Infinity-eSports New Sponsor

Posted by Velta at 20:00 3/12/2003.

A good day for the UK CS scene, as yet another counter-strike team recieves financial backing. This time, its Infinity-eSports who are being sponsored. The company who have chosen to sponsor them is known as "Sapphire Technologies".

“Here at Sapphire Technologies, a leading manufacturer of ATI based graphics systems, we have pledged funding to eSport team: Infinity-eSports, in order to allow them the opportunity of attending e-Sport events across the globe. The initial six month contract takes the form of both financial and product support whilst Infinity-eSports will provide us here at Sapphire with promotional undertakings in the form of advertisement of the corporate image wherever possible as well as providing Sapphire with the option to utilise the endorsement of team members in future promotions.
“Infinity-eSports are one of the UK's finest at Counter-Strike, the most populated and played online game around the globe. Boasting a long list of experienced players, Infinity-eSports are looking forward into the year 2004 and we are sure the support Sapphire will give them shall successfully permit their travel to the four corners of the globe and participation in competitions both large and small.”

You can find the full press release here. The CyberXGames is now looking to be a very exciting tournament for those of us from the UK, with a total of three (Possibly more) teams attending (omg!, 4kings and now i-eS). Things, can only get better!

Good luck i-eS!

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Moff
sykotic
20:01 3/12/2003
:o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
20:03 3/12/2003
viva las vegas [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anisty-
Prozac
20:03 3/12/2003
congrats guys, nice work stylz [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
20:04 3/12/2003
gl! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dizzee
20:05 3/12/2003
GL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Genics
thed0n
20:07 3/12/2003
3 UK clans at cxg, shocking [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
wolfeh
Disturbed
20:07 3/12/2003
cs is turning into a salad cream advert..

it's all going on [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
wolfeh
Disturbed
20:08 3/12/2003
cs is turning into a salad cream advert..

it's all going on [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rude^
Jay Bee Eye!
20:10 3/12/2003
gl IeS [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
alicat!
20:11 3/12/2003
wanna know the member!! =[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Styla
Infinity-eSports
20:11 3/12/2003
Phil should get credit aswell, hes the f***in daddy:D

yeah vegas should be pretty cool.

Theres a small iview up on schroet soon I believe courtesy of Fraggle 8) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
20:11 3/12/2003
looks like it was a win-win situation with TAG for i-es

w1cked is the 6th man! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
chron
Last Chance
20:12 3/12/2003
:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AlleM
20:14 3/12/2003
wp gl! i-es! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
20:15 3/12/2003
gl dan, sp33d0 and the rest of ies! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
20:15 3/12/2003
gl

would be quite scared if they were looking back at the year 2004 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kwik^
OnlineSports
20:19 3/12/2003
Best of luck I-eS. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked
Croydon
20:20 3/12/2003
gl I-eS, apart from james. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
funky
20:21 3/12/2003
woooooooh go I-eS [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Velta
Professional Gamer
20:26 3/12/2003
I'm 6th man, i'm going to be doing excellent war arranging whilst over there. Just ask AkuJi about how well i performed on my trial [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
20:28 3/12/2003
i woulda rather seen lc get this kind of big sponsorship, but still - its great news for the uk scene, and im sure all 3 clans will do well in the CXG. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Turk1sh
20:30 3/12/2003
Would be nice if ONE and lc can get decent sponsors like this so they can have a trip over there [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
commentmaster
20:31 3/12/2003
can clanONE plz fold rename kick the newb or uncommited members out and find some decent sponsers to get to LANS (like omg!, 4k and i-es have done in past)
so we can have another good uk team.
CS is dieing, but the uk scene seems to be getting better. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Duuuncan
20:39 3/12/2003
"i woulda rather seen lc get this kind of big sponsorship"

This isn't a government grant, I-eS had to work to get this company to sponsor them. What have lc done in that respect? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
20:43 3/12/2003
ClanONE has pulsegaming ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Liq
20:47 3/12/2003
. . . Beeeeep. . .

caps [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stevenson
20:49 3/12/2003
gl I-eS. Seems like things can only get better for uk cs community :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obsidian
20:52 3/12/2003
the 6th man is really a girl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Luck1ng
Infinity-eSports
20:59 3/12/2003
thx! will be really nice to have more than 1 uk team at an event. Nice to see if we can all mix it with the big boys!

omg! vs I-eS in the first round??? //.... =]]]]

enjoy [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
butters
21:04 3/12/2003
Ha I wud rather have a 64bit processer but there u go GL anyway [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
21:04 3/12/2003
hope so dan :D last time i saw ies at lan was when i played for disturbed.. wasnt all that convincing :d hope it shapes up will be a good match [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
21:08 3/12/2003
We've never had a full team anywhereee :o) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Luck1ng
Infinity-eSports
21:08 3/12/2003
thx! will be really nice to have more than 1 uk team at an event. Nice to see if we can all mix it with the big boys!

omg! vs I-eS in the first round??? //.... =]]]]

enjoy [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Styla
Infinity-eSports
21:09 3/12/2003
lol daniel [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
21:09 3/12/2003
phil works his magic again! wp

"Here at Sapphire Technologies, a leading manufacturer of ATI based graphics systems..."

what? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jaff
21:09 3/12/2003
bit hard to see how sapphire would benefit from sponsoring them.. its not like its a wide consumer product thats bein promoted here is it?

or am i misundertsanding? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
21:10 3/12/2003
sapphire make ati based graphics cards? or is that a hard concept to grasp [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Luck1ng
Infinity-eSports
21:12 3/12/2003
hmm i see i have still got alot to learn about this ukt posting thing.... nm =]

aye my little sumit..

last time i saw omg on lan... i bumed then in that eco yay! =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
21:13 3/12/2003
oh right, just never heard of em [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
CyRus
21:13 3/12/2003
CXG is all about money not quality [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atemi
ForsakeN
21:13 3/12/2003
obviously it is for some [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
21:14 3/12/2003
:D i dont remember that dan heheh were ies even round then? :) i love u and ur milf [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Luck1ng
Infinity-eSports
21:18 3/12/2003
i dont think you where playing in the first team then =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stevenson
21:20 3/12/2003
hope you guys do well at CXG, try and prove theres more to the uk than 4K :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
21:22 3/12/2003
hwehe how cheeky dan. :d [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
21:25 3/12/2003
Are either omg! or I-eS going to CPL Winter as well? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Genics
thed0n
21:25 3/12/2003
Mr Meiwes told investigators he took Mr Brandes back to his home in Rotenburg, where Mr Brandes agreed to have his penis cut off, which Mr Meiwes then flambéed and served up to eat together. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
XiS
21:34 3/12/2003
Mr Meiwes spoke of how he felt ignored by his father, and longed for a good-looking younger brother - whom he would bind to himself forever by consuming. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
TecwynWhittock
21:36 3/12/2003
Genics, wanna do lunch ?

Can't believe some people haven't heard of the well known "Manafacturer" Sapphire [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
critter
21:41 3/12/2003
oh right, just never heard of em

theyre the official north american mfr [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jD
21:52 3/12/2003
gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Samje
21:55 3/12/2003
GL.

Too little too late in my opinion, with clans getting sponsored to play full time/long bootcamps and all star line-ups appearing... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
22:04 3/12/2003
jaff thats the case with all esports sponsorship, the actual gains for the companies are negligible compared to the gains for the clans. most clans arent international esports brand names like SK or 4K or 3D... so their sponsorship is dependent on them becoming another international brand. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
22:11 3/12/2003
give me ur old Graphics card paul aka Dark0r [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
22:14 3/12/2003
Arent you all answering your own questions?
"Who are sapphire and why would they sponsor ppl"
so you get to know them? and so that there name becomes familiar in peoples minds, subconsciously or not the next time you see sapphire when your lookin for a graphics card it'll seem somewhat familiar :o) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArk0r
Infinity-eSports
22:14 3/12/2003
why would u want this piece of s***? [ Score: 0, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
22:14 3/12/2003
path's set for I-eS to be UK's #1 team with this deal. If they get the proper financial backing from Sapphire, they will be the major team representing the UK abroad. If the Sapphire deal is even a tenth of what Intel give 4Kings, then it'll work out sweetly.

At the moment omg! are ahead of I-eS, however in the near future who knows, but my money's definitely on I-eS now, simply because the experience the core members have of lan events, home and abroad. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
22:17 3/12/2003
2 paragraphs and not one n****r, p***, a*** comment! that cant be alex [ Score: 0, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MaCcA^
22:18 3/12/2003
sapphire are on the omg! website under sponsors also? did they sponsor both ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroboy
fightclubclan
22:18 3/12/2003
ooooooh, we finally get to see how s*** i-es are! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
22:21 3/12/2003
why do you bother with uk cs again necro? i could understand a skilled dane joinin a uk clan but you i just dont understand [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
22:23 3/12/2003
This has been going on for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages, well before I left!

Phil should get most of the credit and James should just shush!

gl I-eS! ~~~~~ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
a1ex^
22:24 3/12/2003
akuji0r do you ever stop posting tripe ? im sure that your new sponsor would not be impressed with your childish/moronic attitude. how about learning to keep your mouth shut when a topic of which you are a part gets flamed by other such retards as yourself. maybe if you spent as much time playing the game as you do talking about it you might actually be good when you attend a lan, because the last i recall you were anything but worthy of such funding. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroboy
fightclubclan
22:24 3/12/2003
I have been in fcc bit over 3 years. joined when I started cs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
22:28 3/12/2003
find me some tripe on here 413x
yea the more i play online the better ill be on lan, good logic. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fraZie
contact!
22:28 3/12/2003
im glad ies got this, cmon brits we know we better than the whole world at everything, lets show it! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
22:30 3/12/2003
http://www.sapphiretech.com/clan/clan.asp confused?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
critter
22:34 3/12/2003
Vip: lolololololololololol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroboy
fightclubclan
22:38 3/12/2003
who wrote that? sounds like one of those 14 year olds who run the e-companies. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
a1ex^
22:38 3/12/2003
everything you say is tripe, so i could just copy and paste all the verbal diarrhoea that you have already divulged but i wont.

and as regards to your level of skill on-lan, incase you didnt get it i meant you need practice full stop, i will try simplify my sentances in future because you clearly cant keep up.

and congrats on such a witty way to type alex, using numbers to replace the letters in my name was top notch. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
n0kn0k
Online Multiplayer Gaming
22:39 3/12/2003
lal :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mh
22:39 3/12/2003
Boasting some of the top European players they are looking forward to shooting it off against the worlds best in their bid to once again become a recognised contender for a world-class team. Infinity-eSports - Play Hard, Go Pro www.infinity-esports.co.uk
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akujii0r
Infinity-eSports
22:39 3/12/2003
"how about learning to keep your mouth shut when a topic of which you are a part gets flamed by other such retards as yourself."
i do believe you just shot yourself in the foot
nn! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Landen
Point Five-O
22:40 3/12/2003
lol alex [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
a1ex^
22:44 3/12/2003
it took you 11 minutes to make that second retore. good to see your brain working overtime. when you feel resistence stop the q-tip. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked
Croydon
22:46 3/12/2003
gl I-eS [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
22:46 3/12/2003
i think why i wanted lc to get sponsorship like this is justified by this thread, i think lc have a much better attitude. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dirtydan
22:49 3/12/2003
gl i-es

:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
22:51 3/12/2003
agreed Naz, rated 5! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ONE|Strikes
22:54 3/12/2003
good luck! fag0rs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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