Emlary's Arcadia

I was reading some Chinese finanical newspaper this morning and suddenly I saw Teamliquid! It's a report about BlizzCon (thanks to the tremendous success of WoW, Chinese business media love Blizzard lol) on 21st Century Business Herald, a pretty good local news agent. Well, they make stupid mistake sometimes =[

Quick translation:

James Lampkin, from Canada, was excited about his first BlizzCon participation. Back when he was a college student, he has been one of the 4 co-founders of Team Liquid, one of the most professional WoW fansites in North America. (LOL)

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Kennigit, did some young Chiense female reporter do an interview with you? I know the reporter of this article -_-

Sony China started to sell a new Blu-ray player model BDP-S360 yesterday when PS3 Slim officially announced in Cologne. BDP-S360 sells for RMB2,990 (approximately $440), compared to game-compatible-$299 PS3 Slim, WTF? Sony is trying to fool as many Chinese consumers as it can because it's not legitimate to sell game consoles (except few NDS) in China.

BD-FAIL

WoW was re-launched in China today (transition between different local publishers). And what's going on....

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Just a reference for those that are not following recent proscene but want to check out recent awesome games during weekend.

Fomos Monthly Top 3 Games Vote (results so far)

1. Flash vs firebathero (June 30, SPL) 1,431 votes 43.7%
Rating by netizens 9.8
Rating by reporters 10
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/14286_firebathero_vs_Flash

2. Bisu vs YellOw (June 20, SPL) 1,102 votes 33.7%
Rating by netizens 9.9
Rating by reporters 9.5
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/12609_Bisu_vs_YellOw

3. Bisu vs Jaedong (June 7, SPL) 503 votes 15.4%
Rating by netizens 9.7
Rating by reporters 9.5
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/12314_Bisu_vs_Jaedong

4. Jaedong vs Leta (June 1, SPL) 168 votes 5.1%
Rating by netizens 9.8
Rating by reporters 9.5
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/12275_Jaedong_vs_Leta

5. Hwasin vs Bisu (June 15, SPL) 68 votes 2.1%
Rating by netizens 8.9
Rating by reporters 9.0
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/12401_Bisu_vs_Hwasin

We love netizen ratings just like we love konadora! :D

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One more thing, thank you so much zatic. I know how much work it is to upload all game vods for TLPD.

Don't feel well after reading the "Nada's done?" thread. Found out some photos of Nada attending a baseball game yesterday. This man, who is actually half a year older than me, looks younger and more energetic than most guys in my age.

Bisu is asking the most annoying fanbase around the e-sports world for a new Logitech mini optical soccer mouse. As return, he would like to give a SKT1 shirt and a thank-you letter with his autograph to whoever donates the mouse.

Contact: djbox@sktelecom.com

What is Logitech mini optical soccer mouse?

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On January 24 2008 03:15 ICanFlyLow wrote:
I already had bought the Logitech Mini Opticals for my laptop before even i knew what sort of mice the progamers used, now i use it to my desktop computer x)

edit: This is what ive seen bisu use btw

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WCG 2009 Grand Final will be held from Nov 11 to 15 in Chengdu, China.

http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C09041310000

http://www.wcg.com/6th/2009/overview/general.asp

Will definitely follow WCG this year because it takes place in the city I live in right now :D

Chengdu =
the city of pandas
the city of spicy food
the city of Bian Lian
the city that is only 150 kilometer from the center of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake last year

WELCOME TO CHENGDU TL.NETTERS THIS NOV!

Sometimes it just doesn't go as planned
....
I can't believe that you were falling out of OSL
And everybody used to be so envious of you

-Apple and Cinnamon by Utada Hikaru

I got the Korea visa yesterday from a travel agency. I told the staff there I would come back the next day to get the airtickets to Seoul which I booked few days ago. I also called a local banner/flag-making shop that I would send my design of a cheerful banner the next day.

Then I went home, it's 7pm here (8pm KST). It's 3-0. I told everyone I would go to watch your finals but you just lost semifinals. I'm not hating anyone. I just got pissed off.

I apologize, to all friends that helped me arrange my trip that is obviously canceled now. Fran, thanks for the sexy banner. I'm sorry it would never be printed out. Susie, you are the kindest person I meet at TL.

The passion was gone long ago. When did I play a serious PvT or PvZ or PvP last time? It must be four or five years ago. What's left is a dream and I'm a dreamer. I want to be there when my favorite player kisses his champion trophy, for once. It could be Him, Nal_rA, or....

Now I'm gonna watch the three games after updating them to TLPD. I will watch them very carefully. When someone beats you so bad, he must be better than you. I wonder how.

Still a dreamer.

Shinhan Bank ProLeague Individual Rank 2009/02/28

1. Flash 34/10 77%
2. Jaedong 34/14 71%
3. Bisu 30/8 79%
4. Leta 27/12 69%
5. Best 24/13 65%
6. Jangbi 23/9 72%
7. Free 22/13 63%
7. Calm 22/13 63%
9. Hyvva 22/17 56%
10. Mind 21/14 60%

http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=93311&db=news&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd=


Within a week, Bisu won 9 out of 10 games in WL (All-kill OGN, 2 kills vs CJ, 3 kills vs Oz) and achieved an overall 79% winning ratio in SPL 08~09 season. He's only 4 victories behind Flash and Jaedong.

Bisu mentioned in the post-match interview that he got some anniversary gifts from fans today. I checked my blog archive....oh it's been a year already. On Feb 18 last year, SKT1 hold a press conference to announce they signed Bisu from MBC. At that time, I thought MBC were selling an individual league star player they probably had to pay the most because 1)this star player did not do well in Proleague 2)with the same amount of salary they could hire more talent amateurs. I wrote in a blog entry that "apparently he's not a good team player".

I'm happy Bisu has proved that I was wrong, totally wrong.

I'm not going to talk about selfishness or team spirit thing, which might sound too biased or too noble. I believe Bisu is getting better in Proleague because he has found a right position in SKT1. He's not an invader from another team as KeSPA #1 by then. He's learnt from new good teammates and also contributed to the team. He's now a good team player, no doubt.