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
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
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
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
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
Check out the OSL group selection pictures. Think this is the reason why I compared hite to Big Bang.
STX SouL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
That was pretty awesome. Way better than Hot_bid's 20,000 for sure. But why estro and sg wannabe? Jin Ho is really talented... Just check out the East of Eden ost, the song Fate Reversal is so good.
the only one i disagree with is estro and sg wannabe. sg wannabe actually did have a lot of success before chae dong ha left the group. not that they are doing bad now, though. but back in like 2004-05 they were the #1 selling group in korea.
FOr a moment I thought you put up 3Chongsa for eSTRO lol. KT probably resembles more like SeeYa, if Lux and fOrGG get back into form (3 member group and all)
And how could you not like Lee HaeRi... her voice is what drives Davichi -_-
Nice 20,000th. The original Tribal Colors was really good, and you put a nice spin on it (not really into Asian pop, though). My GF showed me 2NE1 ... they're so weird. They have like a ten year age gap between the youngest and oldest member, and the youngest is 15. WTF?
On August 10 2009 17:12 GTR wrote: 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.
and interesting post. It's always fun to read about music groups you will never hear or listen to in your life. Also, all this time I just assumed you were Korean.
On August 10 2009 23:47 LosingID8 wrote: the only one i disagree with is estro and sg wannabe. sg wannabe actually did have a lot of success before chae dong ha left the group. not that they are doing bad now, though. but back in like 2004-05 they were the #1 selling group in korea.
also, 주르륵 is a fantastic song.
agreed... my favorite group is sg wannabe
so kim jinho = upmagic? ( i believe that's teh best player in estro right?) whaaaaaaaaa
ya man SGW is forever legendary, they popularized the whole dramatic ballad genre too (keep in mind i havent listened to any korean music after maybe SGW's 3rd album. I also consider SGW more of a significant role in popularizing that genre than brown eyes).
On August 19 2009 05:01 beetlelisk wrote: So... which one is Hyoyeon and why is she like SKT Zergs? I had good laughs reading this even tho I'm much not into k-pop...
Hyoyeon is really ugly, even though she had surgery. Sktt1 zergs are also pretty ugly, but it's probably because they are bad (compared to the terrans and protosses on sktt1) and "ruin" the team like hyoyeon "ruins" the group snsd.
EPT
![[image loading]](http://www.8282tv.com/zbxe/files/attach/images/58754/092/228/005/090628.SBS%EC%9D%B8%EA%B8%B0%EA%B0%80%EC%9A%94.%EC%86%8C%EB%85%80%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80.ETUDE+%EC%86%8C%EC%9B%90%EC%9D%84%20%EB%A7%90%ED%95%B4%EB%B4%90%28GENIE%29.avi_000342700.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/502/1182424071817vx7.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://devnewsimg.mydaily.co.kr/2009/03/16/200903161353521133_1.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://kpculture.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/2ne1.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9731/bigba14og1.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://cfs10.tistory.com/image/32/tistory/2008/12/26/23/47/4954ee808c223)
![[image loading]](http://parkminnie.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/20090612_4minutes_572.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ftisland_20090707_seoulbeats.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/467/big4200702xq3.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/30168755/Brown+Eyed+Girls+BEG0.png)
![[image loading]](http://www.dramabeans.com/wp-content/images/misc/shinhwa06.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://www.fomos.kr/board/photo/1249726330_1.jpg)
(((((((((((
even tho I'm much not into k-pop...
