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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.
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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Nice that there's a for sure 2 years.
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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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United States5582 Posts
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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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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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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Netherlands29720 Posts
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
+ Show Spoiler +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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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.
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Yay!
Lol @ the pre-agreed statements though.
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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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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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Yes, clearly the negotiations were "fun and open". Maybe they had soju in court.
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Ah feels good.
It's crazy how only a year ago there was talk about the end of BW.
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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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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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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!
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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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boooooo, stupid PR statements, I want more drama!!! (at least BW is safe for 2 years =)
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I lol'ed at the overly cliche statements both KeSPA and Blizzard released.
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