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Keep any SC2 vs BW comments out of this thread. This is a thread about Brood War and Esports (Tekken Crash, Special Forces, etc) in general. If you discuss what this means for ESPORTS be sensitive about it.
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
July 27 2011 08:05 GMT
#321
T_T very sad news indeed... cmon Bisu, wrap this up
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
July 27 2011 08:05 GMT
#322
On July 27 2011 17:03 Ryo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2011 17:02 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On July 27 2011 17:01 Novac wrote:
This is ridiculous. Instead of putting some effort into making SC:BW available to a global audience, it is fading into nothing.

GomTV should start a SC:BW tournament in response to this and have English commentators. If a little effort was put into the foreign community SC:BW would get a lot more registered/paying viewers.


BW is kind of ugly to the untrained eye, it would be a hard sell to an audience that knows nothing about it.

No. More like Gom doesn't have the finances to do so.


I'm sure that is a huge factor, but putting BW side by side to any game today and expecting someone who knows very little about it to enjoy it is a stretch. That game itself may have depth to keep you coming back for more after you understand what going on, but it lost its hook.
Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
July 27 2011 08:05 GMT
#323
On July 27 2011 17:04 doothegee wrote:
I know it's Fomos and it's probably illegal to post, but

http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=119604&db=issue

+ Show Spoiler +
MBC게임이 채널 변경과 관련해 포모스에 공식적인 입장을 전해왔다.

MBC게임의 제작을 총괄하는 장재혁 제작팀장은 “음악 채널로 바뀔 수 있다는 내용이 단순한 루머인 것은 아니다. 하지만 아직까지 결정된 것은 아무 것도 없다. 내부에서도 의사 결정이 진행 중이며 여기서 어떤 결론을 내릴 지는 확정된 상태가 아니다. 또한 결정이 된다고 하더라도 방송통신위원회에서 허락을 맡아야 하는 등 서류상으로 절차들이 남아 있는데 아직 그 단계까지 간 것도 아니다”라고 말했다.

장 팀장은 이어서 “MBC게임과 관련된 소식으로 인해 e스포츠에 대한 우려의 시선들이 커지는 것을 원치 않는다”며 “채널이 바뀔 수 있는 가능성이 있듯 바뀌지 않을 가능성도 함께 있기 때문에 이 문제로 불필요한 파장이 더 이상 없기를 바란다”는 뜻을 전했다.

또한 장 팀장은“모 매체에서 MBC게임이 음악채널로 변경이 확정됐다는 식의 기사가 나간 것을 알고 있다. 분명히 지금 시점에서는 섣부른 보도”라며 이에 대해 이의를 제기할 생각이라고 밝혔다.


The article says nothing is decided yet and is very much in a preliminary stage. The article also mentions that the articles which have been published yet are very much exaggerating the matter as of the moment.

Yes, they are probably partially right. Still, something will change by the end of the year.
영원히 엠비씨게임 히어로 팬.
Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
July 27 2011 08:06 GMT
#324
On July 27 2011 17:05 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2011 17:03 Ryo wrote:
On July 27 2011 17:02 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On July 27 2011 17:01 Novac wrote:
This is ridiculous. Instead of putting some effort into making SC:BW available to a global audience, it is fading into nothing.

GomTV should start a SC:BW tournament in response to this and have English commentators. If a little effort was put into the foreign community SC:BW would get a lot more registered/paying viewers.


BW is kind of ugly to the untrained eye, it would be a hard sell to an audience that knows nothing about it.

No. More like Gom doesn't have the finances to do so.


I'm sure that is a huge factor, but putting BW side by side to any game today and expecting someone who knows very little about it to enjoy it is a stretch. That game itself may have depth to keep you coming back for more after you understand what going on, but it lost its hook.

This is not true in Korea. Viewership ratings isn't the reason why MBC channel might be closing down.
영원히 엠비씨게임 히어로 팬.
Bobo_
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States192 Posts
July 27 2011 08:07 GMT
#325
Am I allowed to cry? I hope I am. Too late, I'm crying. .

MBCGame will live forever. <3.
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
July 27 2011 08:07 GMT
#326
On July 27 2011 16:10 Ryo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2011 16:09 thopol wrote:
At least Hyungjoon can score another show....

Would you like me to make a joke about STX and their trade drama?

I would say that this is worse news than the STX trade drama. I really thought we were at rock bottom before this..
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
July 27 2011 08:07 GMT
#327
On July 27 2011 17:03 Ryo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2011 17:02 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On July 27 2011 17:01 Novac wrote:
This is ridiculous. Instead of putting some effort into making SC:BW available to a global audience, it is fading into nothing.

GomTV should start a SC:BW tournament in response to this and have English commentators. If a little effort was put into the foreign community SC:BW would get a lot more registered/paying viewers.


BW is kind of ugly to the untrained eye, it would be a hard sell to an audience that knows nothing about it.

No. More like Gom doesn't have the finances to do so.

nor would it want to rofl. Why help out the game that's most directly competing with the one its heavily invested too ;l
Writerptrk
Cow
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1104 Posts
July 27 2011 08:09 GMT
#328
Wow....
I can't believe this is the end to MSL, this is a feeling I knew was coming but hoped I never had to feel.
R.I.P. Nujabes ♫
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
July 27 2011 08:10 GMT
#329
sigh...
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
iamahydralisk
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States813 Posts
July 27 2011 08:10 GMT
#330
If this turns out to be true, it's bad for more than just BW. It's bad for every e-sport (including SC2) because it's one less outlet that they'll have to be showcased on.

Really sad news =/
"well if youre looking for long term, go safe, if you expect it to end either way, go risky. wow. just like sc2" - friend of mine when I asked him which girl to pick
Headnoob
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2108 Posts
July 27 2011 08:11 GMT
#331
And with that, Broodwar begins the sad decline i hoped would never come.

fuck the OSL alone just ISN'T ENOUGH I TELL YOU.
hatespam
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Romania161 Posts
July 27 2011 08:12 GMT
#332
instead of switching to a music channel they should try switching to sc2. zoink!

no really, sad news indeed
ask, and you shall have asked
Seraphic
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3849 Posts
July 27 2011 08:12 GMT
#333
This is terrible news. BW will only have OSL left now.

Wow I can't describe how bad this is for BW in general. Proleague now with OSL only... I'm going to guess MBC Game team will be on the cut too... -.-

Noooooo...
Natus Vincere Fan | Team Secret Fan | SK Telecom T1 Fan | Lanaya the Templar Assassin <3
TheOnly92
Profile Joined September 2010
Malaysia804 Posts
July 27 2011 08:12 GMT
#334
I want to be optimistic... but here's a possible outcome coming up to my mind:

+ Show Spoiler +
1. OGN stands up and takes on the broadcasting of games
2. Other teams' sponsors, seeing the BW scene as nearly dead, decide to disband their teams
3. Other players seeing that, afraid of losing their own jobs, start planning for retirement
4. In the end, the whole BW scene is more dead than alive


The process might differ, but in the end it will be the end of BW scene. No matter how you look, this is a very discouraging news.
Clbull
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1439 Posts
July 27 2011 08:13 GMT
#335
On July 27 2011 17:00 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
The Blizzard-Kespa thing probably was a factor in this I would think. I mean shutting down MBC without even trying SC2 for ratings purposes? I know its not that popular in Korea, but still, all that infrastructure for gaming getting shifted into a music channel? Maybe another BW gaming organization bought the gaming related sections, like Hero?

I fear this could be the death of Brood War as we know it, or at least the beginning of the end of Korea's BW scene.

To put it this way, MBCGame was one of the two main channels (OnGameNet being the second) that broadcasted professional Starcraft: Brood War matches and both the MSL, OSL and Proleague tournaments.

Now, there are only 2 game channels left, it being OngameNet -which was the first gaming channel to open- and Anibox - which changed its genre to game& animation this 8th of July

Perhaps Anibox could be filling in the void that MBCGame had left? The ASL anyone?

Personally, I think the Blizzard-KeSPA thing probably did fuck things up majorly for both parties:

On Blizzard's side SC2 is not really struggling but not gaining that large a following in South Korea with only one major tournament around.

On the competitive gamer's side, sure they won't need to work their ass off for a progamer licence but there will be a lack of opportunities to make money from gaming in SK (which is why I think many Koreans have willingly gone to foreign teams)

On KeSPA's side, they have no jurisdiction over regulating the SC2 scene and this could be both a blessing and a curse. Just look at the whole PuMa fiasco.
Noel Vermillion
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada218 Posts
July 27 2011 08:13 GMT
#336
Wow I am just shocked, really. Now it's going to be one major tournament in Korea just like SC2...

Lame.

Hope any of the 3 gods take the final MSL.
FlaSh, Jaedong, Bisu, Free, TossGirl, Action, Stats Always BW FTW!
Phyrigian
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
New Zealand1332 Posts
July 27 2011 08:14 GMT
#337
--- Nuked ---
Neoattitude
Profile Joined April 2010
Guam172 Posts
July 27 2011 08:14 GMT
#338
.... def. bad news ...
MavercK
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2181 Posts
July 27 2011 08:14 GMT
#339
extremely depressing
Brood War Remake - SC2BW - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=145316
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
July 27 2011 08:14 GMT
#340
On July 27 2011 17:14 3xiLe wrote:
Why's everybody saying the only thing aside proleague? what about winners league?


Winner's league is proleague. Same league, different format for part of the season.
Remember Violet.
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