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blizz doesn't require money from mlg to run sc2

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theking1
Profile Joined June 2013
Romania658 Posts
August 13 2013 23:33 GMT
#1

So I am watching inside the game and incontrol just confirmed that cloaken contacted him and told him blizzard does not ask for money from mlg to run sc2 at mlg.

I am just writing a text on this topic since this simply blows away the entire theory that mlg payed money to run sc2 and this is why they dropped it.

Literally mlg just dropped their second most viewed game that they had for free.
Very bad business decision from mlg.
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
August 13 2013 23:35 GMT
#2
I thought they weren't given permission for the time slot? (That slot going to Redbull I think?)
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
juicyjames *
Profile Joined August 2011
United States3815 Posts
August 13 2013 23:36 GMT
#3
On August 14 2013 08:35 Thieving Magpie wrote:
I thought they weren't given permission for the time slot? (That slot going to Redbull I think?)

That was debunked.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=424729
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Ecstatic
Profile Joined January 2011
United States160 Posts
August 13 2013 23:36 GMT
#4
On August 14 2013 08:35 Thieving Magpie wrote:
I thought they weren't given permission for the time slot? (That slot going to Redbull I think?)

They didn't request for the time slot.
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-13 23:37:50
August 13 2013 23:37 GMT
#5
This topic is so confusing, where is Slasher when you need him.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
Shantastic
Profile Joined October 2011
United States435 Posts
August 13 2013 23:38 GMT
#6
Well, SC2 is the only game MLG doesn't get paid to feature from what I've heard, but I can't source that.
"My grandpa could have proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, but he's also dead." -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1803 Posts
August 13 2013 23:41 GMT
#7
On August 14 2013 08:37 Grumbels wrote:
This topic is so confusing, where is Slasher when you need him.

In seattle/on the way back from seattle D:
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WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
August 13 2013 23:42 GMT
#8
On August 14 2013 08:38 Shantastic wrote:
Well, SC2 is the only game MLG doesn't get paid to feature from what I've heard, but I can't source that.

LoL does. CoD maybe. Halo? Doubt it. NBA 2K13, Gears of War, Fifa? Probably not.

And if they have DotA, definitely not.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
August 13 2013 23:43 GMT
#9
To summarize it:
- MLG said the timeslot was taken so they couldn't add SC2. - Turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz and Redbull)
- MLG said they had to pay Blizz to have SC2 at their events. - Also turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz)

More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
August 13 2013 23:44 GMT
#10
On August 14 2013 08:43 synd wrote:
To summarize it:
- MLG said the timeslot was taken so they couldn't add SC2. - Turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz and Redbull)
- MLG said they had to pay Blizz to have SC2 at their events. - Also turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz)

More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?

I don't think MLG said any of those things...the community just made up excuses and then treated them as truth.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
theking1
Profile Joined June 2013
Romania658 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-13 23:46:02
August 13 2013 23:45 GMT
#11
On August 14 2013 08:43 synd wrote:
To summarize it:
- MLG said the timeslot was taken so they couldn't add SC2. - Turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz and Redbull)
- MLG said they had to pay Blizz to have SC2 at their events. - Also turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz)

More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?


mlg did not say anything like this.incontrol spread the news blizz required money from mlg.mlg actually did not say anything beside the fact we do not know what goes behind the scenes.

@wolfinthesheep

activision for sure pays.but cod really is big in the na scene and they bring in good numbers
juicyjames *
Profile Joined August 2011
United States3815 Posts
August 13 2013 23:48 GMT
#12
On August 14 2013 08:42 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2013 08:38 Shantastic wrote:
Well, SC2 is the only game MLG doesn't get paid to feature from what I've heard, but I can't source that.

LoL does. CoD maybe. Halo? Doubt it. NBA 2K13, Gears of War, Fifa? Probably not.

And if they have DotA, definitely not.

Last MLG they only officially ran tournaments for Call of Duty, League of Legends, and Starcraft 2. Infinite Crisis and Planetside 2 were there was promotional titles, too, though.
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bludragen88
Profile Joined August 2008
United States527 Posts
August 13 2013 23:49 GMT
#13
On August 14 2013 08:43 synd wrote:
More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?


Or is he... innovation?

I think it could be as simple as MLG getting fed up with getting the most negative feedback from the community over everything they did or did not do. MLG really got the most flak by far out of all the organizations, except maybe Kespa back in the day (I'm not 100% whether it was all deserved or not - I'm sure at least some definitely was and some definitely wasn't).
FT.aCt)Sony
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1048 Posts
August 13 2013 23:49 GMT
#14
On August 14 2013 08:43 synd wrote:
To summarize it:
- MLG said the timeslot was taken so they couldn't add SC2. - Turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz and Redbull)
- MLG said they had to pay Blizz to have SC2 at their events. - Also turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz)

More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?


Such a sad moment for the community to be treated in this manner by a organization who was there to promote the game.

Just keep finding more and more reasons to not care, stay motivated or stick around in the community any longer
theking1
Profile Joined June 2013
Romania658 Posts
August 13 2013 23:51 GMT
#15
On August 14 2013 08:49 FT.aCt)Sony wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2013 08:43 synd wrote:
To summarize it:
- MLG said the timeslot was taken so they couldn't add SC2. - Turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz and Redbull)
- MLG said they had to pay Blizz to have SC2 at their events. - Also turned out to be a lie (confirmed by Blizz)

More to say about MLG or we can reach the conclussion that Sundance is a fucking bogus?


Such a sad moment for the community to be treated in this manner by a organization who was there to promote the game.

Just keep finding more and more reasons to not care, stay motivated or stick around in the community any longer


mlg was never there to promote game.they were there to make money of the game.wcs is there to promote the game.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25991 Posts
August 13 2013 23:52 GMT
#16
Doesn't require an additional thread.
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KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25657 Posts
August 14 2013 00:29 GMT
#17
Whoa. Chill doing mod work!
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