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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
May 13 2009 21:22 GMT
#41
On May 14 2009 03:35 Ace wrote:
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On May 14 2009 02:10 VIB wrote:
This is all under the assumption that Kespa cares for the quality of their product, ie the quality of games and gamers.
Kespa cares the most about the same thing that Gom, MBC, OGN, IEG, Blizzard, Microsoft and any other capitalist cares the most: Making money. Delivering a good product is just one of the many means to an end. If for whatever reason making a good product gets in the way of making the best short term profit. All of those will choose the same option. Moving their arse to solve a small mistake, for example, costs them money. So they won't move it unless it is really clear as day that doing otherwise would imply in severe losses.

Hating them for that, or wishing we were better off without them sounds a little bit superficial imho.



Im gonna guess you have no idea how business works.
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Zozma
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1626 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 21:30:32
May 13 2009 21:29 GMT
#42
I don't like it saying that it's fine if KeSPA only wants to make money. That's not a good thing. A corporation is made up of individuals, and just because they're collectively called "Microsoft" that doesn't mean we expect them to abandon their moral compass and do whatever it takes to earn money.

Edit: Well, that's exactly what we expect from Microsoft, but you get my point, right?
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 21:35:53
May 13 2009 21:33 GMT
#43
edit: nvm winners league still intact
this however applies
\/


freaking rules billion rules.
i think its because its a game and not really a sport they try to make up rules to make it sound more legit.
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PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
May 13 2009 21:53 GMT
#44
On May 14 2009 06:33 Mykill wrote:freaking rules billion rules.
i think its because its a game and not really a sport they try to make up rules to make it sound more legit.


Thats a ridiculously stupid statement. The rules were placed for a reason, inorder to avoid confusion after certain events; the rules were poorly constructed though.

And I'm pretty sure a game where players practice 9-14 hours a day in leagues involving thousands of dollars is legit.

We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
May 13 2009 22:33 GMT
#45
Can someone explain what exactly a metal detector scan is supposed to check for? What's metal and can help a player in the game? Whatever it is, shouldn't everyone be able to see it? Afterall, they play inside clear booths, not private rooms or something.
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 22:38:08
May 13 2009 22:37 GMT
#46
On May 14 2009 02:30 p4NDemik wrote:
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On May 13 2009 22:12 AzureEye wrote:
Wtf. The winner's league is gone because of Kespa? fuck..

MBC's All-Kill league =/= Winners League

Could you explain what the MBC All-kill league was (and show us on the doll where KESPA touched it), for us new kids?
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Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 22:42:12
May 13 2009 22:38 GMT
#47
On May 14 2009 07:33 Kinky wrote:
Can someone explain what exactly a metal detector scan is supposed to check for? What's metal and can help a player in the game? Whatever it is, shouldn't everyone be able to see it? Afterall, they play inside clear booths, not private rooms or something.

a little vibrator that vibrates if the other guy is doing a proxy or some stupid shit
.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 23:28:10
May 13 2009 22:52 GMT
#48
Even if you take away Kespa you will need another org to take its place, and it'll be the same down the line.

Kespa's fine. They're making changes.
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jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
May 13 2009 23:29 GMT
#49
players association, fund it right now
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66359 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 23:40:47
May 13 2009 23:35 GMT
#50
On May 14 2009 07:37 CDRdude wrote:
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On May 14 2009 02:30 p4NDemik wrote:
On May 13 2009 22:12 AzureEye wrote:
Wtf. The winner's league is gone because of Kespa? fuck..

MBC's All-Kill league =/= Winners League

Could you explain what the MBC All-kill league was (and show us on the doll where KESPA touched it), for us new kids?

MBC All-Kill league is, afaik, similar structure to Winner's League (WL borrowed the structure, but w/e), and included leagues such as the LG-IBM MTL (MBC Team League), MBCMovies TL and Tucson TL. MBC ran these solely.

Edit: Or were you being sarcastic? I can't tell :<
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 23:43:05
May 13 2009 23:42 GMT
#51
I'm reminded of
-(Boxer to Savior) I ask you to do me a favor. I tried to do this before I went to army but I think it is late for me to do it now. I hope you can create a player union type of thing where influential players gather to create a better environment for less known player base.

▲ Savior= It is impossible to even imagine players from different teams to gather. Too much team based...
▲ Boxer= But if no action is taken, it will only get worse. Even after I returned from army, I thought that it was very unfair for players.
▲ Shim Hyun Team Manager= I think it is best if we make another time to discuss this matter. In the case of baseball league, a lot of places and people provided help for player association. I think it is same for e-Sports that we need a lot of help from people to do this.
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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-13 23:45:43
May 13 2009 23:44 GMT
#52
On May 13 2009 20:02 kaleidoscope wrote:
Ending of 'All-kill league': Prevent Jaedong from bringing Oz up to 2nd position in winners league (oz cannot survive without him)

On May 13 2009 22:12 AzureEye wrote:
Wtf. The winner's league is gone because of Kespa? fuck..

oh my god...

NO...Winner's League was a KeSPA proleague thing.

They're talking about an older team league MBCgame put on before KeSPA took over...this was like way back. It was in All-Kill format, but was only bo5 I think.
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darktreb
Profile Joined May 2007
United States3017 Posts
May 14 2009 00:03 GMT
#53
On May 14 2009 03:22 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2009 02:30 p4NDemik wrote:
On May 13 2009 22:12 AzureEye wrote:
Wtf. The winner's league is gone because of Kespa? fuck..

MBC's All-Kill league =/= Winners League

On May 13 2009 20:08 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
On May 13 2009 20:03 cHicKeLoR wrote:
They should take their rulebook or whatsoever. Read it. Work it over and throw the old one away... I mean.. flaming is bad. But just mixing up some keys and typing "a" or whatever which leads to a forfeit loss is a bit hard. You should not punish everything the same way...

Maybe next season some Proteams will not play OSL/MSL but instead just gom :D

five teams dont participate in GOM because kespa has a hardon for their attempted monopoly

No, four teams don't participate in GOM because their owners do not believe it is in their best interests. KeSPA only holds part of the blame because they won't force those teams to participate by sanctioning GOM's leagues.

KeSPA has made a lot of bad decisions over the years but people need to realize that getting rid of them now would surely mean the end of competitive BW as we know it. Making rash statements like "the teams should just go create a new organization" or the like are just foolish. 90% of the problems we all are miffed about could be solved if there was a players association which helped maintain a balance of power between KeSPA and the players.


estro and t1 don't play because of the IEG/KeSPA connection

OGN/MBC dont play because the corporates see gom as competition AND they fear legal action from kespa when their players play in something not kespa sanctioned as is defined in the broadcasting rights that kespa created and sold to IEG

ace doesnt play for whatever reason


Come on FakeSteve, ACE does indeed play in GOM this season. Aren't you watching?
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66359 Posts
May 14 2009 00:04 GMT
#54
On May 14 2009 08:44 PH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2009 20:02 kaleidoscope wrote:
Ending of 'All-kill league': Prevent Jaedong from bringing Oz up to 2nd position in winners league (oz cannot survive without him)

Show nested quote +
On May 13 2009 22:12 AzureEye wrote:
Wtf. The winner's league is gone because of Kespa? fuck..

oh my god...

NO...Winner's League was a KeSPA proleague thing.

They're talking about an older team league MBCgame put on before KeSPA took over...this was like way back. It was in All-Kill format, but was only bo5 I think.

It was Bo7
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e.soul[gm]
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Sierra Leone254 Posts
May 14 2009 00:26 GMT
#55
to anyone else who follows north american e-sports, doesn't kepsa remind you of the CPL a bit?
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51582 Posts
May 14 2009 02:44 GMT
#56
well unlike cpl they actually payed out players.
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omG.[RaYnE]
Profile Joined October 2007
Philippines100 Posts
May 14 2009 03:00 GMT
#57
imo they just need a new batch of much more intelligent people making the rules and such
omG.[RaYnE] ---> rayne_ph :D
Pioneer
Profile Joined December 2008
994 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-14 03:12:26
May 14 2009 03:11 GMT
#58
On May 14 2009 03:27 p4NDemik wrote:
ace does play in Gom.

What basis would KeSPA/IEG have to sue MBC/OGN if they let their players play in GOM? I don't see the connection you're trying to make. Those teams don't play purely because OGN/MBC don't want the added competition. KeSPA doesn't have the power to dictate what events teams can not participate in - they can only tell them which events the teams absolutely have to participate in. (and that's pretty much limited to PL)

Basically what I'm asking is what clause in the broadcasting rights makes MBC and OGN's progaming teams KeSPA's bitch?

MBC would pull their sponsorship of Hero if the coaches ignored them. Legal battle with KeSPA/IEG > losing a small portion of their income.

If MBC pulled their sponsorship of Hero, Hero would essentially die and the players would go to other teams. They can't even keep their stars from leaving with the money MBC sends to them. (July, Bisu, TheZerg and they almost lost Pusan)

So in a sense they can tell Hero what to do (OGN isn't even a part of this anymore since Hite owns Sparkyz now) and unless the coaches want to lose their jobs and see their hardwork disappear they listen.

and KeSPA and IEG are butt buddies, IEG owns the rights to PL and MBC is sure as hell not pulling out of PL over 1 league that is in competition with them.
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-14 03:15:41
May 14 2009 03:11 GMT
#59
On May 14 2009 12:00 omG.[RaYnE] wrote:
imo they just need a new batch of much more intelligent people making the rules and such

It doesn't matter who is making the rules on KeSPA's side, in the end, they need players' input to make rules that actually do what they are intended to do, and not bullshit like what has been happening.

On May 14 2009 12:11 Pioneer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2009 03:27 p4NDemik wrote:
ace does play in Gom.

What basis would KeSPA/IEG have to sue MBC/OGN if they let their players play in GOM? I don't see the connection you're trying to make. Those teams don't play purely because OGN/MBC don't want the added competition. KeSPA doesn't have the power to dictate what events teams can not participate in - they can only tell them which events the teams absolutely have to participate in. (and that's pretty much limited to PL)

Basically what I'm asking is what clause in the broadcasting rights makes MBC and OGN's progaming teams KeSPA's bitch?

MBC would pull their sponsorship of Hero if the coaches ignored them. Legal battle with KeSPA/IEG > losing a small portion of their income.

If MBC pulled their sponsorship of Hero, Hero would essentially die and the players would go to other teams. They can't even keep their stars from leaving with the money MBC sends to them. (July, Bisu, TheZerg and they almost lost Pusan)

So in a sense they can tell Hero what to do (OGN isn't even a part of this anymore since Hite owns Sparkyz now) and unless the coaches want to lose their jobs and see their hardwork disappear they listen.

and KeSPA and IEG are butt buddies, IEG owns the rights to PL and MBC is sure as hell not pulling out of PL over 1 league that is in competition with them.

Yes, I know MBC would never go along with the team going rogue, that's not what I'm talking about, because that will never happen. What I want to know is how KeSPA would have any legal basis to go after MBC/OGN if they (for whatever reason) changed their minds and let their teams participate in GOM events.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51582 Posts
May 14 2009 03:14 GMT
#60
I don't understand why people think hite own Sparkyz now. They don't own anything except the right to have their brand plastered next to the team name.

OGN still run the team.
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