On August 03 2012 10:31 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Well huh. Something from CNN that I find worthy of watching. X-D

YAAAAY RANDOM TASTELESS CAMEO!!

At the end, holding up the flag, that's Mvp, MarineKing, aaaaand... who (on the left)? O_o

EffOrt experimented in cloning. Unfortunately, the result was a Terran player.

swim224

Botswana368 Posts

August 03 2012 04:14 GMT

#82

Is it just me or does the reporter pause at odd times when she's speaking? Besides that, I really liked it :D

Chickenlegs

Sweden451 Posts

August 03 2012 04:19 GMT

#83

Completetly unrelated but isn't only me that things the Yellow dude in the Gangnam style video looks like supernova? The one at the end that's dancing with psy

BlackCloud

Canada154 Posts

August 03 2012 04:21 GMT

#84

Great video!! fun to see the word getting out there. Tasteless is one handsome nerd.

eviltomahawk

United States11133 Posts

August 03 2012 04:23 GMT

#85

On August 03 2012 08:34 Verror wrote:
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another video by CNN about gaming in south korea, but in a more negative light. Features MKP and tasteless some.

WOAH WOAHWOAH WOAH

MKP's cute sister spotted at 6:46.

And MKP's bio is very interesting and enlightening.

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

August 03 2012 04:25 GMT

#86

yeah good video, normally they are bashing the shit out of gamers xD this video seems to keep things in a positive light

MasterKang

United States1373 Posts

August 03 2012 04:41 GMT

#87

On August 03 2012 08:37 saksy2 wrote:

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HAHAHAHA "Tasteless 9" @ 7:10

That kind of mistake just makes this video a joke. Really insulting to see how CNN could make such a glaring mistake. Clearly shows how little they actually care about the topic

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

August 03 2012 04:43 GMT

#88

On August 03 2012 09:49 bakedace wrote:
Well done. The gaming addiction video is silly but I didn't expect anything different.

How is it silly? It differentiates gaming addiction and competitive gaming.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10292 Posts

August 03 2012 05:11 GMT

#89

On August 03 2012 13:41 MasterKang wrote:

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That kind of mistake just makes this video a joke. Really insulting to see how CNN could make such a glaring mistake. Clearly shows how little they actually care about the topic

LOL just noticed that... how could they make such a messed up mistake? I can't think of where they got the 9 from. I mean, obviously there's day9 and they're brothers, but... where did they get "tasteless 9" from?

ShowTheLights

Korea (South)1669 Posts

August 03 2012 05:26 GMT

#90

On August 03 2012 13:12 eviltomahawk wrote:

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EffOrt experimented in cloning. Unfortunately, the result was a Terran player.

SUPAHHHNOVAAHHHH

hiyo_bye

United States737 Posts

August 03 2012 05:34 GMT

#91

Very well done; I'm surprised! Though a little late.. yeah.

Shellshock

United States97274 Posts

August 03 2012 05:40 GMT

#92

I liked it a lot but it seems to be a little late. WCG 2011 was quite a bit ago

Brutaxilos

United States2622 Posts

August 03 2012 05:43 GMT

#93

On August 03 2012 13:23 eviltomahawk wrote:

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WOAH WOAHWOAH WOAH

MKP's cute sister spotted at 6:46.

And MKP's bio is very interesting and enlightening.

Baby MKP is much cuter. <3333 6:44

TemplarCo.

Mexico2870 Posts

August 03 2012 05:59 GMT

#94

Wow, 8 months late but pretty amazing documentary, glad to see CNN take interest in eSports.

Novalisk

Israel1818 Posts

August 03 2012 06:00 GMT

#95

I wish they focused more about his hardships, he's one of the most injured players in the world.

LeLfe

France3160 Posts

August 03 2012 06:07 GMT

#96

this is awesome! Mvp<3

DarkPlasmaBall

United States43777 Posts

August 03 2012 06:07 GMT

#97

Interesting how there were more Zerg than Terran shots... but awesome piece on Mvp and SC2 nonetheless

Cuce

Turkey1127 Posts

August 03 2012 06:08 GMT

#98

ahaha "this gut is really handsome we gotta put him in the video, with a really up close shot!"

whats about with shots of tasteless over there

Blennd

United States266 Posts

August 03 2012 06:19 GMT

#99

On August 03 2012 14:11 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:

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They're brothers, so they have the same last name. And that last name is 9. That's better logic than most of what you'll find on CNN actually.

Wuster

1974 Posts

August 03 2012 06:33 GMT

#100

On August 03 2012 11:26 iky43210 wrote:

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On August 03 2012 10:26 Wuster wrote:

On August 03 2012 09:26 nadafanboy42 wrote:

On August 03 2012 09:11 Awesomeness wrote:

On August 03 2012 08:47 EdenPLusDucky wrote:

On August 03 2012 08:34 Verror wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ClBeaT4chA&feature=relmfu

another video by CNN about gaming in south korea, but in a more negative light. Features MKP and tasteless some.

They kind of overexaggerated the part with the suicidal guy and made me not take the video seriously after that.

It's not that bad really, it shows both sides of the argument and says that there is a difference between competitive gaming and gaming addicts.

That scene where they show the therapy for a gaming/internet addiction really reminded me of "a clockwork orange" btw. :D

It's not that bad, but it's still bad. Do documentaries about tennis show 'tennis addicts', do documentaries about violinists show 'violin addicts'? When someone spends all day playing the piano people go 'look how dedicated and hard-working they are', but when they spend all day playing videogames it suddenly becomes 'oh my god that crazy addict'! The MVP one is much better eSports-wise.
That said I do think videogame addiction is a real thing, and something worth discussing. But not in the context of eSports, and definitely not in the way mainstream media has been doing.

I think you're being overly defensive. There is such a thing as internet and gaming addiction. There's no such thing as Tennis addiction. Of course the problem for those involved is separating addiction from hobby and competition and career. The story doesn't try to draw a connection between eSports and addiction either, in fact it called eSports the bright side to mass-gaming (for lack of a better term). Plus, the prevention center was about engaging with the internet and games without losing control, not avoiding them altogether.

Anyways, my favorite part was where MKP's middle school cut off internet because too many kids were watching him play instead of going back to class (crowd favorite from the beginning I see!).

you can definitely get addicted to sports and exercising, much rarer than video games addictions for sure but its definitely a problem for some people.

those people get high off of it, and shows almost all addiction signs. End up exerting themselves that it hurts them physically and mentally.

You're right, I glossed it over because clinically it's so much rarer than gaming/internet addiction (although most expercts are only guestimating and starting to accept that game/internet addiction is a real thing so the numbers could be quite inflated there too). I mean therer's that lady addicted to sun-tanning, but she's probably the only one in the US, so ya, anything you can think of there's probably someone who's clinically addicted to it.