It's not, I checked the email provided and it matches the ZeNEX coach's email. Also having spoke with him many times, this is pretty spot on for his English.

It's real, 1000000%

Tofugrinder

Austria899 Posts

February 04 2012 20:11 GMT

#249

On February 05 2012 04:21 madmandrit wrote:
Isn't this unprofessional?? I mean I wish them luck and all but really?

what would you like more? finding sponsors for zenex with this "unprofessional" method or rather not having zenex team at all? They do what they have to do to find sponsors. I hope for them they are successful with doing so

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

February 04 2012 20:59 GMT

#250

On February 05 2012 04:38 rOse_PedaL wrote:

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oh my god that is so sad i hope them good luck@

God I hate it when people edit Liquipedia without looking up their facts first.

MujuK was never on ZeNEX, he's part of the clan ReX

On February 05 2012 04:26 Mr Showtime wrote:

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indeed

Nope. It's legit, that would be the ZeNEX coaches e-mail, and I spoke with him on Skype about it.

Eee

Sweden2712 Posts

February 04 2012 22:24 GMT

#251

On February 05 2012 05:59 VirgilSC2 wrote:

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God I hate it when people edit Liquipedia without looking up their facts first.

MujuK was never on ZeNEX, he's part of the clan ReX

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Nope. It's legit, that would be the ZeNEX coaches e-mail, and I spoke with him on Skype about it.

How's his (the ZeNEX coaches) english?

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

February 04 2012 22:28 GMT

#252

On February 05 2012 07:24 Eee wrote:

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How's his (the ZeNEX coaches) english?

It's not bad, like I don't have trouble conversing with him, but it's no better than any of the other coaches I've talked to.

Zuxo

Sweden395 Posts

February 04 2012 22:54 GMT

#253

Why are they searching after "the thing" when they already have Cutter"?

Frankon

3054 Posts

February 04 2012 23:08 GMT

#254

Time for the creation of Team9 (formerly known as Zenex).
Ok jokes aside, Looks like a e-sport boom in korea is in decline.
In BW team dissolved. Kespa couldn't find a sponsor for team8.
In SC2 teams have problems. Zenex and TSL are taken apart by stronger teams. Most teams have "strange" at best sponsors or methods to sustain themselves.

DKR

United Kingdom622 Posts

February 04 2012 23:16 GMT

#255

Could the community initiate a funding drive for Zenex to help keep them afloat, I'm sure a large enough percentage of TL readers would donate $5 or so?

Ashakyre

United States99 Posts

February 04 2012 23:19 GMT

#256

Desperation, I suppose, but also respect for the community and what it might have to offer.

Mouzone

3937 Posts

February 05 2012 00:05 GMT

#257

On February 04 2012 16:36 SwizzY wrote:
I wonder if this is really them... If so, I can't help but feel sorry for ZeNEX pandering on a TL forum for sponsors. Looks ridiculously unprofessional to say the very least.

Though I wish them the best, I'd be surprised if even a single sponsor would take a team like this seriously.

My thoughts. Thought it was a troll post, I mean they could at least ask some translator to write it up properly. Anyway, i'm not here to bash them, this seems a bit sad if it's real.

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

February 05 2012 00:11 GMT

#258

I really really hope some sponsors pick them up. They breed so much talented players but nobody stays..

AlphaWhale

Australia328 Posts

February 05 2012 01:00 GMT

#259

If posting on teamliquid is "unprofessional" then all the tweeting pro gamers do is absolutely amateur and juvenile.

Posting here makes a lot of sense, it is the premier Starcraft website. "ZeNEX wants "THE THING"" sounds very powerful and intimidating. I like it when organisations operate in an immediate way like this to their fan base. Who honestly wants to look at a bunch of paragraphs that read like a short essay?

This is short and sweet, and if you're serious - send him an e-mail.

Erik.TheRed

United States1655 Posts

February 05 2012 01:28 GMT

#260

On February 05 2012 10:00 AlphaWhale wrote:
If posting on teamliquid is "unprofessional" then all the tweeting pro gamers do is absolutely amateur and juvenile.

Posting here makes a lot of sense, it is the premier Starcraft website. "ZeNEX wants "THE THING"" sounds very powerful and intimidating. I like it when organisations operate in an immediate way like this to their fan base. Who honestly wants to look at a bunch of paragraphs that read like a short essay?

This is short and sweet, and if you're serious - send him an e-mail.

pros don't post on TL explicitly looking for sponsorships and if they did the threads would probably get closed. TL has a sponsored threads section for a reason-- that's where people post advertisements (to prevent sc2 general from looking like Craigslist)

Not to mention, the title makes absolutely no sense in the context of the post, which itself is very poorly written. I don't think anyone is going to blame them for not having perfect English, but they could at least put a little effort into making a cohesive post when thousands of people are going to see what they've written.

I have nothing against Zenex or its players but it seems to me like some Korean esports admins have the misconception that TL is some magic place where foreign sponsorship deals come true. Sponsorships are a product of solid networking and branding, neither of which Zenex is accomplishing by making posts like this.