On January 06 2014 15:39 maybenexttime wrote:
GOM should stay away from BW. First they try to kill it together with Blizzard and now they suddenly want to be back? Fuck them...

How did GOM try to kill BW? By hosting SC2 tournaments?

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

January 06 2014 08:03 GMT

#125

WHAT

SUPER COOL :D

This will make Sonic even bigger!

Edit. Wait a fucking second, is it april already?

TheKefka

Croatia11752 Posts

January 06 2014 08:25 GMT

#126

lol is this for real?
awesome haha

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

January 06 2014 08:28 GMT

#127

Holy molly, GomTV are total boss for organizing that!

First move "backwards" I witness

(Not to be interpreted as "regressing" of course).

Ruin

United States271 Posts

January 06 2014 08:36 GMT

#128

Should be interesting, this might be just enough to get those ex-bw players that are still struggling in sc2 to switch.

Medry

Canada166 Posts

January 06 2014 08:39 GMT

#129

This is going to be a really epic year of BW

so epic

Diaresta

United States597 Posts

January 06 2014 08:44 GMT

#130

Really interested to find out who the extra invites are. Can't wait to see!

digmouse

China6326 Posts

January 06 2014 08:52 GMT

#131

On January 06 2014 15:39 maybenexttime wrote:
GOM should stay away from BW. First they try to kill it together with Blizzard and now they suddenly want to be back? Fuck them...

GomTV stepped away from BW because Kespa killed it, GomTV has been with Blizzard since the BW days. Yeah.

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

January 06 2014 08:53 GMT

#132

Didn't GOM stop doing BW because Kespa forced them out?

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

January 06 2014 08:54 GMT

#133

Good idea by GOM. Hopefully they will put as much effort into it as they do with GSL. Guessing part of this is to measure interest in BW and part is to also encourage some BW fans to watch SCII as well so it's a win-win for them. RO8 invite only though. Hopefully they manage to get all the big names. I'm surprised that Jangbi was invited tbh. More so because he's supposedly still under KeSPA's control (hasn't left officially in their book) so hopefully that won't spark a battle between them. Adding Bisu and some other high level players will probably increase interest and would be highly recommended lol. Too bad we won't get to see either Flash or Jaedong but with their BW skills likely decreasing in the last 1-2 years, maybe it's for the best.

On January 06 2014 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Didn't GOM stop doing BW because Kespa forced them out?

unless I'm mistaken, yes.

Wintex

Norway16835 Posts

January 06 2014 09:09 GMT

#134

WHAT GOM AWW YEAH!

Salazarz

Korea (South)2590 Posts

January 06 2014 09:12 GMT

#135

Can't believe they're putting Yellow in there? Sounds like a huge waste of a spot tbh, I can't imagine him being anywhere near the level of Sea or Jangbi. Great to see this happening though!

edit: to make it less bitchy :p

rabidch

United States20288 Posts

January 06 2014 09:13 GMT

#136

On January 06 2014 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Didn't GOM stop doing BW because Kespa forced them out?

probably yes. a couple kespa teams declined to participate in one seasons for one reason or another and then the rest followed.

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

January 06 2014 09:14 GMT

#137

Holy shit. I didn't expect this.
This is so... so COOL !

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

January 06 2014 09:16 GMT

#138

I'm pretty sure GOM stepped out of BW because only 5 teams were interested in participating for a season 4. Maybe there was some KeSPA strong-arming in the background, but it's just speculation unless there's proof. Considering that there were still KeSPA teams that were willing to participate makes me think that it's not "KeSPA forcing GOM out"

Plus, I think it's plausible for most of those teams to decline participation back then. MBC OGN and eStro didn't want to benefit their "competitor" (they didn't play in all 3 seasons), SKT and KTF were heavily focused on Proleague (SKT even limiting players from OSL/MSL before), and Airfoce ACE didn't allocate a lot of practice time to their players, which was needed for PL. STX I dunno tho lol

here's the TL thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=104250

VManOfMana

United States764 Posts

January 06 2014 09:17 GMT

#139

On January 06 2014 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Didn't GOM stop doing BW because Kespa forced them out?

Yes and no.

KeSPA did not allow its players to play in GOM tournaments, but could not stop GOM from hosting BW events.

You can argue that GOM could have leveraged amateur and retired players (like SOSPA) and even foreign players to do an alternate league. Which is basically what they are doing right now.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

January 06 2014 09:17 GMT

#140

On January 06 2014 18:12 Salazarz wrote:
Can't believe they're putting Yellow in there? Sounds like a huge waste of a spot tbh, I can't imagine him being anywhere near the level of Sea or Jangbi. Great to see this happening though!

edit: to make it less bitchy :p

Yellow beat Bisu: