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Frost
Korea (South)1042 Posts
On September 08 2012 23:48 Eladir wrote: Hate rumor bullshit. Untill something negative happens, Azubu are great for helping eSports. Korean communities are cautious because of how fragile E-sports scene in Korea is right now. If this "rumor" turned out to be true, it'd be the end of E-sports in Korea without fail. It doesn't help that Azubu's background has been very shady... | ||
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
On September 08 2012 23:36 Frost wrote: There you go. Also, many are linking the unknown Korean to one named Kim Suk Ki who is apparently on the interpol's wanted person list for the above mentioned "issues" in financial investments. Interesting, according to the Bundesanzeiger, the majority shareholder of Azubu is the "SYSK Limited, Road Town" (at least since Feb 2012). Googling that leads to this info from trademarkia where some keywords are definitely financial services. | ||
Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
Was good but sadly clg lost :< | ||
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snowbird
Germany2044 Posts
Here's some pictures I took from the cosplayers + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/HHrBl.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Eq8SM.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/w6mRG.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fXkBG.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/WwCK2.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/NtWJL.jpg) | ||
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Eladir
Greece467 Posts
Korean communities are cautious because of how fragile E-sports scene in Korea is right now. If this "rumor" turned out to be true, it'd be the end of E-sports in Korea without fail. It doesn't help that Azubu's background has been very shady... It's good they are cautious but there's a limit that if you cross it's paranoia. Azubu is the main sponsor of the OGN LoL tournaments, they sponsor the 2 most successful Korean teams and Violet in SC2. I don't think their involvement is SO BIG that if they had to pull out the Korean eSports scene would die. | ||
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Frost
Korea (South)1042 Posts
On September 09 2012 00:23 Eladir wrote: It's good they are cautious but there's a limit that if you cross it's paranoia. Azubu is the main sponsor of the OGN LoL tournaments, they sponsor the 2 most successful Korean teams and Violet in SC2. I don't think their involvement is SO BIG that if they had to pull out the Korean eSports scene would die. E-sports in Korea will be severely diminished and will eventually die if the rumor is true. I don't think you really understand anything about how E-sports in Korea works. Let's say the rumor is true. In the case that the rumor is true, the fact that OGN, the most popular gaming channel in Korea and the primary contributor to the growth of E-sports in Korea, let a relatively unknown company (Azubu) that turned out to be just a dummy corporation used for money laundering sponsor two of their tournaments will be a big blow to the integrity of OGN and the legitimacy of E-sports in Korea. Just in case you also didn't know about a certain Ministry of Gender Equality threatening to shut down E-sports already in Korea, if the rumor turned out to be true, it will certainly happen so damn right Koreans are going to be cautious. | ||
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AsnSensation
Germany24009 Posts
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RouaF
France4120 Posts
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Cubu
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On September 09 2012 01:27 Beyonder wrote: Lol, no way esports would die. Just take a hit. It has done so before at the hands of WC3 map editing ;-) The thing is, E-sports then was arguably much more stable than it is right now, given that BW was still alive and well. | ||
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JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
On September 09 2012 00:16 snowbird wrote: Pretty sick games, feel bad for CLG.EU, thought they had it in the bag Here's some pictures I took from the cosplayers + Show Spoiler + That Caitlyn Would love to meet her T_T | ||
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napo
Romania622 Posts
On September 09 2012 01:27 Beyonder wrote: Lol, no way esports would die. Just take a hit. It has done so before at the hands of WC3 map editing ;-) Can you give some insight on the WC3 thingy? | ||
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On September 09 2012 03:14 napo wrote: Can you give some insight on the WC3 thingy? http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/9111-MBC_Map_Scandal_Update Think this covers it.. | ||
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Craton
United States17252 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
On September 09 2012 06:08 Slayer91 wrote: I LOVE the blind pick idea actually it's hilarious. Give both teams their best comps let em duke it out. It's a good change just for 1 game, I think, but everyone seems to hate it and automatically assume that I SHOULD hate it and i'm retarded for not hating it but I don't understand it. It's because there are a lot of people like me who consider the draft phase and ability to outpick the enemy team extremely crucial and a great display of skill and knowledge. Blind pick robs me of the joy of watching the draft happening, not to mention it introduces certain amount of luck as far as picks go (just randomly get a teamcomp that is specifically good against the opposing teams one). | ||
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SHr3DD3r
Pakistan2137 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
On September 09 2012 06:28 Scip wrote: It's because there are a lot of people like me who consider the draft phase and ability to outpick the enemy team extremely crucial and a great display of skill and knowledge. Blind pick robs me of the joy of watching the draft happening, not to mention it introduces certain amount of luck as far as picks go (just randomly get a teamcomp that is specifically good against the opposing teams one). You had 4 games of draft mode. Besides, you have every other game of every tournament to watch ppl draft. Blind picking in a skill as well. Also, they basically pick the same comps anyway, with some minor variations based on bans. | ||
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ibreakurface
United States664 Posts
I'd meat her. | ||
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