EPTWhereas Blizzard might lose some money. You know, a drop in the bucket from their ridiculously huge WoW-funded treasury.
It's pretty obvious to see who has more to lose here, and who will 'win' in a battle of attrition.
Blizzard to cease negotiations with KeSPA - Page 2
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Whereas Blizzard might lose some money. You know, a drop in the bucket from their ridiculously huge WoW-funded treasury. It's pretty obvious to see who has more to lose here, and who will 'win' in a battle of attrition. | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
the only problem i foresee is if kespa gets government support in their negotiations, or if they take a united-we-fall approach with the progaming teams. if not, they need to find a more acquiescent approach if they want to maintain leadership in Asian esports | ||
Spazer
Canada8036 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:45 ShadeR wrote: The Pro teams will back Kespa yes? Judging from events like the GOMTV leagues and the recent WCG thing, that's been the trend so far. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22260 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:45 ShadeR wrote: The Pro teams will back Kespa yes? Some of them, yes. Kespa has stake (read: major influence) in a few of the teams. | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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SoLaR[i.C]
United States2969 Posts
We'll end up with more English language tournaments and commentating. Sounds great to me. | ||
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integral
United States3161 Posts
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:54 SoLaR[i.C] wrote: This is PERFECT for a fairly casual player such as myself who doesn't give two shits about the pro scene in Korea. Kespa acted unreasonably and Blizzard responded in the way they should have - by pulling out completely. We'll end up with more English language tournaments and commentating. Sounds great to me. i don't understand the inverse relationship you're assuming between Korea's pro scene and English tournaments/commentating. English tournaments never took hold because no one knew how to market it, not because the Korean scene was crowding them out. | ||
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FraCuS
United States1072 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:55 integral wrote: ... Holy shit, all I can say is that this better not kill the SC:BW progaming scene. I would be so fucking angry and disappointed, and I'm just an observer. Think about how much time and energy the players, coaches, and teams have put into this game. How can they not come to negotiable terms? What is Blizzard's recourse if KeSPA just completely ignores them? Are they planning to pursue that? What is the likelihood of SC:BW no longer having a progaming scene if there is a confrontation? amen. the SC:BW pro scene in korea are the ones who got me playing SC:BW. | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:48 EvilTeletubby wrote: Some of them, yes. Kespa has stake (read: major influence) in a few of the teams. Aren't most if the people who run the teams part of kespa? | ||
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geegee1
United States618 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:57 avilo wrote: Kespa are being bastards, Blizz did all they can do. Kespa would not exist without blizzard's game, though e-sports would not exist without kespa, but the fact of the matter is, it is blizzard's game. so what, Blizzard never cared about starcraft. after they realize that korea made starcraft into the media spotlight. they started to care. why do u think it took blizzard 12 years to make sc2? | ||
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dronebabo
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skuj
United States302 Posts
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ToeJam
United States282 Posts
Thankfully, StarCraft is such a great game that with Blizzard's support, it will still succeed competitively. I hope OGN and MBC Game will be able to deal with Blizzard directly and continue to broadcast games. | ||
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Fosh
Sweden117 Posts
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Doso
Germany769 Posts
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
On April 25 2010 12:57 avilo wrote: Kespa are being bastards, Blizz did all they can do. Kespa would not exist without blizzard's game, though e-sports would not exist without kespa, but the fact of the matter is, it is blizzard's game. Well im sure there would be someone else who would have made an esports association if kespa didn't. | ||
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