For me, I'm not attending an MLG because it's all the way in fucking America. I don't fancy a 7 - 8 hour flight and lots of paperwork for a tourist visa just to see a few players play SC.

If they hosted an MLG here in Britain (rumored cos of a tweet that TotalBiscuit got mentioned in), then I'd willingly go, even if it's on the other side of the country.

Zeroes

United States1102 Posts

September 26 2011 01:56 GMT

#83

I am pretty sure reddit would be mad at you if you posted this on it

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

September 26 2011 03:16 GMT

#84

On September 26 2011 12:09 Kennigit wrote:
Normally we keep user mod records private, but this is too amazing

Here is the only warning on this kid's account (beyond my ban).

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The following Auto-Warning was sent to this user by SoMuchBetter

From: TL.net Bot
Subject: Warning!

<table style='padding:3px; border:1px solid navy; background-color:#EBEFF2;'><tr><td>This is a Warning!

Show nested quote +

Don't post if you don't care.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation,
SoMuchBetter

(Do not reply to this message. No one will receive it.)</td></tr></table>

Didn't he post "Who cares" in Rekruls blog as a weird mean of retaliation against him? If it did happen before Rekruls post, it indeed is truly amazing.

Kennigit

Canada19447 Posts

September 26 2011 04:03 GMT

#85

o you are right, i'm dumb. oh well, good riddance

Bartiemus

New Zealand84 Posts

September 26 2011 06:50 GMT

#86

If there was an MLG in the southern hemisphere i would go

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

September 26 2011 18:29 GMT

#87

Seems weird to post like this because... to be honest it isn't all that interesting cus, yeah, most of us didn't know who you were ( I didn't, atleast). If it was, say, a caster for the event or a TL mod which people had anticipated coming - people would CARE.
No disrespect to you, but it sounds like to me you're just complaining subtletly about MLG and want people to agree with you. Even if you make arguements for staying at home.

Oh and don't fuck with Rekrul, bad bad BAD idea.
Also, why would you assume that someone with 14k posts and a motherfuckin grim reaper wouldn't be a respected TL'er? sheesh.. that PM man, that PM..

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

September 26 2011 21:04 GMT

#88

Starcrack I just realized u added me on facebook a while ago. The irony keeps getting better LOL

Cassel_Castle

United States820 Posts

September 26 2011 21:06 GMT

#89

My car broke down a day before MLG Anaheim (1-2 hours from me). Worst day of my life lol.

QuanticHawk

United States32119 Posts

September 28 2011 22:33 GMT

#90

On September 27 2011 06:04 Rekrul wrote:
Starcrack I just realized u added me on facebook a while ago. The irony keeps getting better LOL

this thread rules and it shall never die

mrgerry

United States1508 Posts

September 28 2011 22:49 GMT

#91

Three words from Rekrul and this blog turned amazing ^_^

Oreo7

United States1647 Posts

September 30 2011 00:16 GMT

#92

On September 24 2011 02:32 Monarch.StarCrack wrote:
Wow, this thread has gotten a lot of attention.

1) Didn't mean to make waves, which is why I PM'ed Rekrul, he was the one who decided to post the PM in the thread
2) I don't follow or care about what happened in Broodwar in 2003 or have encyclopedia knowledge of every high post count has-been in the scene
3) StarCrack is an SC2 podcast with very little discussion about BW.
4) Posting "no one cares" can be said in just about every blog post on this site.
5) I like making bullet point lists to prove my point
6) The TL mods have yet again proved why Reddit is more relevant in the SC2 scene and sites like Wellplayed.org have sprout up. They have an unabashed bias towards high post count members which is was shown by issuing me a warning when I posted "who cares" in Rekrul's blog yet none was issued to him or the other douche who quoted him.

How on earth does TL caring more about a member like Rekrul who has done so much for foreign starcraft than someone who runs a random podcast no one has ever heard of except that one time Incontrol promoted it prove Reddit is more "relevant"?

Dhalphir

Australia1305 Posts

September 30 2011 03:44 GMT

#93

On September 22 2011 06:14 p4NDemik wrote:
There's like 5,000+ other reasons to go though. imo you aren't truly experiencing MLG if you aren't meeting and hanging out with all the awesome nerds there. If you're that concerned about watching every game then I guess you'd be better served staying home but the social aspect of meeting so many people who share a passion for this thing that maybe a handful of the people you know at home like is really underrated. For me that's a much larger draw for going to future MLGs as a spectator than viewing the games live at the venue. The downtime is half the fun!

And 3 hours? Really? Pshhh.

I absolutely agree that everyone should go to at least one live MLG if they can. But for subsequent ones, it won't be THAT different, and the comfort factor at home is a much bigger deal.