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Papulatus
United States669 Posts
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ClanWISH
Canada21 Posts
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Doomblaze
United States1292 Posts
This makes me want to watch alcatraz now, even though i've never heard of it before, it has hurley and a writer who plays sc2. | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
On February 21 2012 21:41 OrchidThief wrote: That's kind of true of all productplacement though isn't it? No? If Blizzard's name and logo had appeared then it would be product placement. As it is, really only people who already know what SC2 is are going to recognize it in the show. The majority of viewers probably saw that 5 second clip and thought nothing of it. I don't think it was aimed to be product placement, someone working on the show probably likes SC2. | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3126 Posts
unattractive overweight male playing computer games, typical gamer stereotype. not good for esports really. I disagree. Jorge Garcia is very attractive.  Cool clip. As a Lost fan, this was especially fun to see. | ||
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spancho
United States161 Posts
On February 21 2012 13:53 Blazinghand wrote: Man that guy is so cool. I wish I could be that guy. "I am the grand master" I would probably have been right there with you if the, "Your refresh rate is at ZERO!" comment hadnt been right before it. Lets look at this comment and why its so wrong on so many levels. Setting aside the fact that refresh rate is something to do with your monitor*, lets just assume the annoying 12 year old this guy is trying to impress actually means "ping time." As you probably know your "ping" is a measure of your internet connectivity; it's the time delay between sending and recieving an ICMP echo request. Unfortunately for the obnoxious nerd on the other end of the phone, he has no access to this information, all he could see would be the time between himself and the battle.net servers. All of this is immaterial, because even the fastest pentagon computer still sends packets over copper wire, after which the signal creeps along at a glacial 2e8 meters/second**. A 'mainframe' even if it could run starcraft on ultra settings with 200 FPS would still lag from bnet anyway. On a different note, did you see that sick one zealont, one stalker, no pylon 4 gate he was the "master" of? * Check out that monitor set up. His Double Screen gives him Double Vision, with a giant gap right down the middle where all the micro is happening. ** If he was in Soul playing on the Korean server all his traffic would be on nice fiberoptic cable running at the speed of light, so it could be argued that his, "refresh rate is at like ZERO." Except since he is physically located in the united states even if his traffic got routed directly through fiberoptic cable under the pacific, all his packets would be going through some DPI on its way outbound from the US, giving him some tasty latency. | ||
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erised
United States23 Posts
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ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
On February 23 2012 14:58 erised wrote: I have never heard anybody who plays Starcraft 2 use the entire phrase "four gate rush" when talking about a 4gate. This reeks of product placement, and some light forum reading. If you watch his screen, what he is fighting against is clearly not a 4gate. It's pretty cool to see a reference on Alcatraz, but just as with every other TV show allusion to a video game (e.g. WoW on The Big Bang Theory) they managed to get it wrong. T.t who cares | ||
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zaradron
Canada15 Posts
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Maxd11
United States680 Posts
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robopork
United States511 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:37 1sz2sz3sz wrote: "how esports is growing even on tv" that isnt esports. thats just someone playing the game So if kids playing basketball at the school on a weekend makes it into a tv show, it's not a sport but just basketball? The institution of esports and the activity of starcraft (or whatever competitive game you're talking about) are inseparable from each other. Regardless of your skill or whether or not you even know what esports is, starcraft is an esport, at least in so far as basketball is a sport even when my sorry ass is trying to play it. | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On February 23 2012 13:49 SupLilSon wrote: No? If Blizzard's name and logo had appeared then it would be product placement. As it is, really only people who already know what SC2 is are going to recognize it in the show. The majority of viewers probably saw that 5 second clip and thought nothing of it. I don't think it was aimed to be product placement, someone working on the show probably likes SC2. It's called brand integration. It's a new practice they're doing in an attempt to normalize consumer products through passive dissemination through varied social and entertainment media. For example, when characters are driving in a car--they don't need to focus on the brand or type of car it is, it's simply "a car" that they character is driving. I know that the video-game industry is trying to use this a new source of advertisement opportunity that is less about brand marketing and is more about experiential marketing. | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On February 23 2012 15:04 zaradron wrote: Was cool to see Starcraft in a TV show, but they shoulda showed a huge engagement or something with lots of storms, and other abilities to make Starcraft seem awesome. Someone who doesn't play Starcraft would probably think that looked dull and boring. In defense of supposedly clueless non-sc2 fans... The actual game play was very much, as you said, dull and boring. However--it was on TV so I am PUMPED! | ||
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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
Obviously his apm is above 9000! + another theory, I think Jose Garcia is the secret brother of goody, and he taught everything he knows to goody! | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
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NexaS
United States202 Posts
On February 23 2012 14:58 spancho wrote: I would probably have been right there with you if the, "Your refresh rate is at ZERO!" comment hadnt been right before it. Lets look at this comment and why its so wrong on so many levels. Setting aside the fact that refresh rate is something to do with your monitor*, lets just assume the annoying 12 year old this guy is trying to impress actually means "ping time." As you probably know your "ping" is a measure of your internet connectivity; it's the time delay between sending and recieving an ICMP echo request. Unfortunately for the obnoxious nerd on the other end of the phone, he has no access to this information, all he could see would be the time between himself and the battle.net servers. All of this is immaterial, because even the fastest pentagon computer still sends packets over copper wire, after which the signal creeps along at a glacial 2e8 meters/second**. A 'mainframe' even if it could run starcraft on ultra settings with 200 FPS would still lag from bnet anyway. On a different note, did you see that sick one zealont, one stalker, no pylon 4 gate he was the "master" of? * Check out that monitor set up. His Double Screen gives him Double Vision, with a giant gap right down the middle where all the micro is happening. ** If he was in Soul playing on the Korean server all his traffic would be on nice fiberoptic cable running at the speed of light, so it could be argued that his, "refresh rate is at like ZERO." Except since he is physically located in the united states even if his traffic got routed directly through fiberoptic cable under the pacific, all his packets would be going through some DPI on its way outbound from the US, giving him some tasty latency. "Unfortunately for the obnoxious nerd..." is my favorite part of your post. * Because it sums up your entire post. | ||
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JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
It's like they can't accept the fact that not all of us are morbidly obese.  | ||
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blackberry_
114 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:06 NexaS wrote: "Unfortunately for the obnoxious nerd..." is my favorite part of your post. * Because it sums up your entire post. OHHHH DAT BURNNNN. the "grandmaster" has like 10 apm, lol. glad SC2 is getting more exposure on TV though :D | ||
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`dunedain
655 Posts
Too bad the show sucks. Bad acting, weird plot line, Lead Actress trying too hard, and Sam Neill's role is just not up to par with his abilities. The only good thing about the show is Hurley is in it. Good to see him working again after Lost. Other than that, I wouldn't recommend this show for anything other than wasting some time. Stick to Fringe <--- Show much much better than Alcatraz! Much recommended! | ||
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