[Interview] JD - "I wanted to play in Korea" - Page 4

On December 29 2015 23:36 smOOthMayDie wrote:
All of these players thinking about retiring at such a young age, it's really a shame.

Here's to hoping one day that eSports professionals play well into their 40's, like football, tennis, soccer, etc. Maybe one day there will be college sponsorships (I know theres a few here and there for league), so that players can get a degree and then continue playing professionally after school.

Dream~

On December 30 2015 01:20 WrathSCII wrote:


"One last ride"...

On December 30 2015 03:04 darkness wrote:


How does LoL (or any e-sports game) degree help you with life and your overall professional career? It's just another degree of spend-money-expect-a-lot-but-actually-you-just-owe-money-for-shitty-degree.

On December 29 2015 23:36 smOOthMayDie wrote:
All of these players thinking about retiring at such a young age, it's really a shame.

Here's to hoping one day that eSports professionals play well into their 40's, like football, tennis, soccer, etc. Maybe one day there will be college sponsorships (I know theres a few here and there for league), so that players can get a degree and then continue playing professionally after school.

Dream~

On December 30 2015 03:04 darkness wrote:


How does LoL (or any e-sports game) degree help you with life and your overall professional career? It's just another degree of spend-money-expect-a-lot-but-actually-you-just-owe-money-for-shitty-degree.

On December 30 2015 05:36 aRyuujin wrote:


You don't get a degree in esports, just like a college basketball player doesn't get a degree in basketball

On December 29 2015 23:36 smOOthMayDie wrote:
All of these players thinking about retiring at such a young age, it's really a shame.

Here's to hoping one day that eSports professionals play well into their 40's, like football, tennis, soccer, etc. Maybe one day there will be college sponsorships (I know theres a few here and there for league), so that players can get a degree and then continue playing professionally after school.

Dream~

On December 30 2015 07:19 jinyung2 wrote:
from Jaedong economic review interview from Nov. 11, 2015


rough trans: Jaedong clearly stated, "I am not thinking about retirement. I can be a progamer in my 30s if I want to. i'd really be a force to be reckoned with if I became the oldest progamer and won against people 12 years younger than me.

now 6 weeks later:


how fast shit changedl ol

From: jinyung2 [ 1412 posts | Profile | User Info | Report ]
Subject: Re: lol
Date: 12/29/15 21:36
do people not do interviews anymore? i figured this one woulda came up on TL, why do people only translate mostly generic garbage stuff?
it was one of the few good progamer interviews ive read, where they actually asked questions that made ther interviewee uncomfortable lol

super duper rough trans where i just summarize unimporant stuff:
was asked if he was interested in becoming a tv celebrity much like yellow but he said he wants to still be a progamer, and hes not the type to like being in front of a lot of people
generally jaedong talked about, life/culture in foreign land. much more lax, able to enjoy a cup of coffee instead of that constant grind after grind this "sparta style" training that korean teams do. how even winning started to feel numb when after its all said and done it was right back to practice with no breaks.
talks about how foreign tournaments the atmosphere is so much more different and he attributes that to foreigners being more outgoing and expressive than the usual calm collected style of most koreans.
then he was asked about why he thinks progamers fall to matchfixing
his response very deep: "there are many gamers, all with different classes and pays. those who do not excel really dont have much of a future and money wise they are lacking. i think thats why they cant help but be exposed/fall to matchfixing. these kinds of issues kespa must fix, minimum salaries, morality education, something more is needed [from their end]."

then jaedong talks about how much koreans grind in practice, no free time. suggests wouldnt quality of life go up if they were given a little bit of free time. "itll be difficult to change from how it is now. our country is very 'sparta style.' just like company employees, competition is very fierce. also because we practice that hard, koreans are best in the world.

when asked if they can change from this sparta training, he said its an overall problem stemming from korean culture. then he says like "usually progamers start in their early teens right? gamers have such a different exposure to life than normal kids who go to school so i believe they need to be supplemented with some humanity/morality education. also some english classes so players are able to give interview responses at a foreign tourney. it would be nice if there was some extra education they supplied for these young kids"

when asked if he reminicses/misses the glory of his BW days. he says i doesnt really long for it, says life back then was very restricted. even after a starleague championship, it was back to the grind. win, recieve praise, and come right back to practice. no breaks.

if he plans to play in korea again, says when he visited coex for lotv launch party, he felt koreans still had a desire for starcraft. says he plans to play in korea again some day.

next part he talks about how he wants to be progamer into his 30s if he can. interviewer continues to poke him multiple times about retiring. finally says, "if i do id like to be a progame team coach some day. I think id be good at it"

last part talks about his autobiography, "i am a progamer." says how he wanted to tell his tale. how society's perception and understanding of what a progamer is, is actually very different from what it actually is. how just because you play games its not something you should so easily pursue. a message to potential progamers in training out there.

says he didnt have muhc trouble writing the book, even though the article writer adds writing is a very tough task. jaedong says he had so many things to say it just flowed out. jaedong adds at the end "I plan to show an improved version of myself. please continue to cheer for me and notice me"

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