Umm why would this stop LOL? One would guess most people in korea know aboute starcraft 2 and they dont like it.
Having one more tournoment isnt going to stop LOL from over shadowing sc2 cuz people like LOL like it cuz its diffrent, free, team play, more casual...

quen

201 Posts

March 17 2012 09:39 GMT

#228

Perhaps a fair bit too late, but good news nonetheless

HaeHei

United Kingdom162 Posts

March 17 2012 09:41 GMT

#229

sc2 proleague come on!!!

pPingu

Switzerland2892 Posts

March 17 2012 09:41 GMT

#230

What will they do for the English commentators?

Pretty much every commentator that wants to go to Korea is already working for gomtv I believe, and they can't ignore the foreign scene, it's just too big.

Ryo

8787 Posts

March 17 2012 09:44 GMT

#231

On March 17 2012 18:38 CrtBalorda wrote:
Umm why would this stop LOL? One would guess most people in korea know aboute starcraft 2 and they dont like it.
Having one more tournoment isnt going to stop LOL from over shadowing sc2 cuz people like LOL like it cuz its diffrent, free, team play, more casual...

Yup, pretty much.

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

March 17 2012 09:47 GMT

#232

Having The Proleauge and GSL at the same time would be nice. More tournaments and more exposure. Also I hope they put on English Casters like the GSL and seed foreign players.

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9174 Posts

March 17 2012 09:47 GMT

#233

On March 17 2012 18:35 FidoDido wrote:
somehow I doubt OGN and Kespa will seed foreigners into their tournaments like GOMTV does.

Foreigners were always able to earn a spot if they were good enough. It's just the skill gap between A-teamers and foreigners got worse the longer the game was out. Having OSL + GSL running concurrently might even make it more viable for foreigners who want to play in Korea.

Torpedo.Vegas

United States1890 Posts

March 17 2012 09:48 GMT

#234

On March 17 2012 16:01 rift wrote:

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BW teams can buy all the SC2 teams 10 times over, if they want to. I'm not sure they will bother though. They'll probably play in Proleague only and ignore GSL.

Not worth the time or money for a foreign team...

I thought from a business perspective, current BW teams cannot act without KeSPA approval or at least have KeSPA at the table. My point was (regardless of who ends up buying who), will the Korean scene become much more....in a bubble?...by have KeSPA act as a kind of business shield for team interest (who plays what where and when) or will it be a more open KeSPA...or will KeSPA be modified into a kind of Global association with Liquid/EG/Dignitas/Mouz/etc. with places at the table?

Similar to the Nada/Euro incident, couldn't KeSPA refocus team attention on Korean leagues with less leeway then GSL (for example moving match-ups or play dates pending foreign tournament involvement)?

I'm just really curious to see how they restructure according the much more present SC2 global scene versus the far more Korean centric BW scene. Open hand or closed fist sort of thing.

ellerina

Philippines452 Posts

March 17 2012 09:48 GMT

#235

I hope there are more details in the following days/weeks to lessen possible speculation and drama without basis. Whether SC2 PL will start this year, co-exist with BW PL or will take over Season 2 of the PL season entirely, I hope they announce it as soon as possible so fans can prepare for either outcome, not have another season break where no one knows what's going on.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

March 17 2012 09:48 GMT

#236

On March 17 2012 18:35 FidoDido wrote:
somehow I doubt OGN and Kespa will seed foreigners into their tournaments like GOMTV does.

They probably won't.

If the foreigners can get into the OGN SC2 Starleague or into a pro team on their own merit, they will. There wasn't a lot of foreigners on Brood War pro teams because KESPA didn't let them, but because the vast majority weren't good enough. I remember when Nony went to Estro and pretty much all the videos I saw just had the Koreans gushing about how much potential he had.