VIRAL LIKE SARS: Korean StarCraft Stage Show

By Tina | Thursday, August 4, 2011 | 8 Comments

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In the last weekend of July, the Major League Gaming had a competition in Anaheim where Korean Starcraft 2 competitor MVP, Jeong Jong Hyeon, pwned opponents and walked home with the trophy and $5K in prize money.

Concurrently, one of the latest viral videos making rounds in geek gamer circles on the Internet is a Korean variety show with a little skit of live-action StarCraft. Though I don’t understand Korean, I laughed until I cried when I watched this little video clip. I’m no good at StarCraft, but I love playing it, so apparently it’s the only Korean I speak.

If you’re not familiar with the role of StarCraft in Korea, you may not understand why such seemingly obscure gaming references would be such a big hit with the average Korean viewer. Let’s put it this way. When Starcraft 2 was released, it was the U.S. equivalent of releasing Football 2.

The Koreans…they’re back.

You best believe.

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BRILLIANT!
PeterLo

Not to mention, kpop stars perform at SC2 tournaments. If you’re seeking to impress lay-people with the league of starcraft, you may want to mention the annual salary of most of these professional gamers.. ~$200,000 usd.
Reechard

IMNESTEA racked in like $240k in like a year! @PeterLo
IsaacKojima

I’m among the ones who didn’t understand anything…
http://tinabot.blogspot.com/ TinaTsai

@Reechard@PeterLo wow, isn’t that the salary of the president of the US? ^O^
mwei

@TinaTsai@Reechard@PeterLo I doubt anybody wants to be PotUS for the salary and retirement package.
http://tinabot.blogspot.com/ TinaTsai

@mwei@Reechard@PeterLo I know right? I know tons of people who make that or more doing less stressful work.

I think we need to pay our pres more, just as a matter of symbolism ^O^
mwei

@TinaTsai

OT: I believe that elected officials should just get a basic living stipend while they’re in office and nothing else. the case of the city council members of Bell comes to mind.

elect the “rent’s too damn high” dude for PotUS and he’ll shake things up. him and Palin as VP would be my dream ticket.

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