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SLTR.Maverick
Canada142 Posts
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Kibibit
United States1551 Posts
On August 23 2011 14:40 windsupernova wrote: Thanks God they didn't cover the riots when MC lost hahaha Yeah, entire keyboards were broken! there was a rash of people yelling "FUCK!" out of their windows, sales of Pumas dropped 0.2%! Utter madness. | ||
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Xivsa
United States1009 Posts
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nShade
Bulgaria296 Posts
ESPORTS! | ||
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Aoi_10
United States155 Posts
On August 23 2011 21:44 mechavoc wrote: This is great, I work in investments and have talked about SC2 with co-works who like tomock my game playing. I feel like the WSJ article is some vindication. I'm a biglaw securities litigator who feels your pain. After [Market] Hours Gaming League? Donation to be made in honor of winner to fund for Madoff victims? | ||
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
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ElementalZerg
United States83 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
The "Starcraft" franchise is more popular in Korea, where two cable TV stations, MBC Game and Ongamenet, provide dedicated coverage. The cable channels and Web networks broadcast other war games such as "Halo," "Counter-Strike," and "Call of Duty." But "Starcraft II" is often the biggest draw. Not sure about the exact accuracy of this statement, as it seems to be awkwardly worded in a way that implies that MBC Game and OGN broadcast Halo, CS, CoD, and SC2. This slight inaccuracy is slightly bothering me. Also, the random picture of a DT pencil drawing is hilarious in a random, out-of-place way. Otherwise, great article, though I'm sorely disappointed about the lack of real bar fights. | ||
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splinter9
Canada172 Posts
Depending on mostly introverted nerds to sustain your Barcraft nights will be hard to do over the long haul. The next fad that comes along will drive out the barfcraft nights. Same as how those crappy free poker nights were ruling bars a few years back. | ||
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arthur
United Kingdom488 Posts
On August 23 2011 20:45 kakaman wrote: Check out the video, you can see it looks like a typical pub in Britain. ESPORTS!!! I watched video and omg He pronounces Puma, Poo-Ma... Its Pew-Ma man.. | ||
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Jampackedeon
United States2053 Posts
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
The appeal is lost on some patrons. During a Barcraft in July at Public Tenley, a Washington, D.C., sports bar where seat cushions are made from the same leather used in basketballs and footballs, manager Deric Ortiz said he changed one of 26 monitors to a baseball game after a customer pleaded with him to switch the screen near him to show "anything but this videogame." FAIL DC, FAIL ! | ||
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archangel2
76 Posts
On August 23 2011 23:27 Aoi_10 wrote: I'm a biglaw securities litigator who feels your pain. After [Market] Hours Gaming League? Donation to be made in honor of winner to fund for Madoff victims? You should talk to the trading folks in your bank. Sc2, poker, and beer are pretty big after-hour activities, from what I've heard from my friends in the industry. | ||
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Brainling
United States660 Posts
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Rajay
United States30 Posts
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whoopingchow
United States293 Posts
Also, I think the quotes around "Starcraft 2" is just journalistic consistency...if you look at their reviews of CD's, restaurants, galleries, theatre shows, etc, they do that too. Also, some of the comments following the article are just....>.< | ||
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archangel2
76 Posts
On August 24 2011 01:53 whoopingchow wrote: Also, some of the comments following the article are just....>.< To be fair, they're way more mild and civil than comments on IGN etc. A part of that though is that I think most WSJ readers aren't interested enough in the article to comment. | ||
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tarpshack
United States6 Posts
On August 23 2011 17:08 Lucid971 wrote: Looking at that map makes me sad the Ohio Valley area is completely left out  This. So true. It actually surprises me. | ||
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Aoi_10
United States155 Posts
On August 24 2011 01:31 archangel2 wrote: You should talk to the trading folks in your bank. Sc2, poker, and beer are pretty big after-hour activities, from what I've heard from my friends in the industry. Sadly, I work at a law firm, not a bank, and I think we're a squarer bunch on the whole. I actually posted a message on the firm's mostly-ignored intranet message board, and a whopping one person (from the help desk) responded. | ||
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