EPTI think the more tourney there will be in korea the better it will be for everyone : better for sc2 in Korea, better for foreigner, better for korean programmer, better for us spectator.
Blizzard-KeSPA-OGN-GOM SC2 Announcement May 2nd - Page 16
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Lazzi
Switzerland1923 Posts
I think the more tourney there will be in korea the better it will be for everyone : better for sc2 in Korea, better for foreigner, better for korean programmer, better for us spectator. | ||
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coolcor
520 Posts
On April 27 2012 01:57 Lordanubis wrote: Have to admit I am hoping something happens which breaks this up. I do not think Kespa moving in will be a good thing for SC2 globally at all. In Korea maybe, but not globally. Very nervous - I will be extremely disheartened if this spoils the great relationship GOM have worked to build up between the scenes. But Sundance keeps dropping hints about working with kespa and broodwar players at MLG. Why would he be working out deals with the organization that is going to hurt his business and spoil the relationship with korea? It doesn't make any sense! People in this thread should tell him and blizzard that they are making a huge mistake that will kill esports outside of Korea. | ||
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Lordanubis
United Kingdom198 Posts
On April 27 2012 02:21 Tommylew wrote: even kespa know how much money they can make in the foreign scene.. all the big tournaments likeMLG, dreamhack none of these happened as big as they are in BW, times change they will take full advatnage of that!!! Quote from here, by the STX coach: http://notyuna.parkjiyeon.net/post/21468962777/sc2-discussion-with-kespa-progaming-team-coaches "Some say sending Korean players to overseas SC2 market is globalization and expansion. I see it as a reduction of our domestic eSports scene. Yes, earning foreign currencies overseas is good for players, but for so many years we’ve declared ourselves the leading eSports country, and it sounds like we’ve given up on being the leader now. If we had a strong infrastructure here and sold only the contents overseas, the players wouldn’t need to go far away to have a sustainable career." This makes me think completely the opposite. There is significant potential here for them to wreck the established state of the scene. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
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RunningInSquares
United States215 Posts
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
On April 27 2012 02:37 RunningInSquares wrote: I can always get my hopes up and think it's an announcement of a new patch for BroodWar and that GOM really wants to just say they think it's a cool and fair patch... T_____T SC:BW ProMod! | ||
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ssg
United States1779 Posts
On April 27 2012 02:28 Lordanubis wrote: Quote from here, by the STX coach: http://notyuna.parkjiyeon.net/post/21468962777/sc2-discussion-with-kespa-progaming-team-coaches This makes me think completely the opposite. There is significant potential here for them to wreck the established state of the scene. Yep, this is a move to save the Korean scene. There is little doubt about that. It can even destroy the foreign scene if top players/Koreans on foreign teams are forced into joining Korean teams in order to play against the top competition. | ||
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Xpace
United States2209 Posts
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Shiori
3815 Posts
On April 27 2012 02:28 Lordanubis wrote: Quote from here, by the STX coach: http://notyuna.parkjiyeon.net/post/21468962777/sc2-discussion-with-kespa-progaming-team-coaches This makes me think completely the opposite. There is significant potential here for them to wreck the established state of the scene. By "wreck" you mean "provide an opportunity for Koreans to make it big in their own country." If playing Sc2 is to be a respectable profession, then it needs to be possible without constantly being out of one's country. Right now, this is possible for foreigners. It's not possible for most Koreans. Nobody is saying there needs to be no foreigners at Korean events or vice-verse, but only that there's more opportunity for everyone. | ||
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PlosionCornu
Italy814 Posts
This is make or break for korean sc2. | ||
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PhoenixDark
United States286 Posts
There will be a strong relationship simply because there is infinitely more money available in NA/EU than Korea. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
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JoeAWESOME
Sweden1080 Posts
!! Pumped !! | ||
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SamsLiST
Germany184 Posts
can*t see how so many seem to be suprised by that roumors about the annoucement of a huge e-sports-announcement inc have been around since forever... | ||
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Tppz!
Germany1449 Posts
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BadAim
Norway879 Posts
Hopefully this will help e-sports grow(whatever the hell that means  ), lead it into an era greater than the "old bw" days | ||
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Lordanubis
United Kingdom198 Posts
The foreign scene is as great as it is now because these top players come and participate, and because our tournaments are more legitimate in terms of quality as a result. Do we need 75% Korean brackets at MLG or Dreamhack? No. But I'd argue that a good proportion of Koreans, which is about what we have now I'd say, is required in order for foreign tournaments to be seen as legitimately top quality. Having Koreans like HerO and Taeja on foreign teams is also a very good thing, as it increases the quality of foreign teams and in turn therefore gives foreign fans more enjoyable top class games to watch. GOM have been great in this regard, as they've worked in some ways to actively encourage players to go abroad and participate to help make the global scene stronger. Whether it's reduce or eliminate that, the quote sounds very much like they want the scene to be far more insular. To me, that's very damaging for the foreign scene - though the degree of which of course depends on the exact specifics of how much they withdraw. | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On April 26 2012 23:06 NPF wrote: Perhaps it's just because he has already dealt more often with Gom or they talked to IGN before and said Sundance can go or something of the sorts. He also has the most experience with dealing with events with multiple game titles and adding new games to events. I think Sundance gets it. Sundance would do a better job of negotiating business dealings than the guy that runs IPL4. That man (I forgot his name) comes off as being too nice, whereas Sundance has stated that he intends to make MLG the premier tournament in the world. Someone who states that won't just let the Koreans demand whatever they want. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
Just goes to show you that the negativity in these kinds of threads is nothing but small people's attempts to bring things down and destroy positivity. The best thing to do is not even quote or respond to those posts, as that only gives them the attention that keeps them going. | ||
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
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