World Domination Plan

It’s been announced today that the war between Kespa and Blizzard has torn apart the Korean pro-circuit. Kespa is the corporation who both created and funds Korean pro-Starcraft, and reaps the rewards of massive industry profits. Blizzard does not receive any of the cut from these profits, aside from sales of their game.

Enter GOM-TV, one of the largest televisers of Korean pro-gaming. Many began following it around the world when Tasteless and Super-Daniel Man had been hired on as dedicated English voice-casters, with matches displayed online for free (or in high quality with paid subscription) on GOMTV.net

At some point during GOM-TV season 3 it became noticed that Blizzard had become a major sponsor of GOM. Kespa teams and players regularly compete on GOM and provide the most desired match-ups. While the full story has yet to be revealed either from Blizzard or Kespa, it seems that negotiations for Blizzard to receive a cut of the televised profits have completely deteriorated. In response, Blizzard has used its sponsorshiip with GOM-TV to force GOM to ban any Kespa teams from competing on their station(*update - it is rumored that it is in fact Kespa who has banned it’s own players from appearing on GOM and not the other way around). The only way to appear on GOM currently is to break ties with Kespa, therefore completely relinquishing one’s status as a pro-gamer in Korea.

Blizzard has been motioning to funnel a world-wide eSports market through its new up and coming service, Battle.net 2.0, and there were already major concerns about what this would mean to Korean corporate owned pro-gaming.

We hope to hear more announcements soon, and I will report here when that occurs.

Multiple Sources, most pointing back to: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=101934

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My day began on a bus into Manhattan, only to realize in the Lincoln Tunnel that I didn’t want to deal with New York, and so stayed on said bus on its return trip home. It ended with the scent of a stranger’s vagina wafting at me in a crowded New Jersey movie theater.

One lesson I am unable to learn in life is that if you wish to enjoy anything, don’t do it in public. Music, movies, masturbation… all these things go from ‘pretty cool concepts’ to ‘what the fuck is the point of this’ when partaken-in around others. That said, I thought it would be awesome to see ‘UP’ 3-D alone at the 11 PM showing. It was sold out when I got there (along with almost every other movie), and so I resigned myself to see ‘Drag Me to Hell’ with the friends I actually drove in with.

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At WorldDominationPlan we don’t review games. This is mostly due to the fact that we don’t post anything at all, but also partly because I find “criticism” of any entertainment mainly the past time of idiots and assholes (as much as I do enjoy and take part in it). I could get deeper into the philosophy behind this and try to define the shaky lines between useless opinion and thought-provoking or informative discussion, but that should be saved for another post titled “REVIEW Review”. So on that note, let’s review inFamous!

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World Domination Plan presents:
Starcraft Amateur Hour presents:
TRIPLE THREAT!
(3 men shoutcasting 1 match)
Part 1 of 2 is below. Part 2 of 2 is after the cut.

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(My Vimeo account has been banned. Supposedly you can’t upload any video footage of any video game. Finding a new hosting solution and will repost shortly).

A quick and informative Terran v Protoss matchup. Some general tips for low-level players.

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Here’s a entertaining quick matchup between me (Gunsakimbo) and Gatekeeper.   Shoutcasted by Negative_Suns.  Some mic distortion, and replay accidentally not at full speed, but very entertaining nonetheless.

Gunsakimbo vs Gate_Keeper, shoutcasted by Negative_Suns from Raymond Ackerman on Vimeo.

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It was an impulse buy.  Sure, I happened to have my DS Lite  neatly prepared for trade-in when I walked into Gamestop, but I was only committed to getting angry at the words “Did you pre-order?”.  Instead, the clerk gave me $70 for my old DS Lite and handed me a brand new DSi for only $100.  It would’ve been cheaper to just get angry.. and probably more rewarding in the end.

Web Surfing - but no video :(

Cool new features include: Sturdier feel.  Nicer matte texture.  Two cameras.  Internet browser (that actually works decently… except there is NO VIDEO SUPPORT).  Buy and download games from DSi Ware Shop.  SD card support (meaning hopefully people will find ways to crack the DSi for custom non-Nintendo software).  Plays AAC music files.  (Kinda) record and edit music files.  Faster processor and more Ram than the DS Lite meaning possibly better looking and smoother games.

What’s not so cool: NO VIDEO in internet browser (meaning no starcraft shoutcasts on the go).  DSi Ware shop currently has 5 games that look like they all suck.  Plays AAC files and not mp3.  Has faster processor and more ram which will most likely never be utilized by Nintendo because that’s how they roll.

The browser justified most of my purchase, because the thought of checking email in a hotel or cafe is sadly exciting to me.  However, an iPhone/iPod Touch can do the same thing and probably much better… plus has a whole realm of applications that don’t have to be approved by the backwards heads at Nintendo.  But you can’t buy and never get around to playing Dragon Quest on an Apple device (yet), so the DSi, for the time-being, wins out.

DSi Takes Pictures you can edit and morph.. Fun for an hour

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The now official series of StarCraft Shoutcasts is brought straight to you!

Starcraft Amateur Hour - Negative_Suns(P) v Gatekeeper(T) - Match 2 from World Domination Plan on Vimeo.

(I’ve been kindly informed of my error that Probes in fact do not set off spider mines. My bad! This is why we call it StarCraft Amateur Hour!)

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Episode 1 of the StarCraft Amateur Hour podcast.  A low-level but exciting matchup!

Starcraft Shoutcast - Negative_Suns(P) vs GateKeeper(T) from World Domination Plan on Vimeo.

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Is so good on the PC.   However.. everyone I know who tried the demo on consoles was underwhelmed.. while the PC demo sold me entirely.  More thoughts on this soon.  For now, the only explanation I can come up with is this.. taken from http://loyalkng.com

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Xbox 360

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Another entry in the series of “Facts Only” impressions; this one on Bioware’s latest PC title, Dragon Age: Origins.

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So instead of writing a lengthy superficial piece on everything that was revealed and demoed at Comic Con, I’m saving us all some time and just giving a brief run-down of what was awesome and what wasn’t.  First up.. CHAMPIONS ONLINE.

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Some gameplay and trailer clips from Comic Con NY 2009. Includes: Mad World (Wii), Dragon Age (PC), Deadly Creatures (Wii), DC Universe Online (PS3), Champions Online (PC), Star Trek Online (PC) . Details & impressions of all our hands-on time coming soon!

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This will have to hold you over for now!

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