Surprisingly there's no thread about it. It has been about a week.
Poor Asian people!

4/23/2014 10:15:03 AM

there are plenty of other chinamen to replace them.

4/23/2014 10:16:07 AM

Korean is NOT Chinese!
South Korea is very small. It's only an island.

[Edited on April 23, 2014 at 10:18 AM. Reason : ;]

4/23/2014 10:17:23 AM

If a Korean ship sank and there was no thread about it, did it really happen?

4/23/2014 10:38:17 AM

I'm not sure if "island" means what you think it means.

And it's awful that people were sending fake texts.

4/23/2014 10:39:41 AM

i haven't paid attention to the details of it - what happened? just negligence?

4/23/2014 10:53:17 AM

asian driving.

4/23/2014 10:56:31 AM

the driver was a 26 year old female, she turned the ship so hard it rolled


the captain was in his room wanking or something....he came out and told everyone to stay in their cabins (wtf right?) pretty much everyone but the crew drowned since they were below deck and the ship was sinking, the crew went out on the deck and was picked up by a passing ship

4/23/2014 11:00:10 AM

shoot, what part of korea are you from? did you have family on the vessel?

4/23/2014 12:58:11 PM

shoot was on the ship, he was in charge of evacuation supplies. when the captain gave the order to abandon ship, shoot jumped out of the closet and shouted "supplies!!"

or something

4/23/2014 1:01:01 PM

4/23/2014 1:02:41 PM

since shoot is redneck asian, he is from west korea

4/23/2014 1:06:37 PM

Rock Hill, Korea

4/23/2014 1:07:39 PM

4/23/2014 1:10:38 PM

In Korean culture, you don't question authority. People were afraid to question the captain's decision so they died.

4/23/2014 1:14:27 PM

shoot, how is seseme chicken in korea? i like it better when the sauce is darker and sweeter.

4/23/2014 1:18:07 PM

I'm from Beijing, man.
Now I'm becoming a redneck Chinese.

4/23/2014 1:45:27 PM

what part of Korea is Bejing in? is it nice?

4/23/2014 1:46:59 PM

is beijing capitol of west korea? or more how johnston county to raleigh?

4/23/2014 1:47:25 PM

Beijing... is that the same country where Kim Jong Il/Un lived/live?

4/23/2014 1:47:56 PM

Did you guys ever take geography class in your childhood?

4/23/2014 2:02:00 PM

what do circles and trapezoids have to do with west korea shoot?

4/23/2014 2:04:43 PM

Are u talking about their flag?

4/23/2014 2:06:09 PM

no need to be homophobic, shoot

4/23/2014 2:07:17 PM

I heard Japanese and Koreans are cousins... since you are Korean, what do you think about that? Have you hugged a cousin today?

4/23/2014 2:09:11 PM

They are never like cousins. They hate each other.
Do you know Go game?
Chinese, Japanese and Korean like playing Go game.

4/23/2014 2:10:31 PM

Do you know the Korean War?
US defeated communists in Korea.

4/23/2014 2:11:44 PM

4/23/2014 2:12:08 PM

is that why they're still there?

4/23/2014 2:13:55 PM

They are always there! You should go to far east to see for yourself.

4/23/2014 2:15:51 PM

did the far east invent eastern bbq?

4/23/2014 2:28:34 PM

Far east invented a lot of stuff. Paper, compass, TNT bomb, printing.

4/23/2014 2:52:44 PM

healthy chinese food.

4/23/2014 3:22:00 PM

Quote :

"In Korean culture, you don't question authority. People were afraid to question the captain's decision so they died."

If you believe that, you haven't been to Korea.

Seriously though, this disaster is a combination of a few factors. First, the ship's crew was ill trained, and the parent company had cut corners in terms of safety. By law, the captain of the ship should have been on the bridge as the ship navigated through that particular area (which is notorious in Korea for its strong currents), but instead, he left the equivalent of a part-time seasonal worker at the helm. When the accident happened, the captain panicked, told everyone to wait in their cabins, and when the ship flipped, most of them were effectively trapped.

Its not that they unquestioningly trusted the captain, but more that most hadn't been on a ferry before, didn't know what to do (since the ship didn't bother with a safety briefing), did what the captain initially suggested because it kind of made sense, and then when they realized the captain was an idiot, found themselves trapped.

4/23/2014 3:42:18 PM

So what, exactly, is wrong with shoot? And you have to give a non-racist answer.

4/23/2014 4:03:20 PM

Korean

Fried

Chicken

4/23/2014 5:13:42 PM

it sank because it was being carried aloft by shoot's grammar.

fun fact:

shoot's father was responsible for the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 under similar circumstances.

4/23/2014 5:55:34 PM

4/23/2014 6:00:19 PM

Is this the ship that went way off course into the southern Indian Ocean and disappeared off of western Australia?

4/23/2014 8:37:12 PM

That's an airplane from Malaysia.

4/24/2014 11:29:23 AM

My point is that Asians should stick to bicycles...

4/24/2014 8:45:54 PM

There are 4B Asians. So the probability of having trouble is the biggest among all races.

4/25/2014 9:37:53 AM

GNSP

4/25/2014 10:58:06 AM

That's for the Pueblo.

4/25/2014 5:27:46 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h0AEIMMFjY&list=UU52X5wxOL_s5yw0dQk7NtgA

5/1/2014 2:06:28 PM

non-Koreans aka foreigners have been having a hard time advancing past the Ro8 in Code S since NaNiWa. IdrA was an early fan favorite that competed in the early rounds of the GSL, and we were fortunate to get an interview with him.

Hi Greg, thanks for sitting down with us. How did you see your series vs MVP? You took a win on an very hard ZvT map Steppes and but could not overcome the difficult positions on Metalopolis.

The Blistering game upsets me. I knew if I let it get to Meta it'd be a coinflip since vertical positions there are even worse than steppes. I was in a solid position on Blistering, had baneling speed up before he got aggressive and he was just going into a macro game, which is where I'm comfortable, but I engaged too quick vs his first mm force. Had I waited I could have crushed it. If I saved more of my banelings, it would've left me in better position later on. And all I really had to do was hold off his push at my gold, since if zerg secures their third on Blistering the game is pretty much over. Steppes I'm of course very happy with, I felt I really showed what I'm capable of there, and then meta is just stupid zvt. Two thirds chance of free win, one third of free loss.

You already secured a code-S rank, the first non-Korean to do so out of two possible (you and Jinro, if he makes Quarters). What are your goals for GSL4?

My goal is always to win, I even found it weird when the Koreans kept asking about Code S in interviews, and when Korean players said their goal was to get Code S. To me nothing matters short of winning. I could've gotten 2nd to Ret in the finals 3-4 and I would've still been pissed.

You lost to MVP, who is known for having the highest ladder rank and being an A-team BW pro. How far do you think he will go in this tournament? Who do you think will win this GSL?

Well everything's dependent on the maps with the new system. I think he'll probably make it to the semifinals vs either MC or Julyzerg, vs July would be completely based on the maps. Vs MC would be completely based on MC's nerves. I think the winner of that semifinal will be the favorite to win the whole thing.

Jinro mentioned in his post-game interview that you guys practiced together a bit. Do you find that non-Koreans tend to practice with each other and help each other out in Korea?

Ya the last week has just been me and Ret practicing with Jinro and Select, everyone taking turns and giving each other advice. We're all friends, so it's natural we want to help each other, but it's also more beneficial than practicing vs Koreans since it's easier for us to share ideas and give/get advice. Even though I lost I've already seen a massive improvement in my gameplay just from having other foreigners out here to really train with. It's gotten me very excited for the EG house and the future of foreigners here in Korea. I really expect a lot more from us as a group than I did in the past.

Do you feel the Koreans players treat you differently now that you have a higher status in these tournaments? Have you been approached by korean fans yet in the street?

No, the Korean players have always recognized that I'm one of the best and most of them don't like me very much. As far as I know that hasn't changed. I have been recognized a few times in public here, haven't noticed a marked increase in it lately. It's still pretty rare.

Speaking of the EG house, any new news on when that is going to happen and who is going to join you?

Nothing is concrete yet, besides that it's going to happen. We're looking at mid-February next year, but again it's still very up in the air. As for the players, definitely some of the current EG American players, and possibly a couple of new recruits. Nothing is set in stone for that either yet.

We wish you the best of luck in GSL4. Any last shout outs or words to your fans?

I'd like to thank all my fans for cheering for me, and sorry for losing so early in this GSL. Also huge thanks to EG for supporting me, everyone should check us out on http://www.myeg.net, I have a new series of instructional videos going up once a week on there. Thanks to all our sponsors who make all that possible, Intel, SteelSeries, MSI Notebook, Kingston HyperX, Bigfoot Networks, and Thermaltake.

5/1/2014 2:36:13 PM

^^can't understand all that gibberish in the video because it's in chinaman speak.

5/1/2014 2:38:09 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/21/world/asia/south-korea-ferry/

Quote :

"The Sewol ferry disaster appears to have taken another life -- this time of the man whom some blamed for the sinking. Yoo Byung Eun, the subject of an intense, nationwide manhunt who went missing after the South Korean ferry sank in April, was declared dead, police said Tuesday. Yoo's body was found decomposing in a plum field by a farmer on June 12."

7/22/2014 12:54:46 PM