Sorry you didn't like it, but it is my *first* after all. Also the punctuation might be off because it was sent to a Korean writer who then posted it to the site. The format in email was a bit iffy. Please be patient with me in this respect -_-;; Also if it didn't flow *at all* they wouldn't have allowed it onto the site so I think maybe you're exaggerating a bit there.

I am not a professional writer - I am doing my best though.

*Reminds herself to develop a thick skin over comments like this* -__________________________-

I think it was nicely written and easy to read. That is, easy to read for us.

I doubt all of the Korean readers can read and understand this article effortlessly. It has to do with the punctuation (as mentioned above), as well as the choice of words that are sometimes uncommon.

keit

1584 Posts

September 01 2009 21:06 GMT

#85

Amazing!

Good job.

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

September 01 2009 21:58 GMT

#86

this is so cool :D

wish you goodluck nevergg
keep'em pics coming :D

Scooge

Iceland144 Posts

September 01 2009 22:15 GMT

#87

They really applied that photoshop in the banner @_@

thopol

Japan4560 Posts

September 01 2009 22:22 GMT

#88

That is totally awesome. I'm happy for your success!

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

September 01 2009 23:05 GMT

#89

On September 02 2009 01:23 krazymunky wrote:
lol when i read "who is kerry collins"
i was like Tennessee Titans QB?
good luck at Fomos!

I'd forgotten about him - I remember laughing so hard when I saw that

Haha - I'm kind of happy with the Bisu comparison, but a football player....

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

September 02 2009 00:17 GMT

#90

Hello! e-Sports

lol ESPORTS

Congratulations! I hope you have a great conversation with e-Sports.

snorlax

United States755 Posts

September 02 2009 00:35 GMT

#91

Nice, hope you have fun there NeverGG =]

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

September 02 2009 00:54 GMT

#92

On September 02 2009 03:54 Kerotan wrote:
I love the fact that you now have English netizens raging in the comments of your article.

Yeah - I'm pretty sure I know who it is who is making a big fuss in the thread and if they want me to keep covering things like this then it'd probably be better to quit nitpicking and just PM me instead. The punctuation was off because this went through a Korean worker (who doesn't speak much English at all.) and in formating it some of the punctuation appears to have vanished. It was all there in the mail I sent.

Anyway, as I said this is my *first* article outside of Teamliquid and I am a freelancer *not* a
pro-writer. Just go back and look at my first photos from April 2008 - things like this take practice.

Today I'm going off on my first interview assignment and as always with work that will be seen by TL/fomos I will do my best. Please remember I'm still doing this out of my own pocket, using my own money to pay for things like my camera/supplies and on top of a full-time teaching job. I'm also doing it for my passion regarding eSports so if you want to support me please do, but *please* don't make negative comments in the fomos post. I'd like to hope no one here wants to see me lose out on a chance to provide even better coverage for everyone.

I'm still laughing over the Bisu thing too. Oh netizens <3

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

September 02 2009 02:08 GMT

#93

Congrats!

JodoYodo

Canada1772 Posts

September 02 2009 02:17 GMT

#94

Congrats!

Tell SkyHigh and Effort they have loads of fans in Canada. I heard SkyHigh said he was saddened that he didn't have many foreign fans, and that in turn makes me sad =(

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

September 02 2009 04:58 GMT

#95

On September 02 2009 11:17 JodoYodo wrote:
Congrats!

Tell SkyHigh and Effort they have loads of fans in Canada. I heard SkyHigh said he was saddened that he didn't have many foreign fans, and that in turn makes me sad =(

I'm probably interviewing him this afternoon so I'm going to ask him how his perceptions of himself as a gamer have changed since he went to Blizzcon and assure him he's got plenty of fans.

Oh and the netizens are still going on about the Bisu thing lol;

이여자 얼굴 김택용닮앗다.

I knew choosing Protoss was my destiny.

Elric

United Kingdom1327 Posts

September 02 2009 05:04 GMT

#96

Congrats Nevergg! I hope this is your break into pro-esports photography ^^

Some rough translations.....

Netizen
What the hell is this?
Netizen
Wow... Moving Article!
Netizen
Translation pleeease
Netizen
Isn't that NeverGG??!!
Netizen
Great article!
Netizen
G-..Good Article... *
Netizen
So moving. I almost cried ;(
Netizen
Ah.. so even foreigners upload reports of final matches!
Netizen
Huh?! It's that person? When I went to offline matches there was this foreigner girl taking photos.. this is her?!
Netizen
Good article.
Netizen
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I thought it was Bisu!!!!
Netizen
For the people who can't read English or who are just too lazy, here's a summary. It's about Jaedong and Yellow's path to the final matches, a report of the matches and the outcome.
Netizen
You can tell that much just by looking at the photos, you stupid fuck lol
Netizen
Go--Good article*
Netizen
Er...huh? [difficult English]
Netizen
Reading it was hard but it was a good article~
Netizen
FUCK THIS INTERNATIONALIZATION SHIT
Netizen
Ooh.. a writing about the OSL~
Netizen
The article was so moving. The writing was great.... Of course, I didn't read it lolkthx.
Netizen
This article makes me ill. [difficult English]
Netizen
The photos are really well taken!
Netizen
Got my uni entrance exam in 70 days.... Shall I translate this as English practice? :/ Ah shit...
Netizen
lool I came here to read a new article...and it's English??!
Netizen
Er...Goo..good article..*
Netizen
Why the hell is it in English lol. Translate it
Netizen
This article makes me ill.
Netizen
This article makes me ill.
Netizen
The Korean government wants to make us study English... THROUGH GAMES.... :/
Netizen
ARHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *pukes* [too much English]
Netizen
Great article!
I didn't read it.*
Netizen
Not 'you didn't read it'. You couldn't read it right? loooooool
Netizen
Listen fucker it's a Korean site so Fomos should translate it shouldn't they? loooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Netizen
Hi. I thought the girl was a photoshopped Bisu.
Netizen
ROFL I really thought it was a photoshopped Bisu too LOL
Netizen
lol.. [the article?] is so nice
Netizen
She really looks like Bisu?!
Netizen
Goo...Good article

I couldn't read it ;( ;( ;( ;(
Netizen
Good article~
Netizen
lol what the hell does it say?
Netizen
I didnt read it lol. But even so, things like this are important as it shows us foreigners' interest

Netizen
Just dumping this here and telling us to read it is really irresponsible. Fomos??
Netizen
Looking at the photos, it's a really good article!
Netizen
:/ :/ ......... Translattion pleeease......
Netizen
Why?? When I see the girl.... why did I think it was a photoshopped Bisu..?! -_-

* I believe these comments are sarcastic - they're just saying they couldn't understand it :/
Btw, very very few of the comments are actualy spiteful, the negativeness is just directed at the lack of translation by Fomos, not nevergg.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

September 02 2009 05:09 GMT

#97

*Nods* I think some of the netizens totally missed the point about it not being just for Korean users of the site. The little netizen argument was pretty funny and all the Bisu comments made me laugh so hard. This was definitely my favorite though;

'Netizen:
I didnt read it lol. But even so, things like this are important as it shows us foreigners' interest.'

Someone got the point of the article

I just hope the guys at fomos don't take the comments too much to heart because if it's too negative then i'm liable to get booted out -______-;; (which seems kind of likely if all the comments are ragging on fomos for not translating it into Korean.)

I will simplify down my english for the next article so it's easier for those Koreans with a level of English to read. It's an interview so it shouldn't be too difficult to make it more accessible to them as well. I was writing it way more with the foreign community in mind and I'd rather not get fomos slammed for this.

*STRESSSSSSSSSES*