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If you are following the Recommended snipealot thread, you may have recently noticed a lot of games played on odd maps with Larva as the obs/caster.  Larva, aka Lim Hong Gyu, has been receiving a weekly sponsorship from MUSINSA store and is organizing and casting semi-regular sponsored matches at around 10-11 PM KST.
He proudly introduces himself as HongGameNet's Hong and hopes you tune in to enjoy some of the matches!
As there is no schedule or system to this, all we can do is turn on HOGN every evening and hope to tune into some epicness. To see some of the past matches, go here and look for odd maps. Chances are HOGN will be among the observers.
Source: Afreeca announcement Ranking and awards
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United States2948 Posts
Very cool, thanks for the post!
I wonder how these show matches are sponsored. Watching the streams, for his own sponsored matches against pro's, donors/fans often provide the best-of format (1/3/5) and balloon amount and let the players go for it.
Watching some of these HongGameNet matches, it doesn't look like the donors specify balloon amounts and opponents. It almost seems like there's a pool of donations and Larva seeks out which pros are Afreeca streaming at the time and organizes something. I've seen Larva send balloons to winners after the match from his account, so presumably from this 'pool'
Good business decision from Larva, as he tends to re-stream the VODs of the casted matches when he is away/not actively streaming. Even showing VODs, Larva is among the most watched Afreeca BJs, like Sonic. Good passive income during the 50-75% of the day he is not doing live streams
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Yeah he's sponsored by some MUSINSA store. Since the sponsorship deal is just in the early stages, he receives sponsorship on a weekly basis.
The winning player of the rankings for each month gets 1000 balloons and I assume he just does with the rest as he likes.
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just out of curiosity.... why doesn't bisu play in a lot of these leagues?
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51660 Posts
On September 07 2014 06:05 castleeMg wrote:
just out of curiosity.... why doesn't bisu play in a lot of these leagues?
he feels like it's a waste of time considering he's happy how much he's earning as an afreeca broadcaster atm
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TLADT24920 Posts
cool, thanks for the update Stratos. Also, ZerO 8-2, nice!
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Game just now between by.hero and PianO was pretty sick and very surprising, on Loki 2. Recommend!
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TLADT24920 Posts
On September 11 2014 20:30 Birdie wrote:
Game just now between by.hero and PianO was pretty sick and very surprising, on Loki 2. Recommend!
yes, I also recommend lol.
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It's vods so I assume it's the same game on Loki that's already been recommended. ^^
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O didn't realize it was VODs, sick game anyway, 추천!
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Larva, Mong, and Hiya casting right now. They're having a pretty good time, haha.
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On September 12 2014 18:26 tenacity wrote:
Larva, Mong, and Hiya casting right now. They're having a pretty good time, haha.
lol yea i cna only imagine it was like watching a soup ophra these 3 together HAHA!
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Updated rankings 2014-09-17 02:27 KST
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Updated rankings 2014-09-24 23:27 KST
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United States2948 Posts
Thanks for the updates. 
Interesting that hero and ZerO get so may more opportunities compared to the other pro's. If I recall, they also played among the most in the August series
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With the close top two I wonder if there's going to be a showdown to decide the winner for September 
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United States2948 Posts
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He's sponsored by Sbenu for 3 months (may be extended). There'll be a team battle on Monday (ex-CJ, SK etc.)
Bo3 matches between on-the-spot picked BJs on tue-wed, normal personal stream on Thursday and KotH on Friday. Saturday and Sunday normal stream or rest. I'll post it as news tmrw. Another great move by Sonic imo.
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Japan11301 Posts
How big is Sbenu? I know he has AOA and IU contracted and that's about it.
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EPT
Mong 5W 2L
free 4W 5L
