Wow. Some of your posts in this thread are really ****, same like the blog text about wic a few month ago.I think the difference is that this isn't a professional sport and there are major differences too. You wouldn't see the club owners of a football team also running the league and funding the league as well as paying all of their players.
The point is, if the sponsor is donating so much money to AoC what is his intent behind it? Is it to help AoC to grow and prosper or is to to buy the top players, kill competition and parade them around and have them play for ridiculous amounts of money that no other team or event can compete with?
Microsoft a really big company:
-brings out AoC HD
-its becomes clear very fast that they just want to make quick money with the game
-from nearly unplayble in the beginning to still far worse the the original game
I MEAN REALY, YOU MAKE MILLIONS WITH A REMAKE AND AFTER YEARS THE GAME IS STILL MORE LAGGY/MORE BUGS THEN THE ORIGINAL GAME, HOW THE **** IS THIS POSSIBLE?
-they already made millions with HD and give nearly nothing back
-they already nearly killed aoe2 just to force people to play the sequel
-they killed ensemble studios
-im sure they would kill servers again if they had a "good" reason (not sure how steam works and if that is possible)
-look at all the crap like aoc castle siege
-they are not interested in the game at all just $$$
They bring out another expansion (to make more money).
Zerobrainpower: OMG SO NICE!!!!
Tyrant Sponsor:
-gives his own money to sponsor great tournements
-dosnt get any money back from it
-makes very nice extra rules like best game in each stage so every team can win something
-free taffles for everyone
-makes some exclusive tournements for his team
Zerobrainpower: WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING? THIS GUY KILLS COMPETITION