like BW currently, it won't be the same in terms of mainstream attention, financial investment and long term sustainability. My point is W3R isn't going to be the successor of SC2 as a premium tier esports RTS that Blizzard very actively promotes and supports long term. I do, 100% hope to be proven wrong. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12133 Posts
On October 17 2019 19:38 digmouse wrote: It won't be dead for sure. The Chinese scene will surely support it further down the line, but like BW currently, it won't be the same in terms of mainstream attention, financial investment and long term sustainability. My point is W3R isn't going to be the successor of SC2 as a premium tier esports RTS that Blizzard very actively promotes and supports long term. I do, 100% hope to be proven wrong. Oh yeah, in that sense I agree. | ||
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JoeCool
Germany2520 Posts
On October 17 2019 17:12 Harris1st wrote: The only problem RTS has, it translates bad to console. People claimed RTS is dead for a while now and here we are. Still loving RTS Of course there will be RTS games, no doubt about that. I was referring to a competitive scene. With players traveling around the globe, team-leagues etc. I believe that the competitive scene in the genre is pretty dead, aside from a couple of community-cups here and there. | ||
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KT_Elwood
Germany1195 Posts
Progaming fto them is promotion. And why should they promote a game that has no competitors but the remake of a 2000s game by blizzard ? | ||
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
On October 20 2019 01:25 KT_Elwood wrote: I can only asume that the business-lizzards are about or at least think about to cut WCS like they did with heroes. Progaming fto them is promotion. And why should they promote a game that has no competitors but the remake of a 2000s game by blizzard ? It's not looking good, but several signs point towards Blizz not giving up on SC entirely. I think 2020 is still good / maybe some budget cuts. But I would still be surprised that if they would just give the Hots treatment to the SC e-sport scene. Not impossible, but at this point i would say not that likely. | ||
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Arden
United States15 Posts
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ProNoobHun1
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