Poker Series Tv World

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:35:01 +0000



I like the approach of Oaklawn Park Owner Charlie Cella with this “announcement thing” on Thursday, presumably an offer to have Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta face off against each other on April 3rd at the Grade 1 Apple Blossom or the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap.


Make it big; make it sound like a big event you must watch or attend.


Since the heyday of racing some 30-40 years ago, the NBA boomed, the NFL become the monster of televised sports and other sports grabbed their slice of the pie including NASCAR, European Soccer, Tennis, Pro-Golf, MMA and quasi-sport/entertainment events such as Pro Wrestling and Poker.


Tonight on my cable system, between the hours of 6 and 10 pm I have the choice of 14 Division 1 basketball games, 4 NBA games, 1 Hockey game, and the Caribbean World Series-all available on basic cable (non-pay) channels. These are all live sporting events, I did not include various taped sports programming, classic sports replays or sports TV talk shows. All on a Wednesday night, a weekend listing of available events would be 3 times as long.


Stand out from the overload of sporting events by selling the event. People still love watching events and attending them. Witness this weekends Super Bowl, and the upcoming (2/27) Syracuse-Villanova hoop game at the Carrier Dome. It’s sold out at 34,616 fans, an on-campus NCAA record. Why is a regular season hoops game sold out?-because it is an “event”. You have 2 long time Big East Conference Rivals, currently # 2 vs. # 3, you have rivalry, importance and excitement.


Rachel v. Zenyatta has the same elements-rivalry, importance and excitement. It is now an “event”. Yes the game is supported and exists for the horseplayer and they should always be #1, but selling the event to the "fans" can’t hurt.

One of the flock of new people to join Unreal Realities when it was first created, Hitme is now a regular voice in our Guild Chat. While totally insane, he is a pleasure to share the game with and, despite his protests, a genuinely top bloke.

ABOUT WOW
What is your main characters Name, Class and Spec?

Hitmeagain Resto druid, Rochamadour (formerly shamaramadin) ele/resto shaman, 73 Marshal Marshal (Formerly stupidspet, formerly diana) and the annoying and most fun brotherlove.

What do you think is the most challenging thing about playing your class and what advice would you offer to new players?
measuring myself against very good players and wanting to be better.

haste is the new spell power, resto druids are strong, but need to be more efficient IMO. same with ele shaman and thanks to vok, rum, dog and others helping me on the shaman path and isla who sets the benchmark in resto druids.

How long have you been playing World of Warcraft and how did you get started?
I started a druid and got 20, started a horde shaman and got to 23, i had no idea what i was doing, just running around doing stuff. first ‘high’ level was a 60 nothing druid (bitsa). Then i discovered the awesome power of a pre 1.4 nerf NELF hunter (shadowmeld aimshot for insta kill), back about 5 or 6 months after wow started.

What is your favourite WoW moment?
Hitting marshal, running with TWS on shadowmoon, the pretty much ever everything with ES, and good times with nitewatch on dreadmaul, before joining you folks here

What is your biggest nub mistake that you can remember?
my biggest mistake? so many probably amongst my many mistakes, is continually jumping off cliffs on my hunter and wondering where my flight form button is

What is the one thing you would change about WoW, if you had the power?
Make it 100% pvp, intrafaction pvp, interguild pvp, etc.

ABOUT GAMING
What is the first game you can remember playing?

i had a stand alone space invaders game circa 1975? my first computer, a sinclair spectrum after drooling over the bbc and acorn atom.

What game is your favourite game of all time?
World of Warcraft, though i have been addicted to UFO, MUDD (discworld and later aardwolf), none computer games, without a doubt illuminati, bridge, dundgeons and dragons, poker (before this texas nonsense), and 500 like all good common room kids.

What other games do you play and why?
nothing much really.

ABOUT YOU
What do you do for a living?

I have several million dollars to misappropriate on behalf of the department of defence, a mindlessly mind numbing and soul destroying occupation on behalf of an overly bureaucratic sheltered workshop.

What were your aspirations as a child?
Space pilot, jet fighter pilot, it was BAC lightnings or nothing

What is your favourite TV Series/Movie/Book?
Books: LOTR, silmarillion, american gods, x men comics and their billions of spin offs, julian may’s series, michael moorcocks immortal champions, the illuminatus, anything by bill bryson, or discworld novels.

Movie – LOTR, the silent bob and jay askewverse movies, star wars, monty python movies, anything that makes me laugh and a little bit happier.

What is your favourite quote OR If you could have a beer/dinner with any three people, alive or dead, who would they be?

Lot of funny stuff out there, but shakespeare quotes are a ripper, monty python quotes, chef, tom lehrer, and now buck from ice age 3.

I can’t help it, I’m cheap cliche’d nerd