you can't summarize the inspiration and the feeling of a community being personally and emotionally connected for 2 hour by the sheer beauty and love for the game.

Azarkon

United States21060 Posts

April 14 2010 04:19 GMT

#3328

Initially I was a bit irritated at Day9 today because he didn't cast the Dimaga vs. Jinro game, but after watching this epic daily, the thought has completely evaporated. I felt that I watched something special tonight, something that breaks the wall in terms of Starcraft streams or even just broadcast programs in general.

I mean, at some level it doesn't make sense - it's two hours of a guy talking about his Starcraft experience - how profound could it be? But your experiences, they're just so amazing, and your insights so poignant, and your passion so deep, that it makes the cast achieve the quality of being "hyper-real." It's like being taken into a world in which SC is bigger than life, and I think this is indeed what you were looking to achieve.

With you as ambassador, I can't see why this scene won't go further than it has ever gone before. A toast - to the life of Day9 and the future of e-sports.

TryThis

Canada1522 Posts

April 14 2010 04:19 GMT

#3329

i totally forgot about this because of friend asked me to play some games right after lost...please VOD up soon i love you soo much day <3

Earll

Norway847 Posts

April 14 2010 04:19 GMT

#3330

How Day[9] Does not work for blizzard as a ambassador for SC(2), and is not really sponsosred in any significant way or anything of this sort is beyond me. Hopefully in a couple of years Sean will be running the Western SC2 Channel Being broadcasted all over U.S/Europe. Dare to dream : D

Fosh

Sweden117 Posts

April 14 2010 04:21 GMT

#3331

Sean, if I may call you by your first name, you are my greatest inspiration for getting better at Starcraft (1 or 2). Thank you so much for everything you've contributed and keep contributing! Fan forever here.

Dingo_egret

Brazil97 Posts

April 14 2010 04:21 GMT

#3332

I'm... speechless. I don't know what to say but that I cried, and that this was THE most touching thing I have ever seen in my entire life (No exaggeration. At all). Day, I think I cannot thank you enough for what you have done for me (and the SC community as a whole), and I hope your dream can become a reality and that we could be (if only) a small part of it.

Sincerest and most deeply heartfelt love to you,

a fan.
(reposting from the other thread.. hope the mods don't mind...)

renixian

United States50 Posts

April 14 2010 04:22 GMT

#3333

Massive man <3

hordeau

United States157 Posts

April 14 2010 04:22 GMT

#3334

On April 14 2010 12:59 Liquid`NonY wrote:
excellent 100th episode. you are an inspiration <3

BladeRunner

United States407 Posts

April 14 2010 04:23 GMT

#3335

I hope itmeJP was watching and is going to relay the impact of this to all of his crew at MLG... they have the assets to put SC2 in front of NA, hopefully this can be a key driver.... Let's help make Day9's dream of eSports popularity in NA a reality!

blastedt

United States29 Posts

April 14 2010 04:23 GMT

#3336

Day 9:
When I lay in bed after your cast, I realized I had to post SOMETHING while the experience was fresh.
Your cast affected me more than anybody else ever has. You have the unique gift of giving your listeners the very same emotions that you have. I laughed with you at your early days, shared in your dread at having to play against prominent progamers, celebrated with you in victory, and mourned with you in your defeat. The overall result is a very powerful experience that has undoubtedly earned you many a new fan and many a boatload of money tonight. I watched the Boy in the Striped Pajamas a few weeks ago. It affected me less than your full movie length cast.

You are very inspiring to many people and I hope you achieve your dreams.

lFrost

United States295 Posts

April 14 2010 04:23 GMT

#3337

can day[9] or someone please upload this episode. reading these comments make me really sad that i JUST missed it

UbiNax

Denmark381 Posts

April 14 2010 04:24 GMT

#3338

On April 14 2010 13:23 lFrostmourne wrote:
can day[9] or someone please upload this episode. reading these comments make me really sad that i JUST missed it

should be up on livestream in 24h

ProdT

United States170 Posts

April 14 2010 04:25 GMT

#3339

I will show this to my children

FoBuLouS

United States570 Posts

April 14 2010 04:25 GMT

#3340

Dear Day[9],
Thank you for Day9 daily #100. That was inspiring and amazing to say the least. I love your passion for Starcraft, and I think a majority of TeamLiquid shares this love. Personally, I feel the same way in that I want to spread e-Sports; I love it when more of my friends get to know the brilliance of Starcraft, that it's not just any other game, but a beautiful "symphony of dexterity and brain." I get excited when I see people who I would never expect to play Starcraft post something about Boxer as their Facebook status. However, I do find it hard to juggle real life and Starcraft.

Personally, I come from an Asian family which expects "normal" career paths and "normal" lives. I've chosen Comp Sci as a major because of that because that's as close as I can get to a e-Sports related career. Ideally, I would do something that's directly related to e-Sports, but there doesn't exist a thing in the West.. yet. Starcraft to me seems restricted to be a hobby, even though I would love for it to develop. Is it too late for people to become a core part of e-Sports like you and your brother?

I know SC2 is all fresh and new but finding a career in e-Sports seems difficult. What would you do, would you fully engage an e-Sports career or keep it as a hobby?

Finally, once again I thank you for sharing your passion and hopefully inspiring all your 3k viewers to promote e-Sports. I think we all teared up a bit.

Long live e-Sports!~