I used to go to the LOL matches at Yeongsan Arena and this is what a Korean guy (Korean American maybe) who worked at Azubu...named...Kevin (I think)... told me. We got drunk in Itaewon in Seoul one of those nights.

Its a Korean company, but they have an office in Germany.
A rich Korean dude got kicked out of the country in the late 1990s for fraud or something.
He runs this company from Europe.

They used to have Americans working there but they were either quit or fired.
It was a mass media site when it first started and then it was sort of a social network site, I think.
I checked it out a couple times but didn't really get it. Looked bloody awful.

So it appeared to me that it was a bunch of Koreans making an english website.

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

March 06 2013 06:08 GMT

#107

Some enterprising lawyer is going to figure out that Azubu has violated multiple consumer protection acts and then sue the piss out of Azubu (assuming that a state attorney general doesn't do it first).

crankyexgamer

Korea (South)2 Posts

March 06 2013 06:53 GMT

#108

LightningStrikes, all of that is eerily true. He must have been drunk if he was telling you the truth. The truth was not very popular around there! Was Kevin also waiting tables at the restaurant you visited in Itaewon?

www.abuzu.com sums up Azubu perfectly. **edit: Actually, it's evolving. I just wanted the audio loop and spinning tank to stay there forever...

LightningStrikes

Korea (South)14 Posts

March 06 2013 06:58 GMT

#109

Whoaaaaaa.... this is Azubucom!!!
Outrageous!

Looms

United States4624 Posts

March 06 2013 07:00 GMT

#110

On March 06 2013 14:56 LightningStrikes wrote:
I used to go to the LOL matches at Yeongsan Arena and this is what a Korean guy (Korean American maybe) who worked at Azubu...named...Kevin (I think)... told me. We got drunk in Itaewon in Seoul one of those nights.

Its a Korean company, but they have an office in Germany.
A rich Korean dude got kicked out of the country in the late 1990s for fraud or something.
He runs this company from Europe.

They used to have Americans working there but they were either quit or fired.
It was a mass media site when it first started and then it was sort of a social network site, I think.
I checked it out a couple times but didn't really get it. Looked bloody awful.

So it appeared to me that it was a bunch of Koreans making an english website.

This seems like one of the most plausible explanations about Azubu. Simply a Korean entity operating from outside of Korea, but with a focus in a heavily Korean business environment. Thus, knowing more about the company's history would be the easiest way to learn about Azubu's main goals. Kind of makes sense why the Korean netizens were skeptical about Azubu when they first popped on to the scene with their allegations of ghost company, etc.

LightningStrikes

Korea (South)14 Posts

March 06 2013 07:05 GMT

#111

@Looms, I've read here on this site, I believe, about the money laundering.
I can see that. Why have a bunch of Koreans make an English website? Makes sense now.

Even now the site shows...looks like that guy Kevin...playing LOL in Korean.

I asked him about a job, but he says that his boss...Kim or Lee...hates foreigners.

LightningStrikes

Korea (South)14 Posts

March 06 2013 07:11 GMT

#112

They definitely need my help:

"AZUBU TV that stands for every gamers’ dream streaming service released a blast hot enough to get the worldwide pro-gaming population sizzling."

Sim Kyren

Canada27 Posts

March 06 2013 07:21 GMT

#113

Twitch really needs to step it's game up (been lacking in several parts) and a good competitor is good way to get your stuff back in gear. But this is not the way to go.

Infernal_dream

United States2359 Posts

March 06 2013 07:56 GMT

#114

Shit seems legit to me. Watch out twitch, GSL gonna move to AZUBU. Azubu fighting.

Dagobert

Netherlands1858 Posts

March 06 2013 09:07 GMT

#115

Plot twist - AZUBU is JustinTV in drag.

SilverStar

Sweden18511 Posts

March 06 2013 09:18 GMT

#116

Oh wow. That's interesting haha.

vince.k

Japan1 Post

March 06 2013 10:42 GMT

#117

What do u guys think about the possibility any third party is involved on this? I think kinda things cannot happen unless someone who doesn't want azubu to be successful did this kinda things on purpose

SilverStar

Sweden18511 Posts

March 06 2013 11:07 GMT

#118

On March 06 2013 19:42 vince.k wrote:
What do u guys think about the possibility any third party is involved on this? I think kinda things cannot happen unless someone who doesn't want azubu to be successful did this kinda things on purpose

Extremly unlikely. This is just incompetence.

Garnet

Vietnam9013 Posts

March 06 2013 11:35 GMT

#119

I hope they hire someone who speaks English. Finally a streaming site I can watch.

longtimenosee

5 Posts

March 06 2013 12:12 GMT

#120

On March 05 2013 14:29 InfestedOne wrote:
This is very strange! I would like to see a response from both parties!

Well I gotta say, there are lots of rumors going around about AZBU, but here is the truth.

This is what I heard from a person, who works at AZUBU himself and I am letting it out to you all.

THE CEO of AZUBU is KOREAN, age around 60s and he won lottery 2 years ago, the winning was about 50mil i believe.

He was spening it all on the gay bar he used to work at during his jobless period.

Now he is married to the gay bar boss and has 2 kids. (one of them is Tranny)

The other kid, not the tranny one loves game so much, especially LoL so his daddy THE CEO oF Azubu bought the company for him.

AS the truth spreads, it sounds very weird and fk'ed up, but now i understand why AZUBU is so mysterious

I gotta puke ..... one sec

i don't care if you guys don't believe me, but believe it or not this is the truth behind AZubu