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Harvard girl goes eSports
Chung "Peanut" Jeeyoung may be close to finishing her degree at Harvard but her heart lies somewhere else, in her new found love, eSports.
By Lawrence Benedict 'Malystryx' Phillips
Sep 16, 2008 23:01
Chung "Peanut" Jeeyoung may be close to finishing her degree at Harvard but her heart lies somewhere else, in her new found love, eSports.Peanut is making her way to the top of the Starcraft food chain at an alarming rate and with Starcraft2 just around the corner she could be a star of tomorrow.
Now working on eSportsTV, GravitasGaming, the non-profit community fansite SC2GG and StarCraft-ESP, she has her fingers in many eSports pies.
A Korean-American with a language certificate in Mandarin Chinese, she has the make-up of a star but what made her turn to eSports?
How did you get into eSports?
At the Proleague Finals I met Artosis, PuertoRican, Nevergg, and their boss Daniel Lee (former head coach of the eSTRO team), as well as several of the managing heads of the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) and Coach January (head coach of Samsung KHAN).
They were all extremely welcoming to me and shared my enthusiasm and passion for professional StarCraft, and I decided there to pursue a real career in the field of eSports, be it in commentary or behind the scenes in other aspects.
The interview was conducted by SK Gaming comment wolf Cameron "fams" Carson and can be read in full here.
Now working on eSportsTV, GravitasGaming, the non-profit community fansite SC2GG and StarCraft-ESP, she has her fingers in many eSports pies.
A Korean-American with a language certificate in Mandarin Chinese, she has the make-up of a star but what made her turn to eSports?
How did you get into eSports?
"I also began to attend professional StarCraft games in Seoul and throughly enjoyed them as well as the opportunity to get to know the pro gamers after each match."
Peanut: "[...]I also began to attend professional StarCraft games in Seoul and throughly enjoyed them as well as the opportunity to get to know the pro gamers after each match, and so I decided to attend the Proleague Finals in Busan at the beginning of August. At the Proleague Finals I met Artosis, PuertoRican, Nevergg, and their boss Daniel Lee (former head coach of the eSTRO team), as well as several of the managing heads of the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) and Coach January (head coach of Samsung KHAN).
They were all extremely welcoming to me and shared my enthusiasm and passion for professional StarCraft, and I decided there to pursue a real career in the field of eSports, be it in commentary or behind the scenes in other aspects.
The interview was conducted by SK Gaming comment wolf Cameron "fams" Carson and can be read in full here.
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then i read that shes fluent in mandarin & spanish but not korean? wtf `-`
although theres english subtitles (Y)
interesting read, gj fams
I have to agree on this one !
It was a good twist for an interview; most people have to endure a boring interview with the same pros, on the same topics, after the same events, by the same people.
Enjoy this, its a different person, different questions (somewhat the same of course) and very unique answers on something that..once again to stress the pint; is totally new.
GJ anyways -.-