I'll be so pissed if it's EG. I just created a Liquipedia page for The Alliance lol. Though that would explain the crappy logo and team name.

Razer have released the press release on their website as well.

It's probably counter-productive for EG lol, they even created Twitter, Youtube, and Facebook accounts for it - any new likes by starry-eyed fans will go there lol, instead of the EG page.

Daswollvieh

5553 Posts

April 12 2013 06:27 GMT

#162

Well, there´s no team mates he could possibly offend, so I guess this is a good thing for everyone involved.

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

April 12 2013 06:29 GMT

#163

On April 12 2013 15:26 StarStruck wrote:

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I'm still waiting for EG to announce Huk2.0 and EG Entus. Come on boys don't let me down!

EG entus will come after pro league. It will allow room for LG IM in PL as well.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 12 2013 06:30 GMT

#164

On April 12 2013 15:27 opterown wrote:

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robohuk, now with THREE twilight builds

With better roaming and path finding? Hukmobile needs to have a stronger 2nd quarter!

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37084 Posts

April 12 2013 06:33 GMT

#165

NANIWA!!!!

Wait... What's going on here...?

MrSexington

United States1768 Posts

April 12 2013 06:33 GMT

#166

Your move, Major.

dtz

5834 Posts

April 12 2013 06:34 GMT

#167

Yea this is most probably EG management running the team but doesn't mean that it can't be a new team.

Toyota and Lexus for example.

With new team, they can attract more and different sponsors. If in the future 2 competing company at the same field ( say Pizza Hut and Papa John) want to sponsor an e-sports team and come to Alex Garfield? No biggie. One sponsors EG, the other sponsors Alliance.

It might be better for the sponsor anyway since EG management is so much better than other companies at exposure and marketing Better than sponsoring some team with lousy marketing who will not gain the sponsors any ROI.

Mohdoo

United States15743 Posts

April 12 2013 06:36 GMT

#168

I think there's gonna be a follow up announcement along the lines of "EG acquires The alliance!"

sPSalai

Sweden16 Posts

April 12 2013 06:37 GMT

#169

NaNiWa, sickest player in both EU and NA atm, so good its embarassing how good he is. The team alliance or EG or whatever it is, they sure did a much better job bringing this super player along instead of noob stephano that whines about quiting every week, or huk that loses every first match in every major tournament. Naniwa is as big as Jae dong. And most fun to watch in streams or tournaments. Alliance or EG...you who brought this superman to your team, big contratz to you!!

Finally the tournaments will be filled up with 1 sick slot again, Naniwa. I mean there is so much progamers that isnt fun to follow, this guy for sure is, Naniwa, the evil looner genius, just like me

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

April 12 2013 06:38 GMT

#170

On April 12 2013 15:19 nmetasch wrote:
As naniwa said on twitter "thanks to @AllianceGG for this awesome opportunity ! already been in the team for 3 months behind the scenes. hope it will be alot longer

," so hes obviously not part of EG. He would have been entered in proleague roster if there was an affiliation.

Not necessarily. He wouldn't be able to play till the next round anyway.

ladyumbra

Canada1699 Posts

April 12 2013 06:38 GMT

#171

Happy Naniwa has a new team, this news is heavily overshadowed by all the CJ face going on though which brings far more glee and amusement to me. I kinda want a little flag with -_- on it now.

I am a really terrible fangirl, I like too many teams and players to be loyal to just one.

nmetasch

United States600 Posts

April 12 2013 06:38 GMT

#172

On April 12 2013 15:38 NovemberstOrm wrote:

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Not necessarily.

Why not necessarily?

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

April 12 2013 06:40 GMT

#173

Okay, just read Reddit. I see what you guys mean lol

caelym

United States6425 Posts

April 12 2013 06:40 GMT

#174

conspiracy theory: The Alliance is EG's EU shell company and brand. They wanted to start something that seems like it's "made in EU".

Tsubbi

Germany7996 Posts

April 12 2013 06:43 GMT

#175

only thing i wonder is why nani chose the alliance over the horde

Herro_Korea

310 Posts

April 12 2013 06:43 GMT

#176

Razer must sell a lot of keyboards and mices to sponsor so many teams at once. -_-

I always wonder how much they pay their players/teams for promoting their brand or do they just provide them with equipment?

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

April 12 2013 06:44 GMT

#177

On April 12 2013 15:38 nmetasch wrote:

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Why not necessarily?

Cause naniwa hasn't been in Korea for awhile

sc14s

United States5052 Posts

April 12 2013 06:46 GMT

#178

On April 12 2013 14:16 AgentW wrote:
Always cool to see people from other games expanding into SC2 instead of the other way. Congrats to them both and I hope to see NaNiwa doing well in WCS!

the dota2 team isn't going to play sc2

Deckkie

Netherlands1595 Posts

April 12 2013 06:47 GMT

#179

Pretty cool. I started to wonder if Naniwa his new contract was blown off. This however, is really awesome for Naniwa.

We now have two new teams in a very short time. I wonder if this has anything to do with WCS, and if yes, good job Blizzard.