The Blizzard eSports Channel by ESL TV is a new streaming video service, available to World of Warcraft subscribers. This channel will showcase live eSports events using Blizzard Entertainment games, in addition to airing scheduled and on-demand programming. Active World of Warcraft subscribers can find the Blizzard eSports Channel underneath Free Services within Account Management.
"Once we jumped off the boat and into the jungle, we cranked up the volume and marched to our own drummer..."
What's exactly with the "subscriber exclusive" on this channel? It's just a public low-quality stream available from the ESL website at http://tv.esl.eu/blizzard/ And ESL low-quality has always been free, as this service is accessible for everyone anyway.
Wasn't there a blue post some time during TBC that the plan for PvP was to move the focus away from the arena and e-the sport angle.. guess I recall wrong.
Q u o t e: E-Sports = Beginning of the End for WoW.
Arena FTL
Agreed.
Q u o t e: Wasn't there a blue post some time during TBC that the plan for PvP was to move the focus away from the arena and e-the sport angle.. guess I recall wrong.
We were also told Death Knights wouldn't be overpowered at launch and that sex changes wouldn't happen.
Q u o t e: Wasn't there a blue post some time during TBC that the plan for PvP was to move the focus away from the arena and e-the sport angle.. guess I recall wrong.
Q u o t e: This channel will showcase live eSports events using Blizzard Entertainment games
I dont see Arena or WoW being especially specified in that quote.
I dont see Arena or WoW being especially specified in that quote.
Because they're going to ignore their current, massively successful, IP, which has worldwide tournaments already established for it.
Riiiiiight.
"For too long have the Horde been left unchecked. Peace? Useless... it's gotten us nowhere. We have lost some of our greatest heroes to "peace." Let us see what battle brings."
Q u o t e: The Blizzard eSports Channel by ESL TV is a new streaming video service, available to World of Warcraft subscribers. This channel will showcase live eSports events using Blizzard Entertainment games, in addition to airing scheduled and on-demand programming. Active World of Warcraft subscribers can find the Blizzard eSports Channel underneath Free Services within Account Management.
so you arent getting rid of arena at all then? What a shame, as most of your subscribers hate it.
Q u o t e: Will we see this on BlizzCon too? because the DirectPlay was only for US players
First
You mean like the linking of "wow accounts" etc etc... only US with "coming soon" for the rest of us.... still i do love throwing pictures of "lurky" at them :) muahahaha
i'd rather have an Ingame spectator mode, than this though... i mean if guild wars can do it, i guess you guys could do it backwards... if that's the way you're going.
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"relics" what a joke - willing to buy a third trinket slot instead.... i can actually get a far better choice than this hack of an idea... suppose it's better than Linken's Boomerang just
Have Blizzard made other games than WoW? Yes
Have Blizzard made Starcraft? Yes
Are they doing matches in Starcraft? Yes
Are they being prodcast through out the world even as we speak? Yes
Are most of the above posters being pussies because Arena isn't something you can just PUG and Win? Yes
