EPTOn February 25 2012 08:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:
What I do with my money is no-ones business but my own.
What I do with my money is no-ones business but my own.
He was directing that towards me actually...everyone loves you TB...
Totalbiscuit sponsors Dignitas' Bling - Page 8
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D_K_night
Canada615 Posts
He was directing that towards me actually...everyone loves you TB... | ||
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Kamikiri
United States1319 Posts
On February 25 2012 08:46 TotalBiscuit wrote: What I do with my money is no-ones business but my own. Respect, also I was never really a huge fan, I never disliked you. Now though, I am a huge fan of you TB, so much respect you are a really great person to have in the community. | ||
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Wroshe
Netherlands1051 Posts
On February 25 2012 08:50 Ruscour wrote: While that is true, it would still be interesting to find out what else was involved in the decision. Is this purely to help BlinG? Will he be wearing a Cynical Brit patch or something on his jersey? Will he be doing promotional stuff? I am going to guess that if Bling would have to do anything in return that this would likely be something like appear on his Showcraft once in a while or supply him with a few replays in case he ever runs out of pro replays to cast. For a person like TB I doubt a jersey patch would be a very good form of sponsorship. From what I see TB appears to be like a guy that you either hate and want to burn in the frying pan or love and let him sleep on your couch. Having said that it would make improving his image this way quite hard. The only thing he could do was make people that aren't aware of him notice him but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that more people know TB then that know Bling. | ||
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horsebanger
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
On February 25 2012 08:58 Wroshe wrote: I am going to guess that if Bling would have to do anything in return that this would likely be something like appear on his Showcraft once in a while or supply him with a few replays in case he ever runs out of pro replays to cast. For a person like TB I doubt a jersey patch would be a very good form of sponsorship. From what I see TB appears to be like a guy that you either hate and want to burn in the frying pan or love and let him sleep on your couch. Having said that it would make improving his image this way quite hard. The only thing he could do was make people that aren't aware of him notice him but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that more people know TB then that know Bling. While that is true, such advertising could get more Starcraft fans watching his general gaming channel (where he makes the majority of his money). | ||
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DisillusionedAcronym
190 Posts
On February 25 2012 07:03 ...what wrote: this is awesome fan service and player service and big props to Mr Biscuit for it, But its hardly a business thing is it now? everyone in the sc2 scene knows who John is so he hardly gains brand exposure. So is TB going to be getting something out of this like Bling joining him on showcraft and stuff? I don't want this to sound harsh or as if I'm bashing TB, if it wasn't for him I would never have got into starcraft. But isn't this just a snake eating its own tail? it doesn't help grow the scene or the sponsorship within the scene. i don't think, in this case, TB is looking to profit or benefit from this sponsorship - if that's what he was looking for, there would be better candidates than bling (no offense to bling). TB has mentioned multiple time that it's really tough to be a (full-time) pro gamer in england because the cost of living, in comparison to some of the other countries (as an example, say, whitera in ukraine), can be extremely high and prohibitive. i think this is a case where he saw a chance to support a deserving individual (bling took the war of the roses showmatch much more seriously than demuslim - no disrespect to him either - and the improvement he has made since that dignitas search has been ridiculously amazing) from his country (national pride and all that) and went with it. not to mention, by most accounts, bling is a decent fellow. On February 25 2012 07:06 A-p-p-l-e-s wrote: I was always curious and wanted to know. How do sponsorrs make money from sponsoring players? or do they not make any profit and is an act of kindness? i think, in general, it works much the same as advertising their brand. it's a double effect thing where 1) you (the sponsor) gets your name out there everytime the sponsored player is mentioned and 2) if you have a product to sell, fans of the sponsored player may be more receptive to your brand than your competitor, if only to support the company that supports a player they like. in this case, i think it's more a case of TB wanting to help an english player be able to play and compete full-time so that he can be as good as he can (there is really only two active higher level players, i think) than him looking for what he can gain out of the partnership. | ||
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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ETisME
12391 Posts
On February 25 2012 02:02 -_- wrote: I really hate how TotalBiscuit has made switch from disliking him to loving him in the period of a few months. Even as an analytic caster he's climbing up the ranks faster than most people acknowledge. I think he's becoming like those D- players you'd see in a BW live reports who gained so much knowledge by actively watching games their analysis of how a game would develop was better than B- players. err..no yesterday when he was casting the ROG, there was a part the cybernexis core got powered down and he said the protoss can't warp in stalker and sentries lol he really needs to improve his game understanding to be honest but I still like his style of casting. I just hope he gets the game more spot on and better at reading the game | ||
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Klogbert
United States139 Posts
On February 25 2012 01:10 Tenks wrote: Are you sure TheHandsomeNerd really sponsors anyone? I thought they just put shirts on their storefront as a win/win for Tastosis and the player/team but cutting the revenue. They sponsor white-ra too | ||
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Dalavita
Sweden1113 Posts
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Spensaur
Canada24 Posts
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dsll
United Kingdom143 Posts
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ODKStevez
Ireland1225 Posts
Long time fan. | ||
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Sandermatt
Switzerland1365 Posts
On February 25 2012 08:46 TotalBiscuit wrote: What I do with my money is no-ones business but my own. I was talking to D_K_night. I didn't want to critizize you in any way. Again to D_K_night: If you want to sponsor a local player, here would be a list of canadian players on liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Category:Canadian_Players (please don't take deezer ;-) ) | ||
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TheSir
1830 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:55 ETisME wrote: yesterday when he was casting the ROG, there was a part the cybernexis core got powered down and he said the protoss can't warp in stalker and sentries lol he really needs to improve his game understanding to be honest but I still like his style of casting. I just hope he gets the game more spot on and better at reading the game Wow one mistake, you do realize that TB cast in other way then most do. He's not only casting the game, he's entertaining as well and then you can make mistakes. Thats why he and Apollo are a great duo and thats why i love seeing TB casting SC2, he makes it fun for people who dont know every detail about the game. TB and Apollo got me hooked when i watched (because i was bored) a VOD on Youtube they casted and Grubby did something and they went banana's. I didn't even know why they went nuts cause i didn't know anything about the game at that time but it was entertaining as hell and thats why i started to view more SC2 games. And lets not forget, TB is not a SC2 casting pro (isn't his regular job) but he pulls more viewers on his SCi tournaments then MLG and Assembly do. SCi4 peaked at 70k viewers or some, Assembly doesn't come close to that this weekend so he is doing something freaking good. | ||
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Spicy_Curry
United States10573 Posts
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Risljaninasim
Netherlands228 Posts
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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Nyarly
France1030 Posts
Keep making such awesome moves like this one ! | ||
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Gowerly
United Kingdom916 Posts
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