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The announcement of the next sponsor for the world's most prestigious e-Sports league, the OnGameNet Starleague, was announced last night at the conclusion of the tving Starleague finals.
'Auction', a Korean internet shopping mall/auction site, will be the new sponsor for this upcoming league. With the slogan, 'All Kill', OnGameNet said that Auction have been following the Starleague for quite some time, and was excited to promote their brand name.
Source: http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=64598
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Oh that was fast, glad to see them get a sponsor fast especially when just switching to sc2 ^_^.
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Reading the title alone I thought OGN was holding an auction to raise money to sponsor the next OSL or something ridiculous like that.
That's cool that we have a brand new sponsor though, hopefully sc2 OSL means no more charity sponsorships from kespa teams.
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Very excited to see this new sponsor and the start of a new chapter for OGN.
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this seems cool for the future of OSL and SC2, glad they had a sponsor already lined up and ready
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Great news. Here's to hoping for an excellent OSL season 
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Haha this was rather misleading
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United Kingdom903 Posts
Awesome, while I am sad BW will be over, this is a new chapter and I hope it does well.
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On August 05 2012 13:01 theBALLS wrote:
Haha this was rather misleading
You can say that again. Glad to see that they are sponsored and can't wait to get to know the Elephant koreans in english when Doa starts casting!
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On August 05 2012 12:59 Dodgin wrote:
Reading the title alone I thought OGN was holding an auction to raise money to sponsor the next OSL or something ridiculous like that.
That's cool that we have a brand new sponsor though, hopefully sc2 OSL means no more charity sponsorships from kespa teams.
On August 05 2012 13:01 theBALLS wrote:
Haha this was rather misleading
Yeah, could we have maybe "Auction" or Kr company "Auction" etc. etc.
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Whats the deal with korean companies typically only sponsoring one season of something like this instead of more typical western long term deals? Cultural I guess, but I don't get it.
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I hope Starleague won't have a hard time finding sponsors this time around
Here's hoping for many more years of watching our favorite players in OSL 
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So why would this company sponsor SC2 but not BW? It doesn't seem like they're trying to advertise to international viewers, and as far as I can tell SC2 is still not very popular in Korea.
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On August 05 2012 13:09 BrosephBrostar wrote:
So why would this company sponsor SC2 but not BW? It doesn't seem like they're trying to advertise to international viewers, and as far as I can tell SC2 is still not very popular in Korea.
The thing is that it has potential to be a popular game in Korea. Just like it happened everywhere else. If GSL is happy with subscriptions, OGN will be too.
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I just hope the GSL finals 'curse' doesn't transition to the OSL...
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On August 05 2012 12:59 Dodgin wrote:
Reading the title alone I thought OGN was holding an auction to raise money to sponsor the next OSL or something ridiculous like that.
That's cool that we have a brand new sponsor though, hopefully sc2 OSL means no more charity sponsorships from kespa teams.
Haha yea that's exactly what I was thinking too. Grats on the sponsorship
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Sad that BW's had it's last OSL, but excited at the prospect of an SC2 OSL. Looking forward to the next season, and the future of OGN in SC2.
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While it's sad BW is gone, this is good news and I really am hoping OGN can step up and be the major SC2 team league.
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Glad new sponsors are being found inside Korea, I hope it all goes well for them.
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