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So yeah that's right, I'm moving to Korea for 3 months (for now 3 months anyways)
I'll mainly be going to watch the pro scene both in Brood war and Starcraft 2. so I'll get to see a lot of starcraft 
As much as i would like to say I'm going to compete. I'm not at the level of players that are currently in Korea, so I'll be mainly going as a spectator.
not only that but i guess I'll be going to be living starcraft (hence my blogs name) for those months. so see what its like in a way to be a competitor, to be in their shoes. as well i'll be watching history unfold before my very eyes. I'll meet the people who i have studied and admired.
its a chance for me to grow and to do what I've only dreamed of doing. to reach for the moon. i have my goals to do while I'm there, and these goals will make me a better player, and a better person.
it'll be a roller-coaster
i cannot wait.
as for when I'll be leaving. I plan on leaving end of march beginning of April.
I'll write about it as much as i can, and hopefully really give other people a glimpse of what i will experience in Korea, as everyone has a different experience of what its like doing what you've always wanted to do.
the only thing that will prevent me from going is if i cannot find a place to live before i go. though i am calling places over the next few days.
 
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50586 Posts
even minus the progaming scene Korea is an exciting place.
keep us updated of your experiences :D!
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Have fun while you're there. Pictures would be nice. :D It's like on my to do list to travel. It would be nice to see it through other people's eyes if I can't.
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Do you have no commitments to attend to?!?
What's your background story? :O
Sounds like it'll be an absolute blast 
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[QUOTE]On February 20 2011 17:38 TheJoyBringer wrote:
Do you have no commitments to attend to?!?
What's your background story? :O
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you want my life story. well here it goes
i was born on a warm... Wait i read that wrong, you just wanted to know how i can just pack up and move to Korea. Well its fairly simple i guess.
I don't have anything here holding me back. I don't want to think what if anymore. i wasted my youth being ashamed of being who i am or who i wanted to be. I'm not going to let that happen to me anymore. i'll follow my dreams, i'll be who i want to be finally and be at peace with myself finally.
i always wondered whats its like to pursure pro gaming, and nows my chance. i know i won't be gsl quality in 3 months, but tbh i don't need that, to just be there, to be around people who share the same passions as i do.
[QUOTE]On February 20 2011 17:33 Selth wrote:
Have fun while you're there. Pictures would be nice. :D It's like on my to do list to travel. It would be nice to see it through other people's eyes if I can't.[/QUOTE]
don't worry about pictures. i'll not only be taking pictures. but uploading videos and writing like mad.
P.S. apperently the quotes don't work
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wait, so what are you doing there?
I mean, I like SC as much as the next guy but don't you think watching other people play is going to be a bit wierd for 3 months? Are you planning on like sneaking into pro houses and setting up a chair behind OGSMC....just watchin him ladder? I don't really get it...
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On February 20 2011 17:56 sob3k wrote:
wait, so what are you doing there?
I mean, I like SC as much as the next guy but don't you think watching other people play is going to be a bit wierd for 3 months? Are you planning on like sneaking into pro houses and setting up a chair behind OGSMC....just watchin him ladder? I don't really get it...
let there is almost something going on daily in the sc scene. with gsl and all the kespa stuff. i'll be busty watching all that. when that stuff is not on i'll be exploring seoul and korea. plus i'll be trying to get a korean sc2 account and play on the korean servers, plus the NA server
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Good for you dude! Follow your dreams and have no regrets!!
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sounds great! then you can come back after NASL takes off
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It's be awesome if you could also got to some BW events and send us pictures, as the last person we had doing that retired... 
GL HF!
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wow sounds awesome!
Too bad it looks like you're going to follow mostly SCII. I'd been so much more interested in BW-blog :/
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On February 20 2011 19:42 Piste wrote:
wow sounds awesome!
Too bad it looks like you're going to follow mostly SCII. I'd been so much more interested in BW-blog :/
auctally i plan on doing the exact opposite. i plan on mostly following sc1. i even plan on trying to convince hite to let me do a tour (photographed of course) of their house.
even on top of that i plan on trying to get a lot of the pros autographs and do giveaways for the people here on tl.
so don't fret. i'l be covering a lot of both sc2 and bw. if i was just covering bw it would save me a ton of money though, not having to drag around my desktop to korea and back.
also it looks like a lot of the bw events are not going on while i'll be there, there are not any events past mid march in the kespa calender
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Mid life crisis? OE? or just because you felt like it? Should be awesome
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make sure to eat alot of kimchi! so you can grow and get strong like those koreans players!
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good luck good luck! Hope you enjoy yourself there!
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On February 20 2011 19:57 Kiante wrote:make some great cheerfuls man. When daniel from austria went to korea he made some waves and it was awesome. Imo do the same! Get some teamliquid shoutouts as well! have fun i'm jealous. I'm hoping to get to korea after i finish my degree assuming the BW scene is still rocking
I'm going to try to get as many tl shoutouts as i can, should be fun!
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awesome man
i'm saving up for a trip to Korea as well :3 but that won't be in near future tho ;(
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On February 20 2011 19:53 masterbreti wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2011 19:42 Piste wrote:
wow sounds awesome!
Too bad it looks like you're going to follow mostly SCII. I'd been so much more interested in BW-blog :/ auctally i plan on doing the exact opposite. i plan on mostly following sc1. i even plan on trying to convince hite to let me do a tour (photographed of course) of their house. even on top of that i plan on trying to get a lot of the pros autographs and do giveaways for the people here on tl. so don't fret. i'l be covering a lot of both sc2 and bw. if i was just covering bw it would save me a ton of money though, not having to drag around my desktop to korea and back. also it looks like a lot of the bw events are not going on while i'll be there, there are not any events past mid march in the kespa calender
Oh that's cool man! For some reason I expected you were going to follow only SCII even tho you mention brood war in your post. silly me.
Can't wait to see some pics and videos
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can you bring back FlaSh's autograph and give it to me??? please? xD
jk jk, hope you have fun!!! and if ur watching starcraft, then be prepared to scream a lot 
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Sorry to be crass, but how are you going to support yourself?
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Hey, if that's what you want, do it and do it well.
I give you the best of luck!
I wish I had the fucking balls to go to Korea to play or do anything.
Power to ya.
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good luck, take as much picture as possible ^_^... its freaking cold in Canada right now -,-
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On February 21 2011 02:29 FlaShFTW wrote:can you bring back FlaSh's autograph and give it to me??? please? xD jk jk, hope you have fun!!! and if ur watching starcraft, then be prepared to scream a lot
well I'll auctally see what i can do about that. if i get one, i will send it your way for sure. and yes, i am being totally serious
On February 21 2011 03:25 nbaker wrote:
Sorry to be crass, but how are you going to support yourself?
Well right now i have the money to support myself, plus i'll have some income coming from my blogspot blog (hopefully), thats why i'll post a lot of stuff on my blogspot blog. to get ad revenue, but making money is very low on my to-do list and as long as i have money to survive there (i do currently) i'll be fine.
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You need a traveling partner? I cant think of anything id rather do this summer.
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job? money?
You are just gonna bum around for 3 months? You must be rich.
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NeverGG
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Onetels/Goshiwons are a good option for short term stays. They're cheap, all inclusive when it comes to utility bills and they don't care how long you stay for.
' i even plan on trying to convince hite to let me do a tour (photographed of course) of their house.' Without a very good command of Korean and some connections within the management/esports scene in general I highly doubt they'll let you do this. It takes months to get to that level of access unless you already know people or come from an esports company's staff.
Your best bet for doing coverage is to just go to the matches, be *very* polite and don't make a nuisance of yourself when asking for things from management/staff at venues and the players themselves. They're usually pretty accomodating, but don't push your luck or you won't be able to establish a connection to them in the future for further activities.
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On February 23 2011 11:53 NeverGG wrote:
Onetels/Goshiwons are a good option for short term stays. They're cheap, all inclusive when it comes to utility bills and they don't care how long you stay for.
' i even plan on trying to convince hite to let me do a tour (photographed of course) of their house.' Without a very good command of Korean and some connections within the management/esports scene in general I highly doubt they'll let you do this. It takes months to get to that level of access unless you already know people or come from an esports company's staff.
Your best bet for doing coverage is to just go to the matches, be *very* polite and don't make a nuisance of yourself when asking for things from management/staff at venues and the players themselves. They're usually pretty accomodating, but don't push your luck or you won't be able to establish a connection to them in the future for further activities.
Auctally the hite comment on me was sorta a joke on my part. i knew it would never happen. i figure my best access is to get some pictures with some of the bw pros.
I'm currently learning korean though, so hopefully when i get there i'll have at least have a small knowledge of korean, enough to allow me to have some basic (and i mean very basic) conversations with the pros.
right now my rent and everything will be about 150-200 USD a month. with fre rice too. so i'll be living uber cheap
On February 23 2011 11:38 isherz wrote:
You need a traveling partner? I cant think of anything id rather do this summer.
well i won't be travelling during the summer (maybe i'll attend gosucoaching camp if i can afford it and if they have it this year), and i'll be back around the end of june.
On February 23 2011 11:40 FakePlasticLove wrote:
job? money?
You are just gonna bum around for 3 months? You must be rich.
I have enough money to sustain myself in korea, korea is auctally quite affordable if you live on basics.
in terms of job, well my only job really ends when spring arrives (i work for a snowplowing company) so end of march is pretty good timing for me to go to korea.
also to be honest. if i make enough through ad renevue on my blog to warrant another stay in korea, i will go back. thats the plan anyways. in the absoloute best case scenerio i will be travelling back and forth writing, and making money through that. in the worst case. i will go there and have fun, come back and enjoy life just a little bit better.
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Is this a dream or just a long vacation? Three months just watching SC sounds like a kind of strange dream to pursue. It's really not difficult at all. All it takes is a few thousand dollars and some free time, and it ends with not much other than watching some games which won't mean anything when the metagame changes or the next patch comes out anyway.
Are you trying to get a job in the game industry or something? Or maybe get into esports on the organizational side? It just seems very strange to spend money to go to Korea solely for the sake of watching people play SC, when you could do the same right where you are now, other than the live aspect of sitting in a seat and seeing the gamers in a booth.
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NeverGG
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@masterbreti: Ah right, I didn't realize you were only joking. I just like to make sure newcomers realize that it's not easy to get access straight off the bat. It's something you have to earn over time with hard work ^_^ Most of the players are nice guys though (altho improving your Korean as much as you can will help you when communicating with them of course.) so at fan meetings it's fine to go and ask for photos etc. Just don't bother people during the actual broadcasting and you'll be okay.
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On February 23 2011 14:05 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Is this a dream or just a long vacation? Three months just watching SC sounds like a kind of strange dream to pursue. It's really not difficult at all. All it takes is a few thousand dollars and some free time, and it ends with not much other than watching some games which won't mean anything when the metagame changes or the next patch comes out anyway.
Are you trying to get a job in the game industry or something? Or maybe get into esports on the organizational side? It just seems very strange to spend money to go to Korea solely for the sake of watching people play SC, when you could do the same right where you are now, other than the live aspect of sitting in a seat and seeing the gamers in a booth.
you asked a tough ass question, and i'll try to answer it as well as i can. of course other then what i state on here. there are other reasons which are personal and i won't write about.
well right now i'm really going to have fun and to watch the pros. i guess my dream is really just to have fun for once in my life and go and experince what being a progamer would be like. its more aobut having the experince than really doing it. I'm going there to learn, to live, and to come back and know that i did that, that i went to korea and had fun.
i would love to get a job in the esports industry. i think for sure going to korea to write about sc will be a great asset. i guess right now you could call me someone who is going to report on starcraft (1 and 2) in korea. but i'm just a fan with some time and money.
like i had said in my previous post. it would be ideal to basically turn going to korea as a job and be able to go back and forth writing about starcraft. but again, if that doesn't happen, then i went and had fun. i'm not going there to instantly gain fame or a career. i just want to have fun and live a little.
it would be awesome to become a pro gamer, and play sc for a living. currently i am not at that level, and i know that. so going there and spending that time almost totally dedicated to starcraft, i'll improve as a player. but like i said, i'm not going there to sit in a tiny room and play starcraft all the time. I'm going to improve as a person mostly, and have the chance to meet a lot of the players whom i admire.
On February 23 2011 14:35 NeverGG wrote:
@masterbreti: Ah right, I didn't realize you were only joking. I just like to make sure newcomers realize that it's not easy to get access straight off the bat. It's something you have to earn over time with hard work ^_^ Most of the players are nice guys though (altho improving your Korean as much as you can will help you when communicating with them of course.) so at fan meetings it's fine to go and ask for photos etc. Just don't bother people during the actual broadcasting and you'll be okay.
i completely understand, and its good that people are looking out for forigners going to korea. as well, i'm sure kespa will have a good calender for stuff like fan meetings and such. i will look tonight though
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NeverGG
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@masterbreti; Actually fan meetings are not official events (aside from the yearly ones held by each team which you need to sign up for using their Daum cafes. They're worth it - I went to a Khan one a couple of years ago and it was awesome. We got freebies too.)
They happen after each proleague match (usually only the winning team will stay afterwards, but sometimes the losing team does too.) at the discretion of the managers. If you wait approximately 30 minutes (whilst players are interviewed inside the press rooms.) then the players will come out to chat with the fans/receive gifts and sign autographs etc. The style of the meets varies from team/time so they can be a really fun way to get a more personal experience with the players (and the Korean fans too.)
Regarding match schedules just check fomos.co.kr they have the most up to date calendar. You'll need to be able to read hangul though because the site is all in Korean.
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On February 23 2011 15:01 NeverGG wrote:
@masterbreti; Actually fan meetings are not official events (aside from the yearly ones held by each team which you need to sign up for using their Daum cafes. They're worth it - I went to a Khan one a couple of years ago and it was awesome. We got freebies too.)
They happen after each proleague match (usually only the winning team will stay afterwards, but sometimes the losing team does too.) at the discretion of the managers. If you wait approximately 30 minutes (whilst players are interviewed inside the press rooms.) then the players will come out to chat with the fans/receive gifts and sign autographs etc. The style of the meets varies from team/time so they can be a really fun way to get a more personal experience with the players (and the Korean fans too.)
Regarding match schedules just check fomos.co.kr they have the most up to date calendar. You'll need to be able to read hangul though because the site is all in Korean.
wow
thanks so much for this. great piece of advice here. I have found the kespa calender for matches. it seems to be pretty good right now. though it seems there are no matches beyond march 16th. but i'll check fomos for sure.
thanks again. Every post makes me more and more exicited to go
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
No problem, if you need any other advice then just pm me. I'm pretty sure nothing has really changed about attending the Korean leagues since I retired. It's just GSL that I have no idea about since I don't plan on attending it.
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Dood that sounds amazing. Best of luck on your starcation!
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On February 23 2011 14:45 masterbreti wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2011 14:05 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Is this a dream or just a long vacation? Three months just watching SC sounds like a kind of strange dream to pursue. It's really not difficult at all. All it takes is a few thousand dollars and some free time, and it ends with not much other than watching some games which won't mean anything when the metagame changes or the next patch comes out anyway.
Are you trying to get a job in the game industry or something? Or maybe get into esports on the organizational side? It just seems very strange to spend money to go to Korea solely for the sake of watching people play SC, when you could do the same right where you are now, other than the live aspect of sitting in a seat and seeing the gamers in a booth. you asked a tough ass question, and i'll try to answer it as well as i can. of course other then what i state on here. there are other reasons which are personal and i won't write about. well right now i'm really going to have fun and to watch the pros. i guess my dream is really just to have fun for once in my life and go and experince what being a progamer would be like. its more aobut having the experince than really doing it. I'm going there to learn, to live, and to come back and know that i did that, that i went to korea and had fun. i would love to get a job in the esports industry. i think for sure going to korea to write about sc will be a great asset. i guess right now you could call me someone who is going to report on starcraft (1 and 2) in korea. but i'm just a fan with some time and money. like i had said in my previous post. it would be ideal to basically turn going to korea as a job and be able to go back and forth writing about starcraft. but again, if that doesn't happen, then i went and had fun. i'm not going there to instantly gain fame or a career. i just want to have fun and live a little. it would be awesome to become a pro gamer, and play sc for a living. currently i am not at that level, and i know that. so going there and spending that time almost totally dedicated to starcraft, i'll improve as a player. but like i said, i'm not going there to sit in a tiny room and play starcraft all the time. I'm going to improve as a person mostly, and have the chance to meet a lot of the players whom i admire. Show nested quote +On February 23 2011 14:35 NeverGG wrote:
@masterbreti: Ah right, I didn't realize you were only joking. I just like to make sure newcomers realize that it's not easy to get access straight off the bat. It's something you have to earn over time with hard work ^_^ Most of the players are nice guys though (altho improving your Korean as much as you can will help you when communicating with them of course.) so at fan meetings it's fine to go and ask for photos etc. Just don't bother people during the actual broadcasting and you'll be okay. i completely understand, and its good that people are looking out for forigners going to korea. as well, i'm sure kespa will have a good calender for stuff like fan meetings and such. i will look tonight though
Ah okay, so a journey to expand the mind and see new horizons. Nothing wrong with that. Best of luck in your adventures and hopefully the new experiences unlock a lot of opportunities for you .
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On February 23 2011 16:26 mizU wrote:
Dood that sounds amazing. Best of luck on your starcation!
Thank you. please keep checking in on the blog though, wil lhave a ton of updates in the next couple of days. will post more through blogspot, but will have tl posts off and on. will have one tonight though on tl, mainly it'll be an update on whats going on and how things are progressing.
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