A TV station broadcasting computer game matches -- I wonder how much potential there is in this? I bet alot. If you knew the demongraphics of today's China, maybe you'd be inclined to agree. Games, are they anything more than games? Can playing computer games spawn an economy as big as making them? Europeans play soccer. Americans play poker. Japanese play Pachinko. Chinese play ... Starcraft? Sounds like a very efficient business. We all have television. Plenty of volunteers in China to start and maintain this thing. Not to mention sponsors. It's already happening.
I used to be a just a curious casual player but the commentators (kids now in their 20s, clearly got the oratory skills) this incredible network kept me watching a few starcraft games for the last 2 hours. Watching this on pplive while writing blog in a net cafe is an enjoyment that stimulates senses in the new frontier. Dear Mary Magdalene, what's next? If only I had routed some cash to my discount broker before I left, then in 10 hours I can be in the same place trading equities and commodities around the clock in tandem... Or it that toooo much? Internet is the invention of inventions!
Watch out the rest of the world -- the red army is coming!!! How fast and how forceful?
Just a thought in today's 2nd hour. Back to hotel.
台北 Taipei. 鼓楼是长的，钟楼是方的。Yamanote Line is Green, and Central Line is Orange.
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- Ethan Wang 王越泰
- This blog is about some of my recent travel experiences in Asia.
3 comments:
First post to the blog! I've never seen a "Game TV broadcast" before.
I've had a culture shock on TV "Variety Shows" in Japan, where they do lots of politically incorrect stuff. In one of them, the host and guest (both wearing suits) were chatting on the sofa where bikini clad women fill the background, after that they attached a pedometer （万歩計）to a women's breast and got her to shake it for a minute to see what the pedometer shows. I'm pretty sure outraged women activists would burn the studio down and execute the producers if it was in North America.... Some of the variety shows can even manage to captivate audiences for a full hour just by showing students gouging on 100 bananas... Much cheaper to produce than hollywood movies, same amount of audience -- economics at play? :-)
Keep the blogs coming...!
Chiew
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