Pro gamer gets Dr Pepper sponsorship

November 20th, 2008 by Alfred @ Zune MAX

A professional videogamer, who plays Xbox under the name Tsquared, has hit the big time with a sponsorship from Dr. Pepper that will see the 21 year slacker and Halo fans face on millions of soda bottles. This is not the first gamer to be sponsored but has got to be the biggest sponsorship deal in professional gaming.

Obviously this is just the beginning of what should be bigger and better sponsorship deals as video gaming creeps into every facet of pop culture.

Does this make him the Michael Jordan of Pro Gaming?

Professional videogamer now sponsored by Dr. Pepper — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Following Wheaties’ tradition of promoting sports figures on its boxes, Dr. Pepper announced Wednesday that it will be featuring a 21-year-old professional videogamer on its bottles.

The face of Jupiter native Tom Taylor, or Tsquared when he’s playing Halo 3 competitively, will be printed on 175 million bottles starting in January.

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