EPTGood news indeed
KeSPA and Blizzard near an agreement. - Page 2
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KobraKay
Portugal4393 Posts
Good news indeed | ||
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Frankon
3054 Posts
SC:BW - Kespa runned. SC2 - Gretech runned. I think now we have a win win situation. If one flops the other will survive. | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
On May 10 2011 05:24 Milkis wrote: Let's not turn this into a a pro KeSPA/anti KeSPA discussion please Sorry about that, I didn't intend for my comments to be interpreted that way. I assumed that people generally did not look at KeSPA in a favorable light. Guess I was wrong. | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
It is nice to see KeSPA, MBC, and OGN pay a fee once a year for as many tournaments as they can handle and support Blizzard at the same time. It is also a good thing that Blizzard let Gretech backdown from the BW rights which was most likely a mutual decision by Blizzard and Gretech. I think another factor in this is that KeSPA has also taken notice of the activity building outside of Korea for other games and hopefully want to promote BW outside of Korea a bit more. Bigger audience will only help the BW scene stay around. + Show Spoiler + edit: Riot games can have those employee's I am assuming most of them are the ones that fucked up the sc2 launch in Korea anyway. | ||
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zenMaster
Canada761 Posts
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Popss
Sweden176 Posts
But I have to say I think Blizzard acted somewhat shady here even though their actions was rational from a business perspective. Basically pre-SC2 KeSPA was just generating free marketing for Blizzards upcoming product but post-SC2 they're a competitor so Blizzard started to lean on them to either shut them down or gain some sort of benefit from licensing fees. I would have advised the same if I was working with marketing at Blizzard but considering how essential the professional BW scene has been for the success of not only BW but also SC2 I can't help as a fan to feel Blizzard acted like generic-big-evil-company in this whole mess. But KeSPA was and is a shitty organization when it came to treatment of players and such even though they definitely have helped the growth of e-sports noone really took their side in this ^^ | ||
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Kazeyonoma
United States2912 Posts
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
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moopie
12605 Posts
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Furycrab
Canada456 Posts
On May 10 2011 05:14 MuffinDude wrote: Lol. Riot games taking blizzard workers. Haha. Pun intended? | ||
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SHr3DD3r
Pakistan2137 Posts
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lbmaian
United States689 Posts
On May 10 2011 05:47 echO [W] wrote: Sorry about that, I didn't intend for my comments to be interpreted that way. I assumed that people generally did not look at KeSPA in a favorable light. Guess I was wrong. I think most would agree that KeSPA has done some stupid things in the past. But in this case, it's the spat between KeSPA and Blizzard that was stupid. | ||
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Suisen
256 Posts
This is actually bad for SC BW. SC BW has been able to survive up till now because of SC2's failure. And SC2's failure is not entirely to blame on the merit of the game itself. SDM is very right about this. Now SC2 actually has a chance to be on tv, be watched and get more popular. It is good for esports, but now SC BW has competition. Blizzard in their efforts to kill SC BW, and in trying to get the rights they now realized they can't own, actually lengthened SC BW. No matter how much worse SC2 might be compared to SC BW, just because SC2 is new and fresh and more modern in looks, it ought to have been able to compete seriously with SC BW. The problem is that there wasn't a level playing field. When Kespa can run SC2 leagues, there will be a level playing field. And once SC BW no longer has more money than SC2, top players will move to SC2 and that will be the real start of the end of SC BW. But SC2 is not very new anymore. Blizzard might have lost the momentum to push out SC BW. It's going to be embarrassing for Gomtv. I don't know how much time into the future Blizzard has given them the funds to run the tournament as it now is. But in the future we may see the prize money get reduced seriously. GSL will lose prestige and as SC2 is less popular in Korea than it is in Europe and NA, GSL will have less prize money. At that point it will become inevitable for Kespa to jump in and broadcast SC2 leagues on tv which may turn the tide. At that point SC2 actually has a chance to outcompete SC BW. | ||
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dibban
Sweden1279 Posts
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hacklebeast
United States5090 Posts
On May 10 2011 05:13 Milkis wrote: Overall, it'll likely get GSL broadcasted on OGN and MBC in the long run, which could be a great thing for SC2. However, that's likely a fine detail that will be hammered out. Has kespa, mbc, or ogn shown any intrest in SC2 in the past? I'm not nessiarily disagreeing with you, but I what to know what makes you say that. | ||
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act.hero
United States205 Posts
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Milkis
5003 Posts
On May 10 2011 06:05 hacklebeast wrote: Has kespa, mbc, or ogn shown any intrest in SC2 in the past? I'm not nessiarily disagreeing with you, but I what to know what makes you say that. OGN has previously agreed to broadcast GSL, but they backed out later. OGN commentators actually prepared to commentate for GSL too and have stated this. It wont happen for at least a year though since Anibox has exclusive rights for a year for broadcasting GSL on cable TV. | ||
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
On May 10 2011 06:05 hacklebeast wrote: Has kespa, mbc, or ogn shown any intrest in SC2 in the past? I'm not nessiarily disagreeing with you, but I what to know what makes you say that. Before Gom were given the rights, I believe OGN had plans for an OS2L, I remember rumours regarding that circulating about, cant find any proof for now though | ||
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Phrost
United States4008 Posts
On May 10 2011 05:14 MuffinDude wrote: Lol. Riot games taking blizzard workers. A lot of the people that work for Riot games in the US are former blizzard employees. Tom Cadwell aka Zileas being notable for working on WoW | ||
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Milkis
5003 Posts
On May 10 2011 06:08 Eishi_Ki wrote: Before Gom were given the rights, I believe OGN had plans for an OS2L, I remember rumours regarding that circulating about, cant find any proof for now though OSL2 was a complete fabrication created by Artosis and the Chinese. | ||
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