legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
... but there's been a channel on TV playing nothing but professional Starcraft matches since I got here
I'm enjoying it so far though 10/21/2007 6:57:06 AM |
roguewarrior All American 10886 Posts user info edit post |
yea there was an article in gameinformer a couple months back about how pro gamers there are like pro football players here....
the one place in the world where being really good at gaming gets you laid. 10/21/2007 9:43:59 AM |
ScHpEnXeL Suspended 32613 Posts user info edit post |
I wouldn't go that far there sir 10/21/2007 9:45:52 AM |
roguewarrior All American 10886 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Frantic, piercing, the shrieks echoed down the corridors from one corner of the vast underground complex. There hundreds of young people, mostly women and girls, waved signs and sang slogans as they swirled in the glare of klieg lights. It was the kind of fan frenzy that anywhere else would be reserved for rockers or movie legends.
Or sports stars. In fact the objects of the throng’s adoration were a dozen of the nation’s most famous athletes, South Korea’s Derek Jeters and Peyton Mannings. But their sport is something almost unimaginable in the United States. These were professional video gamers, idolized for their mastery of the science-fiction strategy game StarCraft. " |
http://www.gamewad.com/pro-gamers-in-south-korea-reach-rockstar-status-1923-p.html]10/21/2007 9:55:53 AM |
ShinAntonio Zinc Saucier 18943 Posts user info edit post |
clearly I was born in the wrong country 10/21/2007 10:33:00 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
pics or it didnt happen 10/21/2007 10:53:05 AM |
kvr123 All American 557 Posts user info edit post |
when starcraft 2 comes out shit is going nutz over there 10/21/2007 4:40:11 PM |
synapse play so hard 60908 Posts user info edit post |
worthless without pics 10/21/2007 4:41:24 PM |
Genki All American 590 Posts user info edit post |
go look it up on youtube. they're really good. 10/21/2007 8:35:40 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
dat jackie chan pussy 10/21/2007 8:36:49 PM |
legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
it's no joke! there are these really hot girls that talk about the players between matches and stuff
they really do get women like football players do in the states. when I get my camera and other stuff running I'll try to cap a few minutes of it and put it on youtube or something 10/21/2007 9:33:26 PM |
StillFuchsia All American 18941 Posts user info edit post |
hahaha, good to know you're liking Korea already 10/21/2007 9:34:49 PM |
DiamondAce Suspended 12937 Posts user info edit post |
I should go over there and see if I can't pong some panties off. 10/21/2007 9:37:03 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103352 Posts user info edit post |
do they love or hate americans? 10/21/2007 9:37:20 PM |
DeeDee21 All American 9905 Posts user info edit post |
don't sleep with the fan on. 10/21/2007 10:35:13 PM |
3 of 11 All American 6276 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""I know they're small, maybe one or two feet high. I know they sound funny when they talk and I know the women have sideways vaginas."" |
10/21/2007 10:44:22 PM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
yeah i remember something about fans and korea. or something 10/21/2007 10:45:49 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
I couldn't believe how huge computer gaming was in Korea when I went there over the summer. And yet in Japan they maybe have 10 computer games for sale in the electronic stores, and that's really stretching it. I wonder why there's a difference. 10/22/2007 1:43:13 AM |
Seotaji All American 34244 Posts user info edit post |
the extremely cheap PC rooms in korea having all the games (thus not needing your own), pirating being rampant, and the blazing fast/cheap internet there? 10/22/2007 1:48:19 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Japan has all that too, minus the games at the cafe, since no one is playing them to begin with. 10/22/2007 2:00:41 AM |
miska All American 22242 Posts user info edit post |
I hope your first day is going well
10/22/2007 2:08:19 AM |
JTMONEYNCSU All American 24529 Posts user info edit post |
^it took that long for a zerg rush post..jeez
KEKEKEKEKE 10/22/2007 2:27:15 AM |
damosyangsta Suspended 2940 Posts user info edit post |
I can't believe it took this long for tww to find out about pro gamers.
WCG 2007 just ended korea won in sc again. 10/22/2007 2:33:21 AM |
sNuwPack All American 6519 Posts user info edit post |
what's starcraft? 10/22/2007 7:26:57 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
^^
[Edited on October 22, 2007 at 7:28 AM. Reason : bitch, we been playing sc since you were a preteen =[] 10/22/2007 7:27:37 AM |
raiden All American 10504 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I dont wanna say Korea is exactly what youd expect" |
I'd expect there would a lot of asians there. is that not true?10/22/2007 8:13:05 AM |
LaserSoup All American 5500 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7hboFnXA9w 10/22/2007 8:31:13 AM |
minion Veteran 374 Posts user info edit post |
kekeke ^^;; 10/22/2007 8:34:22 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45166 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I wouldn't go that far there sir" |
ScHpEnXeL - it's probably best that you stop posting now10/22/2007 9:03:34 AM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
watch out for those Lady Boys 10/22/2007 9:32:53 AM |
DeeDee21 All American 9905 Posts user info edit post |
isn't that thailand? 10/22/2007 9:36:51 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
don't sleep with the fan on. 10/22/2007 11:10:29 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
what's wrong with sleeping with a fan on? 10/22/2007 11:37:16 AM |
Wraith All American 27191 Posts user info edit post |
So do they go nuts over console gaming too? 10/22/2007 12:40:06 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
i doubt it, the koreans don't have a strong standing in shooters which is what a lot of console competition is based on, they probably don't care much about racing games in the same fashion and the japanese rape fighting games so i think that rivalry would be a little put-off to koreans. 10/22/2007 12:42:26 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Koreans believe if you sleep with the fan on it will suck the oxygen out of the air and cause you to suffocate. They even have doctors who swear this is true and there have been several cases where if a person is found dead in their room with a fan on, it's assumed they died of fan death. 10/23/2007 1:59:46 AM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
surely you jest.
but i know you're serious 10/23/2007 2:02:13 AM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
^^lol.
Do cameras steal their souls too? 10/23/2007 2:04:03 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
haha, I actually had a conversation about fan death with a girl when I was in Seoul.
Me: Do you believe in fan death. Her: Yeah, of course. Me: But, I don't get it. How does fan death work?? Her: ::explains:: Me: Yeah, but we're in a bar with a fan on right now. How come we're not suffocating? Her: ... 10/23/2007 2:04:30 AM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
hahah. this reads like an article on theonion. 10/23/2007 2:22:20 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
Me: Do you believe in fan death. Her: Yeah, of course. Me: But, I don't get it. How does fan death work?? Her: ::explains:: Me: Yeah, but we're in a bar with a fan on right now. How come we're not suffocating? Her: KEKEKEKEKEKEEKEKE ZERG RUSH PWNT 10/25/2007 9:10:32 AM |
30thAnnZ Suspended 31803 Posts user info edit post |
yeah fan death is one of the most ridiculous things i've ever heard that is generally believed by a large population
also - religion 10/25/2007 9:12:58 AM |
nacstate All American 3785 Posts user info edit post |
so you can suffocate even if the fan is blowing air ON YOU?
I'm going to have to ask my friend who's been in korea the last year or so about this, lol. 10/25/2007 9:45:08 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^ haha, let us know what he says. 10/25/2007 10:10:03 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
read the wiki, they sell fans that have surgeon general-esque warnings and auto shutoff timers. 10/25/2007 10:11:40 AM |
soulfire963 Suspended 1587 Posts user info edit post |
zerglings with adrenal gland upgrades = ownage. 10/25/2007 10:58:18 AM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
^ ling rushes are for bitches. 10/25/2007 10:59:20 AM |