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Hey fellow battlenet opponents,
the "Spiegel", a german magazine just released an article about the World Championship at GOMs.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/games/0,1518,754358,00.html
If anyone missed it.
+ Show Spoiler +On April 05 2011 17:49 nepeta wrote:Starcraft II World ChampionshipSouth Korea vs the Rest of the World Original article by Malte E. Kollenberg & Fabian Kretschmer in Spiegel Online 05-04-2011. Translation by nepeta on teamliquid.net 05-04-2011. Science fiction war in South Korea: The real-time strategy game 'Starcraft' is the national sport here; progamers are celebrated stars. The fans wear school uniforms, the players talk like football [eu] players. Korea's gaming elite for the first time confronts a world selection of players in 'Starcraft II'. Aleksy Krupnyk, known in the starcraft scene under the pseudonym 'WhiteRa', worriedly gazes at the screen. The World team's captain has to watch disappointedly, as the korean opponent outplays his team mate. After 20 minutes the score is 1-0 for Korea. The Korean fans are going wild. For the better part dressed in school uniforms, the public raises a din like football fans do at a derby. For an outsider, it is estranging to see, that their attention is focussed on nothing but a screen. The game is entirely digital: on the 28th of march in Seoul began the first Starcraft II championship, or something rather similar. South Korea's role in Starcraft Broodwar, the 'star-game' of e-sports, it had hitherto been comparable to the USA's in basketball; the Koreans do not win always, but still, rather often. The tournament's motto therfore is: 'Korea vs The World'. The eight best players from Korea play against an equally large World Team. On the line are $100 000. The finals will be played on april 9. Terrans vs WormsIn both starcraft games the players control a race; the humanoid Terrans, the remotely-human Protoss or the worm-shaped Zerg. On distant planets, troops have to be assembled and directed, attacks must be launched, defenses mounted -under the pressure of time. The balance between the three races, which could be called the chess-pieces of this science fiction game, has been deemed the power of the original Starcraft. Starcraft II: World championship of digital competitive sports Today, the game is played with an intensity and speed which makes it hard for outsiders to even partially comprehend a live match. Television stations have specialized in e-sports and broadcast matches round the clock. The best Korean players are athletes, have sponsor contracts and hundreds of thousands of fans. Many earn yearly six-figured salaries. And now they should change their game. "Compared to Starcraft Broodwar, Starcraft II is yet but a baby", says Emil Kalaidzhiev. The 19 year old Bulgarian studies Korean in Seoul -and a little Starcraft on the side. While sc2 has long since been well-received internationally, in Korea, Starcraft Broodwar is still the measure of e-sports. And that, when the world-wide best-selling rts has been on sale since 1998 and since then has turned into a digital antiquity. Game studio Blizzard would of course like for the oldie to be relieved. Starcraft is timeless like jazz"For the Starcraft II scene in Korea to grow, more well-known stars should move on to the second Starcraft", says Emil Kalaidzhiev. Internet broadcasting station GOM TV shares this opinion; with the world championship they would like to enhance the game's popularity in Korea. That is why the station had the best players from the USA, EU and Asia flown in for the tournament. Aleksy, like the other players on the world team, looks back on a long career as a science fiction strategist. The now 30 year old began to play the rts' first installment more than 10 years ago. Even today, he turns lyrical, speaking about the more than 13 year old original game: "It's like jazz -simply timeless." Nevertheless, with the summer 2010's release of Starcraft II, 'WhiteRa' switched to the sequel. A contributing factor herein is his comparably old age; to play SC2 you don't need fast reflexes as much as a tactical understanding of the game. "I've still got about 2 to 3 years at the least", the old gun muses. But even after his playing career the Ukrainian wants to remain part of e-sports. As developer of gaming peripherals like mousepads, keyboards, or as tournament organizer. Who once was a professional wants to stick to the game, in this respect Starcraft isn't any different from football. World beats ROKAnother match has finished in Seoul: a down-and-out Korean leaves the booth, with keyboard and mouse under his arm. Yang Chia-Cheng from Taiwan triumphs: The world team has equalized after the second game. During the break, a light and pyrotechnics show takes place in the background. The American Erik Lonnquist draws his smartphone, and twitters the score for the benefit of his fan community at the other end of the world. Today he is part of the public, in everyday life he is a commentator for GOM TV. 'Shoutcasters', they're called, and sometimes they have become starlets in their own right. When Lonnquist comes to speak on the progress of the game, only starcraft insiders may comprehend. "The Koreans are of course the favourites of the tournament, although I wouldn't write off the World team just yet", says the 28 year old. "In Starcraft Broodwar there were but a very few foreigners who were able to take the Koreans head-on. But that is slowly changing." A victory for AdrianHis assesment turns out to be correct; after four exciting hours the World team beats the Koreans four to two. The fact that Starcraft is a genuine athletic discipline is being demonstrated by the players' looks: the Koreans are exhausted, the Americans and Europeans have their jetlags to battle off to boot. The next day, the knockout system will continue. Everyone will continue to play for their personal glory, as well as for the $30 000 winner's prize money. Aleksy Kropnyk dreams of returning to the Ukrain with the prize money. Before he returns to the team's stay, only a stone's throw away from the venue, he gives one last interview for the waiting journalists. As the lights behind him switch off and the e-sports arena gets cleaned up, the otherwise stoic team captain smiles for the cameras, and dedicates his first victory to his wife, who remained at home: "She has always supported my e-sports career. Without her, I wouldn't be here." A boxer's cliché. All credits for this translation goes to the author of the quote.
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Mind translating? Also add some useful information in OP, its too short man.
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Is Speigel online only? Also how popular is it in Germany? Thanks for translation nepeta!
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On April 05 2011 16:23 nepeta wrote:
Translating...
You are fucking baller ! Thanks a lot mate 
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Not gonna attempt a full translation (my german is nowhere near good enough for that  ) but they're basicly describing the World Championship, particularly from White-Ra and Doa's perspective from what i understand, and talking about how the SC2 community is still growing, praising GOMTV for their efforts in helping them grow.
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On April 05 2011 16:25 Terrakin wrote:
Is Speigel online only? Also how popular is it in Germany? Thanks for translation nepeta!
der Spiegel is one of the larger magazines in Germany and they are "offline" as well. We used those magazines in German class.
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On April 05 2011 16:25 Terrakin wrote:
Is Speigel online only? Also how popular is it in Germany? Thanks for translation nepeta!
its also print. the article is online only though ; /
Its pretty big. Every magazine sells around 1 Million pieces
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awesome, esports in spiegel, that's one of, if not the most respected newspaper in germany to my knowledge. hence, this is quite awesome, as is any appearence of esports in reputable non-gaming media.
also, google translate does a very good job for that article, you can use that to see what it says.
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Spiegel is the most important investigative journalism magazine in germany. But they have a lot of tiny mistakes in the article, like overlooking day two of the team world championship and thus calling a 4-2 win for the foreingers.
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Heres the translation through a translation tool. Not totally accurate but it is legible
+ Show Spoiler +Aleksy Krupnyk, in the "Starcraft" scene under the pseudonym "WhiteRa known stares anxiously at the screen. Disappointed, the Ukrainian captain of the world team watch as the Korean counterpart of his teammates ran. After twenty minutes there is one to zero for South Korea .
The Korean fans are beside themselves. The mostly dressed in school uniforms viewers make noise like football fans at the derby. To an outsider looks strange that the attention is directed to a screen only. For here is played digital: On 28th March began in Seoul, the first "Starcraft II" - World Cup - or at least something similar. South Korea's role in competitive sports "Starcraft" the ultimate experience in digital sports, was previously roughly comparable with that of the USA in basketball - the Koreans do not always win, but quite often. The theme of the competition is: "vs. Korea The World". The top eight players enter an eight-member South Korean World XI against. To win, a total of $ 100,000. The final takes place on 9 April.
Terran against worms
Players control in both "Starcraft" parts one race, the human Terrans, the Protoss from human-like or worm-like Zerg. On distant planets have built up troops and directed, organized attacks and defenses are kept - under time pressure. The playful balance between the three races that provide a sense the chess pieces of the science fiction game, is regarded as real strength of the original "Starcraft."
Today is a pace and intensity played in, the uninitiated it completely impossible, live game even begin to understand one. All television viewing in Korea specializing in e-sports, and send around the Clock a match at a time. The best players in Korea are athletes with sponsorship contracts and hundreds of thousands of fans. Some earn annual six-figure sums. And now you should switch to a new playing field.
"Compared to 'Starcraft I' is Part II of the moment still a little baby," says Emil Kalaidzhiev. The 19-year-old Bulgarian student in Seoul Korean - and a bit of "Starcraft." While international "Starcraft II" widely accepted pushes long, I is dominant in the Korean scene part still the benchmark. This real-time strategy game is the world's best selling since 1998 and is now on the market as digital antique. The manufacturer Blizzard Entertainment is naturally keen that the oldies will be replaced slowly.
"Starcraft" is timeless as Jazz
"In order for the 'Starcraft II' scene in Korea continue to grow, more celebrities have to switch to the second part," says Emil Kalaidzhiev. With Internet TV Channel GOM is one of the same opinion and would increase with the World Cup, the game's popularity in Korea. But the station the best players from America, Europe and Asia has flown in for the tournament.
Aleksy looks like the other players in the world team had a long career as a science fiction strategist. More than a decade, the 30-year-old started the first part of the strategy game. Even today, he gets enthusiastic when he talks about the 13 year old original, "It's like jazz - just timeless." Nevertheless, "WhiteRa" changed with the release of Starcraft II in summer 2010 as the successor.
This has to do with his relatively advanced age, because "Starcraft II", it does not so much a reaction to high speed, but more on tactical sensitivity. "Two or three years I have at least yet," says the old master. But even after his playing career will of Ukrainians remain the cyber sport in any form - whether as a developer for mouse pads, keyboards or tournament organizer. Who was professional wants to stay in business - there is different "Starcraft" not of football.
World beats Korea
At the World Cup in Seoul again is a match by: With keyboard and mouse under the arm leaves a depressed Koreans the computer box. Yang Chia-cheng triumphs in Taiwan. The world competition has caught up after the second game.
In the background to the play break a light and fireworks show. The American Eric Lonnquist pulls out his phone and twittering the interim result for his fans at the other end of the world. He now sits as a spectator in the audience, he actually commented on Games for GOM TV. "Shoutcast" commentator, the computer game called , has become the little stars are themselves sometimes. Lonnquist If the game is talking about, only "Starcraft" insider shop talk follow. "The Koreans are certainly the favorites for the tournament, but I also give the World All-Star team an outside chance," says the 28-year-old. "The first of which was the least of foreign players with the Koreans only record. But that is changing slowly."
The team victory for the wife
With his assessment of reserves Lonnquist law. The World XI won by four exciting hours against the Koreans with four to two. That it is "Starcraft" for real competitive sport is the players to see. The Koreans have been exhausted, the Americans and Europeans still have to contend with in addition to jet lag. From the second day it goes on after the elimination system. From now on, everyone plays for their own glory and the $ 30,000, which beckon the winner.
Aleksy Krupnyk also dreams of returning with the prize money to Ukraine. Before it goes into just a stone's throw away from the Arena Team accommodation, it is the waiting journalists, one last interview. While go after him the lights and the "Starcraft" Arena will be cleaned up, the usually aloof acting team captain smiles for the cameras and dedicated their first win of his loved ones at home wife: "She has always supported me in my e-sports career without. it would be I do not here now. " Yet another football replacement.
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Always nice to see SC making it to the frontpage of a big newspaper/site. As already mentioned, the article has some flaws, but they come mainly from trying to "explain" to typical newsreaders (read: non-SC-players) what the fuzz is all about (soccer analogies etc.).
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good article, perfect PR for esports in middle europe :D
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Well, Spiegel Netzwelt sometiems does reports on Starcraft II, last week there was a report about Starcraft 2 commentators and their success, and how the German scene is faring.
I think the article has been posted here as well, if not, here is the link. Sad to see it's only on the online version of Spiegel and in the 'Netzwelt' corner, because the 'usual' reader probably will never go there. The report also won't be printed in the offline version, so the impact isn't as big as some people here want it to be. And the articles aren't even that great, if you compare it to the article here, you can see a big difference in the author's effort. Last article is in English, Artosis/Tasteless posted the link on their Twitter account a few days ago, so I guess most of you have already read it, if no, I really suggest you do follow their advice.
Edit: Spiegel Netzwelt also had an article about Dario going to Korea, so this kind of PR isn't all that new. I also remember they had a similar summary about SC1 once.
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Starcraft II World Championship
South Korea vs the Rest of the World
Original article by Malte E. Kollenberg & Fabian Kretschmer in Spiegel Online 05-04-2011.
Translation by nepeta on teamliquid.net 05-04-2011.
Science fiction war in South Korea: The real-time strategy game 'Starcraft' is the national sport here; progamers are celebrated stars. The fans wear school uniforms, the players talk like football [eu] players. Korea's gaming elite for the first time confronts a world selection of players in 'Starcraft II'.
Aleksy Krupnyk, known in the starcraft scene under the pseudonym 'WhiteRa', worriedly gazes at the screen. The World team's captain has to watch disappointedly, as the korean opponent outplays his team mate. After 20 minutes the score is 1-0 for Korea.
The Korean fans are going wild. For the better part dressed in school uniforms, the public raises a din like football fans do at a derby. For an outsider, it is estranging to see, that their attention is focussed on nothing but a screen. The game is entirely digital: on the 28th of march in Seoul began the first Starcraft II championship, or something rather similar. South Korea's role in Starcraft Broodwar, the 'star-game' of e-sports, it had hitherto been comparable to the USA's in basketball; the Koreans do not win always, but still, rather often. The tournament's motto therfore is: 'Korea vs The World'. The eight best players from Korea play against an equally large World Team. On the line are $100 000. The finals will be played on april 9.
Terrans vs Worms
In both starcraft games the players control a race; the humanoid Terrans, the remotely-human Protoss or the worm-shaped Zerg. On distant planets, troops have to be assembled and directed, attacks must be launched, defenses mounted -under the pressure of time. The balance between the three races, which could be called the chess-pieces of this science fiction game, has been deemed the power of the original Starcraft.
Starcraft II: World championship of digital competitive sports
Today, the game is played with an intensity and speed which makes it hard for outsiders to even partially comprehend a live match. Television stations have specialized in e-sports and broadcast matches round the clock. The best Korean players are athletes, have sponsor contracts and hundreds of thousands of fans. Many earn yearly six-figured salaries. And now they should change their game.
"Compared to Starcraft Broodwar, Starcraft II is yet but a baby", says Emil Kalaidzhiev. The 19 year old Bulgarian studies Korean in Seoul -and a little Starcraft on the side. While sc2 has long since been well-received internationally, in Korea, Starcraft Broodwar is still the measure of e-sports. And that, when the world-wide best-selling rts has been on sale since 1998 and since then has turned into a digital antiquity. Game studio Blizzard would of course like for the oldie to be relieved.
Starcraft is timeless like jazz
"For the Starcraft II scene in Korea to grow, more well-known stars should move on to the second Starcraft", says Emil Kalaidzhiev. Internet broadcasting station GOM TV shares this opinion; with the world championship they would like to enhance the game's popularity in Korea. That is why the station had the best players from the USA, EU and Asia flown in for the tournament.
Aleksy, like the other players on the world team, looks back on a long career as a science fiction strategist. The now 30 year old began to play the rts' first installment more than 10 years ago. Even today, he turns lyrical, speaking about the more than 13 year old original game: "It's like jazz -simply timeless." Nevertheless, with the summer 2010's release of Starcraft II, 'WhiteRa' switched to the sequel.
A contributing factor herein is his comparably old age; to play SC2 you don't need fast reflexes as much as a tactical understanding of the game. "I've still got about 2 to 3 years at the least", the old gun muses. But even after his playing career the Ukrainian wants to remain part of e-sports. As developer of gaming peripherals like mousepads, keyboards, or as tournament organizer. Who once was a professional wants to stick to the game, in this respect Starcraft isn't any different from football.
World beats Korea
Another match has finished in Seoul: a down-and-out Korean leaves the booth, with keyboard and mouse under his arm. Yang Chia-Cheng from Taiwan triumphs: The world team has equalized after the second game.
During the break, a light and pyrotechnics show takes place in the background. The American Erik Lonnquist draws his smartphone, and twitters the score for the benefit of his fan community at the other end of the world. Today he is part of the public, in everyday life he is a commentator for GOM TV. 'Shoutcasters', they're called, and sometimes they have become starlets in their own right. When Lonnquist comes to speak on the progress of the game, only starcraft insiders may comprehend. "The Koreans are of course the favourites of the tournament, although I wouldn't write off the World team just yet", says the 28 year old. "In Starcraft Broodwar there were but a very few foreigners who were able to take the Koreans head-on. But that is slowly changing."
A victory for Adrian
His assesment turns out to be correct; after four exciting hours the World team beats the Koreans four to two. The fact that Starcraft is a genuine athletic discipline is being demonstrated by the players' looks: the Koreans are exhausted, the Americans and Europeans have their jetlags to battle off to boot. The next day, the knockout system will continue. Everyone will continue to play for their personal glory, as well as for the $30 000 winner's prize money.
Aleksy Kropnyk dreams of returning to the Ukrain with the prize money. Before he returns to the team's stay, only a stone's throw away from the venue, he gives one last interview for the waiting journalists. As the lights behind him switch off and the e-sports arena gets cleaned up, the otherwise stoic team captain smiles for the cameras, and dedicates his first victory to his wife, who remained at home: "She has always supported my e-sports career. Without her, I wouldn't be here." A boxer's cliché.
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Comments on translating welcome, language, style, everything. Don't usually translate german to english, hope it doesn't show too much.
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I also thought about translating, but your translation turned out way better than mine would have been.
I think the translation should be added to the OP since the majority of people on TL probably doesn't understand german.
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Very well done translation! Was putting some effort in it as well, but my result would have been way inferior to yours!
I agree 100% to Chise, that it would be great, to have the translation added to the OP, and maybe a comment on SPIEGEL ONLINE actually is Germany's largest (most frequented) online news-site, and DER SPIEGEL having a weekly circulation of more than 1 million. (Thanks Wikipedia! ♥)
I think it is awesome to see a news-site with such influence pick up StarCraft 2 and write about events like the GOM.tv GSL WC!
They have been featuring TLO before and now this! Really cool stuff, even if some of the details regarding the pricepool and such might not be.... 100% accurate. 
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added translation and credits to op, thank you.
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A pretty good article and very positive about esports and StarCraft 2 in particular. PR like this is badly needed especially in a country like Germany, where a lot of (mostly older and conservative) people believe that computer games turn you into rampaging psychopaths.
The "Spiegel" is Germany's most important weekly magazine (iirc) and stands for a high standard of journalism, like The Guardian or the New York Times do.
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Funny there are two versions up now, guess people don't read as much as they write :p
TN: Changed ROK into Korea in one of the subheadings, can't touch the op, please change it? It looks amateurish :p
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Well, one of the versions is done by a machine. So yours looks way better, just feels right. :p
Or did you mean that your version in the OP differs from your current one, then nvm. (:
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Germany loves gaming Probably the most gaming centered country in europe next to sweden hehe. The biggest audience in europe.
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On April 05 2011 19:53 Copymizer wrote:Germany loves gaming Probably the most gaming centered country in europe next to sweden hehe. The biggest audience in europe.
The majority in Germany still dislikes the topic gaming a lot. At the moment it has silenced down a bit, but usually right-wing politicians call out computer games on a regular basis as evil (and have a broad listening crowd), regardless of our good esports infrastructure and decent PR efforts on behalf of ESL.
But articles like this have grown in numbers constantly, and slowly pushing away the standard populist coverage besides of BILD (the biggest sold print media) and ZDF (the more conservative of the two public TV stations in Germany)
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Wow, Der Spiegel is such a major publication. It's great that Starcraft is getting such attention, and a sign that people are recognizing the popularity of gaming among young people. Although it's true that many conservatives in Germany dismiss the credibility of such things imo, this article is proof that times are changing (I hope!)
Fantasic translation btw, I'm really impressed.
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very wellw ritten article i must see im surprised
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Well, SC will be big when its gonna get its own section in the Sportschau ;-)
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On April 05 2011 23:25 kapeka wrote:
Well, SC will be big when its gonna get its own section in the Sportschau ;-)
haha cheers man :D Sportschau is amazing, i watch it even tho i'm from Denmark cus you really have the best football magazin in europe i think
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Just for a little perspective, the online edition of DER SPIEGEL is huge as far as traffic and impact goes, it's easily the most popular news site in Germany. As someone mentioned before, they've had several articles about SC2 in the last couple of months.
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On April 05 2011 20:17 kazansky wrote:Show nested quote +On April 05 2011 19:53 Copymizer wrote:Germany loves gaming Probably the most gaming centered country in europe next to sweden hehe. The biggest audience in europe. The majority in Germany still dislikes the topic gaming a lot. At the moment it has silenced down a bit, but usually right-wing politicians call out computer games on a regular basis as evil (and have a broad listening crowd), regardless of our good esports infrastructure and decent PR efforts on behalf of ESL.
sadly politicians of every party use to say stupid things about video games. that will change as more and more politicians will be from our generation though.
by the way, do we even have right-wing politicians that are respected in the public?
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OK article I'd say, not the best, but at least they don't bash gaming in it.
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According to this article the world beat korea! yay!
Nice to see some attention, although articles like this have always popped up from time to time... hopefully the frequency will increase a bit.
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On April 06 2011 03:46 imperator-xy wrote:
by the way, do we even have right-wing politicians that are respected in the public?
He doesnt talk about the NPD, he talks bout CDU/CSU & FDP (They are conservative, or right wing in other words) ;P So yes, yes there are.
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