DHS is betting on algorithms: it's building a "prototype screening facility" that it hopes will use factors such as
ethnicity, gender, breathing, and heart rate to "detect cues indicative of mal-intent."
Excerpt from internal DHS document obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information...
... well, more of something.
That something being the official "Post your BarCraft event here" thread.
Of course, there's nothing of interest available around here.
But, perhaps, you're more lucky? (And, if you are: Bastard! Go die, thank you!)
You know how some companies give out a (cheapo) medal or a (so called) "gold" watch for 20 or even only at 25 years of service?
Well, turns out that if you were to work at Blizzard...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150414630507457&set=a.10150414625217457.406451.178337772456&type=1&theater
Presumably a new multi-player unit...
As to what exactly that thing is, your guess is as good as mine.
Also here, with some more random speculations...
Seriously huge patch this time.
- Infernal Pre-Igniter damage upgrade decreased from 10 to 5
- Fungal Growth damage changed from 36 (+30% armored) to 30 (40 vs Armored)
- Some new Battle.net privacy options
And a lot, lot more, along with bug fixes and several editor fixes and changes...
Name a handful of top IT companies.
...
So, you, perhaps, got Google? Microsoft?
The complete list, in this case, would be (in alphabetical order):
Amazon, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yelp and Zynga.
Recognized most to all of them?
Good.
As it turns out...
A couple days old already, but since our mod hasn't posted here...
Here's a couple quotes, picked at random and fully out of context:
- Fury. Revenge. Hatred.
- She can blow up Thors with her mind and smash a battle cruiser fleet with sheer power
- Bring players into the weird...
Taken from tournaments.
International (i.e. anything, except Korea):
Seems like a good year for Zerg :P
Though that last month... well...
Korea only (i.e. Korea only):
OK, so, ZvT is clearly broken here :D
And what to make of that ZvP?
Also somewhat confirms the last...
Announcement: Oh, a link. *Click*
In case you can't be there in person but still want to see it "almost" live.
Or, as Blizzard puts it:
And, yes, I already know the two types of comments this will get:
- YES! Great!
- OMFG!!! BLIZZARD FAILS!!! AGAIN!!!
:P
Then again, ever tried to watch...
Yes, you read that correctly.
Winner team gets $1 million.
Source:
The DotA 2 Team: Announcement and some more details
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Well... I'm sure they know what they are doing :nuts:
Mules are OP.
That, you already knew it, right?
But, did you know just how overpowered those things are?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4uMEM_p24
Banelings?
Don't get me started.
How bad it really is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gisZemOEEQ
Once, just once, I'd...
As you know, Comic Con is currently going on.
And, on the second day, it happened that Blizzard, along with a couple helper companies, announced... well, some books, like "Spectres", some WoW cards game, ... and other random stuff no one cares about(*)
And an announcement by Mega Bloks (at...