I think in general people look at drinking the wrong way. You shouldn't be looking at it as going somewhere to drink. Drinking should be secondary to the actual purpose. If drinking is your primary purpose then i feel you're doing it wrong.

And i fully understand that people exist who just want to go get smashed. I can't relate to those people anymore. If that's what a Barcraft is to you, well you're missing the point. Focus on the second half of barcraft, not the first. The bar is just a setting.
Although i'm sure the bars appreciate the business, so drink up if that's what floats your boat!

Stijx

United States804 Posts

October 21 2011 02:22 GMT

#27

I feel bad for Slasher... poor guy

Goibon

New Zealand8185 Posts

October 21 2011 02:26 GMT

#28

On October 21 2011 11:12 Primadog wrote:

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Didn't meant to hijack the thread. Just thoughts in my head for a while, will put together a proper blog post after fleshing it out.

I look forward to this! It's such a neat phenomenon, and i hope it continues onward. The root of it for me is people like to be around like minded people and have fun. A bar is a perfect setting for this. I mean look at the LR threads. I post in those because those are the closest people to me who i can enjoy live SC2 with. If i could go down to the local pub with a few dozen other nerds and yell and cheer and shit, i'd be on that like white on rice. For too long we've been restricted to sharing our passion electronically. Now we can do it IRL. With beer. I think that's almost liberating.

I also appreciate the "for ESPORTS" attitude. I feel it may get carried away at times but the passion is obvious, and the willingness to share it i hope will pay dividends in future. And that's BarCraft. It's not just people sitting behind their computers. It's out in the 'real world' for all to see. If that doesn't open eyes i don't know what will.

KingOctavious

United States324 Posts

October 21 2011 02:33 GMT

#29

I really wish I was going to be there for this.

mrtomjones

Canada4020 Posts

October 21 2011 02:35 GMT

#30

On October 21 2011 10:38 Corrupted wrote:

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couldn't disagree more. I find very few things less interesting than a drunk person when I'm not drunk.

you arent hanging around the right friends then

I have had tons of fun on the nights when I dont drink when others do. Some situations I havnt but most of mine I have.

Vindicare605

United States16100 Posts

October 21 2011 02:43 GMT

#31

I think I'm going to try to attend this. I hope the Hilton Bar isn't too expensive, I want to support the venue but hotel bars are notorious for being overpriced.

Laeryken

United States12 Posts

October 21 2011 02:53 GMT

#32

For those of us at BlizzCon, I'm pretty disappointed to have to choose between watching the GSL finals live, or being at this event! Argh.

The opportunity to watch a live GSL finals may never come again in our entire lives.

Kalith

United States8 Posts

October 21 2011 03:15 GMT

#33

1000 people, I'm going to guess around 987 guys and 13 girls :D

iS.zemotion

United States246 Posts

October 21 2011 03:34 GMT

#34

On October 21 2011 10:43 Primadog wrote:

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BarCraft is the Foreigner's answer to the Korean PC Bangs. It can do for StarCraft 2 what PC Bangs done for BW.

We now live at a time where everyone has high speed internet at home and a PC beefy enough to play StarCraft, so PC bangs are not coming back. Without them, the StarCraft community lost a home to congregate around. This is, in my opinion, the reason why BarCraft is spreading like wild-fire. It's not really so much about drinking, but about creating a local social-space and demonstrate a physical presence of our community to the public.

That's how we can get recognition, new sponsors and fresh faces, that's how we grow the scene.

BarCraft has the potential to create three things:

Recognition - BarCraft garners mainstream interest like nothing else. To the mainstream world, BarCraft is face that they can observe and try to appreciate, because it creates obvious value. That's why while StarCraft is thirteen years old, it's BarCraft that got it featured on the Wall Street Journal.
Rally point - Our community is huge, with over a hundred thousand hardcore audience and probably a magnitude more in casual ones, yet we don't meet up except for the sporaic major and local tournaments. BarCraft gives us a good excuse to finally meetup with fellow nerd ballers in a casual, social setting. Making friends are easier when you already shared interests.
Revenue - BarCraft can be developed as a significant new revenue source for the industry, if properly harnessed. It has the potential to be the fund base to jumpstart local competitive scene beyond the "charity work" that had fueled StarCraft in the past. It can also help gather new sponsors, like the "lifestyle" brands that SirScoots keep harping about.

Unfortunately, money always dirties community intiatives. BarCraft will some soul searching.

I'll help myself there this time even if you guys forget me. See youuuuu.