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On November 13 2010 21:47 Xavv wrote:
Definitely the most inspirational and heart touching speech I have EVER heard from somebody regarding esports.
Nothing is cooler than being proud of what you do and love, and I dont think anybody can put it better than he did.
Day[9] Daily #100 was much more emotion filled and impacting on me (obviously it was 2 hours dedicated to it), but randomly breaking out into a rant about following your dream on a live broadcast in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers is quite amazing.
Also Stermy's article in the 2009 e-sports yearbook was pretty awesome to me as well.
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On November 13 2010 22:00 Rawenkeke wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh?  Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. Lol. What? Doctor of Medicine? Hell, i'm a doctor of playing videogames. it was mentioned earlier in the GSL or was it a question answered by NesTea himself that after his SC 1 career that he went on to get a "normal" office job and returned to SC2 to make an awesome win in teh finalz and doubtful anyone who just wins 90k or whatever thinks they're gonna live with 90k forever, use common sense before you post? Also, Doctor of Medicine.
I don't know about the résumé of NesTea. Just wanted to remind people that out of one extremely successful progamers (SlayerS BoxeR) there are a hundred who wasted some precious youth time. I think there was a nice article by Rekrul about it.
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On November 13 2010 22:02 Omar91 wrote:I missed the speech  what did he say ?
He talked about how NesTea got to where he was because of his dedication to the game over ten years, and encouraged people to follow their dreams. Then he talked about how StarCraft (and gaming in general) still doesn't get a whole lot of respect in Korea, and how people looked down on him (Junkka) because he spent a year and a half of unemployment playing games. Well, now he's being paid to cover SC2, so there!
You really have to listen to it yourself, though - my paraphrase doesn't capture the deadpan, modest tone we've come to know and love from John.
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Can anybody link to a saved restream...from there the speech audio can be ripped.
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I love john the translator
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Junkka is such a god damn legend. That speech was pure nerd-pride.
John, TeamLiquid salutes you.
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On November 13 2010 22:02 HuHEN wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 21:55 butchji wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 DminusTerran wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. So you definition of wasted life is anyone who doesn't have their PHD, lol ok bro. That's just how the world rolls, "bro". Maybe he thinks he wasted his life when he is an unemployed 50yo, maybe it all worked out just fine. I don't know. Its possible to go to University later on in your life, the sad thing is that youre defining a wasted life around a person's job, when the only measure of the worth of a person's life is their own happiness.
Couldn't agree with you more good sir.
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On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded.
RE: White-Ra
Amen!
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Good for John, he's happy what hes doing.
He has a good position at Gom, and people love him, I hope he gets his chance in the spotlight in the booth, doing what we all love.
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Yeah that was awesome. Takes a lot of guts to bear your soul like that. <3
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Well now you've all got me intrigued, does anyone have this speech?
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On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen!
You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
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I feel like butchji is just trolling at this point, if he wasn't from the start
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On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
At least he is top protoss on EU ladder and top4 at blizzcon.
Has any other EU protoss win anything?
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On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
Why are you still here?
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On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
If he is not a successful progamer you must have some crazy concept for a successful progamer.
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On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
Stop filling a perfectly good thread about appreciating Junkka's awesome speech with your negativity and combativeness.
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Maybe he defines a successful progamer as someone with a PhD and a CEO of a company.
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On November 13 2010 22:11 Kishkumen wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o Stop filling a perfectly good thread about appreciating Junkka's awesome speech with your negativity and combativeness.
Ok, lets all hug and celebrate eSports. 
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On November 13 2010 22:09 butchji wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 22:07 Durp wrote:On November 13 2010 21:53 Xavv wrote:On November 13 2010 21:49 butchji wrote:Sad thing is he most likely indeed is wasting his life. (Working for GOM won't pay the bills forever, eh? Also what will ZergBong do? (Dunno maybe he has a Doctor of Medicine or smth) He has barely any time left being a progamer and you can't live with that 80K $ forever. How can you say he has barely any time left being a progamer? Thats a ridiculous statement. He's just won nearly $87,000 US dollars, while not a profound amount of money it is indeed life changing and that's for sure. Not to mention the fact that this isn't some bi-annual gig that he has to wait around for now. He is S-Class and auto qualified for future events after the GSL Season 3 and this is a prize he could win again or even multiple times. He's 29, Starcraft 2 is so new he could EASILY be doing this for the next 6 years or more. I wish people would quit with the age bullshit, there isn't a point in your life where you wake up and *POOF*; all the skills you have practiced to gain and develop for years of your life are magically gone and you are suddon a noob. Stop being so close minded. RE: White-Ra Amen! You would still entitle White-Ra as a successful progamer? :o
He's pretty famous /successful in the Ukraine yes. Not to mention elsewhere.
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