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MorningMusume11
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3490 Posts
February 12 2009 07:33 GMT
#1
Artosis' thread on the [NamE] clan house

Seeing that video really inspired me because they care so much about something they love do that they'll invest almost everything. But for Koreans it can be applied to anything; singing, breakdancing, cell phone production, etc. I feel a lot of Korean pride when I watch that video because that's what we are, we might not be creative at all but through just hard work we can take something and just make it that much better.

Indirectly because of playing SC my Korean got so much better. Four years ago I really sucked at my Korean but watching SC live and wanting to talk to Koreans on B.net really wanted me to learn. Really I learned a lot through dramas and variety shows, and playing SC for me motivated me not to just get better gameplay wise, but also to be able to have fun playing with Koreans as well (and to play with them without getting raped you have to be at least somewhat good duh).

So that what SC means to be, one of many representations of what being an actual Korean means to me. I've been sucking lately, like I lost all my 1v1's in a month span =P (and hardly playing 4 months prior to that). But with SC as it is with anything else, if you work hard enough at what you do, it just seems like you'll get something more than what you started with earlier.

****
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
February 12 2009 07:58 GMT
#2
i play it because i just feel like being a manly man and doing something awesome once in awhile
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
February 12 2009 08:00 GMT
#3
why the hell not?
i don't have time to learn a new RTS, I just play for an hour every now and then and move on
same reason i still play dota
and DDR
and any fighting game: don't have to learn anything new
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
February 12 2009 08:26 GMT
#4
I'm Korean as well, though born in the US, and similar stuffs has happened to me. My Korean's improved, I've started talking to and making more Korean (fob) friends, and It's sort of reconnected me with Korean culture indirectly.

I loved BW way back when when I was in like middle school or something...I think that was a year or two after BW came out? But I never really got into it, and I never got past playing on maps like Challenger or Meltdown and the like.

I heard about the pro scene from my friend's roommate's boyfriend, who is a university exchange student from Korea. I think he showed me a July game on Tau Cross where he raped the guy with mutas. That sort of got me interested and I played a bit more...but got owned handily.

Then the GOM Star Invitational came on. I watched every game, started lurking on TL, and started playing seriously.

At this point, I still play because first off, it's fun. Second, the pro scene motivates me to keep following it. It is so active and competitive; having players to look up to and who are so willing to dedicate themselves so fully to the game really keeps the game relevant for me. I also think SC is one of the most difficult and deep games to pick up and get good at; there aren't many, if any, games out there anywhere near like it. It's a one of a kind game; it can't be beaten.
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Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
February 12 2009 08:38 GMT
#5
Because
I
Can
"Jaedong hyung better be ready. I'm going to order the most expensive dinner in Korea."
Yaqoob
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
Canada3319 Posts
February 12 2009 08:45 GMT
#6
I play it because its fun and challenging and I want to become decent at it.
김택용 Fighting!
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
February 12 2009 09:12 GMT
#7
Because it beats being emo and doing nothing
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Retsukage
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1002 Posts
February 12 2009 09:14 GMT
#8
Starcraft is an art, I love anything that challenges me as much as starcraft does
To change is to improve, to change often is to be perfect - Winston Chruchill
boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
February 12 2009 09:14 GMT
#9
--- Nuked ---
hymn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Bulgaria832 Posts
February 12 2009 09:20 GMT
#10
Cause every time I sit in front of the PC with the intention of playing I remember how I felt the first time I was those drones and svcs (yes it was a TvZ) mine that blue shit and I thought "Wow this just might be better than AoE!". Cause it challenges me to my limit every game. Cause I learn new things almost every game I play.
But most of all cause playing SC is uber fun!
azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 10:01:08
February 12 2009 09:59 GMT
#11
pretty much every other computer game i've gotten bored with, starcraft has been giving me something new for a long time

also, back in high school when the game was pretty new, a lot of my friends and i would play against each other, so i guess it just stuck since then (we still play random b.net games)

i played CS a lot but got bored and reached a point where to get any better i'd have to try a lot harder and just didn't have the desire, starcraft has never had that point for me


plus, i get to spend time on a great site like TL instead of gotfrag! woo!
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
February 12 2009 10:10 GMT
#12
Asking why I play SC is like asking why I eat. The answer? If I don't I will die.
the courage to be a lazy bum
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2294 Posts
February 12 2009 10:30 GMT
#13
Its the freaking no.1 game of all time!!
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6166 Posts
February 12 2009 10:56 GMT
#14
because my comp can't run new game T_T
n_n
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 11:35:43
February 12 2009 11:35 GMT
#15
Because I am addicted to computer and games. And I've been playing SC so long now that I feel if I stop for too long I lose all my skills from all that time and my life has going to waste. And in turn my life is actually going to waste playing this stupid game over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over .
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5724 Posts
February 12 2009 12:19 GMT
#16
i dont play 1v1s. i only play ums and 3v3 hunters because i hate iccup and i dont wanna play random ppl and all the ppl that i used to play with dont play anymore.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
February 12 2009 12:29 GMT
#17
On February 12 2009 20:35 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Because I am addicted to computer and games. And I've been playing SC so long now that I feel if I stop for too long I lose all my skills from all that time and my life has going to waste. And in turn my life is actually going to waste playing this stupid game over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over .


truth.
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
February 12 2009 12:49 GMT
#18
On February 12 2009 21:19 29 fps wrote:
i dont play 1v1s. i only play ums and 3v3 hunters because i hate iccup and i dont wanna play random ppl and all the ppl that i used to play with dont play anymore.


dude, like, really. wow.
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
February 12 2009 12:57 GMT
#19
On February 12 2009 20:35 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Because I am addicted to computer and games. And I've been playing SC so long now that I feel if I stop for too long I lose all my skills from all that time and my life has going to waste. And in turn my life is actually going to waste playing this stupid game over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over .

that's a pretty scary post
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
February 12 2009 13:33 GMT
#20
On February 12 2009 17:38 Not_Computer wrote:
Because
I
Can

I am not good with quotes
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
February 12 2009 13:37 GMT
#21
On February 12 2009 18:14 boesthius wrote:
because i fucking love it.

Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
February 12 2009 14:42 GMT
#22
On February 12 2009 21:19 29 fps wrote:
i dont play 1v1s. i only play ums and 3v3 hunters because i hate iccup and i dont wanna play random ppl and all the ppl that i used to play with dont play anymore.


I don't 1v1 either just for the fact I have lost motivation of getting good at this game. I rarely play ums either but I don't mind it. Nowadays I login to b.net maybe 3-4x a week to game any team game (non fmp) just so I don't lose my newb skills. Although I know I'm really not gaining much skills playing pubby team games I just play for the enjoyment of knowing there's other people out there still trying to have some fun team games.
ya had ya shot kid!
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5724 Posts
February 12 2009 14:56 GMT
#23
yeah. there's something about playing with a group of friends that makes the game more fun. play a match with some obs, then talk about it, repeat. not the same with iccup or bnet hackers/bm. i've always liked 2v2 more than 1v1 anyways.

at least i know one thing: if some friends wanna play SC "for old time's sake" (aka they probably havent played in 5 years), i know i'll probably beat them. haha.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-12 15:00:53
February 12 2009 15:00 GMT
#24
because of proxyhatching
coolest thing in sc
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6635 Posts
February 12 2009 16:00 GMT
#25
On February 12 2009 22:37 o3.power91 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2009 18:14 boesthius wrote:
because i fucking love it.


And because it's pretty much the only game I care for anymore.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
Ingenol
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1328 Posts
February 12 2009 16:26 GMT
#26
I find the pro scene energizes and excites me!
IMlemon
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Lithuania296 Posts
February 12 2009 16:29 GMT
#27
Because I find the game fun. I dont care that I can barely get to low D+, and I dont care that I play just one game a week. Should I stop playing because the game is old, or some retards go " OMG COMPUTER GAMES ARE FOR NO LIFE NERDS HAHAHA"? Im having fun whenever I play it, and its all that matters to me.
My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
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