Starcraft 2 in Korea

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If you plan to live in Korea, especially if you want to teach in Korea, you will inevitably, somehow or someway, come across Starcraft 2 in Korea. It’s inescapable. Starcraft is big in Korea. So big that there are professional Starcraft leagues, where people make a living off of playing Starcraft. So big that there are studies being done to treat Starcraft addiction. So, we decided – in our attempt to be more Korean – to start getting into Starcraft.

For those of you who don’t know what Starcraft is, it’s a real-time strategy game. You’re supposed to gather resources and buy an army big enough to beat your opponent into submission. The premise is simple, but, boyyyy, the execution is hard. Simon’s been playing it now for something like a week steady, and he’s still just as bad as when he started. To play well, or at least to play to the point of not getting obliterated instantly, you have to know at least a few Starcraft Strategies, and hopefully have a decent Actions Per Minute. In other words, Starcraft is almost inaccessible to newbies, unless you’re dedicated enough to practice it for a long time and hopefully, HOPEFULLY not lose within the first five minutes from a Zerg rush.

Unfortunately, we can’t play on the Korean servers. When you play Starcraft 2, you need to have an account with Battle.net, which is how you play Starcraft 2 online. Since we got our version of the game in Canada, we’re playing on the North American servers, and can’t log in to the Korean Battle.net servers with our existing accounts. Bummer! So we haven’t actually played Starcraft in Korea against someone Korean, but we’re hoping that we can do so through friend code. So, if you’re mean enough to want to whoop us at Starcraft, or kind enough to offer some pointers (we really need help!), leave us a comment below, or send us an email over at our Contact Page and we’ll add you to our Starcraft friends list. Huzzah!

And thanks to [ë‹‰ì‘¤] Enjoy Your Happy Life~* for the Korean subtitle translations!

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http://www.facebook.com/justin.niddrie Justin Niddrie

Hey, I am a teacher who reports on the GSL (the global starcraft leage – the official league for starcraft 2 in korea) so if you want any information regarding Esports culture, feel free to drop me a line of facebook.
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Hyun

Hellow~~ I saw you on ìƒìƒì •ë³´í†µ did u remember this program? anyway I think i have to visit this blog frequently. and as a Korean, thank you to having lots of passion on Korean cultures and Korea !!

P.S Im not sure that the last sentense is gramatically right . is it good? …

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Yes! I remember that program :D Thank you for liking our blog, and – yes – your last sentence is good :D

Daniel Rhee

You can never beat Koreans playing Starcraft.
That game is treated like one of the prestigious Korean traditions.
You go to PC bangs, and more than a half of customers are playing Starcraft lol.
Jason

I love your guys' videos, so much things to relate with, Kpop, Video Games, ETC xD

You guys should try being protoss…. heheh it is my favorite, and btw were you really playing there Martina?? cuz that would've been some sick APMs ;D…. Lets just say Starcraft is a game where milliseconds count etc. And I think someone told you guys this already but watch Husky or HD starcraft they have some tutorial video there aswell + they are very entertaining. Also i look forward with more of your guys' videos
bluemoon3

this is one of your guys most funniest videos i wanted to ask w wat the cell phones in korea look like. do they have the alphabet or korean characters for texting and if the have stuff like lol or jk or lmfao?? please answer.

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Eatyourkimchi

Thanks! Korean cell phones look like normal cell phones, and they have the korean alphabet on them as well as the English one. Yeah!

SagachiiTOu

Yay, I got into Korean culture all due to Starcraft! And now I'm a fan of everything Korean :P
Love you guys playing starcraft, especially Simon without a mouse and Martina showing her sick APM but not having SC2 open :P keke
Love your videos and keep up the great work!! :)

I play on the SEA server, but once I get a NA account it shall be game on!! >:D
Anton

Omg, get a mouse for f sake. How are you supposed to micro or macro like that? Puhleeease! It's not even basics, it's like the stage before basics. :)

If you want to get some serious info on SC2 you should check out Team Liquid. http://www.teamliquid.net.
Kang

In korean sight,
Soju and Shin Ramen is too funny ã…‹ã…‹
It's simular'couch potato'
Sugarfree816

YOU NEED A MOUSE
http://www.facebook.com/brendanyang Brendan Tan

Hi Simon! I just got myself Starcraft 2 because I was really itching to play some real time strategy game since I got bored out of Red alert 3. I know this is slightly off the topic, but I see you’re playing it on a macbook pro just as I am. Does your macbook get really hot after about 15 minutes of play? I’m quite afraid it’ll burn out my computer :/
schlieren

Ahaha, I have to duly laugh at this video. One, because it’s very funny, and two, because of your Skippy jar of peanut butter. Once I moved to Norway all they have are these measly 350g jars of Skippy peanut butter that look like the baby offspring of your massive jar on the desk. You have no idea of how jealous I am that you can get large sized jars. Evidently I’ve been informed that this peanut butter love is a strictly Canadian thing; not one of my European friends have understood how great it is.
http://twitter.com/dahlbergd Daniel Dahlberg

I’ll play you guys! I love Starcraft, been playing since the first game and I just moved to Korea and managed to find a friend willing to give me his Korean ID so I could play on the Korean servers. IF you think North American servers are tough, Korean ones are 20 times harder.
jericho98

is that soju i see
Pumfkintz Smashing

i don’t like starcraft, even though i am korean.
http://profile.yahoo.com/P2VOP5KT635TBRCFJZTSNPCRZQ TyroneN

what do older koreans think about starcraft? my boss is probably 50 yrs old. how would he react if i ask him if he plays sc?