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Err0r
Profile Joined November 2004
Czech Republic33 Posts
January 09 2005 21:40 GMT
#201
respect rekrul, you showed me the right way. i think i will play BW still until my university studying, but just for fun, BW is game that HAS to be play for fun. Like Nada said in one interview, he says that playing stacraft is not hobby, he said it is a JOB. And I never want to have a job like playing some game. games are for fun.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
LogaiN
Profile Joined June 2003
Sweden1073 Posts
January 09 2005 22:13 GMT
#202
what happened to Kid[Red]?
GulleFjuN@Europe
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
January 09 2005 22:23 GMT
#203
He moved to Korea and ran out of money in about a month.
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
nvnplatypus
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Netherlands1300 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-01-09 22:35:17
January 09 2005 22:34 GMT
#204
Best wishes with the rest of your stay Rekrul, and good read on the article.
Yang
Profile Joined October 2003
Lithuania231 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-01-09 23:20:46
January 09 2005 23:18 GMT
#205
if you want to be progamer, you must be freak ( like ArCNeON(TE)(??) huh). Rekrul, as we see now, was not so freaky. He is a simple guy, wanting to enjoy his youth and not to waste it to getting better at a game. He couldn't get top. It's good he understood that in time.

progaming takes too much and gives too less (just for now, I hope).

GoodLuck rekrul..

dfgh
DooMeR
Profile Joined July 2003
United States1519 Posts
January 09 2005 23:28 GMT
#206
deep man... thats best post ever. Wish u the best dude
Liquid`Oaral
Profile Joined September 2002
162 Posts
January 10 2005 00:18 GMT
#207
that article was pretty intense
SonnyBlack
Profile Joined July 2004
Germany457 Posts
January 10 2005 00:40 GMT
#208
yeah.. you open my eyes i don't wanna be progamer... i play just 4 fun..
;-)
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27149 Posts
January 10 2005 01:04 GMT
#209
On January 10 2005 05:48 ObsoleteLogic wrote:
For anyone getting crazy ideas of moving off to Korea on their own, all I have to say is remember KiD[ReD].

Yeah.


The reason Kid[RED] failed in Korea was because he was too immature to live on his own in another country. If I remember corresctly, he hadn't even travelled to a non english country? Seriously, in no way was his experience in travelling to Korea representative of how someone should do it.
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choader
Profile Joined June 2003
United States487 Posts
January 10 2005 02:23 GMT
#210
Ah ah! Insightful, mature, and long, in direct contrast to the one-liners for which Rekrul is known on the forum.



On a different note, perhaps now that you don't need to keep your replays secret you could release a small reppack? I'm interested in seeing you in top form (that game vs stylist[gm] was neat)
Failure by design.
FOr
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada69 Posts
January 10 2005 02:39 GMT
#211
rekrul 8(
iCCup.hexen Trial Ladder Admin, Manager of tC, 1royce's lover.
ChApFoU
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
France2982 Posts
January 10 2005 02:45 GMT
#212
On January 09 2005 15:28 Ack1027 wrote:
Elky was successful. Yeah okay. Keep telling yourself that. And assem is progamer, wow so is mumyung.



"I honestly think that whoever invented toilet paper in a genius" Kang Min
ChApFoU
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
France2982 Posts
January 10 2005 02:50 GMT
#213
On January 09 2005 19:10 Ack1027 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2005 17:56 Servolisk wrote:
On January 09 2005 11:19 Ack1027 wrote:
I'm sure everyone knows [ anyone older than 12 ] that progaming is not for foreigners. Maybe it's something genetic


Girly fingers?

Actually, I think it is a pretty ridiculous comment, as koreans outside of korea never made it pro either. Aren't Koreans the same genetically as Chinese, also? (I was told this somewhere, don't kill me if I'm wrong) No one foreign, I think I can safely say, ever put anywhere near the time and effort as the majority of the pros. Korea also has the largest Starcraft pool to find talent and culture. For cultural reasons, few people outside of Korea want to make this kind of effort at a computer game.


Okay, I worded that incorrectly. Koreans who have grown up in Korea. By the way, I continue in my original post to talk about the culture...

And please, don't compare Korean genetics to Chinese genetics, that is insulting.


lol you fucked yourself you stupid
"I honestly think that whoever invented toilet paper in a genius" Kang Min
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
January 10 2005 02:53 GMT
#214
Mani, the thing I'm trying to point out is that the cost of living in Korea, housing in particular, is very high and that you do have to be careful, and it does a lot to have someone help you adjust.

I mean, if you're bound and determined to go to Korea, I say go for it. Most of the cool people I've met online are Koreans. But caution and planning are very much necessary.
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
Sky101
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States1758 Posts
January 10 2005 03:19 GMT
#215
This is probably getting old but I bet Ack is no older than 16, if he is, seriously that's some slow process of maturing this guy's going through.
Peter, Dang, pm me!!!
uhjoo
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)1740 Posts
January 10 2005 03:39 GMT
#216
it still boggles my mind that there are such ignorant views of genetics being thrown around on a whim about koreans and progaming... but also, the proper response to such talk is not "koreans will get owned by chinese." neway, enough said about that nonsense.

moving to korea to pursue progaming is obviously a huge life decision, but just like going to any other country to live there on your own, you have to be quite ready mentally, emotionally, and materially to do so... but the cost of living in korea is NOT high... you could get by there on a thousand dollars a month easy. housing is NOT expensive compared to the U.S.-- there are boarding houses where you play around 400 USD and get meals as well. granted, it's no taj mahal but it's definitely livable. everything related to living (i.e. food) is less expensive and internet service and cell phone service is astronomically cheaper and higher quality than in the states. (high speed internet for around 15 dollars a month)

given that, the main thing to surviving is maturity and your mindset. if what you want to do is go out and party and go clubbing and drinking 3 times a week, that will get old real quick and will drain you of your money real fast. but if you want to actually experience another country and have a genuine interest in doing so, there are so many great things you can experience in korea-- lots of beautiful places and lots of things to do beyond playing sc --;;

i'm impressed by rekrul's apparent willingness to not only live in korea beyond progaming, but also to learn the culture and the language. not many foreigners actually put in that effort and i'm convinced that rek, or anyone for that matter, will really benefit in the long run from that effort.

i want bubbles the warrior monkey back
dyo_ger
Profile Joined October 2004
Germany107 Posts
January 10 2005 03:51 GMT
#217
Wow. Awesome Text. Thank you. I enjoyed reading very much.
Good luck.
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StarN
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2587 Posts
January 10 2005 03:55 GMT
#218
Thanks Rekrul... its good to get things from the inside... rather than what we see =]
Retired BW Noob
GouKi-NRV
Profile Joined April 2003
France1 Post
Last Edited: 2005-01-10 05:05:28
January 10 2005 05:04 GMT
#219
Man this is a beautifull story
you could do a great movie on this
it is very well written, you success to give me all yours sentiments
oh shit i'm going to cry
this is really my dream, not the programing, but just going to a country (Japan ) and living there, learning theirs language, theirs culture.
it's really the best way to learn about yourself and grow.
As.I.Lay.Dying
Profile Joined December 2004
United States456 Posts
January 10 2005 05:10 GMT
#220
On January 10 2005 14:04 GouKi-NRV wrote:
Man this is a beautifull story
you could do a great movie on this
it is very well written, you success to give me all yours sentiments
oh shit i'm going to cry
this is really my dream, not the programing, but just going to a country (Japan ) and living there, learning theirs language, theirs culture.
it's really the best way to learn about yourself and grow.


Gogogo who can i be in the moviE? :-D
Brood War, helping out my everlasting fight against the sun.
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