MLG and KeSPA Announce Multi-Year Partnership - Page 39

People are getting all up in arms about the exclusive agreement between MLG and KeSPA saying that it hurts eSports because KeSPA players will only be at MLG/KeSPA events. KeSPA, as an organization, has a long history of shutting out ALL outsiders. They made it pretty impossible for foreigners to compete in their events and would NEVER send any of their players overseas. They are an organization that keeps a very tight hold on their players. They control EVERYTHING. They control the players. The teams. The events. Everything. People are all upset that KeSPA players aren't going to be at IPL, Dreamhack, etc. because of this agreement. These people have no reason to be mad. The fact that MLG has made a deal with KeSPA to send their players overseas is FUCKING HUGE. It is such a big step for KeSPA - this is BY FAR the most amicable I have ever seen them. It is not like if this deal didn't happen, KeSPA would allow their players to travel freely. No. Hell no, that would not happen. They probably would stay in Korea like they always have. Obviously the playing field is different in SC2 than it was in BW in that they NEED global exposure to survive. But KeSPA is all about CONTROL. So if not MLG, they would have probably signed a deal with someone else.