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calderon
95 Posts
watch it! wonder how it'll be portrayed.. i'll try find a link later for non nz'ers. oh and tv3 is one of the main free-to-air channels here edit: link: http://www.3news.co.nz/Geeks-get-together-to-watch-StarCraft/tabid/312/articleID/263076/Default.aspx | ||
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Distortion_nZ
New Zealand41 Posts
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calderon
95 Posts
i thought they did it well! they showed scenes from a barcraft and wasn't too patronising. lot better than some of the other ones ive seen anyway | ||
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Clefairy
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SpaceFighting
New Zealand690 Posts
edit: shoutouts to our rowers, owning it up in heats xD | ||
Alala-P
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Alala-P
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snafoo
New Zealand1615 Posts
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Emperor
Norway68 Posts
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Birdie
New Zealand4438 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
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PineappleLumpsToss
New Zealand2434 Posts
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ridethecatbus
United States64 Posts
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aZealot
New Zealand5447 Posts
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ManicMarine
Australia409 Posts
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Maginor
Norway505 Posts
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Lorizean
Germany1330 Posts
best news story ever | ||
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Omnidroid
New Zealand214 Posts
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DonKey_
Liechtenstein1356 Posts
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SpaceFighting
New Zealand690 Posts
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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Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On July 29 2012 18:00 SpaceFighting wrote: 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!  | ||
Noam
Israel2209 Posts
Very minimal research on the topic, makes anyone that follows it cringe. | ||
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Evangelist
1246 Posts
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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ThePlayer33
Australia2378 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
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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Darksoldierr
Hungary2012 Posts
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AceLight
New Zealand220 Posts
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IMLyte
Canada714 Posts
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Gullen95
Denmark20 Posts
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Bjoernzor
Sweden159 Posts
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FireSA
Australia555 Posts
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
bro bro bro! | ||
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Seohce
United Kingdom394 Posts
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Serelitz
Netherlands2895 Posts
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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Soan
New Zealand194 Posts
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Cabinet Sanchez
Australia1097 Posts
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
epic news story is epic, love seeing this kind of exposure ^^ | ||
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jimbobicus
Canada23 Posts
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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Wolfik
Poland56 Posts
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
On July 29 2012 19:56 Wolfik wrote: Is gangnam style a SC2 anthem right now or what ? I hope it is, sick tune :D quickly becoming one of, if not the most successful Kpop song from an international point of view, and organizers know it, so they expose it a lot | ||
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
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[17]Purple
United Kingdom3489 Posts
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. Yeah, they should get it right and say "Nerds get together to watch Starcraft" | ||
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Gosi
Sweden9072 Posts
With that said, gotta go to a BarCraft or an event and rock it to Gangnam live. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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. So true! Pretty freaking awesome how much exposure barcraft is getting ^^ Spread the good news ;D | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On July 29 2012 19:58 [17]Purple wrote: Yeah, they should get it right and say "Nerds get together to watch Starcraft" Honestly both nerd and geek are pretty bad :/ Just because Nick and Dan have gone on trying to make 'nerd' something good, doesn't mean the public views nerd and geek differently. It's practically the same. | ||
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Alala-P
34 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 29 2012 20:26 Euronyme wrote: Honestly both nerd and geek are pretty bad :/ Just because Nick and Dan have gone on trying to make 'nerd' something good, doesn't mean the public views nerd and geek differently. It's practically the same. It depends on where you're from I think. In general I think it has been getting better but the meaning of those words definitely depends on the demographic and whatnot. But yeah both nerd and geek aren't exactly fantastic haha. I think, technically speaking, geek is supposed to be better but I'm not sure; geek just meaning someone who is into computers/tech usually and nerd meaning someone who cares too much about studies (to use the more derogatory defintions). | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On July 29 2012 20:41 Aerisky wrote: It depends on where you're from I think. In general I think it has been getting better but the meaning of those words definitely depends on the demographic and whatnot. But yeah both nerd and geek aren't exactly fantastic haha. I think, technically speaking, geek is supposed to be better but I'm not sure; geek just meaning someone who is into computers/tech usually and nerd meaning someone who cares too much about studies (to use the more derogatory defintions). I think both immidiately bring up an image of a pimply, pasty, white single man who lives in his mom's basement and spends all his time in front of his computer for a lot of people. There's another definition for people involved in e-sports. Especially so after normal looking casters and interviewed members of the crowd identify themselves as 'nerds', but it's still a very derogatory term to use in a TV broadcast I would think. This clip was really good though other than that! Gangnam style! haha ^^ | ||
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Leyra
United States1222 Posts
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MapleFractal
Canada307 Posts
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. The power of alcohol! ;D | ||
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