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Zona
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:03 Zona wrote: I wonder what Korean netizen reactions are like. Damn Dogspa. from what I see on Fomos they are herra pissed. there's been 3 articles on it, the latter two seemingly intent on assuaging the hate on the boards... it's not working tho | ||
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Comet702
China236 Posts
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Zona
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On June 09 2011 13:02 Comet702 wrote: definitely yes! we have 5 famous Chinese BW websites, professoinal Chinese commatators and millions of BW fans here in China. to tell you the truth I am from one of the 5 BW websites, wfbrood.com. the question is how many of the fans will be allowed to show up? "Security concerns" or whatever? I'm sure the fanbase was comparable during those OSL finals. There's no doubt there's plenty of BW fans in China. | ||
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Chimpalimp
United States1135 Posts
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:09 Comet702 wrote: ok, Can anyone comfirm this news? if it is true i will post it on my website. www.wfbrood.com fomos has 3 articles discussing it. First one announcing the news, the second one intimating that the fans already knew about it (which is bs), and the last one wondering what effect it will have on the pro teams. So if you're looking for another source, then yeah, fomos confirms too. | ||
white_horse
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Zyferous
United States270 Posts
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Zona
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On June 09 2011 13:13 d_so wrote: fomos has 3 articles discussing it. First one announcing the news, the second one intimating that the fans already knew about it (which is bs), and the last one wondering what effect it will have on the pro teams. So if you're looking for another source, then yeah, fomos confirms too. Considering even the players always talked about Gwangahli in interviews it's obvious they didn't know, either. Well, front line workers are always the last to be told important info. Bah. And it's got to be Kespa that made the final call - AFAICT, Kespa runs everything regarding PL and OGN wouldn't be able to unilaterally make that sort of decision. | ||
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:14 white_horse wrote: the fomos article seems to suggest that kespa or OGN (whoever is running this) is trying to spread brood war e-sports to the international level, which in itself imo isn't bad but considering how professional BW outside korea is dead, its a pretty idiotic decision. people are so stupid these days i think korea's definition of international and the western definition is different. Korea's "international" probably means just China. Western definition of "international" is all the players who have met limited success at BW and have moved over to SC2. Nor do I think Korea is too interested in getting Chinese players, though a few wouldnt hurt to boost appeal (think: Nikoon in 2pm, that chinese guy in super junior, that chinese girl in FX). They're more interested in the masses and masses of fans. | ||
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Comet702
China236 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:13 d_so wrote: fomos has 3 articles discussing it. First one announcing the news, the second one intimating that the fans already knew about it (which is bs), and the last one wondering what effect it will have on the pro teams. So if you're looking for another source, then yeah, fomos confirms too. thanks a lot ~ | ||
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zobz
Canada2175 Posts
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vectorix108
United States4633 Posts
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:23 zobz wrote: Yeah seems quite a strange decision. Of course they want to encourage growth of BW appretiation in China, which is so close by and already into e-sports and probably has cultural similarities, but it seems irrational to make investments that are so disporportionate to the demand. Really you think the potential for long-term growth of e-sports in China outweighs the potential for short-term damage to your foundational home fanbase, in a time when it's just stabalizing after multiple recent contraversies? Stupid KESpA. well, one thing to note is that demand for starcraft seems pretty strong regardless of what happens. Or at least, one could easily be led to think that way after how easily Korean BW fended off SC2. Maybe KesPA is betting its fans will bear with this like they persevered through all the sc2/weird time changes/delays/lawsuits bullshit. I don't know if I agree or disagree with them though. Whether it's in game or out of game, when you expand you expose yourself to vulnerabilities, but you eventually have to expand or you'll mine yourself out. right? And your spelling is fucked up again. just helping you out. | ||
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Zona
40426 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:28 d_so wrote: well, one thing to note is that demand for starcraft seems pretty strong regardless of what happens. Or at least, one could easily be led to think that way after how easily Korean BW fended off SC2. Maybe KesPA is betting its fans will bear with this like they persevered through all the sc2/weird time changes/delays/lawsuits bullshit. I don't know if I agree or disagree with them though. Whether it's in game or out of game, when you expand you expose yourself to vulnerabilities, but you eventually have to expand or you'll mine yourself out. right? And your spelling is fucked up again. just helping you out. I think you might be right about Kespa taking its Korean fanbase for granted. But fans aren't minerals at an expansion that mine out after a certain amount of time. Fans are plants that grow or shrivel with the nourishment they receive. | ||
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whamm
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ArvickHero
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Antoine
United States7481 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
You also have to look at the sponsors, the Shanghai OSL sponsor was Korean Airlines, and the current SPL is sponsored by Shinhan Bank. Maybe Shinhan Bank is planning on expanding its consumer banking business to China (Shanghai in particular), who knows. ...or that I'm just excited because I'm in China, and I might actually go if the tickets are cheap enough. | ||
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white_horse
1019 Posts
On June 09 2011 13:38 whamm wrote: go china keep this game alive pls its really a definition of what you mean by "keeping it alive". having a lot of fans means more ads and more sponsorships - and therefore money. So that keeps the industry alive in a very important way. If you want to make professional brood war actually grow (or even just to maintain it), then you need new players and fresh players continually coming in, making bigger teams, making more teams, making more talent - the only country on this planet that supports and encourages this is south korea. so its very meaningless to try to encourage brood war growth elsewhere; the skill gap is so high and the fact that SC2 came out pretty much ended professional foreign BW. so if kespa thinks that their industry is actually going to grow in terms of people playing the game and more professional players by going to china, they are being incredibly stupid. the only benefit that is coming out of this is more money from the market in china and more chinese viewers in the future due to exposure and awareness | ||
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