EPTIt says that LG doesnt sponsor IM anymore and that the sponsorship amount was 500 million won per year.
Rest of the article is just a summary of what we already knew.
LG-IM now offically only IM
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
It says that LG doesnt sponsor IM anymore and that the sponsorship amount was 500 million won per year. Rest of the article is just a summary of what we already knew.
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
Also, it's me or 500k $ per year is not really much? Especially considering that part of it (and probably largest one) went to LoL team. I imagine rent of their team house alone would probably eat 1/3+ of that sum :O | ||
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HammerKick
France6190 Posts
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:20 lolfail9001 wrote: Dammit, that sucks. I hope IM kept old uniform :D. Also, it's me or 500k $ per year is not really much? Especially considering that part of it (and probably largest one) went to LoL team. Pretty sure that the LoL team didnt get much from that. | ||
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Keeemy
Finland7855 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:20 lolfail9001 wrote: I imagine rent of their team house alone would probably eat 1/3+ of that sum :O That would be a really fucking expensive rent. ~_~ | ||
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ETisME
12259 Posts
Did kespa make LG pay that money at the end? | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:21 Chexx wrote: Pretty sure that the LoL team didnt get much from that. Then dropping this sponsorship could make sense, considering that SC2 is not in the best form in Korea. | ||
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namste
Finland2292 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Are there any korean teams with a "true" sponsor anymore except the kespa teams? (and they use that money for lol i guess). Maybe thats a bad sign for the upcoming proleague too? 1. no proleague at all? 2. proleague but without any new teams (prime, im, mvp) in it? | ||
Olli
Austria24417 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:24 lolfail9001 wrote: Then dropping this sponsorship could make sense, considering that SC2 is not in the best form in Korea. the money could have been pumped into the LoL then, no? not sure how successful IM's LoL team is now though ~ | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:26 The_Red_Viper wrote: Its so sad to watch, Sc2 in korea is sponsored alone by blizzard it seems. Are there any korean teams with a "true" sponsor anymore except the kespa teams? (and they use that money for lol i guess). Maybe thats a bad sign for the upcoming proleague too? 1. no proleague at all? 2. proleague but without any new teams (prime, im, mvp) in it? Well, you can call StarTale. Since Red Bull seems to be heavily involved in sponsorship of it. Same with ZUBUUUU and to lesser extent MVP. | ||
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Mairu
United States222 Posts
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Lorch
Germany3666 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:24 lolfail9001 wrote: Then dropping this sponsorship could make sense, considering that SC2 is not in the best form in Korea. Ever since esports started in korea teams have been begging LG to sponsor them. Even during the absolute height of Brood War they weren't willing to do so. It was not until star 2 that they started investing by sponsoring a few gsls and even hosting some of their own events (to promote their products but still) and on top of that they decided to sponsor IM, and I'm fairly sure that was 100% based on the sc2 squad as a) I'm not even sure whether IM already had a LoL squad prior the sponsorship b) their lol team has pretty much no results and c) on all the pictures from the signing there are only sc2 players. If I were to sponsor a progaming team with that kind of money and then went into renegotiations or even thought about changing my mind I would have also jumped ship when kespa started to nag me about it. | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:29 Mairu wrote: I am sad. Now I can't wear my LG-IM jersey to Blizzcon Find original IM jersey. | ||
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Keeemy
Finland7855 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:26 The_Red_Viper wrote: Its so sad to watch, Sc2 in korea is sponsored alone by blizzard it seems. Are there any korean teams with a "true" sponsor anymore except the kespa teams? (and they use that money for lol i guess). Maybe thats a bad sign for the upcoming proleague too? 1. no proleague at all? 2. proleague but without any new teams (prime, im, mvp) in it? Pretty much every team has a sponsor of some sort, but title sponsorship deals (like LG-IM used to be) are very rare outside of KeSPA. | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40186 Posts
On October 24 2013 02:30 Lorch wrote: Ever since esports started in korea teams have been begging LG to sponsor them. Even during the absolute height of Brood War they weren't willing to do so. It was not until star 2 that they started investing by sponsoring a few gsls and even hosting some of their own events (to promote their products but still) and on top of that they decided to sponsor IM, and I'm fairly sure that was 100% based on the sc2 squad as a) I'm not even sure whether IM already had a LoL squad prior the sponsorship b) their lol team has pretty much no results and c) on all the pictures from the signing there are only sc2 players. If I were to sponsor a progaming team with that kind of money and then went into renegotiations or even thought about changing my mind I would have also jumped ship when kespa started to nag me about it. Yeah, but whatever, LG sponsoring few GSLs (including that ridiculous super tournament, that is responsible for like 35% of Polt's winnings) and sponsorship of IM for their sc2 squad made 0 sense to me, considering they never really sponsored BW. | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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