Mizenhauer Interviews Leimmia - Page 2

On July 04 2017 05:50 pvsnp wrote:
It's great to hear things from the Korean perspective, and especially is such a detailed interview as this one. There's definitely a lot in common between Korean fans and foreign fans but their environment and perspective is radically different at the same time.

The language and proximity barrier seems to be the largest distinction-- it's much easier to deify or demonize people living on the other side of the world. I imagine seeing players in person and not exclusively through the lens of Starcraft must go a long way towards humanizing even the most aloof progamers. Culture seems another big one, for instance with the gift-giving. I guess the foreign analogue would be donations?

And of course there is the elephant in the room, matchfixing and Life. It is extremely gratifying to hear the Korean sentiment of universal condemnation towards Life reaffirmed in this interview. It's hardly a secret and has been expressed before, of course, but certain members of the foreign community simply refuse to allow the specter of Life fade into history. They seem to conveniently forget or ignore the fact that the progamer known as Life is actually 이승현, a Korean man who played for a Korean team in a Korean progaming environment. Applying anything other than Korean morality, expressed via Korean judgement and Korean justice to his crime (and yes, it is a crime in Korea) is completely and utterly insane. Justice has been served and Life is gone. Fin.


On a lighter note, did I just read that INnoVation, the Machine himself, emotionless juggernaut of death and destruction, is actually quite funny?

.....I guess he finally got around to implementing a humor subroutine?


Oh and of course a big thank you to mizenhauer and everyone else involved in conducting/translating the interview.