EPTMLG and KeSPA Announce Multi-Year Partnership - Page 32
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Setz3R
United States455 Posts
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Windwaker
Germany1597 Posts
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mRandy
Sweden146 Posts
Point and become bissnessmen. David Backhem was a really good player but did some odd things at the end of he'a time as a fotball player like switching teams a lot amongst other things. And it can be argued that it was for the money. What I'm getting at is the fact that the BW pros played BW becus they make money from it and it's what their boss tells them to do. And if this exusitivity is the only way for them to get exposure then so be it. We should all support this and hope for a day when a team outside of KeSPA can buy players from them. | ||
Lordanubis
United Kingdom198 Posts
I hope it's not the case, but if it is then a huge "shame on MLG" from me. Sure they're a business, but naively I actually thought they gave a damn about the foreign scene... | ||
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
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SCStardust
Portugal8 Posts
On May 12 2012 00:16 ronpaul012 wrote: This is a free market. Two companies combining to rise above the others. Happens in free markets all the time. Quite, its a form of private cartelization and made illegal by most competition laws because its harmful... Ofc here its not illegal but the same principles apply (particularly the harmfulness). | ||
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TumNarDok
Germany854 Posts
Kespa already getting a good grip on the most visible market for their licensed players. I agree with someone before that we can expect this not to be on free stream. Milk the cow when you can. If there is indeed imposed a split of the players into Kespa/MLG/IEG controlled and "others", then that is no good news for Starcraft2 community as a whole. The big tournaments will simply drop SC2 in the mid term (hello LoL). PS: International e-Sports Group (IEG) was mentioned in the Kespa memo, but not the MLG one - what does that mean? Would be a good first step if the MLG gets broadcast by IEG in Korea, since well, korean streaming and broadcasting for SC2 is at this point totally lackluster outside of GOM. | ||
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TBone-
United States2309 Posts
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ninjamyst
United States1903 Posts
On May 12 2012 02:02 TBone- wrote: I hope theres nothing ill between IPL/Gom and MLG/Kespa. that's like saying theres nothing ill between Coke and Pepsi or Sony Playstation and Xbox360 or Intel and AMD | ||
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HappyTimePANDA
United States167 Posts
On May 12 2012 01:03 Xalorian wrote: Exclusivity is shit. That's the only thing I have to say. I hate MLG more and more each day... God, when I think that I actually liked the event a couple of months ago. I hope you are trolling, but if you aren't then what a stupid attitude. They have to bring them over eventually and gradually. We don't want to lose everything to LoL do we? | ||
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
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Chronos.
United States805 Posts
My main hope is that Jaedong plays there! | ||
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megid
Brazil142 Posts
MLG = oh well.. | ||
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HappyTimePANDA
United States167 Posts
On May 12 2012 02:08 ninjamyst wrote: that's like saying theres nothing ill between Coke and Pepsi or Sony Playstation and Xbox360 or Intel and AMD the difference is that those companies couldn't benefit one another. The more promotions that work together in SC2 E-Sports the better. | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:09 Amlitzer wrote: I think I just threw up a little. ~_~ shouldn't BW bitching get banned for talking shit about sc2? when sc2 people get banned on a daily basis in the BW forums for stupid ass comments like this? OT: stoked to see how they are coming along (the BW pros converting) | ||
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Asymmetric
Scotland1309 Posts
Exclusive How the hell are they going to spread esports in the entire western world if it's limited to a US centric tournament. Is Europe going to get to see Kespa players on its soil, because if not then thats horseshit, not to insult the NA player base but theres a world of depth in talent right now between the two continents. And now for a moment of me being pedantic New York – May 11, 2012 –Major League Gaming (MLG), the world’s largest competitive video game league, and the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA), What does this actually mean? I'm pretty sure dreamhack has them beat on sheer numbers of attendees. And I'm pretty sure BW Proleague had them beat in money terms and viewer numbers. What unit of measurement are you using for "largest"? | ||
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jumbotroN
Peru229 Posts
PS: KeSPA should make SC2 remakes of the BW maps so we can see more interesting matches, IMHO the blizz maps should not be used competitively. | ||
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rift
1819 Posts
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Xivsa
United States1009 Posts
Also, I do not entirely understand the frustration or disappointment about it. People object to the fact that it's an exclusive MLG-KeSPA deal that therefore means no KeSPA players at IPL or NASL? Or that MLG is turning a cold shoulder to GOM or something? Please lay out the downsides more concisely. | ||
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Femari
United States2900 Posts
On May 12 2012 02:38 Asymmetric wrote: I'm actually fairly worried about this annoucement because of one word. Exclusive How the hell are they going to spread esports in the entire western world if it's limited to a US centric tournament. Is Europe going to get to see Kespa players on its soil, because if not then thats horseshit, not to insult the NA player base but theres a world of depth in talent right now between the two continents. And now for a moment of me being pedantic What does this actually mean? I'm pretty sure dreamhack has them beat on sheer numbers of attendees. And I'm pretty sure BW Proleague had them beat in money terms and viewer numbers. What unit of measurement are you using for "largest"? Number of competitors. MLG includes Gamebattles. | ||
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