EPTSHIN remarks on potential last ever GSL season
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jinjin5000
United States1392 Posts
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Poopi
France12760 Posts
Albeit what gave me a chuckle was how SHIN, like other starcraft 2 players, like to box at random things when browsing the internet :D I am not alone with that OCD thing that sc2 gave me | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2427 Posts
Like having the first three and four weeks in Korea, while the remaining semifinal and final matches in China, for example. Hence, the costs of bringing Korean players can be mitigated while at the same time maximizing the live viewership from China. Edit: I am okay as long as the basics which are the weekly preparation and the nature of offline tournament should be maintained. | ||
Waxangel
United States33122 Posts
Honestly, I think it would be theoretically okay to just retire the GSL, create EPT Korea, and try to channel that crowdfunding passion toward more grassroots-ish projects like a Korean HomeStory Cup-style event or other things of that nature. The problem, I guess, is that GSL is the only brand that can regularly rally people to cough up $40,000 a season, and that in itself is irreplaceable value in a shrinking scene. | ||
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jinjin5000
United States1392 Posts
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/RxAgfcA.png) Maybe hints of it ending or maybe rebrand. Either way, they are doing what they normally don't do usually, so it's sus. Regardless, GSL finals in less than 24 hrs, come watch it then. shop link: https://shopfreeca.afreecatv.com/products/120846388 | ||
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JJH777
United States4376 Posts
On June 29 2024 05:37 jinjin5000 wrote: they are also selling GSL commemorative badges for this GSL Maybe hints of it ending or maybe rebrand. Either way, they are doing what they normally don't do usually, so it's sus. Regardless, GSL finals in less than 24 hrs, come watch it then. Can I buy these from the US? | ||
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jinjin5000
United States1392 Posts
Believe you need korean address. There might be way if you are physically visiting GSL finals | ||
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lestye
United States4137 Posts
Especially, considering how barren the corporate sponsor scene has been for esports in Korea in the last…. 6-7 years. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24125 Posts
On June 29 2024 04:35 Waxangel wrote: It's surprising that GSL has been held this long when absorption into ESL has felt like the 'obvious' move for a couple of years now. I guess there's some lingering loyalty from AfreecaTV, and it certainly helps that the crowdfunding has been successful as well. Honestly, I think it would be theoretically okay to just retire the GSL, create EPT Korea, and try to channel that crowdfunding passion toward more grassroots-ish projects like a Korean HomeStory Cup-style event or other things of that nature. The problem, I guess, is that GSL is the only brand that can regularly rally people to cough up $40,000 a season, and that in itself is irreplaceable value in a shrinking scene. It’s such an evocative brand within the scene I suppose, some of us have been watching it in various forms for some 14 years I’m unsure whether the ship has sailed but I’d long felt the best course was ESL helping prop it up a bit, rather than some scenario where the GSL just stops and the ESL lot have to step in and replace it as a Korean tournament runner. | ||
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Expensive-Law-9830
94 Posts
On June 29 2024 06:26 lestye wrote: Especially, considering how barren the corporate sponsor scene has been for esports in Korea in the last…. 6-7 years. Its only barren for sc2, which is not surprising given that viewership is in the low thousands. You reach more people sponsoring a random e girl. | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4140 Posts
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GTR
51370 Posts
On June 29 2024 06:26 lestye wrote: I haven’t been able to watch esports like I used to, but it is nothing short of a miracle that they’ve been keeping GSL up for so long. Especially, considering how barren the corporate sponsor scene has been for esports in Korea in the last…. 6-7 years. absolutely false - league of legend's korean tourney has marquee sponsors like woori bank, cass and red bull. | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10301 Posts
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lestye
United States4137 Posts
On June 29 2024 20:20 GTR wrote: absolutely false - league of legend's korean tourney has marquee sponsors like woori bank, cass and red bull. Is that true for the teams though? I'm not very knowledgeable but I recall Samsung dropping their team after winning worlds. And taking a glance at the LCK, It doesn't seem as marque as proleague days. Granted, I'm not a Korean and maybe i'm just old-brained and thats a dumb take. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24125 Posts
On July 01 2024 13:18 lestye wrote: Is that true for the teams though? I'm not very knowledgeable but I recall Samsung dropping their team after winning worlds. And taking a glance at the LCK, It doesn't seem as marque as proleague days. Granted, I'm not a Korean and maybe i'm just old-brained and thats a dumb take. Yeah I was under the impression that it’s quite rough for teams in various titles, with some exceptions. Even in games that have very successful eSports scenes overall. Or that teams might be in OK shape but it’s from publisher/dev subsidy more than outside sponsorship I’m a pretty big noob with wider eSports mind, be interested if someone more knowledgeable could chip in | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1075 Posts
On July 01 2024 13:18 lestye wrote: Is that true for the teams though? I'm not very knowledgeable but I recall Samsung dropping their team after winning worlds. And taking a glance at the LCK, It doesn't seem as marque as proleague days. Granted, I'm not a Korean and maybe i'm just old-brained and thats a dumb take. Samsung pulled out, if I recall correctly, because the Group was going through a rough patch at the time, with the CEO being under investigation and what not. So they cut their sponsoring budget. But if you look through the teams more closely, they are actually prettey hefty sponsored: T1 and KT are known since Proleague, Gen.G is a Joint-Venture between Korea and Silicon Valley (was called "KSV Esport" for a short while), Dplus is name-spnsored by KIA, NongShim is I believe Koreas biggest Food-related company, Kwangdong Freecs are still owned by Afreeca and so on | ||
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NathanBell
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