The Extremes of Internet Gaming In South Korea

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 6, 2012 @03:03AM from the too-much-is-too-much dept.

Rick Zeman writes "CNN has an expose showing that in South Korea, the world's most wired country, Internet gaming breeds two extremes: elite 'athletes' who earn fame and six figures, and addicts who literally play until they die and tells the stories of players on both sides of that real-life divide. From the article: 'The first thing you notice about the professional video game players are their fingers — spindly creatures that seem to flail about at their own will, banging at the computer keyboard with such frequency and ferocity that to visit their live-in training centers in South Korea is to be treated to a maddening drum roll of clicks and clacks.'"

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They are true zealots by Iniamyen · 2012-08-06 03:15 · Score: 5, Funny

These gamers want to be immortal. They would rather die gaming than get stuck being a drone with some queen and 2 screaming zerglings to take care of. Their ghosts will live on as overseers of the gaming world. /hydralisk
Re:The truth is plain to see, folks by Moheeheeko · 2012-08-06 03:18 · Score: 5, Funny

First, you must construct additional pylons.