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It is common knowledge in the world of E-sports that the Chinese have succeeded in getting their games banned by the Commies, the Americans battle weekly with the Swedes for bragging rights, the Korean government has made Starcraft it's national sport, and the Brits have never won a CPL.

What exactly is going on then when all of a sudden Korea takes 2nd at CPL and WEG3 while China takes 1st at WEG3? And did anyone remember Kazakhstan getting 2nd while Malaysia got 5-8th at WCG?

Why now? Why did the Asian teams not make such a dramatic appearance earlier? How come after the Americans and Europeans finally settled down into their comfy chairs did the Asians put them back on their feet again?

In this article I will discuss some of the reasons how and why this invasion is taking place, as well as the commercial and sociological implications of the issue.
So, help me by helping yourself in removing yourself from the effects of ethnocentrism and adopt an acceptance of cultural relativity as we go on a long journey and indulge in new social integration.

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NICE TITLE LOL

go asians

This comment was edited at 02/04/2006 6:21 PM

nice read!

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go asians~ me and korea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osru4ojkSw8

Yess.. Finally an article on the latest Asian success.

too much starcraft not enough cs

I fart when I pee, how bout you?

"Brits never wont a CPL"

That made me smile. LOL

Oh, I didnt know the lady that owns wNv has got a telecommunication company

REAL MEN DO IT IN A JIFFY!

asians own too much :0

Thanks Michael for another job well done. I dont think you are over-generalizing the Chinese/Asian culture at all.

I'm from HK as well. Coming from an upper class family myself, I can safetly say that you have perfectly depicted my situation as it is.

GJ Mike, keep it coming.

Very nice article, nice work!

gj , i hope the next article will be on the upcoming irish clans.lol
nah im kidding.its true soon the top teams will be asian.

Fanboyism can cause severe blindness, irrational behavior, faulty language, and incoherent ideas

Yay for Asians ;o

#TFM

Brits never wont a CPL - best statement out of the whole article aha

nice read

As for the first page, good read. The rest of the article was pretty biased, if you ask me

Asians rock ;- )

carleton represent

eLement.cs forever

ASIAN INVASION FOR SURE!

good article, well written

Nice article. You read a lot into culture. Fits myself and all the asian people I know. Not just those who game.

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Really nice read, despite the opening comments -_-

#21 a fact is not a comment : p not winning a cpl doesnt mean they aren't good :D

lol poor brits.... that title is bad though... asian invasion lol, good read though

[b]oddstar[/b] buddy?

Wow didn't know WNV had that kind of financial backing. Good article, singapore, atleast when i lived there, had a huge cs scene, there are lan centers like every block there.

#Premier! Texas LAN team competing in CAL-Ripken

lol Asian Invasion... Great article, but a little dissapointing it felt like just an intro. Well I guess it is just an intro.

And people, he DID say he was making a lot of generalizations. How can you not when writing a piece like this? I think it was well written and am looking forward to the next one.

And korea... even though everyone has heard gaming is so popular over there, you won't truly understand it until you've experienced it yourself. They've got two network tv stations that broadcast gaming related progarms 24/7, ongamenet, and MBC game. Here's two matches of Lim Yo-Hwan (slayers boxer) that were aired on TV. You can see the subtle differences of how we watch our matches over here compared to them lol.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-..

http://youtube.com/w/StarCraft-korea2005-..

This comment was edited at 02/04/2006 7:31 PM

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. -Einstein

#japan

sick stuff :D

hi.

haha love the title :D

#webfuzion

Lunatic hai > all

#Vitriolic @ Qnet

good article, im waiting for the next analisys of asian scene, i think is very unknown for most people
for example i only know about wnv, abitstrike, project_kr, lunatic & teamart :(

www.arenazero.net Best spanish coverage website with news, forums, demos, articles...

I always thought canadian are going to invade. :o anyway good read.

#44

go asia!

Very interesting read ;)

I found a pic of some starcraf final, that's huge omg :|

http://teamliquid.net/staff/Carnac/2005go..

thats 1 long read,
im going to ihops to get some grits

I am really good, the server just dosnt register. Plus the other team got 2 hacking ringers

lol wow the first link the fans go crazy there are like over 1k people there

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

ooh nice find #33

year after year, the naysayers predict that starcraft will die in korea

its similiar to CS here in a way... its the game that has the most average players understanding and following it, the game with the most momentum behind it at the moment. its much more socially acceptable to play games in korea though. its not uncommon for businessmen to come home after work and play a few games, or housewives to play.

um...feel free to look at the community before writing articles like this...Xeqtr, Quach, Kim, and Method are all asian and have been around forever.

It doesn't matter if they live in asia or any other part of the world...they're still asian jesuit

This comment was edited at 02/04/2006 8:19 PM

Great article Micheal well done, it's very encouraging to see that the cultural aspects invloved in the growing participation from competitors from more and more countries of the globe can be discussed, understood and celebrated by this community.

Afterall China alone has 90 million internet users, combined with the rest of Asia the growing invlovement of Asian players in international tournaments is good news for all, as this sport continues to develop towards it's potential.

#39 yea asian as in the people still living in asia.

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good point... time to lobby congress to put a tariff on chinese automobiles so they dont overtake us in gaming !!

#25 is correct.. actually theres another channel only for WEG matches onstyle and forgot the name but channel 69 (hehe)

http://arnoldspage.weebly.com

Asians are overhyped. They will be no better than Europe or America at CS or any other game all 3 areas play competativly.

USA will always have top teams, Europe will always have top teams the only difference is Asia will likely have top teams also now. Will everyone please stop acting like they are going to sweep and dominate the game because they wont they are simply adding them selfs to a long list of contenders.

#44 the americans got ownd by luntaic hai at acon5, so the the famouse sk team, so stfu

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Very good read, but #44 is right. They won't sweep, but will sure the competition more variated

lol best title ever

"and the Brits have never won a CPL"

so have loads of countries...

Don't trust automatic doors

Shmonn is dumb

great read.

you forgot to mention that they play 23/24 hours per day tho, and they are much more mannered ppl then us/eu not alot clanjumping and backstabbing teammates, they are nicer to other players aswell as humble

NoA of champion. i say, noa good noa good. them of say not not, killer_dog_menor crazy.

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