EPTThe Koreans are coming? Again?
Its been a long while since FXORaelcun blogged that the Koreans are coming to steal your pennies.
Well, here it is again…. The Koreans are coming.
A wittle bwirdy told me this morning that a certain number of brood war persons will be playing sc2 professionally in approximately 40 days time.
These pros are A team pros.
Whilst I am not fully familiar with the names (I am for sure not going to openly state who they are for risk of being insulted) I know that their results are very solid and consistent from brood war.
They have been playing sc2 for approximately 5 months so far, and from what I am told, they only play sc2 now during practice time.
This my dear friends, is the beginning. The beginning of what will soon be the true starcraft pro scene.
So in the true theme of what I have been preparing for for a while now. I will grow my finger nails so that when two of these bw pros meet in sc2, I can bite them off in what is surely going to be some nail biting sc2. Like Leenock vs MVP gsl semis… I think I bit my finger nails until they bled.
Looking back at this blog, I have been so vague I should write for TMZ…
Call me PerezBoss
Peace
Its been a long while since FXORaelcun blogged that the Koreans are coming to steal your pennies.
Well, here it is again…. The Koreans are coming.
A wittle bwirdy told me this morning that a certain number of brood war persons will be playing sc2 professionally in approximately 40 days time.
These pros are A team pros.
Whilst I am not fully familiar with the names (I am for sure not going to openly state who they are for risk of being insulted) I know that their results are very solid and consistent from brood war.
They have been playing sc2 for approximately 5 months so far, and from what I am told, they only play sc2 now during practice time.
This my dear friends, is the beginning. The beginning of what will soon be the true starcraft pro scene.
So in the true theme of what I have been preparing for for a while now. I will grow my finger nails so that when two of these bw pros meet in sc2, I can bite them off in what is surely going to be some nail biting sc2. Like Leenock vs MVP gsl semis… I think I bit my finger nails until they bled.
Looking back at this blog, I have been so vague I should write for TMZ…
Call me PerezBoss
Peace
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According to FXOBoSs's blog there will be a relatively significant number of high level BW pro's swapping over to SC2 in the coming months. Even more interesting is the information that these players have been playing nothing but Starcraft 2 for a while now. Which pro players are we expecting to come over? A Teamers? B Teamers? How many A teamers have been relatively inactive in Pro Leagues and High Level BW tournaments recently?
What do you think this will mean for the scene?
EDIT: New post on FXOBoSs's blog about OGN, GSL and KESPA, semi related.
Kespa, OGN and GSL
The idea that Korea could be getting another Large scale tournament on its soil sends excitement shivers down my spine….
But the question remains, can we all join hands and live together in peace and harmony?
I don’t think so.
One thing I have learned about doing business in Asia is that its a kill or be killed environment, that of course not meaning if you do business in Asia you will die but your business may just do that.
If we look into history, there has never been a situation where GOM and OGN have been able to live together on the same block. Much like the bloods and the crips.
So I raise the question, when OGN (yes WHEN) starts broadcasting an sc2 league will it monopolize Korea once again? Or will, in some sort of christmas miracle, they be able to share the benefits of a successful e-sports society?
Of course, this will have alot to do with KESPA’s actions which I am still not 100% sure on what they are planning. But I do know that OGN is on its way. Can GOM stand the heat? Will OGN continue to broadcast in less than HD quality? Who will cast for OGN? Who will work for them? Who knows!? I certainly don’t.
But these thoughts of mine are very exciting given that I have a Korean based team and there will become more opportunities for them as a whole to compete.
What are your thoughts?
Tweet them to me http://www.twitter.com/fxopenesports
The idea that Korea could be getting another Large scale tournament on its soil sends excitement shivers down my spine….
But the question remains, can we all join hands and live together in peace and harmony?
I don’t think so.
One thing I have learned about doing business in Asia is that its a kill or be killed environment, that of course not meaning if you do business in Asia you will die but your business may just do that.
If we look into history, there has never been a situation where GOM and OGN have been able to live together on the same block. Much like the bloods and the crips.
So I raise the question, when OGN (yes WHEN) starts broadcasting an sc2 league will it monopolize Korea once again? Or will, in some sort of christmas miracle, they be able to share the benefits of a successful e-sports society?
Of course, this will have alot to do with KESPA’s actions which I am still not 100% sure on what they are planning. But I do know that OGN is on its way. Can GOM stand the heat? Will OGN continue to broadcast in less than HD quality? Who will cast for OGN? Who will work for them? Who knows!? I certainly don’t.
But these thoughts of mine are very exciting given that I have a Korean based team and there will become more opportunities for them as a whole to compete.
What are your thoughts?
Tweet them to me http://www.twitter.com/fxopenesports
I personally can't see how KESPA would fit into the current SC2 model in korea. I can imagine that Blizzard will step in and stop them from doing to the starcraft 2 scene what they did in BW.
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