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On November 21 2008 09:51 MayorITC wrote:
I also lived in Korea during 1998. I also worked part-time at a PC Bang so I'm fully aware of which games were banned and which games were not. Let me repeat what I said earlier: FPS games were never banned in Korea. Games that had any political reference to North Korea and South Korea were banned regardless of game genre.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163609.html

Thyis is further evident by the fact that there are FPS games that were available in Korea since 1998. Rainbow Six was released in 1998 and was an instant hit at PC Bangs. For awhile it even shared the limelight on TV with Starcraft.

Anyway, this is all a deviation from the main point. Starcraft is hardly the focal point of the Korean gaming industry (not to be confused with the e-sport industry). While Starcraft may be the dominant game in Korean e-sports that doesn't necessarily equate to it being the dominant game in Korea. MMORPGs actually have a larger share in the Korean gaming industry. However, due to the nature of MMORPGs it's hard to convert it into an e-sport as exemplified by WoW.

Thus you can't say that e-sport is successful in Korea because they honed in on a single game because it's simply not true. There are so many different games that were broadcoasted in Korea in the past 10 years. Diablo II, Starcraft, Crazy Arcade, Sudden Attack, Rainbow Six, Counter Strike, and hell, even Tetris Online. The Korean culture made games as a whole extremely popular in the country. But Starcraft being championed above all other games on TV has nothing to do with the Korean culture, but more with the nature of the game itself.

And to conclude all of this post by tying it into the topic.

If you want a few select games to thrive as an e-sport, you have to embrace the entire gaming industry. It has nothing to do with liking a specific title more; choosing Starcraft over DoA 4 or America choosing baseball over soccer. Because before people even elevated one sport over another, they had to address the basic issue: Is America willing to accept sports as a form of commercialized entertainment?

On November 21 2008 09:51 MayorITC wrote:
I also lived in Korea during 1998. I also worked part-time at a PC Bang so I'm fully aware of which games were banned and which games were not. Let me repeat what I said earlier: FPS games were never banned in Korea. Games that had any political reference to North Korea and South Korea were banned regardless of game genre.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163609.html

Thyis is further evident by the fact that there are FPS games that were available in Korea since 1998. Rainbow Six was released in 1998 and was an instant hit at PC Bangs. For awhile it even shared the limelight on TV with Starcraft.

Anyway, this is all a deviation from the main point. Starcraft is hardly the focal point of the Korean gaming industry (not to be confused with the e-sport industry). While Starcraft may be the dominant game in Korean e-sports that doesn't necessarily equate to it being the dominant game in Korea. MMORPGs actually have a larger share in the Korean gaming industry. However, due to the nature of MMORPGs it's hard to convert it into an e-sport as exemplified by WoW.

Thus you can't say that e-sport is successful in Korea because they honed in on a single game because it's simply not true. There are so many different games that were broadcoasted in Korea in the past 10 years. Diablo II, Starcraft, Crazy Arcade, Sudden Attack, Rainbow Six, Counter Strike, and hell, even Tetris Online. The Korean culture made games as a whole extremely popular in the country. But Starcraft being championed above all other games on TV has nothing to do with the Korean culture, but more with the nature of the game itself.

And to conclude all of this post by tying it into the topic.

If you want a few select games to thrive as an e-sport, you have to embrace the entire gaming industry. It has nothing to do with liking a specific title more; choosing Starcraft over DoA 4 or America choosing baseball over soccer. Because before people even elevated one sport over another, they had to address the basic issue: Is America willing to accept sports as a form of commercialized entertainment?

On November 21 2008 09:51 MayorITC wrote:
I also lived in Korea during 1998. I also worked part-time at a PC Bang so I'm fully aware of which games were banned and which games were not. Let me repeat what I said earlier: FPS games were never banned in Korea. Games that had any political reference to North Korea and South Korea were banned regardless of game genre.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163609.html

Thyis is further evident by the fact that there are FPS games that were available in Korea since 1998. Rainbow Six was released in 1998 and was an instant hit at PC Bangs. For awhile it even shared the limelight on TV with Starcraft.

Anyway, this is all a deviation from the main point. Starcraft is hardly the focal point of the Korean gaming industry (not to be confused with the e-sport industry). While Starcraft may be the dominant game in Korean e-sports that doesn't necessarily equate to it being the dominant game in Korea. MMORPGs actually have a larger share in the Korean gaming industry. However, due to the nature of MMORPGs it's hard to convert it into an e-sport as exemplified by WoW.

Thus you can't say that e-sport is successful in Korea because they honed in on a single game because it's simply not true. There are so many different games that were broadcoasted in Korea in the past 10 years. Diablo II, Starcraft, Crazy Arcade, Sudden Attack, Rainbow Six, Counter Strike, and hell, even Tetris Online. The Korean culture made games as a whole extremely popular in the country. But Starcraft being championed above all other games on TV has nothing to do with the Korean culture, but more with the nature of the game itself.

And to conclude all of this post by tying it into the topic.

If you want a few select games to thrive as an e-sport, you have to embrace the entire gaming industry. It has nothing to do with liking a specific title more; choosing Starcraft over DoA 4 or America choosing baseball over soccer. Because before people even elevated one sport over another, they had to address the basic issue: Is America willing to accept sports as a form of commercialized entertainment?