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Hi TL,
I was reading my local newspaper SMH, Sydney Morning Herald, and stumbled on this article on Boxer and e-sports. I did a search and couldn't find a topic so here you go:
link: "joystick jocks
It doesn't say anything new, unfortunately, pretty much everything in it is old for most of us TLers I'd imagine. Also, this isn't the first time a media site has done something on e-sports. However, the good thing is that e-sports is getting more and more mainstream exposure, SMH being one of the major Australian newspapers/sites.
It says, 'Telegraph, London' at the bottom, but I could not find the same article on telegraph.co.uk, so I don't know if it is a repost, or it is a telegraph journalist doing some work for SMH on the side or whatever.
Read if you have time?
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Was a good article, except for Twitch being own by CBS part T_T
Oh well.
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at least there's a picture of moonglade :p
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On July 19 2013 12:54 Master of DalK wrote:
Was a good article, except for Twitch being own by CBS part T_T
Oh well.
Eh, it's not that bad.
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i was just about to post this article....thank you search function. The article was pretty decent and the fact there were pictures of boxer and moonglade was pretty sweet ( an a lil blurb on boxer too)
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On July 19 2013 16:21 JohnnyBlaze420 wrote:
i was just about to post this article....thank you search function. The article was pretty decent and the fact there were pictures of boxer and moonglade was pretty sweet ( an a lil blurb on boxer too)
Haha, Moonglade looks so massive compared to Major in that picture!
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On July 19 2013 12:54 Master of DalK wrote:
Was a good article, except for Twitch being own by CBS part T_T
Oh well.
I think you misread that part. It's GameSpot which is owned by CBS from what I understand.
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On July 19 2013 16:45 Noizhende wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2013 16:21 JohnnyBlaze420 wrote:
i was just about to post this article....thank you search function. The article was pretty decent and the fact there were pictures of boxer and moonglade was pretty sweet ( an a lil blurb on boxer too) Haha, Moonglade looks so massive compared to Major in that picture!
That's not Major, that's Yang. A protoss from Perth who now resides in melbourne (I think?). He doesn't play anymore which I think is a shame, I really miss his sense of humour.
I think it's interesting the article focused on Boxer and Yellow, both of who have been retired from Broodwar for years and that it doesn't mention that there's a Starcraft 2 now. I also think it's a bit of a shame that apart from two pictures there's absolutely no mention of the Australian competitive scene, humble as it is.
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On July 19 2013 16:58 iaguz wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2013 16:45 Noizhende wrote:On July 19 2013 16:21 JohnnyBlaze420 wrote:
i was just about to post this article....thank you search function. The article was pretty decent and the fact there were pictures of boxer and moonglade was pretty sweet ( an a lil blurb on boxer too) Haha, Moonglade looks so massive compared to Major in that picture! That's not Major, that's Yang. A protoss from Perth who now resides in melbourne (I think?). He doesn't play anymore which I think is a shame, I really miss his sense of humour.
Ooops, sry Major and Yang.
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Seems strange the website uses pounds in the currency yet still seems to be speaking from the perspective for Australians— Australians use AUD only don't they?
The other thing I thought was strange was the way they described Boxer entering and winning a game. I don't follow the pro esports news much so maybe I missed it, but the scenario described sounds a bit odd. I can't help but picture a Brood War scenario in my mind (or at least a quite old SC2 one).
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