EPTTLO is coming home and you can meet him ! - Page 10
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Antisocialmunky
United States5913 Posts
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drooL
United Kingdom2108 Posts
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
Good luck further on TLO! | ||
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HeIios
Sweden2523 Posts
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Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
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Acidem
Germany4 Posts
TLO = Team Liquid Ownage! | ||
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MiraMax
Germany532 Posts
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/jobundberuf/0,1518,726088,00.html | ||
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LadyBee
Germany97 Posts
On November 12 2010 22:47 MiraMax wrote: Not sure whether it has been posted yet, but there is an article on the SpiegelOnline (major german newspaper) on TLO. http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/jobundberuf/0,1518,726088,00.html Yeah, just saw this. Might go about and put together a little translation - in case anyone's interested? Edit: Maybe I'm a little paranoid - but is one actually allowed to publish a full-text translation? There's been so much crap happening here lately when it comes to copyright that I'm a little unsure... | ||
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T3tra
United States406 Posts
On November 12 2010 22:57 LadyBee wrote: Yeah, just saw this. Might go about and put together a little translation - in case anyone's interested? I'm sure lots of us would appreciate it if you would, LadyBee | ||
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TBO
Germany1350 Posts
On November 12 2010 22:57 LadyBee wrote: Yeah, just saw this. Might go about and put together a little translation - in case anyone's interested? Edit: Maybe I'm a little paranoid - but is one actually allowed to publish a full-text translation? There's been so much crap happening here lately when it comes to copyright that I'm a little unsure... best would be to just email the author and ask edit: arrh he doesnt have his email linked to his name (most authors there have...) | ||
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Thaddaeus
Germany107 Posts
On November 12 2010 23:28 TBO wrote: best would be to just email the author and ask edit: arrh he doesnt have his email linked to his name (most authors there have...) just saw the article on Spiegel also hehe. There is a feedback button at the end where you can reach the author. I guess they are fine if you do a rough translation. They start to try to get more younger audience these days and also refered to TL. | ||
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LadyBee
Germany97 Posts
I just sent a mail to the author via the "Feedback" button. Let's see what he thinks about it. | ||
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Accer
Korea (South)319 Posts
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Mattes
Germany1116 Posts
fyi, it is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind with a weekly circulation of more than one million, today, Spiegel Online is the most popular online resource for news in Germany. Dario ftw ! :D | ||
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Shockk
Germany2269 Posts
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neocron
United Kingdom505 Posts
Dario Wünsch studies Anglistics in Leipzig and earns money through his hobby: E-Sports. But the 20 year old wanted to reach more and got it: Personal coach, cook, chance to gain a little bit of glory and wealth – in South Korea as a professional PC player. Now Dario aka The Little One comes back. Dario Wünsch put his future on stake and “it feels great”. Other students go to Madrid, New York or Sydney while the are at Uni, to get a nice CV or just for partying. Dario Wünsch, 20, went to South Korea to play. The guy from Leipzig plays professional Starcraft2, a strategy game – like chess, but only faster and with explosions. His nickname is The Little One; he is under contract of Team Liquid. He isn’t allowed to say how much he earns, but rumors say its four-digit. In addition: trophy money, when he does quite well in tournaments. Es even was the favorite of the German championship in Starcraft 2. But in August, his team asked him if he liked to go to South Korea for one year. In South Korea E-Sports is as popular as Baseball in the US or Soccer in Germany. There are Profi-leagues, TV-Channels cover matches and firm sponsor teams. Even the air force finance one. Champions can become millionaires. The Coach give hints, while the cleaning lady tidys up It took Dario Wünsch one week to decide, he talked to friends and his family – and accepted! He suspended his Anglistics studies and learned Korean instead. Since September TLO lived in Incheon, half an hour distance to Seoul. He lived in a “Gamer House” together with eleven Koreans and two Swedish guys. “A mixture of a Lan Party and hostel with the professionalism of a sports center” Dario describes the atmosphere. The guys sleep in a six bed room, do sport in a fitness center next door and train Starcraft 2 in their PC room from midday to night. A coach gives them hints, and a cleaning lady tidies up and cooks. “Bae-ga kop’um-nida”, he said quite often, which means “I am hungry”. In Korean “it sounds politer, because there is a “please” in the sentence” explains Dario. He loves the food of the team chef. Only Sundays the guys have to cook for themselves. “Of course you play against each other, in order to check out who has to cook”. He himself had only to cook once: “Jajangmyeon, black pasta, very tasty.” The guys live, eat and train together, but sometimes they go for a drink. Nevertheless Dario Wünsch doesn’t know much about his teammates. Only that they don’t plan much in the future and believe they will become great E-Sports stars. They don’t want know much about him, he’s a German who wants to improve his skills in South Korea – that’s enough. 2,4 million Dollar Price trophy Koreans train hard, mostly 10 hours and more per day, Dario Wünsch “only” six to eight. TLO hopes to win the GSL – 2,4 million Dollar is the price trophy, monthly you can win 84.000 Dollar. In September Dario fighted and went straight through the prelim, succeed the first knock out round, but then lost. For him it is like an amateur soccer club plays against clubs of the Bundesliga. His matches where aired live on TV. For the TV Show he became make up and styling gel. So much attention “that feels quite good” he says. A foreigner who wins the title, could become a legend like the Canadian Guillaume Patry. He was the only foreinger wo who the profi league and is still famous, even today. Dario Wünsch was an outsider but after his matches, people started to recognize him and asked him for autographs. The trip to Asia is over In the morning or at night, he looked after his fans, friends and family. He wrote blogs on Team Liquid, gave interviews, wrote articles on Facebook or talked to his Mum via Skype. He covered tournaments in Dallas or Anaheim (California), where he attended the Blizzcon, the exhibition of Starcraft 2 developer Blizzard. He hasn’t won a big title und doesn’t regret putting his future on sake. He developed personally and as a player, Dario Wünsch says. In the beginning he planned to stay one year, but in the last days scene sites like Fragster.de announced the message of his team that Dario would come back to Germany in November. This Thursday night his flight landed at Frankfurt. Officially he misses his family and friends, but another reason might be: Practicing six hours a day is not enough in Korea, even in his house he went down to the B-Team. Nevertheless he can now win the German Championship. Just a rough translation! Hope you enjoy it! Met him yesterday at the airport and hes a great guy!!! ![[image loading]](http://s7.directupload.net/images/101112/temp/9wyi5w75.jpg) | ||
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HeIios
Sweden2523 Posts
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
He'll be more successful in Europe. | ||
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THElemur
United States5 Posts
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Firkraag8
Sweden1006 Posts
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