Tuesday, January 19, 2010

TV to make a Nerd Happy

So I was totally geeking out last weekend. I had hooked my laptop up to the TV and was watching TSL live (or as live as it was). Nerd heaven!

The games were reasonably good and will probably only get better as the tournament goes on. And I like the commentators, even if I don’t quite agree on everything they say.

nerdtv

I may suck at the game, but it is absolutely not true that the level shown here is anywhere near the level in Korea. It may be more unpredictable due to less uniformity in strategy and nerves of people not used to playing in tournaments, but you rarely see Koreans completely screw up like we sometimes see among foreigners.

All in all the entertainment was still great. I only wish I some of my friends appreciated Starcraft enough for me to invite them over for Starcraft-on-TV and a beer. Alas Starcraft is still a minor thing here.

9 comments:

  1. I don't recall receiving an invitation?! Ask me next time, i am open to any geek+beer combination i can think of!

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  2. You are welcome next time Goenken. Here is a link to the RO16 brackets if you want to study it before it all begins: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=110000

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  3. Kids are ill atm. but you're welcome out here in the suburbs. What time are the matches?

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  4. Usually at 20:00 CET. Always delayed a bit so 20:30'ish

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  5. It's hella tough reaching Korean level in this game if not damn near impossible. those folks are maniacs over there...

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  6. I suck at it too... I thought I was good at it, then went online and had my behind handed to me by some Korean kids... it was sobering and it felt like crap...

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  7. Hmm, those two last comments seem so real, but I fear they are just link-spam reaching a new level? How do I figure out what it really is?

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  8. Kristian No Url JacksonJanuary 23, 2010 at 1:18 AM

    You've been had by the indians as well :)

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  9. Well I saw a game on saturday around midnight. The zerg player sucked hard, and it was over in about 10-15 minutes. Should have been over in 5 since the terran player just stood outside of the empty zerg base looking... Meh..

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