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Moving to Korea: Incheon or Busan?

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Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-03 16:01:38
February 03 2012 16:00 GMT
#1
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33592 Posts
February 03 2012 16:20 GMT
#2
East incheon would be pretty close to the gom studio :o
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
HunterK
Profile Joined April 2011
Argentina68 Posts
February 03 2012 16:26 GMT
#3
Go to Incheon!
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
February 03 2012 16:29 GMT
#4
if you don't like the cold, go to busan. seoul gets pretty cold during the winter.

since you want to go to korea for the esports scene, incheon would be the better option
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
February 03 2012 16:50 GMT
#5
Incheon is where everything happens ^^
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
bmml
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom962 Posts
February 03 2012 16:51 GMT
#6
Go to Busan, if you're lucky you'll have a SPL finals there. Busan beach baby! woo!
Symmetry
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada294 Posts
February 03 2012 17:08 GMT
#7
On February 04 2012 01:29 29 fps wrote:

since you want to go to korea for the esports scene, incheon would be the better option


Seconded. Living in Busan will put you hours away from any of the gaming studios.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
February 03 2012 17:34 GMT
#8
I would go with Busan for myself personally because I like the nice weather and beach, but based off his story and the fact he wants to experience the gaming culture first-hand Incheon would be better.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
February 03 2012 17:35 GMT
#9
Make sure to do some research on your own as well. Ultimately it is your decision and your life. Have fun in Korea
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Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
February 03 2012 17:42 GMT
#10
busan is not a bad city but incheon is a better location for jobs, fun, etc.
bobsire
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada296 Posts
February 03 2012 18:13 GMT
#11
Incheon is where everything happens gaming etc
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
February 03 2012 18:23 GMT
#12
Well as long as you're not totally alone (sparse expat community) Incheon IS much closer to the capitol, why not stop by for some BW too (assuming you're not ethnically Asian, you're guaranteed the spotlight {: ).
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zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
February 03 2012 18:43 GMT
#13
incheon all the way. busan is too far from seoul for all the cool things that he'd want to do (not that busan isn't cool itself, because it is, but it's on the other side of the country from seoul)
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
February 03 2012 19:39 GMT
#14
One of my college friends lives in Incheon and seems to like it. He doesn't even play Starcraft.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
gillon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1578 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-03 19:43:20
February 03 2012 19:43 GMT
#15
Incheon sounds sweet, but then I'm not too scared of cold weather. -30 degrees celsius here where I live at the moment. ^^;
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
February 03 2012 20:13 GMT
#16
Incheon is right next to Seoul while Busan is on the other end of the country, and that's all needs to be said.
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
February 03 2012 21:19 GMT
#17
Depends if the guy likes the cold or not. If he hates the cold, he can always fly in once or twice to Incheon, but if he can stand the cold, then by all means go to the area with the supposed best night life and most gaming. Personally i'd go to Busan but that is because its a beach city and thats just my type of town.

The way it seems is
Do you like or hate the cold? cold = incheon
What will you spend your nights doing? clubbing / gaming = incheon
What are you looking for school wise? depends on what kind of school in which city
What is your pay going to look like? depends on who pays you more
What kind of baggage are you bringing? are you looking for a girlfriend, friends, etc.

With those stated, you just have to pick what you want in a city, job, nightlife, people. etc.

User was warned for too many mimes.
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
February 03 2012 23:19 GMT
#18
'if you're an alcoholic pc gamer (soju at a pc bang everyday'

If the alcoholic bit sums you up then please don't come here. Remember you're being paid to come and teach, not to get drunk every day. That aside, Busan seemed pretty nice from what I've seen of it, but it's a pretty long trip to get to most of the core gaming action here (live events, finals, fan meetings etc.) in Seoul. I lived in the far South (albeit in a very small/boring town.) and spent most of my time every weekend trekking up to Seoul to do progaming related things/reporting.

As for hiking and sports - you can do those pretty much anywhere in SK. The older generation here *loves* to go on hikes, so there's plenty of access to well established routes (with lovely scenery in some cases.) If you check Meetup.com and Facebook you'll also be able to find plenty of ex-pat/Korean sports groups to join.
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zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-04 00:59:29
February 04 2012 00:59 GMT
#19
On February 04 2012 08:19 NeverGG wrote:
'if you're an alcoholic pc gamer (soju at a pc bang everyday'

If the alcoholic bit sums you up then please don't come here.


this. there already are widespread negative connotations about english hakwon teachers among both koreans and foreigners.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51582 Posts
February 04 2012 02:44 GMT
#20
just ask rek about english teachers huehue.
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