This morning started out wonderfully. My class seemed to understand my math lesson quite well, and I got through the material even faster than I expected, so I decided to end class early (one of the benefits of teaching at the university level, rather than in secondary school).
As I was packing up all of my belongings, the students started filing out of my classroom. There was a group of four stragglers, all chatting about something. Then I overheard "SK Telecom T1".
My ears immediately perked up, and I got curious as to how they were familiar with the Starcraft pro scene without recognizing my White-Ra laptop wallpaper that was constantly projected on the overhead, and not making the connection when I wish them "good luck, have fun" any time they take a quiz or exam.
I waited for another few seconds, and I heard them mention the Korean team again. It was unmistakable. They were close by, and I was looking forward to having a casual discussion about Starcraft. They were near me, so I chose to speak up: "It's really too bad that Rain and Parting both got knocked out of WCS."
My heart sank. I'm trying to educate these college kids, and they're wasting their time watching LoL instead of wasting their time watching Starcraft? How absurd! Kids these days play the worst games...
So we chatted for a bit about e-sports, and one of the students admitted "I don't have the APM to play Starcraft". Since he had clearly admitted that LoL was an inferior game to Starcraft, I told them that I wouldn't fail them for playing LoL. They thanked me graciously and we went our separate ways for the day.
I have a good rapport with my students, and they thought it was cool that I play Starcraft and Diablo. It ended up being a nice conversation where none of us was uncomfortable. And I was clearly joking about LoL being a terrible game.
I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
And who can blame them, SKT completely wreck in League and are the new generation of superstars. That's just the way things move on in the world I guess. Not everyone can have a knowledge of the glorious BW history unfortunately. :I
However it's nice to see these organizations expand their fanbases beyond the ol' BW fans.
5/5 and 4/5 to your students. Just need to learn about some history and they're set.
I would expect people to at least do a little research on the history of such a venerable team throughout e-Sports, regardless of whether they "can't play SC2". Guess this is just the way things progress, the legends of the past are now just legends which don't resonate with the newer generation of e-Sports.
Great blog, but the spoilers almost caused me to drop it ahaha.
On October 09 2013 02:36 PhoenixVoid wrote: I would expect people to at least do a little research on the history of such a venerable team throughout e-Sports, regardless of whether they "can't play SC2". Guess this is just the way things progress, the legends of the past are now just legends which don't resonate with the newer generation of e-Sports.
Ah come on now, how are they going to know of this in the first place though? Do you automatically research every team that wins a tournament for their history from 10 years ago from a game that isn't even being played anymore professionally? (no disrespect to SOSPA ) To them it's probably just another Korean team that wrecks white guys.
I wonder how many SC2 EG fans could name their 2009 CS lineup. Just sayin'.
Eh. I'm sure same would have happened to me as well - stopped following SKT completely after that disastrous switch and naturally know nothing about SC2. Ironically it is LoL championships that actually put SKT back on my radar.
One time I swear I heard a group of koreans talking about Kang Min, Park Sung Joon, "ultralisk", etc etc. I listened for a little bit just to make sure I wasn't hearing things. So I thought they were talking about starcraft, walked up to them and asked if they were, and they said "nah, oh this guy plays starcraft though!" but I didn't stay around to talk to them
anyways moral of my story is that korean males know something about esports, no matter how small!
ask them if skt best kt. if they answer incorrectly instantly fail them
On October 09 2013 02:47 UniversalSnip wrote: I think you should give those kids an A+ for knowing how to play a game that isn't for tired old men. Go take your viagra, shellshock.
Pretty much this. It's like asking a kid born in late 90's if they know Sinatra. It's a real shame that they don't but its not uncommon
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
Brb telling NiP league fans that they must know the history of counter-strike. Also if you like EG in dota, SC2, FGC or league YOU'D BETTER START RECITING ME THE ROSTER HISTORY OF EG CS OR ELSE.
Not exactly my cup of tea, but LoL is just as worthy as a successor to BW as anything in the market right now. Wish BW would come back but I don't think it's gonna happen.
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
I'm glad most people recognized that my intention for this blog was to note my disappointment in not being able to make a Starcraft connection with my students, rather than bash LoL Congrats to SKT for winning LoL by the way.
Also, what's wrong with nested spoilers? I find them useful when trying to set up a cliffhanger or a turn of events, as my peripheral vision tends to spoil punchlines (especially when the later paragraphs include bold or italicized font).
On October 09 2013 01:32 Saechiis wrote: Did you tell them your handle is DarkPlasmaBall? :D
On the off-chance that any of my students are on TL next semester, I could very well introduce myself as Professor DarkPlasmaBall... although at least 95% of them won't get the joke, and then it'll just be awkward.
On October 09 2013 01:35 teddyoojo wrote: well skt just won the lol thingy
too bad they failed their easiest A+ ever :D
Pretty much ^^ Hahahaha
On October 09 2013 01:56 c0ldfusion wrote: Is this a freshman class? kids these days... smh
Which math class is this?
Yes, it's a freshman precalculus class. It's for STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) majors too, so they're somewhat more motivated to learn math since they'll be using it in their higher courses, rather than the *other* precalculus class for *other* majors. My students will be taking at least one more math course after this one.
On October 09 2013 02:39 Seeker wrote: Fail them. They will never learn otherwise.
I think a more constructive strategy would be to implement Starcraft related word problems into my lectures.
For example, if you have ten zealots and you want to make four carriers, how many Protoss units will you have in all?
On October 09 2013 02:41 Kittan wrote: Kids nowadays But they are lucky in having a cool teacher so maybe they are not lost to the void like so many others.
Thanks ^^
On October 09 2013 02:47 N.geNuity wrote: One time I swear I heard a group of koreans talking about Kang Min, Park Sung Joon, "ultralisk", etc etc. I listened for a little bit just to make sure I wasn't hearing things. So I thought they were talking about starcraft, walked up to them and asked if they were, and they said "nah, oh this guy plays starcraft though!" but I didn't stay around to talk to them
anyways moral of my story is that korean males know something about esports, no matter how small!
ask them if skt best kt. if they answer incorrectly instantly fail them
Now that's something I might do.
On October 09 2013 02:47 UniversalSnip wrote: I think you should give those kids an A+ for knowing how to play a game that isn't for tired old men. Go take your viagra, shellshock.
On October 09 2013 02:47 UniversalSnip wrote: I think you should give those kids an A+ for knowing how to play a game that isn't for tired old men. Go take your viagra, shellshock.
Pretty much this. It's like asking a kid born in late 90's if they know Sinatra. It's a real shame that they don't but its not uncommon
Those kids would fail my class too.
On October 09 2013 06:08 ZenithM wrote: Haha. Didn't you feel like the old lame teacher? :D
For a second, yeah. And they're only seven years younger than me >.< But I'm cool; I'm hip. I swear! When going over distance = rate * time problems with them a few weeks ago, I created one about Mario and Luigi racing go karts...
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
No, I'm saying that it's funny that you're arguing about the merits of the "quality of the game", when BW was hardly the pinnacle of game quality when it was released. It's popularity had a lot to do with timing of release/packaged multiplayer/low system requirements, not because it was simply "the best game".
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
No, I'm saying that it's funny that you're arguing about the merits of the "quality of the game", when BW was hardly the pinnacle of game quality when it was released. It's popularity had a lot to do with timing of release/packaged multiplayer/low system requirements, not because it was simply "the best game".
I was pleased to discover how easily and naturally my SKT fangirling in SC transitioned to SKT fangirling in League. I like cheering for winners, and of course it just so happened that SKT had the strongest team in Korea when I began watching Champions Summer. SKT dominates every game they touch, so i can always root for them and count on them. #1 esports franchise of all time. And theres always lots of cute, Korean boys. Although not Bisu, Piglet is still adorable <3
Anyway, even though the majority of new SKT LoL fans have little knowledge of its long history of Starcraft domination, I've found many are interested in learning about it. The article TL wrote for the Champions Summer finals detailing the SKT vs KT rivalry was pretty popular on Reddit. I'm always happy to share information about SKT to anyone interested and spread the fandom :D don't be so hard on them, just be willing to tell them more about this awesome team~
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
No, I'm saying that it's funny that you're arguing about the merits of the "quality of the game", when BW was hardly the pinnacle of game quality when it was released. It's popularity had a lot to do with timing of release/packaged multiplayer/low system requirements, not because it was simply "the best game".
What's your point?
Don't know how you could mock LoL has "low quality", in comparison, when that's hardly the main metric that made BW was chosen as main esports in Korea.
Let's be honest, if you're upset about them switching to a low quality game like lol you should at least be happy that they didnt switch to a really shitty game like sc2.
God dammit DPB, why aren't I in your math classes?! You'd probably notice me on my phone in class, ask me to turn it off, then notice it is a Code S VOD from two nights before and I'm taking BO notes next to math notes. Then we could be best friends. Because math and Starcraft. I've done exactly that in class so many times and no one ever knows what I'm doing..
A similar thing to your situation happened to me late one night in dorms last semester actually (I just got an easy room in the dorms as a junior so I didn't have to apartment shop). Being in the dorms+being 4-5 years older than everyone else, I tended to stay out of everyone's way. Besides, my Code S, A, Proleague, and GSTL watching habits made it so I was rarely awake at the same times as anyone else. But then one day I was walking back to my room from the shower and one of my neighbors asked me what I was always playing all the time, quickly explaining that he could sometimes hear game sounds coming from my room (quickly adding that it didn't bother him or anything). I was mostly naked and had never talked to this guy before, so it was pretty damn awkward. But I answered him anyway: "Oh, haha, sorry. That'd be Starcraft." To which he replied: "OH! I thought it might of been League of Legends. My roommate and I play that all the time. Have you ever played it before? Isn't Starcraft like really old?"
"..." Ya, it got more awkward. "No, I haven't played LoL before, not really my style. I play mostly Starcraft 2, which isn't old. But I do play Starcraft: Broodwar from time to time, which is definitely old. 15 years old actually. And still fun to play and watch." "Oh, ok. Cool. Maybe I'll look into it." "Please do, it's the greatest game ever. Seriously. You ever want to play hit me up. A bunch of us here at school play all the time."
On October 09 2013 06:45 Kiett wrote: I was pleased to discover how easily and naturally my SKT fangirling in SC transitioned to SKT fangirling in League. I like cheering for winners, and of course it just so happened that SKT had the strongest team in Korea when I began watching Champions Summer. SKT dominates every game they touch, so i can always root for them and count on them. #1 esports franchise of all time. And theres always lots of cute, Korean boys. Although not Bisu, Piglet is still adorable <3
Anyway, even though the majority of new SKT LoL fans have little knowledge of its long history of Starcraft domination, I've found many are interested in learning about it. The article TL wrote for the Champions Summer finals detailing the SKT vs KT rivalry was pretty popular on Reddit. I'm always happy to share information about SKT to anyone interested and spread the fandom :D don't be so hard on them, just be willing to tell them more about this awesome team~
SKT SUPREMACY
Can confirm, fangirling was at an all time high at Worlds.
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
No, I'm saying that it's funny that you're arguing about the merits of the "quality of the game", when BW was hardly the pinnacle of game quality when it was released. It's popularity had a lot to do with timing of release/packaged multiplayer/low system requirements, not because it was simply "the best game".
What's your point?
Don't know how you could mock LoL has "low quality", in comparison, when that's hardly the main metric that made BW was chosen as main esports in Korea.
I never said it was the reason BW got popular. Regardless of the reason, it is sad that shitty games are played rather than good ones.
On October 09 2013 01:18 vOdToasT wrote: I saw the thumbnail for a Youtube video called CJ Entus Leblanc pentakill.
My heart sank. How the mighty have fallen, is what I thought. I feel your pain.
Korea used to be about StarCraft: Brood War and King Of Fighters. Now it's about grindy MMORPGS and moba games.
Edit: Also, what an "old man" moment that was. The kids were talking about games, you tried to join in, but they were talking about a new and shitty game, while you thought they were talking about an old one.
2nd edit: I know, I know - they're not "kids" because they're going to university. They are young adults. But still.
Korea is about LoL now. What the fuck is wrong with that? You seriously didn't expect bw to be played forever, right?
I don't mind that they switch games from time to time, but I do mind that the quality of the games they switched to is really low
Reminder that people forgot that BW wasn't the best looking game on the market at that time, neither was it the most strategically complex when it came out, yet people just hail it as the greatest game ever. Fucking hilarious.
When it came out, it was kind of bad. I played other RTS games at the time. But it got really good in 2001, and has been getting better since.
I think it's the best RTS game that exists now, and that it has been for a while. What is hilarious about that opinion? Are you saying that LoL is going to get better in the future? It's existed since 2009. When StarCraft 1 was that old, it was already really good. Also, LoL is never going to stop being a moba game.
No, I'm saying that it's funny that you're arguing about the merits of the "quality of the game", when BW was hardly the pinnacle of game quality when it was released. It's popularity had a lot to do with timing of release/packaged multiplayer/low system requirements, not because it was simply "the best game".
What's your point?
Don't know how you could mock LoL has "low quality", in comparison, when that's hardly the main metric that made BW was chosen as main esports in Korea.
I never said it was the reason BW got popular. Regardless of the reason, it is sad that shitty games are played rather than good ones.
Rather than shitty, why don't you say that it's a game you don't like? I mean, it's unlikely that the most played game in korean PC bangs would be that bad, I don't think the koreans have such low standards...
On October 09 2013 08:06 Kommatiazo wrote: God dammit DPB, why aren't I in your math classes?! You'd probably notice me on my phone in class, ask me to turn it off, then notice it is a Code S VOD from two nights before and I'm taking BO notes next to math notes. Then we could be best friends. Because math and Starcraft. I've done exactly that in class so many times and no one ever knows what I'm doing..
A similar thing to your situation happened to me late one night in dorms last semester actually (I just got an easy room in the dorms as a junior so I didn't have to apartment shop). Being in the dorms+being 4-5 years older than everyone else, I tended to stay out of everyone's way. Besides, my Code S, A, Proleague, and GSTL watching habits made it so I was rarely awake at the same times as anyone else. But then one day I was walking back to my room from the shower and one of my neighbors asked me what I was always playing all the time, quickly explaining that he could sometimes hear game sounds coming from my room (quickly adding that it didn't bother him or anything). I was mostly naked and had never talked to this guy before, so it was pretty damn awkward. But I answered him anyway: "Oh, haha, sorry. That'd be Starcraft." To which he replied: "OH! I thought it might of been League of Legends. My roommate and I play that all the time. Have you ever played it before? Isn't Starcraft like really old?"
"..." Ya, it got more awkward. "No, I haven't played LoL before, not really my style. I play mostly Starcraft 2, which isn't old. But I do play Starcraft: Broodwar from time to time, which is definitely old. 15 years old actually. And still fun to play and watch." "Oh, ok. Cool. Maybe I'll look into it." "Please do, it's the greatest game ever. Seriously. You ever want to play hit me up. A bunch of us here at school play all the time."
He never hit me up...
Hahahaha He missed out; not you! What's your math background/ major/ future profession?
On October 09 2013 09:36 LockeTazeline wrote: I liked the nested spoilers. :o
Good; I'm glad I'm not the only one!
On October 09 2013 09:50 traceurling wrote: Give them a project making them research the history of SKT
If I can connect it to math, then that'd be awesome ^^
On October 09 2013 09:54 iamho wrote: Bro you should've failed those kids
Maybe I should just warn them now that there'll be a pop quiz on Starcraft, worth 100% of their final grade, sometime in December... so they can start studying ^^
God dammit DPB, why aren't I in your math classes?! You'd probably notice me on my phone in class, ask me to turn it off, then notice it is a Code S VOD from two nights before and I'm taking BO notes next to math notes. Then we could be best friends. Because math and Starcraft. I've done exactly that in class so many times and no one ever knows what I'm doing..
A similar thing to your situation happened to me late one night in dorms last semester actually (I just got an easy room in the dorms as a junior so I didn't have to apartment shop). Being in the dorms+being 4-5 years older than everyone else, I tended to stay out of everyone's way. Besides, my Code S, A, Proleague, and GSTL watching habits made it so I was rarely awake at the same times as anyone else. But then one day I was walking back to my room from the shower and one of my neighbors asked me what I was always playing all the time, quickly explaining that he could sometimes hear game sounds coming from my room (quickly adding that it didn't bother him or anything). I was mostly naked and had never talked to this guy before, so it was pretty damn awkward. But I answered him anyway: "Oh, haha, sorry. That'd be Starcraft." To which he replied: "OH! I thought it might of been League of Legends. My roommate and I play that all the time. Have you ever played it before? Isn't Starcraft like really old?"
"..." Ya, it got more awkward. "No, I haven't played LoL before, not really my style. I play mostly Starcraft 2, which isn't old. But I do play Starcraft: Broodwar from time to time, which is definitely old. 15 years old actually. And still fun to play and watch." "Oh, ok. Cool. Maybe I'll look into it." "Please do, it's the greatest game ever. Seriously. You ever want to play hit me up. A bunch of us here at school play all the time."
He never hit me up...
What school do you go to? Just wondering since I saw some guy watching some SC2 vods on GOM yesterday in the computer lab (or whatever it's called these days) but didn't say anything to them because I was short on time.
If you were Master or GM at mathematics, you wouldn't need to take my damn precalculus course -____-' You would have entered into college at the calculus level.
On October 09 2013 12:02 Shellshock wrote: what if they were GM but they were portrait farming at diamond level or lower for that GPA?
Then I would tell everyone else that I would kick the smurf out for ruining everyone else's grading curve... but in reality I wouldn't do anything and just give him whatever grade he wants.
If you were Master or GM at mathematics, you wouldn't need to take my damn precalculus course -____-' You would have entered into college at the calculus level.
if you only had those 5 ranks (below Masters), they'd still think you were talking about LoL
I know how you felt, the day after the LoL season 3 championship, everyone in the hallways was talking about SKT T1, it made me feel so sad, how they could talk about SKT not knowing the history, the fame, the glory.....truly are the end times upon us
On October 09 2013 16:40 NicksonReyes wrote: That's why I can't wear my KT Rolster jersey in public.
"Oh look, that guy watches LoL."
Oh shit... I have an SKT jersey! Not that I'll be wearing it to class, but now I'll be fearing the worst instead of the best (or the bisu or the boxer) whenever I wear it x.x
On October 09 2013 18:21 ]343[ wrote: it's not really surprising that they'd be talking about LoL, considering there were apparently 1mil+ concurrent viewers for the world championships
(hell, I don't even play that game and I was watching because some of my friends were watching)
If you were Master or GM at mathematics, you wouldn't need to take my damn precalculus course -____-' You would have entered into college at the calculus level.
if you only had those 5 ranks (below Masters), they'd still think you were talking about LoL
I had no idea lol >.<
On October 09 2013 20:39 Zerg.Zilla wrote: That's just sad :/ I'm in the same shit...all my colleagues play LoL,i'm the only one playing Sc2.
On October 09 2013 20:10 isaachukfan wrote: I know how you felt, the day after the LoL season 3 championship, everyone in the hallways was talking about SKT T1, it made me feel so sad, how they could talk about SKT not knowing the history, the fame, the glory.....truly are the end times upon us
Isn't that better than them not talking about the organisation at all? Even if the majority of people don't go back and learn about the history of the team, there are going to be at least a handful that do that wouldn't have if they hadn't heard of the LoL team.
I had a very similar experience at my school. I'm in my third year at university, though I transferred to a new school, and this is my first year here. I have yet to make many friends, and it's hard for me to start conversation with people because not many people here seem to be in line with my interests or activities.
In my Asian culture class, I overheard a group of three friends talking about something familiar: pro gaming. And I heard team names like LGIM and SKT1 being thrown around, so I decided to be confident and approach them, asking who their favorite players were. Sure enough, they were discussing the LoL teams, and only one of them even knew what Starcraft was. I was sorely disappointed. I invited them to watch code S with me one night to show them, but I could tell they were a bit lost. I tried explaining, but they were annoyed at the concept of such a taxing game.
Let's just say i was really not too happy about that. I called them casuals.
My coworker next to me just put a SKT T1 Sign on his cubicle because they won in League. He never followed them before the finals and acts like he is their biggest fan. *I hate posers*.
On October 10 2013 21:54 BisuDagger wrote: My coworker next to me just put a SKT T1 Sign on his cubicle because they won in League. He never followed them before the finals and acts like he is their biggest fan. *I hate posers*.
Yeah, jumping on the bandwagon... oh well. At least they're not jumping on any KT bandwagon ^^
On October 10 2013 21:54 BisuDagger wrote: My coworker next to me just put a SKT T1 Sign on his cubicle because they won in League. He never followed them before the finals and acts like he is their biggest fan. *I hate posers*.
EPT
) To them it's probably just another Korean team that wrecks white guys.
