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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
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Endercatbus
United States14 Posts
I live a couple blocks from Mad Dog, and would certainly make my way there Friday, Saturday, Sunday. SF people: how did we drop the ball for the upcoming MLG? and, can we make it happen in the next 3 days? Who has bartender friends? | ||
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Aoi_10
United States155 Posts
On August 24 2011 08:52 Endercatbus wrote: I'm just disappointed Mad Dog in the Fog isn't doing a repeat for MLG this weekend. Seems like with all this publicity it'd be a prime situation to do a second event. Especially with the focus of the article being on San Francisco, but not a single BarCraft event in the entire bay area is on the schedule... I live a couple blocks from Mad Dog, and would certainly make my way there Friday, Saturday, Sunday. SF people: how did we drop the ball for the upcoming MLG? and, can we make it happen in the next 3 days? Who has bartender friends? No bartender friends, but I will be in the city on Friday and probably Sunday. *crosses fingers* | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
On August 23 2011 14:30 neobowman wrote: They make it sound like Starcraft II's being broadcasted on TV in Korea =(. Oh well, this is great coverage nonetheless. Uh... it is? | ||
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tsuxiit
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
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FADCoUltra
Canada73 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10380 Posts
also, because starcraft is a title/game, the quotes are appropriate, just like other works like books and etc anyways, i think its funny they even put a picture (DT) in tehre xD Also, whats with the geeks beating jocks part? when did that happen? or are they just over dramatizing the situation, that the bar was watching esports instead of other sports (which is a given since it's a starcraft bar) | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
WSJ This Morning is a radio show produced by the Wall Street Journal. Host Gordon Deal interviews WSJ journalist Amir Efrati about this new eSports phenomon as a follow-up to the front page BarCraft piece. The Wall Street Journal This Morning Aug. 23, 2011 08-23-2011 - Col. Moammar Gadhafi strikes back at rebel forces, what the taking of Tripoli could mean for other Mid East nations and the geeks that are taking over sports bars. | ||
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Conquerer67
United States605 Posts
It's on the front page of the wsj, everything that goes on there means something. To someone. Eventually. | ||
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Cyanocyst
2222 Posts
Anyway my Dad had been on a business trip, for a few days came down to my room to ask what i wanted to do for dinner, when he saw me watching MLG. He had seen me playing Sc2, and watching GSL plenty of times before, always disregarded it as a waste of time. Though this time he asked "What game is that again?". "Its Starcraft 2." I responded. Then he proceeded to tell me that he had read about it in the Wall Street Journal. I told him that i knew of the article, and we had a few words about Barcraft its self. Then my dad actually stayed their and finished the game I was in the middle of, watching with actual intent. The game was Idra vs Nobeless game 1. Given he had started in the middle of the game i tried to give back ground on to what each player was trying to accomplish, and who was winning, while being careful to not be overly wordy or excessive with my analysis. Once the game was over they showed a shot of Idra in the booth. My dad asked "Who's that?". I responded with "Idra the guy who just won, he played the red biological units." Then added, "You know,.. that guy grew up in Kalamazoo (my family lives in Michigan). My dad left with a few words as we had to get ready for dinner. (luckily before games 2 and 3) Im not saying, that my Dad is now a fan of Starcraft 2, or even respects it. Though i do think this was the first time he viewed Starcraft as something that people play / watch. Not just a small activity that his son, spent majority of his free time watching and playing alone. Though that there's good amount of people in the world that actually care about this game. Would be kinda like an American watching Soccer for the first time, they may not like it, or respect it, they simply recognize that many other people do. Without a doubt, the slight change of view, can be attributed to Sc2 getting a mention in his world of business. | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
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o_oskar
United States14 Posts
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
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o_oskar
United States14 Posts
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mark05
Canada807 Posts
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
On August 23 2011 17:52 akaname wrote: i love how "Starcraft" is always put in quote marks in the article. that's like the one slight at the game in an otherwise respectful article. It's always put in quotations because that's the grammatically correct way to refer to the title of a major work. Or is it italics for a major work and quotes for a minor title? I need to work on my English  | ||
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