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Calgary25981 Posts
On June 18 2009 04:02 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
Keep in mind Blizzard has a very strong reputation in every single one of their games. They really have never done any 'dick moves' against anyone trying to broadcast their games. Its essentially free marketing. I mean, MLG does a ton of WoW tournaments without Blizzard breathing down their throat with tons of fees and stuff like that...
I trust in Blizzard, they have never let me down and I dont think they will when they start pumping massive (I HOPE) amounts of money into E-Sports.
edit: They also allow iccup to run... which directly takes users off of Battle.net. I would trust in Blizzard :D
Um, didn't they shut down BnetX and the other ladders?
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I wonder what KESPA's reaction will be, if anything. Oh well, perhaps this will bring GOM up to the prestige levels of the traditional OSL....
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I don't understand the legalities of it. Why is MBC/OGN considered illegal?
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On June 18 2009 04:09 Luddite wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2009 03:57 StorZerg wrote:On June 18 2009 03:14 Luddite wrote:On June 18 2009 00:49 Kennigit wrote:
wowow! i have no underlying meaning when i say this is really good for esports! Actually... is it? My understanding is that broadcasting starleagues the way OGN and MBC had been doing is actualy slightly illegal, and they just got away with it because Blizzard ignores them. If Blizzard decides that e-sports is profitable, they could theoretically make the starleagues shut down. you nuts? of course blizzard won't shut them down. its SC (they are a huge reason why sc is still around). blizzard might put stops on them broadcasting sc2... but i doubt that. more likely blizzard will try to partnerup/buy them out to increase their advantage. Companies usually don't like it when another company is making money off their product and not giving them anything. Especially now that they're officially sponsoring GOM, which makes OGN, MBC, etc the "unofficial" companies. My guess is that Blizzard will start charging them royalties.
Blizzard hasn't been getting anything out of MBC/OGN this whole time?
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down with kespa! and up with gom! :D
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This is actually very good sign for upcoming SC2 transition. I can imagine GOM being the first TV with SC2 starleague (I'm pretty sure it's in Blizzard hands) then it would gain a lot of prestige.
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well Blizzard sponsored their tournaments already right?
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On June 18 2009 04:36 ondik wrote:
This is actually very good sign for upcoming SC2 transition. I can imagine GOM being the first TV with SC2 starleague (I'm pretty sure it's in Blizzard hands) then it would gain a lot of prestige.
I don't know, if GOM really gets the first TV broadcasted SC2 tournament I'm afraid kespa will start cockblocking GOM even harder. Can you imagine it, bisu/fantasy/best/whoever wanting to try out SC2 but being unable to do so because kespa won't let SKT play in GOM? Scary thought man.
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SC2 and Blizzard is going to take a shit on what we refer to as e-sport today, and i mean that in the best of ways.
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really excited about this
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in all honesty 40k USD is probably chump change to blizzard.
but I am glad they are seriously sponsoring tourneys though
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On June 18 2009 04:49 BWdero wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2009 04:36 ondik wrote:
This is actually very good sign for upcoming SC2 transition. I can imagine GOM being the first TV with SC2 starleague (I'm pretty sure it's in Blizzard hands) then it would gain a lot of prestige. I don't know, if GOM really gets the first TV broadcasted SC2 tournament I'm afraid kespa will start cockblocking GOM even harder. Can you imagine it, bisu/fantasy/best/whoever wanting to try out SC2 but being unable to do so because kespa won't let SKT play in GOM? Scary thought man.
That would be the end of Kespa if they tried something like that.
Though, iirc Kespa didn't "forbid" SKT from playing in GOM. It was SKT's decision right?
And besides, I doubt lauching an SC2 tournament a month before the competition would have that much of an impact. The whole tournament system is in place in Korea, but SC2 isn't. That means there will still be inbalances and perhaps even new rules to implement because of possible bugs. If they all jump in at the exact same time they'll all make the same mistakes.
Also, why is everyone comparing Blizzard to Kespa?
Kespa is an association which is called upon as an official to organize/sanction tournaments and stuff right? (btw I can't believe there isn't a wiki page for kespa^^, otherwise I wouldn't be asking this dumb question).
And in regards to GOM, blizzard is only a sponsor. They won't have any control over organization and stuff. And they don't own the rights to broadcast either. GOM handles that...
Correct me if I'm mistaken, Kespa's exact job and limitations have always been a been vague to me.
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it's not only first place that goes to blizzcon but the top 3.
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On June 18 2009 00:32 Kennelie wrote:
Great news for Gom!
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On June 18 2009 04:09 Luddite wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2009 03:57 StorZerg wrote:On June 18 2009 03:14 Luddite wrote:On June 18 2009 00:49 Kennigit wrote:
wowow! i have no underlying meaning when i say this is really good for esports! Actually... is it? My understanding is that broadcasting starleagues the way OGN and MBC had been doing is actualy slightly illegal, and they just got away with it because Blizzard ignores them. If Blizzard decides that e-sports is profitable, they could theoretically make the starleagues shut down. you nuts? of course blizzard won't shut them down. its SC (they are a huge reason why sc is still around). blizzard might put stops on them broadcasting sc2... but i doubt that. more likely blizzard will try to partnerup/buy them out to increase their advantage. Companies usually don't like it when another company is making money off their product and not giving them anything. Especially now that they're officially sponsoring GOM, which makes OGN, MBC, etc the "unofficial" companies. My guess is that Blizzard will start charging them royalties.
Blizzard has known about these Starleagues for years. Pretty sure as long as upper management doesn't change, aka Pardo, they're not going to start charging royalties. If anything they'd just ask for their logo here and there.
Only thing that would happen if Blizzard asked for royalties is OGN/MBC studios would start charging admission - I guess the real question is, are people ready to start paying for seats to watch SC.
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On June 18 2009 05:37 Hammy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2009 04:49 BWdero wrote:On June 18 2009 04:36 ondik wrote:
This is actually very good sign for upcoming SC2 transition. I can imagine GOM being the first TV with SC2 starleague (I'm pretty sure it's in Blizzard hands) then it would gain a lot of prestige. I don't know, if GOM really gets the first TV broadcasted SC2 tournament I'm afraid kespa will start cockblocking GOM even harder. Can you imagine it, bisu/fantasy/best/whoever wanting to try out SC2 but being unable to do so because kespa won't let SKT play in GOM? Scary thought man. That would be the end of Kespa if they tried something like that. Though, iirc Kespa didn't "forbid" SKT from playing in GOM. It was SKT's decision right?
The CEO of Kespa and the President of SKT are the same guy according to SDM in his talk in Mumbo Jumbo.
This is an awesome move by Blizzard. Looking forward and setting up their esports scene even better. Thumbs up blizzard and thumbs down kespa 
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more money is always better and will make sc more popular/taken more seriously
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WTF with these talks about shutting down leagues lol. Of course that they ARE profitable to Blizzard - what makes SC so popular? Ask random non-sc-gamer about SC and you get answer like "Oh is it this game which has like cult of followers in Korea with games being shown on TV?". It makes SC popular => brings more profits to Blizzard by making more people buying SC.
Plus i'm quite certain that this move was supposed to get more hype for SC2.
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