Archive for April, 2011
Discussing locality
I’m glad to see var1ables take the local scene discussion and run with it a bit. I grow up in a growing city in southern California. Together with a neighboring city there is a total population of 203,000 people in this city, most of them young. And by young i mean middle school-high school-college age. [...]
Live keekercast (experimental) #5 – iDemise vs New Directions match commentary
Archived audio and TF2 replays included after the break.
Keekercast #4 – Patrick ‘chobopeon’ O’Neill
Direct link for download/RSS convenience Embedded player included after the break.
The streaming video arms race in gaming
…is entirely pointless. I know, I know, this is coming from a former participant (and leader for a short while at least, I’d argue) in said arms race. You could chalk this post up to being a bitter loser; fine, I can’t stop you. The reason why I voluntarily dropped out of this race because [...]
On esports unity
For all their talk about how great and open minded their community is, i haven’t seen any cross community tournaments which are coming out of the Starcraft community. I see CS leagues, like ESL’s IEM and the ESEA league, sponsoring Starcraft events, quake events like ESWC stepping in an providing support. Hell even the close [...]
No fly zone
“it’s your responsibility to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.” Don’t be a fly on the wall. Don’t be afraid of being shot down. Don’t be intimidated. Put yourself out there, a constant exchange of ideas clarifies the path, paves a road to the destination. In other [...]
Fit for television
I want to revisit the relationship between sports and television. What touched this subject off, as a refresher, was the article on Sixjax referenced here. Was thinking about this on my commute in on Friday. I want to take a look at one response in particular: Out of respect of the author… I am removing [...]
US shutters online poker, impact to gaming?
I think gaming is pretty safe, folks. Gonna be honest, I expect more from Slasher than jumping straight to the sensational. Here: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc109/h4954_enr.xml Scroll down towards the bottom, starting around section 801, and particularly section 5362 just below (out of order, I’m assuming numbered in the order they were amended to the bill). The sorts [...]
