Fomos content: Stop using it - Page 8

On May 28 2011 11:10 iTzAnglory wrote:
I do not see how you can promote eSports if they are unwilling to get foreign countries translate Korean news. Fomos is not only a Korean company like it was, but it is acting like one too. Do they let Chinese forums (PlayXP, etc.) translate their articles?

On May 28 2011 08:00 Waxangel wrote:


we've spoken with Fomos, things just didn't work out.

On May 28 2011 11:02 Taekwon wrote:
Disclaimer, the stuff you're about to read is pretty radical sounding and is mere conjecture, if I cross the line anywhere, just tell me:

I'm actually pretty dam sure that Paul Samshit, or whatever his name is, is behind this.
Call me crazy and a conspirator but I wouldn't be surprised if Paul secretly asked FOMOS to forbid using their material as a secret, backwater condition in agreeing to the IP rights for BW. In his interview he stated that he would literally kill the BW scene after all.

Although it doesn't explain why DES hasn't done the same, he must've realized the majority of BW content came from FOMOS. Unfortunately, if my theory holds true, DES may or may not do the same.

I'm doing my best to control my anger and prevent it form clouding my judgement but even amidst all this, it seems hard to consider otherwise. Ok, maybe it isn't but even if there were some tensions between English translations and copy pasting material on their own site, it's not at all zero sum for FOMOS.

I mean, it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to put in some delay between negotiations and the banning to dispel any suspicion. In addition, without the "care" of the Korean public as Wax stated, I'm sure it was thought out. After all, FOMOS or the Korean public as a whole would've easily agreed to letting TLPD out of the loop - it doesn't hurt them as much as bowing out to another more direct concession.

“I can’t feel the win, it’s surreal. It’s my first time going to the finals, it’s not over yet, I can hardly contain myself right now, since it’s my first time to the finals. People have always said that I don’t have what it takes to get to the finals, only to the top 4, it took me 1 1/2 to achieve this. I’ve always started out in a z vs z, with an underhand. I want to thank NeoG)Sulkey for helping me to overcome that, he’s been great. I think I won today because of Jaedong making a mistake, and also I was able to win because of my better builds. I’ve matured a lot since last season, I would’ve lost no matter what whether it was a zerg or not last season. This is my very first time making it and I would like to make a great finale, by winning the whole thing. I think by winning against Jaedong I’ve proved that I am not a bad zerg vs zerg player. I would like to play against ‘Flash’ if possible, also I look better in person so please come to the finals to cheer me on.”

On May 28 2011 11:33 infinitestory wrote:

PLU and PlaySC haven't received requests, that they stop using FOMOS content; that seems to be a TL specific thing. Although the main PlaySC translator has suggested the Chinese sites avoid FOMOS.

On May 28 2011 11:42 RinesOnRx wrote:
I am a bit confused. Is it Fomos that conduct the interviews themselves or do they just post the transcript of the interviews?

27日, eSports代表网络媒体fomos和中国文化社区 ‘감마 미디어(Beijing Gamma Media)’公司宣布结成战略伙伴。这次合作将促成fomos的资源登陆中国大陆。
Gamma Media是新华社旗下的一家综合性网络公司，此次将为 xinhuanet.com和 chinanews.com提供fomos资源。fomos的新闻资讯将被翻译成英文在新华网和中新网发布，此外也会有中文翻译，希望因此有更多的eSports读者能了解到最新最快的资讯。
Fomos的崔大英代表理事表示：“能和中国著名网站成为战略伙伴我们觉得很高兴，我们期待fomos能以此走向世界。”

On May 28 2011 12:35 tomatriedes wrote:
Can't see myself bothering to go look at Fomos when TL has everything else I want to read.

By the way, what is this DES site that everyone's mentioning and is there any chance that they would also try to block TL from translating their content?