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HanbitStars really going down?

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Profile Joined September 2004
United States1929 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-31 23:36:35
May 31 2008 19:00 GMT
#1
So some weeks ago there was a thread with a paper article about the proscene in Korea weakening, and most important of all, Hanbit considering pulling the plug off their proteam. Then some days ago I was watching a PL game of Hanbit vs i think it was CJ Entus, and the commentators started to talk about how important was that players like Piano should perform very strongly in games, not only to put some morale on his teammates but also to help finding a new sponsor.

After that, I think its almost official that Hanbit will be pulling the plug and they will have to look for a new sponsor(LG Electronics, anyone?, something like the LG G's, lol).

The main reasons Hanbit is unhappy with the current situation of the team seem to be lack of results in PL and in individual leagues from their players, not being able to raise a superstar like other "weak" or "small" teams have achieved to. These are facts that anyone of us can see, and I think that we all share the thought that HanbitStars sucks ass big time.

Well, I blame all of these on the cheap ass Hanbit who want to get Jaedong-like caliber players at the price of Mumyung's. I'm kind pissed at Hanbit for showing that not only Isiah Thomas can screw up big time when it comes to managing a team.

The youngest ones won't remember, but there was a time when HanbitStars was a powerhouse in the PL. Actually, at the time it was my fav proteam along with SUMA GO(now CJ Entus). The lineup they had was unbelievable; H.O.T-Forever (when he was still a top zerg), Garimto(ok, this guy was starting to go downhill but still a good player), Kingdom, Reach, Silent_Control (at the time was still considered a good player and not the king of cheese), Junwi(during his short run and before falling into an unexplicable slump, this guy was one of the most feared zergs with his Junwi "massage"), and Sync, who never made much noise but while lasted, he was a reliable player in any PL match and still managed to get his OSL title, even tho I think this last one was once he moved to KTF).

So with such an amazing lineup, HanbitStars and GO where sort of like the short budget David's making a stand to the mighty Goliath KTF(who at the time where the NY Yankees of the BW proscene). GO was struggling way more than HanbitStars(economically speaking) and still managed to retain most of their star players(couldn't keep GoRush and Midas once they heard the call of the Emperor).

Not Hanbit. They just watched as their best players were stolen by other teams, and they'll just sit and do nothing, almost like they didn't give a crap, and some years later, the sponsorship is about to go down. Ok, they won't be distributing SCII in Korea, they feel like they got bitchslapped and they want out in the mainly SC based proscene. Fine. But at least they could've tried with their team, and maybe not leave them in a horrible situation where it seems its gonna be hard for such a crappy team to get some sponsorship.

Anyways, Hanbit, you really deserve Blizzard denying you the distribution rights for SCII in Korea. Hopefully after Hanbit opts out, the whateverStars will find a decent sponsor.

Bleh, maybe this is boring for those who didn't live that era in SC, and probably will be boring for those who did. Just feeling some nostalgia of the ol' good days and one of the teams that contributed to one of the best PL days ever. So mostly this is like a goodbye to the old HanbitStars and hoping to see them renewed soon.

Besides my long writting, what sponsors would you like for them in case(most probably) Hanbit cuts them off?
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
May 31 2008 19:08 GMT
#2
Coca Cola !
Gamjadori
Profile Joined April 2008
Japan131 Posts
May 31 2008 19:19 GMT
#3
Ah, the good old days when Hanbitstars meant autovote in liquibet. Let's hope they can pull them self out of the gutter and back in to the PL finals.
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RamenStyle
Profile Joined September 2004
United States1929 Posts
May 31 2008 19:20 GMT
#4
On June 01 2008 04:08 _Grazze_ wrote:
Coca Cola !


Shame that OGN already got the Sparkyz name. I think Sparkyz is a name made for CocaCola to sponsor, but meh, you know, Korean proteams and their weird team names.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
May 31 2008 19:29 GMT
#5
Hanbit can become the CocaCola Bubbles or something :3
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alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
May 31 2008 19:48 GMT
#6
cocacola bubbles lol -__-- hahaha

like COCACOLA....FIZZBANGWOOP! or something . not bubbles geez

anyway its sad for hanbit

at least they're not doing as bad as estro in PL lol. >_>
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
May 31 2008 19:56 GMT
#7
It's not that HanBit didn't care if they lost their better players, it's just that their coach is stubborn as hell. If he thinks he can get by without his star players, then he'll damn near ruin his team's record until they do.

That's his personality and it's the reason he's one of the most popular coaches in Korea.
Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
KizZBG
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
u gotta skate8152 Posts
May 31 2008 20:00 GMT
#8
If IEG buys Hanbit or merges with eStro or something, that would be pretty sweet.

HanStro ftw! :D
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evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
May 31 2008 20:30 GMT
#9
On June 01 2008 04:29 IntoTheWow wrote:
Hanbit can become the CocaCola Bubbles or something :3

Lol and their arch-RIval the Mentose Pills
Life is run, it is dance, it is fast, passionate and BAM!, you dance and sing and booze while you can for now is the time and time is mine. Smile and laugh when still can for now is the time and soon you die!
betaben
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
681 Posts
May 31 2008 20:33 GMT
#10
Razer!


.. i know it's old
kramus
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1259 Posts
May 31 2008 20:44 GMT
#11
Yeah if this is true it's very disappointing. Hanbit is Blizzard's vendor in Korea, right? And poor Free...he's been picking up momentum again this season.
B1nary
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada1267 Posts
May 31 2008 20:48 GMT
#12
The reality is, it'll be really hard for them to find another sponsor.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51547 Posts
May 31 2008 20:52 GMT
#13
Totally agreed with you there, I thought Hanbit were the gods of progaming back in the day with that calibur of players.
The only players that Hanbit have managed to make into DECENT players in the recent years are Free, GGPlay (who has gone on)... thats all I can think of. Not good enough coming from a once top progaming team.

Time for LG to come into progaming, stop being shy fucks.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51547 Posts
May 31 2008 20:56 GMT
#14
I just realised that the biggest purchase Hanbit has made since 2005 is Qoo)Max (I think).
(Yes, Yooi, Child etc blow and don't count).

Hilarity.
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nimysa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States383 Posts
May 31 2008 22:01 GMT
#15
On June 01 2008 05:52 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Totally agreed with you there, I thought Hanbit were the gods of progaming back in the day with that calibur of players.
The only players that Hanbit have managed to make into DECENT players in the recent years are Free, GGPlay (who has gone on)... thats all I can think of. Not good enough coming from a once top progaming team.

Time for LG to come into progaming, stop being shy fucks.

You forgot Daezang, the guy who invented the "Bisu" build.
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
May 31 2008 22:05 GMT
#16
maybe a female hygiene company so that TamponZerg may finally emerge
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0z
Profile Joined August 2006
Luxembourg877 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-31 22:48:15
May 31 2008 22:46 GMT
#17
On June 01 2008 05:56 GTR-2-Go wrote:
I just realised that the biggest purchase Hanbit has made since 2005 is Qoo)Max

literally
ScarFace
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1175 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-31 23:20:02
May 31 2008 23:17 GMT
#18
On June 01 2008 04:29 IntoTheWow wrote:
Hanbit can become the CocaCola Bubbles or something :3
Coke: Addicts?

Anyways, its sad that Hanbit is leaving- not because its Hanbit, I don't give a fuck about them. It's sad because it must be stressful on the team. I hope a good sponsor picks them up, get a new coach, hopefully the financial backing so they can:

1) Bring in new talent
2) Buy 'used' talent
3) Give incentive to current talent
On June 01 2008 07:01 nimysa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2008 05:52 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Totally agreed with you there, I thought Hanbit were the gods of progaming back in the day with that calibur of players.
The only players that Hanbit have managed to make into DECENT players in the recent years are Free, GGPlay (who has gone on)... thats all I can think of. Not good enough coming from a once top progaming team.

Time for LG to come into progaming, stop being shy fucks.

You forgot Daezang, the guy who invented the "Bisu" build.
Ok im tired of this bullshit. The bisu build IS the bisu build for a reason; Bisu created it. Bisu's build is a variation on other existing builds, just like Flash's build, or any other bloody build. Bisu changed the order, the ferocity of it, he changed the timing. That is why its his 'build', for god damn sakes. Tired of those idiots "SAIR+DT WAS ALREADY USED"

Yes, now go hit yourself in the face with a tire iron.
Can you dig it?
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51547 Posts
May 31 2008 23:29 GMT
#19
ok so if i do the gundam build and i modify it so x goes infront of y do i call it the gtr build?!
Commentator
RamenStyle
Profile Joined September 2004
United States1929 Posts
May 31 2008 23:34 GMT
#20
On June 01 2008 07:05 paper wrote:
maybe a female hygiene company so that TamponZerg may finally emerge


By definition, a player called Tampon can only suck. Period.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-31 23:41:53
May 31 2008 23:41 GMT
#21
On June 01 2008 08:17 ScarFace wrote:
Show nested quote +

Time for LG to come into progaming, stop being shy fucks.

Ok im tired of this bullshit. The bisu build IS the bisu build for a reason; Bisu created it. Bisu's build is a variation on other existing builds, just like Flash's build, or any other bloody build. Bisu changed the order, the ferocity of it, he changed the timing. That is why its his 'build', for god damn sakes. Tired of those idiots "SAIR+DT WAS ALREADY USED"

Yes, now go hit yourself in the face with a tire iron.
Not to derail the thread any further... Bisu's supposed "build" has nothing to do with the success he endured in PvZ - not a scrap. Bisu success stems from his inexplicable timing and his strange ability which allows him to predict where battles will be occurring. Bisu did not invent his build, that is pretty obvious, but he did take it to new heights through it's use. But that build was never responsible for his victories. If you want to debate this further pm me
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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
May 31 2008 23:49 GMT
#22
I like how you compare the hanbits managers to isiah thomas, so true.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
June 01 2008 00:19 GMT
#23
On June 01 2008 08:34 RamenStyle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2008 07:05 paper wrote:
maybe a female hygiene company so that TamponZerg may finally emerge


By definition, a player called Tampon can only suck. Period.

can't it also blow?
Official Entusman #21
Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8092 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-01 00:49:32
June 01 2008 00:48 GMT
#24
On June 01 2008 08:34 RamenStyle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2008 07:05 paper wrote:
maybe a female hygiene company so that TamponZerg may finally emerge


By definition, a player called Tampon can only suck. Period.

i see what you did there
Nah hanabit should get picked up by someone, im suprised that estro isnt going before them rofl
Loda talked about the fun counter, it's AdmiralBulldog on his natures prophet
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
June 01 2008 02:20 GMT
#25
On June 01 2008 04:00 RamenStyle wrote:
Well, I blame all of these on the cheap ass Hanbit who want to get Jaedong-like caliber players at the price of Mumyung's. I'm kind pissed at Hanbit for showing that not only Isiah Thomas can screw up big time when it comes to managing a team.


Hey now... Mumyung did win a league.
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
Tudazul
Profile Joined July 2004
Brazil400 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-01 05:56:02
June 01 2008 05:55 GMT
#26
He is referring about it:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2008/05/133_24407.html

sad thing
http://www.gamesphere.com.br/blog/tudazul.html
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
June 01 2008 06:58 GMT
#27
Bah we need a word for "NON eehan timing"
Life is run, it is dance, it is fast, passionate and BAM!, you dance and sing and booze while you can for now is the time and time is mine. Smile and laugh when still can for now is the time and soon you die!
AceVentura
Profile Joined October 2007
Sweden34 Posts
June 01 2008 08:23 GMT
#28
On June 01 2008 05:30 evanthebouncy! wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2008 04:29 IntoTheWow wrote:
Hanbit can become the CocaCola Bubbles or something :3

Lol and their arch-RIval the Mentose Pills

The Mentose Pills would be so kickass!
And we all know who their star would be...
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