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antilyon
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Brazil2546 Posts
May 17 2011 03:59 GMT
#121
That's cool, now i just hope the get a little bit easier on contract with progamers.
Jeremy Reimer
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1214 Posts
May 17 2011 03:59 GMT
#122
I'm really happy this is settled. Finally the community can move on. I like to think that both sides learned something from the other-- Blizzard learned that maybe it is better not to force the transition and that it is better to keep BW going as it is, and Kespa learned that maybe Blizzard isn't the enemy.

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." -- Carl Sagan
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
May 17 2011 04:03 GMT
#123
Yeessss.

Well, BW is safe from lawsuits. I hope,
dudecrush
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada418 Posts
May 17 2011 04:03 GMT
#124
I'm so happy. A solution at last! Hopefully this will herald an end to the BW vs. SC2 stigma. Just imagine OSL finals right after GSL finals.

Heres hoping.
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
May 17 2011 04:05 GMT
#125
Best news of the year!
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
May 17 2011 04:06 GMT
#126
I'm glad they settled. Thanks for the wonderful news!
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Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6120 Posts
May 17 2011 04:10 GMT
#127
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.
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Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
May 17 2011 04:11 GMT
#128
On May 17 2011 12:56 Lucumo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2011 12:46 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On May 17 2011 12:42 Lucumo wrote:
On May 17 2011 12:37 bokeevboke wrote:
FlaSh and Jeadong into SC2 now can really happen!

Why? This has nothing to do with SC2 -.-
And Flash is going to play Broodwar for at least another 4 1/2 years, he said so himself. So stop writing bs.


Flash isn't going to Brood War because no one in SC2 can currently afford to pay his salary and still keep the water and electricity on in the team house. Although, 4.5 years is probably less of a definitive answer and more of a "I don't care to switch right now, so stop asking me for at least 4.5 years."

It's Flash, so I would take that statement seriously...unless Broodwar dies before that point which is unlikely.

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On May 17 2011 12:46 Valikyr wrote:
On May 17 2011 12:42 Lucumo wrote:
On May 17 2011 12:37 bokeevboke wrote:
FlaSh and Jeadong into SC2 now can really happen!

Why? This has nothing to do with SC2 -.-
And Flash is going to play Broodwar for at least another 4 1/2 years, he said so himself. So stop writing bs.

And Jaedong said he's interested in SC2 (atleast around release, when Flash made the statement you just said). But none of that's relevant now anyway. I'm happy that BW gets continued support and that this makes it easier for SC2 to grow in Korea.

Yeah, he said he will switch when SC2 overtakes Broodwar(in Korea) which won't happen for quite some time. It's obviously not relevant and that's why it's bothering me that people post this nonsense here(and in so many other threads). I wouldn't mind if they do it in their section, but spamming this stuff here gets annoying.


I could see him splitting his time between the two if the money is good enough in SC2 to justify the occasional tournament.. But I don't see him switching full on any time soon.
Krehlmar
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1149 Posts
May 17 2011 04:15 GMT
#129
On May 17 2011 08:46 emc wrote:
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.

Who can blame them, they're not exactly getting a money cow from selling BW (yeah I know it still sells in korea but in the rest of the whole wide world... not so much)
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51684 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 04:16:56
May 17 2011 04:16 GMT
#130
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.
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13410 Posts
May 17 2011 04:17 GMT
#131
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.



To be fair if the bugs are related to colours presented on screen if you close the explorer.exe process the issues go away

Side note: nice to see they worked it all out and its nice BW is licensed for 2 years. That said a 2 year license doesnt mean a 2 year guarantee that BW will still be as prominent as it is now. We can only hope BW and SC2 can coexist since that would be the best thing for esports at least until SC2 is ironed out a bit more and becomes less volatile than it is now
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
May 17 2011 04:18 GMT
#132
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.
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Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Scotland263 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 04:20:19
May 17 2011 04:19 GMT
#133
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.


blizzard needs to sooooooo do that! Its nice to see brood war continuing.
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
May 17 2011 04:35 GMT
#134
YEAHHHHH BOYYY! Long live BW !
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
May 17 2011 04:37 GMT
#135
On May 17 2011 08:46 emc wrote:
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.

Where did you get that impression?

-_-
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Laneir
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
May 17 2011 04:39 GMT
#136
Amazing good stuff to hear.
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nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-17 04:57:13
May 17 2011 04:57 GMT
#137
I've been really worried about this! so glad it's finally over
mrdx
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Vietnam1555 Posts
May 17 2011 05:18 GMT
#138
The dispute is finally over, wow, now looking back the day that all this shit started feels so far away. And I'm more surprised at how simple the ending sounded (seemingly). Really didn't worth the drag for both sides. They both took unnecessary damage and left us fans with a long enduring period of painful wait and useless discussions.
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RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
May 17 2011 05:55 GMT
#139
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DragonDefonce
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States790 Posts
May 17 2011 06:16 GMT
#140
I'm not sure if I want kespa to do SC2. That would kill sc1 for sure. No doubt. GSL hasn't killed BW because no one really watches it. Just listen to the cheers at GSL and Proleague. Not that many screaming fans in GSL. It also helps that BW's team focused aspects makes it more stable and interesting to watch. If all the things that made BW is absorbed by SC2, it will die.
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