I hope this leads to a wcs asia at some point. I hoped it would be added in wcs 2014 because it would solve a lot of problems.
Give the chinese market a major tournament. Give chinese, australian and south east asian people an appropriate home region. Give wcs america more room to breathe for local talents.

Maybe 2015..

MyrMindservant

695 Posts

November 22 2013 14:27 GMT

#44

On November 22 2013 19:15 iMech wrote:

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Apparently you haven't read Starship Troopers (1959), or even Ender's Game (1985.)

Well, Warhammer 40k and StarCraft have much more similarities/parallels between two of them than with the novels you mentioned or other sci-fi settings. There's a reason why this is a relatively well known issue.

But yeah, this is not a right place nor a right time for such discussions, so we probably shouldn't continue it.

WeRRa

378 Posts

November 22 2013 14:57 GMT

#45

And where exactly stands that this has any meaning for sc2? Blizzard wants to release 2 new games, maybe they have plans on bringing these games on a high esports lvl.

Pirfiktshon

United States1072 Posts

November 22 2013 14:58 GMT

#46

I'd say that anyone that wants to commit to helping with smaller tournaments and local talent deserves our respect and support !

manicshock

Canada741 Posts

November 22 2013 16:14 GMT

#47

I was thinking texas at first, it was a good thing too. TeSL is the taiwan one I think. TeSPA. I wonder how much it'll help for them to be inside Blizzard pushing things forward rather then from the outside.

r1flEx

Belgium256 Posts

November 22 2013 17:04 GMT

#48

next time before saying tespa joined, please explain first what tespa is so people can get excited without wondering

Burns

United States2300 Posts

November 22 2013 17:13 GMT

#49

Tespa members got hearthstone keys!

Agh

United States915 Posts

November 22 2013 17:37 GMT

#50

Grats Tyler and Adam. Was always fun hanging out with you guys.

pNRG

United States333 Posts

November 22 2013 18:39 GMT

#51

On November 22 2013 11:42 evilfatsh1t wrote:
tespa's name is such a blatant rip off kespa its almost offensive

It's an eSports Association K for Korea, T for Texas. Not quite sure what else they should call it. Texas Starcraft League (TSL), Texas StarCraft League (TSCL), something else? You seem a bit rustled over something so simple, so standard (NHL, NFL, etc).

Anyway the real point of the thread - congrats to these guys! They were motivated and dedicated and it is good to see their work get noticed and appreciated by Blizzard.

SolarJto

United States260 Posts

November 22 2013 18:59 GMT

#52

Great news!

Shinta)

United States1716 Posts

November 22 2013 21:57 GMT

#53

This is good. A very necessary step to further advance the outreach eSports can extend. TeSPA is a responsible organization, and even though nobody really pays attention to their goals and aims, they are really important for eSports.

Best of luck to this partnership!

On November 23 2013 03:39 pNRG wrote:

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TeSPA isn't a league, it's an organization, so none of those names would be applicable.
The guy crying about T(eSPA) v K(eSPA) clearly was unaware at the time of what those names were supposed to signify.

I'd be surprised if he hasn't complained about MLG copying professional American sports leagues both with their logo and their name. I'm sure that he gets it by now though that it's not copying at all, but instead proper and educated naming decisions.