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ZOWIE GEAR begins sponsorship of KT Rolster!
"ZOWIE GEAR announces the official sponsorship of KT Rolster
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Today ZOWIE GEAR announces the official sponsorship of KT Rolster, the multi gaming organization of Korea, housing professional teams in games such as Starcraft and Special Forces, both of which compete in competitive leagues broadcasted on television throughout Asia.
The partnership will see KT Rolsters players heavily involved in the development of a new series of ZOWIE GEAR products, directly targeted at optimizing a gamers experience when playing Starcraft.
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The parties expressed the following about the partnership:
James Banks – Marketing Department
“KT Rolster is an experienced organisation, having been around since December 1999. Although the name of the team may have changed, its principles have not. KT Rolster has always fought hard in Starcraft where they have achieved amazing results and awards which has gained them respect all around the world. It is because of this winning mentality and their effort to stay on the top of their game, that they are now awarded with a unique opportunity to assist in the development of competitive gaming gear for Starcraft gamers.
Lee Young Ho aka Flash – Professional Terran Starcraft Player for KT Rolster
“I am excited about the opportunity to assist in the development of products produced for Starcraft. Working with an international company like ZOWIE is a unique possibility that doesn't come every day. I believe that together KT Rolster and ZOWIE GEAR have what is needed to create the best gaming gear available.
The sponsorship between KT Rolster and ZOWIE GEAR symbolizes an increased effort from ZOWIE to reach the Starcraft community.
KT Rolster has some of the best Starcraft players in the world in its team, with years of experience and a professional attitude to gaming, they know how important their products are to their performance and with this in mind ZOWIE will ensure their ideas get realised so you can get a bit of KT Rolsters talent.
About ZOWIE GEAR
ZOWIE GEAR has no ambition to become the biggest manufacturer of competitive gaming gear. We just want to be the best. If we can develop products that will increase a gamers performance by just 1%, we will do it. Our goal is to be known as the company that redefines and optimize competitive gaming gear.
Be serious. It's not just a game.
About KT Rolster
KT Rolster is one of the oldest pro gaming teams around; formed in December 1999. They have players competing at the highest level of Korean gaming in the popular RTS game Starcraft and Special Force which is Koreas number 1 FPS title.
KT Rolster constantly sets standards and records with their professional attitude to gaming and strives to be the best team out there, with this in mind it is no wonder KT Rolster has been going since 1999."
You can find the full PR:here
So what does this all mean?
- There will be an upcoming tournament sponsored by ZOWIE GEAR for SC2.
- KT Rolster and ZOWIE will be working together to create original products aimed at the SC scene.
- More community aimed projects directed at the SC community.
- Signed prizes from the KT Rolster team.
Currently running
- Competitions run regularly with prizes up for grabs at our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Thought I would also add some exclusive pictures here at TL! Enjoy.
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*Note, the pictures got taken a while ago, since then things have changed. That is esport, I hope people can appreciate the pictures still and will enjoy more that we will bring as and when we take trips over to see KT and vice versa.
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Woah thats pretty interesting! Thanks for the news  !
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What the hell is Luxury doing there? This feels a bit too late though. I'm pretty sure they won't get that much publicity since Brood War will die out.
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whyyy is luxury there lol
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Loli
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Is that Luxury? What is he doing there? lol
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Gonna take a not-so-wild leap and guess you're the same JBanks in the article =P?
Regardless, neat info! Should be interesting to see what comes out of this.
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Guess the photos are a few months old. Doesn't really matter, it's still awesome news.
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On July 27 2010 07:08 Loli wrote:
Is that Luxury? What is he doing there? lol
I was thinking the same thing. Is he just there because he won a Starleague, or something else behind this?
I'd expect we'll see a lot of new developments like this in the next few days.
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This is amazing news, and brings a great future oppurtunity for the SC2 Scene, with regards if Broodwar dying out or not =).
If anything fantastic news for the SC2 community
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The Spawn mousepad (P-TF) from Zowie is the best ever made...
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Photos are from a while ago guys, I thought it would be worth a post and a shame to waste the pictures regardless. This deal is a long running partnership with KT and I am sure we will see changes.
and yes Cow, I am the same JBanKs, I aim to work directly with you guys, the community, to bring prizes, competitions and tournaments directly from ZOWIE to you.
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Wait KT changed their black uniform to the White/Black ish ones so this photos might have taken before the scandal trials.
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On July 27 2010 07:13 JBanKs wrote:
and yes Cow, I am the same JBanKs, I aim to work directly with you guys, the community, to bring prizes, competitions and tournaments directly from ZOWIE to you.
I do love the sound of that :D
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On July 27 2010 07:13 JBanKs wrote:
Photos are from a while ago guys
As Banks said, these are from a while ago; but in agreement shame to waste the photos either way
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On July 27 2010 07:15 Cow wrote:Show nested quote +On July 27 2010 07:13 JBanKs wrote:
and yes Cow, I am the same JBanKs, I aim to work directly with you guys, the community, to bring prizes, competitions and tournaments directly from ZOWIE to you. I do love the sound of that :D
IDD, it's great that you managed to actually get the whole communication with the team part working, but I must say lol luxury...
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Some bad PR in those photos. :D
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On July 27 2010 07:23 Disregard wrote:
Some bad PR in those photos. :D
haha, serious? It's not bad pr, i think it shows willing that match fixing has proved to be bad and the players removed yet the sponsors still have faith in keeping the teams and games alive by supporting KT after the match fixing situation.
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Cool, are the products specifically for SC not yet made?
I can't seem to find detailed specs on the mice.
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Obligatory "Should have sponsored SKT instead of KT" post. :p
Fantastic news!
Luxury in that photo did make me do a double take though lol. Thought maybe it was S2 instead...
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On July 27 2010 07:33 SuperXlax wrote:
Cool, are the products specifically for SC not yet made?
I can't seem to find detailed specs on the mice.
The current products we had were made in cooperation with Counter-strike legends HeatoN and SpawN, the SC products are being made with KT but are not finished yet as we want the players to be happy with it before it goes out.
We believe that this approach makes us very unique and gives us a real close connection with the gamers we make the products for.
I hope I can answer any of your questions, though a lot of the information is on our website.
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