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KeSPA Agrees to Participate in GSL Season 5 - Page 21

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VManOfMana
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States764 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 19:06:58
August 24 2012 19:06 GMT
#401
On August 25 2012 03:49 JiPrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 03:46 bearhug wrote:
On August 24 2012 22:16 pencil_ethics wrote:
Right now the prevailing opinion in the Korean community is "Don't fall for KeSPA's bull****, this is how the GOMTV Classic got wiped off the face of the planet; since they're not participating in this season's GSL, keep the Federation out of this season's Starleague".

Nobody trusts KeSPA over there, whether they are Brood War fans or StarCraft II fans
.


Are you sure? or just you do not trust?


I can vouch for him. Just make yourself an account in any of the korean community sites and ask what they think of KeSPa. They will answer you the best can with their broken english. Most will just say "fucking kespa" though.


Korean forums have forever been a cesspool of rage. Korean netizen translations often were a source of amusement on TeamLiquid reports.

It is hardly an objectce source of information or evidence.
Woo Jung Ho, FIGHTING! | "With the death of BW comes the death of an idea. And that idea, held by many BW fans, was that a computer game could actually outlive the Next New Game cycle. And to some extent it did." -Falling
Grampz
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2147 Posts
August 24 2012 19:12 GMT
#402
haha kespa, pussys!

in all seriousness, thank fucking god. for the sake of Kespa's name they can't afford to pull this shit anymore.
JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
August 24 2012 19:15 GMT
#403
On August 25 2012 04:06 VManOfMana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 03:49 JiPrime wrote:
On August 25 2012 03:46 bearhug wrote:
On August 24 2012 22:16 pencil_ethics wrote:
Right now the prevailing opinion in the Korean community is "Don't fall for KeSPA's bull****, this is how the GOMTV Classic got wiped off the face of the planet; since they're not participating in this season's GSL, keep the Federation out of this season's Starleague".

Nobody trusts KeSPA over there, whether they are Brood War fans or StarCraft II fans
.


Are you sure? or just you do not trust?


I can vouch for him. Just make yourself an account in any of the korean community sites and ask what they think of KeSPa. They will answer you the best can with their broken english. Most will just say "fucking kespa" though.


Korean forums have forever been a cesspool of rage. Korean netizen translations often were a source of amusement on TeamLiquid reports.

It is hardly an objectce source of information or evidence.

As a Korean, I admit, our online community is very emotional and extremely volatile. But they are the voice that matters to KeSPA, not foreigners. Believe me, I don't like that fact as much as you do. I really wish they follow the example of nice stable community like here.
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
August 24 2012 19:17 GMT
#404
kespa is starting to seem like a terrible waste of time.
Twitter: @zhurai | Site: http://zhurai.com
NoGasfOu
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1117 Posts
August 24 2012 19:17 GMT
#405
On August 25 2012 04:12 Grampz wrote:
haha kespa, pussys!

in all seriousness, thank fucking god. for the sake of Kespa's name they can't afford to pull this shit anymore.

Is this even allowed?
Tassadar/TheBest/Jjakji/Rain(terran)/Heart
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
August 24 2012 19:18 GMT
#406
On August 24 2012 22:17 OminouS wrote:
What a circus. I hope everything works out well in the end.

Same, but you never know with KeSPA -_-;;;
User was warned for too many mimes.
Seraphic
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3849 Posts
August 24 2012 19:18 GMT
#407
I'm a BW fan over and over but this has gotten me a bit confused.

KeSPA has long known to sort of bully in BW but I don't think they are able to do this anymore. Even if KeSPA players draw the crowds in general, they cannot power play anymore, it will hurt the scene more then anything. I feel like ESF might have done something bad too...

Couldn't they have just been the bigger people in this and kept their players in the OSL to prove a point? They withdraw isn't that the same conclusion?
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MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
August 24 2012 19:20 GMT
#408
On August 25 2012 04:18 Seraphic wrote:
I'm a BW fan over and over but this has gotten me a bit confused.

KeSPA has long known to sort of bully in BW but I don't think they are able to do this anymore. Even if KeSPA players draw the crowds in general, they cannot power play anymore, it will hurt the scene more then anything. I feel like ESF might have done something bad too...

Couldn't they have just been the bigger people in this and kept their players in the OSL to prove a point? They withdraw isn't that the same conclusion?


No because that's exactly what KeSPA wanted them to do; not withdraw and just let themselves be pushed around.
Eire_91
Profile Joined December 2011
Ireland82 Posts
August 24 2012 19:21 GMT
#409
a swift turn around
"Quick mudelisps er good bicuz deyre like lots of early whirlybirds" - Axslav 2013
skyflyfish
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada499 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 19:21:24
August 24 2012 19:21 GMT
#410
On August 25 2012 04:18 Seraphic wrote:
I'm a BW fan over and over but this has gotten me a bit confused.

KeSPA has long known to sort of bully in BW but I don't think they are able to do this anymore. Even if KeSPA players draw the crowds in general, they cannot power play anymore, it will hurt the scene more then anything. I feel like ESF might have done something bad too...

Couldn't they have just been the bigger people in this and kept their players in the OSL to prove a point? They withdraw isn't that the same conclusion?

let them play and let gomtv die? hell no
as1
JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
August 24 2012 19:21 GMT
#411
On August 25 2012 04:12 Grampz wrote:
haha kespa, pussys!

in all seriousness, thank fucking god. for the sake of Kespa's name they can't afford to pull this shit anymore.


I think at this point, even they know that their rep is beyond recoverable. Koreans made their displeasure completely clear in the past whenever KeSPa fucked up like this, but they couldn't really do much because there was only KeSPA who even bothered to keep the scene going at the time. ;_;
Seraphic
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3849 Posts
August 24 2012 19:25 GMT
#412
GOM isn't going to die, simply because Blizzard is there now to prevent KeSPA from doing whatever the hell they want.

They pull out of OSL is just the same as what KeSPA did with GSL Season 4. If they continue to do this, it's going to turn into BW all over again with the bad blood between the 2.

This is a massive crap shoot.
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JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
August 24 2012 19:29 GMT
#413
On August 25 2012 04:25 Seraphic wrote:
GOM isn't going to die, simply because Blizzard is there now to prevent KeSPA from doing whatever the hell they want.

They pull out of OSL is just the same as what KeSPA did with GSL Season 4. If they continue to do this, it's going to turn into BW all over again with the bad blood between the 2.

This is a massive crap shoot.

They won't go out of business, but they will always be treated as "That other league" or worse, even considered as an amateur prizefight if KeSPA is left unchecked. As an avid supporter of GOM, I won't have that. Either both are playing on an even field or fuck everything.
yungSC2
Profile Joined August 2012
20 Posts
August 24 2012 19:30 GMT
#414
I do not like what Kespa is doing, lots of unnecessary drama they produce.

If those are mind games, it almost looks like they want to take over the SC2 community and get rid of GOM.
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
August 24 2012 19:31 GMT
#415
On August 25 2012 04:30 yungSC2 wrote:
It almost looks like they want to take over the SC2 community and get rid of GOM.


Not almost. Why wouldn't they want to? They did it in BW.
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
August 24 2012 19:32 GMT
#416
On August 25 2012 04:30 yungSC2 wrote:
I do not like what Kespa is doing, lots of unnecessary drama they produce.

If those are mind games, it almost looks like they want to take over the SC2 community and get rid of GOM.


whoaaaa now let's not be hasty man
the last wcs commissioner
oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States6059 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 19:35:41
August 24 2012 19:34 GMT
#417
On August 25 2012 04:25 Seraphic wrote:
They pull out of OSL is just the same as what KeSPA did with GSL Season 4. If they continue to do this, it's going to turn into BW all over again with the bad blood between the 2.

No, because the OS2L is already in progress. There's a difference between saying ahead of time that you won't go to a league and messing up a league in the middle of it by taking half of the players out.
On August 25 2012 04:29 JiPrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2012 04:25 Seraphic wrote:
GOM isn't going to die, simply because Blizzard is there now to prevent KeSPA from doing whatever the hell they want.

They pull out of OSL is just the same as what KeSPA did with GSL Season 4. If they continue to do this, it's going to turn into BW all over again with the bad blood between the 2.

This is a massive crap shoot.

They won't go out of business, but they will always be treated as "That other league" or worse, even considered as an amateur prizefight if KeSPA is left unchecked. As an avid supporter of GOM, I won't have that. Either both are playing on an even field or fuck everything.

Why do they have to be on an even field? They're competitors.
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
August 24 2012 19:38 GMT
#418
On August 25 2012 04:25 Seraphic wrote:
GOM isn't going to die, simply because Blizzard is there now to prevent KeSPA from doing whatever the hell they want.

They pull out of OSL is just the same as what KeSPA did with GSL Season 4.

Not remotely. It would be grotesque sabotage of a competition that's already underway, and frankly it would be more than enough reason to ban the offenders from OSL for life.
My strategy is to fork people.
LouderXY
Profile Joined September 2011
China16 Posts
August 24 2012 19:38 GMT
#419
I started to watch the recent SPL and kind of showing some interests in it. However, this whole Kespa's move against GOMTV/GSL is disgusting. Kespa acts like a dictator in Korean SC community. I hope their team and individual were denied by every foreign SC2 events unless they change their attitude.
naastyOne
Profile Joined April 2012
491 Posts
August 24 2012 19:38 GMT
#420
What, did anyone expected KeSpa to not have some crap to fall on as a defence?

I hope ESL stands and the OLS goes without ESL players. KeSpa should not try to do the shit, and be let with just an appology. without loosing just about anything.
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