EPTTRIANGLE BARCRAFT TONIGHT (12/1) FOR GSL CODE S FINALS STARTS AT 8:30PM!
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GSL Code S Finals
- Event Links:
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- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
Sunday, Dec 02 1:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) - 04:30 GMT (+00:00) Blinco's is 21+ only after 11PM! - What:
It's a late night Barcraft, as we've got the GSL Code S finals coming to America for the second time ever, and they'll be happening at IPL5 in Vegas! Given the times, that means we'll be Barcrafting it up pretty late - it depends on how well the players cooperate, but we could easily be going into the wee hours of the morning with this thing
This is looking to be one of the last events of the year we'll be able to Barcraft, so make sure to make it out if you can!
The GSL Finals themselves are shaping up to be quite the event, with all four of the players remaining surprise upsets to make it this far. We have two Zergs - TSL_HyuN, a Zerg player from the BW era who's shown some amazing play in the last few seasons, finally making it (almost) all the way, and MVP_Sniper, a solid Zerg player who simply has never managed to shine, until now. And we have two Terrans - STX_INnoVation, a solid Terran player from the KESPA teams, one of TL's elephants in the room, and Axiom's Ryung, another absolutely rock solid Terran who's also never managed to make it this far into the GSL tournament, despite a solid macro playstyle with very few holes. All four of these players could take the Code S trophy, depending on how they play. It's a little sad (and odd) to see the Protoss fall as early and as quickly as they did, given how strong they've been lately, but we've got a semi-finals and potentially a grand finals harking back to the original days of the GSL and the many great battles between Terran and Zerg opponents in their finals.
The schedule for the Barcraft should be:
9:30PM - Initial set up and streaming.
10PM - Start watching some of the GSL World All-Stars tournament from 10PM-11PM as a warmup.
11PM - The GSL Code S Finals begin! - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness. Be sure to update our Reddit threads on /Triangle and /Barcraft, linked below! - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit Thread
/Barcraft Reddit Threat
Other Events in the Triangle Area
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- Where: Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060
- When: Every Tuesday at 23:30 GMT (+00:00) (7:30PM EDT) to 03:00 GMT (+00:00) (11PM EDT) Open to all ages until 11PM
- What: BYOC LAN Party, at a sports bar :D From the original blog post by Joe:
+ Show Spoiler +So here’s the deal. If you know what Starcraft is then you should already be Baneling bursting with excitement and making plans to attend. If you play on your laptop like me, then bring it. If you’ve got a desktop, and you are comfortable bringing your setup then by all means, Bring It. The monitor too. I want nothing more than to have players in the same physical space playing the game of Starcraft and getting a sense of the community around this game. If you can’t make it out then log in online, join the “SCTuesdays” group, and play with us. Online forums and in-game chat are great but they lack a significant amount of personal substance when there’s no foundational face-to-face interaction underneath it. So if you can, come out. Play. Watch. Eat. Have fun. If it stays popular, maybe we’ll even stream some pro tourney matches and have a real Barcraft, but that can’t happen if no one comes.
Now if you don’t play Starcraft and think that this isn’t for you, allow me to reprogram you. Blincos is a SPORTS BAR. There’s plenty of things to do besides watch a bunch of nerds play computer games. The food is fantastic and inexpensive. They have 2 pool tables, some arcade games, about 40 flat screen TVs playing all kinds of sports, and oh yeah, a FULL SERVICE BAR! By all means, come and just experience what an awesome place Blincos is as a sports bar. Who knows, maybe you might even take up a small interest in Starcraft if you watch a game or two. I just want to get as many people there as I possibly can. You do not have to play Starcraft to come. First and foremost this event is about building a sense of community and connecting with people. If for no other reason, just come to hang out!
If you can't bring your PC, don't worry - you can still hang out with your fellow SC2 & e-sports fans, and maybe even hop in-game on someone else's PC, as folks are pretty awesome about sharing. Do keep in mind that this is a bar & restaurant, so be mindful of food/drinks near the electronics. - SCTuesdays now has a FB page! Go check it out, like it, and share with friends and enemies alike :D - Pictures from the first event! - Note that we've since moved into a bigger room, see next album
- Pictures from Past SCTuesdays events
Contact Info
James/Gamgee can be reached in-game as Gamgee.657, by email at jimmy@knightsofvalour.info, on Reddit at frodogamgee, and on TeamLiquid at frodogamgee.
Joe/JerryRigginz can be reached in-game as JerryRigginz.174, by email at josephomiller@gmail.com, on Reddit at jerryrigginz, and on Team Liquid as jerryrigginz.
If you have any questions feel free to contact either of us or pop into the Battle.net chat channel "TriangleSC".
Links
TriangleBCraft on Twitter
Triangle BarCraft on Facebook
TriangleStarcraft on Reddit
The old TL.net thread
Previous Events
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- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
SCII Tournament: Tuesday, May 15 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and Saturday, May 19 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - What:
More details TBA, but here's the bare bones:
24 Participants. $8 registration fee. Free to watch.
Format: Best of 3 until the Finals, Best of 5.
1st place: $100
2nd place: $50
Joe also created an awesome flyer that you can find on his blog.
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Raleigh Triangle BarCraft!- Event Links:
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- GSTL Finals, 4/7 - IPL4 Finals, 4/8 - Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
GSTL Finals - Sunday, Apr 08 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) to 04:00 GMT (+00:00) Open to all ages until 11PM Confirmed, starting at 8PM!
IPL4 Finals - Sunday, Apr 08 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) to 03:00 GMT (+00:00) Open to all ages until 11PM
Unfortunately, due to the rules of the venue, everyone under 21 has to be out by 11PM - What:
Watching StarCraft II pro-gamers battle it out live, in a bar! Saturday late night will be the GSTL finals, being held outside of Korea for the first time ever, and one of the few chances we'll have to hold a BarCraft for a Korean event. There's a reason that Korean pro-gamers are so feared, and we'll get to see 'em in action. The very next day, starting at 7PM (which is a good thing, given how late the GSTL might run), we'll have the IPL4 Finals streaming to the bar as well. Both events will be held in their ginormous 'Canes room, with three big HDTV's. Grab your friends, have them grab their friends, be sure to come out for two great events that'll make this an awesome weekend of StarCraft! - How can I help?
Flyers will be here Soon (TM). Put them up everywhere you can! Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know; sign up for the Facebook events as well and share with your friends! - Other Sites:
Reddit /BarCraft Thread - Upvote so we get more people seeing it!
Reddit /Triangle Thread - Upvote so we get more eyeballs from the Triangle on it!
Reddit /TriangleStarCraft Thread
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Raleigh Triangle BarCraft!- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
MLG Spring Arena - Sunday, Apr 22 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - What:
Back to the bar to watch some more great SCII play. For the Spring Arena, MLG has gone all out, putting together an amazing gathering of casters which combined with their high production values should make for one hell of a show. They even have an analyst from each race (Sheth, QXC, and Axslav) to break down the match up after each game. Even with a small pool of only eight players, this should definitely be a solid event (and c'mon, everyone wants to see the inevitable MKP vs. DRG finals). - How can I help?
Flyers are HERE!. Put them up everywhere you can! Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know; sign up for the Facebook events as well and share with your friends! - Other Sites:
Reddit /Triangle thread - Upvote and spread the word!
iBarCraft Page
Barcrafts Page
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Raleigh Triangle BarCraft!- Event Links:iBarcraft - GSL 2012 Season 2 Finals
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iBarcraft- MLG Spring Arena 2 Semi-Finals & Finals - Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
GSL Finals (from VODs) - Sunday, May 20 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) - Blinco's is 21+ only after 11PM
MLG Spring Arena 2 - Sunday, May 20 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - What:
An amazing packed weekend of StarCraft! Right after the SCTuesdays Open Tournament wraps up on Saturday night, we'll start up the VOD's from the GSL finals from the night before for GSL 2012 Season 2. The Global Starcraft League is consistently the best SCII tournament around, with the top players in the world fighting for the prestige of a GSL championship (and the money ain't bad either). TL did a great writeup as usual about the upcoming finals - check it out at http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=336672, if you somehow missed it until now (although mind the spoilers).
Spring Arena 1 was a great event, and Spring Arena 2 should be even better - the player pool has grown from 8 to 32 participants, although only five are known at this time. The casters have been announced, and the broadcast details & casters revealed, so check them out here! I guess TB did have a good excuse for not making it up here :D There'll also be eight POV streams, instead of the four from last arena, covering every single game being played (even if it isn't being casted). While this won't affect us on Sunday, it'll still make watching it the rest of the weekend a helluva thing. - How can I help?
We're still planning out this BarCraft, but we should have flyers up soon - put them up everywhere you can! Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know; sign up for the Facebook events as well and share with your friends! - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit thread - Upvote so we get more people seeing it!
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Raleigh Triangle BarCraft!- Event Links:
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- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
MLG Spring Championships - Sunday, Jun 10 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - What:
It's been a few weeks to rest and recover and now it's time for the next Triangle Barcraft! Since this MLG is happening on the west coast, things are getting started a bit later than we're used to on a Sunday, so make sure you note the later time - of course, if you want to come in at 2PM like normal and start the party early, I doubt Blinco's would mind Our last few Barcrafted events have been the MLG Spring Arenas, so there'll be some familiar faces in the competition, but as this is one of the MLG Championship events there's always that element of the unknown thanks to the Open Bracket, allowing anyone to compete. While historically speaking it's rare for a challenger to actually make their way through the open bracket up into the finals... it has happened before! Not only will we have the MLG Spring Championship to watch, but we'll also have the Blizzard US Nationals going on at the same venue as well. They've split up their broadcasting so as not to overlap each other, and the schedule of Barcraftin' will be as follows:
6PM EDT - MLG Championship Loser's Finals (If you want to get started a little early, we'll be set up by 6 :D )
7PM EDT - Blizzard US National Finals
8-9PM EDT Start - MLG Championship Grand Finals
Also, we'll have our SCII Bingo boards courtesy of SCTuesdays to help people practice their MICRO during the downtime :D - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness. Once we get the details hashed out, we should have flyers up - put them up everywhere you can. Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know - main thing as always is spread the word - there's tons of nerds spread throughout the Triangle, and it's up to us to rally the Swarm! (*cough* no, no bias here) - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit Thread
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NASL Grand Finals & WCS Canadian National Finals
- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
Sunday, Jul 15 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - WCS Canadian National Finals
Sunday, Jul 15 11:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - NASL Grand Finals - What:
Another massive multi-tournament event, being held in Toronto, which will contain three separate events:
NASL Season 3 Grand Finals - The Top 16 players of the season compete for the Season 3 championship!
Blizzard WCS Canadian Nationals - The Top 32 Canadian players compete for a modest prize pool and more importantly, a spot in the Blizzard WCS North American Continental tournament, given to the Top 10 players of the Nationals.
CSL Canadian Championships - The Top 4 Canadian collegiate teams compete for the title of CSL Canadian Champion! Unfortunately they'll be finishing up around 1PM Sunday, so we won't be able to catch the CSL action.
I'll be showing up an hour early at 5PM, to start setting up the hardware, so feel free to come out a little early and watch some SCII action!
Also, we'll have our SCII Bingo boards courtesy of SCTuesdays to help people practice their MICRO during the downtime :D - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness. Once we get the details hashed out, we should have flyers up - put them up everywhere you can. Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know - main thing as always is spread the word - there's tons of nerds spread throughout the Triangle, and it's up to us to rally the Swarm! (*cough* no, no bias here) - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit Thread
/Barcraft Reddit Thread
MLG Summer Championships - Raleigh!
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- Where:
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh NC - When: Saturday, Aug 25 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Dinner @ The Oxford
Sunday, Aug 26 2:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brunch @ TBA
And watching awesome awesome games all weekend long! - What:
TLDR: Follow @SCTuesdays on Twitter, and TriangleBarcraft & SCTuesdays on Facebook for the most up to date information on gatherings, foods, and other TriangleSC/SCTuesdays/TriangleBarcraft events during the tournament. RSVP if you'd like to go to the two scheduled gatherings so we can let the restaurants know how many to expect. Use the hashtag #TriangleSC on Twitter to let everyone know stuff (and #MLGRaleigh to let everyone know where you're having fun at :D )
We're all looking forward to MLG Raleigh this weekend and we've got a pretty sizable group attending! Thanks to that, MLG will be giving us a shout out on Twitter for sure and maybe even a live shout out at the event, so congratulations for helping make that happen with your RSVP 8) Now here are some VERY IMPORTANT details that you'll need to know to be in the loop this weekend:
Communication is key. We'll be using the Triangle Barcraft and SCTuesdays Facebook pages as well as the SCTuesdays Twitter account (@SCTuesdays) for updates, alerts and announcements and to post pictures and polls. Make sure you 'Like' and Follow them all so you don't miss anything. On Twitter, we'll be using the hashtag #TriangleSC to help categorize our tweets, so if you have a question or need to know where people are or what's going on, send your tweet with the hashtag #TriangleSC so we can easily find it and reply back to you quickly
We'll be tweeting about things you'll want to know like what's happening at the venue, who's going where and when to get food, and where to meet for group photos each day, (we plan to only take 1 big group photo per day so please come out for those). We'll even tweet if there are seats available in the crowd so you can snag one if you want it. These are all things you can do as well, just be sure to use the hashtag #TriangleSC. All that having been said, make sure you check your smartphone Often or stick with someone who has one so you'll be in the know about what's going on when and where.
We know that people may go off to eat in small groups and at different times throughout the day but you never know who may want to tag along so please Tweet when you Eat! Use the #TriangleSC hashtag and just let everyone know where you're headed and when you're leaving. The Dr. Pepper booth and the open areas in the lobby of the Convention Center (CC) are great places to meet up before heading out.
We're organizing 1 group dinner this Saturday and 1 group brunch this Sunday. Saturday's dinner is tentatively set for 6pm at The Oxford, which is a very short walk from the CC. We're making a reservation for that so let us know if you'd like to join us. We'll have plenty of time to get back for the WCS Finals at 8pm that day so no worries. The time for Sunday's brunch is TBA for now but it will either be at Tir Na Nog downtown or at IHOP. We'll let you know when we settle on a time so be sure to let us know if you'd like to join us for that as well.
That's all for now. Sorry for the length on this one, the most important thing to take away is to check for updates often and use the hashtag #TriangleSC when tweeting! If you need anything, Tweet! If you have a question, Tweet! If you need a traveling buddy, Tweet! If you're excited, Tweet! If you've gotta pee, Don't Tweet!
Thanks for reading, this is going to be a lot of fun! See you all on Friday 8) - Other Sites:
/TriangleStarCraft Reddit Thread
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TSL4 Finals
- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
Saturday, Sep 08 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - 22:00 GMT (+00:00) - What:
A tournament with a proud, noble heritage as one of the longest running and high quality 'foreigner' tournaments, the TSL is currently in the Round of 8. The mainstays and established winners have all been eliminated, and now's the chance for some brand new players to prove they're worthy of a major tournament win. Find more info at their website, http://www.teamliquidstarleague.com.
I'll be showing up at 1:30 PM to start setting up the hardware, so feel free to come out a little early and watch some SCII action!
Also, we'll have our SCII Bingo boards courtesy of SCTuesdays to help people practice their MICRO during the downtime :D MICRO boards are $1 and give a chance to win some of the awesome prizes available thanks to our sponsors! - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness. Once we get the details hashed out, we should have flyers up - put them up everywhere you can. Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know - main thing as always is spread the word - there's tons of nerds spread throughout the Triangle, and it's up to us to rally the Swarm! (*cough* no, no bias here) - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit Thread
/Barcraft Reddit Thread
Raleigh Triangle BarCraft!![[image loading]](http://open.dreamhack.se/images/9304-valencia.jpg)
DreamHack Valencia Finals
- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
Sunday, Sep 23 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - 21:30 GMT (+00:00) - What:
Our next Barcraft will be for the DreamHackEizoOpen Valencia, one of Europe's most prestigious tournaments starring 64 TBA players from all around the world. More than just a tournament however, DreamHack is the biggest LAN party in the world, where thousands of gamers bring their rigs out to game all weekend long.
Full player list has been released, check it out at http://www.dreamhack.es/en/news/noticias/lista-completa-de-participantes-de-eizo-open/ - sadly no Scarlett, but there's a ton of great players at this one! Still waiting on schedule to confirm times. - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness. Once we get the details hashed out, we should have flyers up - put them up everywhere you can. Be sure to upvote the Reddit thread and tell everyone you know - main thing as always is spread the word - there's tons of nerds spread throughout the Triangle, and it's up to us to rally the Swarm! (*cough* no, no bias here) - Other Sites:
/Triangle Reddit Thread
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MLG Fall Championship
More info coming soon!
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DreamHack Winter Grand Finals
- Event Links:
- Where:
Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27611-7132, (919) 785-5060 - When:
Saturday, Nov 24 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - 01:00 GMT (+00:00) - What:
Dreamhack is shaping up to be a solid European event, and it comes just in time to tide us over the holidays. Sorry for the last minute notice, we just found out about this event last week, and it took some time to confirm we'd have space at Blinco's and folks interested in coming to the Barcraft :D
Dreamhack is the world's biggest LAN, where thousands upon thousands of nerds crowd into Jonkoping, Sweden for a huge digital festival encompassing almost all things computer-related. While there's a huge amount of community tournaments going on as well at the festival, one of the big features is the e-sports competitions where the premiere gaming pros battle it out! The matches will actually begun on Thursday, something to keep in mind if you need something a little more exciting than Football for the family entertainment
On Saturday, the Grand Finals begin at 6PM EDT, with a ceremony beginning around 5:30PM, so we'll be there from 5PM until the Finals are over with. We're expecting this to be a smaller Barcraft, given the holidays and that quite a few folks are out of town, tied into family plans, etc, but it's still certain to be a good time - c'mon out, have a few beers with your fellow e-sports nerds, and join us in being thankful that this crazy, crazy idea of e-sports is as big as it is :D
If you haven't seen the amazing hype trailer yet, be sure to check it out: - How can I help?
Follow the Triangle Barcraft facebook page and post any ideas there, or just share it and spread the word about awesome Barcrafting-ness.
