The Rekrul Korea Story - Page 13

On January 11 2005 14:01 Dionyseus wrote:
Great post, Rek.
As for the retard that said Elky wasn't succesful, can some1 ban him plz? Everyone who has played SC knows Elky! I'd say that's pretty damn succesful.
I disagree with the one who says that Koreans and Chinese are genetically identical. They look similar, but so do Americans and Britons.
I am sorta like Rekrul in that I have many dreams, but I'm lazy. I'm hoping I can become fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and live in China, working factory jobs maybe. China > all

On January 09 2005 07:58 Tress wrote:

So Rekrul, instead of making it big in the progaming scene, you've started "succeeding in life" by going into night clubs and getting an asian girlfriend? You've discovered your sexuality in Korea or something? What success is that? Were you perhaps a virgin going into Korea? You had never been in a city before?

You make it sound like you've somehow grown up now, but the thing which still reveals you as a dreamer is your poker talk. How much money do you make from playing internet poker? If you'd never played Starcraft and just got an education quickly, become a lawyer or a succesful businessman you'd make 50 times that and you'd have a lot of experience and a career by now. You would meet a lot of interesting people and you could build a life for yourself. You went to Korea with the idea that your skills in a computer game would get you through life, and now that you know that you were naive to assume that you go into assuming that poker will get you somewhere? You sound like a street hustler who sells dope on a day by day basis and thinks he's going to have a pension or something when he's old.

I'm sorry but you just seem to be afraid that people will make fun of your non-existent Starcraft skills. You never had any chance in progaming, like noone here does, but still you made it sound like you did. Now you're really disappointed that you in fact don't, and you want to explain everyone how cruel the real world is like. Well wake up kid and smell the coffee. After a while you'll realise that clubbing and partying takes you nowhere and you'll go back to USA with your tail between your legs and get back to school and everything starts from scratch once again. You can write another sorry post here then.

What will you have gained? Experience from life for sure. You'll know what not to do in the future. What you should have done is go into a university and be an exchange student for 2-3 years in a country of your choosing, or even many countries. You can see the world and enjoy it while actually doing something useful, like making yourself a better man. I did that, and now I have a career in law while you try to explain a bunch of 13 year old kids that in real life you have to work to be able to live. Yeah you're the man.

On January 09 2005 09:41 Tomcat wrote:


And I guess it's better to be 50 years old, have 2 or 3 rooms less and a lot of memories about the tank that Boxer moved up the cliff overseeing Yellow's drones, to smash his mineral lines to bits. Not to mention being an ill little mutant, due to the thousands of nights that you lost watching replays and pursuing a goal that has no finality.

I have wasted waaay to much time on computer games. They are addictive and will change your life forever. And after all that time, you will notice that it was not for the better. I wish I had spent a few years of my life differently, but those days are gone. The moment you get really serious about gaming, and not just SC, your social life goes straight to hell. Please don't tell me that you can play for 10 hours a day and still have a social life. Those who think that are really naive.

It's all a matter of taste, of personality and style. What's a blast for many could be a real bore for others. He was expressing an opinion. OK, maybe he was a bit incisive, but he was just backing up a point.

My 2 cents...

On January 12 2005 01:41 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Froz Elky wasn't on top for two months, he qualified for like 4 consecutive Starleagues. That's a huge fucking accomplishment, over a long period of time.

From the moment he got second at WCG till the momoent he came in fourth in OGN he was considered one of the best Terrans.

On January 13 2005 02:16 [G]Max_Power wrote:
how much can you earn in a month with poker, rekrul??