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Sinedd
Profile Joined July 2008
Poland7052 Posts
August 25 2012 07:00 GMT
#1541
what the fuuuuuck..

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T H C makes ppl happy
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
August 25 2012 07:04 GMT
#1542
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
henzi
Profile Joined November 2010
United States200 Posts
August 25 2012 07:04 GMT
#1543
I hope we all remember that meeting all the coaches had as the end of BW was looming. They all lamented at how the system that managed BW made it so that they wouldn't share players internationally and how hard it was to get KESPA to actually agree to send players to foreign events, and they never made real attempts to make BW global and that's what really cut them off from sponsors (especially foreign sponsors) and so on.

In lieu of that meeting and starting a hybrid system, what's the first thing KESPA does to be more globally available? make a binding contract with MLG and only MLG (and to which players haven't joined as competitors). What's the 2nd thing they did to be global? Deny all their players entry into GSL.

I only assume because WCS was a Blizzard originating event (is that right?) that KESPA was forced to send players.
henzi
Profile Joined November 2010
United States200 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 07:07:03
August 25 2012 07:06 GMT
#1544
On August 25 2012 16:04 Caihead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.


So because one team isn't part of it, you're wondering what's so great about ESF?

Edit: I guess I should really edit my first post with this in...sorry
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
August 25 2012 07:11 GMT
#1545
Kespa declined participation in the qualifiers for the qualifying tournament for one season of one tournament. ESF is trying to blackmail them with threats to sabotage an ongoing tournament.

Hopefully, ESF's activity is illegal and constitutes breach of contract... but it's possible they'll get away with it.
My strategy is to fork people.
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
August 25 2012 07:15 GMT
#1546
On August 25 2012 16:06 henzi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 16:04 Caihead wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.


So because one team isn't part of it, you're wondering what's so great about ESF?

Edit: I guess I should really edit my first post with this in...sorry


Are you suggesting Slayers isn't significant to esports. Also the point is that they are both dicks and have been, which is pretty much a consensus for Kespa but no one is saying a word about ESF.
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
Sandermatt
Profile Joined December 2010
Switzerland1365 Posts
August 25 2012 07:15 GMT
#1547
On August 25 2012 16:11 Severedevil wrote:
Kespa declined participation in the qualifiers for the qualifying tournament for one season of one tournament. ESF is trying to blackmail them with threats to sabotage an ongoing tournament.

Hopefully, ESF's activity is illegal and constitutes breach of contract... but it's possible they'll get away with it.


Kespa suing about a broken contract would be really ironical.
Solarist
Profile Joined September 2011
291 Posts
August 25 2012 07:27 GMT
#1548
Its quite funny how TL actually has more people defending kespa than the pro kespa korean forums. Even they reconize that they are dicks
Gorilla23
Profile Joined March 2012
United States339 Posts
August 25 2012 07:27 GMT
#1549
On August 25 2012 16:11 Severedevil wrote:
Kespa declined participation in the qualifiers for the qualifying tournament for one season of one tournament. ESF is trying to blackmail them with threats to sabotage an ongoing tournament.

Hopefully, ESF's activity is illegal and constitutes breach of contract... but it's possible they'll get away with it.


Actually, this is be the second time they decided not to partake in the qualifiers. The first, however, was completely understandable. GSL S3 started around the same time as the current proleague. People are worried, with good reason, that KeSPA would continue to not partake in the GSL.

Hopefully ESF's activity is not illegal. Hopefully everyone can come to an agreement that benefits each party and then stick to it.
raga4ka
Profile Joined February 2008
Bulgaria5679 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 07:51:03
August 25 2012 07:31 GMT
#1550
On August 25 2012 14:23 Benjamin99 wrote:
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On August 25 2012 14:15 Lokian wrote:
a little weird that so many teamliquidians are supporting kespa's move to not allow their playeres try out for the most established sc2 league out there; in their own neighborhood. I mean, do players even have any say or rights in kespa at all? I don't know what it takes for us to accept it, but its really feel toxic here while reading some of these messages.


Yea, I don't understand that. If people really cares about starcraft in Korea and as a global Esport they should be fighting Kespa. I got no idea why some people support Kespa.


All i care about is the quality of the games as a viewer. I don't give two shits whenever it is at OSL, GSL , PL or a foreign tournament or what the players want . I don't want players participaing in 31231221312131 different tournaments all the time playing mediocre games all the time . I liked the quality of games Kespa produced in BW , and it took their players 3 months to get to the level of top GSL players in 2 years .

Progamer is a serious job in Kespa . They get paid for working - practising the game , not just flying around showing off your sponsors all the time like EG for example . Yes thats work as well although a different one that i don't care about . If Kespa deemed it to intensive for players to go in to other tournaments , harming the quaility of their players's games , they have every right to pull out from that league . Also Proleague is their home league it's where their sponsors are getting their advertisement and it's what the Kespa players are geting paid for , they practise for OSL and other tournaments in their free time or if the team lets them .
Flamingo777
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1190 Posts
August 25 2012 07:34 GMT
#1551
I really hope this gets resolved.. Just let the players play!
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
August 25 2012 07:42 GMT
#1552
its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.


its funny how you think "slayers is not part of it cuz esf sucks "
Kespa has a history. A few years ago kespa demanded broadcasting fees from Gom tv (gom classic back then)
and gom tv declined cuz they already got permission from blizzard, who is entitled to intellectual property regarding
starcraft. Kespa responded by pulling out their players from gom classic and gom had to call it quits. now kespa is
doing it again to screw gom over. Esf responded to this. youre saying as if it was both parties' fault when it is actually
Kespa who started all this.You go ask EVERY fucking korean who eagerly followed brood war scene and theyll tell you
how much fucked up kespa is. Even hardcore brood war fanboys in korea hate kespa and you know what? theres always
a reason for it.

어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
AndAgain
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2621 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 07:46:24
August 25 2012 07:45 GMT
#1553
On August 25 2012 16:11 Severedevil wrote:
Kespa declined participation in the qualifiers for the qualifying tournament for one season of one tournament. ESF is trying to blackmail them with threats to sabotage an ongoing tournament.

Hopefully, ESF's activity is illegal and constitutes breach of contract... but it's possible they'll get away with it.


Kespa declined the 2 upcoming GSL seasons before ESF did what they did.
All your teeth should fall out and hair should grow in their place!
xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
August 25 2012 07:49 GMT
#1554
On August 25 2012 16:04 Caihead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.

One representative entity held a meeting with players and coaches alike to decide unanimously what to do and Nestea himself came out to make the final announcement. The other had players and coaches talking about how much they'd love to participate in the GSL at almost every chance they got, but their desires meant shit. ESF players came together to discuss what would be in their best interest while the KeSPA sponsors didn't give a shit what their players/coaches wanted. One is a players union designed to prevent control, the other controls players more like slaves than employees.
Taengoo ♥
PhoenixDark
Profile Joined March 2011
United States286 Posts
August 25 2012 08:14 GMT
#1555
On August 25 2012 06:42 naastyOne wrote:
Here, is quite an insidefull quote of the thing called KeSPA.

They create a partnership, and player exchange possibilities. Then, they create a shedule:
Show nested quote +

"KeSPA players will be presented at SC2 Proleague, OSL, WCG Korean representative qualifiers, WCS and MLG online matches, MLG final invitational. Their regular week schedule will be 4 days for Proleague, 2 days for OSL, 2days for MLG cross matches.
Therefore, KeSPA decided not to join GSL Season 4 because of their busy schedule."

So, their players are bussy almost all the time, and therefore only aviable for KeSPA itself.

No magic, only the facts.


You believe this nonsense? There are plenty of Kespa players who are not participating in OSL, WCS, or MLG right now. You're telling me that players like Effort or Trap could not attend Code A? Or a host of other good players? Stop spinning nonsense
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435469
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 08:22:45
August 25 2012 08:16 GMT
#1556
On August 25 2012 16:04 Caihead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.


You know that ESF is basically all GSL teams except slayers... right? and that they have player representatives on the team, so that ESF is actually basically the teams' combined opinion...? Meanwhile, that's not the case with kespa.

What do they gain? Forcing Kespa to join GSL. Allowing Kespa players more opportunities. Helping the players out.

What does Kespa gain? They use GSL's players to help their league, but they don't share their own players in return.

Kespa is the one playing mean ;O

@Salazarz

That site only documents their earnings, not their salaries o.o they get separate salaries from their teams. Also, don't forget about streaming money.
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Vardant
Profile Joined November 2010
Czech Republic620 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-25 08:30:17
August 25 2012 08:29 GMT
#1557
On August 25 2012 16:04 Caihead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 15:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
On August 25 2012 15:47 Caihead wrote:
So.... eSports federation is pulling out just to be a dick in response to kespa being a dick which is opinion but not a fact. This is real mature and shows great prospects for the future of SC2 in korea =_=


wat

ESF is forcing kespa to play nice, so in the end they'll both play nice. ESF is standing up to the bully, Kespa, which are the douchebags and have been for quite a while.

ESF's move is not a dick move at all. Kespa was basically calling for it.


its two representative entities who are both not standing for the interests of the players they are supposed to represent, what do ESF players have to gain from not being a part of the first SC2 OSL, what do Kespa players have to gain from not being a part of GSL. They are both dicks. If ESF was so great why isn't slayers a part of it.

You're missing probably the biggest point here.

ESF as a governing body is democratic, they didn't force the players to leave, they themselves came to a conclusion, that it would be bad for their future to play in the OSL, because it would be the only league with both Kespa and GOM players, thus gaining more popularity and possibly killing GOM in the future.

Kespa on the other hand didn't ask their players, they were forbidden from joining the GSL. Just think about it, not all of them can be that busy, so the time constraint was just pure bullshit on their part.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
August 25 2012 08:33 GMT
#1558
On August 25 2012 16:11 Severedevil wrote:
Kespa declined participation in the qualifiers for the qualifying tournament for one season of one tournament. ESF is trying to blackmail them with threats to sabotage an ongoing tournament.

Hopefully, ESF's activity is illegal and constitutes breach of contract... but it's possible they'll get away with it.


Obviously the players are afraid that Kespa might start doing the things it did in the past.
Weirdkid
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Singapore2431 Posts
August 25 2012 08:36 GMT
#1559
To the people who are screaming at Kespa as to why they can't let players take part this season and use the reasoning that those players have nothing better to do during this time, Kespa's reasoning is that GSL is a 2-3 month tournament with repercussions (in that players will carry on from one season to the next).

So their concern feels to be more of a long term issue in balancing SPL and GSL, since SPL is still their main priority, and I don't think it's fair to use "those players have nothing else to do now" as a reason to condemn Kespa for not allowing them to take part in GSL. Afterall, just because they're free to play now doesn't mean they won't make it to Code S and stay in Code S and have clashes with future seasons of SPL.

Though, that being said, Kespa's reasoning does seem kinda weak, firstly because Gomtv seems very open to and forgiving in terms of scheduling and clashes. Secondly, if they were really worried of this type of clash, it wouldn't matter if they started in GSL Season 4 or GSL Season 5. Such clashes would still occur as GSL Season 5 would still be linked to the future seasons, unless they're hoping that they'd be able to plan so far into the future. Can they really plan so far ahead? 0.o *shrugs*
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself." - Proverbs 26:4
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
August 25 2012 08:41 GMT
#1560
I really hope they stick to their guns and dont play till next season... Kespa are doing it to mess with everyone and show their hand
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