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Sports Bars Changing Channels For Video Gamers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-watch-channel-zero dept.

dtmos wrote in to say that "This summer, StarCraft II has become the newest bar room spectator sport. Fans organize so-called Barcraft events, taking over pubs and bistros from Honolulu to Florida and switching big-screen TV sets to Internet broadcasts of professional game matches. As they root for their on-screen superstars, StarCraft enthusiasts can sow confusion among regular patrons... But for sports-bar owners, StarCraft viewers represent a key new source of revenue from a demographic—self-described geeks—they hadn't attracted before."

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  1. Still not a sport, try as you may.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guarantee that if I'm at the bar watching a White Sox game, and somebody turns it off in favor of some video game, there's going to be hell to pay.

    (replace "White Sox" with your favorite team that plays a real sport based on physical prowess)

    Come on, bring out the -1's. Show me how malevolent you really are, slashdot moderators.

  2. Re:Sad to say by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just aren't selling it right:

    It isn't a shot, it's a potion of +1STR, +1CON(Side effects may include; but are not limited to, -1DEX, +1d6 illusory CHA, -1d6WIS).

  3. Re:Don't you mean.. by gfxguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obligatory Homer Simpson quote, when sober at the baseball game: "I never realized how boring this game is..."

    --
    Stupid sexy Flanders.