In the interview with David 'affentod' Hiltscher, Vice President Gaming Communities at Turtle Entertainment, ESL's role nowadays gets clearer: LoL outperforming SC2 in the CeBIT hall is not surprising, ESL has always been a service provider, but now it's financially lucrative and publishers want the ESL to explain and replicate successful eSports for them. Sees ESL as sort of a lightning rod concerning shitstorms for the publishers.


Directlinks to questions:
First two IEM days
Relation SC2-LoL at CeBIT
Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm
Game Distribution IEM & EMS
Relation of ESL to Publishers nowadays
Role of National Esl Pro Series in the ESL today
Solving ESL's long-time prize money issues
Guarantees in eSports
Sustainability of IEM teams
Wishes for the next 2013/14 ESL season

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