yakitate304 Profile Joined April 2009 United States 655 Posts Last Edited: 2012-01-23 08:27:14 #11 On January 23 2012 07:10 JOJOsc2news wrote:

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November 20th, 2011

Buffalo, New York, USA

Buffalo Barcraft @ "The Sidebar"

MLG Providence - Finals November 20th, 2011Buffalo, New York, USABuffalo Barcraft @ "The Sidebar"MLG Providence - Finals



That looks so nice. Have you been doing more BarCrafts there?

- updated the OP That looks so nice. Have you been doing more BarCrafts there?- updated the OP



Unfortunately there hasn't been a Buffalo (or Upstate NY in general) Barcraft since then. Partially because there hasn't been an MLG since then. GSL is obviously the best of the best, but since it takes place at 4AM EST, it would be impossible to put an event together for it. MLG, and it's American time, makes for convenient Barcrafting. Tournaments like HSC, IEM, etc are great to watch online but don't really have the allure that MLG has in terms of drawing a North American crowd.



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According to the bartender, we brought in about 75 people over a 4-5 hour period so they were really, really happy with the turnout. They actually advertised "all you can eat" pizza and wings, and ordered 10 sheet pizzas and about 300 wings, but with that many guys (and a few girls) the food was gone in about 5 minutes, for the first half, and then about 2 minutes for the second half when it was delivered. That was the only downside. We still had "all you can drink" beers (Labatt Blue, Pabst Blue Ribbon) and well drinks (the fountain liquors + mixed drinks) covered by our $20 cover charge, so it was all good. They also had a great selection of craft beers - which was important for me since I am a bit of a beer lover. Unfortunately there hasn't been a Buffalo (or Upstate NY in general) Barcraft since then. Partially because there hasn't been an MLG since then. GSL is obviously the best of the best, but since it takes place at 4AM EST, it would be impossible to put an event together for it. MLG, and it's American time, makes for convenient Barcrafting. Tournaments like HSC, IEM, etc are great to watch online but don't really have the allure that MLG has in terms of drawing a North American crowd.There's a website, www.buffalobarcraft.com and a Facebook page (Buffalo Barcraft) for future events. Cooler Master was nice enough to sponsor future Buffalo events, so now we're just waiting on future events. I'm not sure if the next one will be held at the same bar or not - the bartender (who was awesome, cute, and showed interest in learning the SC basics - and therefore got a lot of tips) expressed interest in having more events but the people in charge of organizing Buffalo's Barcrafts aren't sure if they are going to use the same venue. Personally, I thought the venue was nice since there was a projection screen on one side (the first pic), a two-sided bar with HDTV's, and room to put a second projection screen on the side of the bar that the second pic was taken in. Then again, I had a seat at the bar all night so I probably have a swayed opinion.According to the bartender, we brought in about 75 people over a 4-5 hour period so they were really, really happy with the turnout. They actually advertised "all you can eat" pizza and wings, and ordered 10 sheet pizzas and about 300 wings, but with that many guys (and a few girls) the food was gone in about 5 minutes, for the first half, and then about 2 minutes for the second half when it was delivered. That was the only downside. We still had "all you can drink" beers (Labatt Blue, Pabst Blue Ribbon) and well drinks (the fountain liquors + mixed drinks) covered by our $20 cover charge, so it was all good. They also had a great selection of craft beers - which was important for me since I am a bit of a beer lover. Yaki's Streaming Madness: twitch.tv/YakiSC ||| FRB Grand Tournament Organizer ||| @YakiStarCraft ||| Youtube.com/YakiStarCraft