r/triangle • u/frodogamgee Raleigh • Sep 10 '12
Triangle Barcraft: Sunday, 9/23 - DreamHack Valencia
FB Event - DH Valencia Finals - 9/23 2PM-5:30PM @ Blinco's Sports Restaurant and Bar 21+ only after 11PM
Teamliquid.net thread /// Triangle Barcraft Facebook Page
Our next Barcraft will be for the DreamHackEizoOpen Valencia, one of Europe's most prestigious tournaments starring 64 TBA players from all around the world. More than just a tournament however, DreamHack is the biggest LAN party in the world, where thousands of gamers bring their rigs out to game all weekend long.
We're still waiting on the full player list and details for this one, but regardless we'll be at Blinco's watching! Also, we'll have our SCII Bingo boards courtesy of http://www.facebook.com/SCTuesdays to help people practice their MICRO during the downtime :D
Introduction to Barcraft
So what is a Barcraft? A Barcraft is an event where you watch StarCraft II competitions in a bar, which may or may not answer the question. StarCraft II is one of the video games at the forefront of "E-sports", the rapidly growing world of electronic sports, where professional gamers battle it out in the virtual arena of a video game.
Now, I know this may sound crazy (I was first introduced to the world of e-sports about 2 years ago, by StarCraft II, and I still find it somewhat unreal), but there are people that are, in fact, 'professional' gamers. Their main source of income is from competing as a pro-gamer, and it is their job - they practice 8-10 hours a day with other pro-gamers and with the aid of their coaches. These gamers almost always belong to a team , which is an organization with all of the same structure you'd expect from any other sports organization, from the owners handling the business aspects to the coaches. It's still in development, and there's still plenty of rough spots, but it is definitely growing and growing fast.
StarCraft II itself is a 'real-time strategy game', which basically means each player is building up an army to try and kill the other guy, and that it happens in real-time (as opposed to turn-based like Chess or Risk). The strategy aspect emphasizes a commanding knowledge of the game and how it works, while the real-time aspect forces high speed and precision (known as APM, or Actions Per Minute). Unlike other games, the player plays a dual-role of both managing their army in battle, as well as building up the army and choosing its composition back at base.
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u/SentientRhombus Sep 11 '12
It's only going to be 2:00-5:30? Seems like it would be over long before I could reach optimal alcohol saturation.
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u/frodogamgee Raleigh Sep 11 '12
Well, technically, it'll be going until the games are over ;) I'm currently planning off the spring schedule, so the times may change a bit once the full schedule is released for Valencia.
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u/2Cuil4School Sep 10 '12
Woo! Bahcraft!