Tag: starcraft
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The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 16 – The (not so) Average Podcast
Tony, Producer John, Simon and Special Guest Debbie Timmins are all over the map this time around, from early text adventures through to speculating about the new Xbox.
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StarCraft 2 eSports now with World Championship Series
Today Blizzard announced the 2013 World Championship Series will feature StarCraft II, and be split into three regions: Europe, North America, and South Korea. Major League Gaming is on board to organise the North American side of things, while the Electronic Sports League will host the European side, and GomTV/OnGameNet will host the league in…
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The Game Mechanic – Star-cracked
Ladder anxiety is definitely a thing. This blog is largely inspired by my recent experiences with the laddering system of Starcraft 2, the system that Blizzard uses to decide who faces off against who that dumps players in specific leagues depending on their decided skill-level. It has spawned a phenomenon known only as “ladder anxiety”…
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eSports
There’s been a lot of stirring controversy in the past month over the issue of eSports. By which I mean, KOTAKU has been stirring up a lot of controversy over the issue of eSports. As much as I want to berate the article and its mildly biased twisting of words – I actually want to…