EPTKeSPA, eSports Fed. agree on trade lock until Oct 2013 - P…
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Abacus1
Australia45 Posts
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viasacra89
United States134 Posts
On August 08 2012 15:16 starception wrote: Is it possible for some rich company like Microsoft or apple or maybe even a Team Blizzard to step in and buy the best/most famous from GOM and kespa? Like a team with DRG MKP mc MVP Taeja NesTea flash Jaedong Bisu Soulkey etc? Even if they could, what would be the point? Noone would watching Starcraft anymore because it would be one team wrecking everyone else. | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On August 08 2012 15:15 DMXD wrote: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100255 relevance to this thread somewhat..it is interesting though. =D ah wow, nice read. didn't expect contracts to be so public :o especially with all the sc2 contract hidden-ness haha i reckon EG or coL maybe would be able to shell out $120k per year (rough 130mw or around jaedong's old contract price), especially cos huk was rumoured to have 100k+ contract | ||
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rift
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That may or may not be accurate. I'm sure they're lower now considering how the scene is struggling. | ||
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jellyjello
Korea (South)664 Posts
On the other hand, MBC is looking like an idiot for dropping their e-sports division for a music channel. What a dumb retarded move... | ||
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TranceKuja
United States154 Posts
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viasacra89
United States134 Posts
On August 08 2012 15:24 opterown wrote: ah wow, nice read. didn't expect contracts to be so public :o especially with all the sc2 contract hidden-ness haha i reckon EG or coL maybe would be able to shell out $120k per year (rough 130mw or around jaedong's old contract price), especially cos huk was rumoured to have 100k+ contract That may be his contract price, but the kespa players won't budge without bonuses too. | ||
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freeshooter
United States477 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On August 08 2012 15:29 viasacra89 wrote: That may be his contract price, but the kespa players won't budge without bonuses too. yeah, i know, still pretty cool makes me wonder how much sc2 players on teams without many sponsors are paid. e.g. nshoseo is a college team, jjakji can't be paid very much. also prime probably doesn't have much pay either hrmm. can't really imagine many teams apart from LG-IM and maybe ST that can pay well? hope sc2 teams get big sponsors too soon :D | ||
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tsuxiit
1305 Posts
I'm guessing there's no specific trade lock on teams not in the federation, though I'm sure KeSPA would love for there to be. edit: According to this, the teams are: Startale, IM, Prime, MVP, NSHoseo, FXO, and TSL .So not SlayerS, and no "foreign" teams besides FXO. | ||
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larse
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Spektrum
United States10 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On August 08 2012 14:24 Fionn wrote: 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. Very good news indeed. | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On August 08 2012 15:44 Spektrum wrote: Could a player use an intermediary to facilitate a transfer? For example, some Kespa team player leaves, gets sponsored by Random Company for some specific tournament, then joins eSports Fed team. Viable? i can't imagine many kespa players wanting to switch to ESF teams unless they reallyyy want the practice partners/ability to compete unrestricted in foreign tournaments, because kespa has (i assume) a lot more money to pay. they still have the ladder for practice i guess | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5599 Posts
On August 08 2012 14:56 hacklebeast wrote: There is no way jaedong makes as much money now as he did back when he was able to win a tournament, or was on a team that had sponsors. Wrong. His salary increased since he started playing for T8. | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
-All Kespa-run proteams have agreed not to bring in any current SC2 progamers under Gretech for a year. Also, this quote from the article is especially interesting.: Any GSL players not included in the 25-player roster from the Federation as well as players qualified in the KeSPA-hosted amateur tournament (formerly known as the Courage Match) will be able to join KeSPA teams during its draft period. So will this still mean that if a player purposely drops out of a team, it will be possible for them to join a KeSPA team? And I find this "KeSPA-hosted amateur tournament" intriguing considering that it's supposed to replace Courage. Also: Meanwhile, a pro gamer license given by KeSPA will be distributed to current StarCraft 2 players. Any players previously qualified in GSL Code S and Code A can opt to apply for Progamer status, and once the required professionalism seminars are completed, a Progamer license for StarCraft 2 will be awarded to them. So it does seem that KeSPA is still sticking to its old Progamer license tradition, though with Code A being a qualifier for the time being. Would this be a requirement for playing in Proleague and OSL? Would it extend to the partnerships that the GSL teams and foreign teams have? And those professionalism seminars often have photos of progamers sleeping through them in the audience haha. | ||
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Nimic
Norway1360 Posts
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