Yeah, i'm scared to about the implication this has.
Is it exclusive, like... we signed it's your, if you want to make a pay to view/1hour of sc2 monthly/shitty tourneys and administration you can do whatever you want and nobody will be able to compete with you.
or is it like, you can do whatever with the game, but if better prospects rise, i get them too.
if it's the first case, it's gg msl, osl pl and bw in general...
I'm exited cause it means sc2 is really going to happen in korea and i reaaallly hope korean bw scene doesn't get screwed by this

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

May 27 2010 01:08 GMT

#45

This is what Kespa gets for being stubborn. Beggers can't be choosers.

supernovamaniac

United States3047 Posts

May 27 2010 01:09 GMT

#46

On May 27 2010 10:08 jalstar wrote:

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Does this mean we'll have custom ladders for tournaments?

Only future will tell. I don't know the every single details about what Gom-TV and Blizzard wants, sorry =/

NuKedUFirst

Canada3139 Posts

May 27 2010 01:09 GMT

#47

I remember waking up early, tuning in on my gomplayer and watching the gom tournaments

was a good memory.

supernovamaniac

United States3047 Posts

May 27 2010 01:10 GMT

#48

Also, if CJ actually owns both OGN and Gom-TV, OGN will live no matter what.

But that's given that CJ owns Gretech.

ymirheim

Sweden300 Posts

May 27 2010 01:10 GMT

#49

gg KeSPA, to be honest you were asking for it.

On another note, what I like about this news is that it is a statement from Blizzard that they are serious about getting the e-sports scene working for this game, by sorting these kinds of deals before the game goes retail.

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

May 27 2010 01:11 GMT

#50

To be honest I'd rather not see SDM back, but I do want Tasteless.

Two_DoWn

United States13684 Posts

May 27 2010 01:11 GMT

#51

On May 27 2010 10:05 supernovamaniac wrote:

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To be honest, pulling out from KeSPA means no more Pro-League (the teams are under KeSPA... remember the old Gom-TV Tournament situation?)

It is my understanding that proleague was already dead when it came to SC2. KeSPA couldnt make a deal, so now the teams have no reason to stay under KeSPA and can just move to GOM/ the eventual OGN/MBC side deal.

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

May 27 2010 01:12 GMT

#52

On May 27 2010 10:04 Two_DoWn wrote:
wow. So in all likelyhood OGN will get rights from GOM, probably at the cost of having to pull out of KeSPA. And MBC is going to have to do the same.

Indeed, still kinda confusing cuz next MSL has already an sponsor, so the thing is, Who is gonna broadcast that event.
Next MSL sponsor.
OP @ TL.net source FoMos

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

May 27 2010 01:12 GMT

#53

lol. no more OSL.

VAR1ABLES

United States29 Posts

May 27 2010 01:12 GMT

#54

On May 27 2010 09:54 VIB wrote:

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Am I the only one scared of that word?

No dude i'm kinda scared right now too....

LegendaryZ

United States1583 Posts

May 27 2010 01:13 GMT

#55

The way I see this is like it's a very roundabout method of settling the Blizzard/KeSPA dispute. GomTV is owned by CJ Media, which is a member of KeSPA. This would suggest that OGN and MBCGame is going to be involved somewhere in this as well as other members of KeSPA as hinted by the remark about getting involved with other eSports entities.

Whatever the case, I'm curious to know what the details of this deal are... Have any been released?

If my suspicions are correct, this is probably going to make no difference in the eSports scene since KeSPA will still be pulling the strings from behind, just in another form.

Crueger

Sweden73 Posts

May 27 2010 01:13 GMT

#56

Sounds like this could potentially be pretty awesome, hope everything goes as planned..

Bosu

United States3247 Posts

May 27 2010 01:14 GMT

#57

Artosis and tasteless for sure. For a 3rd I would be happy with susie or SDM. While I loved SDM there was something about nick and susie that was more enjoyable for me.