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SBENU sponsors StarTale - Page 5

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Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
April 28 2015 10:21 GMT
#81
SBENU literally saving esports
AxiomBlurr
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
786 Posts
April 28 2015 10:22 GMT
#82
shit yeah lo69ving this company!!!!
Vedeynevin
Profile Joined February 2015
United States431 Posts
April 28 2015 10:28 GMT
#83
On April 28 2015 19:06 Heartland wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 19:05 Waxangel wrote:
On April 28 2015 19:03 negativedge wrote:
I think it'd be pretty cool if somehow there was a deal in place to sell some sbenu shoes through the TL store or something. maybe a limited run.


they're kinda expensive -- would you be willing to pay like $80+ for sneakers ?


Is that a lot of money in the US for sneakers? I would in a heartbeat, if they were good quality and cool brand


No that's not expensive for U.S. sneakers, ~$100 seems average. But I suppose I'm not the best source for that since I wear cowboy boots
Vedeynevin
Profile Joined February 2015
United States431 Posts
April 28 2015 10:29 GMT
#84
On April 28 2015 19:20 Ja.Y. wrote:
Cool, hopefully the players that StarTale is going to pick up makes them a contender again and the lineup won't consist of some combination of Leenock, DRG, Curious, Hack, San, and Pet every week

Myungsik too
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
April 28 2015 10:32 GMT
#85
Yay a sponsor! GL!
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
April 28 2015 10:34 GMT
#86
I guess the main problem is that if anything happens to SBENU, that's half the sponsorship money gone from SC2, all gone from BW and some gone from LoL.
Sure, it's nice that he's pumping lots of money into e-sports, but it's also dangerous if it's reliant on SBENU. They aren't quite Red Bull yet, who can afford to have a massive marketing budget, so long term hopefully other people will do the league/competition sponsoring as well.
HOLY CHECK!
sparklyresidue
Profile Joined August 2011
United States5523 Posts
April 28 2015 10:52 GMT
#87
This guy is just kicking so much ass these days for the scene. Unbelievable. He's doing what so many of us would love to do if we were the head of a large company with tons of extra cash.
Like Tinkerbelle, I leave behind a sparkly residue.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 11:00:09
April 28 2015 10:57 GMT
#88
On April 28 2015 19:06 SuperHofmann wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 17:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Sonic, head of SBENU, said that StarTale has some great potential, as was seen in Proleague 2015 Round 1.

Mmmh...
Did somebody notice that Life isn't with ST anymore?
Without Life they had a 0-7 in PL. This is more important than a playoff with a different roster imho

Congratulation to ST, this is of course a big news, but I think that DRG can't replace Life (probably nobody can).
Let's see what will happen!


Life is overrated in team leagues. He's still good, but not that good. Only had a 5-4 last round and this round isn't much better with respect to who he faced. Despite all the hype, KT didn't even make the round finals and almost didn't make the playoffs. Not to mention Stats is the clear star of that team. Losing Life obviously hurt ST, but it shouldn't have mattered to the extent of a 0-7. It was Leenock also not playing as much as he should have nor up to his round 1 level where he was doing very well.

If Leenock gets in gear again, DRG picks it up and Bomber decides to give a damn, they should be fine. Probably won't win any rounds, but might make another playoff.
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Alucen-Will-
Profile Joined October 2014
United States4054 Posts
April 28 2015 11:01 GMT
#89
On April 28 2015 19:57 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 19:06 SuperHofmann wrote:
On April 28 2015 17:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Sonic, head of SBENU, said that StarTale has some great potential, as was seen in Proleague 2015 Round 1.

Mmmh...
Did somebody notice that Life isn't with ST anymore?
Without Life they had a 0-7 in PL. This is more important than a playoff with a different roster imho

Congratulation to ST, this is of course a big news, but I think that DRG can't replace Life (probably nobody can).
Let's see what will happen!


Life is overrated in team leagues. He's still good, but not that good. Only had a 5-4 last round and this round isn't much better with respect to who he faced. Despite all the hype, KT didn't even make the round finals and almost didn't make the playoffs. Not to mention Stats is the clear star of that team. Losing Life obviously hurt ST, but it shouldn't have mattered to the extent of a 0-7. It was Leenock also not playing as much as he should have nor up to his round 1 level where he was doing very well.

If Leenock gets in gear again, DRG picks it up and Bomber decides to give a damn, they should be fine. Probably won't win any rounds, but might make another playoff.



The new TL question, Where is Bomber? (I've been asking this since December)
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
April 28 2015 11:01 GMT
#90
On April 28 2015 17:50 Phredxor wrote:
I'm sure someone called this when DRG got signed.

Well done whoever that was.

I called it when it was announced SBENU was sponsoring SSL.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
April 28 2015 11:02 GMT
#91
AOA
STARTALE
LOVE
The Bomber boy
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
April 28 2015 11:03 GMT
#92
On April 28 2015 19:57 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 19:06 SuperHofmann wrote:
On April 28 2015 17:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Sonic, head of SBENU, said that StarTale has some great potential, as was seen in Proleague 2015 Round 1.

Mmmh...
Did somebody notice that Life isn't with ST anymore?
Without Life they had a 0-7 in PL. This is more important than a playoff with a different roster imho

Congratulation to ST, this is of course a big news, but I think that DRG can't replace Life (probably nobody can).
Let's see what will happen!


Life is overrated in team leagues. He's still good, but not that good. Only had a 5-4 last round and this round isn't much better with respect to who he faced. Despite all the hype, KT didn't even make the round finals and almost didn't make the playoffs. Not to mention Stats is the clear star of that team. Losing Life obviously hurt ST, but it shouldn't have mattered to the extent of a 0-7. It was Leenock also not playing as much as he should have nor up to his round 1 level where he was doing very well.

If Leenock gets in gear again, DRG picks it up and Bomber decides to give a damn, they should be fine. Probably won't win any rounds, but might make another playoff.

Life's overall score in round 1 wasn't great, but he won the ace matches for ST-y, in round 2 they lost all ace matches.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
April 28 2015 11:09 GMT
#93
Atreides hawk emblem, SBENU cannot be bad company, nuff said.

Loving seeing the emblem everywhere in SC2
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Tomzzz
Profile Joined August 2013
9 Posts
April 28 2015 11:10 GMT
#94
Damn, I did not even know this brand before watching Sc2 but seeing their support for esport, if they sell any shoes here in Shanghai I will buy some just cause they deserve it.

Thank you SBENU
Rustug
Profile Joined October 2010
1488 Posts
April 28 2015 11:11 GMT
#95
On April 28 2015 19:34 Lonyo wrote:
I guess the main problem is that if anything happens to SBENU, that's half the sponsorship money gone from SC2, all gone from BW and some gone from LoL.
Sure, it's nice that he's pumping lots of money into e-sports, but it's also dangerous if it's reliant on SBENU. They aren't quite Red Bull yet, who can afford to have a massive marketing budget, so long term hopefully other people will do the league/competition sponsoring as well.


How do you figure SBENU is responsible for half the sponsorship in SC2? They are heavily involved, but are they really making up half the Korean SC2 sponsorship?
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. 파이팅! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ"
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 11:13:21
April 28 2015 11:12 GMT
#96
This is so fucking cool. I mean, knowing who Sonic was in 2013/14 -> the guy who had all the remnants of the BW scene on his shoulder and carried like a boss.

Now he supports both scenes in every way possible, that guy is insane!

Go Startale!
LiquipediaWanderer
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55567 Posts
April 28 2015 11:13 GMT
#97
On April 28 2015 20:11 Rustug wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 19:34 Lonyo wrote:
I guess the main problem is that if anything happens to SBENU, that's half the sponsorship money gone from SC2, all gone from BW and some gone from LoL.
Sure, it's nice that he's pumping lots of money into e-sports, but it's also dangerous if it's reliant on SBENU. They aren't quite Red Bull yet, who can afford to have a massive marketing budget, so long term hopefully other people will do the league/competition sponsoring as well.


How do you figure SBENU is responsible for half the sponsorship in SC2? They are heavily involved, but are they really making up half the Korean SC2 sponsorship?

This season they sponsor GSL, SSL and now they sponsor StarTale. That's a lot of money.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
April 28 2015 11:14 GMT
#98
On April 28 2015 20:13 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 20:11 Rustug wrote:
On April 28 2015 19:34 Lonyo wrote:
I guess the main problem is that if anything happens to SBENU, that's half the sponsorship money gone from SC2, all gone from BW and some gone from LoL.
Sure, it's nice that he's pumping lots of money into e-sports, but it's also dangerous if it's reliant on SBENU. They aren't quite Red Bull yet, who can afford to have a massive marketing budget, so long term hopefully other people will do the league/competition sponsoring as well.


How do you figure SBENU is responsible for half the sponsorship in SC2? They are heavily involved, but are they really making up half the Korean SC2 sponsorship?

This season they sponsor GSL, SSL and now they sponsor StarTale. That's a lot of money.


And by which computations does it make it half the money invested?
LiquipediaWanderer
Wazurawashii
Profile Joined December 2013
Sweden33 Posts
April 28 2015 11:14 GMT
#99
good news! Go startale!
TheScriptan
Profile Joined June 2014
Lithuania152 Posts
April 28 2015 11:15 GMT
#100
Sonic literally saving esports now...
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