{"id":677,"date":"2016-02-22T11:36:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:36:35","slug":"we-require-more-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/22\/we-require-more-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"We Require More Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lately I&#8217;ve been somewhat obsessed by Starcraft. It&#8217;s a computer game that&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/playmakers.instituteofplay.org\/starcraft-2\/\"><span class=\"s2\">comparable to chess<\/span><\/a>, except played at insane speeds and with a greater range of strategies available. I&#8217;m not much of a gamer, but this game has my attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speed of play is measured by Actions Per Minute (APM). One player controls an economy, building construction and an army.\u00a0Professionals are capable of performing well over 200 discreet game movements per minute. That&#8217;s really fast. Games usually last from 3 to 15 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Korea, Starcraft is taken\u00a0<i>very<\/i>\u00a0seriously. Top players make very good livings off the game and there are TV stations that only show Starcraft games.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fun fact: in 2011 I went to Korea to watch a Starcraft tournament. Weird, I know.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/how-a-computer-game-is-reinventing-the-science-of-expertise-video\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Scientific American<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> has reported on scientists studying Starcraft to learn more about human performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">At any given time you can watch Starcraft being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/directory\/game\/StarCraft%20II\"><span class=\"s2\">played online on Twitch<\/span><\/a>. Good, personable players make several hundred dollars a day from subscriptions and donations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/11\/6\/9670176\/starcraft-2-future-history-dlc-blizzard\"><span class=\"s4\">The story of the rise of Starcraft<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and the creation of Starcraft II and its storyline and art is a great read. It&#8217;s a small empire of interesting characters and huge sums of money.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been somewhat obsessed by Starcraft. It&#8217;s a computer game that&#8217;s comparable to chess, except played at insane speeds and with a greater range of strategies available. I&#8217;m not much of a gamer, but this game has my attention. Speed of play is measured by Actions Per Minute (APM). 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