On April 09 2013 05:54 hoby2000 wrote: Holy fucking shit - this is the biggest news for SC2 so far. Why? Because Blizzard can FINALLY FUCKING FOCUS on getting their shit together in development, and stop focusing on content or tournament production.
Jesus Christ. I've been waiting for this day for so god damn long....
I'm not sure if the people who worked in content/tournament production would now end up contributing to game development. The type of expertise seems too different.
Think it's the other way around.. they hire people doing tournament production to keep blizz people developing. I just can't help but feel that staffing is tight in their offices.
Buying IPL basically removes the process of creating a new department from scratch. It's already done for them.
What he means is the people previously doing the tournament production won't now move onto game development because they are significantly different areas of expertise.
Glad for old IPL. Never liked official leagues with company names in them; it somewhat illegitimizes it professionally - can you image a company name attached to the NBA, MLB, etc
So glad Blizzard didn't attach it's name to WCS. Yay.
Hey everyone! Glad to see so much enthusiasm here. We have a lot of big plans and will be involved in a lot of Blizzard's efforts moving forward. We'll be sure to let everyone know more information as soon as we can release it about what exactly we're doing. Thanks again!
On April 09 2013 05:32 FatBat wrote: wait .. What about EG announcement of incontrol and his wife moving to bay area?
No announcement. They just moved to a house in the Bay area like normal people. The same area with Blizzard and NASL are. People are just putting things together because we are smart and stuff.
Oh there will be an announcement.
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I can say officially (if it hasn't been obvious enough) @EGiNcontroL & I have moved to the Bay Area! @EvilGeniuses will tell you why soon.
Great news the for the IPL guys! Well done Blizzard recognizing and opportunity to snag up some top notch talent. WCS is keeps looking better and better.
On April 09 2013 05:32 FatBat wrote: wait .. What about EG announcement of incontrol and his wife moving to bay area?
No announcement. They just moved to a house in the Bay area like normal people. The same area with Blizzard and NASL are. People are just putting things together because we are smart and stuff.
On April 09 2013 06:51 Starp wrote: Glad for old IPL. Never liked official leagues with company names in them; it somewhat illegitimizes it professionally - can you image a company name attached to the NBA, MLB, etc
So glad Blizzard didn't attach it's name to WCS. Yay.
well if NBA or MLB was solely owned by apple, im sure they´d find a way