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Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
March 31 2020 14:32 GMT
#41
Sad but sort of expected, I know KSL has a different format from ASL but it never really stood up to the latter imo.
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mcgormack
Profile Joined March 2020
51 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-31 16:18:05
March 31 2020 14:58 GMT
#42
Did anyone really expect a new season?

Blizzard has cut so much in it's tournaments.

And KSL was a much inferior tournament than ASL. I find most ASL seasons memorable thanks to the tournament format, the map pool, and that Flash is playing in it. I can't remember any specific KSL season, or even any specific set of games.

We're still really lucky to have English casters for Brood War tournaments, although there's zero revenu generated by foreign viewers watching this.
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
March 31 2020 15:59 GMT
#43
Hope ASL fills in the void somehow. Either a second tournament, more frequent tournaments, or just a bigger prize pool.
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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9521 Posts
March 31 2020 16:46 GMT
#44
Wasn't KSL organized by Blizzard themselves (or at least overseen)?
Seems to me like this is just a way for Blizzard to outsource tournament organization to 3rd parties, as they don't want to waste resources on doing it themselves anymore.
Hopefully the trend continues.
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Mettis
Profile Joined June 2019
84 Posts
March 31 2020 18:25 GMT
#45
Does this mean KSL prizepool will be put into funding more ASLs?
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
March 31 2020 20:16 GMT
#46
On April 01 2020 03:25 Mettis wrote:
Does this mean KSL prizepool will be put into funding more ASLs?

More likely goes into funding more Blizzard executives' pockets.
FakeFin
Profile Joined December 2018
Germany392 Posts
March 31 2020 20:58 GMT
#47
That ksl won't continue is not really surprising, but at least now we know for sure. Would be great if the deal means that afreeca doesn't have to spend as mich money on blizzard fees and can increase the prizepool or make more tournaments
derty555
Profile Joined September 2017
27 Posts
March 31 2020 22:01 GMT
#48
Its fine to have other events like the CasterMuse and others but it would be cool if there could be and arragement so that someone would live cast them with english commentary and then have VODs, i think that way the community events would reach a wider audience, the people who watch only ksl and asl and we would not have only ASL now
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
March 31 2020 22:29 GMT
#49
On April 01 2020 07:01 derty555 wrote:
Its fine to have other events like the CasterMuse and others but it would be cool if there could be and arragement so that someone would live cast them with english commentary and then have VODs, i think that way the community events would reach a wider audience, the people who watch only ksl and asl and we would not have only ASL now

Could do it like in the late 2000s with Diggity, Moletrap et al. where they just casted directly on top of the Korean commentary
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sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
March 31 2020 22:57 GMT
#50
If no KSL means more ASL / or other Afreeca run sc:r matches, this is good news!
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SchAmToo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1141 Posts
April 01 2020 03:40 GMT
#51
On April 01 2020 07:57 sM.Zik wrote:
If no KSL means more ASL / or other Afreeca run sc:r matches, this is good news!


Well, it means there's more possibility of ASL. We don't know if they'll make more tournaments or not.
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door44
Profile Joined December 2012
New Zealand3 Posts
April 01 2020 04:11 GMT
#52
Lots of people in this thread think that AfreekaTV is African or something?
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
391 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-01 05:48:27
April 01 2020 05:47 GMT
#53
On April 01 2020 13:11 door44 wrote:
Lots of people in this thread think that AfreekaTV is African or something?


They either can't read our have a strange sense of humour.

Since players and casters said that KSL wasn't very well run it's probably for the better.
A.Alm
Profile Joined September 2012
Sweden531 Posts
April 01 2020 11:04 GMT
#54
On April 01 2020 13:11 door44 wrote:
Lots of people in this thread think that AfreekaTV is African or something?


The article said African TV instead of AfreecaTV before they modified it.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
April 01 2020 11:20 GMT
#55
Get this is expected as it never really felt Blizzard put that much effort into making KSL a great tournament.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10011 Posts
April 01 2020 13:26 GMT
#56
On April 01 2020 20:04 A.Alm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 01 2020 13:11 door44 wrote:
Lots of people in this thread think that AfreekaTV is African or something?


The article said African TV instead of AfreecaTV before they modified it.


google translate, wanted to keep it authentic
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AleXoundOS
Profile Joined January 2011
Georgia458 Posts
April 01 2020 20:55 GMT
#57
On March 31 2020 20:13 Disregard wrote:
If they can organize something along the Proleague or Winner's League series, I would be giddy fanboy. Obviously without full sponsored teams like the old days, doubt that would be possible now.

Team league is a dream. But the most valuable one for the game being. Can't happen without a huge community demand on this. Only great effort and cooperation between sponsors, companies, community and players can make this run again, IMHO.
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10682 Posts
April 01 2020 22:39 GMT
#58
I guess this is a good thing in a way, let's not lose hope like TT1 said and keep fighting forward. Things are crazy right now, it will look up in some time as it always has.
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machinus
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
April 02 2020 06:19 GMT
#59
On March 31 2020 18:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:no more English Twitch Stream


Hooray!!! Now we don't have to use that awful website.
JAG.war
Profile Joined May 2010
United States76 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-06 08:20:27
April 06 2020 08:16 GMT
#60
On March 31 2020 18:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Short Version:

GSL viewers, no more English Twitch Stream

ASL viewers, nothing's changed.


omg at first I read that as "No More English Stream" and then nobody on the thread was talking about it. Hadn't been that sad in awhile. phew..!

Still thankful we have English GSL and ASL streams. Advertisers are NOT paying for English viewers because we don't buy KR products. Without Tastosis casts I'd eventually stop watching SC2 entirely.
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