One of the most popular sport in Korea.

[#38]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB0OvKLXjAU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ6kKVSMhgk

[Psycho]

yep gaming (starcraft) is big business there

[a-4-year-old]

there should be no such thing as professional gaming, its a fucking game.

[#38]

I'm going to try to keep neutrality on this topic and not gonna say how sad that is for them to worship those people...

[Pred]

Which Korea?

[Dascoo]

Wow that wasn't obvious. You say korea and game, what do you think pops up first in people's heads

[a-4-year-old]

Wow that wasn't obvious. You say korea and game, what do you think pops up first in people's heads

[Dascoo]

Wow that wasn't obvious. You say korea and game, what do you think pops up first in people's heads

[#38]

South actually, but north probably too....

[Tallacaps]

I would like to see soldat matches in tv. With my national team Catalonia or all kind of clans from world � playing in them.

[SDFilm]

Haha, yea....a soldat version of that...

[Dascoo]

South actually, but north probably too....

Are you kidding me? Do you know what the condition of the north is? It's an isolated nation, seriously.

[#38]

um...what? just..no..stop talking dude

[a-4-year-old]

north korea is a messed up shithole basically. they don't have what we have.

[#38]

No ****, but they have computers and gets to play starcraft.....

well that was an assumption, but they're not as poor as you guys would think...

[a-4-year-old]

no they aren't poor, but every film they have was directed by kim jon ill

[#38]

maybe he loves starcraft too. he is korean after all.

[PANZERCATWAGON]

He isn't korean, he is asian. Korea isn't part of asia because it's the result of when satan and that guy in purgatory built a really poor 'hell on earth' because they were cracked out of their faces.

[a-4-year-old]

Did I ever tell you about the jews who thought they were asian?

[#38]

oh do tell.

[Cookie.]

No ****, but they have computers and gets to play starcraft.....

well that was an assumption, but they're not as poor as you guys would think...

AHAHAHAHA! Worst example ever.

Thats the hotel they started to build but stopped in 92 because they didn't have enough money to finish

-=Edit
They also have to rely on foreign aid to feed their people

[Noldi]

Korea is wierd o.O.

[Keron Cyst]

Korea is wierd o.O.

Tell me about it. They even hold StarCraft parades with actors dressed in Terran Marine and Zerg Hydralisk costumes.
They WORSHIP that game, man.

[#38]

They also have to rely on foreign aid to feed their people

from what country.

but that's pointless. anyway watch this thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJSMmyrxiIw

watch at 9:20 ...it's so funny

[{depth}shaman]

Dude, that shit is sort of sick. Its complete disconnection from reality i think. I mean, really. That sick. One of the players starts tearing up after his defeat in one. I mean professional video gaming is just like "fuck!" you spent your whole life mastering a  sport that isn't physical, its not even played with a game board. Its friggin virtual. Weird. I'll spend my time getting better at piano, chess and biology myself.

[VijchtiDoodah]

Dude, that **** is sort of sick. Its complete disconnection from reality i think. I mean, really. That sick. One of the players starts tearing up after his defeat in one. I mean professional video gaming is just like "****!" you spent your whole life mastering a  sport that isn't physical, its not even played with a game board. Its friggin virtual. Weird. I'll spend my time getting better at piano, chess and biology myself.

Dude, that **** is sort of sick. Its complete disconnection from reality.  You spend your whole life banging on ivory blocks and moving miniature wooden sculptures around.

[kingkitty]

There's like 3 channels dedicated to StarCraft :<

[Tallacaps]

Dude, that **** is sort of sick. Its complete disconnection from reality i think. I mean, really. That sick. One of the players starts tearing up after his defeat in one. I mean professional video gaming is just like "****!" you spent your whole life mastering a�  sport that isn't physical, its not even played with a game board. Its friggin virtual. Weird. I'll spend my time getting better at piano, chess and biology myself.

It's not sick.
Simply it is a new competition and new games.

You can say the same for chess or even sports.
Do you know that proffesional athletes are early getting old than normal people?
Too much effort destroys their body.

And why? A medal?

It's about politics. It's about your identity group. Like Olympic Games. Like soccer. That's because so many people watch them.
People like that.

[Captain Ben]

you'd think they would choose a fun game to worship

[Pred]

The thing about North Korea is that they build huge buildings and extravagant structures whilst the lower-class lives in poverty..

[Dascoo]

They also have to rely on foreign aid to feed their people

from what country.

but that's pointless. anyway watch this thing

Might as well tell you.....South Korea, the United States and Japan.

[Clawbug]

South actually, but north probably too....

People there do not even know that other world exists, neither they do know that there are such things as comptuers.

[Liber Lupus]

Yes, people in North-Korea probably live in caves too!!

[#38]

Ignorant typical Americans...i love it.

Well did you also know that ever since they announced their research for nuclear weapons, the majority of the WORLD started putting restrictions and stopped trades with North Korea? that includes japan, America, South Korea...

It's no heaven there, but it's not as bad as you would think. same with Iraq, the news only show the chaos parts, a lot of their cities are actually quite nice and advanced. look it up and see for yourself.

[Dascoo]

Ignorant typical Americans...i love it.

Well did you also know that ever since they announced their research for nuclear weapons, the majority of the WORLD started putting restrictions and stopped trades with North Korea? that includes japan, America, South Korea...

It's no heaven there, but it's not as bad as you would think. same with Iraq, the news only show the chaos parts, a lot of their cities are actually quite nice and advanced. look it up and see for yourself.

I'm not a citizen of the United states, and you suck because the flood and drought happened in the early 90's just when good ol' Soviet Russia disbanded. I do believe this was before the nuclear program was anounced, I'm not to sure on this. North Korea is actually an isolated state.

[#38]

no we're talking about the nuclear weapons the north korea is developing sometime after the start of the iraqi war...i don't konw what flood or drought are you talking about but even china was putting on economic pressures on NK.....so.

and yea, they are in an isolated state, that's why they aren't taking money from outsiders. they're not as poor as you would think.

[Cookie.]

no we're talking about the nuclear weapons the north korea is developing sometime after the start of the iraqi war...i don't konw what flood or drought are you talking about but even china was putting on economic pressures on NK.....so.

and yea, they are in an isolated state, that's why they aren't taking money from outsiders. they're not as poor as you would think.

They have to rely on foreign aid for food, otherwise they will have another famine.  That is pretty poor.  They also spend 20% of their money on military.

[Noldi]

20%, that's a lot.

[VijchtiDoodah]

They have to rely on foreign aid for food, otherwise they will have another famine.  That is pretty poor.  They also spend 20% of their money on military.

And the majority of the food we bring to them goes directly to the military.

Ignorant typical Americans...i love it.

Do you realize how ignorant that statement makes you look when the only people who've posted about Korea without talking about video games are all distinctly not American?  And I can't imagine you were talking about Dascoo...

[Captain Ben]

i hate it when videogame topics get all political

so are all those kids like celebrities in korea???

[a-4-year-old]

20%, that's a lot.

not really, during wars the US usually spends a great deal of it's money on "home security" and such.

[kingkitty]

so are all those kids like celebrities in korea???

They get shagged everyday.

[Valorman]

I laughed pretty hard to the opening of the first video...So dramatic

[Pred]

I heard that a traintrack is being built between North and South Korea - the first in 50 years.

[Bongobong]

yeah doesn't america spend 30 percent of their money in military stuff?

[Captain Ben]

so are all those kids like celebrities in korea???

They get shagged everyday.

so pretty much i all i have to do is play that shitty game to get laid in korea???

its not worth it

[Liber Lupus]

yeah doesn't america spend 30 percent of their money in military stuff?

No, around 4%. US ranks number 1 on the amount of money they spend on military, but it's only 4% of their total GDP.

[Bongobong]

yeah doesn't america spend 30 percent of their money in military stuff?

No, around 4%. US ranks number 1 on the amount of money they spend on military, but it's only 4% of their total GDP.

hmm, but i meant 33 percent of their budget not bnp.
i dont know about korea but it certainly is not 20 percent of their bnp.
and in absolute numbers south korea spends nine times more

besides, 4 percent of the bnp of USA, that's like a ridicoulous amount of money... oO
quite sad...

[shyo]

there should be no such thing as professional gaming, its a ****ing game.

so is football and other sports

[a-4-year-old]

there should be no such thing as professional gaming, its a ****ing game.

so is football and other sports

exactly, don't pay a man to play a child's game.

not that pressing "A" is a sport

[SDFilm]

not that pressing "A" is a sport

Neither is standing around goal posts or putting on hockey skates.

[#38]

Um...actually. Answer me this, which of the following feats is more difficult?



A) Go outside and run for 3 hours a day. (I'm not even including the other practices, but running is the general exercise for most sports.)

or

B) Sit in front of your computer for 12 hours playing a game.




The tremendous amounts of physical endurance and will make me respect most athletes to some point, while the nerds who spend 24 hours practicing on a 10 years old video game with no social lives deserves none.
Yes, those kids are considered celebrities in Korea. While me and my friends were watching the videos in school, one of our foreign exchange girl from Korea this year in our graphic design class saw the guy in it and went CRAZY....lol it was the funniest sight ever.