Renowned eSports caster John "TotalBiscuit" Bain and his wife Genna "Intricacy" Bain head a brand new StarCraft 2 team by the name of Axiom eSports. First confirmed player is ex-Slayers protoss Crank.
Both John and Genna have been active members of the eSports community, working as a shoutcaster and tournament organizer respectively and Axiom eSports is the next step in their careers.
The team will be sponsored by both TotalBiscuit and Husky who will be sending Crank - who himself was offered a personal TB sponsorship for MLG Dallas - to many upcoming events, including MLG vs Proleague, MLG Dallas and IPL 5.
So I've started a SC2 pro team. Follow @axiomesports and support our first player @axcrank <3
— Genna Bain (@GennaBain) September 27, 2012
I am helping to fun/support @totalbiscuit's new StarCraft 2 Esports team! This is huge. Check it out: reddit.com/r/starcraft/co…
— Husky (@HuskyStarcraft) September 27, 2012
Genna Bain:
We are currently working on identifying potential sponsorship avenues. There are a lot of people wanting to speak to us on the matter, thus we felt comfortable with making the announcement. As of right now, we are pleased to have CranK as our first member of the team. We will be adding to the roster as things progress. I won't really commit to saying that the team will be 100% Korean but I would like the team to serve both TB and my hopes of bettering the state of eSports in Korea. At present many Korean SC2 players do not actually receive a salary or receive a small salary that does not really support a stable career.
We are currently working on identifying potential sponsorship avenues. There are a lot of people wanting to speak to us on the matter, thus we felt comfortable with making the announcement. As of right now, we are pleased to have CranK as our first member of the team. We will be adding to the roster as things progress. I won't really commit to saying that the team will be 100% Korean but I would like the team to serve both TB and my hopes of bettering the state of eSports in Korea. At present many Korean SC2 players do not actually receive a salary or receive a small salary that does not really support a stable career.
Axiom eSports' site is still under construction but more information about the team can be found in Genna Bain's AMA thread on reddit.