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On April 06 2016 16:32 quirinus wrote:If I wasn't a poor student, I'd donate. 
Thank you for your interest! It is okay if you cannot donate. I appreciate that you want to but cannot. Please tell your friends about the campaign if you can.
Note from lemmata: KCM read this thread with my English-to-Korean translation and asked me to post some replies from his account with my Korean-to-English translations of his responses. He apologizes if there are long delays between your posts and his replies. I am in a different time zone from KCM and have a fairly demanding job, so it's hard for us to coordinate.
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We do want to use new maps at some point, but public opinion from our viewers are quite split on this issue so the process of picking a new map will need to be long and thorough. Every week, I have online and offline meetings with fans to discuss and debate league policies. (lemmata's note: This is true. I have heard the man debate map picking with fans on his Afreeca radio program for hours. He usually does the radio program after each KLM)
It is good to know that international fans are also interested in new maps. I will take your advice into consideration in the future.
Note from lemmata: KCM read this thread with my English-to-Korean translation and asked me to post some replies from his account with my Korean-to-English translations of his responses. He apologizes if there are long delays between your posts and his replies. I am in a different time zone from KCM and have a fairly demanding job, so it's hard for us to coordinate.
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I am overwhelmed by the response here... TT
Thank you everyone for your support! Your passion is amazing.
I was even more nervous about trying this than I was during the MSL finals.
Note from lemmata: KCM read this thread with my English-to-Korean translation and asked me to post some replies from his account with my Korean-to-English translations of his responses. He apologizes if there are long delays between your posts and his replies. I am in a different time zone from KCM and have a fairly demanding job, so it's hard for us to coordinate.
Note from lemmata: This is the last post he asked me to make today, but he will probably ask again when he sees more posts.
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Though I cannot support this financially, I'll try to always tune in to the events. Good luck!
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jangbi vs fantasy and i will be happy
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This is wonderful! Definitely supporting this. Kim Cheol Min hwaiting! You da man! ![[image loading]](http://defiler.ru/chat/smiles-hidden/1-koreans/boxer1.png)
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I will definitely be adding money to this. :D KCM is one of the best things in BW right now.
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I love your casting!
I'm cheering for "All-in Bong".
Thank you KCM <3
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I don't have a lot to donate, but I hope it still helps.
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That picture + 1st paragraph ... amazing entrance!
Hello TeamLiquid readers! My name is Kim Cheolmin. Many of you may know me as the loud Korean caster from MSL broadcasts. As you can see from the picture above, I am always shouting.
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I will donate for sure and tell my friends.
However if you want to have the foreign scene at your side, broadcasting in English would be nice. You don't need to get Tasteless or Artosis, but I think most of us are interested on your and other korean commentators expertise. Will you also broadcast in English? I think it would be nice to have a funding goal like 10000$ then you also cast in English or something. Or do a duo/trio cast of Korean commentators with Artosis and/or Tasteless!
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So if someone donates 1,000$ which is the amount you say is needed to fund it for an additional week, we can nominate any player we want to participate? (e.g. a current foreigner)
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On April 08 2016 03:24 ProtossGG wrote:
So if someone donates 1,000$ which is the amount you say is needed to fund it for an additional week, we can nominate any player we want to participate? (e.g. a current foreigner)
It's your time to shine bro.
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On April 07 2016 21:46 duke91 wrote:
I will donate for sure and tell my friends.
However if you want to have the foreign scene at your side, broadcasting in English would be nice. You don't need to get Tasteless or Artosis, but I think most of us are interested on your and other korean commentators expertise. Will you also broadcast in English? I think it would be nice to have a funding goal like 10000$ then you also cast in English or something. Or do a duo/trio cast of Korean commentators with Artosis and/or Tasteless!
Dear Mr./Ms. duke91: Getting an English casting team is something that I am very interested in doing. In fact, GTR has been doing officially sanctioned English-language streams of KLMs over the last month or so. You can check out his work on my YouTube channel. I am very appreciative of what he has done.
A sample of GTR's English broadcast here.
A couple of quick replies to the related ideas you raised:
1) Due to our limited budget, getting a team like Artosis and Tasteless might be difficult since they are doing excellent work broadcasting other games. You raise a good point about doing a larger campaign with such popular casters as targets. However, I want to start by taking baby steps first. It took me over a month just to figure out how sign up for PayPal, so please go easy on me.  I need to clear the fundraising game at the "Beginner Difficulty" level before I can try harder levels.
2) If you know experienced English-speaking Brood War casters who are interested in casting KLMs, please tell them to contact me. I know from talking to lemmata that there are users named BisuDagger and Sayle who often cast games in English, but my knowledge is otherwise limited. My English is very bad and my computer skills are even worse so I often rely on other people for information! Unfortunately, the most I might be able to offer at this exact moment might be live streaming rights...but if we can continue to grow, who knows?
On April 08 2016 03:24 ProtossGG wrote:
So if someone donates 1,000$ which is the amount you say is needed to fund it for an additional week, we can nominate any player we want to participate? (e.g. a current foreigner)
Dear Mr./Ms. ProtossGG: Indeed! That's the idea.
Note from lemmata: KCM read this thread with my English-to-Korean translation and asked me to post some replies from his account with my Korean-to-English translations of his responses. He apologizes if there are long delays between your posts and his replies. I am in a different time zone from KCM and have a fairly demanding job, so it's hard for us to coordinate. This is today's batch of replies.
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Thank you for the responses KCM and lemmata for translating! It's so amazing to communicate directly with an icon of the Korean Brood War scene right here on Teamliquid ^^
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Here's something that KCM didn't mention today, but it came up in conversations I had with him last month. Some of the details are fuzzy in my mind, but this is what I recall:
Right now, he is a member of "Treasure Hunter", which is a multi-channel creators' network (MCN, another one of those internet-age business acronyms). You can think of it as a "talent" agency of sorts. It is thanks to Treasure Hunter that KCM is able to get studio time and staff support. That studio time and staff support is a form of investment in KCM.
The way this support system works sounds a little bit like school. If you get good "grades" (viewers, PR, fundraising), they give you more studio time, staff support, video editing, and even help finding sponsors. Right now, KCM's results are good enough for a couple hours of studio time per week, which he uses for KLMs. Some of Treasure Hunter's star creators, who are among the most popular people on Afreeca and Korean YouTube, get quite a lot of support.
Partly because he is an uncompromising perfectionist (perhaps to his own detriment, and partly because he knows absolutely nothing about using computers and cannot do most technical things on his own), the limits to his studio time are also a binding constraint on the kind of events he can organize at this moment.
I say all of this just to bring up the following point: I think that this crowdfunding campaign is less about the money for two weeks than it is about expanding the realm of possibilities. KCM views it as important more for its future impact than for the two more weeks of KLMs that will immediately come out of it.
If it was only about the money, then KCM could just probably raise some by dancing a funny jig. Granted, that would be totally hilarious...
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I'll try and chip in when I get my next paycheck.
GOD that must be extremely frustrating. You have the product, the talent, the passion, and the viewers....but you can't get sponsored in spite of that. I can't imagine what that's like when you're sitting on top of a gold mine but can't do anything about it.
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On April 08 2016 05:46 kimcheolmin wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2016 21:46 duke91 wrote:
I will donate for sure and tell my friends.
However if you want to have the foreign scene at your side, broadcasting in English would be nice. You don't need to get Tasteless or Artosis, but I think most of us are interested on your and other korean commentators expertise. Will you also broadcast in English? I think it would be nice to have a funding goal like 10000$ then you also cast in English or something. Or do a duo/trio cast of Korean commentators with Artosis and/or Tasteless! Dear Mr./Ms. duke91: Getting an English casting team is something that I am very interested in doing. In fact, GTR has been doing officially sanctioned English-language streams of KLMs over the last month or so. You can check out his work on my YouTube channel. I am very appreciative of what he has done. A sample of GTR's English broadcast here.A couple of quick replies to the related ideas you raised: 1) Due to our limited budget, getting a team like Artosis and Tasteless might be difficult since they are doing excellent work broadcasting other games. You raise a good point about doing a larger campaign with such popular casters as targets. However, I want to start by taking baby steps first. It took me over a month just to figure out how sign up for PayPal, so please go easy on me. I need to clear the fundraising game at the "Beginner Difficulty" level before I can try harder levels. 2) If you know experienced English-speaking Brood War casters who are interested in casting KLMs, please tell them to contact me. I know from talking to lemmata that there are users named BisuDagger and Sayle who often cast games in English, but my knowledge is otherwise limited. My English is very bad and my computer skills are even worse so I often rely on other people for information! Unfortunately, the most I might be able to offer at this exact moment might be live streaming rights...but if we can continue to grow, who knows? Show nested quote +On April 08 2016 03:24 ProtossGG wrote:
So if someone donates 1,000$ which is the amount you say is needed to fund it for an additional week, we can nominate any player we want to participate? (e.g. a current foreigner) Dear Mr./Ms. ProtossGG: Indeed! That's the idea. Note from lemmata: KCM read this thread with my English-to-Korean translation and asked me to post some replies from his account with my Korean-to-English translations of his responses. He apologizes if there are long delays between your posts and his replies. I am in a different time zone from KCM and have a fairly demanding job, so it's hard for us to coordinate. This is today's batch of replies.
I wasn't casting these because GTR was. If you want me to help out with this, I'd be more then happy too. I think both AmazingXKCD and I were waiting to see if we were going to be signed up for the next AfreecaTV Starleague. PM if you need anything. Edit: no charge for my casting
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I'm supporting this! <3
It seems wierd to me that some ex-pro's don't show up for tournaments at times, due to lacking prize pools. Seems as if they have the most to gain on a BW ressurection. Specially since they can stream simultaniously.
Ofcourse, it's possible that they have other jobs that interfere with the tournament-schedule.
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Well you gotta pay the bills man.
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