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The Korean E-Sport Organization (President: Kim Joon Ho, www.e-sports.or.kr) has announced that SK Planet (President Seo Jing Woo, www.skplanet.co.kr) will be main sponsoring the Starcraft Proleague in Korea.
The Korean E-sport Organization will be naming the ProLeague Title “The SK Planet Starcraft ProLeague Season 1.” The duration of each season will be half a year and SK Planet will be sponsoring both Season 1 and Season 2. Therefore the new title “The SK Planet Starcraft ProLeague” has been established for the first season that will be lasting until April 7th of next year.
SK Planet, part of the SK Telecom Platform, has been showing great interest toward the e-sports in order to expand their horizon.
The E-sport organization and SK Planet are expected to both benefit and have a win-win scenario as they globalize their platform and be better known worldwide.
SK Planet, Lee Jin Woo has stated that “SK Planet hopes to continue to work hard with the e-sports and hopes to glorify e-sports and satisfy the fans as a main sponsor of e-sports.”
On another note, the opening day will be the 26th (Saturday) and “SK Planet Starcraft Proleague Season 1” is planning to do the opening at YongSan I’Park Mall E-sport Sasul Stadium at 11am. At the opening, there will be 8 pro teams along with the sponsor SK Planet.
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Original Article written by Mineral
Translated by Kevin
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This is very good news indeed. Hope we will have two enjoyable seasons and by the end hopefully find out what exactly SK planet sells. 
On a side note:
Can anyone provide any info as to why Shinhan Bank decided not to sponsor proleague again this year? Wasn't the association profitable for them?
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good to see sk planet still supporting BW ^_^
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so the titles will have [SKPSPLS1] in it now?
or do we keep [SPL] *whistles*
well, the more SK the merrier, show some thankfulness other teams and lose, we pay for your lifes!
(so which thread of the two do we post in now?)
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Globalization of BW? Is there hope?
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Well, it looks like SKTelecom is the true hero of e-sports.
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
On November 24 2011 03:16 Shurayuki wrote:
so the titles will have [SKPSPLS1] in it now?
or do we keep [SPL] *whistles*
well, the more SK the merrier, show some thankfulness other teams and lose, we pay for your lifes!
(so which thread of the two do we post in now?)
Pretty sure it will just be SPL for the sake of simplicity. Its awesome to see corporations willing to stay involved in Esports.
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United States3047 Posts
Seems like noone really talked about translating TIG articles...
EDIT: What up with reposting 3 same news across 3 separate threads?
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On November 24 2011 03:04 NR wrote:This is very good news indeed. Hope we will have two enjoyable seasons and by the end hopefully find out what exactly SK planet sells.
Haha, I agree
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It was SPL because Shinhan Pro League
So it can be SPL for SK Planet Pro League =D
Great news
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SK planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of SK telecom, was established in October 1, 2011 with an aspiration to become a global platform innovator. As the lynchpin of SK telecom’s future growth, the company was spun off with the industry-leading platform businesses including T-Store, T-map, MelOn, and Cyworld, Korea’s biggest mobile app store, mobile navigation, online music service and SNS respectively. The company also pioneers in new media with hoppin, Korea’s first multi-screen premium video service, and continues to build momentum in its online commerce leadership with 11th Street. SK planet aspires to develop a wide scope of global partnerships such as TMK, a media joint venture with Disney. Through collaborations with partners, SK planet is committed to building global platform business in Asia and other strategic markets. For more information, please visit www.skplanet.co.kr.
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On November 24 2011 03:35 r3z3nd3 wrote:
It was SPL because Shinhan Pro League
So it can be SPL for SK Planet Pro League =D
Great news
Or you could always just slightly change it to [SKPL]
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On November 24 2011 03:38 Phyrigian wrote:
So much for evil empire. even somebody like me gives you skt1 fans a *little* more respect :p
yeah, now we have to like them
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The guy was head of KeSPA before. I think various SK people chair kespa. Which probably means... they couldn't get a real sponsor.
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On November 24 2011 03:46 VirgilSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 03:35 r3z3nd3 wrote:
It was SPL because Shinhan Pro League
So it can be SPL for SK Planet Pro League =D
Great news Or you could always just slightly change it to [SKPL]
I like SKPL
would give much respect for SK for all they've done for the esports scene
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On November 24 2011 04:08 Wala.Revolution wrote:
The guy was head of KeSPA before. I think various SK people chair kespa. Which probably means... they couldn't get a real sponsor.
Sounds scary >.<
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On November 24 2011 04:08 Wala.Revolution wrote:
The guy was head of KeSPA before. I think various SK people chair kespa. Which probably means... they couldn't get a real sponsor.
Yeah that seems somewhat worrisome. SKT (as much as i love them) can't be a one man sponsor for the whole of BW.
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SKT Proleague , nice name lol ! Good news indeed.
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