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ZOTAC
See how multinational video card (GPU) and mini-PC manufacturer ZOTAC cemented their brand in the hearts and minds of UKI & Nordic esports enthusiasts, by adding Viperio as a core part of their sponsorship portfolio.
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Authentic Reach
Why ZOTAC backed Viperio to build credibility with UK esports enthusiasts
Supporting the rise of UK Counter-Strike
For performance technology brands like ZOTAC, its key to establish partnerships that feel authentic, relevant and community-first. Authenticity and brand fit play a direct role in strengthening sponsor brand equity and purchase intent.
When ZOTAC wanted to enter the UKI esports market, Viperio was a strong fit. Viperio brought over a decade of esports heritage and had growing momentum within UKI counter-Strike, offering ZOTAC a credible way to support and authentic, homegrown property.
Viperio could deliver both cultural credibility and measureable reach. ZOTAC accessed visibiluty within a community that values genuine support, while also associating ZOTAC with brand attributes like ambition, performance and progression. Over the first 12 months of the partnership, Viperio generated over 2,095,000+ impressions for ZOTAC, with an average of 109,000+ impressions per month for ZOTAC branded Viperio posts on X alone.
Momentum to Media
High performance and storytelling through the ZOTAC Viperio Training Camp
Less than one month into a partnership, Viperio surprised Counter-Strike fans across Europe by qualifying for the BLAST Paris Major EU RMR in Copenhagen, a tier one tournament against Europe’s finest rosters for a place at the Major.
Viperio & ZOTAC used this headline moment to springboard a scalable brand activation. Aheadof the tournament, the players were sent to the Kinguin Esports Performance Centre (EPC) in Warsaw for the "ZOTAC Viperio Training Camp", creating a focused high-performance environment to maximise competitive success, while providing opportunity to document the story through branded social and video content.
The bootcamp produced a stream of assets for use and publication throughout the sponsorship term, including the first episode of a joint mini-series "Road to Paris" and player focused content. This was more than just logo exposure for ZOTAC, but high-context, high-relevance content that connected ZOTAC to a genuine competitive journey. ZOTAC's involvement felt earned rather than acquired.
International Presence
Viperio & ZOTAC's story from UK hopefuls international spotlight
Viperio had reached its first tier-one international event at the BLAST Paris Major EU RMR, competing in Copenhagen alongside global names like FNATIC, FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere. For Viperio, this was a milestone competitive moment. For ZOTAC, this was the breakthrough that the sponsorship was built for: visible connection to a high-attention competitive story, timed at the moment Viperio stepped up to the bigger stage.
The partnership delivered meaningful visibility for ZOTAC during this tournament run. Between qualification and the end of the event, Viperio generated content featuring ZOTAC saw 980,000+ impressions alone. Global impressions across third party content were in the millions, and a global broadcast of a Viperio fixture peaked at 62,985+ live concurrent viewers.
Viperio became the first and only full British & Irish roster to compete at a tier-one Counter-Strike RMR, giving ZOTAC association with a landmark moment for UKI esports. That association has real stategic value, turning attention into stronger brand image, awareness and loyalty. The brand fit between a rising Counter-Strike team in Viperio, competing on high-performance GPUs, gave ZOTAC the exact type of relevance and messaging they needed.
Beyond the Jersey
Supporting wider ZOTAC campaigns beyond the sponsorship
The strongest esports partnerships do more than just matchday visibility. Viperio gave ZOTAC access to players and staff for community touchpoints supporting wider campaigns, including participation in a Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse screening tied to ZOTAC's Spider-Man graphics card launch, and collaborative content with NVIDIA UK around the benefits of NVIDIA Reflex on ZOTAC hardware.
The partnership between Viperio & ZOTAC also created direct fan engagement, such as giveaways of £2,150+ in prizes on social media.
For marketing teams, esports partnerships form the base of a flexible activation platform. Brands like ZOTAC benefit the most when sponsorships shift from purely badge placement, to creative, audience-driven engagements.
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