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.

SolHeiM

Sweden1264 Posts

May 11 2012 14:03 GMT

#528

On May 11 2012 23:01 00Visor wrote:

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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.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

May 11 2012 14:03 GMT

#529

Visor check out Waxy's post.

imperator-xy

Germany1377 Posts

May 11 2012 14:04 GMT

#530

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

lolboi222

South Africa44 Posts

May 11 2012 14:06 GMT

#531

Seeing how mlg has handled recent events/ticket/mess, poor choice for kespa.

00Visor

4337 Posts

May 11 2012 14:07 GMT

#532

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.

Lyter

United Kingdom2145 Posts

May 11 2012 14:07 GMT

#533

On May 11 2012 23:03 SolHeiM wrote:

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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

Legion710

Canada423 Posts

May 11 2012 14:07 GMT

#534

I am so excited like a little girl......

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

May 11 2012 14:07 GMT

#535

On May 11 2012 23:03 SolHeiM wrote:

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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?

NightOfTheDead

Lithuania1711 Posts

May 11 2012 14:09 GMT

#536

On May 11 2012 23:07 Lyter wrote:

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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.

Rorschach

United States623 Posts

May 11 2012 14:11 GMT

#537

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.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

May 11 2012 14:13 GMT

#538

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.