Jet Set Zero // Season 3: Seoul

Starcraft – Interview with the world’s most famous pro-gamer by Brian

In honor of the recent release of Starcraft 2 which I may or may not have excitedly preordered months ago, we went into the archives and dug up some long lost (and awesome) footage from our season in Seoul and this interview with the world’s premiere pro-gamer.

In Korea Starcraft is like baseball in America. A huge audience , multiple professional leagues, and most everyone has or does play it. Its just part of the culture. We were lucky enough not only to see a couple professional matches while we were there but to interview the best eSports player of all time – Lim Yo-Hwan aka “SlayerS_`BoxeR`” aka “The Emperor”.

BoxeR as he is more commonly known makes over $300,000 USD a year to play and has endorsements that bring in around an additional $90,000 each year. That’s right. Almost a half million dollars a year to play video games. Oh, he also has a 500,00 person fan club, most of which is female.

Live eSports match. Feel the intensity.

In Korea there are actually two e-sports channels and at any time of the day you can flip on the TV and watch televised Starcraft matches complete with three different announcers providing commentary. It’s so popular that lots of bars will turn on all of the TVs to cover the big match of the week. Oh, and it doesn’t stop there.

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Korean Riot vs. Turkish Riot by Rob

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Seoul's Han River by Rob

Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our videographer, Kevin Land, we have a three-minute promotion for Seoul’s Han River. Check it out, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Tiny People by Brian

Our last souvenirs from Seoul.

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The Seoul 700 Yacht Club by Brian

We got taken out to the 700 Yacht Club (Seoul’s only yacht club) as part of a project we are doing with the Seoul Tourism Organization. The people there were great and not only took us sailing on the river all afternoon, they cooked us a lunch as well. Its a great place to go if you live in Seoul and are looking to do some sailing (membership required).

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SEOUL NIGHTLIFE: ABSOLUT at HIVE by Brian

Thanks to our friends Michael at the Seoul Tourism Office and Don from Urban Events we attended Absolut at Hive in Itaewon for a PR magazine event. All your favorites (Yuyu, Derek, and Bryan) were there and more importantly so was an open bar. A good time and numerous cocktails were had by all.