Is it the same?

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

October 23 2007 03:59 GMT

So one day I was bored and I remember rekrul being an ex progamer so I wanted to find some pictures of him playing against some well known progamers on tv. I didnt find any but one thing lead to another and I read this article, by Rekrul, found Here
It's a good read, doesnt seem like the crazy rekrul we know but anyway, I read it and he was talking about the reality of progamers being poor, nothing else to do in life, no sleep. The thing that caught me though was when he said was how people not in Korea view progaming as some magical, truly exciting thing but in reality, it wasnt like that at all, and after matches at the mall, even if you were a progamer, nobody would really care about you being one and would rarely "blink twice" (quoted from the article) unless you were really good like Boxer, iloveoov, nada. Now, I'm thinking, its not that its a small thing in Korea, its big and all but not as we suspect. But then again, when we see BlizzCon, WCG, and those proleague finals, there are so many Koreans supportive, like 100,000 people to watch 7 games and alot more watching at home.
All of that was from 2005ish when Rekrul was in Korea.

Poll: Is it the same back then?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Puosu

6998 Posts

October 23 2007 15:44 GMT

According to sAviOr in the BBC interview video, he told that he sometimes gets surrounded by fans when he goes to the mall and he tries to hide his identifity.

But the situation is not the same with lower tier progamers, someone can recognize them but its not like they'll get surrounded or not even anything near.

While the progaming scene has gotten bigger and bigger over the years, its not that every single progamer is automatically a super-star, you need to be godly, atleast top 20 KeSPa I'd say.

The progaming housing has gotten better atleast, as nowadays every single team is sponsored by a big company, which was not the situation back then.

It'd be nice to get Rekrul's own opinion on this as he probably is the one with most knowledge about progaming in the whole forums.

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

October 24 2007 04:16 GMT

I think it's a little bit different (more money pumped into progaming, more players getting SOME money) but it's pretty much the same. And yeah the finals are huge and have lots of players but if you go to any regular proleague or starleague match the feeling and atmosphere in that room where they hold it (bout the size of a high school gymnasium) it feels much crappier than how it looks on TV.

When I used to talk to people (girls) about starcraft a lot of them used to know / play it / know progamers. Nowadays the % of people is much less in my opinion, but the fanbase is still existant just not flourishing. I mean hey, I was in a high-class korean style place a couple weeks ago and once we mentioned SC the 4 ladies in the room were talking about starcraft and progamers for like 30 mins LOL (they were all like 26-28 years old though, youngins aint got a clue these days).

Another thing that pisses me off is all these old school gamers that were around from long before even I came to korea....alot of them don't even try so hard anymore. Back in the old days they made money by winning tournaments and getting tournament winnings or OSL appearance fees. Now they all got sponsors so they get money no matter what and a lot of them just stopped giving a fuck and slack off and/or become degenerate gamblers. This is why there are so many gosu up and coming young kids nowadays. They aren't old enough to be corrupted by money yet so they just have the pure desire and drive to win and they are facing washed up non-caring old school gamers.

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

October 24 2007 04:26 GMT

Seriously, a progamer I know I told him to come to our house to drink / play a home poker game and he's like no sorry I have a match tomorrow gotta practice. Then I check his ID on pokerstars and he was up till 6 AM that day playing online poker all night (only reason he stopped is cuz he lost his bankroll). And no it's not yellow.

Pathetic.

(Btw he got fucking raped in his match)

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

October 24 2007 05:22 GMT

On October 24 2007 13:26 Rekrul wrote:
Seriously, a progamer I know I told him to come to our house to drink / play a home poker game and he's like no sorry I have a match tomorrow gotta practice. Then I check his ID on pokerstars and he was up till 6 AM that day playing online poker all night (only reason he stopped is cuz he lost his bankroll). And no it's not yellow.

Pathetic.

(Btw he got fucking raped in his match)

Owned, how'd you find his ID though?

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17733 Posts

October 24 2007 08:39 GMT

Its different.
Its a bit bigger.

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