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Topic: #BitcoinStarcraft ** 14 BTC Prize ** December 21st (Read 3604 times)

legendary
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Somebody should try to make this happen this year too... It should be a lot easier this time around.

Unfortunately I don't have the time right now...

Good idea you'd get a lot of donations I would think.
legendary
Activity: 3976
Merit: 1421
Life, Love and Laughter...
Also... I wonder what Naniwa and Scarlett spent the prize money on...

fiat.
administrator
Activity: 3962
Merit: 3184
What should we do next? DOTA? LOL?

DotA. I'll try contacting a few people.
We should try contacting some known teams and organize some sort of tournament. Anyone else interested?
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Also... I wonder what Naniwa and Scarlett spent the prize money on...
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Somebody should try to make this happen this year too... It should be a lot easier this time around.

Unfortunately I don't have the time right now...
newbie
Activity: 16
Merit: 0
im trying to host an invitational with challanger team on LoL with btc in prizes. Contacting some sponsor at the moment hoping they want backup the idea. Im not famous as Total biscuit but hope they will give me a go
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
What should we do next? DOTA? LOL?
hero member
Activity: 551
Merit: 500
bitcoin and gaming - perfect match.

Agreed, just like World Of Warcraft Gold has a value as a virtual commodity, so does Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, its an amazing match!

Cheesy
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
The VoDs

Bitcoin Starcraft Challenge - Scarlett vs. NaNiwa - BO7 - Part 1
http://youtu.be/vczhh_Kta1I

Bitcoin Starcraft Challenge - Scarlett vs. NaNiwa - BO7 - Part 2
http://youtu.be/PlKspLvKyug

..and the undercard match:

Bitcoin Starcraft Challenge - iNcontroL vs. Destiny -
http://youtu.be/OjKXgzH3Sks

Feel free to use the YT comments to let viewers know how to use Bitcoin!
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Well it looks like Naniwa won the series. The caster sent him the bitcoins live on stream in front of about 40k viewers... you can see the transaction here:

@totalbiscuit
https://blockchain.info/address/1MirYx1xCN8erPPwKMBAqJZPoqvUmnpiSf

@NaNiwaSC2   (got 11.2 BTC for winning)
https://blockchain.info/address/182GHTrbefjZndqeTC1wjC88XS1UKuFvSK


@AcerScarlett   (will get 2.8 BTC)
https://blockchain.info/address/1EpCMs6D5aQ3f2P8m2uiy2yAUAwE37gFhv


As of right now the official thread has 205k+ views
The live stream reached a peak of 40k+ viewers, and averaged about 35k, unique viewers was 143k on the English channel, but it was also cast in several other languages...

...and we can probably expect the replays to get at least 300k views on multiple Youtube channels...

So visibility for Bitcoin and the sponsors was pretty good...  I expect we'll see more Bitcoin-Starcraft interaction in the future.
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
...and now there's even an undercard match to warm things up!

legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Wow this keeps getting better and better:

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Announcing our invited foreign language casters

We have invited the following casters to provide foreign language streams for this event.

* Italian Vasacast
* Polish ZeddTV
* Portuguese Pedroca
* German inStarcraft.de
* Russian Goodgame.ru
* Vietnamese ClanSF

We are still missing a French and Spanish caster and are continuing to take applications. Thank you to everyone who applied, we have selected what we believe will be the best exposure for the event from the applications we received.
hero member
Activity: 1008
Merit: 514
Awesome! Go Scarlett
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
The Prize Pool is now up to 14 BTC, making the biggest showmatch in Starcraft 2 history.

Plus the Bitcoin address and QR are now highly visible here...
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=438453
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100
This is a pretty awesome way to promote BTC. If gamers can finally get in on it on a mass scale... It would help a Hell of a lot!

Go Scarlett?
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Wow.. just the teamliquid announcement thread has 70.000+ views!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=36

I think we can expect the streaming channels and youtube videos to have a huge impact. It looks like the SC2 community is as active as the Bitcoin community, and far more numerous.

If pro SC2 players and casters start getting into BTC, it's going to be huge.
hero member
Activity: 756
Merit: 522
Incidentally, someone put together a BitBet for this match, odds in favor of Scarlett atm.
legendary
Activity: 1960
Merit: 1010
Best use Gamecoins GME for this, that's what the coin is made for  Cool
legendary
Activity: 1227
Merit: 1000
Here's a previous @AcerScarlett vs   @NaNiwaSC2
http://youtu.be/GwQBEAGYLIg
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