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hunts
United States2113 Posts
On September 29 2012 02:23 sharkie wrote: if you like esports dieing, then feel free to be happy lol. SC2 was fine before BW switched over, it will continue to be fine if KESPA teams die off, so it's not esports dying. | ||
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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:05 Doso wrote: Maybe after this, KeSpa is finnaly forced to accept GSL as the other big league and we might see a new united ProLeague casted by OSL and GomTV. How would this make any sense? Gom doesn't really have the viewers to make this worth it | ||
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rift
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sharkie
Austria18557 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:07 hunts wrote: lol. SC2 was fine before BW switched over, it will continue to be fine if KESPA teams die off, so it's not esports dying. oh yeah I totally missed the overfull stadiums in GSL and GSTL... | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
Second news article: "It was regrettable in this regard that the group’s two core units, Woongjin Holdings and Kukdong Construction, filed for court receivership, similar to bankruptcy protection in the United States, Wednesday." From reading the two articles what I gather is that the chairman tried to go too big too fast, spent too much money for too little return. What usually happens is that whatever is salvageable is spun-off and sold to repay creditors. Woogjin Group itself will probably consolidate in whatever profitable core-business is left and try to cut losses. Running a KeSPA team is costly with no clear return and is usually one of the first kinds of items to go. This is just my speculation on GTR's speculation. | ||
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sour_eraser
Canada932 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:07 hunts wrote: lol. SC2 was fine before BW switched over, it will continue to be fine if KESPA teams die off, so it's not esports dying. Yup. Just look how successful sc2 is in Korea right now. Whew. Silly me, I thought Kespa players would have brought more attention but I was wrong I guess | ||
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raf3776
United States1904 Posts
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Gojira621
United States374 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:11 jidolboy wrote: Yup. Just look how successful sc2 is in Korea right now. Whew. Silly me, I thought Kespa players would have brought more attention but I was wrong I guess sc2 is massive internationally. Maybe not as big as LoL or DotA type games, but the WCS european finals had over 100k live viewers. Just because sc2 isn't massive in korea as BW doesn't invalidate it as a legitimate e-sport. That being said, it is sad to see some of these KesPA teams go under bc soon it looks like there will only be 4 or 5 left | ||
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sour_eraser
Canada932 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:13 Gojira621 wrote: sc2 is massive internationally. Maybe not as big as LoL or DotA type games, but the WCS european finals had over 100k live viewers. Just because sc2 isn't massive in korea as BW doesn't invalidate it as a legitimate e-sport. That being said, it is sad to see some of these KesPA teams go under bc soon it looks like there will only be 4 or 5 left I didnt mention anything about sc2 not being an Esport. I said it is already small in Korea but a team disbanding would hurt korean esport scene even more. Actually, any team disbanding would hurt esport not just kespa teams | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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Solarsail
United Kingdom538 Posts
LG-IM and FXO are strong enough to stand on their own KT, SKT, CJ, STX, Samsung still alive (T8 doesn't have a sponsor) Zenex will fold I imagine. Slayers would merge with SKT if it wasn't for the trade lock. Prime, TSL and Startale - maybe one of these is strong enough to be a full Kespa team, not sure about their sponsorship position. The other two will merge with one of the Kespa teams that has money but is low on SC2 talent. how does LG-IM FXO TSL CJ Samsung SKT-Slayers KT-Prime STX-Startale sound? | ||
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rysecake
United States2632 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:07 hunts wrote: lol. SC2 was fine before BW switched over, it will continue to be fine if KESPA teams die off, so it's not esports dying. fine huh? Check out dem sold out gsl stadiums | ||
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skyflyfish
Canada499 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:09 sharkie wrote: oh yeah I totally missed the overfull stadiums in GSL and GSTL... sc2 is fine without kespa, we got fans all over the world, and this is true e-sport. ![[image loading]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/546579_404595126240741_131840720182851_1259406_1915175924_n.jpg) | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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rysecake
United States2632 Posts
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:19 Solarsail wrote: Trying to imagine what an 8-team combined ESF+Proleague would look like, if team mergers happened. 8 teams are needed for a good format. LG-IM and FXO are strong enough to stand on their own KT, SKT, CJ, STX, Samsung still alive (T8 doesn't have a sponsor) Zenex will fold I imagine. Slayers would merge with SKT if it wasn't for the trade lock. Prime, TSL and Startale - maybe one of these is strong enough to be a full Kespa team, not sure about their sponsorship position. The other two will merge with one of the Kespa teams that has money but is low on SC2 talent. how does LG-IM FXO TSL CJ Samsung SKT-Slayers KT-Prime STX-Startale sound? Zenex is already gone.  | ||
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
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