Paul Miller wrote this amazing feature on The Verge. The Verge is a brand new technology news site, founded by the former editors of Engadget. Check it out, it's definitely worth the read.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/18/2571255/starcraft-changed-my-life

looknohands119

United States813 Posts

November 18 2011 20:50 GMT

I just saw this! Its a great read. I was just about to post it and then I saw the thread. Its awesome that the community is becoming more mainstream and I especially love that he equated being an SC2 fan with being a sports fan up front at the beginning of the article!

FrOsTyy

United States125 Posts

November 18 2011 20:53 GMT

Sick! Haha I knew I was on to something with my post about how Paul Miller loves starcraft 2!.

For those who might not know, right now the Verge is averaging about 4 million unique views and 20-30 million page views monthly. That is a huge amount of new eyeballs that get to see what Starcaft 2 is all about.

tuestresfat

2543 Posts

November 18 2011 20:58 GMT

It's really long, but I agree it was worth the read if you have the time.
+ Show Spoiler +

MLG starts in 1hr, so you don't

FrOsTyy

United States125 Posts

November 18 2011 21:07 GMT

Okay I just finished reading the whole thing. And wow it was an impressive read. The guy is Bronze player and super excited. I especially loved how on his bike ride home he said he was telling himself "Foreigners can win too, I will play when I get home". Haha so awesome.

Johnnybb

Denmark475 Posts

November 18 2011 21:16 GMT

Wow such a good read, he is an extremely good writer. It kinda felt like I was there...

Noev

United States1102 Posts

November 18 2011 21:21 GMT

amazing read, and i really understood his feelings about first getting there and not being sure what to do. I went to a meet up for MLG orlando also and at first it was just me and my friend and this other guy at his place watching. But i gotta say 5 minutes into the first games and its like we were best friends for years. Really wish i could have made it out to MLG this year but i couldn't. There is always next year or until then barcrafts in Boston!

1Focus

United States392 Posts

November 18 2011 21:30 GMT

Im gonna check this out hopefully it will be epic but from everyones comments it will be worth it

tubs

764 Posts

November 18 2011 21:39 GMT

Paul Miller rocks. It's amazing seeing this stuff on something outside of an exports site.

Madera

Sweden2624 Posts

November 18 2011 21:48 GMT

#10

I skimmed through it and it's just so well done.

Jibba

United States22842 Posts

November 18 2011 21:55 GMT

#11

This is the best SC2 article I've read from a non-gaming site yet, and better than the stuff from G4 and other's.

Well done, Verge.

For those who don't know, The Verge is the "new" Engadget. Engadget's top editors all left after they were bought by AOL, and started The Verge.

Hydra3

United States32 Posts

November 18 2011 22:32 GMT

#12

Wow, amazing article! Really makes you feel good about being a fan of ESPORTS. It really shows that starcraft has the tools to become a very popular form of entertainment, rather than just "pixels shooting at pixels".

Conquerer67

United States605 Posts

November 18 2011 22:42 GMT

#13

Damn that's a fucking amazing article. Probably the best I've ever read about e-sports to date not from a video game website.

futurepaul

United States1 Post

November 18 2011 23:38 GMT

#14

Thank you guys! I'm surprised nobody's pointed out any glaring factual errors yet. Means a ton that this doesn't sound like total BS to you all, because I hate when a "mainstream" pub tries to explain a video game I like and just ends up sounding like a condescending jerk about it. I'm on here a lot, never posted before though. Guess I'll have to start!

eourcs

United States459 Posts

November 18 2011 23:47 GMT

#15

Great read! Well written and well presented.

By the way, "penultimate" is the coolest word ever, glad he managed to fit it in.

BraneSC2

United States118 Posts

November 19 2011 00:03 GMT

#16

Great article. It's nearly the perfect bridge between Starcraft and sports. And describes the game very well to those who have never heard of the game. This is the stuff that would intrigue people into joining the starcraft scene. I'd be so happy to see more of this.

Modernist

United States89 Posts

November 19 2011 00:04 GMT

#17

tombigbimbom

12 Posts

November 19 2011 00:31 GMT

#18

Damn. This is so good. Loved the article, more of that, please!

Dew.

Brazil104 Posts

November 19 2011 02:15 GMT

#19

That was a great read =)

Man I'm loving The Verge!

The Verge >>>>> Engadget

EDIT:

On November 19 2011 08:38 futurepaul wrote:
Thank you guys! I'm surprised nobody's pointed out any glaring factual errors yet. Means a ton that this doesn't sound like total BS to you all, because I hate when a "mainstream" pub tries to explain a video game I like and just ends up sounding like a condescending jerk about it. I'm on here a lot, never posted before though. Guess I'll have to start!

Oh, you are here Paul! Great job man, very well writen!
Keep up the good work =)

bubO

United States363 Posts

November 19 2011 02:17 GMT

#20

Awesome read