Giant Bomb in Korea: oGs/Team Liquid House Tour

@trilogy: lol nice

Just listened to the podcast about this event and had to find the vid. Good stuff Brad!

Had to come back randomly and watch this again after seeing it under "this day in gb history", only to discover my comment from 6 years ago being the most recent one!

Had to come back and watch this again after the Iceland video.

As far as I'm concerned this is still the greatest piece of content GB has ever produced. Hopefully the podcast partnership with 8-4 will give them some more contacts in the region and lead to more content like this. I know Korea is really far from Japan but it's closer than San Francisco. A man can dream cant he?!?

Now that Giant Bomb has bushels of cash, they should absolutely have Brad go out to some more eSports events to report on their continued growth. The first MLG tournament of the year is next week. ;)

Nice to get a peak behind the scene. Great feature.

Liquid HuK just won a tournament recently, right?

Awesome questions Brad. 

Really cool. More of this stuff to the rest of the world!!

real hardcore

Jinro into the Top 4!!!

 Yes, cramming that many people into the condo would make it a challenge to live there, but thankfully Korea has amenities that make it possible to have a social life in spite of not having much privacy at home. That's why PC Bangs (IGRs), DVD bangs (private DVD movie rooms), noraebangs (private Karaoke rooms) exist -- so you can go on a date w/o dealing with the people you live with (such as your parents). "

Excellent job on the video, very informative and revealing. I've been looking forward to seeing this since you discussed it on the podcast last week and it definitely didn't disappoint. 
 
I was actually surprised at how clean the house appeared, I hate to say it, but when I've heard of these types of houses in the past there has been a certain stigma attached to them. In my head I've always pictured them as being dirty and dingy and just having overall poor living conditions. 
 
It's nice that at least in this instance that stigma  has been proven incorrect.

Excellent video!  Best video tour I've seen of a progaming house!

Awesome video. I've always been curious about how Korean team houses worked.

HUK!

I wonder how much you make as pro gamers who's part of a team. Do you get a regular paycheck and a fat bonus if you win a tournament?

Great stuff Brad/Drew.  I'm guessing there were some uncomfortable moments so thanks for going through it to provide the look inside.  Their apartment didn't look too bad to me.

Another awesome video.  All this stuff is pretty eye-opening.

Great video! Looking forward to more of these, they are very interesting!
 
By the way... is rice all they eat? XD

It's makes me laugh watching this. 
Obviously the best strategy is to marque select everything and click on the enemy. 
It's not rocket science. I choose not to crush these professionals as I don't want to cost anyone their job. 

I like how he says "free time" as if playing video games is actually, you know...a job. 
 
Additionally I also love how he acts almost like they're actually athletes.

LiquidJinro has a kick ass accent.

Awesome thanks GB

That's pretty crazy. The place looks nice but I can't imagine not having any privacy at all.

Thats some intense stuff

This is fantastic coverage. I hope there's more of this stuff from Korea coming!

Another cool video from Korea.  Hopefully there are more.

Zenio turned into Jinro in the middle of this video.. I was like "WHOA!"

Got nothing on C&C Generals. 
...but I have no shoes!

i have a lot of respect for these guy's . they put in 12/13 hrs a day on 1 game and that is hard work !
i think it's great that they invite players from other country's to live in korea and get on a pro team.
what suprised me was that none of them had any personal shit in the rooms, apart from clothing .
that's a bit wierd ....

So awesome to see the oGs/TL house! Really glad you guys are doing these videos :) More SC2 please!

I can't help but notice that the vast majority of derogatory comments here could be applied to most American jobs. I completely understand where you guys are coming from, but realistically, *many* people have far more unpleasant and physically demanding jobs than playing StarCraft for a living. It's a really nasty job, to be sure, but it's most definitely not the worst. Besides, you can't knock these guys for deciding to exchange some personal luxuries for a life of fame.

" @Romination said:

" @Lucidlife said:

"  Frankly this is a documentary on what NOT to do with your life.  Every single one of those idiots are wasting their lives and Brad is on the edge of joining them.  This is not living.  It's dying.  Slowly.  How depressing.     "

Looks like someone doesn't understand other cultures. "

A hundred years ago people were saying the same thing about professional sports. "

That music sounds a tiny bit like the Turk's Theme 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSAjNWypykQ

Brad, you're a really good interviewer.

Jesus tap dancing christ, the APM in that room must be through the roof.

I guess I was believing the stereotypes but I expected these pro-gamers to be severally overweight and acne ridden. Looks like was completely wrong, they were all in good health and HuK especially was really attractive. Goes to show huh?

" This is a bit messed up.  It just doesnt seem 100% right, all this living, playing and working together. "

Man, I can't believe some of the comments hating on these guys.
 
Compare it to, say, a 12 hour shift admin job in America.  12 hours of tedious work plus travelling times to/from work every day, but people are happy with it because they get a solid wage.  There's no real highlight to the job, nobody but your boss sees your work, but hey, it pays bills and gets you a decent amount of savings, so as a job, it's fine!
 
In the job these guys have, they're doing the same 12 hour shifts, but they're playing sweet videogames all day, they don't have to worry about travelling times and costs, they're provided with a free home to stay at (even if they do chores, man, it's a free year-round hotel with high speed internet access and TV!), and every year they casually go out and get televised/internet broadcasted as near-celebrities for their tangible skill seen by millions. That's WAY better than that typical 12 hour admin job.