AfreecaTV-Blizzard deal announced, KSL cancelled - Page 4

Not necessarily—ESL operated War3 and SC2 are on Twitch.

My understanding from the news reports and actual events is Overwatch and HearthStone are the only ones locked into YouTube through the Blizz-Google deal. SC2 and War3 are free to stream wherever depending on the specific tournament organizer. Korean SC2 and BW are now off Twitch because of the specific, separate deal between Blizz and AfreecaTV regarding the StarCraft franchise in Korea.

But whatever, these are just technical details for ppl who care about the $$$ESPORTS INDUSTRY$$$. For BW fans, all that matters is no Korean BW on Twitch for a while.

Immaterial

Canada510 Posts

April 14 2020 12:28 GMT

#63

On March 31 2020 18:22 GTR wrote:
this also means we won't see that dumb rotation of ksl/asl every season that we had before (ergo, more asl seasons per year).

Hmmmm, yeah if that’s the case then this news isn’t as grim as it felt to me at first. I always kind of preferred ASL over KSL, so if the end result of this is more ASL then I’m happy.

Does anyone know the actual duration of the “multi-year“ deal? It would be somewhat of a relief to know that there will definitely be Korean BW continuing on for a minimum of 3+ years.

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

April 14 2020 20:17 GMT

#64

Will we be getting more ASL tournaments to make up for the loss of the KSL? Right now it sounds like we aren't, so far less BW overall which sucks. Lots of speculation right now that we'll get an extra asl season or a team league, but this is still just speculation.

TelecoM

United States10646 Posts

April 14 2020 20:29 GMT

#65

On April 09 2020 12:37 Waxangel wrote:

no Korean BW on Twitch for a while.

Say it isn't so

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