One of the most popular sport in Korea.

[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

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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???