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On May 11 2012 22:52 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 22:49 Jakkerr wrote:On May 11 2012 22:46 Hnnngg wrote:On May 11 2012 22:43 stafu wrote:On May 11 2012 15:15 Femari wrote:On May 11 2012 15:11 Tachion wrote: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? They obviously meant they haven't been to a US based tournament. WCG isn't US based. Blizzcon? Owned by a French conglomerate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment internet people can literally argue about the most pointless shit, fml. No kidding. ._. Doesn't mean there weren't several events hosted on non-Korea soil with KeSPA players.
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On May 11 2012 22:54 Jakkerr wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 22:52 StarStruck wrote:On May 11 2012 22:49 Jakkerr wrote:On May 11 2012 22:46 Hnnngg wrote:On May 11 2012 22:43 stafu wrote:On May 11 2012 15:15 Femari wrote:On May 11 2012 15:11 Tachion wrote: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? They obviously meant they haven't been to a US based tournament. WCG isn't US based. Blizzcon? Owned by a French conglomerate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment internet people can literally argue about the most pointless shit, fml. No kidding. ._. Doesn't mean there weren't several events hosted on non-Korea soil with KeSPA players. who cares
Facts are still facts.
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On May 11 2012 22:57 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 22:54 Jakkerr wrote:On May 11 2012 22:52 StarStruck wrote:On May 11 2012 22:49 Jakkerr wrote:On May 11 2012 22:46 Hnnngg wrote:On May 11 2012 22:43 stafu wrote:On May 11 2012 15:15 Femari wrote:On May 11 2012 15:11 Tachion wrote: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? They obviously meant they haven't been to a US based tournament. WCG isn't US based. Blizzcon? Owned by a French conglomerate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment internet people can literally argue about the most pointless shit, fml. No kidding. ._. Doesn't mean there weren't several events hosted on non-Korea soil with KeSPA players. who cares Facts are still facts.
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So you believe everything you read, huh?
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mlg? awesome! major rip off incoming!
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So awesome. Congrats MLG
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On May 11 2012 15:13 Integra wrote: 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!!
You realize the small word "exclusive"? Kespa players may not play at any other foreign events. This is bad.
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On May 11 2012 23:01 00Visor wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 15:13 Integra wrote: 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!! You realize the small word "exclusive"? Kespa players may not play at any other foreign events. This is bad.
It's not bad. Maybe a little unfortunate for other events, but I don't see this as anything bad.
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Visor check out Waxy's post.
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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. haha fail
wcg is so obvious, but im pretty sure there have been other tournaments as well. for example blizzcon and some wc3 tournaments
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Seeing how mlg has handled recent events/ticket/mess, poor choice for kespa.
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On May 11 2012 23:03 StarStruck wrote: Visor check out Waxy's post.
I read it. Therefore I added "may".
And of course any exclusivity is bad for esports. We`ll possibly have a Kespa 2.0, they play in their own leagues.
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On May 11 2012 23:03 SolHeiM wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 23:01 00Visor wrote:On May 11 2012 15:13 Integra wrote: 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!! You realize the small word "exclusive"? Kespa players may not play at any other foreign events. This is bad. It's not bad. Maybe a little unfortunate for other events, but I don't see this as anything bad.
I wouldn't want them flying out everywhere anyway, I will always view the regular league based competition as the pinnacle, not some one-off weekend event that has the player grind through 50 games
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I am so excited like a little girl......
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On May 11 2012 23:03 SolHeiM wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 23:01 00Visor wrote:On May 11 2012 15:13 Integra wrote: 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!! You realize the small word "exclusive"? Kespa players may not play at any other foreign events. This is bad. It's not bad. Maybe a little unfortunate for other events, but I don't see this as anything bad. Who is going to invest in new tournaments if the best players are forbidden from taking part?
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On May 11 2012 23:07 Lyter wrote:Show nested quote +On May 11 2012 23:03 SolHeiM wrote:On May 11 2012 23:01 00Visor wrote:On May 11 2012 15:13 Integra wrote: 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!! You realize the small word "exclusive"? Kespa players may not play at any other foreign events. This is bad. It's not bad. Maybe a little unfortunate for other events, but I don't see this as anything bad. I wouldn't want them flying out everywhere anyway, I will always view the regular league based competition as the pinnacle, not some one-off weekend event that has the player grind through 50 games
That possibly includes GSL too. So not only one-off weekend events.
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Horrible news.
The way it seems to be playing out, KeSPA players will only be allowed to participate in MLG events. These MLG events will of course be PPV, so the only way to see KeSPA players playing is to fork out cash. MLG will of course share the profits they make off of this with KeSPA.
Makes sense for the companies in short term, bad for the SC2 scene in general tho.
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Smart move by MLG to position themselves as the premier Starcraft 2 tournament in the western world. It's basically forcing every other tournament organizer to come begging to be a "partner" of MLG in order to get KeSPA players to their tournaments. And if you're on bad terms with MLG, you're fucked in that regard.
This gives MLG a uniqe of power they will undoubtedly capitalize on.
I'm very interested to see how this will turn out in the end, for MLG/KeSPA as well as for the scene as a whole.
It might work out well or it might end in a "war" between several brands.
Let's just hope it works out well. Not much more we can do right now.
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so i think the open bracket will get rocked, again, if these guys don't get seeded into pools. i'm quite ok with that.
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On May 11 2012 22:53 Doodsmack wrote:I honestly had never been to r/Starcraft before clicking this link. ROFL what a sewer...
Looking at some threads here on TL, I don't really see that much difference apart from more moderation here on TL :-)
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