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On April 12 2011 08:25 NexUmbra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 24 2011 20:05 resilve wrote:
Not even funny how little scene there is here - even in the major cities I have lived in Leeds, BRadford, now Sheffield) there are no gaming cafes, let alone proper net cafes.
Gaming here is seriously all console... at my school of all my friends (nevermind friends, just people I know a little bit about, all have a xbox/PS3 and play COD like a fanatic  ) at my school I was quite happy when I heard one of my close friends talking about starcraft to an other friend of mine... only to find out they play 2v2  Kinnda wierd how UK starcraft scene is pretty bad when in reality ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/uLhEJ.jpg) UK is 5th :O
looking at that though, we should be about where canada is... but we really aren't!
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Diamond player from Southend on Sea, Essex, feel free to add me, im ApFurio #105
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On April 11 2011 22:51 yarders wrote:Show nested quote +On March 24 2011 06:59 Sophisticado wrote:
i live in New Malden (also known as korea town) and i only no two other people in that area who like sc2... XD I'm next to New Malden in Kingston. There are a few people around who play. I play in a regular lan game in East London but its only Brood War.
oh wow, im currently at kingston uni and only one of my friends has ever played starcraft, its all cod and fifa here
edit: im dean.452 if anyone wants some games :D
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Master Leaguer from Wales.
XiVol 449
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Not even funny how little scene there is here - even in the major cities I have lived in Leeds, BRadford, now Sheffield) there are no gaming cafes, let alone proper net cafes.
Back in the day they were everywhere, full with nerds playing 1942 and 1.6, over the last 10 years they've slowly closed down, now there's only a few left.
It's all because of the consoles.... Most people transitioned when Xbox Live came out.
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avidity.870
diamond protoss looking for practice partners from the UK 
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Posted this in the teams thread, but I guess some people might not see it there.
In the process of starting a UK based team with a couple of mates. All 3 of us are diamond league at the moment, myself being Zerg, plus another Zerg and a Terran. We have known each other for a number of years coming from the Counter-Strike: Source scene along with bakor, who some of you already know from UKstarcraft - http://www.ukstarcraft.net.
We also have a few other mates that play less seriously ranging from diamond to silver league that I guess could be considered part of the team too.
We are pretty chilled out guys, all in our 20's and not really interested in any drama queens, but we enjoy SC2 and would like to play the game reasonably seriously.
We have a website set up at http://www.bbagaming.net. Would be cool to see some people on there, maybe expand the team and find some team leagues in the future.
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On April 12 2011 08:25 NexUmbra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 24 2011 20:05 resilve wrote:
Not even funny how little scene there is here - even in the major cities I have lived in Leeds, BRadford, now Sheffield) there are no gaming cafes, let alone proper net cafes.
Gaming here is seriously all console... at my school of all my friends (nevermind friends, just people I know a little bit about, all have a xbox/PS3 and play COD like a fanatic ) at my school I was quite happy when I heard one of my close friends talking about starcraft to an other friend of mine... only to find out they play 2v2 Kinnda wierd how UK starcraft scene is pretty bad when in reality UK is 5th :O
5th highest doesn't mean scene is necessarily that good. There are few high calibre players, the only ones that are known around in the EU scene is Demuslim, possibly randy, pureball and Bling soon enough. The others, they're good, but not at the top EU level yet so compared to the likes of Germany, Finland, Sweden, all those other european countries we are pretty small.
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England2669 Posts
I might be able to host a TSL3 finals party after all. I need to find out from work if I'm needed and I just need to wait for the confirmed finals date. It seems likely that it will be on Sunday the 8th but as it hasn't been announced I'm not certain. For this post I'm just assuming it'll happen on the 8th. If it happens on the 15th it would be ok too. If it was the 22nd then it would have to be somewhere else (go go family wedding...)
I can host it at my house (like Last Year) which is in West Sussex and it will cost whatever travel costs then food I suppose. I can't really have that many people staying here, I think last year it was 8 people or something but we have some more free rooms this time around. I'll talk more about sleeping when I can confirm if this happening or not. We can have some laptops or PCs setup here and have some mini-LAN like last year.
The other option is that we find some LAN centre and pay out the ass for that. That would probably be in London.
So obviously I need an idea of numbers. I thought I'd throw this in this thread for now so if it doesn't happen it's less official. Check out the thread from last year to see more info on what it would be like: Clickity
Only vote in the poll if you're certain on the date. If you unsure, you can post in the thread.
Poll: Would you come to a TSL3 Finals Party in London or W.SussexYes - London LAN only (8) 80% Yes - Regardless of place (2) 20% Yes - At flicky's house only (0) 0% 10 total votes Your vote: Would you come to a TSL3 Finals Party in London or W.Sussex (Vote): Yes - Regardless of place
(Vote): Yes - At flicky's house only
(Vote): Yes - London LAN only
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Right in the middle of my exam week sadly
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On April 22 2011 21:15 Vequeth wrote:Right in the middle of my exam week sadly
Same story bro, 3 events have all ready set be back can't afford another
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UK Platinum/Diamond Terran. Feel free to add.
Angeleyes #566
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England2669 Posts
Ok, so who is up for i43?
I can finally go to an insomnia event (unless anything changes). There are early bird tickets (only £65) and group bulk buys etc. Let's sort something out.
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Im kinda hoping they will run tournaments again for free tickets.
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i can come to tsl3 lan or house
i could host (east sussex) if flicky cant, but i only have 1 room and probably have to keep noise down if its sunday night as i share the house
no experience with lans or anything here but will help where i can
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I really wish for some big SC2 LAN in the UK. Sadly I can't see it happening short of the rumours of MLG.
Plat Zerg here looking for people to practice with. PM me ^__^
VeN.660
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