yet G2A and Kinguin are ok....
Exactly...
Thank God Riot banned those long time ago since League is still world's most played game and the one with has more viewers.
yet G2A and Kinguin are ok....
No problem with the gambling sponsors though
It's all about public perception. Most people aren't embarrassed to play poker in front of someone else.
Apparently not good enoughJust change the name to something else, problem solved.
In an email correspondence GamesBeat got its hands on, Team YP made several appeals to ESL and even offered to rebrand in a way that did not refer to YouPorn or even YP in any way, but the ESL turned down that offer and solidified the expulsion of Team YP from its events.
But that only MEANS anything if you already know about youporn. Do you see how that makes it less of a problem?
It's like posting this image:
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That means something but you have to be involved already to see it
Makes sense. You can't really get mainstream appeal when one of your major sponsors is a porn site. It also further reinforces the stereotype of gamers being maladjusted losers who masturbate all the time.
yet G2A and Kinguin are ok....
yeah. i was watching pax arena and was surprised that G2A was actually a sponsor there
It also further reinforces the stereotype of gamers being maladjusted losers who masturbate all the time.
the ESL is a german based eSport company and their set rules follow in some what way the german Bundesliga (Football / Soccer League) rules are like. Ads for alcohol or cigarettes are forbidden as well as "adult content" and I don't think that we will soon see any of those ads in ESL hosted eSports events.
Edit: Gambling Ads are also forbidden in the german football / soccer league and afaik in the ESL as well.
Not sure if serious. We have stadiums named after beer companies. We have teams with a beer company on their shirts. We have ads for gambling sites EVERYWHERE!
The fucking national team is even sponsored by a beer company!
You always see betting sites on the sideline ads, or am I dreaming?There is 1 stadium with an exception rule and it has to advertise nonalcoholic products only. There is currently 1 gambling ad printed on the jersey of Berlin from a company that is not allowed to do business in Berlin. Outside of this jersey there are litteraly zero gamling ads. Just because you see gambling ads in for example pay-tv doesnt conclude that the ads are allowed by the league holders (DFL) themselfes. You just have other media outlets that buys the licenses to market the content of the league.
But in the case of the ESL the license holder and content producers are (basically) the same company.