On December 10 2020 09:39 caneras wrote:
What happened to Last? I haven't seen him competing recently and haven't seen any news regarding him. Did he begin his military service?

His streaming right now

8 AM here in Romania!

Let's hope JAEDONG

will return in amazing shape

SuperJongMan

Jamaica11586 Posts

December 11 2020 19:54 GMT

#7502

What is Hong Jin Ho/ NC Yellow doing these days?
Is he on the streets yet?

Geographer

United States185 Posts

December 13 2020 08:41 GMT

#7503

How many progamers went to college? I've heard that competition for entry-level white collar jobs in South Korea is intensely competitive so I wonder about the job opportunities for the ex-pros outside of streaming and tournaments.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8606 Posts

December 13 2020 09:31 GMT

#7504

On December 13 2020 17:41 Geographer wrote:
How many progamers went to college? I've heard that competition for entry-level white collar jobs in South Korea is intensely competitive so I wonder about the job opportunities for the ex-pros outside of streaming and tournaments.

i cant think of any notable progamer that has a bachelors degree. most of them dont even had an admission into university, let alone a degree.
job opportunities outside of the esports scene is very slim for any of them if they were to look. with that said, theres more opportunity now within esports to land a "normal" job so i dont think its the end of the world, especially if you were fairly decorated as a player.

Geographer

United States185 Posts

December 13 2020 09:52 GMT

#7505

That's shocking. It puts the progamers at a tremendous disadvantage in the South Korean white collar job market unless they are really famous from playing or streaming. I've heard that blue collar jobs are stigmatized in South Korea.

Was it Jangbi who went to work for his family's business after retiring?

Highgamer

1377 Posts

December 13 2020 09:53 GMT

#7506

Seeing how many of them fare in front of a "camera", be it on stream or at tournaments, seeming quite at ease when being interviewed or when interacting with chat, I feel that many of them have, to a certain degree, a talent for entertainment/show-biz. And in our time (moderate) opportunity in these fields seems abundant.
I guess many of those kids that went into progaming seriously as early as in the 2000s are of a certain breed to begin with.
Some I couldn't even imagine in a 'normal' job and I wonder if that's what they'd want anyway - but maybe that would be interesting, to think about where you would see ex-progamer X if they had to retire entirely. Larva could run a kindergarten, no prob, and I doubt he'd mind sexist cultural prejudices.

Maybe I'm a bit worried about JD... But he's such a likeable guy, he'd find some good place where he has fun and they treat him nice, 100%.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8606 Posts

December 13 2020 11:07 GMT

#7507

On December 13 2020 18:52 Geographer wrote:
That's shocking. It puts the progamers at a tremendous disadvantage in the South Korean white collar job market unless they are really famous from playing or streaming. I've heard that blue collar jobs are stigmatized in South Korea.

Was it Jangbi who went to work for his family's business after retiring?

its not really a surprise....most professional athletes will be disadvantaged if they go for white collar jobs. if you spend the majority of your youth and adolescence on something that isnt education you are unlikely to be successful in a job that requires some level of education.

tankgirl

325 Posts

December 13 2020 11:26 GMT

#7508

The skills that are required for doing media are anathema to the skills of being a physician, engineer, lawyer, accountant. It’s not an innate skill to be an entertainer or be on TV. It's obvious who has these skills and who are still developing it. To host even a straightforward program or show that seems simple, such as ASL or KSL, is not easy. There are so many mechanical media beats that have to be met. You have to get out just when the cable/satellite breaks, you have to know where your cameras are. TV hosts/personalities look like they're doing nothing; they're doing a ton.

prosatan

Romania7431 Posts

December 13 2020 15:32 GMT

#7509

Almost 80 k viewers on Britney's stream!

I think because some beautiful ladies

lJTJPl

15 Posts

December 14 2020 05:27 GMT

#7510

yo, shout out to ToSsGirl for streamin, and still killin it on broodwar: remastered, big fan here... wish i had the net to give it a shot again. and i dont like covid for slowing the community down.

isabelw

1 Post

December 15 2020 11:12 GMT

#7511

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Ziggy

South Korea2105 Posts

December 16 2020 10:20 GMT

#7512

http://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1/229355852

TEN 1v1 / 2v2 Special Match live

whylessness

United States376 Posts

December 16 2020 10:54 GMT

#7513

On December 16 2020 19:20 Ziggy wrote:
http://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1/229355852

TEN 1v1 / 2v2 Special Match live

gnarly. i had completely forgotten about this.

HaN-

France1919 Posts

December 16 2020 11:03 GMT

#7514

On December 16 2020 19:54 whylessness wrote:

Show nested quote +

gnarly. i had completely forgotten about this.

You're lucky to have known about it in the first place.
Sadly there was almost no info about it.

hayleygilbert26

1 Post

December 16 2020 11:05 GMT

#7515

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ggsimida

1125 Posts

December 16 2020 11:31 GMT

#7516

flash returning to terran main is gonna smash the next asl so hard

HaN-

France1919 Posts

December 16 2020 11:32 GMT

#7517

KR Vod: (no english vod) http://vod.afreecatv.com/PLAYER/STATION/65706882
Results: + Show Spoiler +

Edit: Found the english vod.

Galacsia

Chile153 Posts

December 16 2020 11:41 GMT

#7518

That was pretty lame.

- PvP is kinda meh
- The 2v2 was too lopsised with a Zerg on Fastest and Best not being able to communicate properly.
- And then Flash doing his thing. Flash vs Best might have been a better match imo.
- The casting was ok. At least it wasn't unbearable like Rapid+noregret.

I know it's just a showmatch but at least the other TENs were somewhat fun.