Tournament sponsors that mystify you

[Discordant Resonance]

What is an Antchain, and will it make any meaningful difference to my life to know what said company is?

[Southport Zeb]

It's a mesh used to mark out different areas of ant farms.

[Sean of the Shed]

It's a restraining device for members of Geordie light entertainment double acts who tend to go off the rails.

[Toby Gymshorts]

It's a device that allows you to unplug your jukebox without leaving your seat.

[The Mighty Trin]

Ronshen?

[Sean of the Shed]

Cockney snooker star's favourite egglayer.

[lambers]

VW claiming to have zero emission vehicles...

[Patrick Thistle]

TikTok seem to be spunking money on adverts everywhere (including the electronic hoardings) to try and get people on their platform. Is that because they're trying to get into the commodified personal data industry cos that's where the money is?

[Ray de Galles]

There was a father and son in front of me at the game today both wearing what I took to be Wolfsburg shirts as there were large VW logos and a touch of green on them.

It turned out they were VW/Euro 2020 promotional shirts but there was far more prominence for the sponsor than the tournament.

Who wears that kind of thing, especially to an actual match?

[caja-dglh]

TikTok seem to be spunking money on adverts everywhere (including the electronic hoardings) to try and get people on their platform. Is that because they're trying to get into the commodified personal data industry cos that's where the money is?

There was a few stories I read about TikTok helping people work out they were ADHD based on the algorithms (more from tracking what they watched).

It is more data as targeted advertising for tiktok I believe.

[ursus arctos]

There was a father and son in front of me at the game today both wearing what I took to be Wolfsburg shirts as there were large VW logos and a touch of green on them.

It turned out they were VW/Euro 2020 promotional shirts but there was far more prominence for the sponsor than the tournament.

Who wears that kind of thing, especially to an actual match?

Someone attending the tournament thanks to VW's largesse, most likely a first timer and someone who is already an employee/dealer

[Ray de Galles]

Someone attending the tournament thanks to VW's largesse, most likely a first timer and someone who is already an employee/dealer

I did ponder that and thought they might have been to a pre-match VW jolly where they picked them up:

Still, who would do such a thing? I've enjoyed plenty of corporate hospitality in my time and never felt the need to carry advertising for them in return.

[ursus arctos]

Thus the first timer/employee suggestion

Definitely a sophisticated consumer of corporate hospitality, nor a Londoner

[Gangster Octopus]

There was a father and son in front of me at the game today both wearing what I took to be Wolfsburg shirts as there were large VW logos and a touch of green on them.

It turned out they were VW/Euro 2020 promotional shirts but there was far more prominence for the sponsor than the tournament.

Who wears that kind of thing, especially to an actual match?

I sincerely hope that you were wearing your WSC Euro t-shirt.