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GTR
51595 Posts
About 20 years ago in South Korea. The documentary is the story of those gamers' journey . A documentary that came out a couple of months ago released by KBS (one of Korea's prominent broadcast stations). Worth a watch given how there have been a lack of documentaries about the history of Starcraft. Has interviews with the likes of Nada, Yellow, Boxer, Giyom etc. 
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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Cheesefome
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Qikz
United Kingdom12039 Posts
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Gorgonoth
United States468 Posts
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Ziggy
South Korea2106 Posts
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Jealous
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Alejandrisha
United States6565 Posts
interesting how in 2002 gamers were demonized in the mainstream especially in the west. a really funny tidbit from the beginning that -- wow! some children spend more time playing vidya games than watching tv! short-sighted conservative arguments against video games are.. are short-sighted. | ||
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Kerotan
England2111 Posts
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HaN-
France1920 Posts
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HaFnium
United Kingdom1078 Posts
The other documentary that I've come across (produced by the National Geographic focuses more in trying to explain to foreigners...) Especially liked the beginning where they mentioned how SC becomes that popular in Korea... | ||
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GTR
51595 Posts
On April 21 2020 23:57 Ziggy wrote: surprised they managed to get jangbi to contribute jangbi recently appeared on yellow's talk show "star road" where he goes around korea talking with progamers of the past. so it's clear he never had really any disdain with his progaming career, he just felt like streaming/playing in the afreecatv era was just not for him. | ||
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Thrill
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
Thank you sir | ||
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SuGo
United States681 Posts
I feel like with many other popular games now like LoL, Fortnite, Smash, etc, Starcraft was what started it all... that is quickly forgotten. Also, side note on how the IMF/economic crisis led to the rise of internet cafes which is what in turn led to the popularity of Starcraft. All very interesting stuff. It all makes sense as to why this game is so deeply embedded in Korean culture, was treated like a sport for years, and is still going strong today. | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4262 Posts
thanks for sharing, i watched it with pleasure anyways ^^ | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4262 Posts
On April 23 2020 03:29 SuGo wrote: Good watch and thanks for sharing. I think it's a good reminder that Starcraft truly was the 'start' of eSports rise to fame. I feel like with many other popular games now like LoL, Fortnite, Smash, etc, Starcraft was what started it all... that is quickly forgotten. Also, side note on how the IMF/economic crisis led to the rise of internet cafes which is what in turn led to the popularity of Starcraft. All very interesting stuff. It all makes sense as to why this game is so deeply embedded in Korean culture, was treated like a sport for years, and is still going strong today. 100% agreed Starcraft and Quake started it around the same time I would say, but Starcraft in korea made pro gaming a much more serious and professional affair | ||
thedeadhaji
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4262 Posts
On April 22 2020 06:27 GTR wrote: jangbi recently appeared on yellow's talk show "star road" where he goes around korea talking with progamers of the past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgCL8vNCxh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAB01mhqC8g so it's clear he never had really any disdain with his progaming career, he just felt like streaming/playing in the afreecatv era was just not for him. That's a real damn shame.. I really miss JangBi.. | ||
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Szinkler
Hungary394 Posts
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GummyZerg
United States277 Posts
 1998 PGL Season 3And tons of others. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On April 23 2020 04:22 thedeadhaji wrote: make shoulderpads great again. Cringe having to play in a booth with those ridiculous costumes lol | ||
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Silan
Denmark198 Posts
On April 23 2020 03:29 SuGo wrote: Good watch and thanks for sharing. I think it's a good reminder that Starcraft truly was the 'start' of eSports rise to fame. The first CPL event in usa was in 1997, a year before SCBW was even released. Looking forward to watching the documentary, love getting nostalgic about the beginning of scbw esports. | ||
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
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att
128 Posts
On April 23 2020 15:36 Sawamura wrote: Nice documentary about broodwar. I wonder what is going to happen once all our legends are no longer playing starcraft bw. How is ASL is going to survive without the big names... Is that going to happen tho? When StarCraft is pretty much always 3rd - 4th most popular game on Afreeca, after LoL and Pubg and Teamfight Tactics, it seems likely that top players can earn their money from streams for a long time to come | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2217 Posts
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Jeremy Reimer
Canada1142 Posts
But TBH the most hilarious part was watching the North Korean guy trying to explain that he was playing a "military simulator" and the other Northern Korean guy playing without hotkeys. | ||
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
Also YellOw's "Star Road" has been appearing quite a bit on my recommended on Youtube, shame they're not subbed... Guess it's only my lack of Korean-speaking abilities to blame  | ||
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stevemachine17
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sneakyfox
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
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Ideas
United States8170 Posts
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e1-Daft.
Latvia2 Posts
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XenOsky
Chile2356 Posts
thanks for sharing. English subs 10/10 <3 | ||
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