Mad Catz Adds Ryan Hart and Kayane from LowLandLions

Mad Catz Adds Ryan Hart and Kayane from LowLandLions
Keits by on July 16th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

Ryan Hart and Kayane play for team LowLandLions, but now they’ve also added a Mad Catz sponsorship to help them in their travels. This is probably similar to Mad Catz sponsoring DMG’s players, and we look forward to seeing MCZ Prodigal Son and MCZ Kayane at Evo 2011.

[via Markman on the SBO West Coast Level|Up Stream]

  • Necrophile

    damn i was hoping marn would get sponsored. ryan and kayane already have a good sponsor.

    guys like marn and wolfkrone could use a sponsor to attend more tourneys.

    i guess madcatz wanted ryan to promote their TE sticks in england and kayane to promote them in france

  • Dominus

    Wow… fukn gorgeous. The girl’s cute too.

  • saigoto

    Not surprised about Kayane getting sponsored since she had helped them market the Chun-li sticks.

  • Windsagio

    I’m dissapointed, 3 posts in and we still haven’t had a ‘omg woman! She doesn’t deserve it!’

  • OMG its a duck

    omg woman! She doesn’t deserve it!

    • Schweedy

      Excellent.

    • Windsagio

      Thank you so much, now I feel complete :D

    • Deddjay

      Just as planned.

  • Stuart Hayden

    Get that free money while you can, I guess. This “sponsored” shit is going to die out when they realize its a lost cause.

    And the tournament scene will be better for it.

    • Hotdogmarchant

      Yes, the tournament scene will be so much better when much less people can attend.

      • Godly-Effect

        His logic is undeniable……. :-|

      • Stuart Hayden

        Except Ryan Hart has been to almost every evo. This also goes with pretty much every person who is “sponsored” save for Wolfkrone. But I don’t care about “top” SFIV players. And no one knew about Kayane till last year

        • cow8111

          anybody that plays Soul Calibur competitively knew who Kayane was.

      • Affliction

        More People = More Hype

    • Streye

      I’m honestly asking here, since I don’t know/understand the reasoning behind this side of the argument, so here goes: “Why is it that you think the tournament scene will be better without sponsorships?” Or rather what is it about sponsorship thats ruining the scene in your eyes?

  • Coosco

    Haha, I like how madcatz is good at making arcade sticks, but suck at making everything else

    • MrSoada

      Haha, even though they are posting records sales and are in the green tens of millions of dollars considering the size of their operation. They suck at marketing BIG TIME and some keyboard warrior, like you, are qualified to tell them that.

      • kingsfall

        To be fair, Madcatz has been associated with 3rd rate peripherals longer than they have been with arcade sticks using Sanwa parts. Yes, they make good stuff now, but if you’ve been gaming for a long time those memories of being saddled with the broken Madcatz pad at a friend’s house stays with you.

      • Spectaa

        Who talked about their financial success -_- ?

        • MrSoada

          You don’t rake in shit tons of money without being good at marketing.

          • defghui

            the reason they’re raking in money is because their shit breaks all the time, forcing you to buy them again and again. haha nah jk, but their QC is pretty terrible

      • Coosco

        Who said anything about marketing? Madcatz getting money doesn’t exactly mean they’re products are good either. Sure they make amazing arcade sticks and fightpads, but outside the fighting game genre its pretty weak. Majority of madcatz products are mediocore to decent. Not to mention a lot of people buy madcatz equipment because it’s a cheeper version of the official (i.e. xbox pads, playstation pads, headsets ect.).

  • Smoove187

    Poongko is the one that needs a sponsor.. not these two.

    • Windsagio

      it was specifically to get in with the european scene tho’ There’s so much more to sponsorship than just who the best player is.

      • jellytooth

        Yeah it obviously isn’t about who the best player is if Kayane gets sponsored.

        • iQuick

          From a marketing standpoint it makes sense to sponsor her though. She’s a popular name among fighting game players, even my wife knows who she is.

  • davidkong07

    WOOOOOOO! KAYANE!!!!

  • Boeyoyo

    Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband ’cause they sponsorin’ e’rybody out here.

  • Faith From Hell

    Kayane is the sexiest girl in gaming. Just throwing that out there.

  • Diernes

    Fuck off Ryan Hart deserves to be sponsored just as much and in many cases more so than anyone else. You realize how many major’s this guy has won across multiple games? Also Daigo is free to him =P

    • Bushido X

      That was my argument when someone said Ryan didn’t deserve it. Ryan > Daigo every/both time(s) we see them play.

    • Deddjay

      “Can beat Daigo” =yes. “Daigo is free to him” =no.

  • PROnetwork_117

    Ono is broken, LOL

  • vinylricci

    Err body gettin signed…..

  • Mr.Kaz

    i just got signed yesterday

  • TheRetroKid

    kayane vs choco in a strip Ft10 @ EVO…for attendees eyes only.

    make it happen.

    • Grimmjow316

      ^This

      But seriously odds are they are getting Kayane now so later they can try to cash in on that SC money when the new game drops.

      • voodoochild346

        i heard she was a beast is soul caliber.

  • Impeccable

    Looks like Ono is trying to eat Blanka

  • Peter B

    Whenever I think of putting down the arcade stick for the night im like damn…. if i keep playing, ill be closer to finally be playing Kayane. So i keep playing!

  • starscream79

    I wonder is Kayane would have gotten those sponsorships had she been a guy.

    • TheRetroKid

      male kayane wouldn’t be a blip. trust.

      • vinylricci

        Yeah really. How many sponsors does Kayo Police have? None…..cuz she’s a maaaaan baybeeeee!

  • simon_

    ok she’s hot and 99,5% stream monsters are men, but why the other dude?

    if no sponsor gets poongko to evo but SO many people who have like no chance at top 8, this is just sad

    • TheRetroKid

      “why the other dude”?

      You must be new here. Ryan Hart is top 5 in EU on a bad day.

      • simon_

        yeah, because top 5 in EU means so much….

        and thats not hating, I’m european myself. I’m not saying they dont deserve to get sponsored at all, I’m saying that there are much much better players who dont get sponsored.

        • TheRetroKid

          again, you MUST be new here.

          read a little, do some research, get a sense of history and perspective before you start naming players that you only discovered 3 months ago, baby. ryan hart is THAT good, regardless of what continent he plays on.

        • D_Dollars

          please stfu. ryan has beaten well known vets such as daigo and won majors across multiple games. obviously you’re an new school fag who doesn’t know shit.

  • Atheist way

    Hart has no chance of top 8?
    Guinness book of records… Guy must be free
    not…

  • Possum Hill Kid

    Congrats to Ryan and Kayane.

  • PANDEMlC

    No Poongko?

  • two2tone

    What is up with all the Poongko D-riding? Last time he came to the States, dude got spanked so hard that he switched to Seth! I’d take Infiltration anyday over him as far as Korean players goes. On the other hand, this year’s EVO will have the highest amount of TOP players battling… every pool will have sick sick matches! Can’t wait!

  • cliffeside

    madcatz: taking over the fighting game community one sponsor at a time.

  • hensin-go-go

    clicked on the pic and then it’s teh same size wtf :P …

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