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Goodbye Startale , Welcome SBENU

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adymus
Profile Joined August 2011
Romania140 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 21:44:06
April 28 2015 11:47 GMT
#1


Sad day for me ( i still remeber when i first saw startale in NASL season 1



In 22 hours we will see the new Uniforms, hope they are looking good :o3




And if someone can traslate this : http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=236&article_id=0000120053&date=20150428&page=1
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12700 Posts
April 28 2015 11:54 GMT
#2
omg wow
I don't even know how to pronounce that sbenu

s-be-nu?
s-ben-u?
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 28 2015 11:58 GMT
#3
I hope SBENU players will take off their SBENU shoes when playing to put them on the desk d:
And yeah RIP StarTale. StarTaleSbenu would have been cool.
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Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 11:58:50
April 28 2015 11:58 GMT
#4
I hope it's alot of money if they're gonna go this far :p
(aka rip best team icon)
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
April 28 2015 11:59 GMT
#5
goodbye my precious friend
Sirrush
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands165 Posts
April 28 2015 11:59 GMT
#6
Just "Sbenu"? or Sbenu Startale? Just Sbenu as a name is kinda.. meh. Doesn't really sound that good. Either way, looks like Sonic dropped a lot of money, that's awesome.
Words.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13993 Posts
April 28 2015 12:01 GMT
#7
Seeker Pls
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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
April 28 2015 12:03 GMT
#8
Names are not important, the big thing is that they will likely get some money for that and such awesome players that are on the roster surely deserve it. Now also with DRG!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
April 28 2015 12:08 GMT
#9
Vasacast always in my <3
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
April 28 2015 12:08 GMT
#10
I don't really like that name, should keep Startale in it.
Hello
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
April 28 2015 12:10 GMT
#11
End of an era. But hohopefully start of a new one
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
April 28 2015 12:13 GMT
#12
Meh... I'm a bit sad.
The sponsorship is cool, but... damn.
LiquipediaWanderer
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18617 Posts
April 28 2015 12:16 GMT
#13
sometimes optical change is needed and considering how low Startale sunk there is no reason to keep their old name
stargunner
Profile Joined July 2014
United States135 Posts
April 28 2015 12:18 GMT
#14
whenever a sbenu player wins they should do a ceremony involving shoes
rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5604 Posts
April 28 2015 12:18 GMT
#15
On April 28 2015 20:54 ETisME wrote:
omg wow
I don't even know how to pronounce that sbenu

s-be-nu?
s-ben-u?

You obviously haven't listened to this enough:



Hail Sonic!
don't wall off against random
KingAlphard
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Italy1705 Posts
April 28 2015 12:20 GMT
#16
At least they found a sponsor. Remember when 8th team became jin air green wings?
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
April 28 2015 12:57 GMT
#17
Sbenu Styletale?
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
April 28 2015 13:32 GMT
#18
Well, thanks for the run, Startale!
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
April 28 2015 13:35 GMT
#19
They will always be StarTale in my heart.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
April 28 2015 13:41 GMT
#20
Although StarTale is an iconic name in SC2 most of the big teams (actual teams, not clans) have the primary sponsor in their name. Sbenu Startale would just be awkward so I can understand just going with that name.
Wat
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
April 28 2015 13:54 GMT
#21
We want a SBENU team flair!
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Vedeynevin
Profile Joined February 2015
United States431 Posts
April 28 2015 13:58 GMT
#22
Gonna miss the startale name and logo. My favorites in both categories
I'm super happy they got this though, Sonic is THE FUCKING MAN!
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 14:00:58
April 28 2015 13:59 GMT
#23
"We need a sponsor"
"I'll just buy you"
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU ?"
"Sonic. eSport Hero".
"Where do i sign ?"

Hail to StarTale but contrary to other team. StarTale SURVIVED. they did. If the name is iconic, the player and team are still living.

SSSS team
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
April 28 2015 14:01 GMT
#24
I never liked the ST flair. And at least there won't be any more embarrassing "we need sponsor" shirts.


Show me some SBENU swag
rip passion
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28522 Posts
April 28 2015 14:02 GMT
#25
Too bad about the name but I don't think we should post sad faces when a sponsor enters the scene (even more), so I'll post a
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13993 Posts
April 28 2015 14:05 GMT
#26
Sbenu DongRaeGu!!
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shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
April 28 2015 14:05 GMT
#27
holy crap. They are lucky to have IU and AoA on their side
AKMU / IU
Rocket-Bear
Profile Joined July 2014
3070 Posts
April 28 2015 14:11 GMT
#28
Happy they got a real sponsor. Means they will survive for the full proleague round so when I go to Korea this summer I will get to see them
Favorite players: Gh and Zai
TwiggyWan
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
France336 Posts
April 28 2015 14:15 GMT
#29
Sonic saving esports again D:

STYLE START SBENU
No bad days
SChlafmann
Profile Joined September 2011
France725 Posts
April 28 2015 14:24 GMT
#30
They better have an awesome new team jersey and sell it!
"More GG, more skill" - Nope! Chuck Testa - #BISU2013
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 28 2015 14:27 GMT
#31
AdministratorBreak the chains
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 28 2015 21:22 GMT
#32
Was waiting for this to happen a few years ago. It baffled me to see that teams like StarTale, IM, MVP, Prime, etc never got "picked up" by good companies. I got pissed off when LG's sponsorship for IM led to LG-IM tagging.... All that led me to believe was that LG was not committed to IM and as time passed that proved to be true.
Baffled me even more when teams like Woongjin and Wemade got rid of their eSports teams (I understand the timelines are different, but I'm organizing by significance) (STX doesn't count, they went under).
The Dark Ages arrived where eSports was being run by MOBA games and good investors didn't want to get involved.

Now, as with any Dark Ages, this could be the signs of an enlightenment into glory, or an enlightenment that'll lead back into another Dark Age.

New nations will coexist, and fully operational entities will run side by side, independent of each other but thriving in the same environment.
Hoping more companies pick up more teams (MVP and Prime, or dare I say a replacement for the one of these to fall off first) and more eSports investments are made with more confidence.

P.S. I wonder what SBENUs mascot is/is going to be?
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
April 28 2015 21:45 GMT
#33
I wish they kept the name StarTale. It even alliterates with Sbenu. Why not have Sbenu Startale? or StarTale Sbenu
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Pontius Pirate
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United States1557 Posts
April 28 2015 21:59 GMT
#34
On April 28 2015 22:41 Tenks wrote:
Although StarTale is an iconic name in SC2 most of the big teams (actual teams, not clans) have the primary sponsor in their name. Sbenu Startale would just be awkward so I can understand just going with that name.

And "Samsung Galaxy KHAN" sounds pretty damn awkward by keeping its given name. Honestly, it sounds much better as "Samsung Galaxy" or just simply "Galaxy". I could dig some sort of name that goes with Sbenu to make it sound a bit better, because that's kind of a clunky word for anglophones, as we don't place Bs after Ses normally. Maybe Sbenu Style or something along that general riff.
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Valon
Profile Joined June 2011
United States329 Posts
April 28 2015 23:06 GMT
#35
How do you even say that?
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
April 28 2015 23:36 GMT
#36
Hope the new logo is a shoe with drgs face on it.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
April 28 2015 23:39 GMT
#37
Another win for Prime! Outlived the StarTale name!
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IndecisivePenguin
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States771 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 23:47:52
April 28 2015 23:47 GMT
#38
I'm actually really happy that the name is even interesting. Sure we have a lot of people in this thread going "how do you say SBENU," but for whatever reason I find it incredibly charming to have a combination of letters we don't typically have as part of a team sponsor name. It makes it just a little more fun.

THANK YOU SBENU<3 THANK YOU SONIC<3
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
April 28 2015 23:50 GMT
#39
On April 29 2015 06:45 Brutaxilos wrote:
I wish they kept the name StarTale. It even alliterates with Sbenu. Why not have Sbenu Startale? or StarTale Sbenu


SBENU is a fresh name. Startale sounds like the title of a children book. It sucks. SBENU SBENU SBENU SBENU just rolls off the tongue
rip passion
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-29 00:36:48
April 29 2015 00:14 GMT
#40
On April 29 2015 08:39 Shellshock wrote:
Another win for Prime! Outlived the StarTale name!

rofl, where is lorning

On April 29 2015 08:50 Deathstar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 06:45 Brutaxilos wrote:
I wish they kept the name StarTale. It even alliterates with Sbenu. Why not have Sbenu Startale? or StarTale Sbenu


SBENU is a fresh name. Startale sounds like the title of a children book. It sucks. SBENU SBENU SBENU SBENU just rolls off the tongue



SBENU doesn't roll off the tongue at all tbh, Yes it does
Amazonic
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden239 Posts
April 29 2015 01:18 GMT
#41
On April 29 2015 06:45 Brutaxilos wrote:
I wish they kept the name StarTale. It even alliterates with Sbenu. Why not have Sbenu Startale? or StarTale Sbenu


SbenuTale?
"Amazing how something so simple as a fat person and gravity can be so amusing. Classic!"
worosei
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia198 Posts
April 29 2015 01:19 GMT
#42
SBENU TALES!... or is it SBENU's tail?
LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
April 29 2015 02:12 GMT
#43
Startale, you are dead to me
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50692 Posts
April 29 2015 02:27 GMT
#44
SBENU = S(like how you'd start to say snake)-bey-nu
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Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
April 29 2015 03:55 GMT
#45
On April 29 2015 06:59 Pontius Pirate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2015 22:41 Tenks wrote:
Although StarTale is an iconic name in SC2 most of the big teams (actual teams, not clans) have the primary sponsor in their name. Sbenu Startale would just be awkward so I can understand just going with that name.

And "Samsung Galaxy KHAN" sounds pretty damn awkward by keeping its given name. Honestly, it sounds much better as "Samsung Galaxy" or just simply "Galaxy". I could dig some sort of name that goes with Sbenu to make it sound a bit better, because that's kind of a clunky word for anglophones, as we don't place Bs after Ses normally. Maybe Sbenu Style or something along that general riff.

The company's product line that is sponsoring Khan is Samsung Galaxy. Samsung TVs and laptops etc are not included. It's basically Samsung Mobile Khan, but Samsung's mobile division is labeled Galaxy.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Because of that, I don't think your argument against Samsung's team name isn't really valid, but I am waiting to hear what SBENU's mascot will be.
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