.

I do have to give +1 respect to GOM though, I feel as if this will make it at least a bit easier for OGN/MBC, because it's Korean companies vs. Blizzard now. I think because there isn't a Korean company there now to be with Blizz, they have less of a footing with the court.

Shana

Indonesia1814 Posts

March 31 2011 06:59 GMT

#62

On March 31 2011 15:55 a9arnn wrote:
When I read the sidebar, I saw, "GomTV to give up exclusi…". I immediately crapped my pants, but then I opened the thread up

You're not the only one

ffreakk

Singapore2155 Posts

March 31 2011 07:37 GMT

#63

At least its Foreigners vs Chaebols now, and that can only be good news

BW hwaiting ~~ <3

tomatriedes

New Zealand5356 Posts

March 31 2011 08:05 GMT

#64

I think it's pretty simple- GOM didn't want the BW debacle to tarnish their reputation and that of the SC2 leagues.

JoxxOr

Sweden1502 Posts

March 31 2011 08:07 GMT

#65

I'm really happy with Gom decision and hopefully this will lead in to a more positive additude towards starcraft 2 esport. I thought about this yesterday and felt so sad about it. Like when it was GOMTV vs MBC/OGN because i would guess they both want the same thing, to grow esport bigger and better. I hope that this will lead into more activites between the diffrent channels and in the end help both games grow further

TheButtonmen

Canada1403 Posts

March 31 2011 08:09 GMT

#66

Gom probably decided it will get more out of just focusing all its resources on SC2 and will just double down on its efforts there. They are going to have quite the leg up on any companies that try to enter the Korean Starcraft 2 scene in the future so all they need to do is just sit back and enjoy their current monopoly as the SC:BW scene dwindles* their competitors will have a hell of a time trying to break in to the market and achieve anywhere near the market saturation Gom will have.

*Whether you believe BW is a better game then SC2 or not there is no arguing that there is much much more money up for grabs in the SC2 market then there is in the SC:BW market and at the end of the day that really matters, sooner or later they will need to branch out into SC2 or go out of business as the money (advertising dollars, fans purchases and so on) spent on BW dries up.

hidiliho

Canada685 Posts

March 31 2011 08:19 GMT

#67

GOM probably felt like the child with all the toys but noone to play with.

Rodiel3

France1158 Posts

March 31 2011 08:21 GMT

#68

Nice move by GOM i guess

Bisu-Fan

Russian Federation3339 Posts

March 31 2011 08:26 GMT

#69

good~ i think this is for the better.....

joheinous

Iceland522 Posts

March 31 2011 08:29 GMT

#70

I take this as a good sign for goms success with sc2 but hard to say how this will affect the ip rights issues if it will at all.

ShadeR

Australia7535 Posts

March 31 2011 08:32 GMT

#71

gahaahaja KOREAN PROBW HWAITING!!

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

March 31 2011 08:40 GMT

#72

This means nothing at all.
It's a tactical move because of this (just gonna quote Milkis because he's 100% right):

On March 31 2011 11:23 Milkis wrote:
Obvious move.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=202467

Show nested quote +

GOM out the way so Blizzard can continue the lawsuit by itself.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

March 31 2011 08:41 GMT

#73

On March 31 2011 13:30 swanized wrote:
*reads title *

*reads thread*

COuldnt said it better myself

XsebT

Denmark2980 Posts

March 31 2011 08:46 GMT

#74

Interesting move. One could hope it's because they're losing faith in the case against MBC/OGN.

Does this mean anything regarding all the BW content GOM has already produced?

Ryo

8787 Posts

March 31 2011 08:48 GMT

#75

PR move, doesn't really affect the courtcase.

Existential

Australia2107 Posts

March 31 2011 08:58 GMT

#76

Good move by GOM imo. They needn't have got themselves mixed in the mess.

Jayson X

Switzerland2431 Posts

March 31 2011 09:03 GMT

#77

On March 31 2011 17:09 TheButtonmen wrote:
Gom probably decided it will get more out of just focusing all its resources on SC2 and will just double down on its efforts there. They are going to have quite the leg up on any companies that try to enter the Korean Starcraft 2 scene in the future so all they need to do is just sit back and enjoy their current monopoly as the SC:BW scene dwindles* their competitors will have a hell of a time trying to break in to the market and achieve anywhere near the market saturation Gom will have.

*Whether you believe BW is a better game then SC2 or not there is no arguing that there is much much more money up for grabs in the SC2 market then there is in the SC:BW market and at the end of the day that really matters, sooner or later they will need to branch out into SC2 or go out of business as the money (advertising dollars, fans purchases and so on) spent on BW dries up.

Not right now no. This might be the better decision for GOM but it doesn't change the fact that all participants created a hell of a mess. Blizzard had the best possible infrastructure any country could provide them and catapulted itself back to zero. The two biggest starcraft broadcasters in the entire world don't broadcast their new game on TV even one year later. That influences the decision sponsors make heavily. The amount of potential would have been enough to kickstart Starcraft 2 into different spheres.

People sometimes are quick to forget that Pro BW is a multi million dollar industry. And what is put into BW (Salary, Teams) outweighs what is handed out by pricemoney by a fuckton.

No one gained anything from this debacle. The major sponsors who proved themselves to be willing to put money into e-sport are still shut out of Starcraft 2. The power of CJ, SK Telecom, KT and Samsung... major players in their respective field on the Korean market.

This whole story is just a big fat tragedy.

zeru

8156 Posts

March 31 2011 09:24 GMT

#78

--- Nuked ---

Sprouter

United States1724 Posts

March 31 2011 13:36 GMT

#79

This is just a dance. GOM and ActiBlizz are very close and GOM needed to do this to expedite ActiBlizz's suit against kespa and broadcasters.

dtz

5834 Posts

March 31 2011 13:44 GMT

#80

Hm i wonder if this is one of the condition imposed by KT in order for them to sponsor the GSL.

I recall there was a news that KT was going to sponsor GSL ( GSTL) but it was removed immediately and it seemed to disappear.

Maybe other than the Blizzard court move, this might be a move by GOM to appease the big guns sponsoring BW.