On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote:
Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere?
Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere?
Yes, the zero meridian runs a couple dozen kilometers west of the venue

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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3161
On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? Yes, the zero meridian runs a couple dozen kilometers west of the venue ![]() | ||
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HellHound
Bulgaria5962 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3162
On April 06 2015 04:45 Alucen-Will- wrote: Such a shame that Blizzard's poor decision making on selecting maps leads to professional games like that. I don't understand how that kind of thing happens in 2015, Starcraft 1 came out in 1998 What does the horrible map have to do with anything atm? | ||
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3163
On April 06 2015 04:45 Undead1993 wrote: hahaha dat early prediction my passion is at a level where I want to start trolling and insulting people. | ||
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Megafather
138 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3164
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3165
On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? I guess France owns some islands somewhere in the Western hemisphere? | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3166
On April 06 2015 04:46 boxerfred wrote: Polt always looks like "well I'm a good guy. I'll just show everyone I'm good by getting to the finals and then I'll just let the opponent win. It's okay. I'm kind. And nice. I'm great. I love all of you." I feel the resentment | ||
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Alucen-Will-
United States4054 Posts
April 05 2015 19:46 GMT
#3167
On April 06 2015 04:45 brickrd wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:34 Alucen-Will- wrote: On April 06 2015 04:33 BaneRiders wrote: On April 06 2015 04:27 stuchiu wrote: On April 06 2015 04:26 boxerfred wrote: it just has a bitter taste that region-locked WCS has Polt vs. hydra in the finals. I mean, I can live with Polt, he's in the US since such a long time. but hydra? He's been living in America for 4 months. I think we can live with 3 Koreans in Ro32 in WCS. That being said, Koreans eligible to play in WCS should have a separate qualifier somehow so the number is always limited to a maximum of 3 in Ro32. Whatever people say, it is clear that this tournament has attracted much more viewers than any WCS event in a long time, but if WCS starts to get flooded with Koreans again, the viewer count will start dropping fast I fear... People always say that and it never happens at all. There is literally no linear correlation between the # of Koreans and the viewers. In every esports game the popularity of the game being played directly relates to the interest of the professional scene.. totalbiscuit tried to make a foreigner championship with shoutcraft and afterward he came out and said the money and viewership didn't make it viable. the "foreigners competing for a foreign championship = viewers" argument is literally based on nothing. it's a hallucination that comes from foreigner fanboys because they don't want to accept that korean starcraft is more popular and better to watch Yes I know. I was instinctively reacting to that general opinion. If anything, more Koreans increases viewership, | ||
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Ej_
47656 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3168
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3169
On April 06 2015 04:46 opisska wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? Yes, the zero meridian runs a couple dozen kilometers west of the venue ![]() nerds stop that talk | ||
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3170
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3171
On April 06 2015 04:46 OtherWorld wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? I guess France owns some islands somewhere in the Western hemisphere? The sun never sets on the glorious British Empire. | ||
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Alucen-Will-
United States4054 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3172
On April 06 2015 04:46 HellHound wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Alucen-Will- wrote: Such a shame that Blizzard's poor decision making on selecting maps leads to professional games like that. I don't understand how that kind of thing happens in 2015, Starcraft 1 came out in 1998 What does the horrible map have to do with anything atm? Do you think Hydra would have done that build on King Sejong Station? | ||
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Ramiz1989
12124 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3173
On April 06 2015 04:46 boxerfred wrote: Polt always looks like "well I'm a good guy. I'll just show everyone I'm good by getting to the finals and then I'll just let the opponent win. It's okay. I'm kind. And nice. I'm great. I love all of you." Ahahahahaha that is... amusing description to say at least. ![]() | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3174
On April 06 2015 04:46 OtherWorld wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? I guess France owns some islands somewhere in the Western hemisphere? You should know better about your own country ![]() | ||
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Psychonian
United States2322 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3175
On April 06 2015 04:46 OtherWorld wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? I guess France owns some islands somewhere in the Western hemisphere? No, mainland france is partially in the western hemisphere. Bordeaux is, for example. | ||
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Topin
Peru10121 Posts
April 05 2015 19:47 GMT
#3176
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Lexender
Mexico2661 Posts
April 05 2015 19:48 GMT
#3177
On April 06 2015 04:47 Alucen-Will- wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:46 HellHound wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 Alucen-Will- wrote: Such a shame that Blizzard's poor decision making on selecting maps leads to professional games like that. I don't understand how that kind of thing happens in 2015, Starcraft 1 came out in 1998 What does the horrible map have to do with anything atm? Do you think Hydra would have done that build on King Sejong Station? Yes, that map was quite awful too. | ||
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Makro
France16890 Posts
April 05 2015 19:48 GMT
#3178
On April 06 2015 04:46 OtherWorld wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 Psychonian wrote: On April 06 2015 04:45 opisska wrote: Fun fact: even though Poitiers is pretty west in France, it is still not on the western hemisphere. Is there any point in France that IS in the western hemisphere? I guess France owns some islands somewhere in the Western hemisphere? yes, on every ocean | ||
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fixed_point
Germany4891 Posts
April 05 2015 19:48 GMT
#3179
On April 06 2015 04:46 Alucen-Will- wrote: Show nested quote + On April 06 2015 04:45 brickrd wrote: On April 06 2015 04:34 Alucen-Will- wrote: On April 06 2015 04:33 BaneRiders wrote: On April 06 2015 04:27 stuchiu wrote: On April 06 2015 04:26 boxerfred wrote: it just has a bitter taste that region-locked WCS has Polt vs. hydra in the finals. I mean, I can live with Polt, he's in the US since such a long time. but hydra? He's been living in America for 4 months. I think we can live with 3 Koreans in Ro32 in WCS. That being said, Koreans eligible to play in WCS should have a separate qualifier somehow so the number is always limited to a maximum of 3 in Ro32. Whatever people say, it is clear that this tournament has attracted much more viewers than any WCS event in a long time, but if WCS starts to get flooded with Koreans again, the viewer count will start dropping fast I fear... People always say that and it never happens at all. There is literally no linear correlation between the # of Koreans and the viewers. In every esports game the popularity of the game being played directly relates to the interest of the professional scene.. totalbiscuit tried to make a foreigner championship with shoutcraft and afterward he came out and said the money and viewership didn't make it viable. the "foreigners competing for a foreign championship = viewers" argument is literally based on nothing. it's a hallucination that comes from foreigner fanboys because they don't want to accept that korean starcraft is more popular and better to watch Yes I know. I was instinctively reacting to that general opinion. If anything, more Koreans increases viewership, More precisely, good Koreans increase viewership. | ||
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Elentos
55586 Posts
April 05 2015 19:48 GMT
#3180
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