IM, MVP, Prime, Najin joins kespa - Page 15

On December 25 2013 23:40 PixelNite wrote:
Has there been any other announcements regarding the Kespa Shop ?

On December 26 2013 01:19 docvoc wrote:
Najin? Who's gonna be on the Najin team?

On December 25 2013 23:40 PixelNite wrote:
Has there been any other announcements regarding the Kespa Shop ?

On December 26 2013 01:20 Chexx wrote:

They only have two LoL teams



no news

On December 26 2013 02:07 docvoc wrote:

So why are they joining KeSPA, I thought KeSPA was only starcraft.

On December 26 2013 02:08 zerious wrote:


because kespa is gonna create LoL Proleague soon.

On December 26 2013 02:42 Zealously wrote:


KeSPA isn't only Starcraft at all, they run a lot of games.



I'm not sure how this is related.

On December 26 2013 02:48 Miragee wrote:


I was just saying that they seem to go for profit games nowadays in a weird way.

On December 26 2013 03:03 Chexx wrote:



I think they go where people want to see games played

On December 26 2013 02:48 Miragee wrote:


I was just saying that they seem to go for profit games nowadays in a weird way.

On December 26 2013 04:31 UmberBane wrote:


Yeah I'm sure BW was neither popular nor profitable! KeSPA has gotten so weird nowadays.

On December 26 2013 04:56 Miragee wrote:


It wasn't really popular when they started of. They took a very high risk there in the beginning. That is why many shit on blizzard when they came after over ten years of doing nothing to put licence fees on bw, while KeSPA made the starcraft franchise to what it is now - by themselves. They basically built up a name for blizzard resulting in millions of copies bought and blizzard came in the end was telling them they were doing blizzard harm.

Don't get me wrong, I think KeSPA has many flaws, but the point that they started from nowhere and built up something really big cannot be argued.

On August 28 2013 17:03 digmouse wrote:
Translated from Chinese: http://s.163.com/13/0828/15/97CGKJQU00314Q8N.html
Korean Original: http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=236&article_id=0000091303&date=20130828&page=1

Re-translation, errors and mis-interprets guaranteed but you should get the point.

Seven months after Jun Byung Hun took the chair as Chief Executive of Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA), he announced the "NEXT eSports" project, with the vision of unifying the eSports scene in mind.

This project will included four major steps, the first of which will be drastic changes to the structure of the association and its operating commitee.

First, changes to the participating companies will be discussed. Currently all teams are belong to their corresponding sponsor companies, which are also members of the association or members of the Council, cost of running the association are provided by those members, thus all decisions of the association are determined by them.

But since the National Assembly of South Korea voted and passed the eSports Promotion Bill, KeSPA is no longer a professional association, it is now serving the entire citizenship.

For pushing the Korean eSports scene, Chief Jun Byung Hun announced the "NEXT eSports" project, determined to make changes to the association itself.

1. KeSPA will open its doors to all organizations currently active in the South Korean eSports industry;

2. The teams will no longer need to pay the membership fee, a membership agreement is all it's needed to join KeSPA, receiving rights to participate the operating of corresponding games and association activities like player protection protocols, thus receiving long-time support from KeSPA;

3. TV stations can also join KeSPA via media agreements, grant rights to broadcast KeSPA tournaments and government-run tournaments. KeSPA will provide active support for its media partners;

4. If game developers pay their share of membership fee, the money will be used to promote eSports, organzing amateur tournaments like the Presidential Cup, and supporting eSports teams and players. The Association will actively support the domestic amateur scene, later IeSF will join the Sports Accord, to further provide support for the globalization of eSports.

5. Members and membership companies will be able to discuss events relating to leagues separately, they can also submit proposals to the Operating Commitee for discussion, the Commitee will be able to make decisions on minor subjects. Major subjects will be submitted to the Association under agreement of the general consensus. At the annual Korean eSports Award Ceremony, there will be a meeting for all members and membership companies.

6. The companies acting as Vice Chief Executive will be able to discuss the major subjects decided by the Operating Commitee with the Chief.

7. Financial operations will go under supervision by the Association Council, which will also be able to discuss and finalize major subjects submitted by the Chief.

8. KeSPA will operate under the Chief as the governing body of Korean eSports, with financial support from the membership fee and Council membership fee, to develop the Korean eSports scene. KeSPA will be working on their best to protect the players and help them retire into society if necessary, and provided support for the continuous running of teams. The Association will further maintain peace relationships among all members, and help communicate between members, to fans and media.

There was also a interview by fomos stating KeSPA is negotiating with GomTV and SPOTV (Proleague broadcaster) for accepting them as official broadcasting partners, and KeSPA is looking good being accepted as an official sports organzation.

TL;DR: KeSPA no longer requires membership fee to join, all Korean teams and organization will be able to join; broadcasting companies will be free to broadcast KeSPA events as long as they join KeSPA.