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SanDisk Sponsors Axiom eSports - Page 4

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Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
March 28 2015 09:17 GMT
#61
Congratz to all
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
Detri
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom683 Posts
March 28 2015 10:22 GMT
#62
Saving eSports has to have some perks!
The poor are thieves, beggars and whores, the rich are politicians, solicitors and courtesans...
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-28 10:28:01
March 28 2015 10:27 GMT
#63
Whoops. Wrong thread
I Protoss winner, could it be?
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-28 11:21:50
March 28 2015 11:21 GMT
#64
On March 28 2015 06:20 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2015 06:14 Ronok1307 wrote:
On March 28 2015 06:06 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On March 28 2015 06:03 coolman123123 wrote:
I know I'll probably get shit for saying this, but I wish TB would sign worthy players. Axiom is one of the most well funded Korean teams, yet it has one of the weakest rosters.


Sorry we're too busy 2-0ing Jaedong to worry about being a team that just hires players based on results and not on who they are and how well they gel with our roster. Maybe other teams just cherrypick the best players and run them into the ground at foreign events, but we're in Starcraft for the long-term and we develop our roster.

Oh and we're not even breaking even financially so if you have more expert business advice and insight into our financial state then by all means please keep it to yourself rather than spreading around uninformed nonsense.

Man you get baited easily


Yeah see I prefer to think that the poster is a moron rather than LE MASTER TROLE 2K13, because I'm usually right.

Calling people "morons" really helps. Glad Axiom picked up another sponsor. Keep up the good work.
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
March 28 2015 12:06 GMT
#65
real talk tho my sandisk ssd is sick and i want to buy more like maybe half a dozen

won't even use em will just hold them
Leenock =^_^= Ryung =^_^= Parting =^_^= herO =^_^= Guilty
gruff
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden2276 Posts
March 28 2015 12:24 GMT
#66
On March 28 2015 20:21 boxerfred wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2015 06:20 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On March 28 2015 06:14 Ronok1307 wrote:
On March 28 2015 06:06 TotalBiscuit wrote:
On March 28 2015 06:03 coolman123123 wrote:
I know I'll probably get shit for saying this, but I wish TB would sign worthy players. Axiom is one of the most well funded Korean teams, yet it has one of the weakest rosters.


Sorry we're too busy 2-0ing Jaedong to worry about being a team that just hires players based on results and not on who they are and how well they gel with our roster. Maybe other teams just cherrypick the best players and run them into the ground at foreign events, but we're in Starcraft for the long-term and we develop our roster.

Oh and we're not even breaking even financially so if you have more expert business advice and insight into our financial state then by all means please keep it to yourself rather than spreading around uninformed nonsense.

Man you get baited easily


Yeah see I prefer to think that the poster is a moron rather than LE MASTER TROLE 2K13, because I'm usually right.

Calling people "morons" really helps. Glad Axiom picked up another sponsor. Keep up the good work.

He wasn't trying to help anything and calling everyone trolls isn't any better.
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
March 28 2015 12:50 GMT
#67
I always thought the brand was 'ScanDisk'. With this simple act my brand-awareness has increase.

GG Axiom.
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
Cazimirbzh
Profile Joined February 2014
334 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-28 13:16:21
March 28 2015 13:10 GMT
#68
On March 28 2015 06:03 coolman123123 wrote:
I know I'll probably get shit for saying this, but I wish TB would sign worthy players. Axiom is one of the most well funded Korean teams, yet it has one of the weakest rosters.


it's always funny when someone with no experience or clue about what they're talking opens his mouth.
You should go bury yourself in the desert for several years until your shame goes away (can it?)

TotalBiscuit
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United Kingdom5437 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-28 13:37:44
March 28 2015 13:34 GMT
#69
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.
CommentatorHost of SHOUTcraft Clan Wars- http://www.mlg.tv/shoutcraft
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
March 28 2015 13:46 GMT
#70
On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.

Very informative post TB, thanks.
An Axiom-Acer-DP etc team in PL would be sooo sweet..
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Cazimirbzh
Profile Joined February 2014
334 Posts
March 28 2015 14:29 GMT
#71
On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.


how dare you???? now i feel the urge to ask for names and replays :p
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
March 28 2015 14:38 GMT
#72
TB I love you. Good luck getting that additional sponsorship. Hope Axiom stays for a long time, from HotS to LotV, onward :D <3
rip passion
SC2Towelie
Profile Joined July 2014
United States561 Posts
March 28 2015 15:05 GMT
#73
Great company sponsoring a great team, nice to have some positive news in the scene for a change :D
Don't forget to bring a towel! (Towelie.635)
KatatoniK
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United Kingdom978 Posts
March 28 2015 15:09 GMT
#74
On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.



Good to know! Grats on securing a good sponsor too.

Now if only some of those KeSPA practice partners would rub off on the boys. *cough*sOs*cough*
Flying on the Jin Air hype plane. Lets go Maru, Rogue, sOs and the handsome CJ herO
b0rt_
Profile Joined October 2011
Norway931 Posts
March 28 2015 16:24 GMT
#75
Great news. Congrats TB
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
March 28 2015 16:34 GMT
#76
That's nice, always cool to see new sponsors in the sc2 business !

But as someone who works on marketing myself i wonder why axiom :p they've been kinda under the radar lately.
RIP MKP
RingSC
Profile Joined December 2014
Sweden17 Posts
March 28 2015 16:34 GMT
#77
On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.


Impact beating Life 342-0 confirmed
Jin Air/Axiom. SexyBoi/$O$/Maru/ChinToss/SoOjwa/Alicia.
Yonan
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia12 Posts
March 28 2015 16:38 GMT
#78
Thanks for being so open about the business side of thing TB, it's great to know a little more about what's going on behind the scenes. As always, your attitude regarding your players is awesome, even if they do have to farm dilythium for you 2 hours each per day.
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olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
March 28 2015 16:56 GMT
#79
On March 29 2015 01:38 Yonan wrote:
As always, your attitude regarding your players is awesome, even if they do have to farm dilythium for you 2 hours each per day.


Damn, you know about that? Now we have to go mole hunting.
Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
HewTheTitan
Profile Joined February 2015
Canada331 Posts
March 28 2015 18:04 GMT
#80
awesome
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