I have seen Dragon's recent bikini show because of this. I skipped around and saw 5 seconds in total but the damage has been done.

That said, these two seem like a good match so I hope Dragon starts practicing seriously and makes good runs into tournaments :D

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

February 16 2016 19:54 GMT

I think its very interesting that YP has to "hide" itself and use YP instead of their full domain. I can't imagine there's that good ROI.

Good for dragon and good for the scene though

Wrath

3176 Posts

February 16 2016 19:58 GMT

What does YP stand for? Seriously I have no idea...

Musicus

Germany23580 Posts

February 16 2016 19:59 GMT

I also think it's cool that they are in esports, but it's kinda sad that they have to hide. I mean nobody really knows about this YP team and their site. If they advertised "hey look at our new sc2 player" on their main website, that would be really huge!

Well good for Dragon, didn't even know he was still active.

nukem1

345 Posts

February 16 2016 20:02 GMT

On February 17 2016 04:58 WrathSCII wrote:
What does YP stand for? Seriously I have no idea...

it's an adult site...

They do support other esport teams/players, it's not really their first taste of gaming

Deathstar

9150 Posts

February 16 2016 20:05 GMT

On February 17 2016 04:59 Musicus wrote:
I also think it's cool that they are in esports, but it's kinda sad that they have to hide. I mean nobody really knows about this YP team and their site. If they advertised "hey look at our new sc2 player" on their main website, that would be really huge!

Well good for Dragon, didn't even know he was still active.

He is one of the most prolific streamers, if not #1, for sc2 and has been for a while.

Ej_

47656 Posts

February 16 2016 20:11 GMT

we mainstream now

CheddarToss

534 Posts

February 16 2016 20:22 GMT

#10

Is this the You P*** website? If so, it seems kinda odd that they would sponsor gamers.

Edit: Ohh, just read on Liquipedia Counterstirke that it is. Wow, I'm amazed. O_O

Edit 2: ...it's kinda fitting that Dragon aka the "Sexking" would join their roster.

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

February 16 2016 20:23 GMT

#11

hmm I don't exactly get what's the point of sponsoring a team if you can't use your logo or even something very close to your logo (à la non-tobacco liveried Ferrari F1), but nice to see them step into SC2 I guess
though this roster is not enough to have a YP vs dP showmatch

Wrath

3176 Posts

February 16 2016 20:33 GMT

#12

On February 17 2016 05:22 CheddarToss wrote:
Is this the You P*** website? If so, it seems kinda odd that they would sponsor gamers.

Edit: Ohh, just read on Liquipedia Counterstirke that it is. Wow, I'm amazed. O_O

Edit 2: ...it's kinda fitting that Dragon aka the "Sexking" would join their roster.

Oh god... Can't wait for the player announcement on events.... You P*** Dragon! haha that would be awesome.

Musicus

Germany23580 Posts

February 16 2016 20:35 GMT

#13

On February 17 2016 05:33 WrathSCII wrote:

Show nested quote +

Oh god... Can't wait for the player announcement on events.... You P*** Dragon! haha that would be awesome.

Well the team is called YP and not You Porn, so it will be pretty normal.

billynasty

United States260 Posts

February 16 2016 20:39 GMT

#14

kinda makes sense for YP to do this. What better way to grow your brand then by marketing yourself to a playerbase that is mostly made up of young men? Regardless its cool to have another sponsor in SC2... Sucsecs!

Grizvok

United States711 Posts

February 16 2016 20:40 GMT

#15

Sucsex.

Jett.Jack.Alvir

Canada2250 Posts

February 16 2016 20:45 GMT

#16

Although most of us know YP refers to the adult site, but if you go to their website there is no mention of the official 'sponsor'.

As OtherWorld mentioned, I don't understand the reason behind sponsoring a team if you can't explicitly name yourself. I guess if the audience already knows it, then no need to be explicit, but you will still run into the audience that will scratch their heads (although who doesn't know of the most popular adult site ever).

As far as I know, maybe on his stream Dragon can mention the his sponsor's full name, but during any official competition he isn't allowed to mention it.

edit: Congrats Dragon on your sponsor! I will be the first here to admit it, but I visit your sponsors website very often, so kudos to them.

Musicus

Germany23580 Posts

February 16 2016 20:47 GMT

#17

On February 17 2016 05:45 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
Although most of us know YP refers to the adult site, but if you go to their website there is no mention of the official 'sponsor'.

As OtherWorld mentioned, I don't understand the reason behind sponsoring a team if you can't explicitly name yourself. I guess if the audience already knows it, then no need to be explicit, but you will still run into the audience that will scratch their heads (although who doesn't know of the most popular adult site ever).

As far as I know, maybe on his stream Dragon can mention the his sponsor's full name, but during any official competition he isn't allowed to mention it.

edit: Congrats Dragon on your sponsor! I will be the first here to admit it, but I visit your sponsors website very often, so kudos to them.

They are trying to be funny about it, so it's an interesting approach. I hope it works out for them and this investment will be worth it.

http://www.teamyp.com/censorship-in-esports/#post-top