It's too bad it wasn't a documentary about progaming, but I still think it covered an important issue. Internet/gaming addiction is definitely a real problem. It was very one sided though which is probably why Tasteless wasn't included. I am sure he said mostly good things about how wired South Korea is.

a-game

Canada5102 Posts

April 15 2009 08:29 GMT

#102

there's an extra couple minutes spent in the STX training house in the extras section

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/

Highways

Australia6105 Posts

April 15 2009 08:33 GMT

#103

Interesting watch, was hoping a progaming documentary though.

Start looked promising.

geno

United States1404 Posts

April 15 2009 08:37 GMT

#104

I like how they link to teamliquid for the ELO and Kespa rankings. The ELO system needs more publicity!

GTR

51566 Posts

April 15 2009 08:45 GMT

#105

loool they used epik high in the soundtrack

T.O.P.

Hong Kong4685 Posts

April 15 2009 09:12 GMT

#106

Edit: I was slower than Geno

konadora

Singapore66358 Posts

April 15 2009 09:27 GMT

#107

I just watched the STX house one. They need more shows like those.

On April 15 2009 17:28 Bosu wrote:
It's too bad it wasn't a documentary about progaming, but I still think it covered an important issue. Internet/gaming addiction is definitely a real problem. It was very one sided though which is probably why Tasteless wasn't included. I am sure he said mostly good things about how wired South Korea is.

Ftrunkz

Australia2474 Posts

April 15 2009 09:31 GMT

#108

the child song about the internet guardian was quite funny ;P.

MyLostTemple

United States2921 Posts

April 15 2009 09:37 GMT

#109

they had to cancel on me at the last second. they were running out of time.

stanley_

United States816 Posts

April 16 2009 13:20 GMT

#110

On April 15 2009 18:37 MyLostTemple wrote:
they had to cancel on me at the last second. they were running out of time.

seems like they just switched their angle of their story so it would get more views. Not that they were running out of time.

foeffa

Belgium2115 Posts

April 16 2009 13:45 GMT

#111

Ah bummer. :/ I only noticed this thread a few mins ago so I was already getting pumped about seeing the baller that got me into SC, too bad you're not in it but I guess I'll check it out anyway.

Physician

United States4146 Posts

April 16 2009 19:07 GMT

#112

make sure u know what ur walking into
hopefully they won't giv Korean e-sports an evil spin

Physician

United States4146 Posts

April 16 2009 19:12 GMT

#113

duh show is over, didn't see the date in op

D00dles

Cambodia217 Posts

April 16 2009 19:20 GMT

#114

This was dissapointing, i did enjoy seeing STX train though.. Would of been better if Tasteless's interview had made it into the final cut.

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

April 16 2009 19:20 GMT

#115

They wanted Tasteless to say some bad stuff but he didn't so they cut him out.
These types of documentaries are always trying to be as shocking as possible.

KOFgokuon

United States14908 Posts

April 16 2009 19:29 GMT

#116

lame

Mikilatov

United States3897 Posts

April 16 2009 19:36 GMT

#117

That's shitty. I hate hearing about internet addiction bullcrap.

Generally what people don't understand is there's a difference between someone who uses their computer/internet 6-16 hours a day, and someone who is addicted to their computer/internet. It's only a bad addiction if it negatively affects your life, and for the majority of people who use their computers a lot, that's just not the case.

Hammy

France828 Posts

April 16 2009 19:52 GMT

#118

I want to see more about STX training!
Did they tell you about the focus of the show before the interview was conducted? I mean if they wanted to hear that progaming was some sort of a scheme to lure internet addicts, they should have said so from the start.
Maybe they didn't want to hear someone talk so passionately about progaming

.

edit: nevermind : ) I hadn't seen tastless' update

Xusneb

Canada612 Posts

April 16 2009 20:08 GMT

#119

I think it's good to shed more light on internet addiction. There's surprisingly few resources for this addiction, probably due to it being a more personal issue that can be easily covered up. Hell, there are people still debating over whether this is even a problem (kind of reminiscent of people arguing that depression isn't a disease a while back...). Oh well, it would have been nice to get progaming out there but this is by no means a wasted topic.