Land of the Videogame Star

The New York Times has up an article today looking at the phenomenon of videogame players treated like rockstars in the forward-thinking nation of South Korea. There, where televised gaming is all the rage, the appearance of a favorite player can provoke a reaction not unlike a teeny-bopper concert. From the article: "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. With a panel of commentators at their side, protected from the throbbing crowd by a glass wall, players like Lim Yo-Hwan, Lee Yoon Yeol and Suh Ji Hoon lounged in logo-spangled track suits and oozed the laconic bravado of athletes the world over. And they were not even competing. They were gathered for the bracket selection for a coming tournament season on MBC Game, one of the country's two full-time video game television networks. And while audiences watched eagerly at home, fans lucky enough to be there in person waved hand-lettered signs like 'Go for it, Kang Min' and 'The winner will be Yo-Hwan {oheart}.' " ESPN, take note.

Comments

Re:is it just me..

[blahplusplus]

"or should 'forward thinking' and an still playing an ancient (though exellent) game not go together?"

Really great games are timeless, I can enjoy lots of older games still far more then a lot of newer ones. Well designed games never really go out of style unless you're a graphics whore.

ESPN Montana Real

[Silon]

ESPN, take note.

I think such a demand is a bit unreasonable for a newborn baby.

Re:is it just me..

[Shadow99_1]

actually that was 'relevent', sorry didn't spell check... but I would have thought this spelling would have jumped out as the sentance clearly defined the word I was trying to spell...

FYI:
Relevent- Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin relevant-, relevans, from Latin, present participle of relevare to raise up -- more at RELIEVE
1 a : having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand b : affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion c : having social relevance

I can't even find a dictionary that understands 'Revelant'... In fact most refer me to the word I was trying to spell (and got alot closer to than you did in your reply)...

Re:is it just me..

[MSTCrow5429]

Well, now you can't spell "sentence." You off-topic and trolling now, and will be ignored.