EPTGOM TV/Blizzard Sign Exclusive Broadcast Agreement - Page 35
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Polis
Poland1292 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:48 Hectic wrote:im pretty sure players playing tooo much is the last thing kespa cares about. Then you are wrong, the more time players train for the GOMTV matches, the worse they will play in other leagues. | ||
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shalafi
394 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:48 Hectic wrote: im pretty sure players playing tooo much is the last thing kespa cares about. Obviously kespa would have shut down gom because it was competing with them and advertising sponsors other than those in their little monopoly. So organisations shutting down something i enjoy because of money = i hate Actually, it wasn't KeSPA who shut it down, but GomTV themselves because only a few(5 I think) of the 12 teams wanted their players to play, saying that PL, MSL and OSL was enough burden. That looks credible, since top players like Flash and Stork had to skip some PL matches because they had to practice for the individual leagues. And sincerely, if someone had to dump a league, he would dump GomTV. | ||
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Groslouser
France337 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:48 ZlaSHeR wrote: they will have to negotiate with GOM as the middle man, and boy does that make me happy. And after killing gomtv, it feels like a divine retribution. Plus kespa has already way too much power on the bw progaming scene, i dont want them to rule the sc2 progaming scene the same way they did with bw. | ||
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Hectic
Australia159 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:53 Polis wrote: Then you are wrong, the more time players train for the GOMTV matches, the worse they will play in other leagues. and the worse they play in kespa leagues the less ratings they get hence the less money the sponsors make | ||
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Puosu
6995 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:08 Shikyo wrote: Communism? Do you even know what that means? North Korea is a dictature, it's not even close to communism. While NK is not "officially" considered a communist state it very clearly follows very similar system and calling it "not even close" is just laughable. This is because the "Workers' Party of Korea" is still the ruling party. Also it being a dictatorship country has nothing to do with communism rofl. | ||
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moxley
United States65 Posts
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Vykenos
United States56 Posts
I am trying to remember... how did they run the last tournies on Gom? Was it pay to watch live and then could watch for free in a day or so or could you watch live for free and having access to the HD stuff was just a charge? | ||
tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:50 Executioner.zealot wrote: Don’t know why everyone thinks Blizzard should give away its rights to KeSPA. I think KeSPA got what it deserved. It wanted something for nothing, all the while profiting off SC1. Think about it, any where else, if someone builds a stadium (Starcraft) for teams to play in, the NFL (in this case organizations like KeSPA) teams play at that stadium. But the stadium gets rights to selling the seats. KeSPA wanted Blizzard to build a stadium, then KeSPA wants to keep rights to: sell the seats sell the drinks at the hotdog stands sell the hot dogs sell the picture of the stadium on their NFL jerseys I don’t know how people can back such a greedy group. I’m glad they are gone. I’m boycotting any games with their logo on it. I officially announce the Boycott KeSPA Movement until they come to an agreement. It's a good thing that attendance at all the events is completely free. In retrospect, Blizzard is probably due something for the commercialization of their game. That said, esports is significantly better off is Blizzard is not involved, and has no control over anything. Hopefully, Blizzard's insatiable desire for profits does not translate into a need for a say in the scene. But it probably will. | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8091 Posts
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Spidinko
Slovakia1174 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:59 moxley wrote: I'm glad that Blizzard is starting to come to terms with Korea.. it definitely made sense that they'd want a bigger share of the profits received from the mass marketing and professional sports style exposure that revolved around THEIR game, but it's not like KeSPA couldn't pick a new, non-Blizzard game to promote if they felt Blizzard was turning greedy on them. KeSPA will switch to c&. Apollo will be so mad. | ||
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Zhek
Canada342 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:53 shalafi wrote: Actually, it wasn't KeSPA who shut it down, but GomTV themselves because only a few(5 I think) of the 12 teams wanted their players to play, saying that PL, MSL and OSL was enough burden. That looks credible, since top players like Flash and Stork had to skip some PL matches because they had to practice for the individual leagues. And sincerely, if someone had to dump a league, he would dump GomTV. Uh, KeSPa told the proteams not to go on GomTV's tournaments unless they wanted to be reprimanded for it. But really, KeSPa didn't care until Blizzard started sponsoring GomTV Season 3. Then shit hit the fan and KeSPa shut down GomTV's league by holding proteams from going to it. | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
There's another side of me that is excited because of GOMtv's track record of at least wanting to expose Korean SC to a Western world. That prospect alone could mean we have a direct line to the best competitions... assuming there will be players for them! | ||
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aupstar
Australia912 Posts
It's all talk what blizzard is saying about stopping sc1 games. Sc2 on the other hand is a different story. This will definitely go to court. Lets see how it pans out. We'll most likely see sc2 games broadcast on both ogn and mbc while this thing pans out in court, so I'm not too worried int he short term. I think what kespa is wanting is reasonable by wanting to protect its players rights and not giving into the hardball tactics that blizzard is trying to employ. | ||
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Polis
Poland1292 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:58 Hectic wrote:and the worse they play in kespa leagues the less ratings they get hence the less money the sponsors make BUDDY I will try to make it simpler for you: Running teams = big cost Running league = small cost GOMTV could not run a professional league if somebody else would not put money into teams. They could run amateur league, the only thing that would exist without teams. | ||
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jtype
England2167 Posts
On May 28 2010 00:10 djWHEAT wrote: You may be able to cancel a probe from your Nexus, but you can't cancel an exclusive agreement. I'm really curious to know what sort of timeframe is linked to this agreement - it seems like this is such a bitter sweet situation. I'm really curious to see how this will play out and KeSPA's response. Yeah this is what I'm concerned about really. I have no idea if GomTV is capable of scaling well enough to support the inevitable (I assume) demand for SC2 as a spectator esport. I've enjoyed their service before, but who knows what their business plan is as of yet? | ||
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MaYuu
Sweden516 Posts
On May 27 2010 23:58 Hectic wrote: and the worse they play in kespa leagues the less ratings they get hence the less money the sponsors make BUDDY Yeah and guess who's making all these things happen. Who pays for all of this cause it sure as hell ain't you or me. The player represent the sponsors, that's why there is teams in the first place. Of course the sponsors want the players representing them playing the best at the tournaments they pour money into. | ||
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Woyn
United Kingdom1628 Posts
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Konsume
Canada466 Posts
We might see more balance changes and things since they will care about the game and the profit generated thru the gaming scene. Imo KeSPA is a good thing but with all the power they had it was time that a gaming compagny step up and say ok... what the hell are you doing to my game? No seriously... blizzard is kicking the girls out and they are now the masters of their destiny... good thing IMO! | ||
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Hectic
Australia159 Posts
On May 28 2010 00:17 MaYuu wrote: Yeah and guess who's making all these things happen. Who pays for all of this cause it sure as hell ain't you or me. The player represent the sponsors, that's why there is teams in the first place. Of course the sponsors want the players representing them playing the best at the tournaments they pour money into. problem is because of this, there will be no new sponsors or new competitions in korea. fantastic what if a new sponsor wanted to come along and offer the players 3 times as much money? what if they were a rival company to one of the current kespa sponsors kespa would just say no? it makes sense that all the kespa sponsors could easily collude to agree on maximum wages for teams/ gamers to keep it as cheap as possible for themselves. like a monopoly. | ||
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