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awesome news + awesome IMMvp!!!
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awesome!! this is great for a team that hasn't been doing as well recently, hopefully this will boost the confidence of the players
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On April 16 2012 01:17 ProxyKnoxy wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 00:47 unknownGamer wrote:On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:28 Dodgin wrote:On April 15 2012 23:26 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:25 DeadBull wrote:IM buys SKT1?? + Show Spoiler +Yes, I am obviously kidding Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. Wow, I understand your hate for kespa, but having kespa wouldn't hurt. I am sure Blizzard calls the shots on sc2. I believe they can't stop them from entering. Though I must agree, I still feel its stupid that kespa have such tight control over bw, so I am still wary of that if they do go sc2. But then again, blizzard still calls the shots. Wow JiPrime... what the fuck, you are so ignorant. Pure blind hatred with little common sense or evidence at all. "The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated." Utter bull, why wouldn't Kespa want the best players in the world playing in their league? Where are you even getting that information from? "Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped." I guess ForGG getting into Code S two consecutive times, and getting into Code S for the first time on his first try isn't good enough for some. ForGG wasn't really a top class BW pro when he retired either. And "ass whooped"... hardly. Rest of your post is more of the same, but then "Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door" what a stupid, stupid post. oh my
There are news articles & posts from industry insiders everywhere if you care to look for them.
In order for a team to participate in Proleague it needs to join Kespa, which costs ~$90,000 a year per team. It is doubtful any current SC2 team will be able to do this.
I should also note that while some people are angry about what Kespa is trying to do, hardly any are surprised by it.
* As for Starleague, if OGN decides to make SC2 one in the future, it would be less difficult for an individual player to participate in, as you only need to have Kespa licence. However, Kespa is saying that they would give SC2 pro licence to those with BW licence automatically but there has been no mention of GSL players. So some BW pro with 0 SC2 experience would be considered a sc2 progamer while Boxer would be an amature.
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On April 16 2012 17:17 NHY wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 01:17 ProxyKnoxy wrote:On April 16 2012 00:47 unknownGamer wrote:On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:28 Dodgin wrote:On April 15 2012 23:26 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:25 DeadBull wrote:IM buys SKT1?? + Show Spoiler +Yes, I am obviously kidding Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. Wow, I understand your hate for kespa, but having kespa wouldn't hurt. I am sure Blizzard calls the shots on sc2. I believe they can't stop them from entering. Though I must agree, I still feel its stupid that kespa have such tight control over bw, so I am still wary of that if they do go sc2. But then again, blizzard still calls the shots. Wow JiPrime... what the fuck, you are so ignorant. Pure blind hatred with little common sense or evidence at all. "The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated." Utter bull, why wouldn't Kespa want the best players in the world playing in their league? Where are you even getting that information from? "Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped." I guess ForGG getting into Code S two consecutive times, and getting into Code S for the first time on his first try isn't good enough for some. ForGG wasn't really a top class BW pro when he retired either. And "ass whooped"... hardly. Rest of your post is more of the same, but then "Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door" what a stupid, stupid post. oh my There are news articles & posts from industry insiders everywhere if you care to look for them. In order for a team to participate in Proleague it needs to join Kespa, which costs ~$90,000 a year per team. It is doubtful any current SC2 team will be able to do this. I should also note that while some people are angry about what Kespa is trying to do, hardly any are surprised by it. * As for Starleague, if OGN decides to make SC2 one in the future, it would be less difficult for an individual player to participate in, as you only need to have Kespa licence. However, Kespa is saying that they would give SC2 pro licence to those with BW licence automatically but there has been no mention of GSL players. So some BW pro with 0 SC2 experience would be considered a sc2 progamer while Boxer would be an amature.
I have to agree, I still remember when KESPA shunned Nada and wanted to remove all his previous achievements for playing in GOM's league.
It won't come as a surprise to me when KESPA announces their own private league which excludes foreigners and current sc2 teams.
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On April 16 2012 17:51 FidoDido wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 17:17 NHY wrote:On April 16 2012 01:17 ProxyKnoxy wrote:On April 16 2012 00:47 unknownGamer wrote:On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:28 Dodgin wrote:On April 15 2012 23:26 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:25 DeadBull wrote:IM buys SKT1?? + Show Spoiler +Yes, I am obviously kidding Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. Wow, I understand your hate for kespa, but having kespa wouldn't hurt. I am sure Blizzard calls the shots on sc2. I believe they can't stop them from entering. Though I must agree, I still feel its stupid that kespa have such tight control over bw, so I am still wary of that if they do go sc2. But then again, blizzard still calls the shots. Wow JiPrime... what the fuck, you are so ignorant. Pure blind hatred with little common sense or evidence at all. "The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated." Utter bull, why wouldn't Kespa want the best players in the world playing in their league? Where are you even getting that information from? "Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped." I guess ForGG getting into Code S two consecutive times, and getting into Code S for the first time on his first try isn't good enough for some. ForGG wasn't really a top class BW pro when he retired either. And "ass whooped"... hardly. Rest of your post is more of the same, but then "Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door" what a stupid, stupid post. oh my There are news articles & posts from industry insiders everywhere if you care to look for them. In order for a team to participate in Proleague it needs to join Kespa, which costs ~$90,000 a year per team. It is doubtful any current SC2 team will be able to do this. I should also note that while some people are angry about what Kespa is trying to do, hardly any are surprised by it. * As for Starleague, if OGN decides to make SC2 one in the future, it would be less difficult for an individual player to participate in, as you only need to have Kespa licence. However, Kespa is saying that they would give SC2 pro licence to those with BW licence automatically but there has been no mention of GSL players. So some BW pro with 0 SC2 experience would be considered a sc2 progamer while Boxer would be an amature. I have to agree, I still remember when KESPA shunned Nada and wanted to remove all his previous achievements for playing in GOM's league. It won't come as a surprise to me when KESPA announces their own private league which excludes foreigners and current sc2 teams.
That was Korean netizens overreacting to them changing NaDa's status to retired and that just happened to be a mistake that happened to. If KeSPA was so against NaDa and/or BoxeR would they have allowed them to appear for people's retirement ceremonies? Doubt it.
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This is really good for SC2 having a big company sponsor a team. Hopefully more companies will start sponsoring more teams so SC2 can expand and flourish in Korea.
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this sponsorship deal with LG is an incredible miracle for starcraft 2 
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yea they look way better than when they were wearing that yucky yellow...
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On April 16 2012 15:06 spree wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 00:59 Lysanias wrote:On April 16 2012 00:50 unknownGamer wrote:On April 16 2012 00:26 Zaphid wrote:On April 16 2012 00:11 JiPrime wrote:On April 16 2012 00:08 pdd wrote:
If memory serves me right, LG were one of the companies rumored to be considering sponsoring Team 8 (BW pro-team), and when the rumors came out there was some talk that they were considering between Team 8 or IM. Not sure where I saw it though. Could have been a random news piece I saw on TL. LG made the right choice sponsoring IM instead of Team 8. Everyone knows that BW is dead outside Korea. Any competent marketer would know that foreign exposure of the brand >>>>> local exposure of the brand, especially companies like LG. B...but, Jaedong ... Jaedong is solid in korea and hardcore BW fans or maybe even some casual BW fans. But sc2 is the thing now. Not gonna argue which is a better game, but sc2 has more exposure in the foreign scene then bw. Makes sense to sponsor IM since World > Korea. Jeadong is not just solid, that's an offence for what he achieved. Uch things like this are awful to read. What more important is how long is a game going to stay stable, instead of current popularity. Sc2 still makes sponsors hasitant to comit. This how ever for Korea would be a great step forward. I think you are misinterpreting his usage of solid in that context, it sounds like he is using 'solid' to describe his popularity/fanbase in KR and NOT his bw achievements/skill.
I see, my appoligies then.
OT, no Conformation on this yet ?
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On April 16 2012 20:18 SEA KarMa wrote:
yea they look way better than when they were wearing that yucky yellow...
I think of "May I take your order" every time they wear that "uniform"
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yay, soon Samsung will sponsor someone :p, thats good, plus koreans are in a "national" mindset, always try to buy korean products instead of foreign etc. It's good for them to have huge korean companies sponsoring their own teams, hope it will continue 
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On April 16 2012 22:05 mahO wrote:yay, soon Samsung will sponsor someone :p, thats good, plus koreans are in a "national" mindset, always try to buy korean products instead of foreign etc. It's good for them to have huge korean companies sponsoring their own teams, hope it will continue
I've seen this posted many times in the thread, do people not realize Samsung already has a Starcraft team? ( Still playing Brood War but not for too much longer if the rumors are true )
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Really want to hear something official from them, I'm getting all excited about this and it may not have even come to fruition yet. :/
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On April 16 2012 18:00 bokchoi wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 17:51 FidoDido wrote:On April 16 2012 17:17 NHY wrote:On April 16 2012 01:17 ProxyKnoxy wrote:On April 16 2012 00:47 unknownGamer wrote:On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:28 Dodgin wrote:On April 15 2012 23:26 JiPrime wrote:On April 15 2012 23:25 DeadBull wrote:IM buys SKT1?? + Show Spoiler +Yes, I am obviously kidding Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. Wow, I understand your hate for kespa, but having kespa wouldn't hurt. I am sure Blizzard calls the shots on sc2. I believe they can't stop them from entering. Though I must agree, I still feel its stupid that kespa have such tight control over bw, so I am still wary of that if they do go sc2. But then again, blizzard still calls the shots. Wow JiPrime... what the fuck, you are so ignorant. Pure blind hatred with little common sense or evidence at all. "The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated." Utter bull, why wouldn't Kespa want the best players in the world playing in their league? Where are you even getting that information from? "Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped." I guess ForGG getting into Code S two consecutive times, and getting into Code S for the first time on his first try isn't good enough for some. ForGG wasn't really a top class BW pro when he retired either. And "ass whooped"... hardly. Rest of your post is more of the same, but then "Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door" what a stupid, stupid post. oh my There are news articles & posts from industry insiders everywhere if you care to look for them. In order for a team to participate in Proleague it needs to join Kespa, which costs ~$90,000 a year per team. It is doubtful any current SC2 team will be able to do this. I should also note that while some people are angry about what Kespa is trying to do, hardly any are surprised by it. * As for Starleague, if OGN decides to make SC2 one in the future, it would be less difficult for an individual player to participate in, as you only need to have Kespa licence. However, Kespa is saying that they would give SC2 pro licence to those with BW licence automatically but there has been no mention of GSL players. So some BW pro with 0 SC2 experience would be considered a sc2 progamer while Boxer would be an amature. I have to agree, I still remember when KESPA shunned Nada and wanted to remove all his previous achievements for playing in GOM's league. It won't come as a surprise to me when KESPA announces their own private league which excludes foreigners and current sc2 teams. That was Korean netizens overreacting to them changing NaDa's status to retired and that just happened to be a mistake that happened to. If KeSPA was so against NaDa and/or BoxeR would they have allowed them to appear for people's retirement ceremonies? Doubt it.
And that still doesn't change that KeSPA is shit.
There would have been a huge uproar even among BW fans if BoxeR and NaDa weren't allowed to attend.
I still remember how they moved the camera away when BoxeR gave Yellow a copy of SC2 in his retirement ceremony.
KeSPA can't directly admit that they loathe BoxeR and NaDa.
They already got huge backlash from the community before for doing so.
On April 16 2012 22:10 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2012 22:05 mahO wrote:yay, soon Samsung will sponsor someone :p, thats good, plus koreans are in a "national" mindset, always try to buy korean products instead of foreign etc. It's good for them to have huge korean companies sponsoring their own teams, hope it will continue I've seen this posted many times in the thread, do people not realize Samsung already has a Starcraft team? ( Still playing Brood War but not for too much longer if the rumors are true )
I think they know that Samsung already has BW team, they're implying Samsung is going to stop sponsoring KHAN and use that sponsor money on a pre-existing, already-proven SC2 team.
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EDIT: double post, sorry.
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i REALLY want to buy the college jacket they had last year
for reference
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Wow, IM landing LG is huge... (LG.IM or IM.LG? lol)
I wish that I could buy their jersey though. That would be so awesome. =(
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On April 16 2012 23:15 ramon wrote:i REALLY want to buy the college jacket they had last year for reference + Show Spoiler +
this one was pretty cool indeed! also I'd be happy to get the good ol' Black and blue IM t-shirt
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