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Source: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=107072&db=issue
Title: Next MSL is "Hana Daetoo MSL 2"??
By Fomos' Shim Hyun. "A corporation that is close with the eSports fans, first time sponsoring a league"
MBCGame, on the 25th, while distributing material related to the Hana Daetoo MSL finals, has made it known that after the winner is decided and crowned, they are planning on announcing the sponsor of the next MSL that starts on this June.
After the related materials were announced, eSports fans are speculating that because they are announcing next season's sponsor at the site of the finals, the next season's MSL will be related to the current seasons.
Following this, you can summarize the fan's predictions in two ways. The first is that either Hana Daetoo Securities will sponsor once again and we'll have "Hana Daetoo Securities MSL season 2", or another subsidiary of Hana Financial Banking will sponsor the league.
However upon checking with MBC, Hana Daetoo Securities and Hana Financial Group companies were found to be unrelated to next season's MSL.
The MBCGame official said "After announcing that the next sponsor will be announced on the stage of the finals, there were many fans who were expecting a sponsor from Hana Financial group, but on the contrary to their speculations, the next season will not be hosted by Hana Daetoo Securities or Hana Financial Group."
But the MSL sponsor was confirmed to be sponsoring for the first time in all of eSports history, and they are also in a completely different industry from all the corporations that have sponsored before. The official added "The next MSL sponsor will be sponsoring for the first time in the history of eSports" and that "once the Sponsor is announced, eSports fans will confirm it is a corporation very close to them, and you can find out more during this Hana Daetoo Securities MSL finals".
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Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
Oh wow. GJ MBC at being proactive at this. Also glad to see that the scandal didn't end up hurting the proscene.
Hope we don't get another disastrous final like last time >.>
SC BROOD WAR HWAITING!!
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I hope that everything goes smoothly in the finals and that the next sponsor will be happy with what MBC has to offer. We don't have many leagues at this level, so it's great news to know they have found a sponsor so soon.
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
MSL beats the OSL to the punch for once?
At any rate, the finals for both leagues are on the biggest stages they've really ever been, and the sponsors appear to be lining up even more than before. This is excellent.
Pocari MSL?
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A corporation close with the e-sports fans yet has never sponsored before?
Assuming this includes sponsoring teams as well it gets a bit uh .. weird.
Blizzard? Not really.. kespa wouldn't like it most likely and Blizz probably isn't interested in bw anymore unless it was a way to market sc2.
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Anybody care to take a wild guess at the sponsor?
The clues:
1. First time sponsoring a league
2. An industry completely different from previous sponsors. So MMORPG is out of the window lolz
3. An industry very close to e-sport fans
Power supply company?
I hope it's Corsair.
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Very nice, MSL getting a sponsor so quickly hopefully spells good things for e-sports future.
I wonder what "close to e-sports fans" means exactly? Well, I suppose we'll find out soon enough.
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United States22883 Posts
Ramen.
Shin Ramyun MSL gogogo
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Announcing the Trojan MSL 2010!!!
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konadora
Singapore66358 Posts
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is awesome32277 Posts
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Good to hear that sponsors are not afaraid of the scandals lately. Super fast too, nice.
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Well the MSL has gotten the best possible finals twice in a row. They are guaranteed a huge amount of viewers. Could there be a third Flash/Jaedong finals? The sponsor was willing to take a chance!
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That's very good news! Hope Kim Carrier is happy =P
LG would be a HUGE sponsor O.O btw
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I think it's an electronics company, makes sense.
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United States47024 Posts
On May 27 2010 02:52 Ryo wrote:
I think it's an electronics company, makes sense.
Wasn't LG one of the sponsors for GSI?
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Switzerland646 Posts
hmm first thought: MSL will be sponsored by a betting site lol
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On May 27 2010 02:42 IntoTheWow wrote:
Fragbet MSL
HAH ! Anyways great news.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Blizzard MSL? It makes sense.
Of course, the main argument against the guess of "Blizzard MSL" is that Blizzard is at odds with Kespa, but I'm not sure how tight MBC is with Kespa. If MBC doesn't take orders from Kespa, then that sponsorship is totally a possibility.
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