BarCraft is a grassroots movement to bring eSports to bars in every city and town throughout North America.
Join us!

On October 27 2011 02:00 Primadog wrote:
This TL summary thread effort is largely abandoned until further notice. BarCraft simply has grown way beyond my individual efforts to manage.

BarCraft has become the success I imagined it could be. That's a good thing!



Sceptical?
Maybe a little reading will change your mind:

   * Wall Street Journal - Fans Muscle Into Sports Bars to Watch Pro Videogamers Do Battle
   * Complexity Insider - MLG Raleigh Barcraft & Viewing Parties
   * Live on 3 - DJWheat to BarCraft Seattle!
   * Inside The Game E13 - iNcontroL is the sugar daddy of BarCraft
   * eSports Canada PodCast E10 - BarCrafts in Canada
   * blogTO.com - Is BarCraft Toronto the new Hockey Night in Canada?
   * DocStoc - Biz Tip: The Growth of e-Sports in North America
   * Kotaku - Forget Baseball and MMA, the Sport to Cheer for in this Bar was StarCraft
   * TeamLiquid - A Story of e-Sports, Reddit, and Booze
   * NASL.tv - NASL: Barcraft
   * Capital Hill Seattle - Hottest new club night in Pike/Pine?
   * WellPlayed.org - SanFran BarCraft Pics and Shots


MLG Raleigh, Sunday, August 28th

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BarCrafts International + Show Spoiler +
London

** London will be tuning in all three days
BarCrafts in Canada + Show Spoiler +
Charlottetown, Edmonton**, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo

** Edmonton NoodleCraft will be tuning in all three days
BarCrafts in USA + Show Spoiler +
Austin, Boston, Charleston**, Chicago*,Colorado Springs, Dallas/Denton, Denver/Boulder, Gainesville (FL), Honolulu*, Minneapolis/St Paul, NYC***, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle**, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay, Washington DC

Los Angeles area - Anaheim, Chino, Koreantown, Ventura

* Chicago will meet Saturday only; Honolulu will be meeting for GSL finals only
** Seattle and Charleston will be tuning in all three days
*** NYC canceled due to Hurricane Irene. Stay safe, everyone!



If there's a BarCraft near you, feel free to drop by!
Even if you don't plan to grab a beer, give BarCraft a shot - you might like it.


If there isn't one nearby
Search to see how far BarCraft has progressed in your city.

What are you waiting for? Start knocking on doors and posting on /r/BarCraft, TeamLiquid Community, etc, and beg for a screen at your local water tap! If you organise it, they will come! Listen to Day9' sage advice, "Stop asking for permission, go f**king do it!"



BarCraft Seattle @ Chao Bistro
+ Show Spoiler [NASL album] +

Chao Down and come chill on the Hill.

   * Time - Friday to Sunday, August 26-28nd. All day.
   * Age - All age! 21+ to drink.
   * Location - 1200 E Pike ST. 206.324.1010
   * Organizer - o_Oskar
   * Information - info, subreddit, menu
   * Community - facebook, subreddit, twitter
   * Notes - BarCraft every week Wednesday and Sunday!
   * Special Announcement - DJWheat, Twitch.tv, ESFI, NASL will make guest-appearances!

[blue]Barcraft in Singapore[/blue]

Howdy ho,

We are organizing a BARCRAFT in Singapore for MLG Providence.

Date: Saturday 19th November 2011
Time: 9.00PM SGT till 1.00AM
Venue: Molly Mallone's Irish Pub, 56 Circular Road, Singapore 04911

[sblue]Some important informations about this event:[/sblue]

    * The bar is opened for people under 18 years old.
    * Alcohol is sold for 18+ only. Don't cheat if you're under 18, i don't want to end up the barcraft at the police station.
    * I booked the place from 9PM till 1AM. The games of MLG Providence will only start at 10PM, but if you come earlier it'll be more quiet to chat a bit about starcraft and other stuff.
    * We'll have to order at least 4 food platers (for 20 people, 10bux per person), so please take at least 10bux with you for the barcraft. and don't eat before the barcraft or the food platers will all finish in the void (as know as "my stomach").
    * We'll all have to behave correctly, it is our first Barcraft and i don't want it spoiled if some people can't handle alcohol and start calling Raoul here and there (Rrrraaaaaaoooooouull)


[sblue]Why must you come to the barcraft?[/sblue]

    * Because you love starcraft
    * Because you love beer
    * Because you'll get the chance to meet and chat famous singaporean starcraft 2 players.
    * Because i'll give away free autographs
    * Because we'll discuss about the incoming events in Singapore for SC2 scene.


The room can host between 20 and 30 people, if you are interested to join this event, please let us know by posting inside this thread. It will give us a good idea of how many people may join. The more we order beer/drinks/food, happier will be the management of the bar, and the more likely we are to make again a Barcraft for next MLG.

[sblue]A small review concerning the bar:[/sblue]

"You can't possibly get more authentic than with Molly Malone's. Designed and built in Ireland, the pub was then shipped and reassembled here. It also holds the honours of being the first Irish pub to open here. Packed practically every single day of the week, it's not hard to see why this pub has become such a popular fixture in the business district - the atmosphere is always lively and exceedingly friendly, and its signature fish and chips comes in generous portions, with melt-in-your-mouth batter and crispy thick cut fries."

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[spoiler=photo intside the bar]
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[sblue]What do we need now?[/sblue]

  1. Get one laptop for the stream - EvilSWAT
  2. Get cables to connect the laptop with the TV - EvilSWAT
  3. Get someone to take photos/make video to make a nice blog/report on sc2sea
  4. Get a MLG account

So now you book your 19th november, you find any excuse for girlfriend/boyfriend/parent, and we meet at Molly Mallone's for the first Barcraft ever in Singapore.

If you have any enquiries, feel free to PM me, or post in this thread, or contact at 81232926.


[sblue]Confirmed Going:[/sblue]

  1. Frogmite
  2. nirvAnA
  3. EvilSwat
  4. Biggymon
  5. Yongming
  6. Souljah
  7. AvengerSin
  8. Incognito
  9. BaerNation
  10. ProAnn
  11. Omnicale
  12. EnragedFetus


[sblue]"Maybe" / "Probably":[/sblue]

  1. Cyanide
  2. Shortizz

I will join but u have to fetch me there with your car <3

Possible if there is someone willing to take charge of this.

But also this is quite hard to be done since sc2 isn't so popular in Malaysia.

I would love to go if there is one, but don't forget there will be timing problems too for events like MLG where it is usually like after midnight all the way until morning hours.

I wish there's one in Malaysia, but what i have to say, something that isn't supposed to happen, won't happen.

Now tell me how was the amount of people that actually really yelled or cheered during the WCG 2011 final? It's clearing showing you that it won't be possible during our WCG 2011 Malaysia Final, so little amount of people cheering for the players.

Most of the people here know nuts about how important is it to lose a single worker during the start of the game, and people thought losing workers in later game doesn't cost much.

Starcraft isn't a public content in Malaysia, people don't know hows the game like, how it supposed to be played, and yes till now i'm still seeing people in cybercafes playing with AI, and then do simcity block on their ramp 1 basing like for the whole game.

I wish there's one in Malaysia, but what i have to say, something that isn't supposed to happen, won't happen.

Trust me, it won't happen in Malaysia.

the FXO open 1 have double the number of contestants compared to WCG with quite a big crowd of spectators...

i wont use WCG as a gauge lol...

And it's people like you, with that sickening plague of pessimism that hinders efforts like these. If you want to post something that is against this effort, at least have the courtesy to make it a constructive one.

*Edit; Did you SEE the crowd in the FXO Open #1? There were at least 20 more participants compared to WCG, which, according to you, is more "open". So are you telling me that these tournaments are not generating ANY buzz at all? Are you saying that whatever they are doing has not worked out as expected?

Yes, I am perfectly well aware of that, It's the fact that you post like you know everything about it, which makes your post quite agitating to the hopeful ones. If you want to voice out your opinions, fine, let people know what you think about it. But why not do it in a more humble manner? Instead of shit-nuking your way through?

Put your minds at ease as the brilliant people of FXO are already planning one. More details soon

And it's people like you, with that sickening plague of pessimism that hinders efforts like these. If you want to post something that is against this effort, at least have the courtesy to make it a constructive one.

*Edit; Did you SEE the crowd in the FXO Open #1? There were at least 20 more participants compared to WCG, which, according to you, is more "open". So are you telling me that these tournaments are not generating ANY buzz at all? Are you saying that whatever they are doing has not worked out as expected?