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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51433 Posts
August 10 2009 08:12 GMT
#1
Inspired by Tribal Colors (yes I am so sorry HT), I decided to do a so-called lame and non-humorous post for my 20,000th. I can't think of a damn title.

Personally, I have followed the Korean progaming scene since 2003. My love for it extended in early 2007, and therefore, decided to start learning the Korean language for myself.
Unfortunately, my learning of the Korean language quickly evolved into learning about the culture. A consequence of this, as many of you have may seen, is my 'avid' passion for the Korean music scene.

To be brutally honest, I have no idea why I listen to it. If I made my friends listen to it, they would punch me in the face, because it's probably really horrible to the common ear. I can't seem to find the factor why I listen, watch and follow the crappy Korean music scene. Is it because of their catchy tunes? Their uncomprehensible lyrics? Their LEGS?

Thus, I present to you, my comparisions of each Progaming Team to a popular Korean group. Brownie points if you can recognise before I talk.

SK Telecom T1

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I can't wait for the day OSL/MSL/PL uses 'Gee' by SNSD for their end game song. It is so damn fitting! I guess it will get to the point where I'd probably have to pay the PD's of the respective shows to use it.
The reason I have chosen the oh-so-popular SNSD to compare with SK Telecom T1 is mainly behind success. What does SKT have?
Well, a thousand Proleague championships, some of the most successful players of all time and an awesome staff.
SNSD, they also have a thousand championships, but in the form of awards, mutizens etc. Like SKT, the group has a HUGE fanbase (hello Soshified readers!), and even though some fans follow certain members only (*cough* Bisu *cough*), they are still regarded to the group as a fan.

Talking to so called #1 SNSD Fan on TL.net, Solinren, I have established a relationship between the following;
Boxer <> Taeyeon (Leaders of each respective group, and popular too!)
Bisu <> Jessica (The eye candy of the group. Who wouldn't go gay for Bisu? Who wouldn't go lesbian for Sica? Like Bisu who has gaming skills, Sica has 'apparently' singing skills).
Fantasy <> Tiffany (Why not. Both have their share of fans and anti-fans).
SKT Zergs <> Hyoyeon (Ask all the K-Pop people in the thread why).

Hwaseung OZ

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In my mind, Wonder Girls will ALWAYS play second fiddle to SNSD. Until the day SNSD disbands, WG will always be the second best girl group in Korea (according to the population).

As I saw in the PL finals, SKT pretty much demolished OZ on Day 1. Day 2, a bit closer, but still. I feel that the SNSD-WG rivalry is similar to this. SNSD will rape some days, WG others. Maybe on other days, a random group like 2NE1 decides to unleash its unknown fanbase and win every award out there.

Oh, another thing. Don't ever let WG take the stage of an OSL final, again. Watch EVER 2008's Pre-Game ceremony to find out why.

Errr, back to Starcraft. OZ is basically Jaedong and his cronies. I feel that WG is too, Yoobin and her cronies. Everybody loves Yoobin from what I've seen, ergo some love Wonder Girls. Feels the same that everybody loves Jaedong, ergo some love OZ.


CJ Entus

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Super Junior have thirteen members. THIRTEEN. Are they all skilled and talented? I don't think so, but they are 'good' enough to be there on stage doing the stuff. I feel like half the members are just there for more netizens to ramble on about.
CJ have an abundance of good players. Unfortunately though, it appeared that some of them couldn't live up to the standards against OZ (looking at Iris and Movie here). Hopefully with their abundance of talent such as Snow, Greg, Jjonga, Devil etc, they can bounce back to number one in 09-10.

Samsung KHAN

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It's been clear on TL.net. Not that many people ca a a a a a a a a a a re about the successes of Samsung, even though they have some of the best Protosses to ever grace e-Sports.
Like KHAN, I don't really care about 2NE1 as well. They may be Big Bang's 'sister group', but I just find them to be a boring group full of fat women (barring Sandara). This does not amuse me.

hite SPARKYZ

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Check out the OSL group selection pictures. Think this is the reason why I compared hite to Big Bang.

STX SouL

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Soul to me are still the cutesy-poo team. They have an overstock of young players (Bogus, Modesty etc), and their manager Eun-dong sure isn't scared of using them.
Kara though, have been through an amount of member changes. I'm pretty neutral about their new members, but that is just personal preference. One other person though (Sup Roffles, also known as 'Bat Hara'), can speak a different story.

KT FingerBoom

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I assume most fans of KT are pretty much only Flash, Forgg, Luxury and Violet fans. Fair enough.
Davichi, very logical choice of a group. There is Kang Minkyung, the super-cute ulzzang who can sing, and there is Lee Haeri, the old fogey that only ahjushi's care about.
Like how much I want Flash to leave for a better team, I feel Kang Minkyung should go solo. She would be so successful if she did.

Woongjin Stars

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Woongjin Stars are a pretty mediocre team. 4Minute are a pretty mediocre group.
Anyone see the correlation I made here?
Both of them are crap.

MBCgame HERO

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Hongki from FT Island reminds me of Light. They both usually bring out the weirdest damn hairstyles.
I don't know why I picked FT Island with MBC, maybe it's because I can't think properly anymore.

eSTRO

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Are they genuinely good? Do they just not care about the fame and popularity? This is what I see from both eSTRO and SG Wannabe.
Maybe certain players like Flying can bring eSTRO success they have wanted so much for the past.... 6 years.

WeMade FOX

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The past weeks on the Korean music shows have shown that Brown Eyed Girls have legalised sex on television in Korea. Their new act, Abracadabra, makes people hard. HARD.
Similarily, when I see certain players of WeMade play, it is also like sex on television. Watch Baby's games against Jangbi for an example.

Air Force ACE

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Ace is a bunch of old, struggling players looking to get back into shape.
Shinhwa's former members share the same struggle as Ace. People like Min-Woo, Jun-Jin etc have tried to go solo with not much success. I feel that when Ace players come out, they will definitely not be successful as ever.




and there we have it, probably the worst read of your life.
K-Pop and e-Sports 회이팅!
Maybe I'll do something more interesting for 30k.

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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
August 10 2009 08:17 GMT
#2
god that sucked

Congrats to 20 000 posts though, that is like huge!
I know that deep inside of you there's a humongous set of testicles just waiting to pop out. Let 'em pop bro. //////////////////// AKA JensOfSweden // Lee Yoon Yeol forever.
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 10 2009 08:18 GMT
#3
Well at least SKT is SNSD. Congrats on your 20,000 post. And yes the reason why you listen to it is because you've seen the video clips and it reminds you of all those sexy legs haha.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24665 Posts
August 10 2009 08:18 GMT
#4
Haha I can't believe you used your milestone post to compare each proteam to a kpop group... creative both in the content and the way in which you attempt to rub most of us off the wrong way. Props.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66156 Posts
August 10 2009 08:19 GMT
#5
sigh
POGGERS
Deleted User 37864
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
780 Posts
August 10 2009 08:32 GMT
#6
Congratulations on 20,000th!
But I really have to disagree with you on the SNSD > WG.
Wonder Girls are so much bigger than SNSD.
First off, SNSD had bad rep since they debuted, and almost everyone disliked them because they are immature and badmouths other stars.
Wonder Girls basically ruled the Korea music scene with "Tell Me" and became the #1 girl group.
SNSD only became popular recently because of "Gee" and that WG are not in Korea. Now they are finally becoming even more popular because Wonder Girls have stopped activity in Korea and set their sights on America.
Carefree
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1571 Posts
August 10 2009 08:32 GMT
#7
I actually really enjoyed reading this post. Nice job. and now I know much more about K-pop than before... haha. Thanks!
DebOnAire - 「 Bisu[Shield] 」
jello24
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada327 Posts
August 10 2009 08:35 GMT
#8
really surprising 20K post... nice break from the gaming i guess..

is 2NE1 really fat? looking at the picture id say they're malnourished... i guess Asia's fat = North America's dangerously anorexic...
just lurking around...
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
August 10 2009 08:37 GMT
#9
why can't samsung have snsd

stork is amazing
tiffany is amazing

jangbi is amazing #2
yoona is amazing #2

samsung khan = snsd

anyway, congrats on the 20k and was a fun read
Carefree
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1571 Posts
August 10 2009 08:37 GMT
#10
Hmm... I know this probably sounds annoying. But perhaps a spoiler alert? Didn't spoil me personally but it's only been what three days? :D
DebOnAire - 「 Bisu[Shield] 」
snowbird
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Germany2044 Posts
August 10 2009 08:47 GMT
#11
On August 10 2009 17:12 GTR wrote:

and there we have it, probably the worst read of your life.




not the worst, but pretty close yeah!
@riotsnowbird
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51433 Posts
August 10 2009 09:00 GMT
#12
On August 10 2009 17:37 OneOther wrote:
why can't samsung have snsd

stork is amazing
tiffany is amazing

jangbi is amazing #2
yoona is amazing #2

samsung khan = snsd

anyway, congrats on the 20k and was a fun read


because i said
no one ca a a a a a a res about them.
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Cube
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada777 Posts
August 10 2009 09:02 GMT
#13
this was amazing because of how GTR it was.
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
August 10 2009 09:15 GMT
#14
GTR you have gone way too far. Kpop to GTR is like computers and stupidity is to Racenilatr.
Peace~
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
August 10 2009 09:29 GMT
#15
haha fana
GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 10 2009 09:31 GMT
#16
Prefer them so far:

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#1 olleh KT 팬 http://sports.kt.com/ | #1 김택용 선수 팬 | 좋은 선수: 송병구, 이제동, 도제욱, 정명훈, 이성은 | KeSPA 한국 e-Sports 협회
Spenguin
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia3316 Posts
August 10 2009 09:58 GMT
#17
1. That SNSD pic at the beginning *drools*
2. ASDJASFISHDGOLSDGGK
< TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #46 > I came for the Brood War, I stayed for the people.
kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
August 10 2009 10:36 GMT
#18
GTR, I have some questions for you.

Are you white?

I wonder, if you are white, what do your parents think of their child listening to nothing but pop music (girl groups no less) in a langauge he dosen't understand?

How did you get so into Kpop.

Will you ever stop listening to mindless shit that is purely aimed at shifting records in a country you don't reside?
prOxi.bOn ; \\ What makes most people feel happy/Leads us headlong into harm.
Solinren
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2653 Posts
August 10 2009 10:40 GMT
#19
Ya'll need to appreciate.
5/5 for Kpop reference
ZBiR
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
Poland1092 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-10 12:33:10
August 10 2009 11:13 GMT
#20
On August 10 2009 19:36 kefkalives wrote:
GTR, I have some questions for you.

Are you white?

I wonder, if you are white, what do your parents think of their child listening to nothing but pop music (girl groups no less) in a langauge he dosen't understand?

How did you get so into Kpop.

Will you ever stop listening to mindless shit that is purely aimed at shifting records in a country you don't reside?
he's asian and 16 years old

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