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Nal_rA is to teach StarCraft at a Korean college
A new course has open its doors at the College of Arts in Seoul. Nal_rA, previously a professional StarCraft player and MBC Game commentator, is to become the first esports teacher of this course.
By Elke 'Binteh' Mahy
Sep 10, 2009 01:28
A new course has open its doors at the College of Arts in Seoul. Nal_rA, previously a professional StarCraft player and MBC Game commentator, is to become the first esports teacher of this course.MBC Game is a South Korean subscription television station which broadcasts esports events of the following games all day long: StarCraft, Warcraft III, FIFA, Counter-Strike, Winning Eleven, Age of Empires III and Dead or Alive. It is popular in Asia for having broadcasters which have a high knowledge of one, or multiple, of the games and the general esport scene.
Kang Min, also known as Nal_rA, is one of those broadcasters for MBC Game. He used to be a professional Starcraft player himself until September 2008 when he quit his professional gaming life due to not being able to meet the expectations of the fans. He has since then, for approximately a year, been working for MBC Game which he now in turn, quits, to become one of the world's first "esports teacher[s]" in a Korean Institute.
The program at the College of Arts, Seoul, consists of teaching the students about esports, gaming, game scheduling and the marketing around it. It is said that Kang Min will also be giving away "tactical" lessons of Starcraft in order to better understand and work with the game.
His teaching career is due to start in 2010 according to fomos.kr. What the requirements are for the course is not yet known.
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Image courtesy of fomos.kr
Kang Min, also known as Nal_rA, is one of those broadcasters for MBC Game. He used to be a professional Starcraft player himself until September 2008 when he quit his professional gaming life due to not being able to meet the expectations of the fans. He has since then, for approximately a year, been working for MBC Game which he now in turn, quits, to become one of the world's first "esports teacher[s]" in a Korean Institute.
The program at the College of Arts, Seoul, consists of teaching the students about esports, gaming, game scheduling and the marketing around it. It is said that Kang Min will also be giving away "tactical" lessons of Starcraft in order to better understand and work with the game.
His teaching career is due to start in 2010 according to fomos.kr. What the requirements are for the course is not yet known.
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Image courtesy of fomos.kr
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2009-09-10 21:24:20
So u say is good to be a geek and have no life just gaming and gaming? Get a life idiot, look at those korean players, they really can't do anything else than playin their game... Those ching-changs should teach how to GET A NORMAL LIFE AND HAVE GOOD SEX, not HOW TO BECOME A BETTER GEEK.If u still think I'm wrong u should REALLY get some life...
element_ (my answer)
2009-09-10 23:14:44
Well if u ever went to korea, u would think otherwise,
gaming there is just like a normal job in europe or any other places.
Its like working at a grossery or somthing, some play football, some play starcraft, in Korea its just like that, plain and simple.
About the "Those ching-changs should teach how to GET A NORMAL LIFE AND HAVE GOOD SEX, not HOW TO BECOME A BETTER GEEK." , i can figure out a couple of answers for u to say that, but ur life is none of my bussines so...
Think before u say anything, if ur not sure about something, do some search about it and u will not have to look ignorant about i :)
gl with ur racism, its shows loads about ur simple minded way of thinking :)
XD
I guess hes main subject is esports rather than specific game...
That being said i am not sure if there is any purpose in taking this course unless you are very sure you want to be working in the Esports scene which gives one pretty limited job oppotunities imo even in Korea.
it wont be about specific game but the esport all about.. anyways amazing :D
some games are pure masterpiece like fifth semifinal game between bisu vs berserker