Really cool. I don't think Naver has prior eSport sponsorships? At least nothing of this magnitude. Its always nice to see new faces on the sponsorship side.

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts

January 15 2015 07:57 GMT

#43

Whoa... SSL is becoming the real deal Oo;;

Keeemy

Finland7855 Posts

January 15 2015 08:59 GMT

#44

Sooooo, NSSL or NS2SL?

Awesome stuff.

noobPride

Spain333 Posts

January 15 2015 09:01 GMT

#45

To be honest I am not surprised that the tournaments produced by SpoTV are generating more interest lately. Their production is very good, they have made a great job in hyping their tournaments, last year's PL was an indisputable success, and now very few people would say Code S/WCS KR is a better tournament (quality issues, etc.). I'd like to think this is a sign that while SC2 will never be as mainstream as other competitive games it is definitely a healthy game and has a bright future ahead just because of the hardcore niche it exploits (which is basically us).

LoneYoShi

France1348 Posts

January 15 2015 09:04 GMT

#46

Wow, this is BIG ! Great news, good job spoTV !

Anacreor

Netherlands291 Posts

January 15 2015 09:10 GMT

#47

Woaaaa. That is really big! Awesome job, this is very very good for the scene in Korea I think!

WaterbearXC

1 Post

January 15 2015 09:14 GMT

#48

Please and thank you

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom2216 Posts

January 15 2015 09:23 GMT

#49

Awesome!

Ctesias

4595 Posts

January 15 2015 09:24 GMT

#50

Excellent news.

Rustug

1488 Posts

January 15 2015 09:24 GMT

#51

SSL blowing up! spoTV Fighting!

AxiomBlurr

786 Posts

January 15 2015 09:26 GMT

#52

This is really huge~~~....Naver is one of the leading Net firms in Korea!~~ STARCRAFT BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

January 15 2015 09:36 GMT

#53

SSL/SpoTV always has been good imo. Plus they improved very much and I prefer them over GSL at this point.

This is a potentially sick sponsor and I'm happy for them. Hope they keep it up! This should give them plenty motivation.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

January 15 2015 09:52 GMT

#54

Don't forget webtoons. If you read any Korean webtoons, chances are they are published under Naver.

desRow

Canada2654 Posts

January 15 2015 10:02 GMT

#55

This is awesome :D Go Korea

orllyfools

United States153 Posts

January 15 2015 10:14 GMT

#56

Man, this is what it feels like when a company actually listens to it's demographics. This is the first proleague individual league and its done so well from what i can only imagine was from all the feed back they've gotten since the first hybrid league. It's hard to believe in what GSL is doing when they've come only so far, which is barely anything if we compare it to other leagues throughout e-sports. SpoTV is doing a great job in listening to its consumers! Please give me more zoom in's on pros faces after bad micro mistakes!

Lorning

Belgica34432 Posts

January 15 2015 10:16 GMT

#57

Korea so alive ;;

Marou

Germany1371 Posts

January 15 2015 10:38 GMT

#58

That's very big ! Naver is so huge in Korea

SoleSteeler

Canada5450 Posts

January 15 2015 10:53 GMT

#59

네이버 짱이다!!

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Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

January 15 2015 11:16 GMT

#60

Awesome news! I think SSL will be huge for sc2 in Korea

On January 15 2015 14:17 Adept wrote:

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but it feels pretty relevant!
I just want to know how a sponsorship/deal like this ended up happening, haha

This is also freaking cool.