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Lecaf Oz Changes Name to Hwaseung Progame Team

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joohyunee
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Korea (South)1087 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-29 23:05:47
January 29 2009 20:40 GMT
#1
** For some reason, fomos.kr isn't showing the exact URL (only fomos.kr comes out on the URL in IE right now) The original article is under the "issue" portion of fomos.**

Lecaf Oz Changes Name to Hwaseung Progame Team


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From January 31st, Lecaf Oz is changing its name to Hwaseung Oz.

'Lecaf Oz' which was created by sponsoring the "Plus" gameteam back in March of 2006. Since then, it has become a reknowned game team by winning the Shinhan Bank Proleague (2nd half) in 2007 and the Grand Finals.

The name change occured because Lecaf wanted to increase its advertisement capacity and territory of influence. The idea is to improve Hwaseung image brand image in products from not only Lecaf but K Swiss, Murrel (not sure of the exact spelling) as well.

Hwaseung Inc.'s representative, Lee Gye Joo, has said "Through this name change, the Oz gameteam will become an even greater marketing communication channel for Hwaseung instead of Lecaf", and "I believe that the members of the team will be able to have more pride and loyalty to the team" and revealed the reason for the name change.

On the other hand, Hwaseung will have various fan events in light of the change in team name. First, on January 13st (Sat), they will give out custom-made cheering instruments for the fans that come to the Hero Center in Moon-Rae Dong. On the gameteam home page, fans will be able to interact with new sections, such as "Dart game", "How I became a Hwaseung Fan", and "Dinner with the players" to provide events to celebrate the name change.

Original Korean Article:
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르까프 오즈가 1월 31일부터 ‘화승 오즈’로 승격된다.

지난 2006년 3월, Plus 게임단을 인수, 창단된 ‘르까프 오즈’는 신한은행 프로리그 2007 후기리그와 통합챔피언전에서 우승을 차지하며 명실상부한 명문 게임단으로 자리매김했다.

이번 팀명 변경은 르까프 브랜드 홍보에서 기업 브랜드 홍보로 영역을 확대한 것으로 르까프를 비롯해 K•SWISS, 머렐 등 화승의 다양한 브랜드 이미지 강화를 위한 것으로 알려졌다.

㈜화승의 이계주 대표는 “이번 명칭 변경으로 오즈 게임단은 르까프가 아닌 화승의 e스포츠 통한 10/20세대 마케팅 커뮤니케이션 채널로 확대 활용할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다”며 “이번 팀명 변경으로 소속 선수들의 자부심과 애사심을 더욱 높일 수 있을 것”이라고 팀명 변경에 대해 밝혔다.

한편 ㈜화승은 이번 게임단 팀명 변경을 기념해 다양한 팬 이벤트를 진행할 계획이다. 먼저 오는 1월 31일(토) 문래동 히어로센터에 오시는 팬들에게는 특별 제작된 응원용 머플러를 제공하며, 게임단 홈페이지에서는 팬들은 ‘다트 게임’, ‘화승 팬이 된 사연 올리기’, ‘선수들과 저녁식사’ 등 다양한 이벤트가 진행될 예정이다.

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sung_moon
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10110 Posts
January 29 2009 20:41 GMT
#2
wht?

but lecaf just sounds natural.... w/e helps them i guess
Forever Young
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51398 Posts
January 29 2009 20:44 GMT
#3
I'm too used to Lecaf, but I guess the head poncho gets to make the decisions in the end.

화승 회이팅!
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liger13
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1060 Posts
January 29 2009 20:48 GMT
#4
lol.... i guess this is good?...
stil gonna call it lecaf though not quite sure what the Hwangsomthing... is.
I feel like pwning noobs
GrimAngel
Profile Joined September 2008
United States416 Posts
January 29 2009 20:50 GMT
#5
gonna take a little while to get used to it. I was used to calling the team just lecaf
Wan step ahead!
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51398 Posts
January 29 2009 20:50 GMT
#6
On January 30 2009 05:48 liger13 wrote:
lol.... i guess this is good?...
stil gonna call it lecaf though not quite sure what the Hwangsomthing... is.


Hwaesung is the company that owns Lecaf in Korea, as well as the others mentioned in the article.
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Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
January 29 2009 20:51 GMT
#7
ugh -_- does hwaseung mean something in korean ?
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Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
January 29 2009 20:52 GMT
#8
I really don't like this name =/
Jaedong
a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5085 Posts
January 29 2009 20:56 GMT
#9
whatever they gotta do to survive is fine with me, thanks for keeping us up to date joohyunee

i have thought of late how hard it might be for SC progaming teams to survive what with south korea's economy getting trashed so hard as of late...
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
January 29 2009 21:00 GMT
#10
On January 30 2009 05:52 Avidkeystamper wrote:
I really don't like this name =/


ya =\

but i guess it's a positive thing when the umbrella company wants in on the good publicity.
Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11270 Posts
January 29 2009 21:03 GMT
#11
What did the name Lecaf signify anyway?
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
January 29 2009 21:05 GMT
#12
On January 30 2009 05:56 a-game wrote:
whatever they gotta do to survive is fine with me, thanks for keeping us up to date joohyunee

i have thought of late how hard it might be for SC progaming teams to survive what with south korea's economy getting trashed so hard as of late...


+1, I am just happy that it looks like Hwaseung still values their pro-team sponsorship as an advertising tool. Oz's future looks pretty secure, all things considered.

I just read in the Economist that South Korea's economy shrunk by over 5% in 4Q2008...that's ridiculous. Hang tight, Korea!
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jinwoooooooo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States176 Posts
January 29 2009 21:05 GMT
#13
I doubt anyone not fluent in korean would be able to pronounce the new name correctly.

They'll probably pronounce it Hway-sung, just like how they butcher Hwasin's ID.
liger13
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1060 Posts
January 29 2009 21:06 GMT
#14
On January 30 2009 05:50 GTR-2-Go wrote:
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On January 30 2009 05:48 liger13 wrote:
lol.... i guess this is good?...
stil gonna call it lecaf though not quite sure what the Hwangsomthing... is.


Hwaesung is the company that owns Lecaf in Korea, as well as the others mentioned in the article.

ahh, i guess it makes a little more sense...
I feel like pwning noobs
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-29 21:09:49
January 29 2009 21:08 GMT
#15
On January 30 2009 06:05 jinwoooooooo wrote:
I doubt anyone not fluent in korean would be able to pronounce the new name correctly.

They'll probably pronounce it Hway-sung, just like how they butcher Hwasin's ID.


Can you please let me know how to correctly pronounce both of these (Hwaseung, Hwasin)?

Edit: and note that you probably could have devoted your post to remedying these pronunciation problems, rather than just berating people for them.
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T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
January 29 2009 21:13 GMT
#16
On January 30 2009 06:03 Aesop wrote:
What did the name Lecaf signify anyway?

Lecaf is a Korean sportswear company. They make pretty good quality sportswear, and probably rank among the top few Korean sportswear brands.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
January 29 2009 21:13 GMT
#17
damnit. Lecaf was one of the easier names to say, now, like Woonjing, we will have no idea how to pronounce/spell/shorten down, a teams name. hurrah...
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-29 21:16:34
January 29 2009 21:16 GMT
#18
On January 30 2009 06:13 Dazed_Spy wrote:
damnit. Lecaf was one of the easier names to say, now, like Woonjing, we will have no idea how to pronounce/spell/shorten down, a teams name. hurrah...


....or you could just say "the Stars" or "Oz"...

Also, it's Woongjin. Come on, man. And people have been shortening it "WJ" for months now.
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dmfg
Profile Joined May 2008
United Kingdom591 Posts
January 29 2009 22:39 GMT
#19
Huh. Well I guess we can still call it Oz.

On a sidenote, I wonder what Hwaseung actually means, because in Chinese it means peanut :p
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
January 29 2009 22:40 GMT
#20
Improve advertisement by changing a pretty good name to one that nobody can spell or pronounce?

Aight whateva
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