EPTAnd, if it does end up delaying the release of SC2 in SK, then more power to the foreign community
Starcraft II Gets Adult-only Rating in Korea - Page 4
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
And, if it does end up delaying the release of SC2 in SK, then more power to the foreign community | ||
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
So the only thing this does is delaying potential sc2 progaming in korea for a few months. Oh that and probably summoning the wrath of blizzard, whatever form that has. | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
imo Korea is the only country where SC2 can become the national sport. I highly doubt any other country would have popular televised SC2 tournaments like korea does. so, Blizzard MUST find a way to conquer the korean scene. | ||
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Lemure
189 Posts
On April 17 2010 08:22 LaNague wrote: well, this doesnt hurt blizzard who dont really profit from progaming in korea and im sure they are working on a "clean" version of sc2 for other countries like germany anyways. So the only thing this does is delaying potential sc2 progaming in korea for a few months. Oh that and probably summoning the wrath of blizzard, whatever form that has. I thought one of the biggest reasons was kespa not agreeing to pay the excessive licensing fee that they pay for SC1 that Blizzard is demanding for SC2 so it should be quite a bit of cash they make from Korea. | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
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Half
United States2554 Posts
On April 17 2010 08:27 Lemure wrote: I thought one of the biggest reasons was kespa not agreeing to pay the excessive licensing fee that they pay for SC1 that Blizzard is demanding for SC2 so it should be quite a bit of cash they make from Korea. They don't pay anything for SC1. >0 is not excessive. I think its rather reasonable. | ||
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SkelA
Macedonia13081 Posts
I say leave Kespa alone they provide us great entertaiment and yea they treat their players really bad but i dont really care about that as long there is tons of great games to be watched . Even if they manage some agreement about SC2 progaming in Korea i wont watch the games because honestly SC2 is not entertaining to watch like BW. If Blizzard wanna develop esports around the world let them make their own association for example Bespa ( Blizzard e-Sports Players Association ) or something similar to that if they really cared about esports which i really doubt it. Invest 0.1% of your multibillion wow industry cash machine for SC2 progaming but no they want free money bullying Kepsa of their hard earned money. The decision is preety "stupid" considering BW is basicly the same but when politics and money are involved everything is possible. Lets see what comes next this is preety entertaining to me its like watching 2 children fighting for a toy. | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
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irishash
United States285 Posts
there is no way SCII is released with an AO rating. i know blizzard won't want to release an AO game anywhere, they would withdraw from releasing it in Korea before releasing it as an AO game. there are very, very few titles rated Adults Only and a company as high in notoriety as Blizz doesnt wanna be on that short list regardless if the rating is warranted or not. | ||
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Alexc26
United Kingdom222 Posts
On April 17 2010 07:15 Kralic wrote: Blizzard will just do what the UK had to do for some violent games, turn the blood green, take out swear words and put in a subliminal flash that goes across the screen that says "Kespa is always right." Then Kespa might approve of it and slap on the E rating. What games would that be ? Lol, I don't think we have ever had violent games toned down :S | ||
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irishash
United States285 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games#South_Korea so basically they're putting SCII up there with Manhunt and GTA, which are give or take for arguments sake 100% about murdering people in a realistic setting, compared to SC, which is cartoon violence in an obviously fictional setting. it just doesnt add up, its ridiculous. | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
On April 17 2010 08:31 SkelA wrote: Its Blizzard fault because they wanna meddle in Kespa affairs. Kespa just reacts in really defensive way making Blizzard lose big profits in Korea. Kespa by definition is Korean e-Sports Players Association so they care only about Korea and think they got legal rights over BW because they got license from Blizzard long time ago so Blizzard cant do shit about BW progaming. I say leave Kespa alone they provide us great entertaiment and yea they treat their players really bad but i dont really care about that as long there is tons of great games to be watched . Even if they manage some agreement about SC2 progaming in Korea i wont watch the games because honestly SC2 is not entertaining to watch like BW. If Blizzard wanna develop esports around the world let them make their own association for example Bespa ( Blizzard e-Sports Players Association ) or something similar to that if they really cared about esports which i really doubt it. Invest 0.1% of your multibillion wow industry cash machine for SC2 progaming but no they want free money bullying Kepsa of their hard earned money. The decision is preety "stupid" considering BW is basicly the same but when politics and money are involved everything is possible. Lets see what comes next this is preety entertaining to me its like watching 2 children fighting for a toy. A lot of garbage in one post. Fuck Korean E-sports quite frankly, its completely corrupt. The recent betting scandal is just tip of the iceberg. No one cares what you will watch. In a year only you and a dwindling amount of Koreans will be watching what's left of the BW scene. Starcraft peaked 2006 in Korea, it's dying and the recent scandal will just speed the process up. Blizzard can do whatever they want with their own games. If they want to get money from others that profit from their game, then they are entitled to demand compensation for it. | ||
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PianoMan
Pakistan54 Posts
On April 17 2010 08:31 SkelA wrote: Its Blizzard fault because they wanna meddle in Kespa affairs. Kespa just reacts in really defensive way making Blizzard lose big profits in Korea. Kespa by definition is Korean e-Sports Players Association so they care only about Korea and think they got legal rights over BW because they got license from Blizzard long time ago so Blizzard cant do shit about BW progaming. I say leave Kespa alone they provide us great entertaiment and yea they treat their players really bad but i dont really care about that as long there is tons of great games to be watched . Even if they manage some agreement about SC2 progaming in Korea i wont watch the games because honestly SC2 is not entertaining to watch like BW. If Blizzard wanna develop esports around the world let them make their own association for example Bespa ( Blizzard e-Sports Players Association ) or something similar to that if they really cared about esports which i really doubt it. Invest 0.1% of your multibillion wow industry cash machine for SC2 progaming but no they want free money bullying Kepsa of their hard earned money. The decision is preety "stupid" considering BW is basicly the same but when politics and money are involved everything is possible. Lets see what comes next this is preety entertaining to me its like watching 2 children fighting for a toy. Your post displays a shocking lack of comprehension of how the world works. There is no possible way that Kespa has in any sense legal rights over BW. At the most they are allowed to broadcast it (even though technically I don't think they're supposed to be allowed to), but there's absolutely no possible way anyone could imagine they have rights over BW. How are they "bullying Kespa of their hard earned money"? It's incredibly standard to take a fee for things like this. They simply don't want Kespa leeching off something they put years and millions of dollars into developing. Kespa therefore turns to corruption and bribery (most likely, although it could just be simple Korean racism) in order to fuck Blizzard out of their hard-earned money. Blizzard did invest money in GOM. Kespa again shut them down. Honestly, Kespa is just a corrupt organization that takes advantage of their privileged position to get a monopoly on Esports in Korea in any way they can. Esports would be much better off if they went away. P i a n o M a n | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3135 Posts
What games would that be ? Lol, I don't think we have ever had violent games toned down :S I think he means more like this. But, yeah, this is really stupid if the multiplayer is anything to go by...though to be fair, we haven't seen the single player campaign in full yet. | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
On April 17 2010 08:50 Captain Peabody wrote: I think he means more like this. But, yeah, this is really stupid if the multiplayer is anything to go by...though to be fair, we haven't seen the single player campaign in full yet. I don't think people understand what adult rating is. Very few games receive that, and those that do rarely gets released at all. Most stores refuses to sell games with adult rating. | ||
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LunarDestiny
United States4177 Posts
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andeh
United States904 Posts
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OuCH.
United States13 Posts
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