EPTBlizzard to cease negotiations with KeSPA - Page 3
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petered
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On April 25 2010 13:11 skuj wrote: what kind of governing body does chinese esports have? could this be helpful in uniting the asian esports scenes? Not going to help. China is still a developing country isolated from the rest of the world, for the most part, due to the Great Firewall of the Communist Party. Their internet issues really prevent them from developing a very vibrant eSports scene without LAN support (and it looks like SC 2 might not have LAN support...) | ||
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
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Robinsa
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Judicator
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SoMuchBetter
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konadora
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years
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cgrinker
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Jaester88
United States143 Posts
Disregarding the issue of team support, which has already been mentioned already, I feel like KeSPA has at least some leverage in the Korean media, certainly more than Blizzard. I know this is pretty much true for a fact for e-sports media like fomos and dailyesports and such, but it may even extend to the more mainstream media as well. (Actually, let me word it this way. They probably don't have leverage at all in the mainstream media, but in the end, KeSPA is Korean while Blizzard is not.) If so, they can and will spin this issue so that Blizzard is solely to blame for the negotiation failures, and Koreans are particularly easily influenced by the media, especially if the media spins it in a way that makes them feel like they are being persecuted by a foreign power. (Never do the Koreans stick together stronger than when they feel like they're being persecuted, or when they cheer for a national hero, as was sort of mentioned in the Kim Yun-a thread.) This could potentially lead to a scenario where a large portion of Koreans just flat-out boycott Blizzard. This would affect not only the e-sports industry, but maybe the sales of SC2, and possibly even the WoW population of Korea as well (which, as I understand it, is not insignificant). I know this is an unlikely scenario, and I'm probably over-exaggerating, but it's certainly not an implausible scenario, considering what I know about the Korean mentality. Does KeSPA have more to lose than Blizzard if the worst is to happen? Absolutely. That's pretty much undeniable. KeSPA without SC:BW is nothing, and will crumble instantly. But does Blizzard have nothing to lose? No, at least I don't think so. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66363 Posts
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Jaester88
United States143 Posts
On April 25 2010 13:52 konadora wrote: uh KeSPA does manage other leagues too you know :< (although undeniably BW is the biggest league they will ever handle) Yes, but I'm pretty sure the revenue earned from those other leagues are not even close to enough to keep KeSPA afloat. I may be wrong, but in my mind, Korean e-sports basically is BW | ||
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FortuneSyn
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On April 25 2010 13:51 Jaester88 wrote: There's been a lot of responses in this thread saying that Blizzard has nothing to lose, but I don't think it's as true as most of you believe. Disregarding the issue of team support, which has already been mentioned already, I feel like KeSPA has at least some leverage in the Korean media, certainly more than Blizzard. I know this is pretty much true for a fact for e-sports media like fomos and dailyesports and such, but it may even extend to the more mainstream media as well. (Actually, let me word it this way. They probably don't have leverage at all in the mainstream media, but in the end, KeSPA is Korean while Blizzard is not.) If so, they can and will spin this issue so that Blizzard is solely to blame for the negotiation failures, and Koreans are particularly easily influenced by the media, especially if the media spins it in a way that makes them feel like they are being persecuted by a foreign power. (Never do the Koreans stick together stronger than when they feel like they're being persecuted, or when they cheer for a national hero, as was sort of mentioned in the Kim Yun-a thread.) This could potentially lead to a scenario where a large portion of Koreans just flat-out boycott Blizzard. This would affect not only the e-sports industry, but maybe the sales of SC2, and possibly even the WoW population of Korea as well (which, as I understand it, is not insignificant). I know this is an unlikely scenario, and I'm probably over-exaggerating, but it's certainly not an implausible scenario, considering what I know about the Korean mentality. Does KeSPA have more to lose than Blizzard if the worst is to happen? Absolutely. That's pretty much undeniable. KeSPA without SC:BW is nothing, and will crumble instantly. But does Blizzard have nothing to lose? No, at least I don't think so. Jaester88 knows what he's talking about. Kespa has the power of the Korean government and Korean People. Blizzard can talk about how Kespa violates their intellectual property. But I guarantee you that the Korean courts will back Kespa. Blizzard needs to recognize that and work with Kespa to figure out a solution, even if it means giving up all the esports dollars in Korea, at least they can earn money from game sales. That's the cost of doing business in Asia. | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
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years
Costa Rica216 Posts
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dani_caliKorea
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
something need to happen to clean up this kespa mess, i think the koreans would agree on that as well, lets see what's kespa next move now, use its corporate connection to get SC2 an AO rating? or worst banned in korea? i doubt there's any other way out for them unless coming to terms with blizz. | ||
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
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yoshi_yoshi
United States440 Posts
Also, did Blizzard ever mention removing BW as a possibility? From my understanding, the breakdown of negotiations was just from the point of running SC2 leagues and tournaments. | ||
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