There is no measuring stick to success. It is all relative after all. It is also hard to classify what 'success' involves when dealing with progaming because it is such a foriegn concept, whch is still being established today.
However, when one looks at this article, Pusan IS successful. Not in terms of money and fame, but in terms of how he now is doing something he always wanted to do. Yes Starcraft is only a game, but he loved it so much to the extent of lying to his pauper parents to play it and recieve a computer. He followed his passion for the game (as cheesy as that sounds) and now he's made it as a progamer. It's a courageous and dangerous decision- no one knows where progaming will finally end up. However he's made it. In this way he is successful.

And the whole religion thing- if I wanted to translate it literally it wouldve come out like "who in the world would have sold his temple for starcraft?"- its waaay too nonsensical and wouldve ruined the sincerity of the article. Anyway, just because you're an atheist and dont give a shit about relgion doesnt mean the rest of Korea are the same, it's just a petty comment.

The real focus of the article is how Pusan is now successful, and he knows it's all thanks to his parents, to whom he will now put all his effort into to start repaying that debt.

LegendaryDreams

Canada1350 Posts

September 24 2005 03:13 GMT

#84

FireBlast is right. IMO all progamers are successful. =)

StorM_Liquid

Canada98 Posts

September 24 2005 06:33 GMT

#85

All these articles, though sometimes interesting, are a bit geeky... like talking to a bunch of dungeon and dragons nerds or people who play magic the gathering...

it's a computer game, and people talk about Boxer or Reach like they can move mountains or something... I think it's cool that they can make in something that they love, but these articles seem to always a little over dramatic.

T______T

United States538 Posts

September 24 2005 06:36 GMT

#86

On September 24 2005 15:33 StorM_Liquid wrote:
All these articles, though sometimes interesting, are a bit geeky... like talking to a bunch of dungeon and dragons nerds or people who play magic the gathering...

it's a computer game, and people talk about Boxer or Reach like they can move mountains or something... I think it's cool that they can make in something that they love, but these articles seem to always a little over dramatic.

But the D&D people act like what they are doing is real. I really don't see any similarity here. -_-

FireBlast!

United Kingdom5251 Posts

September 24 2005 07:14 GMT

#87

They might not be able to move mountains but they can get 13,0000 people to go and watch them.

StimpackAbuser

Canada46 Posts

September 25 2005 18:07 GMT

#88

Thankyou for translating and posting.

[X]Ken_D

United States4653 Posts

September 26 2005 07:50 GMT

#89

Sucess to Asians is $$$$$. How much is Pusan making ?

Echo

United States435 Posts

September 26 2005 07:56 GMT

#90

Ya I agree with 1tym, thatt's another thing I found so irritating about the article. By all accounts Pusan is anything but "special" (a word thrown around a lot by the author) as far as progamers go. He has yet to accomplish anything major in pro gaming (as in - anything that sets him above or seperate from the rest). It's just a lot of hype without much substance to it. Not saying he isn't good, simply that this article is NOT very inspirational because im sure his parents still see him pretty much as a failure (in the sense he isn't making enough money to truly support himself, much less a family). The author writes about him as if he were Boxer or something which is just not the case;) Whether or not religion is important in korea is not relevant. It is ridiculous to make the connection the author did as if choosing a video game over religion is unheard of because it is quite common. It can be compared to me saying something like "He had a hot date the day before a big test and he stayed out all night with her! OMG can you believe it!". Sure it demonstrates not the highest level of responsibility but at the same time is COMPLETELY understandable.

Tal

United Kingdom1018 Posts

September 26 2005 08:23 GMT

#91

I'd say it's well written (from a journalist perspective): catchy headline to draw people in, and emotional links to make the story more interesting. Virtually every single story in a newspaper tries to follow a similar format.

As for the actual story I think Pusan is scum. His parents make massive sacrifices to get him educated, and not only does he let them down by sneaking off to his 'temple', he then actually plays on their desire to educate him by telling them he needs a computer for education purposes.

What a wanker.