| chobopeon United States. March 23 2011 08:24. Posts 7284 | Profile Blog # |
The full post and details were originally posted on SK-Gaming.
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32900-IGNs_Edward_Chang_IPL2_to_have_50000_minimum_prize_pool has the newest news about season 2.
Over the past couple of days, major American video game site IGN (owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, one of the largest in the world) has made known their intention to become heavily involved in competitive StarCraft 2.
Information has recently come to light to suggest that this will be a new professional StarCraft 2 league in North America, sponsored by IGN and boasting a prize pool between $150,000 and $200,000. This information comes from the mouth of an IGN employee and a credible source who wishes to remain anonymous at this time.
When approached, IGN declined to comment on this information.
Long story short: I've been speaking with someone who I know is a credible source. From that person, I have this information. While I wouldn't go to Vegas and bet your savings on it (things can change), I am personally quite sure that this source has a very good sense of what is going on.
UPDATE: When it rains it pours: bet the savings.
Anyway, I'm psyched. IGN is HUGE, gets tens of millions of hits per month. A league by them is not to be taken lightly.
IGN's site: http://www.ign.com/proleague counting down to the release day. Theory looking fairly solid. Boom.
UPDATES and answers:
+ Show Spoiler +Bringing this to the light and community review will help it more than keeping it in the shadows will. NASL has already improved thanks to community feedback. To be frank, hearing what we have to say will make the IPL better if IGN is willing to listen and knows how to take critiques. I'm sure they do. This is for the best. - To those who think it is a NASL sponsorship: Evoli, who was at the meeting, confirmed that this is " very much so a venture of their [IGN's] own". Read the article on SK-Gaming, this and other information being discussed is ALREADY there! -- Evoli was not the source, this is not Evoli's info. I love evoli but he is working closely with the league (and will probably be providing top notch coverage once its out). He is not the reason that I know it is a team league. I know it is a team league because my source says teams were contacted as opposed to individuals. Additionally: my source is saying there is no association between NASL and IGN, neither is sponsoring the other, evoli even mentioned the same thing in his thread, that the two are separate entities. This is pretty much happening as I stated it in the original article on SK Gaming. -- --- A post on IGN.com entitled "Announcing the IGN Proleague" has surfaced, apparently posted on March 20th, 2011 (it is easy to fake a blog post's date).
IGN has invited 16 of the most talented Starcraft 2 players from North America, and will be launching a series of tournaments in search for the best players in America.
As the top gaming site on the internet, IGN is passionate about nurturing the gaming scene. We believe that the main reason why America is not yet competitive in the eSports scene is the lack of events and sponsorships to support America's talent. IGN will be investing in accelerating the growth of the eSport scene in America.
---- - The site's lay out!
Yeah, I think it's safe to say this is happening.Last edit: 2011-04-16 16:48:38 |
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| RyanRushia United States. March 23 2011 08:25. Posts 2606 | Profile Blog # |
| another huge league! this is awesome! |
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| blade55555 United States. March 23 2011 08:25. Posts 14084 | Profile Blog # |
I mean if this is true that would be so epic. And would be even more epic if it was actually proleague like bw  |
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| ThE_OsToJiY Canada. March 23 2011 08:25. Posts 1156 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Zeri United States. March 23 2011 08:25. Posts 773 | Profile # |
| Wow this looks like big news, thanks for sharing and definitely excited to hear more. |
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 Antoine United States. March 23 2011 08:26. Posts 6244 | Profile Blog # |
| your usage of the term "proleague" makes me think it's a teamleague, is this intended? if so, AWESOME |
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| NotSupporting Sweden. March 23 2011 08:26. Posts 1983 | Profile # |
| esport is getting real... |
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| Tachion March 23 2011 08:26. Posts 6971 | Profile # |
It's official. There is now way too much awesome Starcraft for me to watch  |
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| Alou United States. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 3747 | Profile Blog # |
i'm excited for IGN's announcement then.  |
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 DirtYLOu March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 575 | Profile # |
SC2 PROLEAGUE?!!?! ( TEAM LEAGUES ) AM I DREAMING?!!!?
IGN GOGOGOGO!!!!!Last edit: 2011-03-23 08:27:41 |
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| the9thdude United States. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 41 | Profile # |
| Too many leagues, not enough time. |
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| 0mgVitaminE United States. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 1244 | Profile # |
Wow that's a crazy amount.
So this is a teamleague? Would really like to see some high quality clan battles |
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| Novalisk Israel. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 1769 | Profile Blog # |
| Looks awesome, but I'll save some excitement for the announcement. |
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| CecilSunkure United States. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 2229 | Profile Blog # |
| Whoa. I wanna be good enough to play! |
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| Kaoriyu Canada. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 261 | Profile Blog # |
| Oh my god. I seriously wish I had someone to tell this to IRL. 2011, NA Esports will make it's debut! |
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| Dostov Canada. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 8 | Profile # |
| Although has the NASL announced who their sponsors are? Perhaps its IGN who is sponsoring the NASL. And this note makes it sound like IGN is sponsoring a league not necessarily coming out with their own league. I could just be misinformed, but thats what it looks like to me. |
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| Terrakin United States. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 1388 | Profile Blog # |
holy fucking hell, if this is true things are going to be crazy in ESPORTSSSS
I don't really know what to think anymore.. |
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| Gigaudas Sweden. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 1194 | Profile Blog # |
Wow, we will see a large amount of people making really good money from playing Starcraft 2!
Really wish I was younger and had the motivation to compete! |
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| SolHeiM Sweden. March 23 2011 08:27. Posts 1260 | Profile Blog # |
| damn, 150k.. Hope it's global with plenty of tournaments all over the world and then a huge finals somewhere with the 150k prize pool. ^^ |
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