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Tt eSPORTS announces their first official sponsorship in Brazil with the Ovo Frito team - this is big news for the South American TF2 scene!

São Paulo – After being part of the competitive Team Fortress 2 community for two years, Thermaltake through Tt eSports has decided to sponsor their first e-Sports team in Brazil. The team, Ovo Frito, has two different divisions with the main team composed of top players and the secondary team focused on training and preparing new players.

Camila Chimello, Product Marketing for Thermaltake, said: "We are very interested in bringing to Brazil the electronic sports scene we see in other countries, such as the division Tt eSports in Taiwan where the matches are displayed on TV channels." She added: "It is important give support to teams [in Brazil], and also to support initiatives that aim to make e-sports more legitimate in the country. The Ovo Frito team sponsorship is just one of several actions we will take in this regard in the coming months.”

Matheus "Ck." Santos, a player on the Ovo Frito team, also believes that the initiative will bring future opportunities to other teams: "I'm sure that with a big name like Tt eSports, other companies will start looking for competitive clans as they did some years ago. No doubt this will end up bringing in other companies, tournaments and events, and it is something very positive to e-sports scene in Brazil, even for players that do not play TF."

There will be a total of 12 players getting equipment from the Tt eSports gamer line so that they can train better and assist Thermaltake in the development of new products. Thermaltake believes that this sponsorship will attract more attention to electronic sports scene and, as a result, more teams will look for sponsorships in order to to evolve as professionals.



The official announcement was formalized during Anime Friends 2011, where competitions were held between members of the Ovo Frito team and visitors. The top visitors team received awards and all those who participated were given gifts (T-shirts, caps, pens, and so on).

More information about the Ovo Frito team at:
www.ovofrito.com
Original Text: http://br.thermaltake.com/press201113072.aspx