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On September 17 2010 21:18 kirkybaby wrote:
$40night * 30 nights = 1200
renting a place in SEOUL = roughly $3,000 smacks. i've lived in korea for a year and i am going back for many more years. my korean wife who lived in seoul for 30+ years has never heard of any hostels. i'm not trying to be argumentative, i'm just genuinely curious about these hostels if they really exist.
and yes, soju is dirt cheap, but that's why you drink loads of it. :p i can go broke on soju, even after winning #1 in GSL hahaha.
There are hostels in any major city in the world, I know for a fact there are numerous in Seoul because I looked a couple of days ago for my post uni freakout. But yeah staying anywhere for 30 days is gonna cost you.
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how come no one mentions white-ra anymore
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when i get there, in a few months, i will look into (perhaps w/ tasteless' and artosis' help) trying to find an affordable way for people to planepool and hotelpool (lol coined two new words) and find an affordable package for a month long trip to korea. perhaps gomtv will be willing to help subsidize certain things (like lodging expenses with a hotel in exchange for advertisement and LOTS of business from foreigners).
what kind of price would people see as reasonable to spend for 30 days in seoul? all included (tickets, hotel, food, partying, etc)? $3000? could people afford that? am i coming in too low?
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On September 17 2010 21:31 ZidaneTribal wrote:
how come no one mentions white-ra anymore
because he's duckload-ra now. get it right pal.
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Everyone that says: How did he come so far every live report should go. I mean it can´t be that expensive if you are going to win so much with eas.
No seriously if your team supports it or you have enough money anyway everyone should try this out!
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For the most part, gamers in NA/EU don't really consider gaming as a viable full-time gig, unlike Koreans. Sure there are a handful of foreign guys on teams with sponsors, but is a sponsor going to invest 3k+ to send someone that might not even make it past the qualifying rounds? That's a huge risk. This makes it hard for top level NA/EU guys to justify the trip to Korea. Moreover, most of the top NA/EU players either go to school, have other jobs etc, so it's unlikely we'll see any top foreigners participating in the GSL.
Of course I'd like to see more foreigners, I just don't see it happening.
A NA/EU based tournament similar to the GSL would be ideal, but there just isn't as much interest in E-Sports here to make that happen, unfortunately.
At least we have the ESL and MLG to look forward to.
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On September 17 2010 21:31 ZidaneTribal wrote:
how come no one mentions white-ra anymore
i dont think he could do much in GSL, plus hes going to get married soon, so yeah no time for him 
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On September 17 2010 21:06 kirkybaby wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2010 21:01 Arm4n wrote:
well, with 85k up for grabs i can't understand why every good player wouldn't be there. probably because if you look @ current GSL, that's a 1/2000 chance for the 87k. now, someone like nada (who's already there anyway) can probably bank on being "in the money" pretty consistently, enough so that he can quit a $230,000/yr contract. but for people travelling to korea (tickets are expensive), to make a net profit travelling there, you'd have to make it to ro8 more than likely, and that's not easy. additionally, the GSL runs over the length of a month or so, which means even if you're staying in a love motel, that's $40/night. this doesn't include food, and most importantly, the soju after every victory.
I don't think nada is still getting $200k+ contracts anymore or he would stay in broodwar for the easy money. He barely plays and isn't a top player anymore.
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On September 17 2010 21:49 whiteLotus wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2010 21:31 ZidaneTribal wrote:
how come no one mentions white-ra anymore i dont think he could do much in GSL, plus hes going to get married soon, so yeah no time for him
DuckLoadRA:sweetheart our honeymoon is in korea.
DuckLoadRA wife: oh that's so sweet of you DuckloadRA!
Arrives in Korea with people from GSL with DuckLoadRA signs:
Wife's face:
![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zfuhyP6_XOE/TBpajV8hheI/AAAAAAAAARo/SQA27ca9ZRM/s400/fuuuuuuu.png)
just a little joke, but i would love to see more europeans in there
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in my deep concern, i still think NA/EU players dont have a single chance againts Korean pros.
With the addition of JulyZerg and Nada and far more players opting to play next season, the hope of foreginer players bringing the trophy home from far land seems very unlikely.
These Koreans play 10+ hours of sc2 each day, compared to foreginers where we have school to deal with.
Investing 4k + to stay there for 2 months period doesnt seem legitimate.
maybe only foreginer i would think that have chace right now is... MuRRoW. he seems to be the most consistent Terran.
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On September 17 2010 22:48 DamnCats wrote:
Who the hell is Murrow?
Cousin of Marrow
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I hope Adel goes, he's so awesome
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On September 17 2010 22:07 zerg4hire wrote:
MoRRoW. he seems to be the most consistent Terran.
Yeah, with one build in every match-up.
Really, i doubt morrow would do that well anyway.
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I have heard that Haypro is going, also ret was on his way?
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On September 17 2010 21:21 kirkybaby wrote:
now that i think about it though, if people travel together, 4-5 people in an apartment could be around $600 for the month, much more reasonable. perhaps TL should put together travel parties, and they might be able to work discounts through korean air/lufthansa or something and get discounted tickets for the ro64 on down during the actual GSL (6 next year right?). get a couple of places to share, hang out w/ other awesome SC2/TL people for a month, enjoy seoul, and watch kickass SC2.
i think gomtv would enjoy the foreigner presence on their live shots.
This is a good idea. Alot of pro poker players do/did this, they rent a place in Las Vegas (or Thailand if ur less successful) or wherever and just play poker 24/7.
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I hate the fact that even if I had enough money, I still have college so yeh >.> I just cant find a hole in which i could fly to korea and spectate\participate.
I hate my life xD.
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If i could afford it. oh well. staying in school it is. if you are a foreigner seasons 1-4 are the times to get in. if you don't you REALLY won't be able to afford to get in starting in january. since you have to earn your way up even past prelims. so you would spend months in korea to have a shot at the prize money.
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On September 17 2010 22:56 Grettin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2010 22:07 zerg4hire wrote:
MoRRoW. he seems to be the most consistent Terran. Yeah, with one build in every match-up. Really, i doubt morrow would do that well anyway.
Pretty much.
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