Australian professional Starcraft II player, Jared "TtPiG" Krensel is moving to Korea for one month from the 7th of October 2012!

TtPiG will be attending the IeSF 2012 World Championship, playing against some of the best players around the globe for a slice of the $4,300 AUD on offer.
For more information on the competition and competitors, please go here.

After the competition is over, TtPiG will be heading over to Bucheon, South Korea to live with Team PRIME in their gaming house.
This will allow him to train as effectively as possible with some Starcraft II legends like MarineKing (Two time MLG winner) and Creator (WCS Korea Champion).

Jared "TtPiG" Krensel commented:

"I've had my eyes set on travelling to Korea for a while now. I've been eager to experience the evolved metagame and serious training environment.
With so many big tournaments such as ACL, WCS and IEM taking place this year I hadn't been able to fulfil this goal, but now with qualifying as the Australian representative for IeSF in South Korea I've decided to extend my stay for 1 month after the tournament to train with Prime! Prime are one of the hardest working teams in Korea and I look forward to experiencing the skill of these players and their hard training regimen.

I plan to adapt as quickly as possible to the Korean culture and with Primes method of training I believe I'll be able to take my play to a new level when I return.

His manager and sponsor, Mayo had this to say:

We have been discussing the idea of training in Korea for a while now and with the possibility of IeSF presented to us, we pounced on the opportunity to extend the visit and make the most of his travel.
Alongside this, training in the PRIME house makes perfect sense. Not only are they also supported by Tt eSPORTS, but they have some of the best and hardest training players in the game.
It's coming up to almost a year since we signed on TtPiG and since then he has proven a drive to succeed that we have not seen from any other gamer, we are happy to provide continued support to him in the future!

During TtPiG's time in the PRIME house, you can expect to see multiple written and video blogs and possible streaming sessions whilst he trains. To keep updated on everything he is doing, please check out his social media below.

And as always, thanks to all of his sponsors for making this trip a possibility: Tt eSPORTS, GIGABYTE Notebooks, AVeRMedia and MWave.com.au

Facebook ~ www.facebook.com/TtPiG
Twitter ~ www.twitter.com/ttpig_sc2
Stream ~ www.twitch.tv/ttpig
Fan Club

Ruscour

5233 Posts

September 19 2012 05:55 GMT

Awesome awesome awesome.

JaYbOc

Australia97 Posts

September 19 2012 06:00 GMT

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK
GL pig! Can't wait to hear from you once you're over there.

treeoo

Australia73 Posts

September 19 2012 06:11 GMT

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

ions

Australia3 Posts

September 19 2012 06:14 GMT

fuck yeah! good to see another aussie off to Korea.

RPR_Tempest

Australia7798 Posts

September 19 2012 06:18 GMT

Good luck!

smithter

Australia34 Posts

September 19 2012 06:31 GMT

A quote from TtPiG on what it's going to be like in the house:

The difference for me will be a few things.
I will be able to play with sub ~30ms ping, which will allow me to develop my micro and multitasking. I will also have the help of much more experienced players then myself who are playing in a more evolved metagame with a higher understanding. Playing with these players, watching them play, and using basic communication (I'm learning some basic Korean vocab such as unit names) + english with the players that speak english, I will be able to gain a much higher understanding.
The rate of learning is hugely accelerated in this environment because when I'm confused or lost about why I'm losing or why certain strategies aren't working I will have many fellow GSL level players to observe and ask for help. Even growing up playing sport I was never particularly good at learning techniques for martial arts, tennis or football by having them explained to me. I've always had much more success simply watching players better than myself and emulating and adapting upon their play.

Lastly, I will have most of my meals prepared by the house, and I will have zero distractions. I won't need to worry about any of my responsibilities back home and will be surrounded by players practicing 12 hours a day. I envision my time there as an intensely focused period of training, training, exercise, training, and finally, more training. This is something it's hard to do at home where it's hard to find ways to improve your play. But will be my only option when immersed in this Korean progaming culture.

Benjilol

Australia244 Posts

September 19 2012 06:33 GMT

gl Pig :D

inFeZa

Australia556 Posts

September 19 2012 06:33 GMT

Awesome news! GL PIG!

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

September 19 2012 06:33 GMT

#10

WOW nice gogo pig, hope you improve much!

StarStruck

25339 Posts

September 19 2012 06:53 GMT

#11

1 month is like vacation time. You won't even get a chance to settle down. X_X

And...

during makes it even worse.

If you want to write a blog perhaps you should do it after your stay because let's face it 1 month in Korea is nothing.

You will get to know some of the players a little bit, but as for training and coming to grips to what they do and why they do it is a different story.

At least you get to take in some of the culture.

If any other guys want to check it out I recommend jumping in instead of checking how hot or cold the water is.

You should go into it with the idea that you're going to try, stay and train there for as long as it takes and progress to the point where you reach your peak.

naggerNZ

New Zealand708 Posts

September 19 2012 06:58 GMT

#12

sub 30ms ping... LIVING THE DREAM!

GLHF PiG

Jetaap

France4814 Posts

September 19 2012 07:24 GMT

#13

Really nice and smart guy from what I've seen in interviews, good luck to you!

MastaKilla

Scotland23 Posts