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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
May 16 2011 23:42 GMT
#1
As we know from past leaks, Blizzard and KeSPA were very close to a settlement. The settlement is now official and finalized, as Blizzard, KeSPA, OGN, and MBC Game have entered into a license contract. It's a two year license contract, and it will allow OGN and MBC to broadcast Starcraft BW officially.

Naturally, the ongoing court case has been dropped.

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Mike Morhaime commented that "We are glad to work with KeSPA and both broadcasting stations, who has contributed to the growth of Korean e-Sports industry", and "This is a first step towards a enduring and positive relationship, and we expect to bring exciting content wiht our new partners.". Finally, he added that "As Korea is the center of e-Sports, we will be able to contribute to global e-sports industry through this contributing relationship with KeSPA and the broadcasting stations"

KeSPA's chairman Kim Joon Ho commented that "KeSPA and all the companies that make up KeSPA are very glad to have the cooperation of the best game developer in the world, Blizzard". He noted that "All the participants went into the negotiations with passion, and the negotiations went through in a fun and open way". Furthermore, he commented that "Blizzard's devotion toward e-Sports is reflected directly into the game development. Through this positive relationship, I hope we will be able to accomplish our vision to bring e-Sports tournaments that will catch the attention of many and to grow the global e-Sports industry"

There will soon be an announcement about future StarCraft: Brood War Tournaments.

Source: http://e-sports.or.kr/

An e-Sports commentator noted that the biggest gains from this license agreement is the possibility of expanding the market into Starcraft 2, instead of just Starcraft 1.

Source: http://fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=117418&db=issue




Milkis Commentary:

It's likely two years because of the original Gretech agreement Blizzard has -- Gretech still holds the exclusive rights for Starcraft 2 for two more years. It'll be interesting to see how things turn out when we grow closer to the point, since the old things could easily resurface around that point depending on how BW is doing.

It'll be interesting to see if Gretech gives up the exclusivity portion of the SC2 contract over this. And this also doesn't mean GSL on OGN yet -- GSL is "exclusive" to Anibox for the next year.

Overall this could develop into something more positive and stable, depending on motives.
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Budzlight
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States578 Posts
May 16 2011 23:45 GMT
#2
Nice that there's a for sure 2 years.
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7582 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-16 23:47:56
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#3
\o/

Excellent news. Now... is this the place to speculate what will happen in two years?

And indeed, lings are imba.

EDIT: When does Blizzard-Gretech contract expire?
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Spica
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5582 Posts
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#4
Hahahah what fluff. Makes me wanna puke from reading all of it.

Glad to see everything finalized and settled though! Yeeeahhh Brood War! \o/
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Takkara
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2503 Posts
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#5
Great news to see everyone playing nicely now! So funny to hear both sides gushing over each other after what they WERE saying about each other not that long ago. Wonder if any stipulations were attached other than logos and money.
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iLoveKT
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Philippines3615 Posts
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#6
they went from spitting in each others faces to sucking each others "you know what" in record time.

awesome news though.
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 00:03:09
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#7
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH


YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH


Thank god its officially over -.-.
Hopefully this will attract good sponsors , I mean now they sponsor something 100% legal.

KOREAN OSL, I WANT IT.

Edit: Oke I calmed down now, hopefully BW is able to live on properly now.

Furthermore, he commented that "Blizzard's devotion toward e-Sports is reflected directly into the game development. Through this positive relationship, I hope we will be able to accomplish our vision to bring e-Sports tournaments that will catch the attention of many and to grow the global e-Sports industry"


I lol'ed.
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emc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3088 Posts
May 16 2011 23:46 GMT
#8
after 2 years I bet they cut support, they want SC2 to grow not live in BW's shadow. I think it's nice of blizzard, but all they care about is SC2 it seems.
Striding Strider
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom787 Posts
May 16 2011 23:48 GMT
#9
Yay!

Lol @ the pre-agreed statements though.
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darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
May 16 2011 23:50 GMT
#10
I'm very glad this issue is resolved for now. I hope they can do something more though to help promote starcraft (bw and sc2) and I guess we will find out in the upcoming months.
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aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
May 16 2011 23:56 GMT
#11
Now Blizzard needs to patch BW to be bug free when being played in Vista

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Patch increase build speed time of scouts and lessen its cost to 150/100.
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andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
May 16 2011 23:59 GMT
#12
Yes, clearly the negotiations were "fun and open". Maybe they had soju in court.
King K. Rool
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada4408 Posts
May 16 2011 23:59 GMT
#13
Ah feels good.

It's crazy how only a year ago there was talk about the end of BW.
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
May 17 2011 00:01 GMT
#14
On May 17 2011 08:46 Spica wrote:
Hahahah what fluff. Makes me wanna puke from reading all of it.

Glad to see everything finalized and settled though! Yeeeahhh Brood War! \o/


Hahah I seriously Laughed Out Loud at the words from Mike and Kespa, so good. Glad to have BW guaranteed at least 2 more years :D.
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vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
May 17 2011 00:02 GMT
#15
This is great. It's finally over! Guess this really doesn't change anything though, Kespa was already broadcasting games.... lol
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Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
May 17 2011 00:06 GMT
#16
As long as this debacle is done and we as fans can enjoy some "legal" Brood War. ^^; I don't care how it happened or how "happy" they are, all I care about is that this ordeal is done and we can move on with more Starleagues, proleague and winner's league... oh and maybe any other tournament they want to host!
Brood War forever!
danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
May 17 2011 00:08 GMT
#17
Man, for all of us that have endured the dozens of kespa/blizzard threads and the hundreds of negative comments from both sides, I'm glad it is finally over.

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Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
May 17 2011 00:12 GMT
#18
boooooo, stupid PR statements, I want more drama!!! (at least BW is safe for 2 years =)
SkyLegenD
Profile Joined February 2010
United States304 Posts
May 17 2011 00:13 GMT
#19
I lol'ed at the overly cliche statements both KeSPA and Blizzard released.
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." - Napoleon Bonaparte
Brad`
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada548 Posts
May 17 2011 00:17 GMT
#20
So happy that its over.
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