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Recently while looking on the London Barcraft facebook page I came across this. It's a very professionally done look at the last barcraft (MLG Providence) that took place in London. It makes some of the better points for why bars/pubs should be interested in showing starcraft. Specifically the length and generally well natured fans - the comparison is against football (soccer) fans, but i'm sure it compares reasonably well across most sports.
They mention in the story how the organisers went through aproximatly 40 bars before they found one willing to show starcraft. I know from being there at almost all events that its grown hugely in propularity and the bar is making alot of money from the events. This in turn has been shown by how much more the bar has supported the organisers as each events progressed.They went from one small tv in a corner the first day up to the latest settup at this dreamhack with multiple tvs and 2 huge progection screens.
I think that anyone who is having trouble persuading places to show Starcraft could do well to point out the points raised in this, or even use it as a presentation to perspective places. The quality, and more mainstream feeling of this would probably be more palatable to people who have never heard of esports and the like.
Other then that its a nice look at the people involved in some really well run events. Hope you enjoy 
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/barcraft-lets-you-watch-pro-gamers-in-your-local-boozer-50006245/
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It's pretty incredible.. I still haven't heard of a BarCraft not turning out to be a huge success. There's money to be had by the bars that host these, and as soon as they realize that others are making bank from this, they'll do it too.
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Exciting how much mainstream coverage StarCraft/BarCraft has been receiving. Here's another recent piece on London BarCraft from Bit Tech.
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pretty good report actually ...thnx for sharing
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"Football and rugby could be living on borrowed time", haha. What a prediction he ends with.
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This is really good to see. Thanks for the link,
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So cool to know how popular barcraft has gotten, and how it might put E-sports into the mainstream.
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Love it, and they make some pretty solid points about why Barcrafts could increase in popularity. I might have to attend a local one myself. I don't drink, but, buy a little food, socialize with some like minds. It's a good way to get out of the house and still do something I love. :-)
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Great video/article! Can't wait to barcraft one day soon. "Football and rugby living on borrowed time" lol
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That's awesome great video and really well done. Well done cnet
Have to give a cheer out to the guy with the TL shirt as well!!
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The girl sitting between the guys and laughing at 0:55 look like Jena Malone. It's nice to see more exposure of esports and barcraft.
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The publicity is really nice. Someone pointed out that Losira, the player filmed whilst the voiceover talks about pro players being like pianists, can actually play piano. :3
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Good article, but not all football fans are bad! I love football and I love starcraft 
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Nice article hope this spreads
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@Trowa127 I love football and I love starcraft
Great video, need to go to one of these someday.
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They were also featured on bit-tech.net, which is quite cool because while they like games, they aren't huge on the ESPORTS thing.
Finally something I like taking over the world.
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I still can't understand that a bar would actually be interested in showing starcraft. In most european countries that would still be incredibly difficult . Gaming is still socially not cool and many people including me will not say there are gamers just because it sounds stupid, for that reason it simply wouldn't attract big crowds. Also the fans don't seem like the lucrative crowd for a bar because they don't drink much, football is simply way better to show.
In holland watching sports in a bar is unusual anyway compared to other countries and I don't see this becoming big anytime soon. I guess it could work on the days when there is nothing else going on like monday evening etc. but on friday and saturday night this just has no chance.
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United Kingdom9 Posts
On November 28 2011 00:16 Markwerf wrote:
I still can't understand that a bar would actually be interested in showing starcraft.
It's hard, the article mentions that Assembly House was the 40th pub approached, but think how much cash this generates for the bar. 200 SC2 fans in a pub for several hours, each one buying dinner (maybe even lunch) and multiple drinks. We're also less likely to start anything violent akin to football hooliganism.
For the bar's side of things, it's a hell of a lot more profitable that an hour and a half long football match.
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On November 28 2011 00:16 Markwerf wrote:
I still can't understand that a bar would actually be interested in showing starcraft. In most european countries that would still be incredibly difficult . Gaming is still socially not cool and many people including me will not say there are gamers just because it sounds stupid, for that reason it simply wouldn't attract big crowds. Also the fans don't seem like the lucrative crowd for a bar because they don't drink much, football is simply way better to show.
In holland watching sports in a bar is unusual anyway compared to other countries and I don't see this becoming big anytime soon. I guess it could work on the days when there is nothing else going on like monday evening etc. but on friday and saturday night this just has no chance.
BarCraft Netherlands
It took a while, but we're breaking the social stigma. Once you show bar owners that you can bring in a hundred paying customers, any doubt quickly disppears.
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Wow that was a good report I enjoyed it!
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