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On February 17 2016 05:47 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +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
I don't doubt the funniness of such a sponsor, I just doubt the viability of their investment. Most likely scenario is probably that YouPorn's owner is passionate about eSports though, so who cares about the viability.
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On February 17 2016 06:14 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 05:47 Musicus wrote: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 I don't doubt the funniness of such a sponsor, I just doubt the viability of their investment. Most likely scenario is probably that YouPorn's owner is passionate about eSports though, so who cares about the viability.
I imagine ONE of the teams they have are allowed to talk about their sponsors. Like does nintendo honestly know that a melee player is sponsored by YP? I agree with you that its probably just passionate owners with money to spend but I also imagine at least one of their teams are allowed to talk about it.
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On February 17 2016 06:14 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 05:47 Musicus wrote: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 I don't doubt the funniness of such a sponsor, I just doubt the viability of their investment. Most likely scenario is probably that YouPorn's owner is passionate about eSports though, so who cares about the viability.
I don't think there's a lot of "viable" investments right now in SC2. You're going to lose money before you even think about making profit. It's all about the #PASSION
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The team logo font is identical to YouPorn's logo, so there is some visibility. I don't know how viable is this investment, but many adult gamers probably already recognize YouPorn as the sponsor without being explicit about it. Only one person on this thread was not aware.
With all the adult sites out there, the competition must be stiff. Anything that puts more awareness on YouPorn, subtle or explicit, would be a good thing IMO.
Now mind you, I visit only 2 porno sites, YP and BYL, and on YP they stated they would sponsor esports teams, so this comes as no surprise. I guess to support YP I am going to subscribe for a month. Too bad we can't put in a code like G2A or Amazon that gives Dragon a small percentage of my subscription.
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On February 17 2016 06:24 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
The team logo font is identical to YouPorn's logo, so there is some visibility. I don't know how viable is this investment, but many adult gamers probably already recognize YouPorn as the sponsor without being explicit about it. Only one person on this thread was not aware.
With all the adult sites out there, the competition must be stiff. Anything that puts more awareness on YouPorn, subtle or explicit, would be a good thing IMO.
Now mind you, I visit only 2 porno sites, YP and BYL, and on YP they stated they would sponsor esports teams, so this comes as no surprise. I guess to support YP I am going to subscribe for a month. Too bad we can't put in a code like G2A or Amazon that gives Dragon a small percentage of my subscription.
Was the usage of stiff on purpose?
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On February 17 2016 06:30 Grizvok wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 06:24 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
The team logo font is identical to YouPorn's logo, so there is some visibility. I don't know how viable is this investment, but many adult gamers probably already recognize YouPorn as the sponsor without being explicit about it. Only one person on this thread was not aware.
With all the adult sites out there, the competition must be stiff. Anything that puts more awareness on YouPorn, subtle or explicit, would be a good thing IMO.
Now mind you, I visit only 2 porno sites, YP and BYL, and on YP they stated they would sponsor esports teams, so this comes as no surprise. I guess to support YP I am going to subscribe for a month. Too bad we can't put in a code like G2A or Amazon that gives Dragon a small percentage of my subscription. Was the usage of stiff on purpose?
Puns are better used when you have to ask that question 
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I mean, considering he used accounts such as [Sixty9] Gayload and [NotGay] Dragon in the past, I guess it's a fitting sponsor.
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Man I quit watching porn around a year ago
But this is kind of a cool move by them :D
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On February 17 2016 07:13 LemOn wrote:
Man I quit watching porn around a year ago
But this is kind of a cool move by them :D
So what do you watch now?
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On February 17 2016 07:31 argonautdice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 07:13 LemOn wrote:
Man I quit watching porn around a year ago
But this is kind of a cool move by them :D So what do you watch now?
Starcraft 24 hours a day
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Dragon back Pro gamer !
An awesome move by YP. I hope the support lets him practice enough to be back on a Pro level.
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On February 17 2016 06:14 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 05:47 Musicus wrote: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 I don't doubt the funniness of such a sponsor, I just doubt the viability of their investment. Most likely scenario is probably that YouPorn's owner is passionate about eSports though, so who cares about the viability.
Isn't the gaming viewerbase their target audience in terms of age? So support eSports by ... ... checking out YP products?
I mean their shirts and mugs, obviously.
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On February 17 2016 06:24 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
The team logo font is identical to YouPorn's logo, so there is some visibility. I don't know how viable is this investment, but many adult gamers probably already recognize YouPorn as the sponsor without being explicit about it. Only one person on this thread was not aware.
With all the adult sites out there, the competition must be stiff. Anything that puts more awareness on YouPorn, subtle or explicit, would be a good thing IMO.
Now mind you, I visit only 2 porno sites, YP and BYL, and on YP they stated they would sponsor esports teams, so this comes as no surprise. I guess to support YP I am going to subscribe for a month. Too bad we can't put in a code like G2A or Amazon that gives Dragon a small percentage of my subscription.
I wasn't aware either, despite having had dealings with YouPorn in the past. I wonder how many people will recognize it. The demographics for gamers and porn afficionados can't be too dissimilar so maybe it makes business sense.
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On February 17 2016 07:31 argonautdice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2016 07:13 LemOn wrote:
Man I quit watching porn around a year ago
But this is kind of a cool move by them :D So what do you watch now?
nothing dirty, fapping to porn is just super bad for ya
so I quit.
But it'll be fun when the youporn dragon will stick it to other players like Scarlett etc 
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Hmmm this is like the 85th team dragon has been on. This won't last long.
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Why isn't this on community news? Usually new teams show up there.
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So many people are talking about the viability of this investment for yp... why?
1) The amount of money is less than a drop in a bucket. It's less than a drop in a bucket for their advertising budget. This is absolutely nothing to them. Even if they paid Dragon $100k USD, which I'm sure they didn't, it wouldn't phase them in the slightest.
2) Even if they can't use their name or logos, almost everyone clearly knows who they are, and the conversation has already started. It's a smart move to ensure a continued prescence. If someone doesn't know like earlier in the thread, they'll ask and it will be answered quickly.
I'm not a supporter of this move for a moral/ethical reason (though not completely against it either), but they definitely have no problems on the business side of this sponsorship.
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i guess they traded bizz for dragon
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On February 17 2016 08:44 Weavel wrote:
Why isn't this on community news? Usually new teams show up there.
We're discussing that now. But it's not looking too good.
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On February 17 2016 06:24 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
The team logo font is identical to YouPorn's logo, so there is some visibility. I don't know how viable is this investment, but many adult gamers probably already recognize YouPorn as the sponsor without being explicit about it. Only one person on this thread was not aware.
With all the adult sites out there, the competition must be stiff. Anything that puts more awareness on YouPorn, subtle or explicit, would be a good thing IMO.
Now mind you, I visit only 2 porno sites, YP and BYL, and on YP they stated they would sponsor esports teams, so this comes as no surprise. I guess to support YP I am going to subscribe for a month. Too bad we can't put in a code like G2A or Amazon that gives Dragon a small percentage of my subscription.
Hey, I wan't aware and I know you porn.... but I get the point. Still, if it is recognized by only those who know about it, how would you expect to sell your brand.... you have to make some profit
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