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United States5491 Posts
On December 26 2013 03:03 Chexx wrote: I think they go where people want to see games played Went to liquipedia, I knew they did more than just sc2, but was surprised to find out they oversee about 20 different esports. Also to my knowledge it's governmentally run since a politician is the head right now. | ||
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SunflowerSeeds
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On December 26 2013 04:56 Miragee wrote: It wasn't really popular when they started of. They took a very high risk there in the beginning. That is why many shit on blizzard when they came after over ten years of doing nothing to put licence fees on bw, while KeSPA made the starcraft franchise to what it is now - by themselves. They basically built up a name for blizzard resulting in millions of copies bought and blizzard came in the end was telling them they were doing blizzard harm. Don't get me wrong, I think KeSPA has many flaws, but the point that they started from nowhere and built up something really big cannot be argued. At that time, coming out of a huge financial crisis, Korean government is eager to create new industry. The government supported esports relentlessly, otherwise KeSPA would never happen, and BW won't be a sports at that internet stage. KeSPA doesn't have huge risk back then, Korean government does. | ||
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