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Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
December 15 2013 21:46 GMT
#61
On December 16 2013 06:44 Birdie wrote:
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On December 16 2013 05:01 tarpman wrote:
Amazing. Can't believe how successful this BW resurgence has become. I wonder whether we might start to see sponsorships of individual players or even a team sponsorship in the next while?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=438440 team sponsorships coming Soon(TM).

And individual player sponsorship has already been here probably way before we got interested in Sonic StarLeagues. Many players still have their own sponsors' banners on pages/streams
En Taro Violet
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44237 Posts
December 15 2013 22:32 GMT
#62
On December 15 2013 04:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
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On December 15 2013 04:49 Disregard wrote:
Not enough strong Terran these days

Sea, Mind, Hiya, Ssak

I think he refers to terran that are the same caliber as flash and fantasy. Certainly they are good but are they on par with Jangbi and Bisu or Zero ?
this is a quote
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
December 15 2013 22:39 GMT
#63
On December 16 2013 07:32 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2013 04:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:49 Disregard wrote:
Not enough strong Terran these days

Sea, Mind, Hiya, Ssak

I think he refers to terran that are the same caliber as flash and fantasy. Certainly they are good but are they on par with Jangbi and Bisu or Zero ?

They beat Zero all the time.
Moderator。◕‿◕。
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44237 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-15 23:18:24
December 15 2013 23:17 GMT
#64
On December 16 2013 07:39 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2013 07:32 goody153 wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:49 Disregard wrote:
Not enough strong Terran these days

Sea, Mind, Hiya, Ssak

I think he refers to terran that are the same caliber as flash and fantasy. Certainly they are good but are they on par with Jangbi and Bisu or Zero ?

They beat Zero all the time.

Ok i forgot that sea turns on Godmode during tvz's . How about terrans that are good in tvp ? so far i have not seen anyone beat bisu convincingly
this is a quote
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
December 15 2013 23:20 GMT
#65
On December 16 2013 08:17 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2013 07:39 Harem wrote:
On December 16 2013 07:32 goody153 wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:49 Disregard wrote:
Not enough strong Terran these days

Sea, Mind, Hiya, Ssak

I think he refers to terran that are the same caliber as flash and fantasy. Certainly they are good but are they on par with Jangbi and Bisu or Zero ?

They beat Zero all the time.

Ok i forgot that sea is turns on Godmode during tvz's . How about terrans that are good in tvp ? so far i have not seen anyone beat bisu convincingly

It has nothing to do with Sea being Godmode in tvz. Zero skill level just isnt what everyone expected and hoped for especially in zvt.

Hiya, Mong, and Sea have also all beaten Bisu convincingly before. Mind might have too but not sure on that.
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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12024 Posts
December 16 2013 00:04 GMT
#66
On December 16 2013 08:17 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2013 07:39 Harem wrote:
On December 16 2013 07:32 goody153 wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:58 ImbaTosS wrote:
On December 15 2013 04:49 Disregard wrote:
Not enough strong Terran these days

Sea, Mind, Hiya, Ssak

I think he refers to terran that are the same caliber as flash and fantasy. Certainly they are good but are they on par with Jangbi and Bisu or Zero ?

They beat Zero all the time.

Ok i forgot that sea turns on Godmode during tvz's . How about terrans that are good in tvp ? so far i have not seen anyone beat bisu convincingly


Nobody will beat based Bisu! <3
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Shinokuki
Profile Joined July 2013
United States923 Posts
December 16 2013 01:00 GMT
#67
I'm so fricking happy. Blizzard should just give up sc2 in korea and bring more power to bw. Koreans dont find sc2 anywhere exciting as bw.. PERIOD. lets just hope someone like shinhan bank sponsors them next then kespa will most likely drop sc2 and try to brung back bw.... When this happens sonic should say f u and just borrow their resources and power to make bw more enormous
Life is just life
Shinokuki
Profile Joined July 2013
United States923 Posts
December 16 2013 04:02 GMT
#68
Also guys.. Go to naver abd search 몽키3 or ahdzl3 so it will go up in rankings. Small step leasds to success
Life is just life
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10688 Posts
December 16 2013 04:28 GMT
#69
The prize pool is really nice and also really nice that Blizzard is going to help promote this... Thanks Blizz
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
December 16 2013 18:54 GMT
#70
Tournament sponsors, team sponsors and fresh blood. All signs of a strengthening Broodwar scene. I hope this trend continues and that the foreign community is able to overcome the impending Snipealot leaving Korea problem and get good coverage of the games some how.
YouControlBad
Profile Joined January 2012
Poland46 Posts
December 17 2013 11:27 GMT
#71
14k$ for first place ^_^ bw is getting big again
stevewch
Profile Joined February 2006
Hong Kong216 Posts
December 18 2013 17:48 GMT
#72
it is clever for them to invite fengzi..
he can help attract tons of chinese watching the event(although i guess without his presence there will still be tons of chinese watching too...)
SC forever!
sukila
Profile Joined November 2007
Germany57 Posts
December 24 2013 14:44 GMT
#73
monkey3 is not going to be the sponsor. but ssl9 will happen as sonic starleague
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6804 Posts
December 24 2013 14:45 GMT
#74
On December 24 2013 23:44 sukila wrote:
monkey3 is not going to be the sponsor. but ssl9 will happen as sonic starleague

hmm ? OO
ZeroChrome
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1001 Posts
December 24 2013 14:53 GMT
#75
So there was too much disagreement over the terms of the contract. Fair enough, but what I don't understand is, doesn't this mean that the contract between Sonic and Monkey3 wasn't finalized before the announcement of the sponsorship? I'm no businessman so correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like an incredibly amateur mistake. I support Sonic in standing up to the company and not agreeing to w/e it was that he didn't want, but it hurts to get this announcement after all the anticipation, and on Christmas Eve and all.

Forward
sukila
Profile Joined November 2007
Germany57 Posts
December 24 2013 14:54 GMT
#76
after monkey3 was announced they revised the contract several times and at one point monkey3 demanded things sonic and carry coulnd agree with. seems monkey3 tricked them...
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
December 24 2013 14:56 GMT
#77
Sponsorship news
SSL9 will be sponsored by Sonic himself rather than Monkey3. The contract was constantly revised by Sonic & Carry and the sponsor and both sides just couldn't come to a conclusion. SSL9 is still happening, not sure if any details like prizepool will change, we'll have to wait for some kind of an official announcement on that.
En Taro Violet
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 16:58:13
December 24 2013 14:57 GMT
#78
On December 24 2013 23:53 ZeroChrome wrote:
So there was too much disagreement over the terms of the contract. Fair enough, but what I don't understand is, doesn't this mean that the contract between Sonic and Monkey3 wasn't finalized before the announcement of the sponsorship? I'm no businessman so correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like an incredibly amateur mistake. I support Sonic in standing up to the company and not agreeing to w/e it was that he didn't want, but it hurts to get this announcement after all the anticipation, and on Christmas Eve and all.


Considering Sonic already made his viewers go pickup some kind of monkey3 tickets for the site and shit like this it's clear both sides were working on that together.

*i.e. Sonic getting screwed over by Monkey3 that then backed out of the deal.
En Taro Violet
sukila
Profile Joined November 2007
Germany57 Posts
December 24 2013 15:07 GMT
#79
stratos you should be careful with statements like this....you really think sonic would screw his viewer for few peanuts? dont think so....
lemmata
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
468 Posts
December 24 2013 15:25 GMT
#80
On December 24 2013 23:53 ZeroChrome wrote:
So there was too much disagreement over the terms of the contract. Fair enough, but what I don't understand is, doesn't this mean that the contract between Sonic and Monkey3 wasn't finalized before the announcement of the sponsorship? I'm no businessman so correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like an incredibly amateur mistake. I support Sonic in standing up to the company and not agreeing to w/e it was that he didn't want, but it hurts to get this announcement after all the anticipation, and on Christmas Eve and all.


From what I heard on SonicTV, it sounds like they had a handshake agreement in place and Monkey3 was the party that kept trying to change the terms. I would speculate that Monkey3 probably saw an opportunity to renegotiate with greater bargaining power once Sonic had committed himself by sinking some costs. It's not an uncommon abuse for firms with more power.

While not waiting for the ink to dry on the contract seems careless in retrospect, it also isn't that unreasonable for Sonic to have proceeded given the short turnaround. It's not how I would do business, but it is also the way that many people do business---based mostly on trust. There's a risk-reward trade-off there that is somewhat subjective.

It looks like Sonic will have to be our lone hero once again, which is unfair to him.
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