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You've heard it right folks. Donga Pharmacy has sponsored Starleague yet again for the 3rd season of Bacchus Starleague. It will start this Friday, the 29th (referred from other thread).
The competition starts on this Friday with the preliminaries, and will last till late January of next year.
In Bacchus Starleague 2008, Flash won his first OSL title, defeating Stork in the finals. This became a stepping stone for Flash, as he started to dominate the BW scene.
In Bacchus Starleague 2009, Jaedong set a new record by winning the Golden Mouse.
Will history be set again?
Known information so far:
-It starts on the 29th
-Nothing's finalized, but it seems like there will be new OSL maps, two from KeSPA and two from OGN, all brand new. All I know at this moment is that these maps will be similar to new maps: It will favor the player who plays aggressively instead of passively. (Through Um Jae Kyung's Twitter)
For official updates, follow @thestarleague on twitter.
Will provide more news, and additional info when I find them.
Translation of the article, which is summarized above in my post (yet has more info, including OGN's stance on Gretech at this moment) (Thanks Selith!)
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31st OGN Starleague will be sponsored by Donga Pharmaceuticals. Bacchus (editor: it's a name of their flagship product) Starleague 2010 will start with the prelims in October 29th (Friday) to the late January of next year, for total of 3 months.
This is the third time that Donga Pharmaceuticals is sponsoring Starleague. They have sponsored Bacchus Starleague since 2008, and the 2008 Starleague is special as that it was the first Starleague where the 'Ultimate Weapon', Lee Young Ho (Flash) has received his first Starleague win, and in 2009, 'The Tyrant' Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong) was awarded the Golden Mouse.
Marketing PR from Donga Pharmaceuticals stated, "We are thankful for all the support from e-sports fans for the previous Bacchus Starleague. We are very happy to be sponsoring Starleague again. We will sponsor to the best of our abilities to make this Starleague as one of the best in the history of Starleague."
'Taekbangleessang' Kim Taek Yong, Song Byong Gu, Lee Jae Dong, Lee Young Ho, and many other star players will be participating in Bacchus Starleague 2010. It will take place in Yong-san e-sports stadium. 1st place winner receives 40 million won, 2nd place winner receives 20 million won, for the total award to be given away to be 180 million won. All matches will be broadcasted live through GameLife channel on OnGameNet. Commentators will include Jeon Yong Jun, Um Jae Kyong, and Kim Tae Hyung. Also, this season will also operate Bacchus Starleague twitter at twitter.com/thestarleague.
Prelim schedules and player name list will be announced later.
In a meanwhile, OGN revealed that "Right now, we are in negotiations with Gretech through e-sports negotiation team (including broadcasting stations) regarding StarCraft IP rights. We will try our best to resolve IP rights negotiations to ensure successful operations of the league."
This is the third time that Donga Pharmaceuticals is sponsoring Starleague. They have sponsored Bacchus Starleague since 2008, and the 2008 Starleague is special as that it was the first Starleague where the 'Ultimate Weapon', Lee Young Ho (Flash) has received his first Starleague win, and in 2009, 'The Tyrant' Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong) was awarded the Golden Mouse.
Marketing PR from Donga Pharmaceuticals stated, "We are thankful for all the support from e-sports fans for the previous Bacchus Starleague. We are very happy to be sponsoring Starleague again. We will sponsor to the best of our abilities to make this Starleague as one of the best in the history of Starleague."
'Taekbangleessang' Kim Taek Yong, Song Byong Gu, Lee Jae Dong, Lee Young Ho, and many other star players will be participating in Bacchus Starleague 2010. It will take place in Yong-san e-sports stadium. 1st place winner receives 40 million won, 2nd place winner receives 20 million won, for the total award to be given away to be 180 million won. All matches will be broadcasted live through GameLife channel on OnGameNet. Commentators will include Jeon Yong Jun, Um Jae Kyong, and Kim Tae Hyung. Also, this season will also operate Bacchus Starleague twitter at twitter.com/thestarleague.
Prelim schedules and player name list will be announced later.
In a meanwhile, OGN revealed that "Right now, we are in negotiations with Gretech through e-sports negotiation team (including broadcasting stations) regarding StarCraft IP rights. We will try our best to resolve IP rights negotiations to ensure successful operations of the league."
