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Meet Korea's Gaming Rockstars

Posted by Zonk on from the dry-ice-and-zerglings dept.

PC Gamer has up a short piece looking at some of the big names in Korean gaming. The piece describes an event, and discusses the training regimen these console contestants go through. "I visited the A-team house, which is in a residential street in northern Seoul. Fourteen pro gamers live here, together with their team coach. It's half frat house, half sweatshop. Upstairs are the dorms. The team's top two players, Ma Jae Yoon (handle sAviOr) and Seo Ji Hoon (handle XellOs) share a room that's not much bigger than two single beds. The others are crammed into bunks in two other rooms. Ma, aged 21, is currently South Korea's number one Starcraft player and, according to Sean Oh, a millionaire. You wouldn't be able to glean this from looking at his bedroom."

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  1. Just Doing Their Time by Slider451 · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Serve on a fishing ship, in the military or... as a professional gamer.
    2. Endure austere conditions, long hours, harsh discipline.
    3. There is no step 3
    4. Profit!

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  2. Howlin' Mad by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I visited the A-team house, which is in a residential street in northern Seoul. Are those guys *still* on the run from the U.S. government? I'd have thought getting B.A. Barracus onto a plane for South Korea would be a major PITA... and you just blew their cover again!
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  3. Hurry and meet them... by riskeetee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before they die of exhaustion from a marathon gaming session!

  4. backwards by penguinbroker · · Score: 4, Funny

    ftfa..

    Korea's #1 Starcraft Player: I would like to have a good car and a fancy girlfriend.


    um.... isn't it supposed to be the other way around?