Starcraft 2 stream numbers seem to be holding steady/growing this whole time that "WoW arena pt2" has been gaining popularity. There is no denying LoL gets bigger numbers but why would companies not sponsor both if they see potential returns from both games? One sponsor jumping ship because they decided they want to focus on one game doesn't really say much at this point.

leperphilliac

United States399 Posts

May 11 2012 19:47 GMT

#305

Honestly the best thing for the SC2 esports scene is to go f2p like what LoL is, but then, that won't be good for blizzard because unlike LoL which has ~50 heroes there are only 3 races for SC2, and making money off portraits won't work for them...

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

May 11 2012 19:51 GMT

#306

If Nada and MC were still on oGs, this probably doesn't happen. Yeah, LoL is big and all, but if your decision is to mainly sponsor either a team headed by Yellow or a team that has lost both it's most marketable players, the choice is pretty easy.

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

May 11 2012 19:51 GMT

#307

This is going to keep happening, Korean team managers (GOM teams, not the KeSPA ones) are fucking awful at business.

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

May 11 2012 19:52 GMT

#308

aristarchus

United States652 Posts

May 11 2012 19:54 GMT

#309

On May 12 2012 04:51 Fionn wrote:
If Nada and MC were still on oGs, this probably doesn't happen. Yeah, LoL is big and all, but if your decision is to mainly sponsor either a team headed by Yellow or a team that has lost both it's most marketable players, the choice is pretty easy.

Yeah, but they *were* on oGs and it didn't help. If oGs had got significant sponsorship as a result of them being on the team, they wouldn't have had to leave for foreign teams with less in the way of other players or practice areas but more money.

HolydaKing

21253 Posts

May 11 2012 19:56 GMT

#310

On May 12 2012 04:51 Diamond wrote:
This is going to keep happening, Korean team managers (GOM teams, not the KeSPA ones) are fucking awful at business.

Not sure if true, you gotta keep in mind that so far SC2 isn't (really) popular in Korea...

Raid

United States398 Posts

May 11 2012 19:59 GMT

#311

On May 12 2012 04:51 Diamond wrote:
This is going to keep happening, Korean team managers (GOM teams, not the KeSPA ones) are fucking awful at business.

Except IM which probably lands the largest sponsors out of any SC2 team in history.

Corsica

Ukraine1854 Posts

May 11 2012 19:59 GMT

#312

On May 11 2012 21:52 T0F4sT wrote:
sad to see TL ''killing'' oGs by buying the top players.

What are you talking about Zenio is mediocre, and Hero was a no name before he joined Liquid...

kochujang

Germany1226 Posts

May 11 2012 20:12 GMT

#313

Noooooo, my favorite Korean Team. I wouldn't have known HerO if not for oGs

dylan522p

United States38 Posts

May 11 2012 20:37 GMT

#314

Wow this sucks! I loved OGS earlier on when they were awesome. Well I hope that there players find new teams

kuroshiro

United Kingdom378 Posts

May 11 2012 20:39 GMT

#315

On May 12 2012 04:59 Corsica wrote:

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What are you talking about Zenio is mediocre, and Hero was a no name before he joined Liquid...

Zenio had already left OGS. He couldn't stay at the training house and OGS have a no-out-of-house player policy.

Orracle

United States314 Posts

May 11 2012 20:41 GMT

#316

Doesn't really surprise me. The team has been falling apart for a while. The only player who ever posted good results was MC, and even before he traded teams, he was pretty much falling out of the scene. I loved watching Nada in BW, but he had sub-par results as well. Swapping over to Complexity I'm sure secured him a bit of money, as he wasn't doing well in tournaments.

kuroshiro

United Kingdom378 Posts

May 11 2012 20:41 GMT

#317

TL to secure the sponsorship deal to acquire OGS players and coaching staff.

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