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On July 29 2012 17:39 ManicMarine wrote:
Disappointingly, the title is still "Geeks get together to watch Starcraft". Wish people would stop doing that.
i somewhat agree with this, even tho to a majority of us we dont really give a shit or anything, when ordinary people (by ordinary i mean, know nothing about Esports, or just casual gamers, etc.) see it they would take it wayy differently.
but i dont mind the news piece tho, i hardly watch news here in nz but they tend to be unbiased quite abit and this is great!
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On July 29 2012 18:00 SpaceFighting wrote:Show nested quote +On July 29 2012 17:39 ManicMarine wrote:
Disappointingly, the title is still "Geeks get together to watch Starcraft". Wish people would stop doing that. i somewhat agree with this, even tho to a majority of us we dont really give a shit or anything, when ordinary people (by ordinary i mean, know nothing about Esports, or just casual gamers, etc.) see it they would take it wayy differently. but i dont mind the news piece tho, i hardly watch news here in nz but they tend to be unbiased quite abit and this is great!
Yea. Nerd is kinda acceptable, the word nerd has nothing to do with gamers in particular, and I think everyone here know they are nerds. But geek means you are odd, according to urban dictionary someone who waste their time.
Nerd= ~OK
Geek= Rude
IMO! 
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Pretty nice 1minute clip I guess, standard for the effort put into news segments these days.
Very minimal research on the topic, makes anyone that follows it cringe.
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On July 29 2012 18:11 Noam wrote:
Pretty nice 1minute clip I guess, standard for the effort put into news segments these days.
Very minimal research on the topic, makes anyone that follows it cringe.
Nah. Actually it makes it sound like this kind of thing has been going on a lot longer than it appears to have been. The idea of an underground cult of Starcraft existing for over a decade gives it some legitimacy. It also helps that the people they showed were, well... Good looking.
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They titled it geeks, and then showed normal looking males, and even some females, and they were in a bar.
Hardly going for the geek stereotype in the content of the story, if anything it says "we would call these people geeks, but really they are normal people, getting together in a bar".
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This is great for eSports!
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Gotta show it to my parents!
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GOD DAMMNIT GANGNAM STYLE
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Gangnam style woo. On a separate note, whilst I am one of the people hating on the negative title of the piece, the actual content, whilst not particularly informative, showed the whole thing in a pretty positive light, so kudos to that.
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Phew, thank God this thread was made because i don't watch TV.
bro bro bro!
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I don't like the word geeks in the title and I fear for someone who doesn't know too much about Starcraft it wasn't very indepth and there was too much Gangnam style.
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On July 29 2012 18:45 Seohce wrote:
I don't like the word geeks in the title and I fear for someone who doesn't know too much about Starcraft it wasn't very indepth and there was too much Gangnam style.
No such thing as too much gangnam style.
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hah, I actually considered going to this and then changed my mind. 
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Sweet as bro, full spec eh?
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Soooo much Gangnam <3<3
epic news story is epic, love seeing this kind of exposure ^^
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On July 29 2012 17:17 Plexa wrote:
It's remarkable how barcraft has managed to start breaking down the barriers between SC2 and mainstream media.
Alcohol, the cause of and solution to, all of life's problems.
It's weird how making it in to a more public, drinking spectacle means it's more acceptable.
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Is gangnam style a SC2 anthem right now or what ? I hope it is, sick tune :D
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EPT
