Last week I went to a Starcraft tournament, complete with a Pepsi sponsorship and uniforms and moving cameras. I know very little about Starcraft, only from watching my brother play on the computer over his shoulder--never really interested me. But the idea of people wearing uniforms while playing sounded cool so I checked it out. There were free noisemakers. NOISEMAKERS, PEOPLE.
There were super, super loud and rapid talking announcers.
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| Extremely enthusiastic announcers--like soccer game but more crazy |
Each team has two soundproof booths (Each player isn't aware what the other is doing).
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| The soundproof booth where the players play: left side |
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| Other team's booth |
These people played on teams and the first team to reach four wins won. Each round they would announce a new player, at which point people would scream encouragements and teenage girls threw their panties on stage.
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| Team I was sitting close to. There were a couple foreigners |
Most of the rockstar Starcraft players seemed like they were about 16. These kids don't go to school, all they do is play Starcraft day and night. They live in apartments together and practice against each other for these tournaments. Apparently they get paid really well through sponsorships so their parents are OK with them just playing video games all day.
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| Stage |
It was riveting.
I have friends that not only play starcraft, but they actually watch live internet streams of these tournaments. It's insane.
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