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WCG 09 - All The Best Have Come

Emlary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:59:44 +0900

Serious Business According to WCG Inc. CEO Kim Hyoung-seok, more than 80,000 spectators bought tickets to watch the grand final from Novmeber 11 to 15, which made Chengdu WCG is the biggest grand final in WCG 10-year history. Jaedong said in a WCG interview "I was entering the stadium and they (Chinese fans) swarmed on me like Zerglings." Also according to Jaedong after beating Sto...

Taek-Bang & I @ WCG

Emlary — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:14:11 +0900

The last was the best. Took it at the hotel lobby right before Korean team were leaving to the airport tonight. (I forgot to let them hold my Taek-Bang Dragon Age banner t.t) Unable to get Jaedong in this as well because he's not with Taek-Bang. Coach Cho never leaves him alone. I will write more and edit more photos tomorrow. Exhausted now.

WCG 09 - Day 1

Emlary — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:17:23 +0900

Despite both Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong and Song "Stork" Byung-goo were not very happy with taking tournaments in China, it looked they had fun to see pandas in Chengdu in the opening day of WCG 2009. For the first time WCG grand final comes to China, today is a typical foggy day in Chengdu. Artosis asked me if it's the pollution or the mist, I said the later. The humid we...

WCG 09 - Day 0

Emlary — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:01:44 +0900

I went to the WCG venue this evening. (Luckly it's close to my office.) Almost everything is ready. Some sponsors are setting up booths at the exhibition area. Took some photos for the WCG hype (not really I know -_-) One last thing, my cheerful banner. You can recognize me by it ;)

[Spoiler]A Good Start

Emlary — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:12:40 +0900

Warning: there are SPOILERS from PL and MST games today. It's a working day for me. I didn't watch the live broadcasting, just updated TLPD regularly. My boy got his 90th PL victory, good. Someone lost his first game after the transfer, don't care. A long TvT, not interested. New maps are IMBA for Protoss again (?), shut up and do your job. I didn't realize it's a good start of the ...

Kennigit

Emlary — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:53:21 +0900

I was reading some Chinese finanical newspaper this morning and suddenly I saw Teamliquid! It's a report about BlizzCon (thanks to the tremendous success of WoW, Chinese business media love Blizzard lol) on 21st Century Business Herald, a pretty good local news agent. Well, they make stupid mistake sometimes =[ Quick translation: James Lampkin, from Canada, was excited about his first Bli...

Blu-ray Player or PS3 Slim?

Emlary — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:03:47 +0900

Sony China started to sell a new Blu-ray player model BDP-S360 yesterday when PS3 Slim officially announced in Cologne. BDP-S360 sells for RMB2,990 (approximately $440), compared to game-compatible-$299 PS3 Slim, WTF? Sony is trying to fool as many Chinese consumers as it can because it's not legitimate to sell game consoles (except few NDS) in China. BD-FAIL

WoW Harmony

Emlary — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:27:31 +0900

WoW was re-launched in China today (transition between different local publishers). And what's going on.... Before Now

Fomos Best Games of June

Emlary — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:37:12 +0900

Just a reference for those that are not following recent proscene but want to check out recent awesome games during weekend. Fomos Monthly Top 3 Games Vote (results so far) 1. [tlpd#players#424#T]Flash[/tlpd] vs [tlpd#players#43#T]firebathero[/tlpd] (June 30, SPL) 1,431 votes 43.7% Rating by netizens 9.8 Rating by reporters 10 http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/14286_firebathero_vs...

Nada & Baseball

Emlary — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:00:20 +0900

Don't feel well after reading the "Nada's done?" thread. Found out some photos of Nada attending a baseball game yesterday. This man, who is actually half a year older than me, looks younger and more energetic than most guys in my age.

Bisu wants new mouse

Emlary — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:34:25 +0900

Bisu is asking the most annoying fanbase around the e-sports world for a new Logitech mini optical soccer mouse. As return, he would like to give a SKT1 shirt and a thank-you letter with his autograph to whoever donates the mouse. Contact: djbox@sktelecom.com What is Logitech mini optical soccer mouse? Source

WCG Final Date

Emlary — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:51:31 +0900

WCG 2009 Grand Final will be held from Nov 11 to 15 in Chengdu, China. http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C09041310000 http://www.wcg.com/6th/2009/overview/general.asp Will definitely follow WCG this year because it takes place in the city I live in right now :D Chengdu = the city of pandas the city of spicy food the city of Bian Lian the city that is only 150...

[spoiler]Dreamer

Emlary — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:55:42 +0900

Sometimes it just doesn't go as planned .... I can't believe that you were falling out of OSL And everybody used to be so envious of you -Apple and Cinnamon by Utada Hikaru I got the Korea visa yesterday from a travel agency. I told the staff there I would come back the next day to get the airtickets to Seoul which I booked few days ago. I also called a local banner/flag-making shop th...

Good team player

Emlary — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:12:32 +0900

Shinhan Bank ProLeague Individual Rank 2009/02/28 1. Flash 34/10 77% 2. Jaedong 34/14 71% 3. Bisu 30/8 79% 4. Leta 27/12 69% 5. Best 24/13 65% 6. Jangbi 23/9 72% 7. Free 22/13 63% 7. Calm 22/13 63% 9. Hyvva 22/17 56% 10. Mind 21/14 60% http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=93311&db=news&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd= Within a week, Bisu won...

[MANY PHOTOS]Paris

Emlary — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:36:21 +0900

Tired after dealing nearly 2K photos and watching Bisu's in WL. Less words, let photos speak themselves. I stayed in Paris for 24 days in January, which was the first and best thing happened to me in my bull year 2009. I wish I could go there again, but in the summer! Special thanks to Taiche and Yejin for your help and advices :) PHOTOBUCKET was dead. Here are photos on Picasa: ...

SC2 China Publisher and.....pig farms

Emlary — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:30:10 +0900

Read the news article HERE (Google Translation) Basically the story is NetEase, the 2nd largest gaming company in China, also the future publisher of StarCraft 2 in China, is going to open pig farms as well as a website that can provide the online broadcasting of how they feed up pigs. Do not laugh at the poor guy. I mean, seriously this could be more promising than gaming in China, as a ...

Pre-Bisu/July

Emlary — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:30:51 +0900

Interesting facts I find out when searching on TLPD: 1. Bisu never played against July in any MSL related game or PL. All 5 games between the two were OSL games, only 5! 2. Bisu and July have been in a same group of OSL for 3 times. 3. Bisu lost to July in the first group game and won the tiebreaker against July. Bisu made Ro8 and July dropped out, twice. [edit: Just recalled the Bacchus O...

One Day Trip - OSL

Emlary — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:32:36 +0900

I was soooo pissed off. Everytime I fell for him, he just....lost. Hot_Bid, it's your fault. IT'S YOUR FAULT! >_< You wrote those fantastic battle reports/TLFEs which made me love him more. Whatever, I'm gonna see how it happens when vods are up.

F Fun Group

Emlary — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:47:33 +0900

1. I don't argue with any Flash or Jaedong or Savior fanboy. 2. Compared to once an OSL group of 3 former champions (Oov, July and Nada), a Jaedong/Flash/FBH/Hwasin group is not really a big deal. Don't forget neither FBH nor Hwasin has been in a major final. 3. Once an OSL group selection, everyone got excited because a new season would start with the previous OSL champion (Nal_rA) versu...

Meeting Waxangel

Emlary — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:27:14 +0900

It's a bit odd that we met in Paris eventually. We've known each other for 7 years (back when TL.net started) but never met before in person. Waxy is adorable. It's nice to see and talk to him in person, though most we talk about is oldschool memories. How do old progamers do recently? Is Boxer going to kick everyone's ass again? Sorta things. We had lunch in Montmartre, which the chef w...