Tastosis partner with Tt eSPORTS

The infamous casting Archon duo of Nick “Tasteless” Plott and Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski, known as Tastosis, have formerly announced their partnership with the PC part manufacturing giant Thermaltake's eSports division, known as Tt eSPORTS.  Tastosis has been a staple of StarCraft since the very early days of Brood War, where both players were amongst the best of the North Americans, both residing in Korea to play BW at one point.  Right before StarCraft 2 came out, Tastosis began casting many Brood War events, from WCG to many other events, becoming popular as time progressed.  Finally when StarCraft 2 came out, the Global StarCraft League made the move over to StarCraft 2 and the first plunge as a Korean organizer into English casting, by hiring both Stemkoski and Plott to be their main casters for the league.  Both Stemkoski and Plott blew up and became the hottest commodity in the StarCraft world, being called to cast many MLG's, Blizzcon, IEM's and Blizzard's Battle.net World Championship.  Tastosis were then signed by the eSports Management Group, an agency that represents the finest of eSports personalities and players alike.  The eMG is involved in this partnership, where both they and Tt eSPORTS formally sponsored and endorsed Tastosis.

 The tweet by Tt eSPORTS:

Today we're proud to announce the newest members of the Tt eSPORTS family. You know them as Tasteless and Artosis:... fb.me/WgeLl0uq

— Tt eSPORTS (@ttesports) november 14, 2012

Being first and foremost a huge fan of Tastosis through my time as a viewer of their widely popular GSL Code-S entertainment experience, I am thrilled at the prospect of working with Nick and Dan to further our product development and encourage the growth of E-Sports world-wide. It will be my distinct pleasure to accommodate them in providing countless hours of joy and entertainment to millions of people around the globe. There is good reason why they are 2 of the most influential and essential people in the E-Sports scene and I hope with our partnership, both brands in Tt eSPORTS and Tastosis continue to grow and prosper. 

Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski weighs in: 

I am super excited to be working with Tt eSPORTS to develop products suitable for both competitive and casual use, and I hope that this partnership will become a huge connection between a premier gaming peripherals brand and players, fans and personalities as we all work together to bring more growth and prosperity into the E-Sports scene.

Nick “Tasteless” Plott also weighed in: 

I have been friends with White-Ra for many years, and I have been following his progress with Tt eSPORTS since the announcement of his sponsorship in 2011. I am extremely happy that Artosis and I will be able to join up with Aleksey and players from the PRIME team like MarineKing to develop E-Sports products and provide more entertaining content to our fans. 

Entire Press Release:

 November 14, 2012 – Taipei, Taiwan – Tt eSPORTS and eSports Management Group announced today the formal sponsorship and endorsement of the two celebrity Starcraft II and E-Sports commentators Nick “Tasteless” Plott and Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski. The two have paired up over the past 3 years to provide the highest quality E-Sports commentary and entertainment to millions of viewers world-wide.

The endorsement provides Tt eSPORTS the opportunity to co-operate with “Tastosis” as we bring product development to a completely higher echelon in the year 2013. Tasteless and Artosis will be featured in licensed products designed with their knowledge and input to offer an unparalleled experience to gamers and fans all over the world. Their design ideas and technical specification requirements will be seamlessly implemented into a range of Tt eSPORTS products that will span over mice, keyboards and headsets.

Tt eSPORTS’ Global Esports Community Manager Eric Brinkley commented on the agreement: “Being first and foremost a huge fan of Tastosis through my time as a viewer of their widely popular GSL Code-S entertainment experience, I am thrilled at the prospect of working with Nick and Dan to further our product development and encourage the growth of E-Sports world-wide. It will be my distinct pleasure to accommodate them in providing countless hours of joy and entertainment to millions of people around the globe. There is good reason why they are 2 of the most influential and essential people in the E-Sports scene and I hope with our partnership, both brands in Tt eSPORTS and Tastosis continue to grow and prosper.”

“I am super excited to be working with Tt eSPORTS to develop products suitable for both competitive and casual use,” said Artosis, “and I hope that this partnership will become a huge connection between a premier gaming peripherals brand and players, fans and personalities as we all work together to bring more growth and prosperity into the E-Sports scene.”

Tasteless, familiar with Tt eSPORTS’ other brand beacons such as Aleksey “White-Ra” Krupnyk and Jung Hoon “MarineKing” Lee, also remarked on the partnership: “I have been friends with White-Ra for many years, and I have been following his progress with Tt eSPORTS since the announcement of his sponsorship in 2011. I am extremely happy that Artosis and I will be able to join up with Aleksey and players from the PRIME team like MarineKing to develop E-Sports products and provide more entertaining content to our fans.”

Tasteless and Artosis will be attending the IGN Pro League 5 (IPL5) event in Las Vegas at the end of November where they will be commentating at the Global Starcraft League Code-S finals that will be hosted at the venue. They will join PRIME players MarineKing, Byun and Creator in connecting with Starcraft II and E-Sports fans and enthusiasts under the Tt eSPORTS brand.

As this is extremely big news for StarCraft 2 and the eSports world, ESPlanet will of course be updating you with any new information regarding the partnership in the days and weeks to come.

Source:
Tt eSPORTS