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United States20365 Posts
For the next thirteen months, the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) and eSports Federation cannot transfer players to each other. This trade lock period will last until October 2013.
On Wednesday, August 8th, KeSPA, a governing organization over Proleague, and eSports Fed., which participate in GSTL, came to an official agreement on the matter of player transfers.
Both parties restated their goal on joint development of the e-sports scene and signed an agreement on player transfers and partnerships to protect both players and the leagues. They stated that the agreement will allow eSports Federation to aquire new sponsors and be self-sustainable, while KeSPA players switching to StarCraft 2 can become competitive in the long run.
Read more at: http://esfiworld.com/news/kespa-esports-fed-agree-trade-lock-until-oct-2013
Oops, title was too long for actual thread. October 2013. Not October 2012.
I like the move. Will let teams like TSL, Prime, etc. still looking for big sponsors like Startale/IM be able to keep their star players and attract said sponsors. Will give the KeSPA players the peace of mind to know that their team won't just go off and buy a bunch of GSL players who are already two years more developed and probably cheaper.
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Wow thats a long time O_O
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perhaps there is still a lack of trust amongst the two?
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What about players that decide to do coaching like Clide?
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October 2013??? I guess after a year the scene should be more stable and be able to support all those teams. It also gives sponsers the time to see if sc2 will blossom in Korea to BW levels (highly doubt it though)
Also i thought such an agreement already existed?
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Hmm so what about
1) Leaving a GSTL team, being teamless for a while, then joining a kespa team (as opposed to direct transfer), or
2) Join a foreign team, contract ends after a few months, join kespa team
3) Go teamless, get a personal sponsor for a while, join kespa team
And the other way around as well.
Or does it mean the moment you get slapped with the GSTL tag, you can't join a Kespa team regardless, even if you leave the team in the meanwhile?
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This will keep the more wealthy kespa teams from instantly buying out the scene. Good idea probably imo.
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Should edit the title to Oct 13 because it seems like its this Oct by the way it's written.
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The article mentions partnerships but doesn't explain what about them specificallly. Are they banned untill Oct too? Unlikely to see something like KT.SK.LG-IM? 
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A lot longer than I would've expected, it's a good thing though, I guess.
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No EG.Flash vs Liquid`Jaedong anytime soon then.
They don't mention coach-acquisition though and "retirements" - i.e. BW player retires from ACE, goes to SC2 team; or GSL player quits progaming and goes coach for a Kespa team. Such moves still seem possible.
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On August 08 2012 14:31 figq wrote:
No EG.Flash vs Liquid`Jaedong anytime soon then.
Hint: they probably couldn't afford them anyway >.>
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So does this only protect player transfers between the two organizations?
While we all know it'll be near impossible for any Kespa player to be courted by a foreign team, this surely doesn't mean that GSL players are now exclusive as well does it?
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Need to add "2013" to the thread title
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On August 08 2012 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
Hmm so what about
1) Leaving a GSTL team, being teamless for a while, then joining a kespa team (as opposed to direct transfer), or
2) Join a foreign team, contract ends after a few months, join kespa team
3) Go teamless, get a personal sponsor for a while, join kespa team
And the other way around as well.
Or does it mean the moment you get slapped with the GSTL tag, you can't join a Kespa team regardless, even if you leave the team in the meanwhile?
Free agency is another thing, out of contract players probably dont have anything to do with this. The point is to avoid some kind of poaching or forced transfers that might be problematic.
That having been said there is probably some allowance to make sure players arent just released from contracts so they can be moved from Fed to Kespa or vice versa, doing that would be rather obvious and I doubt you could get away with it.
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On August 08 2012 14:27 Hazuc wrote:
What about players that decide to do coaching like Clide?
Slayers isnt part of the esports federation i think?
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United States8472 Posts
On August 08 2012 14:34 xwoGworwaTsx wrote:
Need to add "2013" to the thread title
K, done
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Australia42307 Posts
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EPT
