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Junwi voted president of SC2 Player's Association

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Bowdy
Profile Joined April 2010
United States232 Posts
February 03 2011 03:15 GMT
#1
I haven't seen this anywhere on TL yet so I figured I'd post it here. This thread already mentioned the forming of the Team's Association, but now the Player's Association is coming to light.

The association is suppose to serve as a union of sorts, keeping the player's best interests in mind, making sure they keep up on school work, good relations with sponsors, etc.

Gyung Lak "Junwi" Park has been nominated as the first President of the association, and should remain as such until December 31, 2012. His first act as President is a team blood drive with team Incredible Miracle (IM) for Brood War progamer Jung Ho "Violet" Woo, who was recently diagnosed with Acute Leukemia.

You can find the original chinese article here, or the full summary at ESFIworld.com
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dLKnighT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada735 Posts
February 03 2011 03:17 GMT
#2
eSports are becoming more and more like other sports. NHL? NHLPA! Now we have a Player's Association for eSports! Forgive me if this isn't the first time this has happened but to me this is new.
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
February 03 2011 03:22 GMT
#3
Hmm.. I support his first act. This is pretty cool though, nice to see theres a Player's Union.
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zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
February 03 2011 03:24 GMT
#4
Awesome thing they're doing for Violet.
Candide
Profile Joined November 2010
456 Posts
February 03 2011 03:25 GMT
#5
On February 03 2011 12:17 ChroMe! wrote:
eSports are becoming more and more like other sports. NHL? NHLPA! Now we have a Player's Association for eSports! Forgive me if this isn't the first time this has happened but to me this is new.


It makes sense though if you think about it, Players don't have direct representation to major companies like GOM etc so an association would probably be in their best interest seeing as E-Sports is becoming more of a business like model

On another note i believe KESPA was the BW association(could be wrong)

OT: It's nice that they care about Violet, I wonder why only IM has to donate oO
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
February 03 2011 03:25 GMT
#6
Some additional info:
the other candidates were (T)RainBOw, (Z)Cezanne, and (P)TesteR. Out of 84 votes, (Z)Junwi got 26. His tenure ends Dec. 31 2012.
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Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 03:27:34
February 03 2011 03:27 GMT
#7
On February 03 2011 12:25 Candide wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 12:17 ChroMe! wrote:
eSports are becoming more and more like other sports. NHL? NHLPA! Now we have a Player's Association for eSports! Forgive me if this isn't the first time this has happened but to me this is new.


It makes sense though if you think about it, Players don't have direct representation to major companies like GOM etc so an association would probably be in their best interest seeing as E-Sports is becoming more of a business like model

On another note i believe KESPA was the BW association(could be wrong)

OT: It's nice that they care about Violet, I wonder why only IM has to donate oO


KESPA are the sponsors.. they're basically the opposite to a players' union.
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heartjc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States37 Posts
February 03 2011 03:28 GMT
#8
On February 03 2011 12:25 Antoine wrote:
Some additional info:
the other candidates were (T)RainBOw, (Z)Cezanne, and (P)TesteR. Out of 84 votes, (Z)Junwi got 26. His tenure ends Dec. 31 2012.


lol it says that in the article haha.
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zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
February 03 2011 03:31 GMT
#9
On February 03 2011 12:25 Candide wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 12:17 ChroMe! wrote:
eSports are becoming more and more like other sports. NHL? NHLPA! Now we have a Player's Association for eSports! Forgive me if this isn't the first time this has happened but to me this is new.


It makes sense though if you think about it, Players don't have direct representation to major companies like GOM etc so an association would probably be in their best interest seeing as E-Sports is becoming more of a business like model

On another note i believe KESPA was the BW association(could be wrong)

OT: It's nice that they care about Violet, I wonder why only IM has to donate oO


Because Junwi is on IM, I guess
cerebralz
Profile Joined August 2009
United States443 Posts
February 03 2011 03:34 GMT
#10
Kespa represents sponsors or "management." This is needed very much although i hope Junwi and company get some good union law representation. As someone who works in a very strong union with the president as my captain, there's a whole world of things to learn there. That said, as long as the relationship between the players association and the governing body representing the teams, this can only be a plus for progaming in general.

I can't wait for legions of BW pros who aren't at the top tier, as well as promising B-teamers to switch over now, since i believe in BW, the lion's share of all the best treatment and money go to the top 5-10 guys. If they can get decent contracts, why wouldn't you make the career move?
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
February 03 2011 03:35 GMT
#11
maybe nestea was apart of the reason? he was on ky after all and Im has a lot of ex-be players who maybe close with violet
zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
February 03 2011 03:37 GMT
#12
On February 03 2011 12:35 bokchoi wrote:
maybe nestea was apart of the reason? he was on ky after all and Im has a lot of ex-be players who maybe close with violet


good point. Coach Zergbong FTW
Lokian
Profile Joined March 2010
United States699 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 03:39:48
February 03 2011 03:39 GMT
#13
not familiar with player associations but a leader thats actually a player? hopefully it wont go corrupt like kespa where the sponsers are the leaders... can u even call that a players association... heh
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.kv
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States2332 Posts
February 03 2011 03:39 GMT
#14
out of all the candidates I would've picked Junwi honestly and glad he got chosen...his first act definitely shows why he deserves his position
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
February 03 2011 03:39 GMT
#15
That's classy of him.
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
February 03 2011 04:01 GMT
#16
On February 03 2011 12:28 heartjc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 12:25 Antoine wrote:
Some additional info:
the other candidates were (T)RainBOw, (Z)Cezanne, and (P)TesteR. Out of 84 votes, (Z)Junwi got 26. His tenure ends Dec. 31 2012.


lol it says that in the article haha.

oh, i didn't click through, was just posting stuff i remembered from the korean article i read a few days ago
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dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
February 03 2011 05:04 GMT
#17
On February 03 2011 12:39 Lokian wrote:
not familiar with player associations but a leader thats actually a player? hopefully it wont go corrupt like kespa where the sponsers are the leaders... can u even call that a players association... heh


eh? the leader of a player association has to be a player no? Otherwise how would he be able to represents the players and be fully aware of their needs. It's like how Derek Fisher is the leader of the NBA player union ( not sure if still is but not important)

JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
February 03 2011 05:13 GMT
#18
On February 03 2011 14:04 dtz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 12:39 Lokian wrote:
not familiar with player associations but a leader thats actually a player? hopefully it wont go corrupt like kespa where the sponsers are the leaders... can u even call that a players association... heh


eh? the leader of a player association has to be a player no? Otherwise how would he be able to represents the players and be fully aware of their needs. It's like how Derek Fisher is the leader of the NBA player union ( not sure if still is but not important)



I thought that the players associations (e.g. NHL) have players in executive positions. The top guy could be someone who can negotiate well, so it might not be a player. I believe the NHL recently got Donald Fehr to be their leader and he didn't play hockey to the best of my knowledge.
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hmsrenown
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1263 Posts
February 03 2011 05:52 GMT
#19
On February 03 2011 14:13 JBright wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 14:04 dtz wrote:
On February 03 2011 12:39 Lokian wrote:
not familiar with player associations but a leader thats actually a player? hopefully it wont go corrupt like kespa where the sponsers are the leaders... can u even call that a players association... heh


eh? the leader of a player association has to be a player no? Otherwise how would he be able to represents the players and be fully aware of their needs. It's like how Derek Fisher is the leader of the NBA player union ( not sure if still is but not important)



I thought that the players associations (e.g. NHL) have players in executive positions. The top guy could be someone who can negotiate well, so it might not be a player. I believe the NHL recently got Donald Fehr to be their leader and he didn't play hockey to the best of my knowledge.

The point is to have an union representative to the leagues.
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
February 03 2011 05:58 GMT
#20
Awesome news. I love Junwi.
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