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Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
October 16 2012 08:58 GMT
#1
Kindly posted by Weirdkid in the Life fanclub, but seeing as some people don't go into that section, this is an interesting article that puts things into prospective how amazing Life is.

Tough Life in third grade of middle school: Forced Shutdown + Unable to attend the press conference for GSL Finals

Life was taking part in the finals of the online Korean qualifiers for the Iron Squid 2 tournament, where he lost 1-4 to Brown.

The problem occurred in the second set. At that time, he was just going about playing, when Life received a reminder regarding a forced shutdown. It was then that he remembered, and mentioned in the chat "Oh yea, I am supposed to be forced shutdown." After that, he just grabbed all his army and forced an all-in on his opponent, which ended up failing.

Even though Life eventually lost to Brown, it doesn't affect his qualification.

There were more than 10000 foreign viewers watching via TwitchTV, and people were expressing their concerns regarding the actions of Life, and were quite shocked when they knew about the law in Korea which forces youths to go offline after a certain time.

Life is only 15 this year, and he's still a 3rd-grader in middle school. This Korean law which forces youths to go offline applies to youths below the age of 16, and they are not allowed to play online from 12am to 6am.

What gives Life even more of a headache is that he is still a student having his compulsory education in middle school and is unable to miss lessons. As a result, he will be unable to attend the GSL finals media day held on the morning of the 17th, even though this is a standard for every season of GSL.

Startale's coach has this to say. "Because of the law for the compulsory shutdown, the tournament had to be played earlier, and to have enough attendance at school, Life is unable to attend the media day in the morning. As a student in middle school, Life faces a lot of restrictions. We can overlook the compulsory education, but now there's this law for the forced shutdown. This makes it really difficult for the player to play to the best of his ability, and I think it's quite a pity."


Translated from http://s.163.com/12/1016/00/8DT6VKAG00314D0E.html

Original article at http://news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=347&article_id=0000031502&date=20121016&page=1
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
HoMM
Profile Joined July 2010
Estonia635 Posts
October 16 2012 09:01 GMT
#2
Sidebar: "Life cannot attend final…"

Got me worried there for a second. thought gsl finals was gonna be rescheduled lol
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Megabuster123
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1837 Posts
October 16 2012 09:02 GMT
#3
How the hell is this kid so good with these ridiculous kind of restrictions?

Also, what exactly is this forced shut down law, I'm not exactly familar with korean laws, but it sounds like if you're under 16 you can't be online between after a certain time?
FirmTofu
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1956 Posts
October 16 2012 09:02 GMT
#4
Interesting bit of cultural trivia
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Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
October 16 2012 09:04 GMT
#5
This just goes to show how amazing Life is. He's been able to find success despite having to go to school and dealing with a curfew for practice time.
Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38257 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-16 09:05:26
October 16 2012 09:05 GMT
#6
GSL should send some reporters to camp outside his school for a laugh till they can get an interview. They might even attract a bit of a buzz =p
GreenFate
Profile Joined March 2011
France289 Posts
October 16 2012 09:06 GMT
#7
This law should only be applied for mmorpg, much more addictive than rts !
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
October 16 2012 09:06 GMT
#8
"Life cannot attend final..."

I was freaking out for a sec, but yeah I saw the series vs Brown and he got screwed over pretty badly. How he manages to be so good with all these restrictions I have no idea.
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
October 16 2012 09:06 GMT
#9
On October 16 2012 18:05 Asha` wrote:
GSL should send some reporters to camp outside his school for a laugh till they can get an interview. They might even attract a bit of a buzz =p


Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
soullogik
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1171 Posts
October 16 2012 09:07 GMT
#10
the kid seems to really enjoy playing too

hope he gives mvp a run for his money
young ho
Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
October 16 2012 09:07 GMT
#11
On October 16 2012 18:04 Kinky wrote:
This just goes to show how amazing Life is. He's been able to find success despite having to go to school and dealing with a curfew for practice time.


Yeah, so young as well. Very impressive!
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PixelNite
Profile Joined August 2011
France1008 Posts
October 16 2012 09:08 GMT
#12
Life is awesome.
Weirdkid
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Singapore2431 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-16 09:35:21
October 16 2012 09:22 GMT
#13
Ohh. Anyway, the original article link is wrong sorry. It should be this

http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=67916
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself." - Proverbs 26:4
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
October 16 2012 09:32 GMT
#14
On October 16 2012 18:02 Megabuster123 wrote:
How the hell is this kid so good with these ridiculous kind of restrictions?

Also, what exactly is this forced shut down law, I'm not exactly familar with korean laws, but it sounds like if you're under 16 you can't be online between after a certain time?

You wanna know why?Because he's alpha and omega baby!...he's gonna tear MVP apart!
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
October 16 2012 09:38 GMT
#15
On October 16 2012 18:32 Zerg.Zilla wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2012 18:02 Megabuster123 wrote:
How the hell is this kid so good with these ridiculous kind of restrictions?

Also, what exactly is this forced shut down law, I'm not exactly familar with korean laws, but it sounds like if you're under 16 you can't be online between after a certain time?

You wanna know why?Because he's alpha and omega baby!...he's gonna tear MVP apart!

It's a 6h a day restriction... time that really could (should) be slept sleeping. I don't really see the big deal behind the forced shutdown. It is unfortunate for online tournament participation... having to attend school instead of SC2 related events is probably a bigger problem to his current training. (Not trying to take anything away from Life - I think it's remarkable that he's a GSL finalist while attending any level of school.)
tyner
Profile Joined August 2012
176 Posts
October 16 2012 09:43 GMT
#16
I almost had a heart attack. Thank goodness it's only media day.
It's funny when you consider that Life is only a freshman lol.

Do people even follow this lockdown rule? If you're streaming to 1000+ viewers obviously you'd quit but what about when they don't stream?
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
October 16 2012 09:47 GMT
#17
On October 16 2012 18:43 tyner wrote:
I almost had a heart attack. Thank goodness it's only media day.
It's funny when you consider that Life is only a freshman lol.

Do people even follow this lockdown rule? If you're streaming to 1000+ viewers obviously you'd quit but what about when they don't stream?

This is pure assumption but from what i understand they use that social security number for anything.
If this is also used for the internet it just pressing a button and suddenly all the SSN's that are registered on age below x get locked out.
Roachu
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden692 Posts
October 16 2012 09:48 GMT
#18
Wait what? How the hell do they know if kids are online during the night? That is the dumbest law I've read about in a long time.
Don't be asshats
tyner
Profile Joined August 2012
176 Posts
October 16 2012 09:49 GMT
#19
On October 16 2012 18:47 Assirra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2012 18:43 tyner wrote:
I almost had a heart attack. Thank goodness it's only media day.
It's funny when you consider that Life is only a freshman lol.

Do people even follow this lockdown rule? If you're streaming to 1000+ viewers obviously you'd quit but what about when they don't stream?

This is pure assumption but from what i understand they use that social security number for anything.
If this is also used for the internet it just pressing a button and suddenly all the SSN's that are registered on age below x get locked out.


Ohh yea I forgot about the SSN being req for registration thing. Rather scary if you think about it.
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
October 16 2012 09:51 GMT
#20
On October 16 2012 18:02 Megabuster123 wrote:
How the hell is this kid so good with these ridiculous kind of restrictions?

Also, what exactly is this forced shut down law, I'm not exactly familar with korean laws, but it sounds like if you're under 16 you can't be online between after a certain time?


lol how is it ridiculous?
He can't play from 0:00 - 6:00. thats 6 hours in the night.
He still has 18 hours per day to practice. You think its not enough?

He can just sleep during that time instead of sleeping 3:00-10:00 or so.
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