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SC2 Proleague Discontinued; SKT, KT, SGK, CJ disband

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Regardless of the situation, we will still action upon "dead game" comments. As this is a sensitive issue for SC2 fans, please do not come into this thread and talk about SC2 players switching over to BW. This thread is also not about bashing Blizzard, David Kim, or the WCS system.

SC2 Proleague Discontinued; SKT, KT, SGK, CJ disband

Text bySetGuitarsToKill
October 18th, 2016 02:08 GMT
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Source (fomos.kr)





It appears SC2 Proleague is coming to an end. The league ran from 2005-2016.

In addition, 4 teams (SKT, KT, Samsung, and CJ) will disband their SC2 squads.


Updates:

Fomos reports that Afreeca is likely to disband as well, but no official confirmation just yet. Meanwhile Jin Air vows to continue supporting its players:
On October 18 2016 12:37 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:


based green wings



KeSPA Statement: https://www.facebook.com/proleague.sc2/posts/537156699817362
KeSPA announced that it will be discontinuing StarCraft ProLeague starting October 18. StarCraft ProLeague is the world’s first team based eSports league which marked its 14th season in 2016 since it was first started in March 2003.

KeSPA Chairman Jun ByungHun issued Statement on closing of StarCraft ProLeague.

[KeSPA Chairman Jun ByungHun Statement on closing of StarCraft ProLeague]

Today, we are announcing the discontinuation of StarCraft ProLeague. StarCraft ProLeague started out in 2003 as the world’s first team-based eSports league and 2016 marked its 14th year, making it the world’s longest-running eSports league.

ProLeague paved the way for many top-tier StarCraft players and served as the bedrock behind Korean pro players becoming the world’s greatest. The league was loved not only by Korean StarCraft fans, but had fans that followed it from all over the world.

ProLeague won the hearts and support of fans through its exhilarating competition and immersive stories. However, behind the excitement, it also had its share of hurdles that we as its organizers had to overcome. We had faced challenges that hindered ProLeague’s operations including the acute drop in global eSports sponsorships in 2008 caused by the global financial crisis, the first case of eSports match-fixing, and declining number of teams. Despite those challenges, KeSPA made countless efforts to maintain ProLeague. Such efforts include the commissioned management of the eight professional teams to meet the minimum team requirement for ProLeague operations, participation in the EG-TL foreign alliance team, supporting ProLeague participation for teams not owned by companies, selling overseas broadcast rights, and strengthening partnerships with overseas eSports competitions.

As for me, after being appointed as the chairman in 2013, I did my best with the association and its partner companies to improve ProLeague and market conditions. We looked far and near for all possibilities including creating better broadcast conditions and increasing sales of broadcast rights, securing the JinAir Green Wings sponsorship, cooperating with foreign league organizers, and hosting the KeSPA Cup. Thanks to the support of everyone involved, ProLeague was able to continue on through 2016.

However, the drop in the number of ProLeague teams and players, difficulty securing league sponsors, and match fixing issues have made it challenging to maintain ProLeague.

As such, KeSPA has come to announce the discontinuation of ProLeague and its operations of the five out of total seven StarCraft professional teams that participated in ProLeague 2016.

The decision to put the past 14 years behind us and discontinue ProLeague was a difficult one and it deeply saddens me to have to also bring you the news that KeSPA will be stopping its operations of ProLeague teams. Although ProLeague has ended, StarCraft will continue to be a globally competitive eSport. StarCraft is one of the world’s best RTS games and is an immersive and exciting eSport to watch as well as play. With its partners, KeSPA will look for ways to support pro-gamers who will be competing in the WCS Global Finals this November as well as continue to seek competition opportunities for local pro-gamers through measures such as expanding the StarCraft KeSPA Cup.



Update:
MVP has not decided to disband yet. Head coach Choi Yoon-sang states that MVP will continue to operate its StarCraft II team and is patiently awaiting news for 2017 SC2 League information.
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Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
zeratul_jf
Profile Joined October 2011
United States808 Posts
October 18 2016 02:09 GMT
#2
NO PROLEAGUE!!! WHY!!!
halomonian
Profile Joined January 2012
Brazil255 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-18 02:12:20
October 18 2016 02:09 GMT
#3
My bets for the five teams: CJ, SKT, KT, JA, Samsung

(also, would love for some source)

EDIT, nevermind, here it is
thoughts in chaos | enjOy[dream]
FvRGg
Profile Joined June 2016
68 Posts
October 18 2016 02:09 GMT
#4
Is there a better source than this?

If so very, very sad day
Bodzilla
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia472 Posts
October 18 2016 02:10 GMT
#5
So Freecs and Jin air are the only remaining teams...

Feels badman
when life gives you lemons, make banelings
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
October 18 2016 02:10 GMT
#6
On October 18 2016 11:09 FvRGg wrote:
Is there a better source than this?

If so very, very sad day

Kenzi tends to be a reliable source sadly. He wouldn't state this unless he was sure of it
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Alexcalibur1996
Profile Joined February 2016
United States39 Posts
October 18 2016 02:11 GMT
#7
WTF well there have been rumors for a while now
Never play sober.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES48049 Posts
October 18 2016 02:12 GMT
#8
hmm yeah, waiting for diabolique
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Soke
Profile Joined September 2012
United States790 Posts
October 18 2016 02:12 GMT
#9
http://www.fomos.kr/esports/news_view?lurl=/esports/news_list?news_cate_id=1&entry_id=34194

This is a (English) link to the article.
Djsoke
Ace Frehley
Profile Joined December 2012
2029 Posts
October 18 2016 02:13 GMT
#10
So, apocalypse time again?
...
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16025 Posts
October 18 2016 02:14 GMT
#11
Holy shit I'm actually so sad
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19395 Posts
October 18 2016 02:14 GMT
#12
Omg this isn't unexpected at all, but i still couldn't believe it :/
Wow
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24915 Posts
October 18 2016 02:14 GMT
#13
well, honestly, it's not surprising. There have been rumours of PL ending for a while now. Sad to see considering its rich history but if they don't feel they are getting something back from their investment, well, hard to blame then. Best of luck to the players! Sad news all around.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States980 Posts
October 18 2016 02:14 GMT
#14
This is by far the shittiest news of the year. Damn.
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
October 18 2016 02:14 GMT
#15
Well it finally happened. SC2 is dead in Korea.
b0ub0u
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada445 Posts
October 18 2016 02:15 GMT
#16
No words...
In the swarm we trust
Loomies
Profile Joined July 2010
United States645 Posts
October 18 2016 02:16 GMT
#17
Crappy way to end the year..sigh
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States980 Posts
October 18 2016 02:16 GMT
#18
Is this the end of SC2? I'm so very sad.
halomonian
Profile Joined January 2012
Brazil255 Posts
October 18 2016 02:18 GMT
#19
The rise of SC2 is coming back to the roots of gaming, reaching out to basement nerds and byun-like players to ascend without structured help.
thoughts in chaos | enjOy[dream]
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia18709 Posts
October 18 2016 02:21 GMT
#20
SC1 lost proleague and is more exciting then ever. It's up to the dedicated SC2 fans to keep it going.
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