think deeper. I believe its more along the lines of

1. Oh sorry about sc2 GOM, we go with kespa now. But here is some free pizza to smooth things over.

or

2. Its all good GOM, you and kespa shall run leagues side by side. Here pizza on me to show we are great buds.

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

March 17 2012 07:35 GMT

#102

On March 17 2012 16:33 LittleAtari wrote:

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that is the worst way to break up with your girlfriend of two years ever.

I'm giving the ring to someone else now. You'll have to share it. Here's some pizza to make you ~~fat~~ feel better.

YES! This man gets it.

LittleAtari

Jordan1090 Posts

March 17 2012 07:36 GMT

#103

You know what?! DRG bought pizza for everyone at the GOM studio before Mike Morhaime did.

ArcLiTe

62 Posts

March 17 2012 07:38 GMT

#104

Good. Im sick and tired of seeing MC, Nestea and MVP owning everyone. Time for the REAL pros now.

Grampz

United States2147 Posts

March 17 2012 07:39 GMT

#105

On March 17 2012 16:34 sluggaslamoo wrote:

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Cmon guys this isn't gonna hurt BW at all. If anything having them side by side is going to keep it alive.

And buying pizza for everybody makes Morhaime a hero.

I'm going to have to disagree, respectfully. I think KeSPA/OGN sees LoL and SC2 getting so popular worldwide and if they can manage to sell their product (why they got NaDa and YellOw to advertise LoL) that it will obviously grow in korea. Brood war is an old game. It is still popular, but it will not grow. There is just no way. OGN sees the 2 games growing massively internationally, something SC1 could not accomplish, and they see gold. They need something new.

No bias at all, i like watching brood war more than watching starcraft 2, but with HoTS coming out i hope it changes that. I really do. SC vanilla was absolute garbage compared to brood war, granted technology was much different. But, we will see. Just my opinion

Ribbon

United States5278 Posts

March 17 2012 07:39 GMT

#106

Even if everyone is planning to switch from BW to SC2, I imagine that there'd be a time with both games, so as to not introduce SC2 to a new audience as "the game that killed BW"

Gamegene

United States8308 Posts

March 17 2012 07:40 GMT

#107

On March 17 2012 16:29 Scarecrow wrote:

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You've lived a sheltered life. The only thing GSL is better at is english commentary.

OGN > GOMTV

PresenceSc2

Australia4032 Posts

March 17 2012 07:41 GMT

#108

On March 17 2012 16:03 Gamegene wrote:
Booooooooooooooooo.

wooooooooooooooooooooo

TheWorldToCome

United States452 Posts

March 17 2012 07:42 GMT

#109

On March 17 2012 16:38 ArcLiTe wrote:
Good. Im sick and tired of seeing MC, Nestea and MVP owning everyone. Time for the REAL pros now.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or....?

If you really think that BW pros are going to switch and like IMMEDIATELY start owning the top SC2 players then you need to rethink things IMO.

Jamial

Denmark1289 Posts

March 17 2012 07:44 GMT

#110

Kespa... I just don't like it.

PlosionCornu

Italy814 Posts

March 17 2012 07:44 GMT

#111

Well, to be honest, that's the expected response to LoL e^x growth into the esports market.

Extreme times demand extreme countermeasures.

Blennd

United States266 Posts

March 17 2012 07:48 GMT

#112

On March 17 2012 16:29 Scarecrow wrote:

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You've lived a sheltered life. The only thing GSL is better at is english commentary.

That's a pretty big "only" in the SC2 scene. Keep in mind the OGN name means absolutely nothing to the vast majority of foreign SC2 viewers, who are actually a significant chunk of the viewership.

Wildmoon

Thailand4189 Posts

March 17 2012 07:49 GMT

#113

I hope SC2 and BW will both exist together. Starcraft for life!!.

itsjustatank

Hong Kong9163 Posts

March 17 2012 07:49 GMT

#114

On March 17 2012 16:42 TheWorldToCome wrote:

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I can't tell if this is sarcasm or....?

If you really think that BW pros are going to switch and like IMMEDIATELY start owning the top SC2 players then you need to rethink things IMO.

People in this thread are too quickly jumping to conclusions about the contents of the announcement. There is no solid info provided or available on the format of the league, the makeup of the league, the effect that this will have based on there being two versions of Starcraft, and how this relates with competition in the scene. It's fine to speculate, but think about this before jumping down each other's throats

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

March 17 2012 07:49 GMT

#115

going to be nice. gom's production so good, and they are actually giving a lot of consideration to foreign fans. i wonder what the proleague will give us.

MVTaylor

United Kingdom2893 Posts

March 17 2012 07:50 GMT

#116

Seriously hope this doesn't mean bad news for GOM

They have gone so far to cater to the foreign audience and it's so cool the extras like Off The Record and such, to see all that disappear would be bad.

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

March 17 2012 07:51 GMT

#117

Well, I hope this doesn't fuck everything up.

Shadowed0ne

United States12 Posts

March 17 2012 07:52 GMT

#118

Anyone think that maybe it's a good thing that OGN wants to get involved? For BW, they had MBC and OGN, why not GOM and OGN representing SC2? Helping each other!!! Hopefully....

Daimai

Sweden762 Posts

March 17 2012 07:52 GMT

#119

SC2 fuck yeah.

IMHope

Korea (South)1241 Posts

March 17 2012 07:53 GMT

#120

Hopefully both leagues can coexist and harmony and it doesn't end with one killing the other. Excited for the future of sc2 and hope everything goes as planned and well.