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In a quiet room full of the glistening trophies he's won, Lee Young-ho rolled up the right sleeve on his grey jumper.
A scar, half an inch wide, stretched from just above the elbow and up over his shoulder.
"Our company paid for full medical expenses, so he had an operation," explained his coach, Kang Doh Kyung.
"[He] is the best player in StarCraft and has won everything in this field and is still going strong."
Repetitive strain had injured Mr Lee's muscles, deforming them and making surgery the only option to save his illustrious career.
Holding his arm out so I could have a proper gawp, Mr Lee paused.
"It's like a badge of honour," he said.
It seemed like the confirmation I'd been expecting - that gaming in South Korea had reached a dangerous place, where professionals and amateurs alike were destroying their lives and their bodies.
Read the full article on the BBC website
Love when SC2 gets into the mainstream media...Long live the never dying game!!!
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Canada33091 Posts
I definitely like seeing the mainstream's outlook on pro-gaming in Korea, because the do journalism in a very different way when compared to the TL writing staff.
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Funny how BBC always adds the negative aspects of gaming to each of their esports content.
Almost like an addendum in order to not seem too biased either for or against something that is still quite controversial.
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On June 06 2015 12:53 Thaniri wrote:
Funny how BBC always adds the negative aspects of gaming to each of their esports content.
Almost like an addendum in order to not seem too biased either for or against something that is still quite controversial.
Yeah BBC news used to have seriously high integrity journalism - But these days like all internet news sites however, it has reduced itself down to 'hits per unit time/ income per unit advertising area.'
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The honor code is real. Thanks for sharing!
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
I wonder why they always use this story.
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lol wtf
There have been numerous instances where gamers have died in these PC Bangs.
Yeah screw this "journalist" and BBC.
srsly, is there no one in these big news companies who is both a journalist and isn't ignorant of esports?
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Canada16217 Posts
On June 06 2015 13:42 stuchiu wrote:
I wonder why they always use this story.
because flash?
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On June 06 2015 15:20 NovemberstOrm wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2015 13:42 stuchiu wrote:
I wonder why they always use this story. because flash?
No I mean the mainstream esports flow chart: You can compete off games and make money? Insert random team/pro without any context on why anyone should care as example of people competing for money. Go into how gaming is probably dangerous for you. The End.
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well that article was a bummer. hardly covered anything in depth. no one is going to read this article and find out anything new (granted they werent completely oblivious to esports in the first place)
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What a shitty article. Fuck you, BBC. Now I'm worried about the quality of their reporting in other fields. Maybe it's just as bad, but I don't realize it, since I've never been to Syria, nor understand the intricacies of the struggle in Darfur, or have a firm grasp of the inside view of Venezuelan economics.
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That scar is huge for something made in the 21st century. Does anyone know what precisely he was being operated for? (I'm also interested in how playing SC 10+ hours/day can damage the arm, while I can see that it can easily damage wrists or shoulders/back I fail to imagine how for the arm)
As for the article, it's decent, nor very good nor very bad.
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Read it and got 'the confirmation I'd been expecting'.... such shitty journalism.
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"people are making money playing video games!!! wtf, i'm a journalist, and i say that is TOTALLY not okay! time to write a not so subtle slander piece about how esports specifically (i'll ignore how real sports are about 100x more physically consuming and dangerous at a pro level) are dangerous to participants! maybe this will make my gf love me because she'll see how stupid and base these 'gamers' are, next to my important profession of enlightening the masses!"
honestly though, stupid article, stupid topic for an article when you take into scope all of the awesome things about scbw.. it reads as arrogant and dismissive, which is the opposite of how any piece of media trying to introduce a new topic to readers should be.. like he hurt his arm? he's also the best terran in the world even though he hasn't played in like 2 years, why focus on his injury..
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At least the video the accompanies the article doesn't focus too much on the classic addiction and danger angle.
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On June 06 2015 15:58 OtherWorld wrote:
That scar is huge for something made in the 21st century. Does anyone know what precisely he was being operated for? (I'm also interested in how playing SC 10+ hours/day can damage the arm, while I can see that it can easily damage wrists or shoulders/back I fail to imagine how for the arm)
As for the article, it's decent, nor very good nor very bad.
Wrist issue and carpal tunnel.
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On June 06 2015 16:48 Endymion wrote:
"people are making money playing video games!!! wtf, i'm a journalist, and i say that is TOTALLY not okay! time to write a not so subtle slander piece about how esports specifically (i'll ignore how real sports are about 100x more physically consuming and dangerous at a pro level) are dangerous to participants! maybe this will make my gf love me because she'll see how stupid and base these 'gamers' are, next to my important profession of enlightening the masses!"
honestly though, stupid article, stupid topic for an article when you take into scope all of the awesome things about scbw.. it reads as arrogant and dismissive, which is the opposite of how any piece of media trying to introduce a new topic to readers should be.. like he hurt his arm? he's also the best terran in the world even though he hasn't played in like 2 years, why focus on his injury..
Focusing on StarCraft when boxing is legal is pathetic.
I'm not saying that boxing should be illegal. I'm not sure about it yet, but I wanted to point that out.
Edit: Or american football and its crazy brain damage statistics.
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I'm pretty sure people never get hurt in real sports like soccer/football/boxing/etc.
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This was a pretty shitty article if I do say so myself. I was expecting a lot, lot more from a BBC article.
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EPT
