NHY Profile Joined October 2010 981 Posts Last Edited: 2011-09-27 15:34:22 #1



Full translation:



"Held in Korea, but No Koreans to participate"



No Korean player will take part in IeSF 2011 World Championship's Starcraft 2 tournament.



International e-Sports Federation(IeSF) plans to hold IeSF 2011 World Championship in Andong, Korea from October 6th to October 9th, but oddly no Korean representative will be chosen.



IeSF has chosen FIFA Online 2, A.V.A., and Starcraft 2 as official titles for the event.



However, according to event organizers, there is no plan to select Korean representative in Starcraft 2 tournament. KeSPA is in charge of choosing Korean representative for IeSF 2011.



According to KeSPA, "since Starcraft 2 is not the officially recognized event of KeSPA, there is no plan to choose a Korean representative." This means that although they are holding the event will in Korea, there will be no Korean player participating. The situation is hard to comprehend.



It is frustrating given Korean Starcraft 2 progamer's successes including those in foreign tournaments and their popularity around the world.



Also, the policy flies in the face of IeSF's vision: "Joint Development in Global e-Sports" and could raise the concern that 'domestic matters affecting international tournament.'



The city of Andong plans to hold a separate event '4th Andong Hahoe Masks eSports Hanmadang' which will include Starcraft 2. So Korean and foreign players will at the same place at the same time, but they will be playing in different leagues.



Due to the organizer's incomprehensible event management, the guest and the host will be sitting in different tables at a party. The situation is not even funny.



TL;DR:



KeSPA is in charge of choosing Korean representatives for IeSF 2011

They are not going to choose one for SC2 because they don't recognize it



Update



DailyEsports is reporting that IeSF hasn't reached SC2 licencing agreement with Gretech yet. IeSF is considering switching SC2 from official title to exhibition title. Link 2 Source: http://eschosun.com/board/view.php?bid=sc2e&num=40155 Full translation:"Held in Korea, but No Koreans to participate"No Korean player will take part in IeSF 2011 World Championship's Starcraft 2 tournament.International e-Sports Federation(IeSF) plans to hold IeSF 2011 World Championship in Andong, Korea from October 6th to October 9th, but oddly no Korean representative will be chosen.IeSF has chosen FIFA Online 2, A.V.A., and Starcraft 2 as official titles for the event.However, according to event organizers, there is no plan to select Korean representative in Starcraft 2 tournament. KeSPA is in charge of choosing Korean representative for IeSF 2011.According to KeSPA, "since Starcraft 2 is not the officially recognized event of KeSPA, there is no plan to choose a Korean representative." This means that although they are holding the event will in Korea, there will be no Korean player participating. The situation is hard to comprehend.It is frustrating given Korean Starcraft 2 progamer's successes including those in foreign tournaments and their popularity around the world.Also, the policy flies in the face of IeSF's vision: "Joint Development in Global e-Sports" and could raise the concern that 'domestic matters affecting international tournament.'The city of Andong plans to hold a separate event '4th Andong Hahoe Masks eSports Hanmadang' which will include Starcraft 2. So Korean and foreign players will at the same place at the same time, but they will be playing in different leagues.Due to the organizer's incomprehensible event management, the guest and the host will be sitting in different tables at a party. The situation is not even funny.KeSPA is in charge of choosing Korean representatives for IeSF 2011They are not going to choose one for SC2 because they don't recognize itDailyEsports is reporting that IeSF hasn't reached SC2 licencing agreement with Gretech yet. IeSF is considering switching SC2 from official title to exhibition title. Link 1

Dante08 Profile Blog Joined February 2008 Singapore 3694 Posts #2 WTF lol. Held in Korea but no Koreans allowed, great for foreigners but sucks for us spectators. And KeSPA being KeSPA

mighty_honour_korea Profile Joined March 2010 Scotland 198 Posts #3 Why is it so many situations involving KeSPA turn into these Grapes of Wrath-esque nonsensical debacles?

MartinN Profile Joined April 2011 Spain 303 Posts #4 people is stupid

Welmu Profile Blog Joined November 2009 Finland 3294 Posts Last Edited: 2011-09-26 16:18:20 #5 lol wtf? Ruins whole tournament (well sc2's side at least) (for koreans) Progamer twitter.com/welmu1 | facebook.com/Welmu11 | twitch.com/Welmu1

Gladiator6 Profile Joined June 2010 Sweden 7021 Posts #6 This seems somewhat mean to the korean players, lol. Flying, sOs, free, Light, Soulkey & ZerO

SafeAsCheese Profile Joined June 2011 United States 4924 Posts #7



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"

amazingxkcd Profile Blog Joined September 2010 GRAND OLD AMERICA 15736 Posts #8 Well, KeSPA doesn't recognizes SC2 because they do not want to deal with Blizzard on it. It makes sense for their decision. The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings

mdma-_- Profile Joined October 2010 Nauru 1041 Posts #9 On September 27 2011 01:14 SafeAsCheese wrote:

It wouldn't be a serious tourney anyway



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"

? I know everybody besides Zeal and Deathfate



on topic: sucks, but at least in the later rounds the tourney should produce some nice games. ? I know everybody besides Zeal and Deathfateon topic: sucks, but at least in the later rounds the tourney should produce some nice games.

Choboo Profile Blog Joined January 2011 Sweden 2088 Posts #10 On September 27 2011 01:14 SafeAsCheese wrote:

It wouldn't be a serious tourney anyway



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"

I could only count 3 unknowns..... I could only count 3 unknowns..... SaSe fan club manager

DiaBoLuS Profile Joined September 2010 Germany 1638 Posts #11 On September 27 2011 01:17 mdma-_- wrote:

Show nested quote +

On September 27 2011 01:14 SafeAsCheese wrote:

It wouldn't be a serious tourney anyway



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"

? I know everybody besides Zeal and Deathfate



on topic: sucks, but at least in the later rounds the tourney should produce some nice games. ? I know everybody besides Zeal and Deathfateon topic: sucks, but at least in the later rounds the tourney should produce some nice games.



i know everyone besides zeal.

i know everyone besides zeal. European Ranking: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=182293

MrSalamandra Profile Joined March 2011 United Kingdom 412 Posts #12 On September 27 2011 01:14 SafeAsCheese wrote:

It wouldn't be a serious tourney anyway



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"



As people have said, they're mostly known players, albeit I don't think anyone would say that's a stellar lineup. As people have said, they're mostly known players, albeit I don't think anyone would say that's a stellar lineup.

00Visor Profile Blog Joined February 2011 4227 Posts #13 Its one player per country. And some countries don't hold qualifiers. So I think it`s not possible to have an all-star line-up.

It would have been "only" one Korean, too. Still really stupid that there isn't one when it takes place in Korea.

Xcobidoo Profile Joined June 2011 Sweden 1871 Posts #14 '4th Andong Hahoe Masks eSports Hanmadang'

Best. Event name. Ever.

On a more serious note, considering the current qualified players for Iesf, it is just as well that no Koreans will participate :[ Supreme Intergalactic Commander

SafeAsCheese Profile Joined June 2011 United States 4924 Posts #15 On September 27 2011 01:25 MrSalamandra wrote:

Show nested quote +

On September 27 2011 01:14 SafeAsCheese wrote:

It wouldn't be a serious tourney anyway



http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IeSF_2011_World_Championship#Qualified_Players



only 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns" It wouldn't be a serious tourney anywayonly 1/2 the players on the list are even "knowns"



As people have said, they're mostly known players, albeit I don't think anyone would say that's a stellar lineup. As people have said, they're mostly known players, albeit I don't think anyone would say that's a stellar lineup.



Maybe to people who watch the several hundred EU small tourneys like craftcups, but for people who watch major tourneys, they are new. Maybe to people who watch the several hundred EU small tourneys like craftcups, but for people who watch major tourneys, they are new.

MCDayC Profile Joined March 2011 United Kingdom 12847 Posts #16 Kespa just being silly then. Why were they chosen in the first place to select competitors? VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG

Nouar Profile Joined May 2009 France 2180 Posts #17 AHAHAHAHAH fuck, Kespa you never change ! NoiR

parazice Profile Joined March 2011 Thailand 3723 Posts #18 if no Korean then my bet => Happy

GTR Profile Blog Joined September 2004 48898 Posts #19 how ironic that a starcraft tournament in korea will be won by a non-korean. Commentator Twitter: @GTR1H

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/GTR1H

OneWhoIsMany Profile Joined May 2010 Canada 291 Posts #20 If this is true (as the source is a dead link?) another example of why we are so lucky to not have Kespa being involved in the Starcraft 2 community.

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