Sponsorship advice for teams and tournaments

[Maynd]

If you do get sponsorship for a tournament, don't forget to start it.

If you do start it, don't forget to finish it.

Out they come... I suppose I should have just sat and scratched my balls instead of writing this? Do you really feel it's necessary to have a go upon seeing this thread, like I ****ed up the tournament all over again?

Yeah I bottled it. With the extra constraints and pressure of moving to a new country, having a new job and a new life I struggled with the demands I'd put on myself. My mistake was placing everything on myself which I did because I didn't want to rely on anyone else as I was so determined for everything to go right. It was a bad move on my part and it all built up so much that, upon seeing the roster ****ups from the first round of the tournament, I couldn't face dealing with them. That was another mistake.

I ****ed up. I've admitted that clearly and I've learned from it, I hope. This thread has no need for your snide comments though. This is me spending a lot of time to do something to help the scene. If all you have is armchair cynicism, then what right do you have to criticise me and my efforts to do what I can for the scene, even if I happen to have misplaced them on occasion?

What happened to that sponsorship with Mark from MarkMods anyways, then?

EDIT: Just to be clear, I didn't mean this as mockery. I just wonder that, since you made a topic about sponsorship and mention MarkMods, will anything happen to that MarkMods sponosored tournament? Fair question imo.

Of course. Mark is an outstanding guy that has expressed an interest to stay with the scene. I've sent him an email with details and suggestions of how he could get involved and talks are ongoing.

Closure at least, I believe that's what most people involved in MMNFC wanted.

Regarding the post, great idea in concept and something to look at maybe in BannerLord

 

[ModusTollens]

Since demanded in the OP: You're an idiot and this is a waste of time (as indicated by some of the people who obviously think it's alright to act like entitled assholes).

A guide to break down barriers between motivated organisers and low level sponsors – like the MMNFC seems to have been conceptualized - can only be a benefit for the community, (possibly) forces organisers to think things through before starting a tournament and also might encourage them to try to see it to an end on a reasonably "professional" level (as well as being free marketing for Taleworlds' products).

I'm not particular interested in the vision underlying it but I think it's a good initiative anyway.

 

[captain lust]

Regarding the post, great idea in concept and something to look at maybe in BannerLord

Again, I'd like for us to look at it NOW. Let's look at how sponsorship can benefit our current situation (which I believe it can) and at the same time, have more of our community in a position where they know how to find and deal with sponsors when Bannerlord comes along.

I am sincerely urging tournament organisers and team leaders specifically (although not exclusively) to look at this right now and act on the advice I've given in the first post.

 

[Kherven]

I am sincerely urging tournament organisers and team leaders specifically (although not exclusively) to look at this right now and act on the advice I've given in the first post.

I agree there's ground to be covered and advantages to be found ofr everyone involved. But can I ask why its so urgent for Warband to suddenly become a professionally sponsored multiplayer game? Is it to same the Warband community from dying out or something? Trying to spice up tournaments? or what? I just don't see why its so urgent and "We gotta do this now!" I understand the saying "now or never" but it seems more urgent than that.

 

[RoBo_CoP]

Warband NA is not Warband EU, keep that in mind, Kherven.

Mostly, by doing this it would invigorate tournaments into something much more competitive and interesting. Mostly what it comes down to.

 

[captain lust]

I am sincerely urging tournament organisers and team leaders specifically (although not exclusively) to look at this right now and act on the advice I've given in the first post.

I agree there's ground to be covered and advantages to be found ofr everyone involved. But can I ask why its so urgent for Warband to suddenly become a professionally sponsored multiplayer game? Is it to same the Warband community from dying out or something? Trying to spice up tournaments? or what? I just don't see why its so urgent and "We gotta do this now!" I understand the saying "now or never" but it seems more urgent than that.

I'm saying do it now because there's no reason to delay. I sense (and read) people looking at this and going: "sure that sounds great" and then doing nothing.

Just modify and add to that template to fit whatever organisation you're a part of and then shoot it out to 5 companies once a week. See what happens.

This shouldn't be looked at as some big step. I actually see it as a missed opportunity to get some reward and interest for all the good work that's already going on in the competitive scene. Sponsorship is something we should have been taking advantage of for years.

I want to open peoples eyes and draw their attention towards it. I want people to approach it realistically and have it become part of the scene that people automatically take into consideration.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Great idea. I personally have some ideas about sponsorships. And actually contacted some people about this to sponsor my clan for the future and for Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord not for Warband. IF TaleWorlds supports this kind of things by itself for a start, (i am talking about locally) game press will advert these kind of things. Because TaleWorlds is a big brand for Turkish Game Sector. And there is really a lot of talented people who wants to contribute to TaleWorlds.

I hope everything goes well...

 

[Maynd]

I believe streamers have done one of the greatest jobs for this community, that work will come in handy in the future.

 

[MrNomNom]

nice post. atm i dont think na has the organization or players to pull this off. could be fun for eus though.

i'd love to watch a sponsor's reaction when their sponsored tournament yields to fifteen straight pages of **** slinging.

 

[LeRoux]

Sure looks good.

 

[Duken96]

Good job captain! Still too lazy to read all of this right now! 

 

[captain lust]

Let me give some examples of good branding from teams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzGLxgguMa4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u_biCBKoIM8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEkjvjhlg14 (AE bits)

Sure these videos lack human personality, they don't show pictures or include much voice to really let people know about the people in the teams.

However, I think those are just details. Content like this will make your team or tournament more attractive to sponsors. It may seem frivolous right now and perhaps it wouldn't mean a massive a difference but work at it, build your team's brand, develop your own skills (video editing, communicating) in the process and up your value as a product. I'll bet most of the tournaments right now could put up an ad and get someone to make some content for the tournaments like a team preview or run a video competition. Be creative whatever.

This kind of stuff is solid gold, with just a few details to be worked out.

 

[Orion]

i'd love to watch a sponsor's reaction when their sponsored tournament yields to fifteen straight pages of **** slinging.

Only 15? I don't think this community has mellowed that much.

 

[African]

BkS already has the t-shirt line and action figures. There were some talks in the past regarding a feature length film about the life of peers but last I heard it's been put on hold atm.

I made a post about this sort of thing awhile back. The biggest problem is people don't really look at this game and see competitive e-sport material. If they advertise and build it as such it could have some potential. I definitely wouldn't mind being able to afford my mcnugget budget through warband.

 

[captain lust]

Another tip that might help you if you're a team based in one specific country is to look for sponsor companies based there, that operating primarily in your language.

It will be easier for you to build up a personal relationship with them for starters.

Additionally, for companies that only operate in a non-english language, teams specific to their country are their only real sponsorship opportunities so in theory, you will have less competition. They're also generally smaller than global companies and so would likely be more open to making the small time deals you're looking for.

 

[Lightman]

For Warband this is great.
But do you have some tips if I need servers for a WFaS tournament?
(the problem: less player, less clans, less thread klicks, ... no sponsor will be interessted)

 

[captain lust]

For Warband this is great.
But do you have some tips if I need servers for a WFaS tournament?
(the problem: less player, less clans, less thread klicks, ... no sponsor will be interessted)

My best advice would be to open dialogues. The essence of these deals is that they're negotiable. Perhaps a sponsor won't be willing to let you run 20 servers for the duration of the tournament but maybe you can get a discount on the ones you need, which would help you out anyway. Honestly, don't be afraid to ask though. For a lot of server providers at least, they might not have even done anything like this before and they might surprise you with their willingness to help out even if it's not necessarily an amazing deal for them on paper. You have to think of the opportunity it gives them to improve their image among the community (potential customers).

 

[Lightman]

thank you.
and yep you're right I haven't tried yet because I always thought of they won't sponsor a game with less players but I will try it.

 

[Newbiejunky]

Now we've beat AE, you think we might be sponsored by insecticide company?

 

[Trebron]

Now we've beat AE, you think we might be sponsored by insecticide company?

http://www.trebron.com/
ask them