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Lecaf Oz Changes Name to Hwaseung Progame Team - Page 2

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Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
January 29 2009 22:42 GMT
#21
On January 30 2009 06:16 jwd241224 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
stars and oz...yeah thats not incredibly gay, am I right? I havent seen anyone callin them WJ anyways.
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Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
January 29 2009 22:48 GMT
#22
On January 30 2009 07:40 Bosu wrote:
Improve advertisement by changing a pretty good name to one that nobody can spell or pronounce ?

Aight whateva


i'm fairly sure that koreans can spell and pronouce it pretty well
Terran & Potato Salad.
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
January 29 2009 22:54 GMT
#23
On January 30 2009 07:40 Bosu wrote:
Improve advertisement by changing a pretty good name to one that nobody can spell or pronounce?

Aight whateva


Congratulations on your contribution to this thread's trove of unbelievably dumb posts
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Braintricks
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
137 Posts
January 29 2009 22:55 GMT
#24
How would you go about pronouncing Hwaseung?

Hway-sung?
goddamn nerd rappers
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
January 29 2009 22:57 GMT
#25
On January 30 2009 07:55 Braintricks wrote:
How would you go about pronouncing Hwaseung?

Hway-sung?


My guess is "Hwah-sung". Can any Koreans enlighten us?
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SaveYourSavior
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1071 Posts
January 29 2009 22:58 GMT
#26
On January 30 2009 07:55 Braintricks wrote:
How would you go about pronouncing Hwaseung?

Hway-sung?




ho-eh <--(say these two parts fast in one syllable) sung

hweh sung
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kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
January 29 2009 23:00 GMT
#27
On January 30 2009 07:40 Bosu wrote:
Improve advertisement by changing a pretty good name to one that nobody can spell or pronounce?

Aight whateva


Holy fuck...

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.


Wow great post! instaed of clarifying how both are pronounced you just add to the mystery
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
January 29 2009 23:05 GMT
#28
Nice thread, moved to news.
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p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
January 29 2009 23:16 GMT
#29
So if I understand this correctly, Hwaseung is the larger corporation that owns Lecaf, and they want to get the most bang for their buck by having their team promote the whole brand, not just Lecaf?

They need to get a catchier name though. Hwaseung Progame Team doesn't have any ring to it. I could get used to it if they just call themselves Hwaseung OZ.
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disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
January 29 2009 23:22 GMT
#30
abandon the ship
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Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
January 29 2009 23:25 GMT
#31
hmm. doensnt make much of a differnece to me. as long as (Z)Jaedong and (P)BackHo dont start screwing up because of this then im fine.

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PocketX
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
53 Posts
January 29 2009 23:29 GMT
#32
Name sucks but logo's cool
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
January 29 2009 23:31 GMT
#33
On January 30 2009 06:05 jwd241224 wrote:
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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!


T_T

must be their exports (electronics, cars)
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
January 29 2009 23:32 GMT
#34
Oh damn i liked the sound of lecaf:O
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
XYoonZ
Profile Joined January 2009
United States282 Posts
January 29 2009 23:40 GMT
#35
On January 30 2009 07:58 SaveYourSavior wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2009 07:55 Braintricks wrote:
How would you go about pronouncing Hwaseung?

Hway-sung?




ho-eh <--(say these two parts fast in one syllable) sung

hweh sung


its actually Hwah-Sung (화승)

"sung" isnt quite right either but its as close as you can get w/ English.
Soft spot for Zerg....
TW WiNNinG 54
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States250 Posts
January 29 2009 23:45 GMT
#36
So it's Hwaseung OZ?

Keep Fighting Savior!!! U can do it!
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
January 29 2009 23:56 GMT
#37
I like lecaf better
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
January 29 2009 23:59 GMT
#38
hwaseung is like "peanut" in half mandarin half cantonese
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
January 30 2009 00:05 GMT
#39
On January 30 2009 08:29 PocketX wrote:
Name sucks but logo's cool


Yeah I agree... lecaf was sooo much better.

just gonna call them Oz from now on :\
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NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
January 30 2009 00:08 GMT
#40
On January 30 2009 06:08 jwd241224 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


hwasin is pronounced 'hwah-shin'
hwaseung is pronounced 'hwah-sung' (like someone already mentioned, 'sung' isn't quite accurate but english doesn't have a better way of representing the actual sound)
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