I think it would be a good idea for those of us with Twitter accounts to tweet about this event to various Blizzard/StarCraft Twitter accounts. It is in the spirit of the SC20 anniversary. I think it would be nice if they mentioned it in the SC20 official casts. If they don't, then their PR department needs replacing. As they say in advertising, you can't go wrong with kids and pets. Blizzard would be foolish not to take some free positive publicity from this.

@StarCraft @Blizzard_Ent #SC20 #pongprabaht

etc...

Wonk

546 Posts

March 26 2018 23:15 GMT

#22

Wow. This is an amazing thing to organise guys. I'll def. be tuning in (hopefully I can learn some plays from these kids).

Let a kid watch starcraft and you've got a nerd for the day.
But teach a kid starcraft and give em pizza, you've got a nerd for life.

Gorgonoth

United States468 Posts

March 27 2018 00:20 GMT

#23

This positive community response was awsome!

Chrisau233

7 Posts

March 27 2018 07:35 GMT

#24

Awesome I'll be watching!

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

March 27 2018 12:23 GMT

#25

Today I'd like to take some time to show you what our village looks like. It will be a glimpse of what it is like here. Pongprabaht School is located on the outskirts of a city called Chiang Rai. Pongprabaht is famous for pineapples and nearly every family at our school makes a living growing pineapples.

It is currently summer break in Thailand and school is closed. This has made it very difficult for the school to reach the students and tell them about the AfreecaTV/KCM event. The student's parents do not have phones and of course they do not email. Furthermore, many families have gone back to Burma for the summer.

Thankfully, my fellow teachers at the school are very enthusiastic and excited about this event. They are doing all they can to make sure the event is a success. When I thanked them for their kindness, they wouldn’t hear of it and said, “For the children.”

One such teacher went above and beyond in order to bring the students news of the event. His name is Teacher Bon. Teacher Bon took me and my girlfriend on an adventure around the entire village. It took us all afternoon and one of our scooters even popped a tire, but we visited over 20 homes and spread the news of pizza and games wherever we went. When we got lost, we had a student ride shotgun and lead the way. Here are some pictures of our ride through the village.

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lemmata

468 Posts

March 27 2018 17:42 GMT

#26

The full KCM cast of KCM/Zeus/trot will be casting.

It would be great if we could get Blizzard to take notice of this event.

lemmata

468 Posts

March 27 2018 18:19 GMT

#27

Looks like Golgotha made a tweet about the event.

Please retweet it if you can...

RedW4rr10r

Germany745 Posts

March 27 2018 18:27 GMT

#28

Wow! This is some truly dedicated 20th anniversary event! Who needs Blizzard, when he have people like you?
Just pure awesomeness!!!

B-royal

Belgium1330 Posts

March 27 2018 18:32 GMT

#29

Awesome.

lemmata

468 Posts

March 27 2018 18:53 GMT

#30

This event is perfectly in sync with the spirit of StarCraft's 20th anniversary.

KCM mentioned this in his voice-only radio stream yesterday. He asked the listeners if they remember the first time that StarCraft came out and we saw that opening screen with the three faces (z/p/t). He said that same feeling that we can never truly capture again from 20 years ago, that's what these kids are experiencing right now. It's an inter-generational, international sharing of the exact same joy and wonder. What's more is that, just like children's experience with computer games was limited in 1998, the same is the case for these kids in Pong pra baht (even more so).

It's a perfect opportunity for us to indirectly travel back in time through these children's eyes.

HerbMon

United States460 Posts

March 27 2018 20:28 GMT

#31

You made me proud son.

10cr

Thailand287 Posts

March 27 2018 20:31 GMT

#32

Man, I live in Thailand and I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear about Broodwar being played here! unfortunately I live in Bangkok or else I would have wanted to help out for sure !

cheers to you !

PVJ

Hungary5214 Posts

March 27 2018 21:28 GMT

#33

You deserve a star and being knighted! All props to you and your fellow teachers and the kids of course. Looking forward to see the event tomorrow!

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

March 27 2018 22:49 GMT

#34

On March 28 2018 05:31 10cr wrote:
Man, I live in Thailand and I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear about Broodwar being played here! unfortunately I live in Bangkok or else I would have wanted to help out for sure !

cheers to you !

Darn. Wish you could come! Bw players here are extremely rare. I will keep this thread updated during the LAN party, thanks again for your support.

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

March 28 2018 10:00 GMT

#35

we are playing right now! woo hoO!!!

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6545 Posts

March 28 2018 10:05 GMT

#36

oh u guys didnt make a tl event tt

sc19980331

China1609 Posts

March 28 2018 10:10 GMT

#37

Live stream:
http://m.afreecatv.com/#/player/cjfals28
Nice event.

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6545 Posts

March 28 2018 10:23 GMT

#38

zeus haircut is not a good example for kids lol

PVJ

Hungary5214 Posts

March 28 2018 11:29 GMT

#39

GG

The first dark templar wave, the upgrades, seeing shuttle+reaver, storms, mass carriers, and hard-countering them with scouts were all great!

I hope they'll continue to play and continue to enjoy playing but even if not I'm sure this event will be with them for a lifetime!