She knew about Boxer and she even went "Giyom" and blew my mind, she told me he has a show on tv ar something like that. Good times ^^
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St3MoR
Spain3256 Posts
She knew about Boxer and she even went "Giyom" and blew my mind, she told me he has a show on tv ar something like that. Good times ^^ | ||
UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
On September 03 2014 04:15 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I heard soccer came out 16 years ago and has to put up with that annoying "video games are a waste of time" stereotype from the older generations. But in all seriousness, I'm pretty sure Korean pro-gamers are treated like celebrities/ actors in Korea. No, there is at best a hand full of pro gamers who achieved notable celebrity status outside of the gaming world, while naturally there are much more actors that have equal or much greater celebrity status. It's just no comparison to the amount of celebrity actors and their fame. Yes, the most famous pro gamers are treated celebrity-like, but you really can not throw both things together as if they are the same. People just get the completely wrong image in their mind if you generalize and oversimplify it like that. For both BW and League there exists/existed a very romantic view of those games being accepted or ingrained in the culture in Korea. This interview of Chobra by Thorin gives some nice perspective in my opinion: | ||
vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On September 03 2014 01:36 Serejai wrote: So... you met a Korean and immediately asked if they know Starcraft? That's pretty racist. 1: Koreans are not a race. They are a nationality. 2: Racism is something like a value system that emphasizes a persons race to determine worth, or the belief that a person can be superior or inferior based on race. Assuming that a certain race (and koreans are not a race) plays StarCraft does not make one racist. 3. StarCraft is a bigger part of korean culture than it is of any other culture, including the one that the original poster is from - so he asked the korean about StarCraft. I met a german guy a few days ago, and I asked him if he was in to beer, because I've heard that beer is a big deal in Germany. And it was fine. There is nothing wrong with being curious about people from other cultures. If some one asks me if I am a socialist, since I am from Sweden, it won't offend me. It is only natural that he will ask, since Sweden has a socialistic culture. 4: There is never anything wrong with asking some one if he has a shared interest with you. And if he comes from a culture that is more likely to produce people with similar interests, then it makes sense to look in that area. | ||
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France15952 Posts
On September 03 2014 02:44 Capped wrote: I met a black guy today and i was like YO DAWG RAP IS DOPE. HAHA pretty good ;D Edit: But yeah OP, if you didn't know it, Starcraft is also relatively marginal over there ;D | ||
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United States3357 Posts
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United States421 Posts
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
On September 03 2014 03:08 herMan wrote: Wow I did not expect this to spawn racist comments off the bat. I did ask them first if they were from Korea and we chatted a bit about Korea overall. I definitely didn't just look at their faces and shout "HEY U KNOW SC2?" And to my knowledge, everyone at least knows Starcraft so why not ask him if he watches any games. Actually there has been a lot of Korean/Chinese foreign students at our school. I don't know why they picked Finland though. It just means you're a racist without knowing it ! Don't worry tho, by today "standards" basically every normal person is a racist anyway. | ||
Jerubaal
United States7676 Posts
On September 03 2014 02:48 Pandemona wrote: Why would i ask you about Messi, when Maradona and Di Stefano are bigger stars ? Messi is pretty unequivocally better than Maradona. | ||
docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On September 03 2014 10:16 Jerubaal wrote: Messi is pretty unequivocally better than Maradona. I was literally just in Argentina and I can back up that the popular sentiment is that Messi is the greatest player to ever touch the ball. | ||
BongChambers
Canada591 Posts
On September 03 2014 01:36 Serejai wrote: So... you met a Korean and immediately asked if they know Starcraft? That's pretty racist. this made me lol but legit man id be upset if i met a young SK adult and they didn't play/follow starcraft | ||
Kommatiazo
United States579 Posts
I had a physics professor in college who worked on the LHC Atlas Project and so I talked to him about that a lot and about Korean culture in general. But when he asked why I was so interested in Korean culture I told him the truth, that I was really interested in the architecture, the society, but that mostly I was reeally into Starcraft and had been since I was in elementary school. He laughed a good hearty laugh until he couldn't breathe anymore. Then he said: "Oh, I see." I never asked him why that was so funny, but he still invited me to talk about physics all the time so that's cool. lol | ||
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United States16368 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On September 03 2014 01:14 herMan wrote: Just thought I should share this. We have international students mixed with locals in one class and we had to discuss some questions together. I realized there was an american guy and girl sitting next to me and my pal and we teamed up. So there I was, staring a guy who looked a bit like Triple H and we completed the discussion early, leaving some awkward silence because we had to wait for the other groups to finish as well. To fill the void I started chatting about their foreign exchange and after a brief exchange I just blurted the following line to the guy: "I just _have_ to ask, do you follow any WWE?" I don't even remember what he said, something like "yeah I know what it is" and a smile. Then I gushed a bit by telling him Hulk Hogan would be returning to WWE, did he know about it. And he was just totally indifferent about the fact. I felt bummed. | ||
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New Zealand3089 Posts
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On September 03 2014 11:27 docvoc wrote: I was literally just in Argentina and I can back up that the popular sentiment is that Messi is the greatest player to ever touch the ball. I travel to Argentina twice a year and I literally had to google who that Messi guy is for my personal security | ||
KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
Never once has the thought crossed my mind that it was racist, I think it's pretty natural to try and go for the "most common denominator" to find something to talk about. I'm not the biggest football fan but I knew enough about all that to keep the conversation going and I made a couple of online friends that way. | ||
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