 Fionn United States. August 08 2012 14:24. Posts 16217 | Profile Blog # |
For the next thirteen months, the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) and eSports Federation cannot transfer players to each other. This trade lock period will last until October 2013.
On Wednesday, August 8th, KeSPA, a governing organization over Proleague, and eSports Fed., which participate in GSTL, came to an official agreement on the matter of player transfers.
Both parties restated their goal on joint development of the e-sports scene and signed an agreement on player transfers and partnerships to protect both players and the leagues. They stated that the agreement will allow eSports Federation to aquire new sponsors and be self-sustainable, while KeSPA players switching to StarCraft 2 can become competitive in the long run.
Read more at: http://esfiworld.com/news/kespa-esports-fed-agree-trade-lock-until-oct-2013
Oops, title was too long for actual thread. October 2013. Not October 2012.
I like the move. Will let teams like TSL, Prime, etc. still looking for big sponsors like Startale/IM be able to keep their star players and attract said sponsors. Will give the KeSPA players the peace of mind to know that their team won't just go off and buy a bunch of GSL players who are already two years more developed and probably cheaper. |
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| Disengaged United States. August 08 2012 14:25. Posts 2016 | Profile # | |
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| Megaliskuu United States. August 08 2012 14:26. Posts 5013 | Profile Blog # |
| Wow thats a long time O_O |
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| ed21x United States. August 08 2012 14:26. Posts 93 | Profile # |
| perhaps there is still a lack of trust amongst the two? |
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| Whitley United States. August 08 2012 14:26. Posts 128 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Hazuc Canada. August 08 2012 14:27. Posts 471 | Profile # |
| What about players that decide to do coaching like Clide? |
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| cekkmt United States. August 08 2012 14:27. Posts 313 | Profile # |
October 2013??? I guess after a year the scene should be more stable and be able to support all those teams. It also gives sponsers the time to see if sc2 will blossom in Korea to BW levels (highly doubt it though)
Also i thought such an agreement already existed?Last edit: 2012-08-08 14:27:50 |
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| EtherealDeath United States. August 08 2012 14:27. Posts 8152 | Profile Blog # |
Hmm so what about
1) Leaving a GSTL team, being teamless for a while, then joining a kespa team (as opposed to direct transfer), or
2) Join a foreign team, contract ends after a few months, join kespa team
3) Go teamless, get a personal sponsor for a while, join kespa team
And the other way around as well.
Or does it mean the moment you get slapped with the GSTL tag, you can't join a Kespa team regardless, even if you leave the team in the meanwhile? |
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| Verator United States. August 08 2012 14:28. Posts 176 | Profile # |
| This will keep the more wealthy kespa teams from instantly buying out the scene. Good idea probably imo. |
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| Klipsys United States. August 08 2012 14:28. Posts 1196 | Profile Blog # |
| Should edit the title to Oct 13 because it seems like its this Oct by the way it's written. |
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| snafoo New Zealand. August 08 2012 14:30. Posts 1555 | Profile # |
The article mentions partnerships but doesn't explain what about them specificallly. Are they banned untill Oct too? Unlikely to see something like KT.SK.LG-IM?  |
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| Clarityxo Scotland. August 08 2012 14:30. Posts 145 | Profile # |
| A lot longer than I would've expected, it's a good thing though, I guess. |
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| figq August 08 2012 14:31. Posts 9598 | Profile Blog # |
No EG.Flash vs Liquid`Jaedong anytime soon then.
They don't mention coach-acquisition though and "retirements" - i.e. BW player retires from ACE, goes to SC2 team; or GSL player quits progaming and goes coach for a Kespa team. Such moves still seem possible.Last edit: 2012-08-08 14:34:29 |
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| snafoo New Zealand. August 08 2012 14:33. Posts 1555 | Profile # |
On August 08 2012 14:31 figq wrote:
No EG.Flash vs Liquid`Jaedong anytime soon then.
Hint: they probably couldn't afford them anyway >.> |
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| cooked China. August 08 2012 14:33. Posts 839 | Profile # |
So does this only protect player transfers between the two organizations?
While we all know it'll be near impossible for any Kespa player to be courted by a foreign team, this surely doesn't mean that GSL players are now exclusive as well does it? |
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| xwoGworwaTsx United States. August 08 2012 14:34. Posts 845 | Profile # |
| Need to add "2013" to the thread title |
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| Rebs Pakistan. August 08 2012 14:34. Posts 3244 | Profile Blog # |
On August 08 2012 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
Hmm so what about
1) Leaving a GSTL team, being teamless for a while, then joining a kespa team (as opposed to direct transfer), or
2) Join a foreign team, contract ends after a few months, join kespa team
3) Go teamless, get a personal sponsor for a while, join kespa team
And the other way around as well.
Or does it mean the moment you get slapped with the GSTL tag, you can't join a Kespa team regardless, even if you leave the team in the meanwhile?
Free agency is another thing, out of contract players probably dont have anything to do with this. The point is to avoid some kind of poaching or forced transfers that might be problematic.
That having been said there is probably some allowance to make sure players arent just released from contracts so they can be moved from Fed to Kespa or vice versa, doing that would be rather obvious and I doubt you could get away with it.Last edit: 2012-08-08 14:35:54 |
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| T0fuuu Australia. August 08 2012 14:34. Posts 2262 | Profile Blog # |
On August 08 2012 14:27 Hazuc wrote:
What about players that decide to do coaching like Clide?
Slayers isnt part of the esports federation i think?
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| monk United States. August 08 2012 14:34. Posts 6802 | Profile Blog # |
On August 08 2012 14:34 xwoGworwaTsx wrote:
Need to add "2013" to the thread title
K, done |
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