EPTKeSPA Agrees to Participate in GSL Season 5 - Page 16
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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achan1058
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Lordanubis
United Kingdom198 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:09 TumNarDok wrote: Sorry to say all that korean drama stuff reminded me of a good old #WWE storyline. All we need is Sundance coming out today.. revealing he is Vince McMahons lost son and OSL and GSL would be 2 different brands of MLG now. LOL. What a strange mirror universe it could be. GOM as the major player in WWF. KeSPA as the young upstart intent on driving the competition out of business, in WCW. If the OSL and ProLeague start giving away the results of GOM tournaments, then GOM starts an Attitude Era to respond, it'd be perfect. It's also mean GOM wins in the end, which would be even better  | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
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Tyree
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SC2 has without them, become one of the most popular esport game in the world. It is true that in Korea it has not taken off as much but then again why would Kespa change that? People are mistaking that Kespa will somehow be able to re create the "magic" and get Koreans to watch SC2 in any major capacity, yes they have a few superstars but even guys like Flash and Jaedong are not going to suddenly change the popularity of the game in any meaningful way. Only thing Kespa has going for it is a few superstars and memories of a better era that 100% belongs to Brood War and the players who worked their asses off entertaining the fans. GOM should pull out, Blizzard should deny them SC2 license, either play nice or pack it in. | ||
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stew_
Canada239 Posts
personally, i want ESF to say that "yeah uh we'll also be back for next season's OSL too" fuck kespa. | ||
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nokz88
Brazil1253 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:10 Dosey wrote: You obviously haven't peeked at the other thread with tons of KeSPA fanboys bashing GOM and Blizzard. Ah nvm, you said "in Korea"  Yea in Korea we know an asshole not worth defending when we see one. | ||
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iamcaustic
Canada1509 Posts
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yeeshdontjudgeme
146 Posts
I also call bullshit on their "heavy" schedule. GSL players practically have the harder schedules with their international tournaments and various international team tournaments to go with GSL, GSTL, weeklys. KeSPA has proleague and a bunch of leagues that GSL players ALREADY PARTICIPATE IN. Bullshit. | ||
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Cybel
Germany46 Posts
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:19 Tyree wrote: What leverage does Kespa really have here? BW had significantly lower ratings each new year and it ended up with sponsors taking their money elsewhere. Thus the players they have, dont really draw in Korea. SC2 has without them, become one of the most popular esport game in the world. It is true that in Korea it has not taken off as much but then again why would Kespa change that? People are mistaking that Kespa will somehow be able to re create the "magic" and get Koreans to watch SC2 in any major capacity, yes they have a few superstars but even guys like Flash and Jaedong are not going to suddenly change the popularity of the game in any meaningful way. Only thing Kespa has going for it is a few superstars and memories of a better era that 100% belongs to Brood War and the players who worked their asses off entertaining the fans. GOM should pull out, Blizzard should deny them SC2 license, either play nice or pack it in. Kespa has more money, bigger sponsors, a bigger channel and bigger names. | ||
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gedatsu
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madsweepslol
161 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:19 stew_ wrote: note that they said they will be participating in season 5... which is the season AFTER this upcoming season. personally, i want ESF to say that "yeah uh we'll also be back for next season's OSL too" fuck kespa. I agree. Has ESF stated definitively that they're back in OSL? On August 25 2012 02:28 gedatsu wrote: ESF should now back down and play OSL as originally intended. Following through with their threat will only cause a lot of badwill between the different parties. ESF got what they wanted. Operate as if kespa will do what they promised, and if they don't then just make a larger ruckus next time. There's already badwill from BW when KeSPA demanded payments from GOM and then effectively shut them down. | ||
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stew_
Canada239 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:29 madsweepslol wrote: I agree. Has ESF stated definitively that they're back in OSL? no, no such response yet | ||
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babylon
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sharkie
Austria18699 Posts
One tournament has already reached the half way and the other tournament hasnt even started yet. Kespa said they wont participate in GSL BEFORE IT STARTED, ESF is boycotting OSL DURING the tournament. Dont you realise its two different scenarios? | ||
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achan1058
1091 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:32 sharkie wrote: wth are you all comparing GSL and OSL like its the same? One tournament has already reached the half way and the other tournament hasnt even started yet. Kespa said they wont participate in GSL BEFORE IT STARTED, ESF is boycotting OSL DURING the tournament. Dont you realise its two different scenarios? Yes, we do. One is KeSPA being evil. The other is ESF protecting itself from being swallowed. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
On August 25 2012 02:28 gedatsu wrote: ESF should now back down and play OSL as originally intended. Following through with their threat will only cause a lot of badwill between the different parties. ESF got what they wanted. Operate as if kespa will do what they promised, and if they don't then just make a larger ruckus next time. back down from what, if they go back and play OSL, then the threat to pull out would have done nothing. the whole point was to get kespa players to play season 4, and kespa is still not doing that. ESF needs to say, ok we will play in OSL when you play GSL. | ||
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Wpgstevo
Canada79 Posts
Some have said that pulling out of the Ro16 is worse than what KeSpa did. That's kind of true. But its the only action ESF could take. It was either that or nothing, and doing nothing was far far worse. I hope ESF doesn't back down from this false "concession" by KeSpa. | ||
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