| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
GunHogz
Canada47 Posts
Then I saw jose garcia(from the show lost) playing starcraft 2 and playing a PvP match on Metalopolis and holding off a 4 gate. I am pretty happy how Esports is growing even on T.V shows for a quick second, I had a big smile on my face :D (I am sure someone will have a video on youtube sometime soon) | ||
|
Ansinjunger
United States2451 Posts
However, on second thought, that's probably a bad way to get stalked or otherwise messed with by dangerous inmates. | ||
|
K3Nyy
United States1961 Posts
"4gate? Child's play" LOL | ||
|
1sz2sz3sz
Andorra173 Posts
that isnt esports. thats just someone playing the game | ||
|
juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
| ||
|
DrAbuse
Germany209 Posts
 | ||
|
JethroTV
United States206 Posts
Side note: Jose Garcia is the man. Edit: Video posted while I was typing, woo! | ||
|
imEnex
Canada500 Posts
| ||
|
skatblast
United States784 Posts
| ||
|
SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
My friends and I always joke that Goody looks a lot like Jose Garcia  . | ||
|
Xova
United States342 Posts
Best line ever. | ||
|
ninjamyst
United States1903 Posts
| ||
|
GunHogz
Canada47 Posts
| ||
|
eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:51 ninjamyst wrote: his APM sounded like it was in the 20s His appearance reminds me of Goody. His APM reminds me of Goody. Hmmmm... Cool stuff. Too bad they cut off the bottom part of the UI, which kinda made it look tacky. But at least they showed a 4gate PvP, which is a pretty believable situation to be in. | ||
|
mewbert
United States291 Posts
User was temp banned for this post. | ||
|
Shunjal
United States482 Posts
| ||
|
scaban84
United States1080 Posts
| ||
|
werynais
Germany1780 Posts
| ||
|
Erik.TheRed
United States1655 Posts
Mine is stuck at 60 Hz  | ||
|
WilDMousE
Chile1335 Posts
btw his apm is like silver-ish :V. | ||
|
eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:57 scaban84 wrote: Typecasting SC2 players as morbidly obese geeks already. Nice. Indeed. I mean, we do have  NaDa and his body. Anyone who doubts the fitness of SC2 players should be exposed to his handsomeness. | ||
|
sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
| ||
|
Balgrog
United States1221 Posts
| ||
|
dCc
Canada86 Posts
| ||
|
shtdisturbance
Canada613 Posts
| ||
|
wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
| ||
|
VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:55 eviltomahawk wrote: His appearance reminds me of Goody. His APM reminds me of Goody. Hmmmm... If only he was playing Terran, it would have been perfect. | ||
|
Archas
United States6531 Posts
On February 21 2012 13:04 shtdisturbance wrote: Lmao awesome, is that the guy from lost? If you read the OP, you'd know that it is. | ||
|
wunsun
Canada622 Posts
| ||
|
Steel
Japan2283 Posts
I'm a grandmaster. | ||
|
GARO
United States2255 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:34 GunHogz wrote: I am pretty happy how Esports is growing even on T.V shows for a quick second Hahahahaha Do you actually believe this is some increase in awareness of the esports scene by the general populace? I guess Dexter playing Halo 3 really must have been some sign of this then, buddy. | ||
|
FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
Watching people play Halo with an N64 controller randomly hammering at buttons and talking about getting to the next level is something of an illusion killer. | ||
|
FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
| ||
|
Archas
United States6531 Posts
On February 21 2012 13:11 GARO wrote: Hahahahaha Do you actually believe this is some increase in awareness of the esports scene by the general populace? They're just I guess Dexter playing Halo 3 really must have been some sign of this then, buddy. Even if that's the case, there's no need to act snidely about it. You can argue a point without being a condescending jerk. | ||
|
Xova
United States342 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:51 ninjamyst wrote: his APM sounded like it was in the 20s Its protoss...you dont need over 20 to be good. User was warned for this post | ||
|
StarStruck
25339 Posts
I'm a writer. This doesn't surprise me that other writers know about Starcraft. The actor probably doesn't though. o; | ||
|
DarkPlasmaBall
United States44317 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:49 Xova wrote: hahaha! "I am the Grandmaster!" Best line ever. Made me rofl ^^ This is pretty cool :D | ||
|
yeastiality
Canada374 Posts
People who do anything with computers/video games in TV shows are pretty much guaranteed to look fake at some point, and there it is! | ||
|
Nabes
Canada1800 Posts
| ||
|
publicenemies
458 Posts
| ||
|
Blazinghand
United States25551 Posts
| ||
|
ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
| ||
|
PlateCaptain
United States26 Posts
Except that yeah, he's clicking about twice a second. | ||
|
Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:34 GunHogz wrote: I was watching the T.V show, Alcatraz Then I saw jose garcia(from the show lost) playing starcraft 2 and playing a PvP match on Metalopolis and holding off a 4 gate. I am pretty happy how Esports is growing even on T.V shows for a quick second, I had a big smile on my face :D (I am sure someone will have a video on youtube sometime soon) So a guy plays a game that just happens to be Starcraft, how does that mean E-sports are growing? | ||
|
dranko
Sweden378 Posts
| ||
|
noodlesinsoup
United States106 Posts
| ||
|
HigoSeco
Chile232 Posts
MC: 4 gate rush, huh?... child's play *walks stalkers down the ramp* MC: that's all you've got? I'm the grandmaster Genius: kekeke *proceeds to smash MC* | ||
|
Flamingo777
United States1190 Posts
| ||
|
BookII
Australia400 Posts
Oh wait... | ||
|
JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
Nothing to be excited about, it's just a scene of a fat guy playing a game. As if you've never seen that before. | ||
|
seansye
United States1722 Posts
| ||
|
JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
His screen resolution (didnt show the entire bottom bar D: ) bothered me the most, but props! | ||
|
docvoc
United States5491 Posts
| ||
|
NEXUS6
United States413 Posts
| ||
|
Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
| ||
|
Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
I know it's silly but what I noticed was he kept looking down... If you're playing vs a 4-gate your eyes are gonna be glued to the screen to micro and continually warp-in! | ||
|
Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
| ||
|
d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
| ||
|
IntoTheBush
United States552 Posts
| ||
|
Aela
97 Posts
| ||
|
RTSDealer
286 Posts
Would be nice to see more Starcraft 2 references in more American shows. | ||
|
Pocky52
United States463 Posts
So now when will a progamer get to have a TV appearance? | ||
|
Luepert
United States1933 Posts
On February 21 2012 13:00 WilDMousE wrote: Chileans ftw :V btw his apm is like silver-ish :V. Its his decision making  | ||
|
Elean
689 Posts
It's just the stereotype of a nerd, and it's basically the same as 10 or 20 years ago. | ||
|
Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
On February 21 2012 15:21 Elean wrote: Really, this has nothing to do with esport. It's just a fat character playing a video games when he is not making/Reading comics. It's just the stereotype of a nerd, and it's basically the same as 10 or 20 years ago. Yeah... that's unfortunately a good point. Might be better if the guy playing was some manly character about to go save the world in some super heroic fashion. | ||
|
Zidane
United States1686 Posts
Check out this norelco SC2 copied sound clip | ||
|
WilDMousE
Chile1335 Posts
"*Supply at 30*Now... I'm... *enemy goes into base and starts attacking*going... to...warp*supply drops down to 10*... stuff... *GG*". | ||
|
Novice
United States115 Posts
| ||
|
LolitsPing
United States285 Posts
Anyway, even though its no where close to accurate, YAY FOR STARCRAFT PLUG I wonder how much they payed Blizzard for this | ||
|
FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
On February 21 2012 16:30 LolitsPing wrote: How the hell does his screens have different stuff happening in the game o_O Anyway, even though its no where close to accurate, YAY FOR STARCRAFT PLUG I wonder how much they payed Blizzard for this Obviously watching a stream at the same time, silly. In fact, he's probably stream sniping. Explains his Grandmaster status. | ||
|
SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
| ||
|
HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
| ||
|
Sinedd
Poland7052 Posts
| ||
|
GetSome
United States35 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:55 mewbert wrote: thats pretty awesome, I always get the impression that protoss players are fat and it always seems to be true User was temp banned for this post. lol User was warned for this post | ||
|
Froadac
United States6733 Posts
| ||
|
Akio00
United States98 Posts
Most likely, it was one or two writers that play the game. They are fans and wanted to give a "shout-out" to the SC2 community. It's not like the producers were pushing the writers to add a SC2 scene. I highly doubt Blizzard paid for the spot. | ||
|
Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
| ||
|
Executor1
1353 Posts
On February 21 2012 16:30 LolitsPing wrote: How the hell does his screens have different stuff happening in the game o_O Anyway, even though its no where close to accurate, YAY FOR STARCRAFT PLUG I wonder how much they payed Blizzard for this They wouldnt have payed blizzard anything obviously. Either blizzard asked them to put it in the show AND PAYED THEM for product placement (this happens all the time) or more likely they just got permission to use it. I highly doubt they would pay blizzard to put one of SC2 on national TV they probably just got permission or payed the show to do product placement I could be wrong though. Its alot different then when a show is streaming starcraft games and making money off of it, I dont think alcatraz is going to make any money off of putting that game in the show , maybe a few viewers will be intrigued from teamliquid but thats about it lol. | ||
|
FinalForm
United States450 Posts
| ||
|
Monox1de
United States101 Posts
| ||
|
PlosionCornu
Italy814 Posts
On February 21 2012 17:02 FinalForm wrote: unattractive overweight male playing computer games, typical gamer stereotype. not good for esports really. Yah pretty much, and furthermore, pvp and fourgate, really? The worst the game has to offer? Man 6pool would've been better at this point. Blizzard cannot into marketing it seems. | ||
|
Terrix
Germany305 Posts
Still pretty funny. | ||
|
Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
"I'm the grandmaster..." So awesome, I may have to start watching this show solely because of this. They could have had him playing Mw3 and jacking off like the vast majority of the audience, but they chose our niche game instead. Cool. | ||
|
Monox1de
United States101 Posts
i enjoyed it though, even if it gets 2 people to check out starcraft 2 it's worth it. | ||
|
Morphs
Netherlands645 Posts
It reminds me a bit of the time when the Gameboy was really hot in a lot of tv series. You know, a kid would be playing the gameboy and you would hear all kinds of 8 bit noises (never from a real game). And always an adult would want to talk to the kid and the kid would put the gameboy away without objection... such unrealistic scenario... ("Nooo dad wait, I almost got through this level...") | ||
|
box-killa
Australia13 Posts
0 refresh rate rofl. | ||
|
zul
Germany5427 Posts
| ||
|
paradoxOO9
United Kingdom1123 Posts
| ||
|
Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
| ||
|
Lobo2me
Norway1213 Posts
On February 21 2012 13:00 WilDMousE wrote: Chileans ftw :V btw his apm is like silver-ish :V. Normally people near a computer on TV are typing and hacking at 200+ apm, which they seemed to think was unneeded and would take away from the realism. Little did they know, that in this case 200 apm would be normal if he was really doing what he was portrayed to do. | ||
|
Sea_Food
Finland1612 Posts
Not a legit way to play. | ||
|
Tuthur
France985 Posts
| ||
|
zhurai
United States5660 Posts
On February 21 2012 19:40 Lobo2me wrote: Normally people near a computer on TV are typing and hacking at 200+ apm, which they seemed to think was unneeded and would take away from the realism. Little did they know, that in this case 200 apm would be normal if he was really doing what he was portrayed to do. also don't expect actors to have as quick hands as us gamers unless they were previously gamers/are gamers ^^ | ||
|
Zhazulo
Sweden226 Posts
On February 21 2012 12:49 Xova wrote: hahaha! "I am the Grandmaster!" Best line ever. haha, omg, so true. What a baws! | ||
|
maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
| ||
|
Haustka
United States221 Posts
| ||
|
theBALLS
Singapore2935 Posts
| ||
|
Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
| ||
|
B.I.G.
3251 Posts
btw: i think everyone in this thread could take this guy on with both hands tied behind their backs | ||
|
ramon
Germany4842 Posts
On February 21 2012 20:28 B.I.G. wrote: this is so great. finally national television is showing the dark and horrible age where 4gates dominated. the people need to know! btw: i think everyone in this thread could take this guy on with both hands tied behind their backs but he is the grandmaster, no? | ||
|
yarkO
Canada810 Posts
Easter egg or clever marketing? | ||
|
Arcanefrost
Belgium1257 Posts
| ||
|
OFCORPSE
Sweden355 Posts
| ||
|
DifuntO
Greece2376 Posts
| ||
|
roemy
Germany432 Posts
8[ | ||
|
Fatze
Germany1342 Posts
On February 21 2012 20:54 yarkO wrote: The real question: Easter egg or clever marketing? Both, I guess^^ You see it works xD | ||
|
Vari
United States532 Posts
woohoo. I'll watch the ep sometime this week. | ||
|
Hantak
Chile59 Posts
I can understand the comments on how this just feed the old stereotypes, but if you follow the show (Alcatraz) you will notice that "Hugo Reyes" is a very geek like and cool character, and it was just natural for him to be the one playing the game as its the only character that fits the "normal gamer" role. If we as gamers dont start changing our own way to look at ourselves as a community these bias will not fade away. Still, i think its sad that they showed some sort of 4gate... As a T player is what i come across regularly but well... i guess i would have been more pleased with a voidray rush or somethin :D (but yeah.. it was a PvP) | ||
|
DarKcS
Australia1237 Posts
On February 21 2012 21:21 roemy wrote: would've preferred to see House play SC2 before the show ends with this season 8[ Close. Someone brings in a 360, bunch of games (can't see the titles) and a headset. You can tell where all the marketing is....damn you, nubsoft live. | ||
|
Kalza
Canada103 Posts
| ||
|
awu25
United States2003 Posts
On February 21 2012 17:04 PlosionCornu wrote: Yah pretty much, and furthermore, pvp and fourgate, really? The worst the game has to offer? Man 6pool would've been better at this point. Blizzard cannot into marketing it seems. You think a person is going to go look up a game played in a tv show? It was cool exposure but I'm sure Blizzard isn't expecting any additional sales | ||
|
OrchidThief
Denmark2298 Posts
On February 21 2012 21:40 awu25 wrote: You think a person is going to go look up a game played in a tv show? It was cool exposure but I'm sure Blizzard isn't expecting any additional sales That's kind of true of all productplacement though isn't it? | ||
|
michielbrands
Netherlands1146 Posts
SC2 gonna rule the world | ||
|
nucLeaRTV
Romania822 Posts
| ||
|
Lega-
Canada141 Posts
| ||
|
_Darwin_
United States2374 Posts
| ||
|
Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
| ||
|
lotny
Poland154 Posts
| ||
|
ColterTV
Argentina163 Posts
| ||
|
dartoo
India2889 Posts
Pretty sure someone on the crew has extensive PvP experience :D | ||
|
Papulatus
United States669 Posts
| ||
|
ClanWISH
Canada21 Posts
| ||
|
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. | ||
|
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. | ||
|
Captain Peabody
United States3110 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. | ||
|
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. | ||
|
erised
United States23 Posts
| ||
|
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 | ||
|
zaradron
Canada15 Posts
| ||
|
Maxd11
United States680 Posts
| ||
|
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. | ||
|
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. | ||
|
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! | ||
|
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! | ||
|
dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
| ||
|
SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
| ||
|
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. | ||
|
JiPrime
Canada688 Posts
It's like they can't accept the fact that not all of us are morbidly obese. | ||
|
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 | ||
|
`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! | ||
|
GunHogz
Canada47 Posts
Everyone has opitions on what they think about the show. Also what I men't about "I am glad esports is getting more bigger" is that its good to see Starcraft came a long way to get exposed on even american television( as its very popular in korea) Also thank you everyone! I wasn't expecting this thread to get as big as it got! | ||
|
Defeat
United States476 Posts
| ||
|
vahgar.r24
India465 Posts
| ||
|
Le BucheRON
Canada619 Posts
| ||
|
Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
On February 25 2012 14:43 Le BucheRON wrote: I love the way he's looking down at the keyboard half the time? With Protoss, anything is possible. You are the Grand-Master. We all know he's just hyphy 'cause he's Rank 1 Bronze. | ||
|
CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
 | ||
|
GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
Also he should be part of the swarm >:O | ||
| ||
|
|
Sparkling Tuna Cup
WardiTV European League
PiGosaur Monday
OSC
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
The PondCast
Online Event
Korean StarCraft League
CranKy Ducklings
Online Event
[ Show More ] |
|
|
EPT
