EPTWish more Protoss were mentioned, eg Nal_rA and Reach, but GREAT summary. Loved it!
The StarCraft Bible - Page 19
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Firebolt145
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Wish more Protoss were mentioned, eg Nal_rA and Reach, but GREAT summary. Loved it! | ||
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chobopeon
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On November 20 2010 01:48 Firebolt145 wrote: Loved this, but am a bit surprised at the lack of Flash towards the end; surely he was already dominating even before July 2010? Wish more Protoss were mentioned, eg Nal_rA and Reach, but GREAT summary. Loved it! I agree. I hope I can expand on it for the updated works! | ||
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kurrysauce
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Ynyienae
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chobopeon
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/choboPEon/bible.jpg) by All of us The original thread, September 22, 2010 The book announcement, October 29, 2010. Purchase the book: Coming January 3, 2010 ![[image loading]](https://www.createspace.com/Img/T353/T48/T80/ThumbnailImage.jpg) Finally, here we are. The StarCraft Bible (225 pgs) will be available as a paperback and an e-book on January 3rd. The Bible began as an idea six months ago as a posting on a message board. After a twisting journey propelled by the StarCraft community's encouragement, a journey which included stints above and below my consciousness, the Bible has become a book. Finally. I didn't know what to expect when I began the project. There was excitement and hope from hundreds of people but the actual finished product was just a vague idea in my mind. Now it has materialized in the form of a 225 page book complete with pretty pictures and the sort of writing that won readers over in the beginning. The final copy of the book is resting in my lap and yet this does not feel finished. It feels more like a first step toward something bigger and better. It was a step taken quickly, excitedly and without much knowledge about what lay ahead. I guess we'll find out if it's anything worth talking about. I spoke with a number of incredible people including very recent conversations with two of the most well-loved figures in StarCraft. Grrrr...., someone I watched and revered as a kid, talked with me about his struggles and triumphs in South Korea. He was out until 4am the night before he won his Starleague. DjWheat, an e-sports apostle, told stories that will fill you with envy and hope. In Seoul, he had to duck out the back of a restaurant after lunch with Lim Yo Hwan to avoid a rowdy mob of Boxer fans. Everyone involved put a lot of work into this. The submissions and interviews were top notch and well thought out. I spent more hours than I can count on this book and I know that I am not the only one. It's not perfect but it's a first attempt at raising the bar in e-sports, at creating something that may begin to be justifiably called e-sports journalism if we continue to work hard. This was published with my money, with the hard work of every contributor and on the high shoulders of the greatest e-sport ever: StarCraft. This is not backed by any major publisher or even website and will not be raking in millions with the next Twilight. But that was never the point. Allow me to quote an inspiration of mine: This isn’t some vanity-press sour-grapes effort. The simple truth is that we probably can’t compete on the shelves at Barnes & Noble alongside every other book in the world. The agents and the publishers are right; it might not work for a mass market. That’s okay. We don’t need to sell it to everyone. We don’t need to sell 100,000 copies; we don’t have the rent on a New York office to pay for. We only need to sell it to you. The goal is to spread the gospel, truths about e-sports. The goal is to create something worth reading, to win new converts, to be passionate about what we love. The goal is to look into the past and to build for the future. To quote my inspirations once more: Did you know that on any given day, an Amazon.com bestseller only sells a few hundred copies? Sure, they sell a few hundred copies a day for weeks and months on end, but what we’ve learned is that it only takes a few hundred sales on a single day to become an Amazon.com bestseller. Becoming a success, being noticed, capturing the attention of a big audience is within our reach. It takes hard work, a quality product and a passionate audience. If we have nothing else, we have that. Instructions on purchasing the book will be listed here, on Team Liquid, on the book's blog and everywhere I can be found (eg Twitter and other forums). It will be for sale on Amazon as a paper back and from the Kindle and the Nook as an e-book. Tell people about it. Post links on Facebook, discuss it in forums, talk to everyone you know with an interest in e-sports or RTS games. Tweet it. Call me a nerd as you stay up past midnight to read it. Show your kid the pretty pictures. Capture people's attention. When you've read it, review it. Do so on Amazon, on Facebook, on forums and at the dinner table. Tell me how you feel about it, tell everyone. Most of all, be honest and be loud if you think the book calls for it. I don't have a marketing budget and I have no backing but what I have in my own pocket. This project will succeed or fail on word of mouth. The weapons in our arsenal are passion and excitement. I'm feeling ambitious. Let's see how far they can take us. Thank you to:+ Show Spoiler + Team Liquid for being the backbone of StarCraft for much of the world. The TL writers for raising the bar of e-sports writing. ilnp aka dudey of old-school fame, an awesome help. Pillars, an ex-professional who shed light on the old days. Artosis, one of the best commentators around and always willing to drop knowledge on my head. Sean Plott for being a phenomenal ambassador. Marcus "djWheat" Graham for being the sharpest Swiss Army Knife of e-sports. JP McDaniel for being excellent. Ret for being unyieldingly impressive and a good psych patient as well. Guillaume "Grrrr..." Patry, the one and only, for being frankly honest. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier for being excited about this and teaching me what geek chills were. tec27 because he's consistently awesome. Hi tec. IdrA for being a super-villain. ~NoHunters for being abrasive assholes and just my sort of people for more than a decade. WaxAngel, the old torch bearer. blid, the torch carrier for the Warcraft 2 community, always willing to illuminate the old game. The surviving Warcraft 2 community for being so willing to talk about your game. Liquipedia for beginning what will likely be years of difficult but excellent work. A completely underappreciated tool. TLPD for giving me all the statistics in the entire universe. Spencer Wightman, Xxio, for doing what he does best. Nathan Smolin for taking the road less traveled by, making all the difference in his piece. Arrian for thinking big picture and writing even bigger. Xxio for being a great talent and unsung hero and helping continue a great tradition. Cedstick for giving us beautiful pictures, a window into the e-sport world. Stefan “MorroW” Andersson, the Swedish Terran with an eye on Seoul. KDraconis, the StarCraft: Legacy writer with unique insight into Korea. Captain Peabody, the TL poster and fiction writer. Alex “Aeres” Dellinger, the TL poster and pro-gamer biographer. Leandro Gobbo, who has kindly offered to help in translation duties for this mammoth project. Wayne “d22-soso” Chiang, the old school gamer with great insight into the beginnings of the scene. Jay “gadianton” Severson, soso’s right hand man and another great source of insight into StarCraft antiquity. prodiG, the ICCup map-maker. emythrel, a man with talent for teaching. Dakine, a wealth of WarCraft 2 information. Josh "AskJosh" Suth, the quiet YouTube dreamer. "Fenix" Jian Carlo Morayra Alejo, the workman Terran out of Peru. I forgot people, I'm sure. It's been a long process and I am sincerely sorry to those momentarily forgotten. Let me know who I forgot, I'll be glad to give you the thanks you deserve. If you contributed to and are featured in the book, you deserve a free copy. Contact me and I will get it to you ASAP. | ||
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caelym
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D1pstick
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A.J.
United States209 Posts
I also remember my mom walking in and getting mad that I was playing a game full of blood. Haha good times. | ||
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chobopeon
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hiyo_bye
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bkrow
Australia8532 Posts
this is ridiculously intense.. i admire all that you have achieved! Good luck! | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
$16.99 for the 225pg paperback. It will show up in a 'normal' Amazon store shortly but for now, this is how we will start! $9.99, Kindle e-Book (or Amazon.uk here). If you do not own a Kindle, you can still use the service for free. If you purchase the book here, I encourage you to leave an honest review. A DRM-free PDF is available (scroll down here). Your eReader, computer or the device of your choosing should be able to read it. If you order it, supply me with your email address during the purchase process. The book will be delivered to your email inbox as soon as possible. Coming soon: Barnes and Noble Nook eBook (should be available within 24-48 hours from now), Apple iBook (No ETA available), Sony eReader (No ETA available), Paperback in 'normal' Amazon store (as soon as Amazon chooses to, likely early this week). If you'd like to contact me, don't hesitate to do so (TL's PM system is fine, too). Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone who liked what I wrote and encouraged me to make it into a book. It's really amazing to see the community work together like this. I hope you love it. | ||
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ThatsNoMoon
Mexico344 Posts
My god man. What a fuckin blast to the past. I've been following the scene since Grrr... and Elky, although I got WAY more into it with XellOs and Nal_rA(why did you have to fuckin pause!!!) and this just brought back so many fuckin memories. Reading Artosis' little note on PJ once again showed how tight this community is, I can only imagine the crowd going ballistic in Chengdu - would've been a total trip to be there. What really grabbed me by the balls though was the Jaedong vs Flash recap of the MSFail. I remember setting my alarm and waking up as if it were Christmas to see The Tyrant destroy Flash but I was left with such disappointment. I remember when the stream went down and the whole irc EXPLODED and the caster of the restream I was watching was in total disbelief(I think it was Diggity). It was 4AM and I couldn't help but rewatch the games on youtube. What else can I say, the sun was coming up and I got all wiggly just reading about the matches. Few grammatical and wording errors here and there but nothing too major or detracting. Awesome read so far, I highly recommend it to those new to the scene but especially to those who like myself and the author grew up with Starcraft. | ||
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chobopeon
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Bunkbrorm
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It's a great book so far, and I haven't actually read a book for years. | ||
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elmizzt
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TotalBiscuit
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Mikkerthebhu
Denmark154 Posts
Btw. If you look to translate the book into South Korean, I am pretty damn sure you can find some competent volunteers on this webside. I, for sure, got faith in this project! | ||
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