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[News] MBCGame: "Gretech is asking for too much"

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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 14:50:01
August 10 2010 14:46 GMT
#1
After Gretech announced that they have signed a contract with OnGamenet, the attention then soured towards MBC Game. MBC Game has been revealed to meet Gretech to negotiate with them regarding BigFile MSL, but have made no progress. MBC Game said that "There is such a huge difference between what Gretech is asking for and what we're expecting to pay that we haven't been able to compromise".

A personnel of MBC Game has stated that "The monetary amount Gretech is requesting is a lot higher than the amount we were thinking. Also, they are demanding that we must make a contract for every contest that uses Starcraft, so they are arguing that we have to pay the licensing fee for both Bigfile MSL and Gyongnam STX Cup. Because of that, it is more difficult for us to reach a conclusion than Ongamenet". He added that "We will continue to negotiate for the safe operations of our leagues"
nath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1788 Posts
August 10 2010 14:52 GMT
#2
<korean boy band membner> becomes a progamer 2 to make ends meet IMHO
Founder of Flow Enterprises, LLC http://flow-enterprises.com/
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
August 10 2010 14:54 GMT
#3
Dang it, please don't end in disaster
brood war for life, brood war forever
Issor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States870 Posts
August 10 2010 14:59 GMT
#4
I really like the MSL, too :|

Hopefully this turns out well. can't imagine SCBW having only one big league.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 15:02:37
August 10 2010 15:02 GMT
#5
damn you gretech blizzard

why couldn't you just leave the bw scene alone
POGGERS
J1.au
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia3596 Posts
August 10 2010 15:05 GMT
#6
I hope this can be resolved soon. I will be extremely mad if this costs Flash an MSL victory!
Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8092 Posts
August 10 2010 15:07 GMT
#7
Hey blizzard, if scbw dies, does not mean sc2 will take over and become massive, people will just stop playing scbw
hf figguring that one out
Loda talked about the fun counter, it's AdmiralBulldog on his natures prophet
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
August 10 2010 15:09 GMT
#8
bullies
Brood War loyalist
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
August 10 2010 15:13 GMT
#9
I hope (and assume) that MBC will just continue running their league in "violation" of Blizzard's supposed intellectual property rights.

It'd be a very sad day for broodwar if this threatened the stability of the MSL
#1 Great fan ~ // Khan // FlaSh // JangBi // EffOrt //
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
August 10 2010 15:14 GMT
#10
"We will continue to negotiate for the safe operations of our leagues"


It's okay guys, we're safe.
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 10 2010 15:22 GMT
#11
I wonder exactly how big the difference is and what they were expecting. I hardly think Gretech will budge from their position, I hope they at least try to make things a little easier and maybe meet MBC half way or something. I'll be sad if the MSL goes away, one less league to look forward to.
I hope things work out.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
AyJay
Profile Joined April 2010
1515 Posts
August 10 2010 15:24 GMT
#12
On August 11 2010 00:02 konadora wrote:
damn you gretech blizzard

why couldn't you just leave the bw scene alone

Well, Kespa should have negotiated in the first place.
zenMaster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada761 Posts
August 10 2010 15:27 GMT
#13
On August 11 2010 00:24 AyJay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2010 00:02 konadora wrote:
damn you gretech blizzard

why couldn't you just leave the bw scene alone

Well, Kespa should have negotiated in the first place.

Well, Kespa didn't feel like giving Blizzard control over everything they own.
AyJay
Profile Joined April 2010
1515 Posts
August 10 2010 15:28 GMT
#14
On August 11 2010 00:27 zenMaster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2010 00:24 AyJay wrote:
On August 11 2010 00:02 konadora wrote:
damn you gretech blizzard

why couldn't you just leave the bw scene alone

Well, Kespa should have negotiated in the first place.

Well, Kespa didn't feel like giving Blizzard control over everything they own.

Well, Blizzard will control everything they own anyway
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
August 10 2010 15:29 GMT
#15
don't think mbc has much leverage now that ogn has already entered in an agreement
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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
August 10 2010 15:31 GMT
#16
On August 11 2010 00:29 Antoine wrote:
don't think mbc has much leverage now that ogn has already entered in an agreement

They might be able to negotiate a lump payment so that they can run multiple tournaments. If they're being truthful in their statement, that would solve the problems that they've been having.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
sCCrooked
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1306 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 15:39:04
August 10 2010 15:35 GMT
#17
*You go to the store to buy a pie. Mmmm pie.*
*The pie you want should cost .... around $8.95, right?*
*Upon arriving in the frozen aisle, you are astonished to see your pie will cost you $130.00*
<You> Well, screw that I'll just make it myself from scratch.
*Upon tallying up all the costs for pie ingredients, its still going to cost you $110.00*
*You now must make a decision to either be down WAY more money than you logically should be, or go pie-less.*
<Friend> Man, well I just bought a pie but damn was it expensive. You gonna get one?
*Not being able to function/live without pie, you try to negotiate with the store, but the store is run by dick-heads with barely any intelligence.*
*Your family at home reminds you that you will need more pies in the upcoming months as well.*

I don't care who the "proverbial pie" "belongs" to. This sucks for the BW community.
Enlightened in an age of anti-intellectualism and quotidian repetitiveness of asinine assumptive thinking. Best lycan guide evar --> "Fixing solo queue all pick one game at a time." ~KwarK-
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
August 10 2010 15:39 GMT
#18
*You go to the store to buy a pie. Mmmm pie.*
*The pie you want should cost .... around $8.95, right?*
*Upon arriving in the frozen aisle, you are astonished to see your pie will cost you $130.00*
<You> Well, screw that I'll just make it myself from scratch.
*Upon tallying up all the costs for pie ingredients, its still going to cost you $110.00*
*You now must make a decision to either be down WAY more money than you logically should be, or go pie-less.*
<Friend> Man, well I just bought a pie but damn was it expensive. You gonna get one?
*Not being able to function/live without pie, you try to negotiate with the store, but the store is run by puppets of Bob Kotick and friends.*
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AyJay
Profile Joined April 2010
1515 Posts
August 10 2010 15:40 GMT
#19
On August 11 2010 00:35 Diminotoor wrote:
*You go to the store to buy a pie. Mmmm pie.*
*The pie you want should cost .... around $8.95, right?*
*Upon arriving in the frozen aisle, you are astonished to see your pie will cost you $130.00*
<You> Well, screw that I'll just make it myself from scratch.
*Upon tallying up all the costs for pie ingredients, its still going to cost you $110.00*
*You now must make a decision to either be down WAY more money than you logically should be, or go pie-less.*
<Friend> Man, well I just bought a pie but damn was it expensive. You gonna get one?
*Not being able to function/live without pie, you try to negotiate with the store, but the store is run by dick-heads with barely any intelligence.*
*Your family at home reminds you that you will need more pies in the upcoming months as well.*

I don't care who the "proverbial pie" "belongs" to. This sucks for the BW community.

I don't know what kind of stores you have in South Korea, but stores where I live never negotiate.

So I should call them dickheads?
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17054 Posts
August 10 2010 15:44 GMT
#20
On August 11 2010 00:40 AyJay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2010 00:35 Diminotoor wrote:
*You go to the store to buy a pie. Mmmm pie.*
*The pie you want should cost .... around $8.95, right?*
*Upon arriving in the frozen aisle, you are astonished to see your pie will cost you $130.00*
<You> Well, screw that I'll just make it myself from scratch.
*Upon tallying up all the costs for pie ingredients, its still going to cost you $110.00*
*You now must make a decision to either be down WAY more money than you logically should be, or go pie-less.*
<Friend> Man, well I just bought a pie but damn was it expensive. You gonna get one?
*Not being able to function/live without pie, you try to negotiate with the store, but the store is run by dick-heads with barely any intelligence.*
*Your family at home reminds you that you will need more pies in the upcoming months as well.*

I don't care who the "proverbial pie" "belongs" to. This sucks for the BW community.

I don't know what kind of stores you have in South Korea, but stores where I live never negotiate.

So I should call them dickheads?


Bartering is quite common in non Canadian/American food markets.
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