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maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5536 Posts
May 17 2011 16:11 GMT
#241
On May 17 2011 21:05 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2011 13:16 GTR wrote:
On May 17 2011 13:10 Highways wrote:
I don't know why everyone is so excited, BW still would've continued even if they didn't come up with an agreement.

What would be exciting is if OGN/MBC started their own SC2 leagues.


the only problem i see is that they won't be taking over kespa-ran stuff on the schedule (so osl/msl/pl/sf pl)

hopefully though, we'll see small tournaments being run in timeslots that are used for games like kartrider, sudden attack etc.


Unlikely, since OGN i know for a fact is getting paid to hold kartrider leagues by Nexon. Plus, won't happen for a year or so anyway.

Sudden Attack iirc is pretty popular too.


Any idea as to why they're not replacing Sudden Attack with CS 1.6? Did Valve object? They've got a really good team in Korea (two actually) and there are several other teams in Asia (mainly China). Sudden Attack looks extremely shallow compared to CS, imo.
lxginverse
Profile Joined May 2008
Monaco1506 Posts
May 17 2011 16:20 GMT
#242
its one of the most popular online games in Korea iirc
fromis_9 enjoyer
maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5536 Posts
May 17 2011 17:03 GMT
#243
Hmm, why didn't CS catch on then? Pretty bizarre.
kamikami
Profile Joined November 2010
France1057 Posts
May 17 2011 17:05 GMT
#244
On May 18 2011 02:03 maybenexttime wrote:
Hmm, why didn't CS catch on then? Pretty bizarre.


If i'm not mistaken the CS scene was very popular in Korea too, but unlike Blizzard, Valve went hardcore with their copyright so the Korean just dropped it and created sudden attack as a replacement.
Khassar de Templari
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
May 17 2011 17:11 GMT
#245
This is so good news. Phew!
zasda
Profile Joined March 2011
381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 17:12:25
May 17 2011 17:11 GMT
#246
yah korea had like a top10 team (atleast) couple years ago but disappeared (1.6)
so it was probably pretty popular too
andrewnguyener
Profile Joined March 2011
United States548 Posts
May 17 2011 17:18 GMT
#247
great news! good partnership
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
May 17 2011 17:21 GMT
#248
HourraaaaH!

Though this isin't the most momentous thing, it's still nice to feel relief from those initial stresses when this whole ordeal all started, what not knowing if BW would be allowed to continue as we know it or if they'd be forced to stop it all together.

In any case, I'm glad to see it resolved, and now that they're in an agreement I wouldn't feel all that bad if OGN/MBC got into SC2
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Jeffsekai
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada12 Posts
May 17 2011 17:34 GMT
#249
This is great news, thank god it's finally over.
Everyone fights, no one quits. If you don't fight I'll kill you myself.
zyzski
Profile Joined May 2010
United States698 Posts
May 17 2011 17:35 GMT
#250
wonder how much blizz gutted them for
TYBG
Aran
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands21 Posts
May 17 2011 17:47 GMT
#251
Small typo in Blizzards statement.

wiht > with
DMXD
Profile Joined February 2008
United States4064 Posts
May 17 2011 18:08 GMT
#252
good news for bw fans and sc2 in korea

bad news for match fixers. O-o
nimbim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany983 Posts
May 17 2011 19:17 GMT
#253
Their statements are hilarious, but I'm sooo glad BW can continue without trouble. The last translation about the court case had me really worried.
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
May 17 2011 19:38 GMT
#254
On May 17 2011 23:19 aimaimaim wrote:
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On May 17 2011 22:20 xarthaz wrote:
On May 17 2011 13:18 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
On May 17 2011 08:56 aimaimaim wrote:
Now Blizzard needs to patch BW to be bug free when being played in Vista

&

Patch increase build speed time of scouts and lessen its cost to 150/100.

It is a a LOT of work and a very expensive process to patch a game as old as BW, as not that many people who made the game still work in that capacity.

Or so Ive been told, and it makes sense I think.

Looking at what Blizz has done to Diablo 2 in the past few years, no sane person would want them anywhere near "balancing" or bug fixing of the game..
On May 17 2011 15:39 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On May 17 2011 15:25 AndAgain wrote:
So how many days (weeks?) from now can I expect Flash/JD/Bisu to start competing in SC2? About time for the big boys to show us how to play.


6 years tops.
Yeah, would be about the age of Nada and July then, ready for pre-retirement career switch when they cant keep up with the young guys any more.


Hammerdins .. anyone :D
Hammerdins have been the best paladin build since 1.00 so thats not a patching issue, but blizzard patching in general seems to be somewhat inefficient for esports.
Aah thats the stuff..
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
May 17 2011 19:40 GMT
#255
wow that sounds ultra strange if blizzard and kespa say something nice about each other. but good to see broodwar will continue without any more problems.
iPBioOrMech
Profile Joined May 2010
Turkey297 Posts
May 17 2011 20:03 GMT
#256
What is this about? can someone send me a message about whats going on here? lol thanks
~

User was temp banned for this post.
i created scan BM, MvP created mule drop.
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 20:29:09
May 17 2011 20:28 GMT
#257
What these means for BW

Things go on as they've been going, except without a sword of damocles over the BW scene. Kespa and Blizzard pretend to be BFFs while secrectly hating each other. I think this board probably gets that better than I can explain, so I won't bother telling you all things you know

What this means for SC2:

GSL stays on Anibox for at least 1 year. Chance of OS2L at MS2L increases dramatically. While GOM holds the rights to SC2, they have a strong incentive to allow other big tournaments (especially if they're not quite as big as the GSL). The Korean SC2 teams are getting ornery that washing out in the ro32 of the GSL gives you nothing to do for a whole month, and foreign players are openly saying they'll refuse a free Code A or even Code S spot because moving to Korea means being a Starcraft hermit because there's only one game in town.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=224078

Later this week, GOM is going to announce a big change of format to allow for the MLG/GSL partnership, and an expanded role for the team leagues (Yay!). It's not impossible, but it is unlikely, that the SC2 fallout of the deal will come out this week (Because it might have been part of the deal). More likely later this year we'll see the real fallout.

In terms of who "won", Kespa got most of what they wanted, but Blizzard/Gretech benefits more from warm relationships between the SC2 and BW community. I don't think anyone loses, though.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33339 Posts
May 17 2011 20:31 GMT
#258
On May 18 2011 02:03 maybenexttime wrote:
Hmm, why didn't CS catch on then? Pretty bizarre.


if I recall, valve wanted to charge too much to PC bangs for CS, which caused most of them to ditch it for Korean CS clones that were cheaper.
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Vortok
Profile Joined December 2009
United States830 Posts
May 17 2011 21:16 GMT
#259
Blizzard manages to not kill BW. Can stop wondering if I would have to boycott or not now.
amazingoopah
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1925 Posts
May 17 2011 21:25 GMT
#260
Glad that Blizzard and Kespa were finally able to put a stop to the bickering for a while and come to terms on this deal... hopefully it will benefit SC2 in some way, but I just don't see Kespa supporting a game that isn't very popular right now in Korea when they are trying to keep BW running for years to come.
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