Nocturne Secures New Sponsor

Posted by decrepit at 23:41 10/7/2002.

We have just received word from Paul Meakin, Nocturne's commercial advisor, that Nocturne have just found a new sponsor this time in the form of Gainward.
Nocturne, one of the UK's leading Counter Strike gaming team are very pleased to announcing a 12 month sponsorship contract from Gainward, the latest word in the PC graphics card market.

Gainward will be supplying Nocturne with their latest technology graphics cards, namely Gainward GeForce4 Ultra750 XP Golden Sample featuring nVidia's high-end GeForce4 Ti-4600 chipset. Wayne Tritton, Gainward Director of Sales and Marketing commented:

This looks very promising for clan Nocturne, and the full press release can be found here.

Comments

XLNC/Dr_Evil
23:55 10/7/2002
Interesting since they didnt really go to CPL that this has come about. GL to em though I say and if Gainward need anyone to test a few more drop me a line ;). [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
lilb0
00:00 11/7/2002
ahhhhhhhhhh marc you sneaky fooka >8)

leeeeeeet sponsorship dudes, what else other than gfx cards do you get, not saying they're nolt enough or anything but >8)) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
00:01 11/7/2002
well, it's Paul that's put in all the work to get these sponsors, so it's paul and his team that deserve it
Paul = Gangsta

gj + gl paul :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
lilb0
00:02 11/7/2002
nocturne!, gimme a gf4 otherwise!

i flame j00!

>8) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
00:03 11/7/2002
evil you little scalywag you ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Marcus
calibre
00:05 11/7/2002
Was hardly Noc at CPL teppum.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
00:10 11/7/2002
Teppum.....sponsorship is part of a companies marketing raft and the tourney is one type of sponsorship...a team is another. If we put a good and professional proposition to Gainward, which we did, we may get sponsorshipm, which we have. I just do my job and supply the lads with what I can. Their job is to play and win (agreed we have work to do and a player or 2 to replace) but the commercial aspect of Nocturne is going well to plan. tbh I suggested they sponsor all the top teams. Hope this helps :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
00:14 11/7/2002
Well the guy, Wayne, was at the CPL teppum [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dino^
00:20 11/7/2002
pld ui [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
00:20 11/7/2002
Yeah i saw Paul talking with him about the deal.
Shame one of Manager boys was hit by a car, and another was busy with other work so couldnt attend to pickup what seems like quite an avilable deal. We should have even dragged Chris0 along to do some of the managing work. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
aNiTe
01:19 11/7/2002
Gainward GeForce4 Ultra750 XP Golden Sample featuring nVidia's high-end GeForce4 Ti-4600 chipset.

/me creams pants [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
01:37 11/7/2002
Lets hope this picks noc back up to their old standerd [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bl33t
01:46 11/7/2002
From the "UK's top CS team" to now just "one of the UK's leading Counter Strike gaming team"(s).

Oh dear, poor Paul’s "press releases" (heh) are getting more and more conservative. Although I do have to somewhat admire how you manage to con these companies out of their products under the cover of 'sponsorship' (which lets face it is just pan handling) for a cs clan that haven't achieved anything, but then what qualifications do you need to work in marketing. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
decrepit
Croydon
01:57 11/7/2002
cud swear i made this reg'd users only [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
02:29 11/7/2002
yeh well, ppl will just register under a different alias and flame with that, no win situation tbh. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Righteous
Clan ONE
02:41 11/7/2002
sex me sideways [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
plaz
03:25 11/7/2002
I want them gfx cards :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
03:31 11/7/2002
Ah well good excuse to buy a new pc :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
06:57 11/7/2002
Whats the noc roster at the moment? Far as I was aware they don't have 5 players? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ryano
theb0g
06:59 11/7/2002
Actually now I think about it they shouldn't have to worry about that as they can pretty much have their pick of anyone bar i-es. I know I want some headphones and a graphics card [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Chris0
07:47 11/7/2002
n1 gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
09:36 11/7/2002
lolly, deean you hobo, i told you, GF4 = hair style for a year.

love it or leave it

also, Whoever said Paul 'cons' companies to give us stuff, his job is to get deals, etc, its not conning, its being good at your job. He helps us get things that make us better. Also, haha @ greg, wanna buy a GeForce 2 64mb DDR Ultra? i got one going spare... :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
09:51 11/7/2002
i think he's quite content with his visiontek geforce 4, rhyzz.... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
10:34 11/7/2002
haha pld myers.. :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
11:23 11/7/2002
Bl33t....I have never heard of you or met you so I will not dis you, but I take exception to your comments here. I have changed the "top UK team" to "one of the top UK teams" out of respect to i-es and other teams.

You are making statements like “con these companies out of their products under the cover of 'sponsorship”. What do you base this comment on? Were you involved with discussions with the Gainward Corporation with me? I don’t think so. Also you say noc never achieved anything (eeerrr Korea!), this is not true either so based on this and other wild irresponsible comments, I would suggest most of your views are unfounded or basically incorrect. All I know is that companies want to sponsor Internet gaming teams, but they struggle due to the lack of commercial approach by most teams. I know this to be true due to teams that have approached me and other companies I know for sponsorship. Most teams have no idea, it’s just ask for some kit and hope they get it….not the pro way to approach a corporate

You also question my marketing skills! Why? Do you know me? Not sure if you work or not, but I am proud to have built 2 successful UK brands through hard work and dedication (These achievements are qualifications enough), this is the same dedication that I am showing nocturne.

Flames are fine and fun, but lets not get to personal!

P.s. sorry for the long post…was just a bit p***ed off, tryin, tryin and getting slatted :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SaVaCe
12:03 11/7/2002
WAH i smoke weed regular [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
j0nb0y
12:29 11/7/2002
If it helps Paul, when I was leader of 4K/IeS every time we got anything cool be it sponsorship or media coverage, we used to get hammered by the UK CS monkeys if we lost any matches.

End of the day the sponsorship has nothing to do with the playing of CS, and most sponsors don't actually know or care how well their team does as long as they keep to an approximate target. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
13:58 11/7/2002
Fags who post s*** about sponsorship are just jealous.

Also Myers, never speak to me again.

Thanks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
15:29 11/7/2002
bl33t, i really don't understand why you post here.
Why do you flame paul, for doing what seems, a good move to get noc back on track.
simple, it's down to jelousy.

If you feel so strongly about your opinions, why do you not paste as your real name instead of hiding behind an alias like a little child would. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
15:31 11/7/2002
lol i'm still laughing at myers comment :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
15:50 11/7/2002
Is itb a bird? is it a plane?.....no its KhAos....my hero

I miss u :(

right on brother [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bl33t
15:55 11/7/2002
You changed it because you knew that by keeping "the top UK team" you would be telling an even bigger lie now than you were then, that and the negative responce such an arrogant statement received the last time.

I use the term conning as in order to get a company to give you any of their products free I would expect them to be wanting publicity and advertising in return. Nocturne have the advertising power of the inside of my shed door. Hearing that they've 'donated' five or six cards to a clan who have as much chance as winning a cpl event as Wales have the world cup isn't going to make me rush out to track down a "Gainward" (who?) video card.

I never questioned your marketing skills, indeed you must talk bulls*** with the best of them. Instead I was refering to the Gainward marketing department, if indeed such a department exists. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
16:17 11/7/2002
Just having 5 mins break between conning companies….

Bleet I bet your always part of the problem and never of the solution (might be a bit deep fer you m8).

....u know what…..just ask yourself some questions so you can humiliate yourself……1. Who the fook am I?,
2. What have I ever achieved really? 3. Am I just a waste of good Oxygen? ...Within those answers you will be able to see your future...I can see it….u chip panner .

LOL u have a shed (that tells me plenty). As the mighty KhAos said….post under your normal alias. Last comment to Bleet alias L00s3r.

You are forgiven as I feel sorry for you. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wr!ght
16:48 11/7/2002
Congrats to noc. Brings us all up in the world. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
18:25 11/7/2002
Yeah well played nocturne. Gainward want publicity and many many people read this site, so Gainward have it already. And btw bleet, your shed door must be v v cool. Plus, if you haven't got anything good to say, don't say anything.

Paul, very very well done. GL nocturne. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
18:26 11/7/2002
Oh and what two UK brands did you help make successful? Cos i'm gonna complain about them poisoning customers. :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
18:47 11/7/2002
Comment by Bl33t.
IP: 62.7.135.250
(Resolves to host62-7-135-250.webport.bt.net)

Aims is authed as Aims
62.7.135.250 End of /WHO list. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
19:20 11/7/2002
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
19:48 11/7/2002
haahhaha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
21:08 11/7/2002
Bless him, his fame results from him cheating, now he cant really do that very well, he needs to find a way to attract attention somehow. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
21:53 11/7/2002
too true greg ¬_¬ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bl33t
22:21 11/7/2002
That last post wasn't very professional at all Paul, any donators looking on might think you're just some clueless schmuck trying to play PR manager, which of course we know you aren't. I mean you must have made some serious money in representing those previous "UK brands" to be able to drop everything and follow your dream of managing some computer game nerds.

Regardless, there really is no need to get so abusive Paul, you can't expect to blind everyone with your rambling drivel, undoubtedly the majority will see your "releases" for the egotistical arrogant muck they are.

Yours Sincerely

Bl33t. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
22:43 11/7/2002
Ahhhh...Aims

As i said...stfu...ur making a fool of ur sorry a$$ it looks :)

Ta for the support guyz....if any one wants a hand/ has a sponsor they need to approach, i will be more than happy to help "if" you want it. The more sponsors the better the game is fer all. As I said, just ask and I will do all i can to help :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
23:11 11/7/2002
at least he didn't cheat his way to the top aims.. :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
23:16 11/7/2002
Aims was never at the top. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
23:22 11/7/2002
Regardless, there really is no need to get so abusive Paul, you can't expect to blind everyone with your rambling drivel, undoubtedly the majority will see your "releases" for the egotistical arrogant muck they are.

Well, you just described your whole approach towards all the cheating accusations you got throughout your cs 'career', and they barely helped you to see like the nice sorta guy that wouldn't cheat now did they... are you trying to help stop Paul from going down the same route with his sponsorship deals that you're jealous of ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
23:51 11/7/2002
i stand corrected. :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PHB
00:57 12/7/2002
I don't know.
#4 cheated with the best of them, although he was more fun than our cheats we have now, you should come back and play some more.
Maybe you could achieve your goal of getting into a sponsored clan?
Seems to be you're a tad jealous that Paul was able to get Gainward to give free cards to noc. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bl33t
01:02 12/7/2002
I'm not a fan of the increased casualness in your typing Paul, I think the reason behind your success was the credible sleazy PR guy guise. Without that you are just another "Genius" who although hilarious in his time, his blunt comedy material has gotten rather old and overplayed.

Don’t tame down your stuff just because a few people miss the irony and mistakenly take you seriously, I and the rest of your cult following are still here. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
oppie
01:36 12/7/2002
GL noc and the more sponsors get in contact and actually sponsor gamers is a good thing for the scene so well done Paul.

Aims -> job [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
02:56 12/7/2002
lol as much as I would probably disagree with Aims on many subjects, and I commend Paul for getting a sponsor, his last few comments were rather childish :/ could've been alot more mature [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
03:56 12/7/2002
Hes only following the example of every1 who posts on this thread then isnt he? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
07:39 12/7/2002
Paul has a job to do for Nocturne, and he does it well as he's proven on several occaisons, good job paul and gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
10:31 12/7/2002
aims, no one agrees with you at all
you speak alone, simply out of spite and jelousy.
grow up. as oppie said, get a job!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Paul
12:14 12/7/2002
Moo|Rob...fair comment m8. Not often I get like that and thank you for reminding me that I should not sink to Bl33ts level.

I will not do it again. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
13:26 12/7/2002
You best not Paul, I know where you live.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
15:44 12/7/2002
pld paul :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids
23:23 12/7/2002
"Nocturne have the advertising power of the inside of my shed door. Hearing that they've 'donated' five or six cards to a clan who have as much chance as winning a cpl event as Wales have the world cup isn't going to make me rush out to track down a "Gainward" (who?) video card."

ahahahaha, great stuff bl33t. Say what you want about him, but he is f***in funny.

Nice scoop on figuring out who bl33t is there khaos, you should be a UKT newsie. But you could have just asked any irish person, they knew this a year ago :P

Speaking of a year ago, its pretty amusing how people's views of the past change to suit their present situations. despite a very large amount of the community believing Aims cheated nobody could even get a remotely dodgy demo of him (a nice one like ui got of Alvin would have lovely wouldn't it) and indeed he was picked for the UK team, although i don't recall people in the UK team accusing him once he was selected (sound familiar?). Now he is clearly a cheater though. Also, i do remember him giving 4K a good spanking, but that could just be MY selective memory. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
23:42 12/7/2002
or maybe they thought the same back then when he was picked for the team, but didnt want to create arguments so kept quiet, and as nothings holding them back anymore... ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
12:09 13/7/2002
hmmm no he didn't make any dodgy demos. Hmm he didn't make any demos full stop. The guy refused to make them if i recall.

You can lick his ass out all you like kaids, but for the intelligent people out there; it was quite obvious what he was up to. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids
14:08 13/7/2002
I thought he cheated aswell, doesn't change the fact that nobody could get a remotely dodgy demo, none of the admins who reffed #s matches could get one either.

"You can lick his ass out all you like kaids, but for the intelligent people out there"

Pot, kettle on line three. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
15:00 13/7/2002
Lets see....cause he never recorded demos of himself. And the cheat protection methods are so different now, compared to back then. Ive spoken to some of his own team m8's who sat there watching him play when they're dead and just thinking "that's f***ing bollox".
As we all know now, on-line means f***-all in counter-strike. As Aims refused an expenses paid trip to the UK to play on lan, and the fact he's probably never played on lan in his life proves that he means f*** all to CS.

Kaids dont be too upset noc spanked F2B on lan. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kaids
16:57 13/7/2002
oohh, you really hit a nerve badly there with that throwaway irrelevancy, ouchies :(

I was very upset over that, I went all the way over to London to have a good weekend with a few mates and you went and spanked my team (i was head cheerleader you know). If dNC hadn't counter-spanked you I would have topped myself.

Back to the #4 topic, I'm well aware of all his demo & PB avoiding antics. you are preaching to the wrong person, cos eh, i always thought he was a dirty cheat. (Although a lot of people didn't, or at least looked the other way). My point was more about the two-facedness and/or sickening arse-licking (man, if i'm licking #4s arse, what the f*** are the rest of the people here doing... anal irrigation?) of a lot of people on this thread.

http://www.boards.ie/members/dysfunct/clock.html [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-m0o.Rob-
17:59 13/7/2002
lol this is getting a bit b***hy [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS
meatyballs
22:15 13/7/2002
k, so stop defending him. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Tazzle
12:41 14/7/2002
yore ma, etc. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
l33tletinyman
12:44 14/7/2002
As kaids said - any Irish CSer would have been able to tell you who Bl33t was straight off, he spammed the Irish CS board for all they were worth last year with his unique brand of 'you are all morons' condescension. Okay, granted the shed door thing was funny :P

And no, nobody could get a dodgy demo. I saw one of Sev's that was a bit dodgy, but hardly conclusive - I do think he's a smelly cheater though, because of the infamous numbers/csa PB incident.

Oh btw, DAAAAAAArtarnagranran, Nocturne beat F2B 14-10? Well 'spanked'! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Tazzle
12:52 14/7/2002
what does sev's cheating have to do with colin? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
l33tletinyman
13:00 14/7/2002
Oh shut up :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:25 14/7/2002
I saw the screenshot Sev with the fake violation, think ccats made it in NGI CSL. Talk about a c**k up, they had about 5 errors on it :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:28 14/7/2002
hmm stick a 'of' in there, might make sense then [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
l33tletinyman
14:47 14/7/2002
Messiah, I was talking about a demo from Sev's POV showing Aims doing dodgy stuff, not a dodgy demo of Sev... I worded it badly :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
15:15 14/7/2002
Ahh, this was a screenshot anyway :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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