EPTI enjoyed that he said this, was a very nice touch
.[Spoilers] Junkka's Epic Speech - Page 13
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Camlito
Australia4040 Posts
I enjoyed that he said this, was a very nice touch . | ||
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ch4ppi
Germany802 Posts
I would really love to see this statement to be well known through out all E-sports scenes. Spread the word the man did touch me like no one ever did... (sounds weired... 0.o) | ||
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Mise
Finland580 Posts
"If you waste your time the way you enjoy, it's not a waste of time." That's how I'd summarize his speech and that's what I found to be the most important part of it. | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On November 14 2010 00:53 FLuE wrote: Sometimes it isn't just about what is said, but when and who says it that makes the impact. We've all come to expect inspirational and important speeches from political figures, and "celebrity" types because it is their job, or they are in a position to do that. But when something like this comes out of nowhere from a person you really wouldn't expect it from the impact can be just as great if not greater to a lot of people. This isn't some millionaire telling you "hey follow your dreams, I did and now look at me!" In fact it was quite the opposite. It was just a simple guy saying you can be happy just doing what you enjoy even if you aren't going to be rich or famous you can still attain happiness. Yes he was talking about eSports in his speech but it can be applied to a really anything. The impact wasn't because of what was said, it is a speech we've heard in some shape or form over and over again, but it is just nice to hear it from a place you'd never expect watching an SC2 feed from Korea. Lastly, I'd love to see your statistics on this growing trend of 20-30 something year olds sitting in their parents basement switching majors. The drop in college graduation rates in our country is not because of bunch of nerdy kids are sitting in their basements trying to be professional computer game players. Actually most of the kids I know that are living at home with their parents are there right now with a nice fancy degree from a good university they just can't find a job at the moment. It's actually a well-documented generational trend and something that employers and parents are increasingly having to come to grips with. http://mollybob.wordpress.com/generation-y-papers/why-dont-generation-y-just-grow-up/ http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/generation-y-too-smart/story-e6frerdf-1111114672656 It's not just that they can't find a job (while it's probably true at the moment), but it's also that the generation seems to have trouble sticking to a single job or a single major of study. Once they do find something to stick to, they generally do quite well, but it seems that it's taking longer and longer for Gen Y'ers to settle down than previous generations. It may certainly be a sense of entitlement we have as a generation as some have suggested or it may simply be the direction the world is going with the reduction of non-skilled labor and increase in jobs that require specialized degrees and/or education, it's pretty difficult to argue that it's not happening. | ||
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hitman133
United States1425 Posts
awesome junkka. | ||
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Thoramas
Singapore152 Posts
I hope someone recorded a video of that segment and uploads it to youtube. | ||
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SKtheAnathema
United States885 Posts
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Borknagarush
176 Posts
On November 14 2010 01:29 SKtheAnathema wrote: gooo esports! someday we'll be able to have monday night starcraft on nbc instead of shitty baseball When USA will be occupied by Korea... | ||
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Eleclight
Finland70 Posts
On November 14 2010 01:27 Thoramas wrote: I admire his guts for hijacking the stream to say that speech, E-Sports need more passionate people like him. I hope someone recorded a video of that segment and uploads it to youtube. Here it is | ||
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FLuE
United States1012 Posts
http://mollybob.wordpress.com/generation-y-papers/why-dont-generation-y-just-grow-up/ http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/generation-y-too-smart/story-e6frerdf-1111114672656 It's not just that they can't find a job (while it's probably true at the moment), but it's also that the generation seems to have trouble sticking to a single job or a single major of study. Once they do find something to stick to, they generally do quite well, but it seems that it's taking longer and longer for Gen Y'ers to settle down than previous generations. It may certainly be a sense of entitlement we have as a generation as some have suggested or it may simply be the direction the world is going with the reduction of non-skilled labor and increase in jobs that require specialized degrees and/or education, it's pretty difficult to argue that it's not happening. That is an article from 2007 out of Australia that is basically opinion based with little facts to support what your original claim was, a trend of people in their 20s and 30s living in their parents basement switching majors chasing wild eSports dreams. As a matter of fact that article almost directly refutes what you wrote, did you simply do a google search and post the first semi relevant thing that came up to support your claim? I mean hell that thing is completely dated, it even references unemployment at a 30 year LOW.. yeah that is really the current state of employment in the world.... | ||
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SmoKe93
Germany162 Posts
Thanks alot | ||
Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
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MuNkz
Iceland90 Posts
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Quasimodo
Norway84 Posts
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Thoramas
Singapore152 Posts
Thanks man, great work! | ||
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Applecakes
Australia319 Posts
Awesome work! | ||
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bubblegumbo
Taiwan1296 Posts
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Keula
Germany157 Posts
A single tear ran down my cheek | ||
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Redmark
Canada2129 Posts
Take away the paintings on the walls, take away the music from the stream, take away the Shakespeare and the Tolkien, take away the jewelers and the toymakers and the ballgames and the TV and the radio and show me your blasted society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias | ||
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Slurgi
United States118 Posts
The speech had such beautiful timing. It was immediately apparent that John prepared it, long before his admission... he was waiting for a time to interject, to share something personal and emotional, to reach out to people across the whole world. He reached out to all of us, the entire international audience, and he told us that he believed in us, and he supports us. A few minutes later, I believe he told us, the audience, that he loved us. It felt so painfully sincere. At the time, I was nearly in tears. | ||
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