Korea’s GSL (or ‘Global Starcraft League‘) snagged one of K-Pop’s hottest girl groups to help cheer on the League’s top 32 players during season six of its Starcraft 2 tournament. T-ara will help drum in a high level of energy for each match by personally introducing each Starcraft player during the event. To pump up the energy even further, they’ll be participating in a special giveaway for the fans, who stand to win one of several autographed T-ara items.
Damn, wish I was in Korea right now. Not that I'd need any extra motivation to watch GSL but add in T-ara and I'd be giddy like a kid on Christmas eve.
I know people hate k-pop... but I like some of it haha
at the World Championship I was hypnotized by the girls dancing and singing, the lyrics looked silly but the sound of it was addictive for me =P
the only bad part of it is that I felt like a pedo watching them dance... and then I checked wikipedia and saw they had like 26, 22, 18 years so I felt clean again lol
I think they're super cute, but this is getting old, I think. Gretech needs to pick one group and stick with them. Let them know beforehand that they're looking for something longterm. That's what I'd like, anyways. Not afraid to say it.
Gsl wouldn't be the gsl without the insanely awkward moments like this at times :D Anyone remember when they heard the streetfighter voice for the first time?
On April 21 2011 05:14 MechKing wrote: They're the ones that sing lalalala/yayayaya, correct?
no gee gee gee gee i think lol
no, that's SNSD.
I know its SNSD, I'm just making a joke since most Kpop bands just basically repeat one word lol I have nothing against Kpop before some1 flame me alright?
When I saw the intros on day 1 I was really amazed. GSL is coming up for sure. Last "season" they were able to get Secret which is an up-and-coming group that was just starting to get really popular. Now GSL has gotten arguably one of the top 3 girl groups (in Korea right now) in T-ara. So either, GSL is just spending way more money or their recognition and pull is going up. Not to mention, I'm super jealous of all the S-class players that got to spend time with T-ara :[.. So its also good in the sense that it'll raise competition because players will train harder to hopefully get to spend time with girl groups, because in the end they're all guys and fans of girl groups.
On April 21 2011 05:50 MechKing wrote: Kinda off topic but can someone answer why Koreans love K-pop so much? Are there any famous rap/rock/metal bands there?
I'll fix it for you, are there ANY rock/metal bands in Korea?
On April 21 2011 05:50 MechKing wrote: Kinda off topic but can someone answer why Koreans love K-pop so much? Are there any famous rap/rock/metal bands there?
I'll fix it for you, are there ANY rock/metal bands in Korea?
Sure there are, a quick google search shows that there are indeed some out there.
On-topic: I am so excited for this. Hyomin and Eunjung!!! I will no longer tab out of the stream at the start of games so I don't miss these intros.
On April 21 2011 09:08 s0uljah wrote: How did you guys manage to catch the Korean streaming of the GSL Code S? Or does the english streaming has T-ara as well?
They both have the same player intros as far as I know
I think having these beautiful women on set might make it hard on the players, concentration wise. I wonder if they are going to erect a stage for the performances? It is just a gimmick to throw the viewers a bone or to attract new viewers, so I don't expect them to spend too much. Kinda weird change of pace though, the GSL usually uses rock songs in their intros but I gotta give it to some of the korean bands, they do rock hard.
On April 21 2011 10:32 Tachion wrote: Imagining Idra doing some cute little hand gesture while going "EG, Idra!" in a hightened voice makes me sad that he left Korea.
On April 21 2011 10:21 Reborn8u wrote: I think having these beautiful women on set might make it hard on the players, concentration wise. I wonder if they are going to erect a stage for the performances? It is just a gimmick to throw the viewers a bone or to attract new viewers, so I don't expect them to spend too much. Kinda weird change of pace though, the GSL usually uses hard rock songs in their intros.
I think you're misunderstanding some things. These girls are just doing pre-recorded intros, they're not going to be there at the actual games at all (except maybe for a performance at the finals).
On April 21 2011 10:21 Reborn8u wrote: I think having these beautiful women on set might make it hard on the players, concentration wise. I wonder if they are going to erect a stage for the performances? It is just a gimmick to throw the viewers a bone or to attract new viewers, so I don't expect them to spend too much. Kinda weird change of pace though, the GSL usually uses hard rock songs in their intros.
I think you're misunderstanding some things. These girls are just doing pre-recorded intros, they're not going to be there at the actual games at all (except maybe for a performance at the finals).
It is a bit weird for the viewers that the screen suddenly cuts to T-Ara and the players themselves doing the intros. Just my opinion though. Would have been great if they showed it before the games started.
Actually I'm kind of a little disappointed that this season we jump straight into games, without previewing the rest of the day. And the previews are all in Korean anyway, so we can't understand the guy.
On April 21 2011 10:21 Reborn8u wrote: I think having these beautiful women on set might make it hard on the players, concentration wise. I wonder if they are going to erect a stage for the performances? It is just a gimmick to throw the viewers a bone or to attract new viewers, so I don't expect them to spend too much. Kinda weird change of pace though, the GSL usually uses rock songs in their intros but I gotta give it to some of the korean bands, they do rock hard.
On April 21 2011 10:32 Tachion wrote: Imagining Idra doing some cute little hand gesture while going "EG, Idra!" in a hightened voice makes me sad that he left Korea.
LOL. Or make her say Grack, Gracket etc :DD That would be the coolest thing ever other then that; not so excited about this maybe it's because I hate Kpop, sure cute girls and all but terrible music
On April 21 2011 10:52 pdd wrote:Actually I'm kind of a little disappointed that this season we jump straight into games, without previewing the rest of the day. And the previews are all in Korean anyway, so we can't understand the guy.
Actually I think that's great, because it means that I don't spend 5 hours a day watching 8 SC2 games.
They've really stepped up the pace this season, and it's very refreshing. I'm so used to 10 minute "technical delays" at every other e-sport event (even other games) in between each match that this is really cool for GSL to be thinking about the speed of the games.
On April 21 2011 10:32 Tachion wrote: Imagining Idra doing some cute little hand gesture while going "EG, Idra!" in a hightened voice makes me sad that he left Korea.
LOL. Or make her say Grack, Gracket etc :DD That would be the coolest thing ever other then that; not so excited about this maybe it's because I hate Kpop, sure cute girls and all but terrible music
What's the point in spending money on this. I mean who's it going to appeal to? Starcraft isn't a new thing in Korea, it's not like k-pop fans are going to watch it because of T-ara's name being involved with it. I could understand if it was a completely new game for the publicity but i'm pretty sure people are well aware of Starcraft and the fact it has a sequel considering how heavily they marketed it everywhere over there. So getting some k-pop groups to do the intro and finals ceremony, i can see that reason, to make a show out of things. But this i don't see the point at all, just seems like a waste of funds in a typically underfunded industry.
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