oh my god. :D

SS501

sucky sucky 5 dolla, and im assuming the 01 is for 'one time'

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So they have courage tourneys every month and idra hasn't gone through yet? :0

IdrA is a pro since ages. Ret didn't make it.

o i c. i'm surprised ret couldn't get through.

why are you suprised? dont know about sc but from what i read so far, he would have needed a miracle from the beginning

Well he is still a good player if you've seen his vods. The courage players are pretty good, but far from top of the heap. I think his problem had more to do with his inability to adjust to the Korean pro gamer life.

yeah that probably is part of the problem but far from all i guess. his struggling against zerg for example seems a real neck braker

He never player ZvsZ before Korea - he got a lot better in the few months but it was still his worst match up. And he had to play vs a Z almost every time in Courage. :P

It really sucked that he decided to go over there when Z was the FOTM.

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Ret tried to go to Korea and become a pro gamer by winning a Courage tournament playing as Zerg despite not being a ZvZ player before going. What's surprising about that?

That's so insulting to the Korean amateur players you'd consider he even had a chance with that delusional ill-thought out plan for making it.

my apologies to all the 15 year old Korean kids

Idra didn't win courage, he got invited by a pro team.

SDM says he begged for his card :)

Every pro had to win courage once. He was just invited to the team - but that doesn't mean a team can give out progaming licences - only KeSPA can.

KeSPA gives permission for teams to give a certain amount of licenses per year, IdrA was given a license by eSTRO and shortly after he was transfered to CJ Entus.

he begged sdm to give him one iirc.

Sad part is that he probably would have no chance to really get one, especially after his performance in TSL. Even Jaedong failed courage 8 times.

Jaedong made his proleague debut at age 16 so it's hardly a straight comparison.

I was just trying to give an example how even someone who was very talented would have an extremely difficult time passing it.

A bunch of pro gamers forming a boy/girl band would make a better reality show ...

They've already done stuff like that. =X

Which team?

Not any specific team, but they've done a lot of singing/dancing/dressup stuff with random progamers.

Its on the first episode of WCG Ultimate gamer XD

my name is kim sam soon > *

who did what now?

Korean boy band singer works to become a progamer. Hilarity ensues.

Haha actually pretty fun to watch, even though I don't know anything about SC

freakin awesome, cant wait for episode 3!

Awesome you need a license to play professionally. Korea is truly the capital of eSport.

That was actually pretty funny and awesome.. even tho i dont know shit about SC..

don't forget to post the next video pls :D

that was nice to watch.

HYU becomes a progamer.. n1

Haha, didn't watch the first episode, but the 2nd one was very entertaining ;>

This is surprisingly entertaining, nothing like those lame WCG reality shows.

I felt like such a nerd for watching these and getting all excited and shit. but I have no shame!

he's very like-able, and seems to be much less shy than what you normally see from the progamers.

seems to be much less shy than what you normally see from the progamers

it has something to do with him being a star, perhaps?

as opposed to jaedong, boxer, flash, savior, bisu or any of the other big names?

yes

a TV star, it's different; even if you are the best in sc, you can still lose easily if you get cocky, so being very respectful is rather common there

well, they're all tv-stars, but I get what you are saying.

still, I'd rather think that his personality is what made him a star and not the other way around.

and respect is such a big part of their culture from what I understand, and I think many become timid from it. just by judging from this show, and the other characters besides Hyungjoon, I'd still say he's a more outgoing and less timid than other Koreans might be.

I guess it depends what world you from inside Korea :p

I have to say I agree though. Most of the programmers seem quite shy and try to maintain a dignified appearance most of the time (well, when they're not dancing on stage or something, but even then... :p)

Look at the Korean CS teams though. Very loud and fairly standard to CS: "YEAH" "WOOOOO" "IN YOUR FACE!!!"

... Well, maybe not the last one. But still, they're loud :P

hyungjoon is a pop star, he is used to people and attention. the pro-gamers sit inside and play for 14hrs a day, so don't expect them to have any social prowess :E.

well yes obviously, and that's not really my point.

my point is his character, his personality, is much less shy than what you normally see from progamers. which of course can have something to do with him being a pop star, but I don't think you can attribute it all to that.

3rd ep. is going to be translated and subbed soon

I love this!!! I'm a new fan of ss501 too, can't resist the catchy half korean half english scentences. For anyone who is on the fence about watching it, as mentioned above its NOTHING like those shitty US reality shows. Also it gives a good insight on how it really is to be a pro gamer in Korea. These guys are practicing in their office up to 16 hrs a day and they're frightened of their coach. It's totally outta control :D

edit: can't wait for the next ep!! I'm totally cheering for Hyung Joon, he seems sooo determined!

haha yeah determined but he's such a weird guy. loving it though, totally entertaining :)

His personality really blew me away. In the beginning i thought he was a bit of an ass, just "doing it for the show" or something, but 10 mins in you saw how serious and humbled by the gamers he was. Imagine if they tried something like this in the states with the jonas brothers (thats a famous boy band right?) or something, it would be awful!

haha, yeah even with his own incredible star-status he still looks at jaedong like he's a god, quite amusing!

hope we get to see more from the coach though, he's such a badass!

I've heard that there are 10 episodes planned, but I don't think that's enough time for him to make it to pro status. I'm really hoping he sticks with it, even after the show stops, or that the show continues on.

Yeah I really hope so too.. I was surprised though that they thought it would take "only" 4 months for him to get pro. But I saw some fan pics and clips from an upcoming match that he plays in the 5th episode so lets hope we get all 10 :D

Don't spoil it for yourself! l10f said that he should have the subs up for EP3 by the end of the day today (EST). =P

yeah it was a total accident. i was just researching this dude to see how famous he really was... and wow hes famous =)

Awesome news :D I'm just greatful they're subbing it at all, even if i have to wait 1 month for the next ep :P

I was surprised though that they thought it would take "only" 4 months for him to get pro

He could practice from now until the end of eternity 14 hours a day with Jaedong as his Zerg coach, Flash as his Terran coach and Bisu/Stork as his Protoss coach and he not only wouldn't become a pro but he wouldn't get close.

They just said that for the show to add some drama that it was even possible. What they really meant was someone with the required talent to do it COULD best case scenario become pro in that amount of time if trained by other pro gamers.

In fairness, I think the talent for SC mainly comes from the imagination to reinvent what you do (builds etc) and the ability to think ahead and second guess your opponent, but that could come with experience. The whole mechanical element and whatever else is just muscle memory

It's just a case of how fast you can intake all that information, how fast you can learn and remember it (and then subsequently, create new information).

I'd say that Hyung Joon in this case just isn't as good at learning and memorizing the stuff Shark's showing him (or even just realizing/thinking up stuff himself) which is basically the talent element. Someone else might be better which is why I'd agree with the show, that someone with the talent and dedication to learn from the pros, could become a pro quite quickly themselves

Given alot (read: ALOT!) more time he would be better. It's just that in that time, the opposition would have done more and the bar just keeps getting higher. Which is why given all the time in the world, he probably never would be as good as the pros, simply because they would have all the time in the world as well. He would just constantly be catching up because he's a slower learner :P

talent...really? what kind of 'talent' do you need to be good at sc and where does this 'talent' come from? :d

Pretty obvious you'll never know.

obviously, since you are unable to tell me and i have no idea what you are on about.

It's just for publicity. He doesn't even take it serious as you can see from the episodes. :)

so awesome.

dird would hit it

pro !

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soo nice, watching<3!

he's going from being a nationally recognized pop star...to spending 12-14 hours a day grinding away in front of a PC against players who have years of pro experience on him? Pro teams give their players hardly any free time, it's like a slave camp. But he'll probably get a bigger salary regardless of how well he does.

The thing is though, is he actually spending 12 hours a day practicing? It might just be editing, but it seems from watching all the episodes that he messes around and does the occasional practice. Of course, it would be silly to put 12 hours of practice into an episode, but... well yeah :p

E03: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VavXR8IEEUQ

thanks for the link, i modified vedics post and put it in

yay, thanks for the link, was waiting for ep3 but didnt check myself :)

I would kill for the keyboard in EP3 so much.

ok this is turning into an really ugly addiction

I WANT EP4

New episodes every week!

just skimmed through the third episode, but awesome how the commentators don't take themselves seriously and are all like "ok lets practice the GG shouting "

Episode 4 added!

8 days later, im expecting a 5 soon! :D

They come out by the end of Saturday (EST) most times, but he said he had other stuff to do, and it probably will be a few days late. =(

ah, thanks for the update though!

so what is this courage then? is it like a rite of passage into the pr0 leagues?

u get a pro gamers license

I would like to say that this is a guilty pleasure but I'd be lying.


I'm not guilty in the slightest

Episode 6 finally added. =P

Thanks for the updates!

great show :D

6th episode 2nd game...his unit control at the attack with his hydras was so bad...jeeez...

both games were pretty bad =X

3cm drop? wtf

That's weird, I had the urge to watch a new episode this morning so searched for it but it wasn't up. Must have literally put it up hours after I looked :D

Funny shit though, especially the yoga faces/sounds/FIRE

^he is still so bad, dont think he can win more than 1 game at courage if he continues like this. i wonder if he actually trains much

He keeps saying that he practices a ton, but in this episode, he said that he hadn't played a protoss yet. After seeing how he played against that guy, I don't think he's practicing at all.

yeah, thats what meant

yup and he did some really weird choices. didn't try a single straight-up match, depending on all-in strategies everytime isn't that great

Totally love this show and found myself checking the TL thread every day since I first heard about it. :(

flounder dancing LMAO!!

Just showed the first ep to a friend of mine. He said:
<nBk>: oh ne man, das kann ich mir nicht ne stunde lang anschaun
<nBk>: der typ is voll die weinerliche schwuchtel!

[TL Subs] Nal_rA's Oldboy Series

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=116942

also good

I'd make another thread but I'm afraid I'd be late to update it. Anyone else? Vedic, edit this thread, perhaps?

This thread is for hyung joon.

OK, then I'll create one for Nal_rA's Oldboy Series

thx for posting these

moar to come, when? ;(

He said he's almost done with episode 9.

i dont even play SC, but this is amazing to see the culture. looking forward to episode 2 now

you mean episode 9, or maybe season 2? There won't be another season, sadly. =X

nono, i have just watched the first episode and loved it.

Ep. 9 torrent

Edit: apparently the torrent isn't useful, so here's the Megaupload

you sir, are a blessing

THX !!! :D Been waiting for this

10th Ep incoming!

at last! Although watching nal_ra has made me realise how shit this is... maybe this ep there will be more sc than dancing...

so, is he a pro-gamer now?

He has a license, but he hasn't been accepted to a team. Haven't heard any news since it happened. =/

Must be a bitch that he's been practising Brood war when everyone is switching to SCII.

New season coming soon.

really? with hyung joon? thats awesome!

really? with hyung joon?

awesome it is

nice!

Cool. I hope it's better than the first.

The first season was kinda enjoyable, but some scenes were just too long and sometimes it was just way too scripted to be funny. Was a good show, nevertheless.

The scripted parts were the best bits, i mean who wouldn't want free skincare.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3F3POKIN

Season 2 EP1 (English subs). I'll update OP and edit the text a bit when they put it on youtube, but I figured that I'd put this up for people who don't want to wait. =P

lyl (:

Thanks for this just got around to watching it.
Definitely going to have to buy some stuffed toys to pin to my shoulder for no apparent reason now.

They sure do have similar hair

Thanks. Took forever for them to finally upload it. -_-

Yeah, I basically never wait for the youtube because of this.

I woud rather see the 2nd episode of "under Boxers Wings" :(. Far better show.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K9BZFV4Q ep2 direct, youtube later