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ThePlayer33
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia2378 Posts
August 24 2012 12:34 GMT
#921
TAKE THAT KESPA
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Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
August 24 2012 12:34 GMT
#922
On August 24 2012 21:30 blamekilly wrote:
FXO Boss is acting more and more like Jessica these days. I wish the guy would shut up for once.


I disagree. FXO Boss was pretty cool with KeSPA when they weren't pulling this stuff (sure he was a bit cynical with KeSPA and made some negative remarks regarding them before, but he stopped shortly after they went into SC2 and let their players play in GOM ready action and WCS).
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TBXII
Profile Joined October 2011
21 Posts
August 24 2012 12:34 GMT
#923
KeSPA should stop bitching around and act appropriate, sc:bw is done, and they have to realize - you have to subordinate sometimes )
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imperator-xy
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Germany1366 Posts
August 24 2012 12:34 GMT
#924
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

yeah they are not like the same. but they belong together as if they were married.


i hope this will turn out well for us
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
August 24 2012 12:34 GMT
#925
On August 24 2012 21:28 Sea_Food wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:25 Lysanias wrote:
So they will invite the entire SlayerS roster to fill the slots ?


Slayers and Zenex will roll in the fame, when other teams are stuck in the ESF mess.

Its almost like NASL.


Zenex is a part of Startale bro....
Opera
Profile Joined March 2011
France469 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 12:38:50
August 24 2012 12:36 GMT
#926
The main problem is this : "There is no place for several parrallel individual/team leagues in one country."
What would be the value of GSL if there is OSL ? What would be the value of Proleague if there is GSTL ?

KeSPA and ESF have to agree on one individual league and one team league otherwise two things will happen :
- The four leagues continue to exist with two distinct sets of players. Only tournaments like WCS, WCG and maybe foreign events will have players from both federation.
- GOM dies eventually because KeSPA is more established and OGN has more financial power than GOM. ESF teams have to choose between joining KeSPA or disband. Some will join, some won't. The players from disbanded teams will either join foreign teams, KeSPA teams or retire.

Foreign scene dies slowly because KeSPA doesn't care about foreign it and won't send its players abroad for tournaments (officially for scheduling reasons). Doesn't that sound familiar to you ?
It ain't over till it's over
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
August 24 2012 12:36 GMT
#927
MVP say korean should work together to develop esport.
Korean organisations proceed to destroy it

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" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
August 24 2012 12:37 GMT
#928
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

ESF screwed over any of their players who wanted to participate in the OSL. Right now they're no better than Kespa and being used as pawns. I guess it's time to boycott all korean sc2?
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
August 24 2012 12:38 GMT
#929
On August 24 2012 21:31 Lolli92 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:27 xrapture wrote:
On August 24 2012 21:22 Neobick wrote:
On August 24 2012 21:19 xrapture wrote:
On August 24 2012 21:16 Sbrubbles wrote:
Also, a lot of people agree with Kespa now allowing their players to join the Gom tournament "because they're not good enough yet". I think Kespa prohibiting their players from join any tournament is wrong, because it should be the players who should gauge their own skill and, therefore, it should be their decision to join or not a tournament.


Um, no... If you're independent sure. But, if you're on a team I don't think it's too much for them to decide where you represent them.

Everyone knew this would happen. Kespa has the players, money, and sponsors. Why on Earth would they play fair with a company so much weaker than them. Just doesn't make sense from a business standpoint.


Cause playing fair makes you decent?


The goal of any business is to make as much money as possible and to blow out your competition.

If that isn't your goal than you're a shitty business.


So Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers are the best companies in the world? If you make the customers unhappy (what just happened big time) you won't get more money either.

dont mind him, he obviously knows jack shit about business
Cubu
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1171 Posts
August 24 2012 12:39 GMT
#930
On August 24 2012 21:34 imperator-xy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

yeah they are not like the same. but they belong together as if they were married.


i hope this will turn out well for us

IIRC, several years ago, kespa started charging broadcasting fees for bw to ogn and mbcgames, so no, it's probably nowhere near as if they were married (unless you called it an abusive marriage). With that being said, i think this is such a dick move by esf. If they wanna take a stand, they shouldn't do it at someone else's expense.
Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
August 24 2012 12:39 GMT
#931
On August 24 2012 21:37 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

ESF screwed over any of their players who wanted to participate in the OSL. Right now they're no better than Kespa and being used as pawns. I guess it's time to boycott all korean sc2?


Not exactly. Most of their players (well at least the ones who made a comment) were for this.

While on the KeSPA side, most players (and their team coach) wanted to participate in GSL but were forbidden.

Again, you could forbid some players but for outright forbidding everyone(even though with nothing else to do?) from attempting to participate in GSL?
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Fleuria
Profile Joined April 2011
England466 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 12:40:54
August 24 2012 12:39 GMT
#932
On August 24 2012 21:36 Opera wrote:
The main problem is this : "There is no place for several parrallel individual/team leagues in one country."
What would be the value of GSL if there is OSL ? What would be the value of Proleague if there is GSTL ?

KeSPA and ESF have to agree on one individual league and one team league otherwise two things will happen :
- The four leagues continue to exist with two distinct sets of players. Only tournaments like WCS, WCG and maybe foreign events will have players from both federation.
- GOM dies eventually because KeSPA is more established and OGN has more financial power than GOM. ESF teams have to choose between joining KeSPA or disband. Some will join, some won't. The players from disbanded teams will either join foreign teams, KeSPA teams or retire.

Foreign scene dies slowly because KeSPA doesn't care about foreign it and won't send its players abroad for tournaments (officially for scheduling reasons). Doesn't that sound familiar to you ?


GOMS best bet is to let the 8 teams join SPL and then GSL and OSL be the 2 seperate leagues where all compete, if they don't get kespa players to compete in GSL.

also the decision to pull out of OSL is the best choice, like others said if GSL players participated in OSL and the kespa players didn't in GSL well OSL is by the best league.

Again esF is a collection of players, they all agreed to withdraw from OSL, kespa said no to players entering GSL when players wanted to.
snafoo
Profile Joined August 2010
New Zealand1615 Posts
August 24 2012 12:40 GMT
#933
On August 24 2012 21:37 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

ESF screwed over any of their players who wanted to participate in the OSL. Right now they're no better than Kespa and being used as pawns. I guess it's time to boycott all korean sc2?


ESF _______IS______ the players, it's a players organization...........
Moka
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada942 Posts
August 24 2012 12:41 GMT
#934
On August 24 2012 21:22 Goldfish wrote:
For everyone talking about the "not ready" thing - A lot of the players wanted to participate.

Also, what about the B-teamers that don't get paid by KeSPA? They can't participate either?

KeSPA is just trying to monopolize the market and take it all to themselves. A lot of people will lose because of that (GOM, jobs loss + less tournaments which means less chances for people to participate as a pro gamer).

As for KeSPA and their star power - I come for the positiveness of eSports (usually) that the community and tournament organizers bring .

I definitely won't bother with OSL anymore if KeSPA pulls

Finally, I couldn't care less if Blizzard prevents KeSPA from playing SC2, KeSPA switches to LoL, and SC2 dies in Korea. (A scenario someone suggested previously back in response to what Blizzard could potentially do.)

(The hatewagon on LoL really puts me off of the SC2 community too, even though this is a bit off topic >.>.)


+ Show Spoiler +
Off topic - (For reference, take a look at the comments)

Moletrap talks about LoL for a minute and then makes a good reason why he's talking about it, then massive amount of SC2 players take offense and attack the guy. I mean, you can dislike his casting but outright attacking and insulting the guy (and using LoL as an excuse) isn't putting a good image of SC2 fans.



I know that's off topic, but Youtube comments doesn't represent the whole sc2 community lol. It's the same level as the twitch.tv chat rooms, full of bullshit.
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Pimpmuckl
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany528 Posts
August 24 2012 12:41 GMT
#935
If i see those comments "ESF SUCKS JUST LIKE KESPA OMGOGM" I don't know how you could reach that conclusion.
First of all KeSPA started that retarded shit in the first place, it is a natural decision to have a way to respond.

I REALLY hope Blizzard comes down and slaps both partys just so long that they are nice to each other again -_-
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Kenpark
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany2350 Posts
August 24 2012 12:41 GMT
#936
Totally on Gom/Esf side. They did soooo much to help to connect the foreign community with Korea. They schedule around foreign tournaments, invite foreigners to GSL with seeds, GSTL @ IPL which was fucking amazing et cetera.

Kespa is fucking with MLG after they did everything they could to hype the players at that last MLG. They did so much for them to popularize their players to the sc2 audience and now Kespa fucked them over with not sending the players to MLG, which is big if you consider the reactions in the threads about MLG.
bearhug
Profile Joined September 2010
United States999 Posts
August 24 2012 12:42 GMT
#937
On August 24 2012 21:16 Fleuria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:05 y0su wrote:
On August 24 2012 20:58 Frankon wrote:
Im kind of sick of hearing that ESF isn't Gom. Just look at your favorite player team shirt. There is a GOM patch on every uniform in place reserved for sponsors. You can argue that GOM sponsors GSL teams and there for has a unofficial power in ESF. Its especially visible with this move.

Devil advocate mode on

What does ESF teams gain from this? To be honest i see no gain for them.

By withdrawing from the tournament they:
a) limit their sponsors presence on TV
b) make sponsoring a tournament a "risky" business. That could even backfire for GOM since new sponsor would surerly learn about it.
c) limit the additional earnings of their players.
d) this point is pure speculation into how korean team work - decreses team budget duo to not getting percentage of players winning in OSL.

Oh. And its funny that the letter is sign by Nestea. (of IM).
IM team withdrew some of its players from GOM organised event (WCS Korea) so they could be present at Gameson as a publicity. And of course poach some money from IEM.

About Kespa previous move.

Since right now they are in middle of transition and want to keep their fans (yeah they have them. Just compare the GOM studio and PL studio crowds) its more advantageous to them to do it with their tournaments - so they wouldn't lose fans to gom. Also Code A qualifiers are brutal. Even more than the first round of Code S. Sending their players there now is highly inadvisable bearing the results of WCS Korea qualifiers.... Most of Kespa players needed seeds to ge in.

Kespa didn't say they will never play in GSL. They just stated that they are not ready to play yet.

mode off

To sum it up... Those silly koreans.
If it keeps happening again i wouldn't be surprised if in future to participate in any torunament you would have to sign a legally bound document that would state what you can and can't do, and what kind of penalties you will suffer for withdrawing

I agree... I don't know that KeSPA was actually trying to boycott GSL (nor do I know that they weren't). When I heard the announcement that they were not going to participate in Code A qualifiers my first thought was "they must not be ready yet".
Now, I have mixed feelings about ESF players pulling out of OSL. If they (players or ESF) felt that KeSPA was playing games I support their move.

Well... that's my 2 cents, time to microwave some popcorn.


They are ready, gom even apparently were pretty accommodating to the scheduling issues and gave some seeds out to them and they flat out declined, they want to concentrate on the big project and the spl playoffs which when the players want to openly participate in gsl is a questionable move.

Like mvp said it took him 2 months to transition to sc2 and 3 months to win a championship, thus denying this whole were not ready yet pretty sure players like roro and rain could easily get top 8/16.


You need to relearn math. " 2 months to transition to sc2 and 3 months to win a championship" when? 2010 and Jan 2011, 6 months or less after sc2 is released. Now it's Aug 2012, GSL players have practiced for TWO years straight. Now you say " 2 months of practice is enough for you to catch up with those GSL players, beacause MVP did it (in 2010)"
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shArklight
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Singapore160 Posts
August 24 2012 12:43 GMT
#938
One thing that I think we all have to think about is the ramifications that this move will have on the global Starcraft scene. Would KeSPA retaining their monopoly over be beneficial to the global scene? I don't think with the leverage that KeSPA is trying to pull over GoM alone, they are almost bound to hold MLG, Dreamhack...etc by their throats and be content to let them die for profit by withholding their stars. As a result 'foreigner SC2' would die out because of the lack of sustainable interest from fans who want to see the perceived best progamers fighting it out with their own gamers. Confining it to Korea would do little to grow the scene globally.

Would I want that to happen? No, I want to see a global scene that thrives and become the go to game for every eSport event and the only way I see that happening is by KeSPA relenting and actually cooperating with the system that has already been built up by Mr Chae, Sundance...etc.

It's going to be a tense couple of weeks ahead.
Happiness is never grand.
schaf
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1326 Posts
August 24 2012 12:44 GMT
#939
On August 24 2012 21:08 FataLe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:04 Logginurkeyz wrote:
Shit like this is why Korea and the rest of the world had their 'curtain' for BW- I mean, IEM and MLG are great and all, but they can't hold a candle to GSL / OSL... OSL, MSL, and SPL have been BW for years and years- GSL is 2 years old, and MLG goes with the tide of what games are popular... if it becomes KeSPA v Blizz again, it is going to kill the scene- again...
I agree completely with what FXOBoss said- but, I'm gonna have to side with KeSPA on this one... I don't wanna watch my BW heroes get steamrolled by the new kids on the block just because they haven't had time enough to transition to SC2 pro play. I think the ESF decision is childish, and they should just shrug it off- rather than feeling like the jilted bride that they are...
Man the fuck up, show them that you are better than that, and roll with the punches! Did NASL lay down and die when their initial criticism was through the roof? No- they persevered and are now doing something great for the community. Is GOM going to die from the KeSPA boycott? Probably not. Will GOM die if Blizzard gets involved? Definitely...

you don't want to see your favourite players getting beat? lol drop the pride. they've already caught up, you can't use that as an excuse and neither are kespa because they know it's silly. ESF being childish? they did it because they know kespa's decision is a sinister one, they're defending themselves because their survivability is at stake here.


No, letting their players play and win Code A qualifiers is actually good for Kespa. But the BW pros are not at their full SC2 potential yet. Yes, some like Roro and herO really rock the house in WCS but that doesn't mean that all Kespa players have a good shot at reaching Code A.

For me, the Kespa decision was just precautious to wait after this season of Proleague finishes and there is a time of buffer inc which every Kespa player can get accomodated to SC2. Because right now, every player that is still playing bw to play for his team, lags behind in SC2 skill. Its just that simple.
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Sjokola
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands800 Posts
August 24 2012 12:44 GMT
#940
On August 24 2012 21:37 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2012 21:28 Cubu wrote:
but wait, isnt kespa and osl 2 different entities? so that would mean esf screwed over someone innocent?

ESF screwed over any of their players who wanted to participate in the OSL. Right now they're no better than Kespa and being used as pawns. I guess it's time to boycott all korean sc2?


ESF contacted every team that had players in OSL and Nestea's name was signed as player representative
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