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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On April 09 2004 00:48 DV8 wrote: Yeah I remember walking home from school one day and pausing when I saw a van that read "starcraft" it looked like crap but I couldn't stop laughing at the idea. Hah, yeah. I saw one at a red light once and I was like "woah!" | ||
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benzoic-acid
Korea (South)427 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
On April 09 2004 00:54 benzoic-acid wrote: there's probably less than 10 in all of korea More. | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
 4U needs a second Zerg player? I'm just noticing this again... thx mensrea for your news | ||
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benzoic-acid
Korea (South)427 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33672 Posts
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Honk2000
Germany698 Posts
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luminosity_
Canada378 Posts
On April 09 2004 04:06 Honk2000 wrote: but boxer needs definitely a stronger zerg practise partner. yeah and i could use a night with elle macphearson. but boxer's tvz is good enough imo. he needs to train his tvt and tvp much more, and he has top class playing partners from oov and kingdom! hehe | ||
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Levu
Germany675 Posts
the 4U-KTF games are not the battles of titans yay but i agree with the flaw of not having a good zerg - reven if the team is equipped with great other players, a good zerg is somehow necessary in my mind | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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4.Aiur
United States995 Posts
How often is SC on TV in Korea? Is it on "national" TV or on a cable channel? What kind of ratings does SC get in comparison to other sports or activities (what other sports are big in Korea?). I mean, I've seen the SC bags of Doritos and SC pictures on backpacks and cans of Coke and stuff...but I really have no clue how big it is. I mean, you watch the OSL VOD's and apart from the finals, it looks like you have a few dozen, maybe 60-100 people watching. Didn't they used to broadcast from a mall or something? And even the OSL finals...do those people pay to watch? I thought they didn't...but if they do, how much? It just doesn't seem so huge to me to be able to support the kind of money being paid. Some Korean person plz enlighten me. | ||
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[Soul]GyunTae
Korea (South)174 Posts
1.samsung 2.hyundae 3.LG 4.sk 5.KT posco,hanhwa,dongA,sinsege,CJ,dongbu,dongyang,Daewoo,hyosung,Kcc .... | ||
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ZZZnachor
Poland200 Posts
On April 09 2004 05:29 4.Aiur wrote: I'm not from Korea. I've never been to Korea. I sort of know SC is big in Korea, but that's it. So, excuse my ignorance. But exactly HOW big is SC in Korea? I can't fathom that any company would get a return on this kind of investment for a game that is mostly followed by teenagers and people in their early 20's. How often is SC on TV in Korea? Is it on "national" TV or on a cable channel? What kind of ratings does SC get in comparison to other sports or activities (what other sports are big in Korea?). I mean, I've seen the SC bags of Doritos and SC pictures on backpacks and cans of Coke and stuff...but I really have no clue how big it is. I mean, you watch the OSL VOD's and apart from the finals, it looks like you have a few dozen, maybe 60-100 people watching. Didn't they used to broadcast from a mall or something? And even the OSL finals...do those people pay to watch? I thought they didn't...but if they do, how much? It just doesn't seem so huge to me to be able to support the kind of money being paid. Some Korean person plz enlighten me. I heard that about 500k was watching some ogn finals. | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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benzoic-acid
Korea (South)427 Posts
On April 09 2004 08:37 Klogon wrote: Well cell phones are a HUGE market in Korea, and teenagers and young adults are usually the biggest market for cell phones. more like EVERYONE from age 15-60. Plus, all adults use cell phones and use them more than younger people | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22260 Posts
(SKT took in revenues of US $8.2 billion in 2003 alone - some serious resource gathering macro!).  | ||
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
hoLy crap- thats a lot of money.. | ||
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mensrea
Canada5062 Posts
On April 09 2004 05:29 4.Aiur wrote: I'm not from Korea. I've never been to Korea. I sort of know SC is big in Korea, but that's it. So, excuse my ignorance. But exactly HOW big is SC in Korea? I can't fathom that any company would get a return on this kind of investment for a game that is mostly followed by teenagers and people in their early 20's. How often is SC on TV in Korea? Is it on "national" TV or on a cable channel? What kind of ratings does SC get in comparison to other sports or activities (what other sports are big in Korea?). I mean, I've seen the SC bags of Doritos and SC pictures on backpacks and cans of Coke and stuff...but I really have no clue how big it is. I mean, you watch the OSL VOD's and apart from the finals, it looks like you have a few dozen, maybe 60-100 people watching. Didn't they used to broadcast from a mall or something? And even the OSL finals...do those people pay to watch? I thought they didn't...but if they do, how much? It just doesn't seem so huge to me to be able to support the kind of money being paid. Some Korean person plz enlighten me. You are mostly correct in the information you've recited. I have not done research into exact TV ratings, so I cannot say for sure - and so I won't try hazarding a guess. In a way tho, you're questions are moot. The companies that are sponsoring pro gaming teams these days are not run-of-the-mill, fly-by-night operations that are one interest rate hike away from bankruptcy. They are multi-billion dollar operations with serious money at stake. They also have some of the top business brains in the world working for them and rest assured if they've decided it's worth it to spend several million dollars a year sponsoring a pro gaming team, then it is. These are multinational corporations and they are not into charity. | ||
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