[DES] Only in BW will he invest

That's the implication of the article.

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On July 12 2012 20:34 Ryo wrote:

I wasn't going to respond since I'm coughing green stuff and all that crap but some of you need to reread the article. Perhaps it wasn't clear before but now I'm setting it straight. ABC-Talk is a section written by DES staff who hear about "insider" news/gossip that they can't give official details about.

In this case, the DES staff who wrote this article heard about CEO X from a Kespa insider. According to the author of the article anyway. So no, this isn't some kind of attempt at fame/PR by the CEO. -_-

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http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=63237

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GTR July 12 2012 13:10. Posts 39107

So, where was this guy when the scene needed him the most? D:
I mean passion is great and all, but what use is there to it if you can't use it?

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peidongyang Canada. July 12 2012 13:11. Posts 1367

why not invest in team8 earlier T.T

the dong never get the $$ he should have got from salary

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DystopiaX United States. July 12 2012 13:12. Posts 10445

If he was so willing to fund Team 8 or another tourney then why didn't he? Or at least make his interest known to the public earlier so that something could actually have happened? This makes him sound good and all but really he didn't do much, and I doubt he was as willing to do so as he claimed he was.

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LOcDowN Vietnam. July 12 2012 13:13. Posts 938

Sounds like PR bullshit, just all talks when the smoke is cleared.

Kergy Peru. July 12 2012 13:14. Posts 1467

Kinda late to come out and say that.

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endy China. July 12 2012 13:17. Posts 6127

Kind of late.
Please put your money where your mouth is.

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Crunchums United States. July 12 2012 13:21. Posts 10378

probably too late for anything to come of this but if something does come of it that would be awesome and i hope that that is what happens

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masterbreti Korea (South). July 12 2012 13:21. Posts 2547

On July 12 2012 13:12 DystopiaX wrote:
If he was so willing to fund Team 8 or another tourney then why didn't he? Or at least make his interest known to the public earlier so that something could actually have happened? This makes him sound good and all but really he didn't do much, and I doubt he was as willing to do so as he claimed he was.

he says right in the interview. its because he didn't want to invest in SC2. It was largely known at that time that sc2 was being considered for Kespa leagues, I know this CEO would have known that and likely didn't invest in Team8 because of it

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Ryo July 12 2012 13:22. Posts 8409

On July 12 2012 13:21 masterbreti wrote:

That's the implication of the article.

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N.geNuity United States. July 12 2012 13:24. Posts 3211

Weird timing for article, but I don't think CEO's can always just do whatever they want. There probably is a board of trustees, official kespa business to go through, etc that take a lot of time. Especially if he wanted to do proleague instead of just 1 individual tournament (working out the details for a whole year of sponsorship with OGN). Surprised like first 5 responses was to be so aggressive against him--even if you can do whatever you want as CEO it would take time.

Good man, maybe a little overhyped, but sad to see TT

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Ryo July 12 2012 13:34. Posts 8409

On July 12 2012 13:24 N.geNuity wrote:
Weird timing for article, but I don't think CEO's can always just do whatever they want. There probably is a board of trustees, official kespa business to go through, etc that take a lot of time. Especially if he wanted to do proleague instead of just 1 individual tournament (working out the details for a whole year of sponsorship with OGN). Surprised like first 5 responses was to be so aggressive against him--even if you can do whatever you want as CEO it would take time.

Good man, maybe a little overhyped, but sad to see TT

Hmm yeah, I don't quite get all the negativity either. Noone even knows how big a company he runs. Negotiations take time, especially when Kespa is involved.

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geno United States. July 12 2012 13:35. Posts 1359

Feels very sensationalized and unverifiable. It could be true, but even if it is, you have to remember that it's pretty easy for someone in his position to make such grandiose claims about what he would have done after all is said and done. The fact of the matter is that he, and many other corporate sponsors, just weren't giving the kind of money they needed to keep the scene BW only, and long before the SC2 talks were even restarted.

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Caihead Canada. July 12 2012 13:38. Posts 5160

its actually tremendous balls to say something like this, because usually in business / corporate law it's illegal to not profit maximize when you have the knowledge of options in a leadership position (liability / responsibility to share holders). People really need to give him some slack, sure it might be a mixed PR statement but saying this could mean internal opposition with in his own company.

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xBillehx United States. July 12 2012 13:40. Posts 1288

I agree with the first few responses. I mean, props for his support but it's not like BW suddenly went away overnight. We've had pity sponsorships for the last 2 years or so where this and other companies could have shown their support. Even if KeSPA was going to dab into SC2 eventually, if the BW support was there we'd probably just see separate divisions of PL like Special Forces rather than a full on transition. But it wasn't.

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Ryo July 12 2012 13:41. Posts 8409

On July 12 2012 13:38 Caihead wrote:

its actually tremendous balls to say something like this, because usually in business / corporate law it's illegal to not profit maximize when you have the knowledge of options in a leadership position. People really need to give him some slack, sure it might be a mixed PR statement but saying this could mean internal opposition with in his own company.

Yeah, it's quite possible. Also, companies don't usually make an announcement about sponsoring a Kespa tournament until the agreement has been signed. There's not a lot of transparency.

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BrosephBrostar United States. July 12 2012 13:58. Posts 436

I'm still waiting to see where all the new money SC2 is supposed to bring in will come from. Everyone acts like the obvious reason for switching to SC2 was to get sponsorship money from international companies, but it doesn't seem that obvious to me. If they were really after international attention wouldn't they have gone with the English client and gotten English commentary by now? The whole thing feels like some kind of conspiracy where half of the puzzle pieces are missing.

N.geNuity United States. July 12 2012 14:00. Posts 3211

oh also didnt see that this until now--read too much into "holy shit some rich guy could have sponsored BW forever"--but the article also furthers the rumour in the snm thread that round 3 is a full switch but is a pretty definitive statement (although article isn't official news).

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evilfatsh1t Korea (South). July 12 2012 14:02. Posts 855

ITS NOT TOO LATE
CHANGE KESPAS MIND AND WE CAN STILL HAVE A BW SCENE GOGOGOGO

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