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Drogith
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1350 Posts
January 06 2011 00:36 GMT
#1
When it comes to the military, everyone knows the old saying "hurry up and wait". If you don't know what that means, it basically says to finish whatever it is you are doing as quickly and efficiently as possible so that you are ready for the next text... whenever that comes up. The thing is, that doesn't translate into the business world as much as we would like to. You see, you have a schedule, or at least a plan in place to get things done, and that is based on your estimation of time and how busy the people are regarding the tasks you gave them. but that isn't always the same for the other person. Take my RL job today for instance. I sent out the same list of inventory items to two different vendors. Seeing how the purchase is going to end up being $3000-$4000, I would assume the company would get me a quote back right away. By the time I left work, I had one quote in hand and not the other. I did get response emails from both parties by 7:30am, so I know both acknowledged the emails. Priorities...

Being a person trying to put together multiple tournaments is hard, now try to get sponsors. That's even harder. The thing is, you have to make a pitch to the potential sponsor that will grab their interest as well as show a ROI (return on investment). There is also a matter of trying to get the right sponsor. Everybody is going to be trying for the obvious sponsor, so finding the not so obvious one is ideal. After all, I don't think GameStop or Alienware can fott money or prizes for every tournament across the Americas.

If you haven't figured out how this relates to SC2, I'll let you know now. Absolutely nothing... unless you are involved in tournaments/events. I've sent out hundreds of emails and filled out dozens of forms for tournament sponsorship and advertising offers to hundreds of companies. If one of my wishes came true, I would at least get a rejection letter saying that sponsorship is denied. I'd have more time to do other stuff. but if you don't get enough offers out in a timely manner, you may not get a sponsor at all or possibly... too late.

My brains starting to mush together, so I'll get to the point. With planning tournaments like the NESC2League circuit, it takes a lot of coordinated effort between the organizer, the computer centers, and any type of sponsorship. Without a good transition to the various stages of putting everything together, wires can get crossed and you can possibly lose out on something that is essential, like a LAN center hosting it. Now, with the MLG group showing interest in the local activity of SC2 and other multi-player games, more patience is needed as we continue to push forward into uncharted territory. As long as we get tasks done quickly and efficiently, the future is looking bright.

But I really wish that vendor would get back to me. zzz

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LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
January 06 2011 00:55 GMT
#2
-_-

So as of right now does the league have any sponsorships at all?

And what are you buying that costs that much? Damn.
Drogith
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1350 Posts
January 06 2011 01:00 GMT
#3
On January 06 2011 09:55 LazyMacro wrote:
-_-

So as of right now does the league have any sponsorships at all?

And what are you buying that costs that much? Damn.

We actually have 2 sponsors right now. One is paying for the league website and domain. The other is a small product sponsor that may invest $$ once they are shown that sponsoring will generate revenue, or at least interest in their product. They are also long term, but considering I got them connected to at least one new vendor, it should be a good deal.

The $3-4k is for restocking our one-touch pneumatic parts stock.
Founder of the New England SC2 League
LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
January 06 2011 01:05 GMT
#4
Well, two sponsors is better than zero. Hopefully we can get more. Especially if they'll toss money into the prize pool...

So the vendor you're waiting on is for your job and not the league? I got confused there.
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