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KeSPA Agrees to Participate in GSL Season 5

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Kiyo.
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2284 Posts
August 24 2012 13:09 GMT
#1
Source: http://esfiworld.com/news/after-esfs-threat-boycotting-osl-kespa-decided-participate-gsl-season-5

On Aug. 24, KeSPA released a statement that they will participate the next GSL after GSL Season 4. In order to prevent another fallout of leagues as eSports Federation made a statement to boycott OSL, all teams in KeSPA decided to participate the next GSL tournament that will happen after GSL Season 4.


You can find more details at the link.
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whirlpool
Profile Joined June 2011
2788 Posts
August 24 2012 13:11 GMT
#2
thank GOD , is OSL save?, hope the best for SC2 scene
imPermanenCe
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands595 Posts
August 24 2012 13:11 GMT
#3
Lol, I guess the threat worked out for them. Seems the GSL players will now keep playing in the OSL.
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AXygnus
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Portugal1008 Posts
August 24 2012 13:12 GMT
#4
That was solved fast hahaha.
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Ghyslyn
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada130 Posts
August 24 2012 13:12 GMT
#5
That seems contrary to what they announced just a few hours ago...

http://www.thisisgame.com/en/2012/08/24/kespa-explains-the-reason-not-joining-gsl-season-4

Here is the direct source for the article that OP provided, if anyone who speaks Korean fluently wants to clarify whether it states that they WILL or WON'T participate in GSL 5 please help us out here.

http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=65681
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ibo422
Profile Joined April 2012
Belgium2844 Posts
August 24 2012 13:13 GMT
#6
ESF \\o//

glad it's resolved (it is right?)
pallad
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland1958 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 13:14:24
August 24 2012 13:13 GMT
#7
Thank god , end of this drama
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Disengaged
Profile Joined July 2010
United States6994 Posts
August 24 2012 13:13 GMT
#8
On August 24 2012 22:13 pallad wrote:
Thank good , end of this drama


For now.

It never ends with Kespa.
ilsamsamchil
Profile Joined September 2010
155 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 13:21:56
August 24 2012 13:14 GMT
#9
Problem here is that it doesn't say anything about season 5, just future gsls.(in dailygame article linked above, not the english one in OP, someone must have written it and inferred that future meant season 5) They can pull "oh sorry we are still busy doing that bigggggggggg project, maybe try again for next gsl?". Nothing has changed as of this very moment. If schedule is an issue, why not allow b teamers to play? really shitty move by kespa.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
August 24 2012 13:14 GMT
#10
Great, and before Season 5 they'll say: No, we have that giant Kespa project and have no time for Season 5.
X3GoldDot
Profile Joined August 2011
Malaysia3840 Posts
August 24 2012 13:15 GMT
#11
ESF should say that they wont participate in this osl and only in the next osl as well lol
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Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
August 24 2012 13:16 GMT
#12
Happy it got solved so quickly. I hope we see minimal of this.
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Salazarz
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Korea (South)2591 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-24 13:16:47
August 24 2012 13:16 GMT
#13
Yeah, clearly assuming the worst (and pretty much the most unreasonable) stuff is the way to go, why would anyone even consider that there might be at least some truth to words of KeSPA teams and that they were going to participate in the upcoming GSL all along. Nah, it's much more fun to create drama all over the place and pretend the kneejerk from eSF wasn't at all ridiculous, lolll.

And yeah, eSF should definitely stay out of this OSL anyway - after all, why would we the viewers want to see tournaments running smoothly and games between players that we are fans of! Preposterous!
pencil_ethics
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia174 Posts
August 24 2012 13:16 GMT
#14
Right now the prevailing opinion in the Korean community is "Don't fall for KeSPA's bull****, this is how the GOMTV Classic got wiped off the face of the planet; since they're not participating in this season's GSL, keep the Federation out of this season's Starleague".

Nobody trusts KeSPA over there, whether they are Brood War fans or StarCraft II fans.
rasnj
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1959 Posts
August 24 2012 13:16 GMT
#15
Well GSL season 5 won't be until after this upcoming OSL (so not until November). If the ESF teams wanted to match the KeSPA decision, they should announce that they will keep out of this OSL, but participate in the next one.
Aetherial
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia917 Posts
August 24 2012 13:17 GMT
#16
The political game of chess continues, your move now ESF...
geno
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1404 Posts
August 24 2012 13:17 GMT
#17
This still feels like a power play to me. I really hope ESF doesn't take this as a win and sticks by their guns in regards to the OSL boycott. Season 4 or bust.

The first half-conciliation can be such a slippery slope, and I wouldn't trust KeSPA to stand by their word on this without a more pressing incentive than "to prevent another fallout of leagues."

It still sounds like they are not taking this situation seriously to me.
OminouS
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden1343 Posts
August 24 2012 13:17 GMT
#18
What a circus. I hope everything works out well in the end.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
August 24 2012 13:18 GMT
#19
On August 24 2012 22:15 X3GoldDot wrote:
ESF should say that they wont participate in this osl and only in the next osl as well lol

i like this idea
Endall
Profile Joined August 2011
United States66 Posts
August 24 2012 13:18 GMT
#20
So many different threads with different updates.....Thanks for the update though!
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