South Koreans cash in on cyber gaming craze - 16 Dec 08

In South Korea, one third of the population is playing internet games.

For some, it is not only a hobby but a well-paid profession. Corporations sponsor teams and provide housing where players live and practice together.

Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports from a competition in Seoul, where thousands of fans cheer the contestants.

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• jazeera
• south
• korea
• cyber
• gaming
• internet
• games
• seoul

[tvbmovielover]

Oh It's fun, I used ot be addicted to it LOL

[harrythecrumb]

StarCraft is probably the hardest game ever made, and requires more strategy and precision than chess, go, etc.

"Internet gaming isn't as big as say football or baseball here" [wrong]

He's comparing apples and oranges.

4,500,000 out of 304,059,724 watch American football, less for baseball, and a lot less people actually play.

He says, "about 18 million South Koreans play internet games. That's 1/3 of the country" He fails to mention how many actually watch, in Korea and abroad. Rushed report

[Golden121GAZE]

The game didn't look very technologically advance but maybe its fun when you play? ii dunno.

1/3 of the country play online games. Thats CRAZY.

[andybear06]

lol crt monitors

[Ed411]

I thought games were supposed to be fun. this doesnt look very fun

[misterer]

south koreans are so fucking GRAPHIC WHORES ;)

[frozenmonkey86]

amen.

[BlueMan9112]

Da only thang FOB gooks are good at. LOL

[frozenmonkey86]

the only thing us gooks are good at...that and driving horribly.

[Icix1]

lol but that doesn't excuse sitting around like a fatass, which was what I was talking about. Everyone needs some exercise, regardless of how you get it. Grats on bad though.