No Kespa Players in Upcoming GSL - Page 76

On August 24 2012 13:06 LighT. wrote:
let's look at the sponsors for the Kespa Korean teams which makes up the federation that makes the final call:
CJ Entus
SKT1 Telecom
KT Rolster
Woojin
STX
Samsung Khan
Air Force Ace
Team 8.

Of this list; few things stand out.
Air Force Ace first of all, is a team that is to be discounted in future events as they're impeding any future recruits bringing a halt to their esport history.

So now..7 teams.
Of the 7 teams, Team 8 does NOT have a sponsor, and run purely by kespa

So now, we're looking at 6 teams.

CJ Entus, KT, SKT1 Telecom, are phone companies (much like Verizon in US, Telus in Canada), in which their focus in business is national across Korea rather than intentional. It would be illogical for them because expanding overseas would mean little to their entire aspect of sponsoring the team which is to advertise the brand name of their phone companies.
This ALSO hapepns to be where the giants of BW players stand: aka bisu, fantasy, flash, Leta, effort. They have quite the stronghold.

Woongjin just happens to be a bank firm. Like the telecom companies. Do they care about intentional recognition? No. because there's little beneficialness out of it. Their best interest is to let the product and their firm known in Korea, and could care less about the US.

STX Korea - Trading Company for creating Ships, trade and banking.
Samsung - Electronic Manufacturing Company.

These are 2 teams which are intentionally based. Aka. They WANT sponsorship and and their name value raised.
Most likely these teams want to venture more intentionally to make their product known and Samsung has especially let its voice heard in its eagerness for intentional relations having hosted League of Legends tournaments. If anyone's pushing the movement of Kespa towards the intentional,sponsor wise, it's these two teams.

As you can see, the final weight is rather large with an overwhelming amount of companies that only should care about national interest outnumbering those sponsors who would push for intentional interest. It's the interest of such why they're reluctant.

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We've heard the coaches interviews with Coach Lee, January etc. and their views. We've heard interviews from Kespa players on their perspective as well. Of course, as gamers and people with passion of the game, they want to go outside of Korea, and grow the e-sports scene, play in GSL, play in MLG, Dreamhack, IPL etc. The coaches and the players are the last people to blame. Sadly, the politics doesn't work that way. under obligated contracts players have to do what they're told.

Kespa won't adjust that easy. They will eventually play in the GSL. That will happen, perhaps not this season, maybe not the next but in a few.
Why??
1) Fan pressure + uproar + to appease
2) In the interest of business (GomTV does have a korean audience after all)

The big announcement they have planned?
Most likely some national tournament to gain further exposure nationally within Korea because that's the sponsor's interest.

I almost wonder what the conversations are like amongst the representatives of each sponsor at meetings heh.

TL:DR; The coaches and players may have the passion and desire to play the game and expand esports; but the goal of Kespa is not of esports, I feel but nationally advertising their product which would not create an increase in stock, advertising overseas. Aka, they don't care about esports.


Just my two cents.

On August 24 2012 15:50 hunts wrote:
"About the future plan for joining GSL, KeSPA told “We don’t join GSL Season 5 because there has not been enough discussion prior to the event. If we discuss several issues prior to the event enough and if it could make some synergy with Proleague, we will join the future GSL.”

Yeah fuck kespa. I say now is a good time to throw the shit storm that the SC2 community is known for. Email/tweet/mail/call etc.. all the KESPA companies that are international, tell them you will boycot them until the end of time for being associated with kespa, have the koreans go apeshit, everyone go apeshit on KESPA and all the organizations that support it.

On August 24 2012 15:50 hunts wrote:
"About the future plan for joining GSL, KeSPA told “We don’t join GSL Season 5 because there has not been enough discussion prior to the event. If we discuss several issues prior to the event enough and if it could make some synergy with Proleague, we will join the future GSL.”

Yeah fuck kespa. I say now is a good time to throw the shit storm that the SC2 community is known for. Email/tweet/mail/call etc.. all the KESPA companies that are international, tell them you will boycot them until the end of time for being associated with kespa, have the koreans go apeshit, everyone go apeshit on KESPA and all the organizations that support it.