EPTA Sponsership is overrated. Like (no offence) but a gear sponsership is all that it is. Razer or steelseries do not help the team finacially in other ways AFAIK (please correct me if i am wrong). If all LG doesd is give monitors or laptops, i think it is not as huge as people think. However if they are very active like buying the naming rights iof the team, (LGIM) or helps to send the players to competitions i think this is HUGE and amazing for the korean ESPORTS scene.
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NaldoR
Singapore2198 Posts
A Sponsership is overrated. Like (no offence) but a gear sponsership is all that it is. Razer or steelseries do not help the team finacially in other ways AFAIK (please correct me if i am wrong). If all LG doesd is give monitors or laptops, i think it is not as huge as people think. However if they are very active like buying the naming rights iof the team, (LGIM) or helps to send the players to competitions i think this is HUGE and amazing for the korean ESPORTS scene. | ||
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DeadBull
421 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Yes, I am obviously kidding | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:26 JiPrime wrote: Good joke, I lol'ed heartily. Tbh, I want all the companies that sponsored BW/BW teams to stay the hell away from SC2. Especially Samsung with its shitty WCG. Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. | ||
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Luepert
United States1934 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:13 GTR wrote: massive is an understatement, i know for sure that LG have been looking to enter the ESPORTS market for YEARS, and never got the chance to with brood war. hopefully this is the start of something big in korea for ESPORTS. LG sponsored the Super tournament and that other special won that DRG won right? They've been sponsoring tournaments, just not a team yet. | ||
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0kz
Italy1118 Posts
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Eee
Sweden2712 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:31 Luepert wrote: LG sponsored the Super tournament and that other special won that DRG won right? They've been sponsoring tournaments, just not a team yet. They also hosted the GSTL semifinals this season and the Boxer vs Yellow showmatch last year. | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:28 Dodgin wrote: Why would you want that? BW teams playing sc2 would give it real legitimacy in Korea as a competition like BW is. Players who have to do military service could be on ACE, stuff like that. So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote: So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. I pictured you with a tinfoil hat on while reading this. Went through your post history real quick and you really seem to hate Kespa, sorry you don't like this I guess but a lot of people do. anyway back on topic, if you want to continue this conversation feel free to PM me. | ||
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SenorChang
Australia4730 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:40 JiPrime wrote: So you want KESPA, a corporate union, to get its filthy hand on SC2 scene? The way things are going, KESPA doesn't want GSL players to participate in their league. They want to keep the league isolated. I say let them die from within with their shitty matches played by relatively new ex-BW SC2 KESPA players. Seriously, think about it. Who would do better? A player who has been practicing both BW and SC2 back and forth, or a player who has been solely practicing SC2? And no, the elephant can go fuck itself, it has been disproven with ForGG getting his ass whooped. There is almost no way that those players can catch up with the current GSL players in time before it's too late. And no self-respecting, sensible GSL players would ever switch sides, even with loads of dosh. And from the looks of it, a lot of Korean BW fans would rather watch LoL instead of SC2. That's good, I don't want those kind of shitty fanbase (especially Fomos) to defile the SC2 scene. Addenum: As much as I love esports, having the air force to go out of its way to cater to progamers, is a bit of an overboard, when they should be putting all their efforts and funds into protecting the country, especially with North Korea and its new warmongering leader next door. You post the strangest things sometimes. (Well most of the time) | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
On April 15 2012 23:53 SenorChang wrote: You post the strangest things sometimes. (Well most of the time) Trust me, your sanity wouldn't last if you have been fucked over by KESPA again and again for the last decade. | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
EDIT: Here it is (kinda) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=269800¤tpage=21#420 LG joining up with IM gives the SC2 teams a lot of leverage on KeSPA though. Hope it promotes cooperation between the SC2 and BW teams. | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
On April 16 2012 00:08 pdd wrote: If memory serves me right, LG were one of the companies rumored to be considering sponsoring Team 8 (BW pro-team), and when the rumors came out there was some talk that they were considering between Team 8 or IM. Not sure where I saw it though. Could have been a random news piece I saw on TL. LG made the right choice sponsoring IM instead of Team 8. Everyone knows that BW is dead outside Korea. Any competent marketer would know that foreign exposure of the brand >>>>> local exposure of the brand, especially companies like LG. | ||
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MaV_gGSC
Canada1345 Posts
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archonOOid
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
On April 16 2012 00:11 JiPrime wrote: LG made the right choice sponsoring IM instead of Team 8. Everyone knows that BW is dead outside Korea. Any competent marketer would know that foreign exposure of the brand >>>>> local exposure of the brand, especially companies like LG. B...but, Jaedong ... | ||
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frequency
Australia1901 Posts
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
Jaedong is jaedong. He's great, but his name recognition is a bit low among mainstream (not TL) SC2 fans. | ||
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Fragile51
Netherlands15767 Posts
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Lysanias
Netherlands8351 Posts
On April 16 2012 00:08 pdd wrote: If memory serves me right, LG were one of the companies rumored to be considering sponsoring Team 8 (BW pro-team), and when the rumors came out there was some talk that they were considering between Team 8 or IM. Not sure where I saw it though. Could have been a random news piece I saw on TL. EDIT: Here it is (kinda) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=269800¤tpage=21#420 LG joining up with IM gives the SC2 teams a lot of leverage on KeSPA though. Hope it promotes cooperation between the SC2 and BW teams. If LG is smart, they talked with T8 for future combining T8 with IM for Sc2. 1 can only dream ofc. | ||
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