Having never played before, I practiced once yesterday and then today was the big tourney. 8 players, 2 teams. Jenny is amazing at it....she tells me she once went 2 yrs without watching any dramas or anything on TV except for live Starcraft matches. Seriously, I said live Starcraft matches on TV.
It is a profession here....the games ARE on TV....live audiences pack in to watch, and the pros are both well paid and have rock star status. No joke. Koreans win the Starcraft World title every time I have been told, and people are crazy proud of it....(whether or not having the best/most dorks per capita is something to celebrate is another matter altogether but anyway) it was quite fun....2.5 hours flew by...Jenny was the best, we won one match and lost the second....
We played in a 'PC Bang' (Bang means room in Korean) which if you haven't been here, is where students (more guys) live. Maybe it helps them escape the insanity that is their school system and all it's crazy life-determining tests. Whatever the reason, places like this are everywhere.
And yes Bethany, they're better in Korea than they were in China...Yuck!
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Haha, yes! That's awesome! And no kidding they're better than in China ... I have bad, bad memories of that PC bang. So hot, and stuffy, and smokey, and with keyboards that only typed in characters ... *sigh*
In Scotland they have those computer rooms too, only there they're called MacRooms! That's a little 'puter humor!
i've seen pros play before on youtube. its pretty crazy how mad they go for it. I suppose its like super-chess in real time. i don't know why starcraft and not some other game, though.
Another possible business opportunity when you get back?
Love, Dad
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