the monumental week in the history of eSports

This week, with today as the midpoint, is probably one of the most eventful, ever, in eSports.
with Gamescom going on in Germany, and e-stars in Seoul, we viewers are spoilt for choice.

IEM has one of the best streams going on - especially if you have a HD pass like I do (thanks to Julian Ho)
http://tv.esl.eu/de/login/validate#/de/esltv_stream/ 
for more information on how to watch the IEM LoL stream, check out Counter Logi Gaming's post :
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=227522397294441&id=159879557373311

DOTA2's stream isn't very consistent, and the match times change frequently too, but we're all following it because of the sheer awesomeness of the prize pool (1.6Million USD) and cos its release has been so mega hyped.
http://dota2.com/tournaments/international/

estars Seoul is probably the least high profile of them all, but it features international teams competing in cs 1.6.
http://www.own3d.tv/live/17482/e-Stars_Seoul_2011 

Add these extra event streams on to the usual GOM Tv (Code S is still ongoing!), own3d.tv, justin.tv, livestream casts/streams/VODs of your favourite personalities and gamers, and you've got yourself a full program from the time you wake to the time you sleep.


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thought of the day : teaching british colleague how to swear in hokkien is very fun.

silence

ok, so i know i've been really silent for quite a while.
and i guess i'm gonna give the same old excuse that i was busy and uninspired.

quite a few interesting things have happened in this past month or so that i've been mia -
one of them being that i've gotten myself a nice computer.
its the first time in years that i have a desktop, my alienware has been serving me faithfully since 2008, and before that i was on my toshiba through university.

the specs are *almost* to die for - i just wished i had an ssd and another 560 TI gfx card.

here's a peep. =x

with this new com, comes loads of possibilities... like streaming games. especially when i'm on fibre optics 200mbps plan!

and this is actually an interesting concept to me - livestreaming.

i should have seen that this was the way to go, a natural progression in the social media lifecycle i guess.

and its quite motivating to play with people watching - because you know that people are watching, you can't slip up, you have to perform.

i might actually think about casting, in some way.

hmm... october... mineski... lol. (all preliminary plans, but *hint hint*)

DOTA2 is going to make its debut, and i can't say i agree with all the marketing that valve has done so far. but after talking to a certain person, i've come to see why they do what they do.

but it doesnt mean i'm not angry about certain things, and not disappointed about other things.

in the end, its their money to spend however they want, to whomever they feel is deserving.

and we've been running a week long photoshoot release of our shoot pictures, i think i've been anticipating each release more than our readers have been. i've been holding back the urge to just splash everything out and let everyone see it.

but its finally come to an end, with me as the last individual pic.

(note: last INDIVIDUAL pic... which means.... we have something interesting coming up. interesting to me/us, at least!)

you can take a look at it here .