Blizzard negotiating SC2 with KeSPA directly

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A Starcraft 2 league promoted by OnGameNet is on the talks. GomTV, currently the only organization able to grant the rights to hold a Starcraft 2 tournament in Korea, has given Blizzard green light to promote talks with KeSPA and OGN directly. However, this is an exceptional case, and any other organization seeking such rights in the future will have to get it from GomTV.

Starcraft 2 in Proleague is now certain, says 데일리e스포츠(T/N: Daily eSports, a Korean website focused on eSports related journalism).

"We decided that Blizzard dealing with KeSPA and OGN directly would be more beneficial for the growth and evolution of the eSports market" said a GomTV representative. "We haven't given up the sole rights for SC2 in Korea, and GSL/GSTL will still go on".

Mod edit - Removed the unsubstantiated line that is getting everyone needlessly worked up

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Captain Peabody United States. March 25 2012 02:12. Posts 1620

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An unnamed Korean industry insider said "There is a strong possibility that the next season of Proleague will have both SCBW and SC2, and the next one after that will have only SC2".

This would not make me happy.

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Megaliskuu United States. March 25 2012 02:17. Posts 5017

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On March 25 2012 02:11 nokz88 wrote:
An unnamed Korean industry insider said "There is a strong possibility that the next season of Proleague will have both SCBW and SC2, and the next one after that will have only SC2".

Well that sucks

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ZackAttack United States. March 25 2012 02:17. Posts 442

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If the next proleague has SC2 I am going to cry a river of joyful tears.

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lottopk Korea (North). March 25 2012 02:18. Posts 33

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Its inevitable. Everything must progress and bw is getting old.

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DeadBull Austria. March 25 2012 02:19. Posts 417

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cool

HejaBVB Germany. March 25 2012 02:20. Posts 125

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How long does a "ProLeague" last? 1 Month?

RageCommodore Germany. March 25 2012 02:20. Posts 823

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I get the strong feeling that Blizzard is going to botch this terribly. I'm happy that they don't seem to pull the plug on GSL (which would have been a tragedy), but killing off BW Proleague seems like bottomless idiocy to me. Hopefully it won't have to end that way :<

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Weavel Finland. March 25 2012 02:21. Posts 3024

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Great news! Hopefully proleague and GSL can co-exist peacefully.

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Risljaninasim Netherlands. March 25 2012 02:21. Posts 210

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If the BW pros come to Sc2, it will be awesome.

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bnanaPEEL Canada. March 25 2012 02:25. Posts 115

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On March 25 2012 02:21 Risljaninasim wrote:
If the BW pros come to Sc2, it will be awesome.

This is the only possible outcome that would be good. Man, it must be very stressful to be a progamer right now

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Eluadyl Turkey. March 25 2012 02:25. Posts 356

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Is it BW getting old or BW pros getting old. Always confuses me. I don't follow the BW scene so I have no idea if new names are still emerging and keeping the competition alive.

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ampson United States. March 25 2012 02:26. Posts 1873

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Now confirmed: More hot team-on-team actions! I so excited!

chuDr3t4 Russian Federation. March 25 2012 02:27. Posts 263

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Nice job posting that in SC2 forum. It hurted me to read only this one page.

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Praetorial United States. March 25 2012 02:28. Posts 3631

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Finally. But no more BW? Even though I like to watch SC2, that is very, very unfortunate that it(BW) would be eliminated.

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Grettin March 25 2012 02:28. Posts 20553

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On March 25 2012 02:11 nokz88 wrote:
TIG source

An unnamed Korean industry insider said "There is a strong possibility that the next season of Proleague will have both SCBW and SC2, and the next one after that will have only SC2".

There has been rumors about this already and it sucks. I'll be angry and disappointed if this happens..

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lottopk Korea (North). March 25 2012 02:29. Posts 33

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Now we can expect another "eleplant in the room thread" from angry bw players

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red4ce United States. March 25 2012 02:31. Posts 7301

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An unnamed Korean industry insider said "There is a strong possibility that the next season of Proleague will have both SCBW and SC2, and the next one after that will have only SC2".

Fuck that

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SkyTheUnknown Germany. March 25 2012 02:31. Posts 1747

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On March 25 2012 02:21 Risljaninasim wrote:
If the BW pros come to Sc2, it will be awesome.

This. I'm already hyped as hell for this.

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MetalLobster Canada. March 25 2012 02:34. Posts 531

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I don't see why they have to eliminate BW

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