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On April 23 2012 07:24 Aunvilgod wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:20 tnud wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 drbrown wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Intact wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 tnud wrote:On April 23 2012 07:13 Kira__ wrote:On April 23 2012 07:12 Denzil wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
so glad dreamhack isn't ppv i dont think theres even a small chance of it going ppv not as long as they have a paying live crowd and government funding (none of which the arenas have) SVT is goverment founded but they are not giving any money to Dreamhack, they just offered their streaming services for them to use (which is a kind of support but the way you put it indicated money). SVT are picking up anything that is "in the public interests" which apparently eSPORTS is becoming more and more =) What's SVT? Swedish National Television. Its 3 (or 4 ?) tv channels that recieve funding from the government. The channels have no commercials and are available for free to anyone with a tv in Sweden aswell as most of the nordic. ? It's two, but they are renting out space in the TV-house to other channels. SVT1 SVT2 Barnkanalen Kunskapskanalen SVT24 So it's 5 (4 if you count channel slots since Barnkanalen/Kunskapskanalen share channel) So how much was shown on TV in sweden?
None, as far as it seems. They only broadcasted online (SVT-live) but I believe Dreamhack summer will be broadcasted on national TV.
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On April 23 2012 07:23 Jongl0 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden? It is not as bad as it sounds, in general people are just too afraid to insult the very big immigrant population here.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's a good example of how you'll never get an accurate picture of swedish patriotism from a forum thread, because I call bullshit when it comes to that post. Just like any country there are a lot of different people with very different views on things.
There's pride, there's international solidarity, sometimes they mix, sometimes they don't.
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I'm 90% sure that dreamhack are granted funds by the jönköping municipality, but oh well I could be wrong.
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On April 23 2012 07:23 Jongl0 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden? It is not as bad as it sounds, in general people are just too afraid to insult the very big immigrant population here.
sigh.. bullshit. also, leave the politics out of starcraft
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Still super impressed by Polt
Amazing that he held on so long in Game 4
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On April 23 2012 07:25 Benjamin99 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:19 Zealot Orgy wrote:
MIRACLE!
Stephano has been dethroned by Thorzain on the TLPD foreign ranking after what? 7 months in a row of 1st place? As a big Stephano fan I dont mind Thorzain really deserves this. It was also getting abit sad that the only player who can win tournaments and compete vs the best korean got to offer are Stephano but now we also got Thorzain. So it is possible to not goto korea and still be succesfull but very very rare lets hope this wins inspire some more foreigners to belive its possible
Ive never seen Thorzain beating Stephano . In fact i d say ive only seen Stephano litterally rape Thorzain so hard that putting him before Stephano is totally dumb imo
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On April 23 2012 07:28 Gigaudas wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:23 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden? It is not as bad as it sounds, in general people are just too afraid to insult the very big immigrant population here. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's a good example of how you'll never get an accurate picture of swedish patriotism from a forum thread, because I call bullshit when it comes to that post. Just like any country there are a lot of different people with very different views on things. There's pride, there's international solidarity, sometimes they mix, sometimes they don't.
Yes, that is very true.
On April 23 2012 07:30 Dundron2000 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:23 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden? It is not as bad as it sounds, in general people are just too afraid to insult the very big immigrant population here. sigh.. bullshit. also, leave the politics out of starcraft
You're right this is not the place for this. I did word it a bit wrong as well.
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Still full on adrenaline, this is so bad for my sleep :D
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On April 23 2012 07:28 Gigaudas wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:23 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden? It is not as bad as it sounds, in general people are just too afraid to insult the very big immigrant population here. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's a good example of how you'll never get an accurate picture of swedish patriotism from a forum thread, because I call bullshit when it comes to that post. Just like any country there are a lot of different people with very different views on things. There's pride, there's international solidarity, sometimes they mix, sometimes they don't.
This is true, but to me there is still a pretty striking difference between these posts and things I read on Reddit about US nationalism, e.g. pledging allegiance every morning at school, etc. I doubt it's from nowhere.
EDIT: Actually just read Dundron2000's post. Think he's right.
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On April 23 2012 07:30 hugman wrote:
Still super impressed by Polt
Amazing that he held on so long in Game 4
yeah, he played amazingly well, glad that he put up a fight concidering his broken position. WP by him
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music is such a important detail.
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On April 23 2012 07:31 Sea_aeS wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:25 Benjamin99 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:19 Zealot Orgy wrote:
MIRACLE!
Stephano has been dethroned by Thorzain on the TLPD foreign ranking after what? 7 months in a row of 1st place? As a big Stephano fan I dont mind Thorzain really deserves this. It was also getting abit sad that the only player who can win tournaments and compete vs the best korean got to offer are Stephano but now we also got Thorzain. So it is possible to not goto korea and still be succesfull but very very rare lets hope this wins inspire some more foreigners to belive its possible Ive never seen Thorzain beating Stephano . In fact i d say ive only seen Stephano litterally rape Thorzain so hard that putting him before Stephano is totally dumb imo
Thorzain is 7-9 vs Stephano in competitive games. Thorzain is very smart and understands how Stephano plays better than most Terrans imo. His depth of knowledge about small details is pretty astounding actually.
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On April 23 2012 07:31 Sea_aeS wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:25 Benjamin99 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:19 Zealot Orgy wrote:
MIRACLE!
Stephano has been dethroned by Thorzain on the TLPD foreign ranking after what? 7 months in a row of 1st place? As a big Stephano fan I dont mind Thorzain really deserves this. It was also getting abit sad that the only player who can win tournaments and compete vs the best korean got to offer are Stephano but now we also got Thorzain. So it is possible to not goto korea and still be succesfull but very very rare lets hope this wins inspire some more foreigners to belive its possible Ive never seen Thorzain beating Stephano . In fact i d say ive only seen Stephano litterally rape Thorzain so hard that putting him before Stephano is totally dumb imo
People STILL don't understand that ELO is not a power rank after this long? sigh
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On April 23 2012 07:21 RageBot wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:18 Jongl0 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events. How can a national anthem be racist? Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds. ...How come your governmant can survive for so long? Oo Don't people in sweden actually love sweden?
No, i despise the entire concept of "Nations". Humanity should stand united in a free world without Nations, they only really serve to isolate and polarize people from each others.
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On April 23 2012 07:23 morbvs wrote:
So the SVT support for Dreamhack means that they don't have to pay for their bandwidth? Now I see why they offer a free HD stream without excessive amounts of commercials.
That kind of distorts competition... Let's call the WTO :D
This has nothing to do with SVT though, it rather has to do with their partnership with Telia.
SVT Isn't that envolved with DH as some of you people seem to believe, they don't have anything to do with the DH production. They even cast the Winter/Summer events with their own angles/interviews/commentators etc.
DH has it's own production team that has no affilitation with SVT at all.
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On April 23 2012 07:31 Sea_aeS wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:25 Benjamin99 wrote:On April 23 2012 07:19 Zealot Orgy wrote:
MIRACLE!
Stephano has been dethroned by Thorzain on the TLPD foreign ranking after what? 7 months in a row of 1st place? As a big Stephano fan I dont mind Thorzain really deserves this. It was also getting abit sad that the only player who can win tournaments and compete vs the best korean got to offer are Stephano but now we also got Thorzain. So it is possible to not goto korea and still be succesfull but very very rare lets hope this wins inspire some more foreigners to belive its possible Ive never seen Thorzain beating Stephano . In fact i d say ive only seen Stephano litterally rape Thorzain so hard that putting him before Stephano is totally dumb imo
its just ELO rank buddy
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The map bug Thorzain noticed:
Found the Vicious bug, it appears there was an issue with the Top-Left spawn and walls. Will NEVER EVER happen again.
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Gratz Thorzain. Very well played by both players. DH always delivers a great show and amazing "storys". The crowd, the music, the arena setup, the players, it all was amazing!
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I was only able to catch the final but from what I saw DH delievered once again. Awesome award ceremony despite the champagne-fiasco 
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tzain too strong, return of foreigners?
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