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We regret to inform you that we have decided to cancel our next public competition event, IPL 6 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, March 28-31. When we launched IPL two years ago, the eSports landscape was very different with far fewer events than we have now. Today, game publishers are holding their own tournaments, which is why we are not ready to commit the resources at this time to run another major independent event. You should also know that we are working on finding a new home for the IPL team and IGN will continue to broadcast partner tournaments in the future.
The past two years have been incredible, and we thank every one of the millions of people who tuned in to our events and coverage over that time. Your support has been tremendous and we could not have done this without you. We went from $5,000 online StarCraft 2 tournaments to one of the world’s best and largest eSports events.
We sincerely apologize to our biggest fans who planned to be out in Vegas with us. If you already purchased tickets for the events and/or reserved a hotel room at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, you can receive a full refund by following the instructions that apply:
Cancel a Hotel Stay at The Cosmopolitan – Information pertaining to hotel room refunds will be posted on ign.com on Wednesday, March 6.
Tickets that were purchased via Credit Card – Tickets purchased with a credit card will automatically be canceled and the money will be refunded to your card – this can take up to 10 days to process. If you have not received your refund by 3/15/13, please contact The Cosmopolitan Box Office at 702.698.7778
Tickets that were purchased with Cash at The Cosmopolitan – Tickets purchased with Cash must be refunded in person at the Concierge during normal business hours.
Again, thank you for your support of the IPL, and we hope you will stay with us for the next exciting chapter.
Sincerely,
The IGN ProLeague
iplevents@ign.com
http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/ipl6-cancelled-official-statement
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Well, that's unfortunate. Hope you rebound and find a new home soon!
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Ouch. So it really is canceled. Well, best of luck to IGN/IPL and those affected by this.
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Sad that IPL 6 had to be cancelled, but this announcement should have been made earlier.
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GL to the IPL team! I'm confident you'll find a good home. Cheers to all and best of luck
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"Today, game publishers are holding their own tournaments, which is why we are not ready to commit the resources at this time to run another major independent event. "
Hmm...
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hope they refund the teams as well
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Well that's that. A few more weekends I can study undistracted this year.
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Ouch. It's great that the hotel will be refunded, but air fare is expensive and nonrefundable.
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The past two years have been incredible, and we thank every one of the millions of people who tuned in to our events and coverage over that time. Your support has been tremendous and we could not have done this without you. We went from $5,000 online StarCraft 2 tournaments to one of the world’s best and largest eSports events.
this sounds extremely morbid
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Finally, a definitive response...
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On March 05 2013 09:56 Loomies wrote:
"Today, game publishers are holding their own tournaments, which is why we are not ready to commit the resources at this time to run another major independent event. "
Hmm...
I was wondering about that as well.
On March 05 2013 09:56 Gamegene wrote:Show nested quote +The past two years have been incredible, and we thank every one of the millions of people who tuned in to our events and coverage over that time. Your support has been tremendous and we could not have done this without you. We went from $5,000 online StarCraft 2 tournaments to one of the world’s best and largest eSports events.
this sounds extremely morbid
"Morbid"?
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was really hoping this wouldnt happen... but i guess what's done is done.
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Katowice25012 Posts
Unfortunate but nice to finally hear official word.
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what a suprise!
-said no one ever
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"Again, thank you for your support of the IPL, and we hope you will stay with us for the next exciting chapte"
haha fuck you.
User was warned for this post
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EPT
