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The Spawn Room v0.1.5 and beyond

I’ve been adding some minor updates to the site. Within the next few days (maybe Monday), version 0.1.5 will be released! It will be adding some new mini-features that I think will be cool.

The most noticable change should probably be the visuals which are already different. I would like to note that I am NOT a designer. I know code and some very basic design. So that’s why the site looks “old school”. If anyone wants to help out in that field, let me know! :)

Starting next Monday, I will also be starting my “marketing campaign of awesomeness”. Basically this means I will going out and sharing my work with the community, friends, family, and colleagues. The hope being that people begin to take interest, see the value of this site, and perhaps stick around to hang out for a bit. If you’re interested in helping, there are a few simple ways:

  1. Follow us on Twitter, Like Us on Facebook, and Subscribe on YouTube. This helps a lot!
  2. Let me know what you think. Post here, Tweet, email, whatever you want. Any advice, suggestions, requests, or criticism are welcome!
  3. Signup for an account. This is another big one that helps tremendously.
  4. Comment or rate an article.
  5. Tell your friends. The more people taking a peak here the better.

Any of these points will help, even if you only have time for one. All support is much appreciated and I hope to repay each and every one of you by bringing amazing content to the eSports scene. And perhaps some free giveaways!

As always, thanks for reading. If you want to talk in person, join our Mumble server and find perlox-mobile. I am on everyday.

The Spawn Room + StarCraft 2 team Hugs and Kisses

You may have noticed a few days ago, with the verison 0.1.4 patch, that an additional link was added to our welcome page network and the footer “Friends” section. As of today, The Spawn Room is officially partnered with the North American StarCraft 2 team Hugs and Kisses! You can find out more about this team on their Liquipedia page which has a detailed description of their StarCraft history. I would also encourage you to take a moment and follow them on Twitter and visit their website (where you can find our Spawn Room logo!).

I would also like to take this time to mention that a new page is being developed for sponsors, friends, and partners that will be uploaded later this week. So keep an eye out for that.

Thanks for reading!

Other Tags: StarCraft II, SC2, North America, NA

The Spawn Room v0.1.4 and the eSports Whitelist for Adblock

Ladies and gentlemen, today is an important day. Version 0.1.4 of the site has been launched! It’s a pretty big patch so be prepared for potential bugs. I’ll be working tirelessly to fix them and make tweaks throughout the day.

To summarize the patch, here are some of the core changes: mobile version of the site, “news” page with article filters, forums, many minor aesthetic improvements, Google Custom Search, and minor back-end improvements. You can read more about it on the “Site Progress” page (footer).

I also wanted to mention the “tsr-adblock.txt” link in the footer. This little txt file can be added to your Ad-Block as a custom list. Why would you do this? To support eSports of course! The list contains some of the biggest eSports websites (including this one) and will disable your ad-block on them. That way you can help support eSports by checking out the ads and optionally clicking on them if they interest you. It’s important, so really consider it.

Finally, the forums are a work in progress. I will be working on them today as much as possible. So be sure to check them out a little later on.

Thanks for reading!

 

Historical Prize Pools

Over the years eSports prize pools have gone up and down with the successes and failures of tournament organizations. eSports was also effected by the global economic recession which is visible in the numbers.

ESL IEM Total Prize Pool
Season 1 $209,974.49
Season 2 $285,000.00
Season 3 $750,000.00
Season 4 $530,000.00
Season 5 $400,000.00
Season 6 $635,000.00
MLG Season Total Prize Pool
2005 $250,000.00
2006 $800,000.00
2007 $1,000,000.00
2008 $680,500.00
2009 $800,000.00
2010 $500,000.00
2011 $1,000,000.00
CPL Season Total Prize Pool
2004 $400,000.00
2005 $1,300,000.00
2006 $230,000.00
2007 $60,000.00
CGS Total Prize Pool
2007 $1,000,000.00
2008 $1,000,000.00
ESWC Total Prize Pool
2003 $204,635.95
2004 $275,459.33
2005 $393,513.33
2006 $393,513.33
2007 $180,000.00
2008 $230,000.00
2009 $70,828.57
2010 $280,034.58
2011 $200,000.00
WCG Total Prize Pool
2001 $338,000.00
2002 $300,000.00
2003 $350,000.00
2004 $412,600.00
2005 $435,000.00
2006 $462,000.00
2007 $448,000.00
2008 $470,000.00
2009 $283,000.00
2010 $222,400.00

The Spawn Room v0.1.3 and beyond

I thought I’d give an overall update about what has been going on and what the plan is for the future.

Over the past month I’ve been working on the core release of this site. It launched in early January as version 0.1 and has worked it’s way up to 0.1.2 with 0.1.3 scheduled for this Friday. Version 0.2.0 will be on its way sometime in February.

I’ve also been keeping up with eSports shows which I’ve been adding to the “Looking for the best eSport shows?” page. Check it out if you haven’t, there’s some really good productions going on.

On the social networking side, I’ve kept things pretty quiet since I want to hold off making any big announcements until more of the site is ready. Plus the slow growth is good for testing performance.

The new Spawn Room Mumble server is being hosted on site here at the office and its been running pretty smooth. Thanks to Apoplexy Industries for that one…

And that’s about it for now. More announcements in the future as new features are deployed.

New Mumble Server – Testing Phase

After a few hours of frustration, I finally got a Mumble server working on my remote desktop (it’s a long story). The new info is posted on the right —->

I’m going to be monitoring this server all week to see how well it runs on my connection. If it works, then we’ll stick with it, if there’s too much latency I’ll order a new server this weekend. In the meantime, let me know what you think in the comments.

Thanks for reading!

UPDATE: new Mumble server information can be found here.

Major League Gaming Anaheim 2011 – Wrap Up Coverage

Championship Sunday has ended and MLG Anaheim has come to a close. Now it’s time to sort through the mess and find the best videos, photos, articles, and posts floating around the webs. Check back here for updates! Note: this is primarily Starcraft 2 information. If you’re here for Halo: Reach or Call of Duty: Black Ops, well you’re in the wrong place.

If you’re looking for tournament brackets and results, then you’ll want to check out Team Liquid’s coverage page. If you’re looking for replay packs, MLG announced that they will NOT be providing them! Instead they will be distributed to casters who will broadcast them on their channels. People were extremely happy about this as you would imagine…

Videos

I think the first and most obvious link I should provide is to MLG’s official video sources: MLG.TV and YouTube.

Anaheim’s introduction was extra special with day9 and djwheat exchanging an intimate moment.

The Anaheim relay race (DeMusliM got a wee bit injured).

I thought this was funny: Idra turns his back after JP asks him and Cruncher to shake hands.

In case you missed it: Jinro’s nuke against Choya (HD).

And of course day9 and djwheat dancing.

For a mix of videos coming out of Anaheim, you’ll want to check out pro team channels and organizations publishing on YouTube: compLexityINSIDER, myEGnet, Hyper Crew TV, ESFI World

Of course teams and big fancy eSports organizations aren’t the only ones pumping out videos from the event. Individual gamers, fans, and rando’s are putting up stuff on YouTube as well: AskJoshy, rakakase, itmeJP

NEW: Jason Lake interviewed about eSports by ESFI

Top Photos and Galleries

This is a sweet interactive 360 panorama of the venue floor. And another panoramic view.

Obviously the best photos will undoubtedly be from eSports teams and organizations since they have the budgets to afford nice cameras, so check these sources out first: Evil Geniuses, compLexity, HyperCrewTV, WellPlayed.org Twitpic / Flickr, ESFI, MLGSC2Scores, CheckSix, Sixjax

And just as with the videos, individual photographers are uploading as well: Joshtacular, SirScoots, Leah Jackson, Anna Prosser

The Astro Gaming booth always looks so awesome.

You might have heard of QXC and his sign.

miniwheat makes an appearance.

I think they ended up adding some more chairs for the SC2 crowd, but I’m sure it wasn’t remotely enough.

NEW: an epic picture of day9.

NEW: rofl, race change.

Best Articles and Posts

If you’re interested in reading some personal accounts of the MLG Anaheim experience, blogs are probably your best friend. Here are some I ran across: compLexity’s blogs

Can White-Ra do the impossible

Miscellaneous

I think overall the event went really well and, almost as expected, began breaking previous stream records. MLGLee and Sundance both tweeted something about it (and another from Sundance). The fans and viewers seemed pleased overall with a few complaints here and there about memberships not working. Of course you’ll have some people who do nothing but bitch (like this guy).

I was hoping I’d come across some funny and/or witty tweets as I watched the #MLG hashtag search on Twitter, but most people just reported things. Anyway, I think this ended up being my favorite tweet of the event.

The first comment on this photo is pretty straightforward.

Also be sure to keep an eye on sites like SC2 Ratings which can help you determine which games to watch if you missed some.

The longest match was between Boxer and Rain lasting an epic 1:12:56 (game time).

If there’s anything I missed let me know. And over the week following the event I’ll be keeping an eye on various sources and add anything interesting I come across. Other thanks for reading and see you online!

Other Tags: MLG, COD BLOPS, StarCraft II, SC2, Pro Circuit

Major League Gaming Anaheim 2011 – Articles and Posts

Authors and fans will be clacking away all weekend publishing an array of articles ranging from total crap to delectably awesome. We’ll do our best to sort through them all and deliver what you need.

NOTE: This article will be updated all weekend, so refer back for changes.

(Source : Article : Author)

Articles

Cadred : MLG Anaheim Preview : mYNDIG

ESFI : The top 3 top 5s for MLG Anaheim 2011 : Derek Staley

ESFI : ThisIsJimmy battles MLG Anaheim Open Bracket : Ted Ottey

Posts

MLG : MLG Pro Circuit Replays

coL : compLexity Gaming blogs : various

FNATIC : FNATIC blogs : various

TL : No replays released from Anaheim : various

Tweets [sic]

For fun I thought I’d post my favorite tweets from this weekend (in order of when I found them).

“Just ate a lot of crab. Now time to go home, take my pants off and enjoy a night of StarCraft 2.” - mrgibb

“Lol so many fuckin bros here its gross” - diego_armijo

“Glad to see all of the 8 halo fans in California made it out today to spectate” - JeremysCoLd

“looking forward to watching #MLGtonight, and for the first time since i started following (2006) i will not be watching a console game” - sasmacdonald

“Boner atm because im at #mlg anaheim right before it kicks off!” - Spiritombreeder

Other Tags: MLG, COD BLOPS, StarCraft II, SC2, Pro Circuit

Major League Gaming Anaheim 2011 – Photos and Video

As MLG Anaheim rages on, both eSports organizations and players snap, crackle, and pop out images left and right. We’ll do our best to find and aggregate these sources all in one spot.

NOTE: This article will be updated all weekend, so refer back for changes.

(where applicable – Source : Media : Author)

Photos taken by organizations

Evil Geniuses : photos on yfrog

compLexity : photos on yfrog

Hyper Crew : photos on yfrog

WellPlayed.org : photos on twitpic flickr

ESFI : photos on twitpic

MLGSc2Scores : photos on twitpic

check6 : photos on twitpic

Photos taken by individuals

MLGLee : photos on twitpic

MLGBen : photos on twitpic

MLG_SolidJake : photos on yfrog

SirScoots : photos on yfrog

Leah Jackson : photos on yfrog

Anna Prosser : photos on yfrog

Brent Ruiz : photos on twitpic

David Bentz : photos on twitpic

mlgcassO : photos on twitpic

Vincent Samaco : photos on twitpic

SrPablo : photos on twitpic

WolfEcho : photos on twitpic

Mark Julio : photos on twitpic

Adam Schodde : photos on yfrog

ArKiVe_ : panoramic view of the venue

Videos taken by organizations

coL : videos on youtube

G4TV : eSports Roundup With Major League Gaming: Talkabout : Leah Jackson

Hyper Crew: MLG Anaheim 2011 Entrance Line

Videos taken by individuals

MLGAnTiPRO : MLG Relay Race Anaheim 2011

IBesTMaN : Team Liquid Relay Race – MLG Anaheim Part 1 and Part 2 (longer 2 part version)

Other Tags: MLG, COD BLOPS, StarCraft II, SC2, Pro Circuit

Day9 and djWHEAT have a “homoerotic moment”

Sean “Day[9]” Plott and Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham share a romantic moment at the Major League Gaming Anaheim Championship in 2011.

I burst out laughing after this happened and when I saw this Tweet: “Wow….@djWHEAT and @day9tv just had the most homoerotic moment in eSports history #mlg” by egreco12, I decided to upload this intimate moment in eSports history.

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