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On August 23 2011 12:22 Gheez wrote:
Raleigh is a few hours away (something like 130-150 miles) from the coast. I'd say we'll see rain and very average tstorms. A hurricane hitting this town is a rare event :D
Could certainly create some stream issues though..
This is the most likely worry if any seeing as they use a satellite truck to boost the signal and satellite based information is highly vulnerable to heavy storms. If the hurrican were to make landfall it would diminish so quickly that at 150 miles in it'd be lucky to be a cat 1 by the time the worst part (the eye wall) got to the city. I'd expect at worst case for the city to see high win gusts and above average rain fall and some lightning but nothing that will knock buildings down.
The most devastating thing that could happen from a tournament stand point would be a power outage.
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On August 23 2011 16:10 Nerski wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 12:22 Gheez wrote:
Raleigh is a few hours away (something like 130-150 miles) from the coast. I'd say we'll see rain and very average tstorms. A hurricane hitting this town is a rare event :D
Could certainly create some stream issues though..
This is the most likely worry if any seeing as they use a satellite truck to boost the signal and satellite based information is highly vulnerable to heavy storms. If the hurrican were to make landfall it would diminish so quickly that at 150 miles in it'd be lucky to be a cat 1 by the time the worst part (the eye wall) got to the city. I'd expect at worst case for the city to see high win gusts and above average rain fall and some lightning but nothing that will knock buildings down. The most devastating thing that could happen from a tournament stand point would be a power outage.
Drooling over a cliffhanger fight, the last units fighting, no winner yet to be called, POOF
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I hope this does nothing to stop any sort of relay race.
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Can someone recommend a major news station in the US that has live coverage stream (and can be watched from Europe). Something like "Al Jazeera English: Live Stream".
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Didn't the venue at Columbus get flooded when MLG was there? I'ld imagine a small hurricane isn't that big of a deal when a flood didn't do anything to the streams...
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This is forecast to be a major hurricane. I wouldn't really compare it to a flood from a thunderstorm
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And to the people who are saying under Cat 3 is nothing, it is obvious that a hurricane under that level is not going to destroy the city, but it will certainly disrupt the event. A direct hit, even inland as far as Raleigh, will almost definitely cut all electricity, and certainly not be a situation where one could play Starcraft. People are talking about having stream outages, but if there is a hit on North Carolina, there will be no stream at all that day.
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Did not know the Koreans were into Alice Cooper!
But seriously, this is huge. Aside from possible damage, having no power would ruin the entire event..even if there are moments without power. (cut games, etc.) It's going to be crazy.
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I thought hurricanes and thunderstorms are normal in carolina? Carolina hurricane hockey club anybody? I live in vancouver canada which is far west coast where I have never experienced or seen a hurricane or huge thunderstorms in my life but I thought it was common in the east / middle / south of the states to have it.
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On August 23 2011 17:52 backtoback wrote:
I thought hurricanes and thunderstorms are normal in carolina? Carolina hurricane hockey club anybody? I live in vancouver canada which is far west coast where I have never experienced or seen a hurricane or huge thunderstorms in my life but I thought it was common in the east / middle / south of the states to have it.
The last time a major hurricane made landfall on the East (not gulf) coast was 2004. Last major landfall in the US period was in 2005 (though there were a couple high Category 2 hurricanes more recent)
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When Cbus was wrapping up, I said these exact words to my friend on vent: "Come hell or high water, I'm going to be at Raleigh."
Son of a bitch.
Seriously though, this is probably going to be shitty for people driving/flying in or watching. Should be fine if you're taking the train. If you're attending live, it probably won't be a major concern once you're actually there. The problem is just going to be getting there. Should be too far inland to have a major impact on the event itself, right?
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Stream watcher from Europe here. I hope it remains stable, but we can't blame MLG for nature's wrath, I guess...
I'm sure they'll do all they can to minimize the effects.
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I thought blizzard is bringing back khaydarin amulet.
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I hope Sundance is going to make up for this. How unprofessional from MLG's side! I might want a refund if the stream doesn't work!!
just kidding.
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I took a 2 days off at my work.
Better be prepared for good streams ;D
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will it effect the internet?
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On August 23 2011 09:03 trikshun wrote:
I thought you meant yellow was coming to Raleigh!
Yeah. Yellow should consider using MLG as a shortcut to Code A.
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MLG had like 50 million views or some random number like that in Anaheim. Mother nature isn't going to hurt esports this time. :D
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On August 23 2011 18:50 Sprouter wrote:
MLG had like 50 million views or some random number like that in Anaheim. Mother nature isn't going to hurt esports this time. :D
I think this MLG will be more, expect people to refresh stream everytime... Probably could reach a 100 million views out of the weather.
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