The matches today were exciting, and a whole crapload of people there!
Glad to see those who made it!
Also CHILL GET OUT (highlight of the evening jk Chill)

Angelo Corsino

Canada16 Posts

May 16 2011 20:57 GMT

#182

Hey word on the street says that Tastetosis will be at MLG columbus, are you guys still organizing a bus?

TravisMcNasty

Canada22 Posts

May 16 2011 21:14 GMT

#183

that would be unreal to go to MLG columbus

Inquisitor

Canada253 Posts

May 17 2011 01:27 GMT

#184

Id be interested in join the KoTH, although im plat. (i should be Diamond any game now...dont know why its taking so long since im already rank 1 in my ladder, and have been beating mostly diamond players for the past week :S )

IRL_Sinister

Ireland621 Posts

May 18 2011 12:00 GMT

#185

Hey guys!

** I apologise in advance if this post seems, in any way, ignorant! **

Anyway, just a quick background: I'm an Irish citizen who has been brought up "in the good times". Well, in 2 weeks I finish exams and I simply won't be able to get a job.... can't even get a job as a cashier or on minimum wage or anything. I really don't want to get social welfare benefits because I'm an extremely hard-working individual. As a result, I applied for a Canadian Working Permit (accepted!) and I'll be flying over to Toronto on June 8th in search of work.

I just got a few questions for the Toronto community here.

You guys have the strangest addresses () and all I know about the place I'm going to is that "The closest subway stop to the apartment is Dundas West (and then a quick ride down the 504 streetcar to Roncesvalles Avenue)." (According to the Landlord). I'm just wondering how "close" is this to downtown Toronto and the biggest gaming cafés?

2.
I know you guys have a pretty massive SC2 scene (because of University of Waterloo I'm guessing?) and as an ex-professional ("professional") WC3 player I'm just wondering are there events regularly; LANs, meetups, etc?

3.
What's the internet quality like in Toronto? I'm not bringing my desktop over, so I intend to invest in a PC eventually once I'm making some money (because my laptop is on its last legs). What's a fairly decent price, etc. Any recommendations on where to look at obtaining a PC (I'm literally only looking for something that will play SC2 on lowest settings without FPS drops)

4.
If there's any local "teams" or competitive clans or even just a more casual/social teams (outside of the Universities, I guess) I'd love to hear from you. I won't go into details too much now but in terms of commitment and previous experience I'm right up there. Of course, I also have an EU account and will be investing in a NA account when I get over there Have had relatively decent success, thus far, in the UK/IE Scene considering I've been preparing for finals!

5.
Is there anything else that I could know, about SC2, that might be of benifit?

6.
Any advice for someone who's extremely work-oriented in search of work in the Toronto area?

Thanks in advance to anyone who has some help, information or advice and I apologize if this is the wrong thread, inappropriate topic or seemed totally ignorant.

Ice S.

Canada41 Posts

May 18 2011 17:25 GMT

#186

Your post is a) not ignorant b) not inappropriate. As a community we are supposed to help each other out and the Toronto SC2 community, I'll bet, is one of the most open and friendly ones in the world.

I'll PM you some details later on.

bonifaceviii

Canada2890 Posts

May 18 2011 17:44 GMT

#187

1. If you're gonna be living on Roncesvalles, that's close enough to downtown to get there easily. Taking the subway into Koreatown or the 506 College streetcar to the U of T campus will get you pretty close to where most of the downtown action is (the stuff happening up near Finch subway will take you a long ride to get to).

2. There are LANs damn near every week in the aforementioned North York area; less often downtown.

3. You can get internet as fast as you like here; the infrastructure is solid. If you want to build a gaming PC I'd reccommend one of the many computer stores near the intersection of College and Spadina (which, coincidentally, is the same area where a lot of the U of T LANs happen).

4. Someone else will be able to help you with that; I'm not involved as much as I want to be.

5. Not that I can think of, but again I'm not very involved.

6. Find a specialized staffing agency for your particular field. General staffing agencies are not very useful, but if you have extensive experience in a particular job there's most likely a boutique staffing agency in Toronto that is looking for people with your particular skill set.

Feel free to PM me and I'll help you as best I can (although I'll be out of town the week you fly in, lol)

IRL_Sinister

Ireland621 Posts

May 19 2011 23:01 GMT

#188

Sweet, thanks a lot for the replies. I'll delve a bit further into when I get there

Impervious

Canada4200 Posts

May 20 2011 13:56 GMT

#189

Hey, guys, I'm in Guelph, and I'm looking for a way to the MLG. I won't have access to a vehicle, but I'd be able to share driving, and would obviously be up for splitting gas/hotel costs if someone is driving and is looking for someone else to come along (and wouldn't mind driving a bit out of the way to pick me up).

Pycckuu

Canada77 Posts

May 20 2011 18:20 GMT

#190

We will be hosting a KOTH tournament Nov 24th at 8pm, anyone who is interested please join channel Toronto. This event will be streamed! Come watch Toronto clash!

ShinyGerbil

Canada519 Posts

May 20 2011 18:57 GMT

#191

I know there are a lot of people interested in MLG columbus, i'd just like to say that i'm planning to greyhound from toronto to columbus departing 9:30am on thursday, i'd be up for getting a group together. pm me if you're interested in joining the trek! lonely 11 hour bus rides are not great =(

ZiegFeld

351 Posts

May 23 2011 01:36 GMT

#192

On May 21 2011 03:57 ShinyGerbil wrote:
I know there are a lot of people interested in MLG columbus, i'd just like to say that i'm planning to greyhound from toronto to columbus departing 9:30am on thursday, i'd be up for getting a group together. pm me if you're interested in joining the trek! lonely 11 hour bus rides are not great =(

May possibly take you up on that. $70 dollars for a SC2 ticket, a motel to stay and plus the Greyhound could amount to a $250 trip...I'll see.

Ice S.

Canada41 Posts

May 25 2011 01:41 GMT

#193

KOTH hill is live and casted at http://www.justin.tv/ruskiesc2

Join in!

AerialViper

Canada7 Posts

May 25 2011 05:28 GMT

#194

Thank you very much to the casters and the people who organized it!

Job well done ^_^ lots of fun

Pycckuu

Canada77 Posts

May 25 2011 17:33 GMT

#195

Tell your friends =D we'll be doing this more often!!

thatdudecalledZZ

Canada36 Posts

May 27 2011 12:13 GMT

#196

On May 19 2011 02:44 bonifaceviii wrote:
There are LANs damn near every week in the aforementioned North York area

Votttt?! Where are these LANs you speak of?!

57 Corvette

Canada5941 Posts

May 27 2011 12:46 GMT

#197

Hmm, I'm on the other side of the lake, Might come over to TO some time for a LAN or two.

dr0pship

Canada520 Posts

May 28 2011 21:07 GMT

#198

Hi, if anyone from toronto starcraft community is interested in a viewing meetup for the MSL semi-finals check out this thread:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=227490

obesechicken13

United States10467 Posts

May 28 2011 21:10 GMT

#199

Hey you got my email at the TSL finals at MollyBlooms.

edit: I didn't talk to anyone at the event. I kinda wish the events were more social for people without starcraft friends.

Verror

261 Posts

May 28 2011 21:39 GMT

#200

On May 29 2011 06:10 obesechicken13 wrote:
Hey you got my email at the TSL finals at MollyBlooms.

edit: I didn't talk to anyone at the event. I kinda wish the events were more social for people without starcraft friends.

I don't have any local starcraft friends (and all my barfly friends were busy >.>) but i did get to talk to a ton of ppl, just need to go up and say Hi! Every1 there was happy to talk starcraft =D