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Topic: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..

Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy Posts: 33,712 Registered: Aug 11, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 32,596 User ID: 829,780	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	First of all you and your friends will munch down on a three course dinner because you all know you're there for 6h's You will all get horrendously drunk by the 4th hour.. The few girls who are single in the restaurant will flock to your table, because it's mostly made up of dudes in suits who are not slobs. The real nerds are sorted from the posers when they actually starts to pay more attention to the girls then the games.. You're one of those nerds that left your GF at home because you wanted a bro's night of SC2 and beer.. Barcraft is a total failure, only bring dudes who are not single... -----signature----- Europa Eternita! "Damn, Manegarm; you are HAWT!! " - Taolynn "To the everlasting glory of the infantry, Shines the name Shines the name of Rodger Young" ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME! Nein mann ich will noch nicht gehen
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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy Posts: 33,712 Registered: Aug 11, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 32,596 User ID: 829,780	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	I'm home now watching it alone.. http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/live my "gf" is asleep and told me to f'k off -----signature----- Europa Eternita! "Damn, Manegarm; you are HAWT!! " - Taolynn "To the everlasting glory of the infantry, Shines the name Shines the name of Rodger Young" ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME! Nein mann ich will noch nicht gehen
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Willingly watching somebody else play a video game is something I'll never understand. I get angry when I watch other people play games. "O.K. HURRY UP IT'S MY TURN GODDAMNIT!" -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy Posts: 33,712 Registered: Aug 11, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 32,596 User ID: 829,780	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	cobane posted: Willingly watching somebody else play a video game is something I'll never understand. I get angry when I watch other people play games. "O.K. HURRY UP IT'S MY TURN GODDAMNIT!" I get you're not into sports? -----signature----- Europa Eternita! "Damn, Manegarm; you are HAWT!! " - Taolynn "To the everlasting glory of the infantry, Shines the name Shines the name of Rodger Young" ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME! Nein mann ich will noch nicht gehen
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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy Posts: 33,712 Registered: Aug 11, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 32,596 User ID: 829,780	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	FCK! TERRANKING WON FCK HIM! -----signature----- Europa Eternita! "Damn, Manegarm; you are HAWT!! " - Taolynn "To the everlasting glory of the infantry, Shines the name Shines the name of Rodger Young" ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME! Nein mann ich will noch nicht gehen
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paulg_68 Posts: 30,961 Registered: Jul 27, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 30,669 User ID: 1,364,918	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Manegarm posted: my "gf" is asleep and told me to f'k off Those of us who are awake concur with your gf. -----signature----- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc "Everyone has a chance to become rich." - Groucho48 "Most of the human wealth on earth exists between the ears of live human beings." - theredkay1
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Manegarm posted: cobane posted: Willingly watching somebody else play a video game is something I'll never understand. I get angry when I watch other people play games. "O.K. HURRY UP IT'S MY TURN GODDAMNIT!" I get you're not into sports? Starcraft is not a sport. I can play Starcraft in my bedroom. In my underwear. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Rather or not it is a sport isn't the point, you watch it for the same reason you watch sports. I actually find video games (the few interesting ones) more engaging than your average sporting event because I understand what is going on at a very nuanced level and can turn around and put what I see in to practice myself. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	That's dumb. You're dumb. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Street Fighter has transsexual competitors. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	I read a particularly damning article a week ago on fighting game fans. I imagine that photo was taken just before they set upon it with fists of impotent yet oddly boner-inspired rage. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Was it in reference to the stupid comments that guy made during the Capcom reality show? Because the guy who made those comments is actually infamous for hitting on that trap. The even have shirts about it. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy Posts: 33,712 Registered: Aug 11, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 32,596 User ID: 829,780	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	cobane posted: Manegarm posted: cobane posted: Willingly watching somebody else play a video game is something I'll never understand. I get angry when I watch other people play games. "O.K. HURRY UP IT'S MY TURN GODDAMNIT!" I get you're not into sports? Starcraft is not a sport. I can play Starcraft in my bedroom. In my underwear. And you can play football in your underwear outside... If you compete in it it's still a sport.. Especially since the winner gets around 25k -----signature----- Europa Eternita! "Damn, Manegarm; you are HAWT!! " - Taolynn "To the everlasting glory of the infantry, Shines the name Shines the name of Rodger Young" ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME! Nein mann ich will noch nicht gehen
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Orwyn_Blackheart Posts: 2,993 Registered: Jul 26, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,923 User ID: 1,159,055	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Yossarian_42 posted: Street Fighter has transsexual competitors. Watch out Smellymotor wants to be boned by that chick -----signature----- (none)
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Here is a fun fact, the photographer is also a transsexual. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets Posts: 19,662 Registered: Jan 15, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,903 User ID: 612,352	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Can someone PM me and tell me what this thread is about? -----signature----- I had a dream. It was an incredible dream. When I awoke, I had a huge mess to clean up.
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Eternal_Midnight Posts: 19,580 Registered: May 11, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,756 User ID: 24,262	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	I find watching other people playing games to be exceptionally boring. I don't understand why you would voluntarily subject yourself to this. -----signature----- We have not inherited the Earth from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children.
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Tych2 Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar Posts: 40,411 Registered: Mar 1, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 33,378 User ID: 1,032,223	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	I have no idea what this thread is about. Is it about a video game? Sports? Dating? -----signature----- We have enough youth. What we need is a fountain of smart. Drill Anwar! Kapie Drevid in Tanks
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Eternal_Midnight posted: I find watching other people playing games to be exceptionally boring. It is a matter of competition. Nobody wants to sit and watch somebody play a single player or cooperative game just like nobody wants to watch somebody hitting balls in a batting cage or playing Golf by themselves. The games people like to watch are competitive RTS, fighting games, MOBAs, etc. There is no difference between watching two professional players playing Starcraft or Street Fighter and watching professional tennis players playing a match or two MMA fighters competing. All of the things that give real sports depth and make them interesting exist in esports as well you just have to have a game you are interested in. I can't sit through the vast majority of fighting games no matter how good the players are, but the ones I play myself and understand I can watch for hours. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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Scarne Title: Capo di Scientifico Posts: 27,710 Registered: Jul 23, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 22,798 User ID: 272,061	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Tych2 posted: I have no idea what this thread is about. Is it about a video game? Sports? Dating? It is about the video game Starcraft 2. They broadcast the finals of some major tournaments including commentators and all that jazz just like a sporting event. The "Barcraft" bit is just about a bunch of organized watch parties for those events at bars all over the place. "Bar" + "Starcraft" = "Barcraft". -----signature----- E Pluribus Unum
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets Posts: 19,662 Registered: Jan 15, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,903 User ID: 612,352	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Maybe I need to start watching this crap so I will suck less at SC2 multiplayer. -----signature----- I had a dream. It was an incredible dream. When I awoke, I had a huge mess to clean up.
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Manegarm posted: And you can play football in your underwear outside... If you compete in it it's still a sport.. Especially since the winner gets around 25k Outside being the key word. Sports are physical activities played by athletes. If you can eat a hot pocket while playing, it's probably not a sport. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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tenkly Title: Best looking Outposter. Posts: 7,339 Registered: Mar 7, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,327 User ID: 1,210,617	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	cobane posted: Manegarm posted: And you can play football in your underwear outside... If you compete in it it's still a sport.. Especially since the winner gets around 25k Outside being the key word. Sports are physical activities played by athletes. If you can eat a hot pocket while playing, it's probably not a sport. There you go being wrong again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_sports Electronic sports comprises the competitive play of video games. Other terms include competitive gaming, professional gaming, e-sport, and cybersport. The most common video game genres associated with electronic sports are real-time strategy (RTS), fighting, first-person shooter (FPS), massively-multiplayer online (MMOG), and racing. Games are played competitively at amateur, semi-professional and professional levels, and some games have organized competition in the form of leagues and tournaments. Events such as Major League Gaming (MLG), Global Starcraft II League (GSL), World Cyber Games (WCG), Dreamhack, Intel Extreme Masters,and Global StarCraft Team league (GSTL) provide both real-time casting of streamed games, and cash prizes to the winners. they also have sponsors and contracts ( hmm what else has those ?) There are a number of titles that support a professional gaming scene. Commonly, companies will use e-sports as a marketing outlet for their games, and the prizes awarded are sometimes enough to support players who compete for a living. In such cases, hundreds, thousands and even millions of dollars in prize money are turned out each year for competitors in these titles. For some games, sponsorship extends well beyond the creators of the game being played, and companies such as Intel support competition despite not being involved in the video games titles themselves. The most popular tournaments are those run by the World Cyber Games, the World e-Sports Games, and the Electronic Sports World Cup. The prize money for these events is mostly provided by the large technology corporations who sponsor the events; these companies also tend to sponsor eSports teams. A team sponsorship usually includes travel expenses and sometimes free hardware specific to that company. Although sponsorships have evolved over the years, and oftentimes only sponsoring one gamer at a timeâ€”the first all inclusive team sponsorship was given to Team Abuse in June 2000. Team Abuse was a well-respected Quake II team led by Doug 'Citizen' Suttles and a gamut of talented players [Toxic, Method, Lord Vader]. Upon their hosting of a grass roots event called Lansanity in Portland, OR Team Abuse was offered a complete sponsorship, setting precedence for many gamers to come. The Speakeasy sponsorship included a fully leased gaming studio in Lake Oswego, OR with a Speakeasy.net T1 connection. Additionally Team Abuse was sent to many CPL events, Quake Invitational League events, hosted Lansanity 2, and also found itself sending Marc 'pureluck' Naujock to the XSI Invitational in London as part of the Top 10 USA players vs the Top 10 European players tournament. Speakeasy paved the way for fully immersive corporate marketing sponsorship for professional gaming by applying merchandising, PR, grass root events, and a serious interest in the gaming community. Oh.. and a wide variety of pro leagues ( like unhh, what's that called again, a sport?) lobal Warfighter League (GWL) Team Fortress 2, Combat Arms, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Red Orchestra 2, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, any new game competition worthy. Also host events for gaming communities. North America/International 2003 Ongamenet Starleague (OSL) StarCraft Korea 2000 MBCgame Starleague (MSL) StarCraft Korea 2003 Proleague StarCraft Korea 2005 SIXAXIS Gaming COD4, Gran Turismo 5, FIFA '11, NBA 2K11, Killzone 3 Australia/New Zealand 2008 CyberGamer Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Source, StarCraft II Australia/NZ, North America 2007 Championship Gaming League Battlefield 3, Tribes: Ascend North America 2011 Major League Gaming Halo: Reach, StarCraft II, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Call of Duty: Black Ops, League of Legends, Gears of War 3 (Possible) North America 2003 Pro Gaming League Halo 3, Halo: Reach, NHL 11 North America EGL European Gaming League Xbox, PS3, PC and the worlds first competitive site to offer multiplayer mobile European 2007 AGL Asian Gaming League COD4, DoTA, SC2 - Worlds first true pan-Asian gaming league Asia 2010 ESL Extreme Masters Multiple. Changes occasionally. International 2007 ESL Major Series Multiple and not included in the "Extreme Masters" European 2007 ESL Pro Series Multiple. Changes occasionally. European 2002 European Team Fortress 2 League (ETF2L) Team Fortress 2 European 2004 NGL One Warcraft 3 and StarCraft II European Poznan Game Arena European 2004 ClanBase EuroCup European 2000 National Professional Cybersport League Russia Evolution Championship Series Multiple. Changes per year North America 2003 Athens Gaming League CS:Source, CS 1.6, Call of Duty 4, PES, DotA Allstars Greece World Cyber Games Multiple. Changes per year International 2000 E-Sports Entertainment League International Cyber Evolution Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead International Tougeki â€“ Super Battle Opera Multiple. Changes per year Japan 2003 Xtreme Professional League CS 1.6, CS:Source, COD4, America's Army, and more International 2003 Electronic Sports World Cup CS 1.6, Quake Live, WarCraft 3, Trackmania, NFS Shift, DotA, CS Female, Super Street Fighter IV, Guitar Hero 5, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty International 2000 World e-Sports Games International Total Gaming League International GOMTV Global StarCraft II League (GSL) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Korea/International 2010 North American Star League (NASL) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Heroes of Newerth North America/International 2011 iRacing.com NVIDIA Series iRacing.com International 2009 NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series iRacing.com International Formula SimRacing rFactor International Armaroli Sim Racing World Cup rFactor International Australian Cyber League (ACL) Halo: Reach, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, FIFA 12 Australia/New Zealand 2009 Regional Gaming Association Counter-Strike:Source International 2009 Oh, let's not forget they all have associations and governing bodies ( Let me guess.. sports have those right? ) Cybersports & Online Gaming Association (Singapore) [SCOGA] (Singapore) International eSport Federation (International) eSport Verband Österreich (Austria) Belgian Electronic Sport Federation (Belgium) E-sport Denmark (Denmark) Deutscher eSport Bund (Germany) Nederlandse Electronic Sport Bond (Netherlands) Swiss E-sport Federation (Switzerland) Korea e-Sports Association [Kespa] (South Korea) Taiwan eSports League (Taiwan) United Kingdom eSports Association (United Kingdom) Entertainment Consumers Association (United States/Canada) eSports Vietnam (Vietnam) Mind Sports South Africa (South Africa) Namibia Electronic Sports Association (Namibia) Versus (Brazil) France Esport Console Finnish eSports Federation (Finland) So, we have competitive leagues, major prizes, sponsors and contracts, and governing bodies /associations. just because you don't think something is competitive and considered an electronic sport, doesn't mean you're right. It means you don't know shit. -----signature----- "Sir, when you die, what shall we do? Bury you? Burn you?" "Nay. I shall be mushroomed" "You're a weird dude, Tenkly. Knife fights with women and you dress your cat up in sweater vests."- ZigmundZag
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	So it's an "electronic sport." Not a sport. Sort of like how Canada is part of North America, but isn't American. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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tenkly Title: Best looking Outposter. Posts: 7,339 Registered: Mar 7, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,327 User ID: 1,210,617	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	An electronic sport is still a sport. Notice how the word sport is still involved? -----signature----- "Sir, when you die, what shall we do? Bury you? Burn you?" "Nay. I shall be mushroomed" "You're a weird dude, Tenkly. Knife fights with women and you dress your cat up in sweater vests."- ZigmundZag
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	Electronic sports are to sports what cybering is to sex. -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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cobane Posts: 14,225 Registered: Sep 6, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,475 User ID: 376,035	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	tenkly posted: So, we have competitive leagues, major prizes, sponsors and contracts, and governing bodies /associations. It's like they have everything a real sport does! Well, except for athletes, but those aren't very important! -----signature----- "See that the men are thoroughly insulated, for we shall encounter extreme cold." - Dr. Zarkov
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GrilledCheez Title: The Lord's Balls Posts: 37,872 Registered: Mar 22, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 26,537 User ID: 1,125,840	Subject: What I learned from MLG Barcraft SC2 live..
	so wait is chess a sport too? pokemon card game? -----signature----- Another word for expensive is successful.
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