EPTSC2's numbers are dwindling and some organizations are basically at each others throats. How is a fan supposed to be optimistic about the game's future when you have an organization like KESPA cock blocking everyone?
No English OGN broadcast for SK Planet Proleague? - Page 35
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PureLuckz
United States137 Posts
SC2's numbers are dwindling and some organizations are basically at each others throats. How is a fan supposed to be optimistic about the game's future when you have an organization like KESPA cock blocking everyone? | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
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i.of.the.storm
United States795 Posts
On December 06 2012 21:59 aristarchus wrote: Does no one in Korea sign contracts? Why didn't OGN have exclusive rights to English broadcasting on paper? Quoted from the first page for truth, this is just absurd. And I thought OGN was a member of KeSPA? | ||
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FLuE
United States1012 Posts
I get how the business world works and how decisions are made that might not be popular or that companies don't have to work together and get along but this just doesn't add up from a financial standpoint if I'm understanding everything correctly. I get acting irrational if it means making MORE money, but don't when it means less. | ||
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Node
United States2159 Posts
This season KeSPA decided to run their own Proleague broadcast initially on weekdays, while OGN ran the weekend broadcast. As far as I know about a week ago KeSPA approached OGN and told them that they'd be running their own stream simultaneously with OGN's on weekends as well. Man, that is such a dick move. I guess KeSPA never changes.  | ||
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Kamikiri
United States1319 Posts
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SCMethod
United States40 Posts
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
Kespa is the fail. | ||
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
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Laneir
United States1160 Posts
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Nosferatos
Norway783 Posts
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VManOfMana
United States764 Posts
On December 07 2012 09:29 Shinta) wrote: I can't agree with you at all... As for all sports, people like to watch how well their country can compete against the world. They want to watch their friends, their local players, their countrymen, and their favorite players compete. The world we live in today is starting to accept eSports, if you only watch Korean eSports then you're assisting in the degration of eSports. You're going to greatly lessen the fan base as well as the potential of success of the game. People are angry because KeSPA is doing stupid shit over and over again. It's not like this is the first act that's been hated by the community. Your second paragraph there can't even be taken seriously as its so bogus. Yeah KeSPA/IEM/MLG made a partnership, but even still, if you completely monopolize ProLeague to where broadcast networks like OGN can't take part, you're hurting eSports, regardless of whether or not they get their partners to stream it for a cheaper price. You're making sure that a major broadcast network does not take part in broadcasting your league, when you should instead be asking then to broadcast it for you. You want more people to watch, in all scenarios. You don't want for some people to not watch, which is what the result of KeSPA's actions is going to be. If they want to make a better league, go for it, they were on the right track until this happened and flung themselves back to a negative reputation. Blizzard partnered with GOM because they were the leaders, and they didn't pull a bunch of bullshit like KeSPA did. They didn't partner with them to monopolize the game, it was so eSports could have a better future under a better organization. But don't start thinking that blizzard doesn't care about MLG or other tournaments. Blizzard could choose to not sanction those tournaments if they start doing stupid monopolizing moves like this, or do something else that's not intended to better the game. There is no reason at all to include blizzard or GOM in this thread. This is about KeSPA throwing out OGN, just like they threw out GOM in the past. Am I right? First, a correction. See bolded in my quoted text. Also corrected in my original post. Second, my post is more on how I feel the community has changed for the worst: fast to react in the worst possible way, easy to manipulate in the name of ESPORTS, and blatant use of double standards. I am not defending KeSPA's actions. Frankly, I don't like the idea of KeSPA getting into conflict with one of their major partners. However, I do not use "OGN is pulling off their English Proleague bradcast" to speculate that "there will be no English proleague broadcast" nor "KeSPA is denying OGN rights to broadcast Proleague", nor "all this is a backstab to give MLG monopoly over the English broadcast." So as of now I simply am on "wait and see". KeSPA might broadcast in English via IEM or MLG, or maybe won't. But whatever happens won't stop me from watching Proleague, either in English, Korean, or some rebroadcast with fan-made commentary, just like I have done it for years. I watch Starcraft for what it is: a game that is played competitively, and it happens the highest level is in Korea. Everything else is a perk, but it is not why I watch Starcraft; I don't watch Starcraft for the sake of ESPORTS. As of the rest of your post: I don't see in black and white. KeSPA might be overprotective and manipulative over the rights of their teams, players and leagues, but they don't claim ownership of everything Starcraft. On the other hand I do have a big problem with Blizzard trying to control competitive Starcraft and GOM trying to monopolize broadcasting rights via Blizzard. But we can leave that for another thread. | ||
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dragoon
United States695 Posts
regardless i dont really mind. prefer the korean casts most of the time anyways. | ||
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MysticaL
Canada118 Posts
 But then again, I think I'll stick around for EGTL vs KT LOL | ||
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MiniTuk
Sweden9 Posts
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mhael
United States102 Posts
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fuzzylogic44
Canada2633 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Allonsy
Korea (South)32 Posts
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
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