It's been almost a year since I did one of these, and I'm having a bit of a rough day. Does anyone remember me? ㅋㅋㅋ Anyway, if you're similarly bored then please go ahead and ask me anything about life post-eSports journalism living in Seoul. (Or about figure collecting etc.)

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50107 Posts

June 03 2011 05:08 GMT

Whats your typical day like in Seoul?

Edit:insta 5/5,kitteh!

Mayor

United States472 Posts

June 03 2011 05:08 GMT

What kind of figures do you collect? DoW figures?

Enki

United States2548 Posts

June 03 2011 05:09 GMT

How's your health these days?

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

June 03 2011 05:10 GMT

Favourite food? No Western stuff, only Korean.

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

June 03 2011 05:10 GMT

What happened to Violet!!!

LunarDestiny

United States4177 Posts

June 03 2011 05:10 GMT

Selfish Question: TL is kinda of fucked with the whole Fomos copyrights thing. Will you bring us some sexy photos for the near MSL final?

Spica

United States5582 Posts

June 03 2011 05:12 GMT

Who is/are the most awkward progamer(s) you've interacted with? And your funniest experience involved with eSports or just Korea in general?

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:13 GMT

On June 03 2011 14:08 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Whats your typical day like in Seoul?

Well a working day goes something like this;

7am - Get up, and get ready to go to work.
7:30-8:15am - Forget to eat breakfast, struggle to straighten my bangs, furiously check the internet for new and shiny things.
8:15-8:25am - Walk to the subway.
8:25-9:00am - Commuting via Seoul's excellent subway system.
9:00-5:00pm - Work.
5:00-6:00pm - Commuting home.
6:00ish - Dinner time whilst watching some British comedy (Mock the Week, Argumental, HIGNFY etc.) via Youtube. I cook a lot more than I used to since I'm no longer sitting in OGN or MBC all evening. (I got fatter because of it lol.)

After that it's mainly just getting ready for bed, watching movies and chilling out. I'm also a sucker for housework (I actually like hoovering o.O) so I always do that before relaxing.

The weekend is pretty much the same minus work. I do like to go out on impulsive shopping trips, whilst forgetting to actually spend money on food. Sometimes I'll go out and photograph random things at the local park, or head up to Hongdae with a friend to raid the shops. I'm kind of 26 going on 80 lately.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:14 GMT

#10

On June 03 2011 14:08 Mayor wrote:
What kind of figures do you collect? DoW figures?

I focus on figures from Goodsmile Company with a little bit of Alter and Maxfactory thrown in. i'm trying to keep my collection quite focused due to my lack of space. So, it's mainly made up of Nendoroids, Nendoroid puchis, Figma and a couple of scale figures. I also collect gashapons - my last gashapon spree was $26 on one machine >.>

You can find more info on the Figure Maniacs thread :D

ghrur

United States3786 Posts

June 03 2011 05:14 GMT

#11

What's hoovering? And what do you do?

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

June 03 2011 05:15 GMT

#12

Course we remember you Neggy :3

Why are you having a rough day? That's no fun.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:15 GMT

#13

On June 03 2011 14:09 Enki wrote:
How's your health these days?

It's alright. Thanks for asking. The only issue I have is my hip, which keeps cramping. I need to hit the doctor's this month.

Z3kk

4099 Posts

June 03 2011 05:15 GMT

#14

Hey are you all right? D: You said you're having a bad day

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:16 GMT

#15

On June 03 2011 14:10 neobowman wrote:
Favourite food? No Western stuff, only Korean.

That's tough because I actually do enjoy a lot of Korean food. I always miss the more seasonal stuff like pat bing soo when it's not widely available. I think my current favourite is probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japchae

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:17 GMT

#16

On June 03 2011 14:10 OpticalShot wrote:
What happened to Violet!!!

I'm not sure :/ It's hard to keep track of the boys' personal lives unless they're reported via the online sites tbh. I hope he's recovering well, and we can hear from him soon.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 03 2011 05:18 GMT

#17

On June 03 2011 14:10 LunarDestiny wrote:
Selfish Question: TL is kinda of fucked with the whole Fomos copyrights thing. Will you bring us some sexy photos for the near MSL final?

Sadly not. I could go, but I sold my big expensive lens a few months back to pay for some expenses so I only have my 50mm now. Hopefully someone can step up to the plate in the near future to replace me!

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

June 03 2011 05:18 GMT

#18

Do you feel the career of journalism has declined into this turbulent whirlpool of sensationalism, instantaenous information (perpetuated by the access of the internet) and has lost its "lust", so to speak, of research, fact-checking and thoughts (instead of simply finding pieces that are entertaining either through the common phrase of: "If it bleeds, it leads".

It's been on my mind for years and I always feared that the ideals and goals of journalism are less nobler than once labeled in movies and in my notions of the early 60s to 80s (I'm pretty sure that sentence doesn't work). A common word I am hearing now is that journalists are more becoming infotainers.