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Hi ya'll
I've been doing my time (mandatory military service) for being born Korean and felt like stopping by and saying hello.
I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so 
Those of you who know/remember me, especially from DotA, here I am. Hi! <3 to all
I'm alive and well. Since I'm too narcissistic to commit suicide, there's probably less than a 0.0001% chance I'll die serving my country for those who aren't familiar with what the Korean military is like.
There's a saying in Korean culture that serving in the military is like taking a time machine since you rarely get contact with the outside world and when you get discharged, things have changed more than you think so you feel like a caveman in modern society. The cool thing is I feel like I remember every second and moment of the last 18 months yet... it kind of feels short at the same time.
I started playing LoL last month to see what the hype is about (never really gave it a real shot before). I can see the appeal (it's fun so far tbh) but things that made, MAKE, DotA great are missing.
Anyway I'm kind of short on time so leave comments and questions!
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What's MAKE? Is this a MOBA in Korea? More information would be awesome.
Good luck for the rest of your enlistment!
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On April 05 2013 19:41 SlowBullets wrote:
What's MAKE? Is this a MOBA in Korea? More information would be awesome.
Good luck for the rest of your enlistment!
He was just talking about Dota, you're reading it wrong haha (ie. he was putting emphasis on the word 'make)
Good stuff Heen, dota2 is looking to be the next (hopefully big) thing in Korea with GOM picking it up and FXO picking up a team.
Hopefully we hear from you again soon 
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heen hwaiting 
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Will you come back to Dota2?
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rabid <3
Sure
Though I'm not sure how competitively I'll play. Even if the Korean community for DotA were to increase tenfold (which still doesn't make it a lot), it'd take at least a year for Koreans to be of any threat in international competitions imo.
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How come Korean play more LoL than Dota?
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Enjoy the rest of your stay in the army, when you're out we'll make a team to win TI4, no big deal.
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Northern Ireland22213 Posts
Hello Heen, hope to have you back soon :D
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We're waiting for you hyung.
Korean international team!
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Welcome back to the dota scene <3 hope you can help it grow in korea, good luck and have fun
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United States33678 Posts
sup, is the FXO Dota team any good?
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On April 05 2013 21:51 haduken wrote:
How come Korean play more LoL than Dota?
I've put a lot of thought into it and asked around and there's a lot of reasons obviously but here's the short version
- MMR system lets newbies play in peace (newbs got questioned on item prices and kicked in korean dota)
- it's easy to pick up
- godly ping
- doesnt have different servers like dota does (bnet, ggc, etc): less trouble @ pc bang and keeping touch with friends
- koreans love spending money on games
- LOL heroes tend to have more active skills = hero itself is perceived to be more fun to play in solo queue
- koreans like lol graphics apparently
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On April 05 2013 23:49 Waxangel wrote:
sup, is the FXO Dota team any good?
hiyo
I didnt really take a good look at the roster but no Korean team atm can possibly be considered good by international standards to be blunt.
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United States33678 Posts
we should play more BW :o
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United States24793 Posts
On April 05 2013 19:35 Heen wrote:I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so It must suck working for NK... oh wait!
You're 75% done... good luck finishing up your tour safely.
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Hello Heen =). Glad to hear you are doing well. Have a good remaining 6 months in service!
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Katowice25012 Posts
Gotta get out of the military and train a Korean team imo.
Good luck! Nice to hear from you.
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Wait so your just done your military service or still in it? If you got out, consider looking into the korean dota2 scene :D. GomTV is picking it up and teamliquid could sure use some expert ground coverage.
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On April 06 2013 00:34 NB wrote:
Wait so your just done your military service or still in it? If you got out, consider looking into the korean dota2 scene :D. GomTV is picking it up and teamliquid could sure use some expert ground coverage.
I'm assuming from the thread title that he still has 6 months to go. By then I guess there's good odds the SK Dota 2 server will already be up at least.
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I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so
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There's a saying in Korean culture that serving in the military is like taking a time machine since you rarely get contact with the outside world and when you get discharged, things have changed more than you think so you feel like a caveman in modern society. The cool thing is I feel like I remember every second and moment of the last 18 months yet... it kind of feels short at the same time.
Could someone care to explain how it can be like this and at the same time we have ex-progamers streaming BW and competing in online tournaments? Hell, isn;t NaDa doing his service right now and at the same time he is working for AZUBU as coach? Were they lucky to be placed at some super chill position or what is the deal? :O
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On April 06 2013 00:00 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On April 05 2013 19:35 Heen wrote:I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so It must suck working for NK... oh wait! You're 75% done... good luck finishing up your tour safely.
Heh. I'm pretty sure that whole time capsule aspect to military service is a standard around the world (as far as social aspects go, that is -- very strict). A necessary evil, I guess. However, just think, if it's like that in the free democracy of South Korea, how would it be in China?
Sounds like you have a cushy spot. That really reduces the BA nature of being in the military, though. Lol.
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Katowice25012 Posts
On April 06 2013 01:26 Gosi wrote:Show nested quote +I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so
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There's a saying in Korean culture that serving in the military is like taking a time machine since you rarely get contact with the outside world and when you get discharged, things have changed more than you think so you feel like a caveman in modern society. The cool thing is I feel like I remember every second and moment of the last 18 months yet... it kind of feels short at the same time.
Could someone care to explain how it can be like this and at the same time we have ex-progamers streaming BW and competing in online tournaments? Hell, isn;t NaDa doing his service right now and at the same time he is working for AZUBU as coach? Were they lucky to be placed at some super chill position or what is the deal? :O
None of the BW streamers are in the military, they're all done or haven't gone yet. Generally when a progamer goes to the military they completely disappear, with the exception of those who went to ACE (though to be fair that was kind of a slow death too where they always disappeared after).
I don't know what's up with NaDa, he kept making noise about going to the military "soon" and talking about his retirement from progaming and then Azubu hired him so I think he just deferred more.
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On April 06 2013 06:48 heyoka wrote:Show nested quote +On April 06 2013 01:26 Gosi wrote:I've barely posted since I enlisted and that's because there's a silly policy that soldiers should refrain from posting things publically and prohibit me from commenting on the military in a negative light. I'm not sure how uptight they (there's a department whose sole task is to find military personnel who say 'inappropriate' things on the internet) are about that but they recently banned soldiers from using facebook in our base so
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There's a saying in Korean culture that serving in the military is like taking a time machine since you rarely get contact with the outside world and when you get discharged, things have changed more than you think so you feel like a caveman in modern society. The cool thing is I feel like I remember every second and moment of the last 18 months yet... it kind of feels short at the same time.
Could someone care to explain how it can be like this and at the same time we have ex-progamers streaming BW and competing in online tournaments? Hell, isn;t NaDa doing his service right now and at the same time he is working for AZUBU as coach? Were they lucky to be placed at some super chill position or what is the deal? :O None of the BW streamers are in the military, they're all done or haven't gone yet. Generally when a progamer goes to the military they completely disappear, with the exception of those who went to ACE (though to be fair that was kind of a slow death too where they always disappeared after). I don't know what's up with NaDa, he kept making noise about going to the military "soon" and talking about his retirement from progaming and then Azubu hired him so I think he just deferred more.
Oh, I was told that HiyA was in the army already. NaDa too when he retired and then after a couple of weeks he streamed BW before he got the Azubu job.
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