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Sweden33723 Posts
I just stumbled across this:
http://www.wcreplays.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106143
For the past years renowned Dutch documentary filmmaker Jos de Putter has been working on a portrait of the competitive WarCraft III scene mostly focussing on Sky and Grubby and their WCG rivalry but also featuring MaDFroG extensively. This portrait is now finished and will debut at the world's largest documentary film festival: the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam of which Jos de Putter is a previous winner. The following synopsis of the documentary can be found here. Show nested quote +Fingers type on a keyboard quick as lightning; eyes stare at a screen totally concentrated. Headphones smother war sounds. The movements are minimal; silence reigns. The world championship of the Warcraft computer game progresses in seeming stillness, while in the virtual environment players fight out hyperactive battles.
The contrast between the real world and the world of computer games is the leitmotif of Beyond the Game, Jos de Putter's documentary about the top players of Warcraft. The film follows the Chinese contestant 'Sky' and the Dutch 'Grubby', two arch-rivals who will meet again during the upcoming world championship. The filmmaker also visits heroes from the past. The Swedish 'MadFrog' thinks back wistfully to his heyday, whereas his parents particularly remember their worries about his health.
De Putter applies gaming techniques to the documentary genre, but also the rules of the Western genre: his film portrays the lives of Sky and Grubby just as laconic and taciturn as gunslingers in the build-up to the decisive duel. Observing from a distance, Beyond the Game tries to penetrate a complex world that engages millions of players around the globe. The film will be broadcast at Dutch television (several langauges are spoken, most prominently English), more festivals and become available online. You can find a on-going series of blogs which include entries by Grubby and Jos de Putter here.
Sounds pretty cool, looking forward to it.
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Katowice25012 Posts
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War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt.... still gonna watch it tho 
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Nice heads up. I'll watch it. 
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On November 05 2008 19:27 TheFlashyOne wrote:
War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt....
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
I want to watch it just to get an insight into the War3 scene
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Should be interesting watch. Best date I could find for airing so far is 21 november, but not sure if that is indeed correct.
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sweet.
will it be on youtube or anything?
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On November 05 2008 19:27 TheFlashyOne wrote:War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt.... still gonna watch it tho
MaDFroG was a good starcraft player too
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On November 06 2008 04:21 SayTT wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2008 19:27 TheFlashyOne wrote:War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt.... still gonna watch it tho MaDFroG was a good starcraft player too
also plans to be a good sc2 player
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On November 06 2008 04:21 SayTT wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2008 19:27 TheFlashyOne wrote:War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt.... still gonna watch it tho MaDFroG was a good starcraft player too
Back when you could win WCG games with 85 apm 
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madfrog was legit back in the days
sky and grubby were also really good before i quit wc3 to play sc. should be interesting
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The current WC3 pros are only there because the BW pros don't play WC3.
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Cool, but bump when the video comes out
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What about Moon, "The Fifth Race"?
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sounds really cool.. too bad SC isn't as big in the foreign scene otherwise they could do something like this for SC as well...
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Sweden33723 Posts
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Netherlands13554 Posts
On November 05 2008 19:27 TheFlashyOne wrote:War3 'Gosus' pffffffftttttttt.... still gonna watch it tho
Oh come on, war3 is just a different game but it really needs sooo much skill to be awesome at it.
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that means there are only 2 awesome players at it?
moon and jang jae ho
/s4carsmu
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yep. thats why the grubster won wcg.
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