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Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 10 2010 13:14 GMT
#21
What is the difference between gg and ziziyo?
aka myheronoob
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
July 10 2010 13:16 GMT
#22
What is the meaning of life?
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 13:20 GMT
#23
On July 10 2010 22:08 Scarecrow wrote:
Is there a correlation between average APM and kimchi consumption?

Does homosexuality exist in Korea?



These are two very good questions. I suppose I should answer them separately, because that's the normal approach.

1. That average APM rises with lifetime kimchi consumption is a known fact. This is likely how July got to where he is today. Of course, there is a certain amount of natural talent involved, but for July we can presume that he was less a product of innate talent than of Kimchi.

2. I like to think that all Koreans exist in a state of pansexual mystery. As such, there is no 'homosexuality' as we would understand it. Instead, sometimes a Korean boy will simply look and act more like a Korean girl. People try not to make a big deal of it.


On July 10 2010 22:14 MyHeroNoob wrote:
What is the difference between gg and ziziyo?


While we're all familiar with the usual GG, ziziyo is the 'gangsta' equivalent. Many westerners, myself include, have taken to using 'ziziyo' as a simply method of communicating to an opponent,

"I may have lost, but check out how cool I am when it comes to letters that don't build anything,"

Unfortunately, in Korea the term has far more nasty connotations, and harks back to the early days of professional StarCraft play. In the days before Brood War's release, SC was played dank underground clubs, usually run by the Korean mafia.

It was not uncommon for someone found to be maphacking to have their clicking finger cut off as a consequence.

"Ziziyo" basically says, "You may have won this time, but I will stab you in the kidneys as we leave the building and kekekekeke as you bleed out."

It's a sad truth.


On July 10 2010 22:02 Atom Cannister wrote:
I wonder if some of the posters will even read that you're just making everything up...

I hope someone posts before reading more than the title and then gets freaked out.


I included the impressive MSPaint pictures to help avoid that, but I'm kind of hoping people ask normal questions too
Moderator@SirJolt
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 13:21 GMT
#24
On July 10 2010 22:16 arb wrote:
What is the meaning of life?


I'm going to have to ask you to clarify. Do you mean the meaning of life in general or the meaning of life in Korea?
Moderator@SirJolt
gaizka
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States991 Posts
July 10 2010 13:29 GMT
#25
In a recent match a heard a vubuzela, is Korea being influenced by recent international events? if so please elaborate, or was the streamer just being funny?
valaki
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary2476 Posts
July 10 2010 13:29 GMT
#26
North Korea is Best Korea. True or false?
ggaemo fan
gaizka
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States991 Posts
July 10 2010 13:33 GMT
#27
On July 10 2010 22:29 valaki wrote:
North Korea is Best Korea. True or false?

ziziyo ^^
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 13:44:31
July 10 2010 13:36 GMT
#28
On July 10 2010 22:29 gaizka wrote:
In a recent match a heard a vubuzela, is Korea being influenced by recent international events? if so please elaborate, or was the streamer just being funny?


In vuvuzelas as in so many other e-sports related noises, Korea informs the rest of the world, rather than the other way around. As a result, the stream you were watching had likely had vuvuzelas for a while, but we failed to notice it because we had no frame of reference.

When the Korean fans brought vuvuzelas to south africa, the rest of the world caught on.


On July 10 2010 22:33 gaizka wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2010 22:29 valaki wrote:
North Korea is Best Korea. True or false?

ziziyo ^^


This is just the kind of eloquence we need more of.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51444 Posts
July 10 2010 13:38 GMT
#29
Explain why Korea must resort to slave-like ideologies to train their 'talent' in the music industry.
Commentator
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 13:42 GMT
#30
On July 10 2010 22:38 GTR wrote:
Explain why Korea must resort to slave-like ideologies to train their 'talent' in the music industry.


Again, the issue here is with the kimchi-to-talent ratio. The near-enslavement of musicians in Korea comes as a result of the fact that they really do need to eat about 4.5k calories worth of kimchi to stay at the front of the musical-arms-race they've built.

Those who get to the top usually do so by eating a monumental amount of kimchi. In order to maintain that solid Korean figure, about which we see so many blogs, need to work hard to burn it off. They need to work harder than any single person can make themselves work... so they have to be made work

It's a cruel and vicious cycle
Moderator@SirJolt
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
July 10 2010 14:08 GMT
#31
On July 10 2010 22:21 SirJolt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2010 22:16 arb wrote:
What is the meaning of life?


I'm going to have to ask you to clarify. Do you mean the meaning of life in general or the meaning of life in Korea?

Both.
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 14:10 GMT
#32
On July 10 2010 23:08 arb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2010 22:21 SirJolt wrote:
On July 10 2010 22:16 arb wrote:
What is the meaning of life?


I'm going to have to ask you to clarify. Do you mean the meaning of life in general or the meaning of life in Korea?

Both.


The answer is always + Show Spoiler +
more kimchi
.
Moderator@SirJolt
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 10 2010 14:24 GMT
#33
How many % of Koreans know how to make kimchi?
aka myheronoob
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 14:27 GMT
#34
As I said before, I'm not a scientist, so I can't guarantee that the maths behind this are totally solid.

Still, I'm alright with statistics, so I'd feel pretty comfortable saying that around 105% of all Koreans know how to make kimchi, if you take foreigners living in Korea into account.
Moderator@SirJolt
gaizka
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States991 Posts
July 10 2010 14:29 GMT
#35
I have to go to a girl's birthday party in less than 3 hours, I have no idea what to get her, what can I do?
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 14:35 GMT
#36
I'm hesitant to say "make kimchi" since the blog is going in a very "kimchi" direction. There are a few things you can do. I would write her a nice poem or a letter (on paper). I'm quite sure Korean people would do the same, though they might do it differently (their ideograms are very strange).

Maybe you should write her a letter in Korean? Then you could say when she asks, "Oh, well I'm very good at ideograms."

Bitches dig ideograms.
Moderator@SirJolt
valaki
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary2476 Posts
July 10 2010 15:24 GMT
#37
What is kimchi?
ggaemo fan
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 15:37 GMT
#38
As with soylent green, I have to tell you. Since I found out, I can no longer eat it + Show Spoiler +
it's people.
Moderator@SirJolt
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
July 10 2010 15:39 GMT
#39
Can you describe the flavor of pocarii sweat?
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
July 10 2010 16:44 GMT
#40
Pocarii Sweat is hard to describe. There are those who say that it reminds them of vitamin water, and those who consider it a mild and watered-down melon taste.

In truth, I've always found it tastes a lot like a very cheap beer, with some caffeine added. This also explains Flash's horrifying tics.
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