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StarCraft20 years agoGosu "GosuGamers" Gamers

sG goes corporate *

Update: Hope you weren't tricked! Happy April fools!

In the last couple of months StarcraftGamers has experienced several unanticipated costs that have affected the pockets of many of the sG crew. As a visitor to the site you may not realize all the costs that this site faces each and every month. One of the heaviest costs that we face are certain legal fees that have arisen recently, which are not cheep. Other costs include search engine fees, service of the server, backup fees and server costs.

We have been struggling for months to come up with a solution for our financial difficulties. We have tried numerous suggestions, one of these being advertising. However this did not cover our ever increasing debt (Mazor’s debt is around $500 at the moment). Anyway, late last Friday, there was a crew meeting on IRC and I gave the suggestion that we became a cooperate company. We had a vote and the proposal got a 12 – 3 majority vote.

What changes does this mean for sG?

At sG there will be many changes, some of these you may see, others of you may not. First I have been appointed Financial Director, my main task will be to get the site out of debt. Second, since we are now a registered cooperation, StarcraftGamers.com corp. is our new name. Third, we need ways to make money. I have thought of two ways to make money that have both been accepted by the crew.

  • From the 1st of May, StarcraftGamers corp. shares will be up for purchase on the Swedish stock exchange. If you would like to be a part of StarcraftGamers corp. I recommend that you buy some and help out our community.

  • StarcraftGamers corp. needs to make money, the first step to do this is an online shop, which should be active within a week. Here you will be able to by StarcraftGamers merchandise as well as Starcraft related products. We will also be selling some really unique and interesting products.

Below is a list of our confirmed products with prices:

  • $50: Get your own private lessons with our best idol players and administrators Mazor or Bizkit. Mazor will teach his famous protoss and show you what you must do to improve your gameplay. Bizkit will teach you everything you need to know about zerg including the 6pool rush.

  • $15: Starcraft T-Shirts featuring top players in the Swedish national team and motives from the pictures of the week uploaded at StarcraftGamers.

  • $10: RWA & replay access. Our replay & RWA section will be closed for non-paying customers. If you are a RWA customer, you can download any of the RWAs in our archives, commentated by top players such as Elky, Manifesto or 2p.ret! If you are a replay customer, you can download replays of the top Korean players - no fake ones!

  • $5: Become a Starcraft Gamers corp. member! Once logged in, you can use functions such as autologin, get access to your very own inbox, friends list, settings and a logout button.


Our apologies for any inconvenience this will cause to you. Please believe us when we say that we did not want this to happen, it was our last resort.

You will be hearing from me again if there are any more big financial changes that will affect you.

// Sailow - New Financial Director of StarcraftGamers corp.

Update: If you do not understand what has been said above, please, don't hesitate to look at the date when this news was written, at the top of the page.

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