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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
 . 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. | ||
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Shana
Indonesia1814 Posts
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 | ||
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ffreakk
Singapore2155 Posts
 BW hwaiting ~~ <3 | ||
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
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TheButtonmen
Canada1401 Posts
*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. | ||
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hidiliho
Canada685 Posts
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Rodiel3
France1158 Posts
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Bisu-Fan
Russian Federation3329 Posts
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joheinous
Iceland522 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
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 GOM out the way so Blizzard can continue the lawsuit by itself. | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
On March 31 2011 13:30 swanized wrote: *reads title * *reads thread* COuldnt said it better myself | ||
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
Does this mean anything regarding all the BW content GOM has already produced? | ||
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Ryo
8787 Posts
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Existential
Australia2107 Posts
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Jayson X
Switzerland2431 Posts
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. | ||
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zeru
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Sprouter
United States1724 Posts
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dtz
5834 Posts
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. | ||
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