Brazzers Esports Sponsorships - Page 8

On April 04 2012 03:02 eYeball wrote:
I hope not this will be something we get to see in the Starcraft 2 scene, imagine Brazzers listed with all big sponsors like Intel, Coca-Cola, AMD etc. I don't think anyone of them want to be associated with anything like porn, would probably be a nightmare. Other than that I really don't care whenever they should sponsor or so, but if that happens I don't think it will go well for e-Sports.

On April 04 2012 03:39 Noocta wrote:
I don't really see a problem with it.
People need to stop being so shy about that. Sex is a market, like everything else.

But then, I'm not sure this isn't a late paril fool joke, because it's pretty weird nonetheless. x)

On April 04 2012 03:12 Leth0 wrote:
If you are so hard up that you need porn at video game tournaments than you need to go outside and find a woman.

On April 04 2012 03:41 Phobbers wrote:

No, it's legit. Being a follower of the FGC. LI Joe has been pushing the Brazzers thing on twitter while he was in LA and finally managed to get in contact with some higher ups in the organization for sponsorship. Actually now that I think about it, he has been pushing on the Brazzers thing for a month or so now.

On April 04 2012 01:52 Trumpet wrote:
It's relevant that they're just planning to sponsor a player and possibly their own event at this point, not necessarily trying to advertise through other events.

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So when did everyone become Kotaku-level sensationalists enough to decide that one player amongst thousands getting a pr0n company sponsorship is going to ruin the FGC?

Those of you who only talk and contribute nothing to the community -- it was only days ago that you people were still coming up with photoshopped Brazzers pictures of players for shits and giggles. Now that a fairly well-known player has nabbed a real sponsorship, you people 1) turn around and claim that such a sponsorship is detrimental to the community, while this is just one player's decision for a personal affiliation and most event organizers have made their stances clear in terms of associating with such sponsor (read: they won't); 2) blow up the matter out of proportion by spreading false rumors on Twitter such as pr0n star xxx and yyy will be at future events, future tournaments will feature pr0n website promotions, etc. 3) become judgmental towards pr0n -- I didn't realize we were working with a bunch of 15-year-old smartasses here. But then again, I am fairly mature for my age if I must say so myself and I can't expect the same from every other men in their mid-20s.

Since when did the FGC become all about just talking "current events"? I reiterate this point over and over to others, too, that those who only show up on stream chats, Youtube/EventHubs/SRK comments, etc. are NOT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. The community is those who come out to play the gdamned games, and those who help the players get exposure. The community is not and should not be swayed by spectators on their computer chairs who hasn't put in a single quarter into an arcade cabinet, or picked up a TE stick to try and beat "that guy at the arcade".

A sponsor is a sponsor. It sends its player to community events without money from the player's pocket. As mentioned before, most event organizers have already firmly stated that they will not feature the sponsor tag in front of LI Joe's name, nor associate with the sponsor in any way, shape or form. Brazzers wants to run fighting game events? Most other sponsors have already stated that their players will not be sent to a Brazzers-run event. There may be community presence from Brazzers people? So what? We got fuckers like DJ Vest running around two-timing people and ruining tournaments. Anyone from Brazzers is comparably an angel and a saint.

This is not good for the community's image, huh, spectators? Who are the ones that blew up the Cross Assault incident into making it look like the entire community was sexist? Definitely not the community itself.

Wanna prove that you're not all talk and what you say holds weight? Why don't you come to one of these plentiful FGC events and get bodied? But that armchair looks mighty comfortable... I'm not listening. I'm going back to playing the damn games that got me here.

On April 04 2012 02:04 Kevan wrote:
"Finish him" never meant so much.

- Incontrol

Also: What exactly is the big deal? Brazzers has been sponsoring big dicks and assholes for years.

On April 04 2012 03:48 BlackGosu wrote:
anyone who doesnt accept this is like the principal who banned megan piper from the prom.

stop discriminating

On April 04 2012 03:53 Shadow_Dog wrote:
I don't get what the big deal is. All there is going to be is 1 or 2 on stream brazzers logos, maybe some commercial (that won't have nudity most likely), some players having brazzers sewed on badges, as well as getting some porn stars to be booth babes (if some aren't already doing this). Come on, people say that there isn't enough money in the scene, and for the FGC that is completely true, but when all the sudden people want to throw money at them they decline because to some people it's unnaceptable, etc.? Come on.

On April 04 2012 02:16 chestnutcc wrote:
Jokes aside, terrible idea, there are many underage pro gamers and spectators at sc2 events, and this would be really bad for publicity. Don't get me wrong, I like me some porn, but its just not appropriate to have them sponsoring an activity that is not age restricted for the most part, and that actively needs more participation.

Imagine DJWheat trying to explain that to miniwheat? Or Day[9] rationalizing this to his increasingly mainstream clientele?