SK prevail in sponsor feud

22-7-2011 22:46

SK Gaming has triumphed in the German courts over former sponsor Kimikuro, where a dispute over payments owing SK Gaming saw the German organization take legal action back in April.

Back in February of 2010, SK Gaming announced a new main sponsor Kimikuro, which is a product to boost your energy in the form of an "Energy shot". A year has since passed, and we broke the news that SK Gaming were taking an un-named sponsor to court. The company was never named, but today after receiving the good news SK Gaming Managing Director Alexander "TheSlash" Müller announced on his twitter that SK had prevailed.

"Just got word from our lawyers: we won against the former sponsor, court decided in our direction. The fight was worth it! Eat this Kimikuro"

Müller told HLTV.org that SK Gaming had fulfilled their end of the bargain for the entire twelve month contract, which included advertising and testimonials for the Kimikuro energy shot.

Kimikuro lost court trial to SK Gaming

However it appears as though Kimikuro neglected to pay their monthly amount right from the very first month. After several months of not paying, SK Gaming began legal action against Kimikuro.

Kimikuro tried to argue that since the company was bought out after signing with SK Gaming, the burden of payment should fall onto the original owners.

SK Gaming successfully sued Kimikuro for a sum of somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars, plus court costs.

nice!!

2011-07-22 22:46

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SK pwning everything !!!

2011-07-23 06:12

nice!!!!!!!

hahaha SK....

2011-07-22 22:47

lol

gg 16-0

30-0 !

2011-07-22 22:53

n1c3

lol,owned.

2011-07-22 22:48

nice ? lol

I dont get it :/

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they were in a trial, they sued kimikuro for not respecting the contract and they won the trial..

2011-07-22 22:50

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TheSlasH: "couldn't care less tbh [about contracts]" and then he takes it to the court :PPPpPPpp

2011-07-23 01:31

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ahahaha true

2011-07-23 16:15

=D now they can pay fnatic ^^

2011-07-23 20:43

Very nice:)

2011-07-22 22:49

hahahaha n1

2011-07-22 22:51

PWND

They getting nice money now SK! :o

No, that's just to support Delpan's payroll.

2011-07-22 23:46

Is there an outside source other than SK? For instance court documents which are usually made public?

owned

sk really wins everything these days

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$K haha

2011-07-22 22:52

"The fight was worth it! Eat this Kimikuro" lol u win in court an act like a 10 year old after? i know this is a game but grow up if you win theres no need to rub it in anyoones face lol.

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He seems to have the mentality of a ten yeard old. This isn't the first time he says childish and stupid things, now is it?

2011-07-22 22:56

Looks like an amateur

2011-07-22 23:00

I wonder how you would you act If you win over thousends of $$$$$

2011-07-22 23:11

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lol its not like theyve won much money XD

2011-07-23 00:06

I'm sure he wouldn't act in such a childish fashion in public.

2011-07-23 01:37

Even so, publishing a statement in Twitter is pretty public to me :p

2011-07-23 02:05

I agree, I wasn't talking about TheSlash, I was saying what a person with professionalism would do!

2011-07-23 02:19

Totally agree!

2011-07-23 02:32

damn I wouldn´t drink that shit just because delpan or f0rest would

nice sk OWNING EVERYTHING!

Money money money, Always sunny, In a rich man's world.

i like it how he talks with his sponsors with EAT THAT :D xD what did we learned? down buy Kimikuro drinks let them pay for you :D

GTK <3 Sk

2011-07-22 22:54

bmw logo xD

2011-07-22 22:55

ok.

Aced.

seems like sk is winning everything these days lol

2011-07-22 22:59

fail

2011-07-22 23:01

Should be "Drink this Kimikuro"

... meh

2011-07-23 00:44

IT IS A GOOD JOKE, PERIOD!

2011-07-23 00:47

2011-07-23 12:56

get_right kimikuro

pwnedu fuckers

2011-07-22 23:04

SK could bring RedBull as sponsor, then i could drink it and see GeT_RiGhT's face on the can

2011-07-22 23:07

You want to see his face on the can O.O weird.

2011-07-22 23:23

:DD especially this one hltv.org/?pageid=154&galleryid=3682&pict.. It compares with "RedBull give wings" saying :D

2011-07-22 23:29

I wouldnt like to have the face of a player in my can, but everyone has an opinion :D.

2011-07-22 23:33

Theslash is so childish, acts like a kid... shouldnt be the boss of a such big organisation

2011-07-22 23:09

Without him it wouldn't be a big organisation. Don't take it too serious, it was just a twitter post, nothing official.

2011-07-23 00:27

Seriously theSlash is such a kid, and has a lot to learn about business. I love how he says on twitter that he is suing one of their sponsors, but doesn't announce which one until 1 year after. This tarnishes the reputation of all SK's legitimate sponsors for an entire year. Nice work.

2011-07-22 23:20

"Eat this Kimikuro" ok that was kinda o.O

2011-07-22 23:21

well played sir

2011-07-22 23:44

good name , balcan know why :D

2011-07-22 23:56

you always know when some shit happend in esport it will be SK

2011-07-23 00:03

come on guys, it's his twitter account, it wasn't an official statement I probably would of wrote "Suck my D**k Kimikuro" if it happened to me

2011-07-23 00:14

2011-07-23 01:17

2-0 in maps for SK vs. Kimikuro :D

2011-07-23 00:32

Kimikuro should be sued just for advertising with an e-Sport company.....They were probably pissed the SK "testimonials" did absolutely nothing in terms of sales...what a shocker

2011-07-23 00:36