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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
Seriously though, good luck. | ||
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kaetor
New Zealand292 Posts
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Days
United States219 Posts
On July 14 2013 15:11 ninazerg wrote: Hey, just curious, what does 'sMi' stand for? It really stands for anything you want it to stand for, it's been like this since brood war days and we like to leave it to each individual's own imagination. Hoping to have a good showing in future tournaments and leagues! Gogogo sMi~! | ||
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Mallidon
Scotland557 Posts
Yeah... No, calm down really. There is any one of 100 reasons why people sponsoring a team don't want to reveal themselves, and guess what... most of them aint shady at all. Anyway, on topic, another SC2 team! Good luck, and can't wait to see some of your players in tourneys, they better be good so get practising!?  | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On July 14 2013 22:14 Mallidon wrote: Reading a couple of the replies in this thread (the ones almost reaching for pitchforks already) is amusing. It's like 'How dare you make a thread about your team and then tell us your sponsors are private, get the thumbscrews out... Cannot support this until we know everything....WHAT'S THEIR SHOE SIZE?!?!?!?'. Yeah... No, calm down really. There is any one of 100 reasons why people sponsoring a team don't want to reveal themselves, and guess what... most of them aint shady at all. Anyway, on topic, another SC2 team! Good luck, and can't wait to see some of your players in tourneys, they better be good so get practising!? Read through the replies and couldn't really find any pickfork-wards comments. Just curious as to what reasons you consider valid as to why a sponsor would want to be hidden. | ||
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AeroGear
Canada652 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:04 Shinta) wrote: Read through the replies and couldn't really find any pickfork-wards comments. Just curious as to what reasons you consider valid as to why a sponsor would want to be hidden. Not everyone wants to be publicly associated with a bunch of gamers. | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:15 Cokefreak wrote: Not everyone wants to be publicly associated with a bunch of gamers. Well if we're going to keep theorycrafting on this mostly irrelevant issue, let me play devil's advocate here: Why would you sponsor a pro gaming team if you don't get any exposure out of it and you're not passionate enough about pro gaming that you would want to be associated with it? | ||
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FocKer
United States16 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:18 MasterOfPuppets wrote: Well if we're going to keep theorycrafting on this mostly irrelevant issue, let me play devil's advocate here: Why would you sponsor a pro gaming team if you don't get any exposure out of it and you're not passionate enough about pro gaming that you would want to be associated with it? How about this: Imagine a businessman doing fairly well, maybe he used to play or follow BW back in the day so he wants to support the rts scene and he recognizes a familiar name, sMi. So he decides to sponsor them but he cannot do so publicly because that could seriously damage his business which would mean he couldn't sponsor the team anymore either. This is purely fictional but I don't think it's that far fetched. | ||
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Rustug
1488 Posts
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:31 Cokefreak wrote: How about this: Imagine a businessman doing fairly well, maybe he used to play or follow BW back in the day so he wants to support the rts scene and he recognizes a familiar name, sMi. So he decides to sponsor them but he cannot do so publicly because that could seriously damage his business which would mean he couldn't sponsor the team anymore either. This is purely fictional but I don't think it's that far fetched. Sponsoring a team would in no way hurt a business. Also, you're trying to consider him a business owner? Yeah his business wouldn't be hurt. Nobody would be able to hurt him anyway because he owns the business. Only thing that would hurt him is if the team didn't follow through. Also, not revealing yourself as the sponsor would be the most harmful thing aside from the team crashing down. If you're just considering him a businessman, then the business he works for won't be affected in any way. There is no reason for it to be involved at all. | ||
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CivilAnarchy
United States59 Posts
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:18 MasterOfPuppets wrote: Well if we're going to keep theorycrafting on this mostly irrelevant issue, let me play devil's advocate here: Why would you sponsor a pro gaming team if you don't get any exposure out of it and you're not passionate enough about pro gaming that you would want to be associated with it? that's a really good question but you're right when you say that the answer is mostly irrelevant. there's nothing pitchforkish about caring that if players are being represented as being contracted or compensated, then they are actually getting something tangible in return. | ||
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Jamileon
United States63 Posts
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JDelph
United States8 Posts
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GunPaladin
United States1205 Posts
On July 14 2013 21:07 prOxySC2 wrote: Why would your sponsors want to be private? isnt the whole point of sponsorship publicity for them? ;o No not really. The sponsor may be a former gamer who just wants to support esports or simply a friend helping out. | ||
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lolcamel
3 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On July 15 2013 02:02 lolcamel wrote: Hmm unless I see you guys in GSTL I'm kind of skeptical. Skeptical of what, exactly, mr 2-post account made today? | ||
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:39 Shinta) wrote: Sponsoring a team would in no way hurt a business. Also, you're trying to consider him a business owner? Yeah his business wouldn't be hurt. Nobody would be able to hurt him anyway because he owns the business. Only thing that would hurt him is if the team didn't follow through. Also, not revealing yourself as the sponsor would be the most harmful thing aside from the team crashing down. If you're just considering him a businessman, then the business he works for won't be affected in any way. There is no reason for it to be involved at all. Please dont talk about business as if you know the implications of sponsoring a hobby team for a large business | ||
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