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Woongjin Stars: Difficult to participate in Proleague, not…
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On October 02 2013 01:23 braller wrote: This has very little to do with Blizzard's balancing strategy. Significant shrinkage was basically inevitable. Shrinkage happened because SCII isn't as popular in Korea and their sponsors is having financial problems. Regardless, sad news | ||
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RifleCow
Canada637 Posts
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Diaresta
United States597 Posts
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
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Chaggi
Korea (South)1936 Posts
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Chaggi
Korea (South)1936 Posts
On October 02 2013 02:05 Xiphos wrote: Why is SK's economy so bad these days? I thought the country was suppose to be booming in that category. SK's been in a recession for the last few years, pretty bad one too. Though I doubt it's cause of the recession, SC2 just isn't popular enough I think | ||
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nighcol
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Waxangel
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Darkdwarf
Sweden960 Posts
On October 02 2013 02:06 nighcol wrote: Wonder what's happening with Proleague, those rumors about it ending are starting to seem more solid. Then again even GSTL, while still very cool, has been reduced to being so small because of some of the old eSF teams jumping ship. I guess we could also end up with two of these mini team-leagues if there still is a proleague and they are unable to negotiate a merge. It's been confirmed that the next Proleague season will start in late november. I'd say this has more to do with Woongjin the company and less to do with Woongjin the team. We all knew both STX and Woongjin were in financial troubles, and at least I found it very unlikely that KeSPA would leverage another Team 8. GSTL ends late november, and I hope that the korean scene will stabilize around a joint team league with fewer teams. Right now we have: KeSPA: KT, SKT1, Jin Air, CJ, Samsung, (Woongjin) eSF: AZUBU, SouL, StarTale, FXO Unaffiliated: Axiom, LG-IM, Prime, MVP With Woongjin probably disappearing around the time of the next proleague, we'll be down to 13 teams in Korea. If SouL dissolves into another team as well, we could have a 12-team Proleague, broadcasted by GOM... One can dream... | ||
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hansonslee
United States2027 Posts
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hansonslee
United States2027 Posts
On October 02 2013 02:18 Darkdwarf wrote: It's been confirmed that the next Proleague season will start in late november. I'd say this has more to do with Woongjin the company and less to do with Woongjin the team. We all knew both STX and Woongjin were in financial troubles, and at least I found it very unlikely that KeSPA would leverage another Team 8. GSTL ends late november, and I hope that the korean scene will stabilize around a joint team league with fewer teams. Right now we have: KeSPA: KT, SKT1, Jin Air, CJ, Samsung, (Woongjin) eSF: AZUBU, SouL, StarTale, FXO Unaffiliated: Axiom, LG-IM, Prime, MVP With Woongjin probably disappearing around the time of the next proleague, we'll be down to 13 teams in Korea. If SouL dissolves into another team as well, we could have a 12-team Proleague, broadcasted by GOM... One can dream... And yeah, you have a good point about Woongjin the company. It is on the verge of bankruptcy! | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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N.geNuity
United States5112 Posts
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Pontius Pirate
United States1557 Posts
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Elite_
United States4259 Posts
On October 02 2013 02:33 Pontius Pirate wrote: Question for BW fans: have there been teams that dominated PL in the regular season as thoroughly as Woongjin did this past season? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Proleague | ||
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TaishiCi
Korea (South)211 Posts
Even if there is no Korean scene or it isn't thriving, Koreans are going to be the best players in sc2. I fear there will be no more Sc2 Proleagues. WCS hurt both Koreans and foreigners, probably Koreans more. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
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