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MLG and KeSPA Announce Multi-Year Partnership

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MLGAnnouncements
Profile Joined February 2012
United States95 Posts
May 11 2012 06:08 GMT
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Groundbreaking Collaboration to Kick Off With KeSPA Players Participating in a StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Expo Tournament at the MLG Spring Championship on June 9 at 9pm PT

New York – May 11, 2012 –Major League Gaming (MLG), the world’s largest competitive video game league, and the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA), announced today an exclusive multi-year global partnership that will bridge the Western and Korean StarCraft worlds. As part of the collaboration, KeSPA players will compete in MLG events—marking the first time in eSports history that KeSPA players will participate in video game tournaments in the United States.

The partnership will kick off at the MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA on Saturday, June 9 at 9pm PT, when KeSPA Pro players will compete in a StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty exhibition tournament. Participants will be selected from the top KeSPA teams; the players will be announced in the coming weeks. Spectator Passes for the event are now available online. For those not attending in person, the expo match and the entire Spring Championship will be broadcast LIVE online via HD streams at www.majorleaguegaming.com.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with the most prestigious eSports league in the world, and feel our partnership will forever change competitive gaming,” said Sundance DiGiovanni, CEO of Major League Gaming. “KeSPA has long been a true leader in this industry and has been instrumental in its success, and this is just the beginning of our work together. We look forward to continued growth and expansion in the years to come.”

“We are pleased to join with MLG to bring the best players in the world to the international stage,” said Lee Young Hee, President of KeSPA. “Together, KeSPA and MLG are building the global future of our sport.”

The Spring Championship on June 8-10 is expected to be the largest Pro Circuit competition in the ten-year history of MLG. Thousands of fans will descend upon the Anaheim Convention Center, and millions more will watch online as the world’s best players compete. Spectator Passes are now available.
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Femari
Profile Joined June 2011
United States2900 Posts
May 11 2012 06:09 GMT
#2
Knew it was coming, sick news though.
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Amlitzer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States471 Posts
May 11 2012 06:09 GMT
#3
I think I just threw up a little.
"Not even justice, I want to get truth!"
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
May 11 2012 06:10 GMT
#4
would be good to see them in pools too!
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Australia4032 Posts
May 11 2012 06:10 GMT
#5
somethingjustgotreal.com
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
May 11 2012 06:10 GMT
#6
Sick stuff!
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Tachion
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada8573 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-11 06:11:26
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#7
On May 11 2012 15:08 MLGAnnouncements wrote:
[marking the first time in eSports history that KeSPA players will participate in video game tournaments in the United States.

...WCG?
i was driving down the road this november eve and spotted a hitchhiker walking down the street. i pulled over and saw that it was only a tree. i uprooted it and put it in my trunk. do trees like marshmallow peeps? cause that's all i have and will have.
Verator
Profile Joined June 2010
United States283 Posts
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#8
and thousands of BW hardliners cry out in pain, and are suddenly silenced.

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Thewildfish
Profile Joined September 2010
United States113 Posts
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#9
oh my goodness
CuteZergling
Profile Joined November 2011
641 Posts
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#10
Even though we knew this, still huge! Grats to MLG.
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raf3776
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1904 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-11 06:14:31
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#11
Exhibition tourny with players from kespa teams! i hope its streamed

Edit nm. read it in the thing. it willll be streamed!
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Evangelist
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1246 Posts
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#12
Wow. KESPA are really doing things right this time round. This is quite awesome.
Dox
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia1199 Posts
May 11 2012 06:11 GMT
#13
Amaaaazing!
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Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden6404 Posts
May 11 2012 06:12 GMT
#14
And so it begins....!
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StimiLant
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States534 Posts
May 11 2012 06:12 GMT
#15
congratulations to all parties
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-11 06:13:39
May 11 2012 06:13 GMT
#16
AMAZING NEWS

SO dammn nice that the whole Kespa vs the west bullshit finally is over! the SC community )includes Starcraft1, Broodwar and Starcraft2 is finally at peace!!
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simmeh
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada2511 Posts
May 11 2012 06:13 GMT
#17
*happy dance*
byah!
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Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
May 11 2012 06:13 GMT
#18
On May 11 2012 15:11 Tachion wrote:
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On May 11 2012 15:08 MLGAnnouncements wrote:
[marking the first time in eSports history that KeSPA players will participate in video game tournaments in the United States.

...WCG?


woops haha
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-11 06:17:35
May 11 2012 06:13 GMT
#19
edit: well given what I expect will be an insanely tight schedule in korea, I guess this (1 league only) is about the best we can reasonably hope for.
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dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
May 11 2012 06:14 GMT
#20
Expected, but great news!
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