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venom0us
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60 Posts
September 24 2011 07:39 GMT
#101
On September 24 2011 12:12 Synapze wrote:
An organization like KESPA on a global scale would be ideal in my opinion.


That actually sounds like a pretty good idea. Saw this coming though, too much controversy surrounding SC2Con.
RavenLoud
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1100 Posts
September 24 2011 07:49 GMT
#102
GesPA coming soon? (Global)
tiaz
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden231 Posts
September 24 2011 07:51 GMT
#103
Better with a new Kespa that can do something than an organization that can't do shit. But as some others pointed out, it's probably not necessary yet, and would be better if it was on a global scale, but I'd assume thats not possible anyway.
"When you play, you have to start off with a mind to turn the game into a rape." - Iloveoov
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3455 Posts
September 24 2011 07:54 GMT
#104
Didn't expect this.
Does there have to be a con?
It's necessary?
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
September 24 2011 08:09 GMT
#105
Thank god the paper tiger is dead. Hope the next iteration is better than this one.
Thank God and gunrun.
infinity2k9
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom2397 Posts
September 24 2011 08:24 GMT
#106
People focus on the stupid small things KeSPA did that annoy people like referee decisions. Look at the bigger picture and the stability it provides to everyone. In my opinion an organization like this is essential at some point, every sport has to have a governing body.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
September 24 2011 08:37 GMT
#107
this sounds good if they can really restructure a more sound organization. I would agree that this is needed.
pecore
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany62 Posts
September 24 2011 08:51 GMT
#108
I do not agree. And I do not understand. Why is it necessary that such an organization can 'enforce' stuff on people? I thought this organization was supposed to protect the interests of players.

I don't think a more 'strict' organization would be helpful at all. It would most certainly lead to all the bad stuff that happened with KeSPA as well....

I believe strongly that stability for players can be achieved without one all powerful governing body, which would naturally begin to abuse this power sooner rather than later (because it's business).
Probably the best way to protect players interests would be very strict contracts between players and teams, and not an organization that does as it pleases.
Dont Panic!
Slakter
Profile Joined January 2010
Sweden1947 Posts
September 24 2011 08:53 GMT
#109
On September 24 2011 16:54 Trozz wrote:
Didn't expect this.
Does there have to be a con?
It's necessary?

There needs to be a union for progamers to look out for their best interests. Kespa failed at that pretty hard and SC2Con just didnt have any balls to do anything.

May just be the communist part of me talking however.
Protoss, can't live with em', can't kill em'.
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
September 24 2011 09:30 GMT
#110
On September 24 2011 17:24 infinity2k9 wrote:
People focus on the stupid small things KeSPA did that annoy people like referee decisions. Look at the bigger picture and the stability it provides to everyone. In my opinion an organization like this is essential at some point, every sport has to have a governing body.

This sounds about right^^
Fubi
Profile Joined March 2011
2228 Posts
September 24 2011 09:41 GMT
#111
On September 24 2011 15:38 lizzard_warish wrote:
Yeah...and who cares about professionalism? Seriously when hockey players are beating the hell out of eachother, who honestly responds with "ackh its so unprofessional!!". Sports, esports included, exist to entertain us. I'm entertained by friendly or hostile banter more than I am none...and vastly more so than watching people get kicked out because they dared to say something other than gg.

No, true sports exist as a competition for the participants first a foremost, and professionalism, sportsmanship and fairness will always come first; the entertainment for the audience comes second. What you're thinking of are fake sports like WWE. I understand that the American media had turn most of it's audience into drama-hungry beasts when it comes to sports, but please, the rest of the world doesn't need that type of "sport". Many of us still enjoy watching the actual competition aspect of sports, so please keep E-sport that way; if you want drama, there are a lot at the movie theaters.
infinity2k9
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom2397 Posts
September 24 2011 09:45 GMT
#112
On September 24 2011 17:53 Slakter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2011 16:54 Trozz wrote:
Didn't expect this.
Does there have to be a con?
It's necessary?

There needs to be a union for progamers to look out for their best interests. Kespa failed at that pretty hard and SC2Con just didnt have any balls to do anything.

May just be the communist part of me talking however.


How do you figure this? Isn't having things like player drafts when a team disbands a positive thing.. the only thing you can argue that they do wrong in regards to players is how free agents work, but i'm pretty sure it's to help balance the teams out and stop all the top players being signed by a single team. If you are gonna argue 'omg they practice for so long' that's down to the teams themselves. But simply anyone who doesn't practice hard isn't even going to be a pro anyway in BW, you can't force a maximum practice time on people.
Slakter
Profile Joined January 2010
Sweden1947 Posts
September 24 2011 09:53 GMT
#113
On September 24 2011 18:45 infinity2k9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2011 17:53 Slakter wrote:
On September 24 2011 16:54 Trozz wrote:
Didn't expect this.
Does there have to be a con?
It's necessary?

There needs to be a union for progamers to look out for their best interests. Kespa failed at that pretty hard and SC2Con just didnt have any balls to do anything.

May just be the communist part of me talking however.


How do you figure this? Isn't having things like player drafts when a team disbands a positive thing.. the only thing you can argue that they do wrong in regards to players is how free agents work, but i'm pretty sure it's to help balance the teams out and stop all the top players being signed by a single team. If you are gonna argue 'omg they practice for so long' that's down to the teams themselves. But simply anyone who doesn't practice hard isn't even going to be a pro anyway in BW, you can't force a maximum practice time on people.

Its more the fact that the lower level pros dont get paid enough for their work IMO. If Progaming had a strong union that cared more about the players I bet there would be a lot more discussion internally about players salaries.
Protoss, can't live with em', can't kill em'.
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
September 24 2011 09:54 GMT
#114
Thanks for the news Milkis.

SC2Con was pretty toothless. It seems inevitable that Kespa will step in soon, especially considering the strength of the foreigner scene - though hopefully there will be a more balanced relationship between players, teams and sponsors. A mediator's what's needed.
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
September 24 2011 10:02 GMT
#115
Here's hoping that the next organization of this kind includes all the major teams, korean and non-korean alike.
/commercial
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3686 Posts
September 24 2011 10:05 GMT
#116
Lets just let this game actually grow as much as it can. Lets get to the point when we no longer have tournaments popping up left and right, let's get to the point where sc2 teams in korea could survive without gom and the gsl each month. Let's get to the point where we have our set of tournaments that happen each year.

And than we should start working towards a global orginasation like kespa.
NewteN
Profile Joined November 2010
United States179 Posts
September 24 2011 10:07 GMT
#117
I missed something I think...

What's the motivation behind their disbanding??
Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 10:09:41
September 24 2011 10:09 GMT
#118
On September 24 2011 16:10 VPCursed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2011 15:25 Fubi wrote:
On September 24 2011 15:01 VPCursed wrote:
I really hope we dont see some sort of KeSpa like entity.. Id hate to see the days where idra can no longer talk a little shit or huk saying something in chat during a game.. ("Just saying, you weren"t loss)
what if this was no longer possible? It's always fun to see drama and it gives more opportunities for players to show there personality. I really hope we don't see some sort of organization pop up. It would only hinder SC2 in the e-sports world imo

It already isn't allowed in GSL. As much as you enjoy shit talking during games, it is in fact, unprofessional and unfair in a real tournament situation if you think about it.

ye and MLG is much more entertaining then GSL, granted GSL does have tastosis most of the time and Higher quality of play... MLG just is 100x more exciting for me.


And it isnt allowed in MLG as well.
"No ingame talk expect pregame sportmanship & forfeiting the game".
All those "dont worry it's halo" or "you know those where hallus - fuck off" cases were against the rules and should've ended with a forfeit of the game. (Gameplay Rules 3 & 6)
It's just that MLG doesnt give a shit about their rules as long as they benefit from them (more hype, drama, excitment).
Yes, the rule is crap, but then you should remove the rule and not ignore it.

On September 24 2011 17:24 infinity2k9 wrote:
People focus on the stupid small things KeSPA did that annoy people like referee decisions. Look at the bigger picture and the stability it provides to everyone. In my opinion an organization like this is essential at some point, every sport has to have a governing body.


I agree with this. Dont break over small rules (ppp incident). That stuff was stupid, yes.
But as long as the rules are reasonable why not?
Such an organization can benefit the players & the teams as well. i.e. with streamlined contracts rights & duties of the player & team).
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6252 Posts
September 24 2011 10:15 GMT
#119
On September 24 2011 13:50 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2011 13:41 DarkRise wrote:
On September 24 2011 13:11 Alkior wrote:
What is Kespa and what did they do to make everyone hate them. Isint an organization good? They handle all the business crap and what not?

Also why does everyone hate sc2con too?


KESPA is just like a dictator. They treat players like slaves and control each aspect of each team. That's why a lot of players doesn't want to do anything with them. Like Idra (teamless), doesn't want to be in a team that is related to KESPA. Also some of their rules are just stupid, not logical and utterly non sense.

Sc2con is kinda KESPA wannabee but with no real power. They are so rash on deciding things and backfire in the end (see TSL and FXO drama).


i don't understand why people have such a negative view of kespa being 'dictators'. it's not kespa, it's the corporate sponsors recognising that for their players to perform the best (therefore increasing exposure blah blah), they have to 'encourage' their players to play n hours a day. kespa don't control this at all, they just referee the industry.


I don't see why you would want kespa in sc2 then anyway since they're controlled by the sponsors.. It doesn't really matter if they enforce it for themself or the corporations since the rules get enforced and I doubt a lot of people want that.
DiamondTear
Profile Joined June 2010
Finland165 Posts
September 24 2011 10:34 GMT
#120
My first thought: They're forming a stronger organization to better blackmail foreign tournaments.
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