SBENU sponsors StarTale

On April 28 2015 17:56 NobleNyne wrote:
I`m proud. Even MorDka contributed, it doesn`t matter if he didn`t intend to.

On April 28 2015 18:05 egernya wrote:
스베누는 명칭 후원(네이밍 스폰서)을 확정지으면서 스타테일을 지원하기로 했다. 지원 금액과 기간에 대해서는 알려지지 않았지만 팀 운영이 어려웠던 스타테일로서는 천군만마를 얻은 셈이다.

스타테일은 오는 29일 스베누 GSL 2015 시즌2 코드S 32강부터 스베누로 팀 이름을 바꾸고 출전할 계획이며 향후 프로리그에서도 스베누라는 후원사 이름을 팀 이름으로 쓸 예정이다.

This says Sbenu is a naming sponsor of Startale and Startale will change its name to Sbenu in proleague and GSL.

On April 28 2015 18:06 EnPo wrote:

So team SBENU-Yoe? Sounds pretty good. And no more "we need a sponsor" since they really got one

On April 28 2015 18:11 Waxangel wrote:
Mmmm not neccesarily, they didn't use the specific word they use (창단) when a big corporation buys out a team and makes it theirs. Sbenu is ST's name sponsor which is a big deal, but it appears to be a level below what Jin Air did with Team 8.

On April 28 2015 18:13 BLinD-RawR wrote:


to be fair T8 didn't really have a name to begin with it was all placeholder anyway.

On April 28 2015 18:11 Waxangel wrote:
Mmmm not neccesarily, they didn't use the specific word they use (창단) when a big corporation buys out a team and makes it theirs. Sbenu is ST's name sponsor which is a big deal, but it appears to be a level below what Jin Air did with Team 8.

On April 28 2015 18:14 GTR wrote:


might be something akin to hite buying the naming rights for OGN Sparkyz back in the day.

On April 28 2015 18:19 Netsky wrote:
So SBENU sponsors LoL, SSL, GSL and Startale now? (maybe there are some others I'm missing)

On April 28 2015 18:22 Waxangel wrote:


they sponsor my intra-mural volleyball team, too

On April 28 2015 18:23 TheSayo182 wrote:
i still didn't understood if sbenu sponsoring Prime was an april fools joke or not

On April 28 2015 18:28 Alucen-Will- wrote:


But Mvp and Prime are not affiliated with KeSPA?

How specifically does that kind of thing work? Don't teams just participate in proleague but not actually affiliate themselves with the stricter regulations that the bigger teams follow?

On April 28 2015 18:32 OtherWorld wrote:
Funnily enough "StarTale Sbenu" sounds not that far from "StartStyle Sbenu" d:
Pretty good news, although it probably signs Prime's death sentence.

On April 28 2015 18:35 Alucen-Will- wrote:


That is what I find confusing. Don't by joining KeSPA you also agree to a lot of the restrictions in playing like online tournaments and things of that nature. (which MVP and Prime participate in regularly)

On April 28 2015 17:55 ZiggyPG wrote:
2014 Sbenu sponsors some big tournaments post kespa
2015 Sbenu sponsors GSL, SSL, starts a project to bring fresh players to the BW scene, sponsors Startale
2016 Sbenu buys kespa
2018 Sbenu buys blizzard
2021 Sbenu buys Korea
2027 Sbenu sponsors the world

Sonic is amazing

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.

On April 28 2015 18:58 endy wrote:
I saw this on Sonic's FB feed an hour ago.

Sonic started to save Brood War; now he's saving esports. He'll save elephants and rhinos and the whole humanity soon at this rate.
A true modern hero.

On April 28 2015 19:05 Waxangel wrote:


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

On April 28 2015 19:06 SuperHofmann wrote:

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!

On April 28 2015 19:06 Heartland wrote:


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

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

On April 28 2015 17:50 Phredxor wrote:
I'm sure someone called this when DRG got signed.

Well done whoever that was.

On April 28 2015 19:57 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:


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.

On April 28 2015 20:11 Rustug wrote:


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?

On April 28 2015 20:13 Elentos wrote:

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

On April 28 2015 20:14 Ragnarork wrote:


And by which computations does it make it half the money invested?

On April 28 2015 21:44 Musicus wrote:
Oh wow

https://twitter.com/kenzi131/status/593033014940082176

On April 28 2015 21:39 Yorbon wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/481826-prime-to-be-sponsored-by-sbenu

In hindsight this was pretty close to the truth, haha.

Gratz to startale and good luck

On April 28 2015 21:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:

Sonic obviously saw the TL thread and thought: "hm maybe it's time to sponsor a team? But not Prime, sry Lorning"
I think it happened like that

On April 23 2015 18:36 Elentos wrote:

SBENU StarTale.

On April 28 2015 22:10 Hermesio wrote:
Of course great news for ST and congratz again to SBENU, but imo it is not a good news for Korean Sc2. Whatever the market, if ONE BRAND, and in that case not a huge one (Sbenu is of course a successfull brand but not a major billion dollar company which can dominate its copetitors) is the only investor on a specific market, that just means that there is not a lot of other investors interested. These multiple sponsoring just means that, except a glorious and highly respectable FAN of SC, no major brand wants to put its money on a medium/small Korean SC team. Furthermore, the fact that a small/medium firm can by itself sponsor so many things probably means the sponsor fee has become pretty low (and the sponsor fee of a team/sport/whatever is a pretty good indicator of the health of this market)

This news is good for ST ans Korean SC on short term, but not a good indicator for SC esport on the long term

On April 28 2015 22:10 Hermesio wrote:
Of course great news for ST and congratz again to SBENU, but imo it is not a good news for Korean Sc2. Whatever the market, if ONE BRAND, and in that case not a huge one (Sbenu is of course a successfull brand but not a major billion dollar company which can dominate its copetitors) is the only investor on a specific market, that just means that there is not a lot of other investors interested. These multiple sponsoring just means that, except a glorious and highly respectable FAN of SC, no major brand wants to put its money on a medium/small Korean SC team. Furthermore, the fact that a small/medium firm can by itself sponsor so many things probably means the sponsor fee has become pretty low (and the sponsor fee of a team/sport/whatever is a pretty good indicator of the health of this market)

This news is good for ST ans Korean SC on short term, but not a good indicator for SC esport on the long term

On April 28 2015 22:17 .vale. wrote:
Ppl, I think it does not hurt to show SBENU and Sonic himself some respect after what he has contributed to SC and SC2. And also buy SBENU sneakers whenever you can.

On April 28 2015 22:17 .vale. wrote:
Ppl, I think it does not hurt to show SBENU and Sonic himself some respect after what he has contributed to SC and SC2. And also buy SBENU sneakers whenever you can.

On April 28 2015 22:22 Musicus wrote:


Kinda hard though, since I won't find Sbenu shoes in the store in Germany and ordering a new brand online will always result in the wrong size. I only order Nikes since I know the exact size from experience and every brand seems to use their own size chart :/. Also in Asia sizes tend to be a bit smaller anyway, so no I would have no idea what to get.

On April 28 2015 22:25 Clonester wrote:


we can open a SBENU franchise Shop togeather in Germany.

On April 28 2015 17:50 Phredxor wrote:
I'm sure someone called this when DRG got signed.

Well done whoever that was.

On April 28 2015 21:44 Musicus wrote:
Oh wow

https://twitter.com/kenzi131/status/593033014940082176

On April 28 2015 19:28 Vedeynevin wrote:


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

On April 28 2015 23:08 Topin wrote:
is SBENU big enough to suport all of this?

SBENU_Bomber? omg!

On April 29 2015 00:22 GeLaar wrote:
Damnit. It's a real roller coaster of emotions with this guy, for me.

On April 29 2015 00:39 GeLaar wrote:


Do you not know what "a roller coaster of emotions" means?

On April 29 2015 00:59 aRyuujin wrote:


Do u not think there's a trade off? Just because he's still doing stuff for bw doesn't mean him sponsoring sc2 isn't moving attention away. Of course I feel that this viewpoint is imbecilic, but there is a point

On April 29 2015 01:08 GeLaar wrote:


For me, the ups are obviously everything he does for BW, and the downs are his support for SC2. Because it's not just any random game competing with BW, it's the game that is being pushed by the people who tried to gut the BW scene to make room for SC2.

Given what Sonic was able to do for BW with less experience and money, I shudder to think what he might do now for SC2, when he has more of both. At the very least he will delay the inevitable fate of SC2 in Korea, but, Sonic being Sonic, he might actually succeed. And that would be bad for the BW scene, which is why it's a "down" for me.

On April 29 2015 01:08 GeLaar wrote:


For me, the ups are obviously everything he does for BW, and the downs are his support for SC2. Because it's not just any random game competing with BW, it's the game that is being pushed by the people who tried to gut the BW scene to make room for SC2.

Given what Sonic was able to do for BW with less experience and money, I shudder to think what he might do now for SC2, when he has more of both. At the very least he will delay the inevitable fate of SC2 in Korea, but, Sonic being Sonic, he might actually succeed. And that would be bad for the BW scene, which is why it's a "down" for me.

On April 29 2015 01:19 gneGne wrote:
SBENU literally saved ProLeague from being only a 6team league. Sorry Prime ;(.

On April 29 2015 01:32 Ingvar wrote:


Those BW elitists. *facepalm*

On April 28 2015 23:42 Deathstar wrote:
Yeah $100 for sneakers is expensive

+ Show Spoiler +

On April 29 2015 11:09 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Do we pronounce it as "Sea-Bee New"?

On April 29 2015 12:56 geokilla wrote:
So who is SBENU?

On April 29 2015 02:47 Destructicon wrote:


Where I am from 10 bucks for a pair of sneakers is already expensive, 100 is like ripping you off.

Back on topic, happy for StarTale and Bomber, hope we see more great things from all of them in PL as well as in Korean leagues and international events!

On April 30 2015 01:59 bokchoi wrote:
I only wish SBENU's size charting wasn't so small :[

On April 30 2015 02:55 NasusAndDraven wrote:
Someone could give a quick recap on what SNEBU actually is. Is it this? http://www.snebu.com/

On April 30 2015 07:58 Raspbryl wrote:
Man if anyone ever tells sonic there isn't a lotta running in Competitive Starcraft the whole scene might be in trouble.

On May 05 2015 00:00 geokilla wrote:

So SBENU is more legit than Azubu?