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MDMA_
Canada265 Posts
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
On November 04 2010 14:05 QuickStriker wrote: Just wanted to comment on this quote. I fully agree about this and how Korea is with sports and anything that's professional. They will typical ignore it until someone famous or worthwhile shows up to be famous and then the association, corporation or Korea in general will then push it to make it even more famous and call it a Korean pride jewel. That's what happened with figure skating recently in Korea, soccer back in 2002 World Cup (soccer wasn't well known in Korea before then until Korea got 4th place and now it's like the most popular sport), baseball (World Baseball Classic and Olympics), and now Starcraft 2..... I guess in a way, it's good now that BoxeR was able to bring SC2 to a big media attention since now it's only going to go uphill for SC2... It's interesting because when he started it was a 100% team mentality for Boxer. Back when SC1 started he refused to take individual sponsorships, insisting that the whole team be taken care of. Several players were like this and allowed the sport to grow rather than thrive on the success of one or two players. It's interesting that Boxer's willing to take an individual sponsorship in this scenario; he could just as easily form a team and do exactly the same thing and make Korea absolutely dominate SC2 like they did SC1. Once they have players go pro and are able to game full time they're just going to dominate the scene. | ||
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ooni
Australia1498 Posts
On November 04 2010 14:05 QuickStriker wrote: That's what happened with figure skating recently in Korea, soccer back in 2002 World Cup (soccer wasn't well known in Korea before then until Korea got 4th place and now it's like the most popular sport), baseball (World Baseball Classic and Olympics), and now Starcraft 2..... /double facepalm When you know someone is wrong but they don't EDIT: + Show Spoiler + Korea's fav past time always has been soccer and baseball... I grew up there | ||
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Devolved
United States2753 Posts
On November 04 2010 17:27 thunk wrote: It's interesting because when he started it was a 100% team mentality for Boxer. Back when SC1 started he refused to take individual sponsorships, insisting that the whole team be taken care of. Several players were like this and allowed the sport to grow rather than thrive on the success of one or two players. It's interesting that Boxer's willing to take an individual sponsorship in this scenario; he could just as easily form a team and do exactly the same thing and make Korea absolutely dominate SC2 like they did SC1. Once they have players go pro and are able to game full time they're just going to dominate the scene. And we see how that turned out. He ended up being under the umbrella of an organization (KeSPA) that controlled his every move (gaming-wise). It sounds like this way he gets to have his cake and eat it too. He's obviously going to create a team. He wouldn't be able to be competitive in the long run if he didn't have a solid group of practice partners surrounding him. | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Jiiks
Finland487 Posts
On November 04 2010 16:53 MDMA_ wrote: Contracted halo pros make like 150-300k over THREE year contracts with MLG no? im not sure tho =x Yeah team final boss got a 1 million $ contract for 3 years. (250k each). | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On November 04 2010 08:52 teko wrote: It's IKEA, I tell you! They will soon introduce a line of pro-gaming furniture! hahaha I actually burst into laugh by this comment ^^ | ||
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StarcraftMan
Canada507 Posts
On November 04 2010 14:05 QuickStriker wrote: That's what happened with figure skating recently in Korea, soccer back in 2002 World Cup (soccer wasn't well known in Korea before then until Korea got 4th place and now it's like the most popular sport), baseball (World Baseball Classic and Olympics), and now Starcraft 2..... Quickstriker, you have no idea what you are talking about. Soccer has always been the most popular team sport in Korea for much of the 20th century. Please don't make stuff up because you are just embarassing yourself. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
On November 04 2010 18:13 Jiiks wrote: Yeah team final boss got a 1 million $ contract for 3 years. (250k each). Where does that money come from, surely Halo has no spectators? | ||
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Marke
Sweden279 Posts
On November 04 2010 16:53 MDMA_ wrote: Contracted halo pros make like 150-300k over THREE year contracts with MLG no? im not sure tho =x how can a person be pro at a lol game like halo. and if its on xbox ill die from laughing ^^ | ||
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ULTRA[tor]
Spain20 Posts
On November 04 2010 18:18 Euronyme wrote: hahaha I actually burst into laugh by this comment ^^ this was the funniest i heard, apart from the Halo on xbox beeing pro :D. Somebody make a barbie game go pro level!! (then we might see some girls on the streams as well... no wait, even girls wouldent play that garbage). | ||
Chosi
Germany1303 Posts
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madcow305
United States152 Posts
Quake, Counterstrike, Halo, Unreal Tournament, etc. have always had more leagues and tournaments than RTS games. Heck, even fighting games like Street Fighter and Tekken are probably more popular outside Korea than RTS. | ||
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aznboi918
United States70 Posts
But seriously, I think that the creator of korean e-sports should get more special treatment than that... So what if his new contract will come into conflict with his contract with SKT... They can make exceptions??? It's Lim Yo Hwan for fucking sakes.... lol | ||
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Durp
Canada3117 Posts
SlayerSBoxeR FakeBoxeR TLOBoxeR WHO KNOWS??? | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
Lim Yo Hwan THE EMPEROR Fighting  | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
On November 04 2010 21:42 Durp wrote: 500 million won for a team? Maybe it'll be team boxer? SlayerSBoxeR FakeBoxeR TLOBoxeR WHO KNOWS??? forgot the one and only... GRACKBoxer  | ||
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luckyorc
China4 Posts
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Art_of_Kill
Zaire1232 Posts
ahah yea man GRACKboxer would be great | ||
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.Templar
Germany14 Posts
n1! | ||
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