Ultimate BarCraft Cancelled

On October 20 2011 09:17 Zion9 wrote:
Am I the only who has the feeling that this has something to do wtih Blizzard ? I mean I'm pretty sure they wouldn't like 200 people watching the paid stream outside of their location .
Maybe its just in my fantasy and then I am sorry for it but this crossed my mind

On October 20 2011 09:18 Grettin wrote:


No, because certain person informed about this for 6-8k people.

On October 20 2011 09:20 Aeres wrote:

Let me dream, please. I like the feeling of being able to influence the futures of hundreds of people. >_>

On October 20 2011 09:23 aNDRoM wrote:
Sigh. Was really REALLY looking forward to this. Would like to know the backstory. From what I understand, last year's was a success, and this year's seemed better organized. Maybe that's the key, less organization. If it's decentralized, no one can cancel it! :-(

On October 20 2011 10:08 FaZe wrote:


"Sponsor and venue complications"? That post sounds overly cryptic to me.

For those still looking to meet up, there is a GSL Finals viewing party followed by a Live On Three episode at the "Friday Night BarCraft" event on Friday night (8:30 pm) at the Hilton. We'd encourage anyone who isn't attending the final live to head over there.

On October 20 2011 10:08 FaZe wrote:


"Sponsor and venue complications"? That post sounds overly cryptic to me.

Now there's an event that headlining Live On Three.

This year's was better organized, and last year was a success. With the amount of interest, I'm feeling like something is fishy here.

Somehow, I can't shake the feeling that it's not a coincidence that EG is benefiting so much from this cancellation.

On October 20 2011 10:12 Canucklehead wrote:


Doesn't sound cryptic to me. They couldn't find enough money to fund this and rent out the venue.

On October 20 2011 10:20 FaZe wrote:


Where are you getting that information? There are a lot of other things involved in hosting an event like this. There are a hundred little places that wrenches could have been thrown in to put hiccups in the planning.

On October 20 2011 10:08 FaZe wrote:


"Sponsor and venue complications"? That post sounds overly cryptic to me.

Now there's an event that headlining Live On Three.

This year's was better organized, and last year was a success. With the amount of interest, I'm feeling like something is fishy here.

Somehow, I can't shake the feeling that it's not a coincidence that EG is benefiting so much from this cancellation.

On October 20 2011 10:08 FaZe wrote:


"Sponsor and venue complications"? That post sounds overly cryptic to me.

Now there's an event that headlining Live On Three.

This year's was better organized, and last year was a success. With the amount of interest, I'm feeling like something is fishy here.

Somehow, I can't shake the feeling that it's not a coincidence that EG is benefiting so much from this cancellation.

On October 20 2011 11:05 Nflguy33 wrote:
Is the GSL Finals entrance free??? Or you need to have Blizzcon pass to enter?

On October 20 2011 11:47 SoliD817 wrote:
Why can't we make this happen? The starcraft community has raised so much money for other things. I don't see why we can't contribute to Ultimate Barcraft.

On October 20 2011 12:47 geno wrote:
Sad, but kind of saw it coming :/

The SC community is generous, but that high a figure I think discouraged people from even thinking of donating. And since it was a live event, most wouldn't have bothered knowing they couldn't/wouldn't be going anyways.

Didn't seem like a good way of funding that, if it was truly going to be that big it needed some kind of sponsorship imo

On October 20 2011 13:12 ander wrote:
Jesus christ blizzard.

Somehow, this doesnt shock me.

On October 20 2011 13:14 Canucklehead wrote:


What does blizzard have to do with this? It wasn't a blizzard run event.

On October 20 2011 15:02 azgul wrote:
Party in my hotel room!

On October 20 2011 15:53 ReboundEU wrote:
So sad to hear that

Good part is e-sports has a backup plan! djWheat/slasher/scoots FTW! + slasher event xD

On October 20 2011 15:56 CuLane wrote:

Slasher event? What is?

On October 20 2011 18:48 Playguuu wrote:
I blame Kennigit

On October 20 2011 18:49 Chargelot wrote:

I blame EG. They bought out the entire bar industry just to prevent this from overshadowing their announcement on the 21st.

On October 20 2011 23:26 Mr.Brightside wrote:
I highly doubt that there would have been enough people going unfortunately. Getting basement dwelling nerds to go to a games convention is one thing, getting them to go to a bar afterwards is... pretty difficult. I hope however that some of you (and me too if something actually happened in australia) will take the leap and go and socialise with people who also enjoy your passion!

On October 20 2011 23:26 Mr.Brightside wrote:
I highly doubt that there would have been enough people going unfortunately. Getting basement dwelling nerds to go to a games convention is one thing, getting them to go to a bar afterwards is... pretty difficult. I hope however that some of you (and me too if something actually happened in australia) will take the leap and go and socialise with people who also enjoy your passion!

On October 20 2011 23:37 Kaiko wrote:


This doesn't prove true anymore. IPL3 had SC2 gamers all over the bars. The stereotype is getting old and if you keep reinforcing it like that you're just perpetuating the stereotype that gamers have to all be socially awkward.

On October 20 2011 23:53 Pull wrote:


Yeah I completely agree...Gamers will always be "nerdy" but that doesn't mean we're hiding out in the dark like vampires. I personally have a job, school, a girlfriend, and I work out..all the while making my rise on the SC2 ladder with at least 6 hours of practice a day.

On October 20 2011 23:53 Pull wrote:


Yeah I completely agree...Gamers will always be "nerdy" but that doesn't mean we're hiding out in the dark like vampires. I personally have a job, school, a girlfriend, and I work out..all the while making my rise on the SC2 ladder with at least 6 hours of practice a day.

On October 21 2011 01:12 csn_JohnClark wrote:
So will there be any details given as to really why this was cancelled. It appears a bit vague at this point.

On October 21 2011 02:31 Audemed wrote:
So where to now? There's nothing else posted for the Anaheim area

On October 20 2011 08:44 Kennigit wrote:
For those still looking to meet up, there is a GSL Finals viewing party followed by a Live On Three episode at the "Friday Night BarCraft" event on Friday night (8:30 pm) at the Hilton. We'd encourage anyone who isn't attending the final live to head over there.

On October 21 2011 12:45 Mr.Brightside wrote:
I'm not saying that we all have to be basement dwelling nerds (when I was in my teens I went to an all boys school and became literally incapable of looking/talking at/to a girl apart from family so I can definitely relate to social difficulties that come with the stereotype), and I use this term just because it's fun, not to piss anyone off as a lot of you may have misunderstood, most of us know ourselves that we don't live in a basement, I've been referring to myself as a nerd even when going out for many years now trying to give people the impression that gamers go out and do stuff and are people with souls too. You should be proud of who you are and what you do, that's why me and other friends each other all sorts of dorky names (the stereotypes) and constantly make jokes about it. If you feel angry about my post then obviously you're not comfortable with who you are or aren't very good at taking jokes. The latter is fine but the former is unacceptable! If you're not proud of being a nerd then you are changing yourself for the worse imo.

However I don't really care if you say the stereotype isn't there because it is. I have struggled for many years with getting my friends to go out anywhere simply because they don't feel comfortable in a bar/club/whatever environment (I'm not going to force them to go), as they've got older it has become less of a problem but that's only because they are 24-25 years old with careers, some of them still don't want to go out though. So of course we would get together at somewhere familiar like a friend's place which is fine too but that's besides the point for what we are discussing.

I still think that Ultimate Barcraft had a problem with numbers, yeah if all of your friends are going then you probably will go, but if you go by yourself how comfortable will you feel about that?

Please prove me wrong and give some other clarification why the event was cancelled.