After much heated discussion, Kespa has announced today that until this season of SPL ends BW will still be a part of SPL, Kespa thinks that a switch to full SC2 will face many difficulties.

Sources!
http://www.e-sports.or.kr/news/notice_view.kea?m_code=news_30&seq=953&where=||&query=&where_term=&PageNo=1
http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=63397
Sorry Kennigit I will be a good boy now.

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

July 16 2012 13:50 GMT

Source please oh mighty cailhead ^_^

arbiter_md

Moldova1219 Posts

July 16 2012 13:51 GMT

I'm glad they keep it. I know it's hard for players, but more BW is good. I still don't know what will do when there will be no BW left.

Chef

10810 Posts

July 16 2012 13:53 GMT

Difficulties more difficult than they are facing with the hybrid league? Maybe that are just scared that if OSL ends off with a bang people will want more of it, so they want it to pitter out with pathetic proleague games *conspiracy bisu*

Well, sorry, but I'll continue to not watch it. OSL is the last professional BW for me, their tactics won't phase me!

GeckoVOD

Germany814 Posts

July 16 2012 13:54 GMT

Yep, OSL and then no more Korean professional BW :/
Stupid decision.

prplhz

Denmark8045 Posts

July 16 2012 13:56 GMT

kespa just makes one stupid decision after another and then they justify it with the impossibly vague "we will face many difficulties"

jesus christ

TheShimmy

United States1808 Posts

July 16 2012 14:00 GMT

Well I was going to try to follow the all SC2 Proleague starting in round three. Idk if I'll watch anything from Kespa after the OSL Finals. Thats gonna be a special series. The level of BW play is gonna bottom out. Players will go cheese or do timing builds everg game while they amp up for the SC2 OSL and next year.

sour_eraser

Canada932 Posts

July 16 2012 14:01 GMT

So much for ending BW with a BANG. Now it will end with someone winning over proxy rax/gate vs 4 pool -.-

TaShadan

Germany1978 Posts

July 16 2012 14:07 GMT

this format is a failure... atleast the last osl match was good to watch

MegaFonzie

Australia1084 Posts

July 16 2012 14:16 GMT

#10

I would've preferred it go sc2 full time, with the final BW OSL wrapping up so soon it means the last taste of KeSPA broodwar is going to be a shitty bo3 (or 5 or however they are going to do it in the finals) before a sc2 bo3 and ace match. The OSL final seems like the only worthy send off to me, and now that won't happen.

figq

12519 Posts

July 16 2012 14:19 GMT

#11

Makes sense, because otherwise teams would have abused the alternating BW/SC2 player pick strategy in the second round, knowing that from the next round they will not have to follow this rule. Better finish the league by its initial rules.

edit: Also remember that the BW/SC2 alternation increases the presence of known good BW players like Bisu and Stork, who otherwise might struggle to even see many games in SC2-only, considering their transition is still far from their BW status.

stillborn

Germany119 Posts

July 16 2012 14:21 GMT

#12

On July 16 2012 22:51 arbiter_md wrote:
I'm glad they keep it. I know it's hard for players, but more BW is good. I still don't know what will do when there will be no BW left.

I am not going to wacht one single game of this season then, i watch just about every good cast, but i wont start watching sc1 now, just because i play sc2

i think its a huge mistake to delay the full transition, just because your players are bad.

stevewch

Hong Kong216 Posts

July 16 2012 14:22 GMT

#13

or they are just moved by the crowd's reaction in jangbi vs zero semifinal?
kespa is afraid of having the legendary BW close down immediately will result in a great opposition..

Wintex

Norway16838 Posts

July 16 2012 14:26 GMT

#14

I like this to be fair. It's better for the league, and allows for no stupid table flip when it comes to results. A little worse for the players, and people will always QQ anyway, so screw it.

Wrathsc2

United States2025 Posts

July 16 2012 14:30 GMT

#15

Its fair no matter what but this is worse for the players so i would have much rather no bw

Caihead

Canada8550 Posts

July 16 2012 14:36 GMT

#16

It's really difficult to say at this stage if this is a good decision or not, how the emotions will play out for fans and players alike. I would have preferred them just going to SC2 so that the OSL finals is the last BW games.

Tyree

1508 Posts

July 16 2012 14:46 GMT

#17

Better for both games in that you can get some crossover of fans watching both and may be intrigued to watch the "other" game (whether its BW or SC2).

Very bad for the players tough, this is afterall their job, especially since they still have to watch GSL pros rake in the money at tournaments both GSL and foreign while they are hamstrung by playing 2 different games.

I rather watch great BW or no BW, not half assed, we kinda prepared for it BW. And i bet the same goes for SC2 viewers, they dont want to watch half assed, half prepared SC2 either.