EPTAnd finaly an older news caster who draws parallels to Champions Leage or Stanely Cup
There should be VoD from Tv4 Later on.
Newspaper: Jinro returns to Sweden - Page 14
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Aic
Sweden62 Posts
And finaly an older news caster who draws parallels to Champions Leage or Stanely Cup There should be VoD from Tv4 Later on. | ||
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Ketalar
Sweden12 Posts
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Nevarix
Sweden294 Posts
On April 13 2011 16:31 Ketalar wrote: I'm only getting this politician. Wtf, I don't want tax-cuts, - I want Jinro!! You're too late, he was on a couple of minutes ago. | ||
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BeaSteR
Sweden328 Posts
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Ketalar
Sweden12 Posts
 C I'll go to school then. Stupid TV4... Hope the VoD gets up soon. | ||
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MaYuu
Sweden516 Posts
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Kentakky
Sweden1272 Posts
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyhetsmorgon?title=han_ar_en_av_varldens_basta_starcraft-spelare&videoid=1590417 | ||
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Longshank
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critique
United States135 Posts
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Chollx
Sweden38 Posts
Translation of TV4's Nyhetsmorgon: (Rather a transcript!) J = Jinro MI = Male interviewer FI = Female interviewer Here we are with Jonathan Walsh, who is one of the best in what is known as Starcraft 2, one of the worlds largest E-sports, last night there was a big, big competition. Dreamhack Stockholm Invitational and there were 8 players flown in from America, Europe and Korea, to compete in this 1-day event for 100k SEK and Jonathan was one of them. J:Yeah and well, it didn't go that well. But that can happen ofcourse, when you play a game with so many good and talented players MI: This is a skill-based game right? Tell us more... J: Exactly MI: What is the goal of the game? J: The goal is to win against your opponent, to crush him.. (grin). No but really, it's a strategy-game from Blizzard, who have done strategy-games since.. a really long time, they at SC1 that was a huge game i South Korea and finally they released the sequel after about 12 years. SC2 has grown by a huge amount since it was released last year. FI: For those who don't know what Starcraft is, what would you say to enlighten us? J: It's a strategy game, I guess you could describe it as a mixture between playing chess and piano at the same time, since you think alot and have good handspeed. MI: Mhm... Here's some footage, yeah, some in-game footage.. J: Yeah, it looks like it's Idra vs MC or possibly Morrow vs MC.. MI: Ok, so people were watching i live last night? J: Yes, Kulturhuset (the venue) was sold out so it was really nice. FI: Does these things happen regularly for you? Travelling around and playing the game in front of a crowd?... J: Oh yeah, almost atleast once a month we're travelling somewhere. When I'm home in Korea there's a really big league I'm competing it that I only have to travel for a few minutes to reach. Else we travel to the US for MLG or to Sweden for Dreamhack, there's Germany for IEM and South Korea for GSL so there are a big event almost every week. There's alot of travelling... alot of it... MI: And you make a living out of this? J: Certainly, I get travelling/accomodations-expenses paid for, I get housing paid and also a salary, everything. MI: To play games, yes? J: Exactly MI: How come you got so good at SC2? J: Well, I've been playing since... well forever! I've been wanting to be a progamers since SC1 when I was 13. MI: You said you wanted to be what? J: Progamer in SC1, that was prequel to SC2. MI: Ah, ok! J: That was really hard though, to move to South Korea at such a young age.. Back then Starcraft was really only big in South Korea. I tried for abit though, but had to give up my dream when I was about 17. I played poker for about 2 years and then Starcraft 2 was released. I thought about it and decided to give my childhood dream one last shot! MI: And you've been doing well! J: Yeah, I made it! MI: Would you say you are top5 in the world or where would you put yourself on that list? J: Myeaeah, it varies so much... I would say... well... it really depends on my current form and shape that day.. Looking at the last month, to say it frankly, I've been really bad. FI: When you say you've been playing bad, why is that, how do you feel about it? J: It varies from player to player, but for me, when I lose motivation and focus I feel that my play suffers really quickly. But when I get "the drive" so to speak I find my high level of play again equally as quick as I lose it... So yeah, at this moment, I'm not top5, 2 months ago though, top5! MI: Ok, and in a week top3? J: Let us hope so! MI: How much of the game is luck? J: There is a small bit of luck. It's not like chess where you have full overview of the playing field. You can only see parts of the whole map at once, so there's still luck but not much. It's nothing like poker where you have 50/50-scenarios appearing every so often. MI: So experience and knowledge of the game is more important? J: Exactly, you have a much greater edge over your opponent in SC2 than in many other games. FI: You live in Korea now, how important has it been moving there? J: When I moved there last summer, there wasn't many foreign leagues at all. In Korea they had already launched a huge league with $80k prize for the winner and $25k for the runner-up.. and some for third and fourth etc.. it totalled far above $100k every month. Basically we moved there to play in that league. It didn't start out that well, I failed the first two qualifiers, it felt really bad. Then I went to a tournament in the US, I won that one! I followed up by qualifying to the very next GSL and finished top 4 in that one. I won ~$8k. (MI expresses "That's exciting!") And then the next GSL, top4 AGAIN! and I was like "Wow, things are working out REALLY well now" MI: This sounds a bit like hockey and similar sports, if you're good enough, you get to travel and compete with the best! J: Hmm, I wouldn't say hockey since there the leagues are abit more local/national (refers to NHL/Swedish Elitserien). I'd rather say it's like being something like a boxer. MI: Ah yeah, travelling to big events. J: Exactly.. And now that I think about it, I guess you could compare it to football and sports alike, travelling for games away from home. MI: Would you say that this is a game that is exclusive to nerds and people who just drinks red-bull and coca cola and never manages to wake up in a decent hour? J: Haha well, I never wake up on a decent hour, but I certainly don't live on red bull and coke. It varies, some players are really healthy and some players aren't. It's comparable to anything else in life actually. SC2 has reached out to a wide spectrum of people nowadays, it isn't the niche it once was with the stereotypical nerd you just described. It has alot wider spectrum of people playing than that. Especially in South Korea with the long history with the game, there you can find all kinds of people from different parts of the society that knows about the games or plays themselves. MI: Oh, it's like a lifestyle.. FI: When you are playing a game like you are playing SC2, can you feel the urge to develop your own game or do parts of it in some other way? J: Sometimes you think stuff like "I could do that better" or something similar, but then again I know that they have such a long experience creating games... Maybe it's something to pursue in the future but for now it's all about gaming! FI: Maybe you should keep those ideas for the future then! J: Yeah, there's a few gamers out there who later on became game designers. For example the one who is employed by Blizzard in the balance team, he's a former SC/WC-gamer. What I'm saying is that it's not something that's unheard of. FI: When are you playing your next game? J: Hmm, I leave for Korea in a few hours. Then in about a week I'm playing in the GSL again. MI: Will you get your revenge against MC? The bad guy that won DHI J: We'll see about that, I have a tough group that I have to get past first.. A really tough group! It has top4 GSL finishers aswell as a former GSL winner. FI: You'll have to get out of your slump now! MI: Sounds like the Stanely Cup! J: One game at a time. FI: Big thank you for coming here, hope you'll get through the group! MI: We'll keep our eyes on you! | ||
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Jiddra
Sweden2685 Posts
On April 13 2011 17:52 Chollx wrote: He was on radio just now on "P3 populär" in à 5 min interview, I'll make an effort to translate both, expect translations about an hour To the international crowd: P3 is one of swedens largest nationwide radiostations. The owners (Swedish radio AB) annual report "[P3] is swedens largest station in the age group 20–34 years. In the stations main target group the daily listeners is about 21%. Looking at the whole population, the station reaches almost 11% on a daily basis..." | ||
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MaYuu
Sweden516 Posts
I could easily see sc2 on TV1 or TV2 in Sweden. non-profit government owned TV channels designed to reach out to minorities. Perfect fit. | ||
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Chollx
Sweden38 Posts
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P00RKID
United States424 Posts
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Beozor
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On April 13 2011 17:52 Chollx wrote: He was on radio just now on "P3 populär" in à 5 min interview, I'll make an effort to translate both, expect translations about an hour¨ Thanks a lot for the effort! | ||
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crystyxn
Romania254 Posts
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insta
216 Posts
On April 11 2011 19:16 Sasuke[twR] wrote: Somehow I get happy from just watching that picture. Jinro fighting ! exactly my thoughts. I shed nerd-tears gl on ur further way jojo  | ||
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Marth
Germany146 Posts
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xrayEU
Sweden571 Posts
On April 13 2011 20:54 Marth wrote: The thread title is veeeeery confusing... JinrO did only travel for the DHI to Sweden, didn't he? Yes. He is probably on the plane back to Korea right now. | ||
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mmorrow401
United States29 Posts
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