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On October 26 2011 05:05 scintilliaSD wrote:
Nemuke says he would love to go to MLG.
There are a surprising number of Japanese Starcraft 2 fans. Like most of the foreign scene, they are largely ex-Brood War players that have picked up Starcraft 2. It's slowly gaining popularity there, although not to a huge degree.
It's like the nerdier version of the Hallyu Wave, which is the term used for Korean Pop/Drama/Movies taking over a lot of the Eastern Asian entertainment scene.
damn the word,Hallyu wave is the most lame and retarded word we koreans made ..
anyways,good info
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The sc2 scene in Japan isn't big because they don't even have a localised version of it, they have to play import american copies. Also not many people own pc's in their home, as everything they ever need to do can be done from their phones. I read something like only 10% of digital photos taken in Japan ever actually make it onto a pc. A lot of Japanese people are aware of starcraft though, because of the their close proximity to korea, but not many that I've ever met have first hand experience with it.
Also the fat thing.. Japanese people use it liberally, they don't even sugar coat it with each other. It's really funny to overhear. They don't mean "like a hippo" they use it for even little increments of weight gained.
Oh and the guy warned for typing in Japanese.. was from Japan. He wasn't showing off, and no you don't often see that word written in Kanji.
Hopefully blizzard will maybe do a localisation for HOTS, and get more people playing it, apparently the reason they don't is because every game they've released in Japan has been a failure, and I've also heard the translation of sc1 was pretty awful.
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On October 26 2011 04:55 DreamChaser wrote:
ClouD plays again i thought he stopped?
I think his hand was injured or something. That's why he wasn't very active for some time.
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He sounds like a nice guy. Thanks for sharing!
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On October 24 2011 19:37 blooddrunKK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2011 18:29 SwampZero wrote:
Funny how he has trouble pronouncing Lalush's name, seeing as the name sounds 100% the same as an anime character It's because on Japan, they don't have the L sound, like Korean, so the L sound to them is a little bit wierd xD. For example, My Japanese teacher calls me rauru... and my name is Raul.
That is something that I never quite understood completely. I heard that East Asians can't pronounce L and use R instead but then sometimes it seems like it is the other way around. For example at IPL some caster said that he was told to say "Lyung" instead of "Ryung" because that's how the Koreans would say it but how is that even possible if they can't pronounce the L?
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On October 26 2011 04:56 DreamChaser wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2011 04:34 JudicatorHammurabi wrote:On October 24 2011 19:02 Kroml. wrote:
haha europeans accuse americans being fat, asians accuse europeans are being fat.
on topic: I really want Japanese gamers get into SC2 more. I hope he does better in the future. I agree, but they like consoles and Street Fighter too much lol  Japan like RPG,dating sims and impossibly difficult robot fighting games such as Armored Core.
That's true, but you haven't heard about the professional leagues/tourneys over there for SF? ;o
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On October 26 2011 07:07 JudicatorHammurabi wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2011 04:56 DreamChaser wrote:On October 26 2011 04:34 JudicatorHammurabi wrote:On October 24 2011 19:02 Kroml. wrote:
haha europeans accuse americans being fat, asians accuse europeans are being fat.
on topic: I really want Japanese gamers get into SC2 more. I hope he does better in the future. I agree, but they like consoles and Street Fighter too much lol Japan like RPG,dating sims and impossibly difficult robot fighting games such as Armored Core. That's true, but you haven't heard about the professional leagues/tourneys over there for SF? ;o
It's a cultural thing. Handheld/phone games are SUPER POPULAR in Japan. Consoles are also extremely popular compared to the rest of the world. Japanese enjoy playing single-player games more than anything.
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On October 26 2011 03:13 Soma.bokforlag wrote:wow.. so bm.. almost all japanese ive met have been nice, but i guess theres bad apples everywhere
Calling someone "fat" isn't really a huge deal in Asia, for the most part. It's just a statement. No need to get offended. (And honestly, people who fall in the correct BMI range still get called fat in Asia, lol.)
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Would be cool to see more of china and japan. Two countries with great e-sports potential.
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I remember playing this guy on the korean server. He's super nice and really damn good
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On October 26 2011 07:25 Paperplane wrote:
Would be cool to see more of china and japan. Two countries with great e-sports potential.
Well China is pretty big into dota and wc3. Hopefully they can do a good mid-game transition into Sc2 tech.
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On October 26 2011 07:30 Chocolate wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2011 07:25 Paperplane wrote:
Would be cool to see more of china and japan. Two countries with great e-sports potential. Well China is pretty big into dota and wc3. Hopefully they can do a good mid-game transition into Sc2 tech.
Yeah I meant sc2, my post wasn't really clear 
Guys stop with the whole fat debate. It was just a joke, no need to get upset.
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On October 26 2011 03:07 Bagration wrote:
It is unfortunate that Japan's pro-gaming scene is not larger. The Japanese gaming scene is console-based, and it is hard for many casual gamers to switch from console to PC gaming.
Nevertheless, I feel that there is a huge potential market in Japan for esports, since there is already significant interest in gaming in the culture, a developed economy capable of financially supporting a scene, and high population density that encourages gaming and tournament attendence.
Perhaps what Japan needs is one of their own to attain success in the SC2 scene. National pride is still very powerful in East Asia, and I feel that if there were more, say Chinese or Japanese players, more Chinese and Japanese people may follow the scene, simply to follow their country's representative at first, but will gradually become a part of the community.
Monster Hunter should be an Esport. Or if a game similar to Monster Hunter became an Esport there would be a huge Japanese following. I don't know if the RTS genre can really take hold in Japan. They really like their RPGs.
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About IdrA: "His body was impressive and it felt like he fit into the competition area very naturally."
What am I reading? 
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You have to be quite dense to think that what someone writes on the internet to some random dude is the same way they are IRL.
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On October 26 2011 05:17 Paragleiber wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2011 19:37 blooddrunKK wrote:On October 24 2011 18:29 SwampZero wrote:
Funny how he has trouble pronouncing Lalush's name, seeing as the name sounds 100% the same as an anime character It's because on Japan, they don't have the L sound, like Korean, so the L sound to them is a little bit wierd xD. For example, My Japanese teacher calls me rauru... and my name is Raul. That is something that I never quite understood completely. I heard that East Asians can't pronounce L and use R instead but then sometimes it seems like it is the other way around. For example at IPL some caster said that he was told to say "Lyung" instead of "Ryung" because that's how the Koreans would say it but how is that even possible if they can't pronounce the L?
The L/R thing occurs because both Korean and Japanese have only one sound that is somewhere between the two and depending on it's position in a wrod and surrounding sound can sound like either an "L" or an "R". Example: the R in ryung and the L in Seoul is written with and considered the same sound in Korean.
They have trouble distinguishing with languages in which these two sounds actually make the difference between two words because this doesn't exist in their language. Example: rip and lip would be pronounced the same by a Korean or Japanese speaker and they would have a difficult time distinguishing the two words spoken by an English speaker. This is particularly true when spoken out of context.
For the record, Ryung is pronounced more like Lyung (to an English ear) and it is [u]one[/u syllable. Tasteless' pronunciation isn't the greatest. Listen to the Korean caster's intros and you'll see.
On a related note the Japanese pronounciation of the Street Fighter character Ryu sounds like Lyoo. One syllable. Ree-oo is sufficient and will be understood by native speakers. Lee-oo would sound even better and Rye-oo is just wrong.
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On October 26 2011 07:48 Mouzone wrote:About IdrA: "His body was impressive and it felt like he fit into the competition area very naturally." What am I reading?
Time for an Idra's Body thread??
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On October 26 2011 05:11 Benga wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2011 05:05 scintilliaSD wrote:
Nemuke says he would love to go to MLG.
There are a surprising number of Japanese Starcraft 2 fans. Like most of the foreign scene, they are largely ex-Brood War players that have picked up Starcraft 2. It's slowly gaining popularity there, although not to a huge degree.
It's like the nerdier version of the Hallyu Wave, which is the term used for Korean Pop/Drama/Movies taking over a lot of the Eastern Asian entertainment scene. damn the word,Hallyu wave is the most lame and retarded word we koreans made .. anyways,good info
koreans didnt invent that word. Chinese did.
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lol Japanese starcraft players, they're always amusing yet pretty bad skill-wise from what I remember.
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On October 26 2011 09:03 castled wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2011 07:48 Mouzone wrote:About IdrA: "His body was impressive and it felt like he fit into the competition area very naturally." What am I reading? Time for an Idra's Body thread??
Haha I thought it but didnt dare say it
Sounds like a nice guy~
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