The Department of Culture will permanently operate an e-Sports Arbitration Committee, due to a need for a systematic support for conflicts related to various rights related to e-Sports. The committee will be made up of e-Sports and Law professionals, creating a point of reference for any conflicts related to e-Sports such as intellectual property rights. It will create and distribute a standard guideline for intellectual property rights that will be fair and systematic for both e-Sports and the game industries. The idea is to create a mutual cooperative relationship by getting rid of unneeded conflict.

like who? i'll be damned if they get guys from kespa into that.

not sure about this, it just felt like the korean government saw whats going on on the e-sports scene and trying to gain more control on it, depending on how competent the people that will be running these i'm not exactly sure if this is a good or bad thing... but what do i know i'm not even korean.

i just don't like the fact that there was no mention on pro-gamers rights and welfare programs or regulations... still though the idea that you need a license to be a personal trainer for a game excites me, it makes e-sports seems alot more legitimate and opens a whole new career path/options, still though not sure if that will work out alright.

kmdarkmaster

France188 Posts

July 10 2010 23:29 GMT

#24

Lool now it is clear that E-sport in Korea is controlled by the Korean Government and poor Blizz has no control on it haha.

And the plan to destroy BW to promote SC2 is now doomed to fail hahahaha.

That is what you deserve, Blizz.

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wozjflwnl

Canada344 Posts

July 11 2010 00:22 GMT

#25

wow this is great.

SevenAteNine

126 Posts

July 11 2010 01:26 GMT

#26

On July 11 2010 08:29 kmdarkmaster wrote:
Lool now it is clear that E-sport in Korea is controlled by the Korean Government and poor Blizz has no control on it haha.

And the plan to destroy BW to promote SC2 is now doomed to fail hahahaha.

That is what you deserve, Blizz.

why must people like you always try and turn something that is posative into something negative.
this is a great step forwerd and i greatly hope this smooths out issues we've had in e-sports

Hidden_MotiveS

Canada2562 Posts

July 11 2010 01:46 GMT

#27

It'd be cool if live ID got more people interested in starcraft matches and spectator esports became big everywhere. Then we could develop a plan here for the states. Lol

Fraidnot

United States824 Posts

July 11 2010 02:00 GMT

#28

It's nice to see the desire for Global E-sports scene. We need more Tasteless!

Rodiel

France573 Posts

July 11 2010 02:25 GMT

#29

Korea seem really awesome country way advanced than others

TheNessman

United States4158 Posts

July 11 2010 02:25 GMT

#30

absolutely great. I look forward to real results!

RoieTRS

United States2569 Posts

July 11 2010 02:42 GMT

#31

Amateur leagues. Very cool

im a roc

United States745 Posts

July 11 2010 02:43 GMT

#32

The organization that is KeSPA but not retarded is finally here. This is great news, and hopefully this new push over the next fiveish years will help expand eSports into the west.

everstarleague

China89 Posts

July 11 2010 03:01 GMT

#33

sc2 may destroy it.

Spenguin

Australia3316 Posts

July 11 2010 03:08 GMT

#34

Meanwhile, there are plans to systematize education and career management for personnel related to e-Sports so that they build a safer and longer career. They will strengthen general education and occupation specific education (game creation, game management, etc) for pro-gamers, and support e-Sports professionals going overseas through the IeSF. Furthermore, they will be pushing for e-Sports as a field for personal trainers, pushing for a creation of a license for e-Sports trainers.

Finally, this makes me so happy for ESPORTS :D

EDIT: Thanks for the translation

Tempest[OEC]

United States417 Posts

July 11 2010 03:23 GMT

#35

On July 11 2010 12:01 everstarleague wrote:
sc2 may destroy it.

SC2 may in fact actually help. Having a more modern game to promote will help globalize e-Sports.

aimaimaim

Philippines2167 Posts

July 11 2010 03:36 GMT

#36

the only problem here is that its only going to be in korea, maybe china and with great luck maybe singagpore too .. but i highly doubt this will be big in other countries especially in the US and EU .. i might be wrong though ..

BW4EVER

ToeJam

United States282 Posts

July 11 2010 03:36 GMT

#37

I am very glad that they are making this announcement, as it certainly legitimizes e-sports even further. Mad props to their organization.

Redmark

Canada2129 Posts

July 11 2010 03:54 GMT

#38

If they really wanted "health and anti-aging benefits" Wii Sports would be a much better fit than Starcraft.
Personally I think that anything that legitimizes gaming is good. Odd that the conspiracy theorists aren't at work here, though. The Koreans are obviously looking to control Blizzard and EA and Nintendo and Capcom and all the major gaming companies. The next Mario game will be in Korean.

Hier

2391 Posts

July 11 2010 03:55 GMT

#39

Furthermore, in the citizen and welfare centers and other public facilities, the Department of Culture will support e-Sports activities that has health and anti-aging benefits by connecting them to cultural experience programs, aimed towards married women, seniors, and others.

Uh, I wonder what kind of specifics they had in mind for this...

Great news nonetheless.

Craton

United States17189 Posts

July 11 2010 04:00 GMT

#40

On July 10 2010 23:56 DivinO wrote:
Hope it works out. Thanks for translation.

If it does, it might serve as a stepping stone for other countries. I'd expect China to be the one most likely to do this, given the size of their e-sports scene relative to other countries.