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Skeggaba
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Korea (South)1556 Posts
February 16 2012 16:39 GMT
#341
On February 17 2012 01:20 BLinD-RawR wrote:
If someone has news they WILL post is here or make a new thread about it because there is no reason to withhold the information.


Thats exactly the reason why you get super excited everytime you see it bumped. :/
Bisu[about JD]=I was scared (laughs). The force emanating from his facial expression was so manly that I was even a little jealous.
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
February 16 2012 16:43 GMT
#342
afaik they're having a hard time finding a sponsor

sucks, given how epic last osl was ~_~
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
February 16 2012 16:54 GMT
#343
On February 17 2012 01:39 Skeggaba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 01:20 BLinD-RawR wrote:
If someone has news they WILL post is here or make a new thread about it because there is no reason to withhold the information.


Thats exactly the reason why you get super excited everytime you see it bumped. :/

That's why we should stop posting in this thread unless we've got something important to add.

...wait, I just did as well ffffuuuuu
hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
February 16 2012 17:23 GMT
#344
On February 17 2012 01:43 Milkis wrote:
afaik they're having a hard time finding a sponsor

sucks, given how epic last osl was ~_~


Isn't that contradictory to the OP? Did the companies back out?
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
February 16 2012 17:46 GMT
#345
On February 17 2012 02:23 hacklebeast wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 01:43 Milkis wrote:
afaik they're having a hard time finding a sponsor

sucks, given how epic last osl was ~_~


Isn't that contradictory to the OP? Did the companies back out?


Why do you believe the OP so much?

DES/Fomos releases stuff about "potential sponsors" all the time. Don't you remember Team 8? When DES/Fomos started talking about how a major corporation was possibly sponsoring team 8, by that point it was just pure PR cause by that point it was going to be KeSPA operated

just some perspective on things related to the shit you read
hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
February 16 2012 17:59 GMT
#346
des/fomos is the only perspective some of us have. I was surprised when I saw the initial statement, but when they use language as definite as "two companies have agreed to sponsor" I kind of have to take that as fact considering I haven't heard anything from anywhere else.
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
February 16 2012 18:00 GMT
#347
i doubt they have a hard time finding sponsers lolX_X

i bet there yust swiching to sc2.
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
CrtBalorda
Profile Joined December 2011
Slovenia704 Posts
February 16 2012 18:01 GMT
#348
ye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4th August 2012...Never forget.....
j2choe
Profile Joined December 2009
Canada243 Posts
February 16 2012 18:05 GMT
#349
Sad to say, this is hardly surprising at all. If you look at the scene right now, the big message getting across is obviously that BW is out the door either this season or next. That's hardly an incentive to potential investors who will probably have to wait a long time to see any ROI from sponsorship. The problem is that while everybody's waiting around for a positive sign, they're not putting in the dollars needed to sustain the scene enough. The whole thing just collapses on itself.

I thought the biggest sign was Shinhan pulling out of proleague sponsorship. That to me is a huge signal that BW is just not a viable investment anymore. On the other hand, SK has a huge stake in BW so I am not surprised that they're taking over the PL reigns, but the sum of it all is one major sponsor out of the race, which only contributes further to an atmosphere of decline.

In Korea, things have a habit of dying out swiftly and fiercely once they're regarded as losing popularity. I'll be very surprised if an outside company has the balls to step up and try to revitalize the scene. If it does come back, it'll most likely be a current sponsor doing it.
hydrogg
Profile Joined September 2011
United States377 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-16 18:15:44
February 16 2012 18:15 GMT
#350
On February 17 2012 03:05 j2choe wrote:


I thought the biggest sign was Shinhan pulling out of proleague sponsorship.


Shinhan had a 3 year contract to sponsor Proleague IIRC. It wasn't that they decided to sponsor it for 3 years and then quit.
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
February 16 2012 18:15 GMT
#351
On February 17 2012 02:59 hacklebeast wrote:
des/fomos is the only perspective some of us have. I was surprised when I saw the initial statement, but when they use language as definite as "two companies have agreed to sponsor" I kind of have to take that as fact considering I haven't heard anything from anywhere else.


I don't care if it's the only perspective you guys have, but you guys should take everything they say with a grain of salt.

Furthermore... the article was literally last year. The comment said "As soon as we set the scope of the sponsorship we can start immediately".

It doesn't take 3 months. It's most probable that sponsors didn't think OSL would cost so much :p

Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
February 16 2012 18:16 GMT
#352
On February 17 2012 03:15 hydrogg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 03:05 j2choe wrote:


I thought the biggest sign was Shinhan pulling out of proleague sponsorship.


Shinhan had a 3 year contract to sponsor Proleague IIRC. It wasn't that they decided to sponsor it for 3 years and then quit.


source?

cause shinhan def didnt want to sponsor last year and took a lot of goading and made conditions.
hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
February 16 2012 18:42 GMT
#353
If by "take it with a grain of salt" you mean to have an open mind about things, I would say I was doing that in asking for clarification rather than simply announcing you were wrong. If by "take it with a grain of salt" you mean don't believe anything you read from these sites until you see cooperating evidence, well that's a luxury I don't have. The earliest I can know anything about Korean starcraft more definitely than what some guy tells me on the internet (be he from fomos or TL), is when I watch the stream and see it for myself.
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6794 Posts
February 16 2012 18:50 GMT
#354
in some days someone come with epic news. about osl , and all fine is my hope
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
February 16 2012 18:52 GMT
#355
as some ppl said that April might be the last BW proleague final, maybe OGN is actually working on an OS2L as well
supernovamaniac
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States3047 Posts
February 16 2012 19:19 GMT
#356
On February 17 2012 03:16 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 03:15 hydrogg wrote:
On February 17 2012 03:05 j2choe wrote:


I thought the biggest sign was Shinhan pulling out of proleague sponsorship.


Shinhan had a 3 year contract to sponsor Proleague IIRC. It wasn't that they decided to sponsor it for 3 years and then quit.


source?

cause shinhan def didnt want to sponsor last year and took a lot of goading and made conditions.

In 2007 Shinhan made a 3-year contract with KeSPA. In 2010~2011 season Shinhan decided to sponsor for one more year (Don't know the details of the talk, so don't bait me into such thing).
ppp
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
February 16 2012 19:22 GMT
#357
On February 17 2012 03:52 Arceus wrote:
as some ppl said that April might be the last BW proleague final, maybe OGN is actually working on an OS2L as well


OS2L?

I sure hope its just a typo and doesn't imply they are thinking of replacing the original OSL with a OSL for SC2 D:
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
SlowBullets
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States839 Posts
February 16 2012 19:25 GMT
#358
On February 17 2012 03:42 hacklebeast wrote:
If by "take it with a grain of salt" you mean to have an open mind about things, I would say I was doing that in asking for clarification rather than simply announcing you were wrong. If by "take it with a grain of salt" you mean don't believe anything you read from these sites until you see cooperating evidence, well that's a luxury I don't have. The earliest I can know anything about Korean starcraft more definitely than what some guy tells me on the internet (be he from fomos or TL), is when I watch the stream and see it for myself.

This a million times..
1:1 go sc2 LAN? Oh wait...
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
February 16 2012 19:31 GMT
#359
On February 17 2012 04:19 supernovamaniac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2012 03:16 Milkis wrote:
On February 17 2012 03:15 hydrogg wrote:
On February 17 2012 03:05 j2choe wrote:


I thought the biggest sign was Shinhan pulling out of proleague sponsorship.


Shinhan had a 3 year contract to sponsor Proleague IIRC. It wasn't that they decided to sponsor it for 3 years and then quit.


source?

cause shinhan def didnt want to sponsor last year and took a lot of goading and made conditions.

In 2007 Shinhan made a 3-year contract with KeSPA. In 2010~2011 season Shinhan decided to sponsor for one more year (Don't know the details of the talk, so don't bait me into such thing).


Ah, interesting.

There was some significant back and forth between shinhan and kespa to sponsor 2010-2011, mostly due to the IP rights fiasco
Kiett
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States7639 Posts
February 16 2012 19:32 GMT
#360
We should just have another EVER OSL. KT's got plenty of money, and hell, the prize money will probably wind its way to Flash anyway ^^
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