StarCraft: World Cyber Games 2005 (National Geographic documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- The World Cyber Games 2005 was hosted in the repressive state of Singapore, at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 November to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The grand prize for the game is US$435,000.
This documentary focuses much on XellOs.
Name: XellOs - 서지훈 Seo Ji Hoon
Main Race: (T)Terran
Team: CJ Entus, Air Force ACE (current)
Birth Date: 1985-02-09
AKAs: XellOs[yG]
Nickname(s): The Perfect Terran, DDR Terran ("Masturbate" Terran)
Trivia: XellOs was also known as the "DDR Terran". When GO was visited, written on a whiteboard was the comment "If XellOs refrains from DDR, he wins OSL." While foreigners may interpret the acronym DDR as the famous game Dance Dance Revolution, Koreans also use DDR when referring to masturbation or "Ddal Ddal Re." When GoRush commented that the progamer he respects the most is XellOs due to his "night work," XellOs was sealed as the DDR Terran.
Accomplishments:
1st 2005 WCG Progamer Seed Selection
3rd 2005 EVER OnGameNet StarLeague
3rd 2004-2005 You Are the Golf King MBCGame StarLeague
1st 2004 WCG 2004
3rd 2004 WCG Korea Team Selection
1st 2003 3rd OnGameNet Challenge League
1st 2003 CJ G.O. Broadcasting All-Star Match
1st 2003 Olympus OnGameNet Starleague
1st 2002 2nd OnGameNet Challenge League
1st 2002 1st PgR21.com Tournament
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The vibe of years 2003-2006 was the best
For real
Yesss!
After all these years and revisiting this video, the best part is still 18:14 when he hits the car.
Hes just like ali a
this documentary was the first real esports documentary 15 years later esports is a billion dollar industry
"Only if you get past the best of the best. The Koreans." LMAO
i've watche this like 4 times already, can keep watching over and over....
everything about this documentary is amazing, even the soundtrack is perfect
Very interesting documentary! Really enjoyed it. It's especially intriguing to see how fast Xellos moves in comparison to average players. Really unique talent.
400k in 2005, and in 2014 The International 4, price pool was ower 10 million! and for winning the whole dota 2 tournament, you get 5,028,121 USD! just amazing hove far we have gotten!
ye too bad professional gaming is still far from being a real profession.
Plusy professional comp is always far from being a real profession, most people never get good enough to compete. But the VERY few that do get very rich.
@@Plusimurfriend Now it is. And streamers are making insane money too. I remember back in 2014 (when you comment) streamers were lucky to replace their real job, now they are making 7-8 figures.
It is amazing to see what gaming is today compared to back then and how much money gamers make today.
Respect to these people, for I wouldnt be willing to make the sacrifices that they made even though I do enjoy playing games. For me they are a hobby which I enjoy for fun. If I had to deal with pressure and stress that comes with it it would lose its charms for me.
Meanwhile, North korea just released a driving simulator that resembles an atari game..
The entire idea of a documentary is to be as accessible to the audience as possible, in this regard EVERYTHING that is approached, whether it is APM, Salary, Teams, etc, must be approached as though the audience has no idea what it is, otherwise people that aren't already interested in e-sports will be confused and instantly turn off the program.
This documentary isn't for people that already know a lot about e-sports, but for people that are looking to learn more, that's a good thing!
damn I'm old. I still remember Boxer was THE best. I think the last that I seriously played was when Nazgul made his first appearance in the Korean pro scene.
Absolutely amazing documentary, the visuals and the sound track are great 👍
Looking at this in 2021, brings back a lot of nostalgic feelings, even though I was a baby at that time. The feelings of 2000s... They were the best. I wish I could feel it once again as an adult. Ji-Hoon Seo(XellOs) is one of my all-time favorite SC1 progamers along with Seong-Eun Lee(firebathero). Recently I've gotten into the world of SC1, I found this documentary... And it's really nice to watch this, seeing him here was quite unexpected. Happy to see GO(CJ), which is also my favorite team... except for sAviOr.
Early gen progamers used to be paid small or none while they were still new. They would be paid properly, have a nice facility when they have a spaonsor. GO wasn't sponsored until it became CJ- so the players had to cope with poorer conditions. As these early progamers shaved the way of E-Sports of Korea, later gamers can now play in a much better environment, with higher pays and general respect. Salute to all those SC1 progamers, specially the ones in early and mid 2000s.
In Korea, there used to be a rumor that the National Geographic mainly focused on XellOs because he was well-looking. I agree to that idea, but who konws? x)
I'd love how National geographic demonstrates the game matches. They should create their own game channel lol.
taken from 41:38
"the russian builds a massive airforce and storms in with a gazillion fighter planes"
THAT'S SOME TOP NOTCH COMMENTARY
@glitcher999 They sign long term contracts, with pro teams, with guaranteed yearly salaries (sometimes over $100.000). They actually spend most of their time playing in team vs. team games, not in individual tournaments.
The individual tournaments and the prizes from them are just a bonus, not their main income.
Xellos , omg, they showing Old Starcraft. Thats like 12 - 13 years ago.
Everyone always talked about Slayers Boxer, I've never heard of Xellos b4.
i cant remember for sure but if u watched day9s daily 100 i think he talks about xellos he was very good but i think more known in the wcg world
i knew about xellos 14 years ago and i dind't even know that starcraft had such a big professional scene
Xellos ez win SlayerBoxer
one does not play vs Korea.. only Korea plays vs Korea
This is the future!
Fast forward to today, WCS2 Europe, Starcraft 2, everyone except 4 koreans eliminated, and StarDust is the winner in the finals. wcs.battle.net/sc2/en What an incredible flashback!
And today the year 2018!
>Serral wins WCS Global Finals as the first foreigner ever in StarCraft History!
E-sports grew so much since then. Last WCS was 100k dollars for a winner, and that wasn't that big tournament. And it can only get bigger. I wish natgeo would do another documentary and take a look for modern comunity.
it was a big tournament
I love the beginning... "and he jsut turned 20."
Yay! SC I/ BW is such a classic
"They are handsome, and very cute and so beautiful". I think I may have an idea as to what motivate this fan :D
Amazing. Been to WCG 2006 in Italy, 2008 in Germany, 2009 in China and I will be at the WCG 2010 in L.A in about two weeks. Awsome to see mainstream cover eSport!
Nice, i hope you will enjoy the WGC 2010 in L.A
@@budgetking2591lol
Wow... imagine a world where playing games is not something you do for leisure but out of survival. This kids really had to be great.
Who is to define what "living a life" is? I'd suppose that is relative to what fulfills your personal needs for happiness. These guys seem pretty happy to me.
i wanna know what happened to those carriers behind the supply line.
VERY good noob analysis at the end! (23:00+) This is how people who don't game could get a slight tip of an idea of what Starcraft is about, and how GENIOUS those pro players are!!
@diekontrolleure
Actually, he just finished military service and is now back on the scene.
love these fans how they're so dedicated ;)
"A gazillion fighter planes" still the best line of this whole documentary lol
Don't know why, but I've watched this documentary like 6 times. Usually while awake with insomnia and playing some game.
"Killer of Koreans", that is the best line eva!!
@Mauz1 I never mentioned anything about APM between the two. I merely corrected someone who said White Ra is 27.
35:55 tasteless "the commentator" of following game :D and part of the casting archon.. 1. time appearance in video xD
omg XellOs is such a badass Terran Player right up there with FlaSh and NaDa
holy shit the pantech training house actually looks really really good...
damn i wouldnt mind slaving on a game in that type of place lol
60% is a very good win-rate in Brood War, actually.
2018 still here
Андройд в 2005 на ВЦГ показал какой-то космический уровень. Я все еще не понимаю, как ему удалось подготовиться к этому турниру на таком уровне. Легенда!
33:35 young Savior.
ah, so innocent back then... who knew he would go on such a legendary run, and then fall to match fixing?
back in the day when Monitors were huge boxes compared to today's monitors
+Engineer Diep Least they'd less irritating to carry, no?
+Lester Ramos they're heavy as fuck
Least they last forever, no?
Still insane to me how we got this doc of the Koreans and the doc of the Americans (Artosis, Day9, Tasteless, etc.) at the same year. So cool to compare them.
It is funny that Broodwar players were considered old and ready to retire at 21 and 22 years old back then and now you have pros in South Korea a decade older.
Zest just won Super tournament for SC2 and he is 29.
@MajinVegeto89 I KNEW that was Tasteless! Glad I'm not the only one to spot him. Was kinda hoping to see Day[9] though :)
He got destroyed by xellos, he's done a daily on those games. He did however win the regionals for NA i believe and went to the grand finals - where he lost to xellos.
i love artosis casting at the end. "KOREA WINS. KOREA WINS STARCRAFT".
the CJ Entus practice house is every Starcraft nerds dream :D
while playing dota i hit like 150 times the keybourd but in a hour :)
Masterbate is in the tabs because XellOs is known as the DDR terran -- DDR in korean basically means masterbate (not to be confused with dance dance revolution).
Yea bro what better fulfillment in life must it be to do what you love to do and what your really good at and make a ton of money in the process, not everyone is that lucky this guys are geniuses to be the best at what they do !!! you have no idea of what it is to game :)
This was before flash and after Boxer and NaDa were dominating.
Korea still dominates SC2.. crazy how different, yet similar, this is compared to 2012.
Its kinda horrible to think past 25 you wont be able to compete :(
24:34 GG - The universal sign of surrender LOL MY SIDES
"The universal sign of surrender in the gaming universe" context
it's not wrong?
LMAO I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN I WATCHED IT XDDDDDD
21:32
Wrong timecode
Nijisanji
34:54 Croatia! Woo-hoo! My country... I didn't know we had pro gamers in our country, I'll have to check that out, but I'm proud we had gamers representing our country. They don't get much publicity here (maybe in computer magazines).
After this documentary it was downfall of XellOS, he never reached those heights again. I wonder if those brain X-Ray tests affected his brain cells which affected his gameplay.
@ThisNameIsBanned I think you're missing my point that APM isn't based on reflexes. I wasn't even commenting on whether or not APM is important to the game. SC just isn't reflex based. Speed is not the same thing as reaction time.
@DaFizz22
Henry Sokolski, head of the Non-proliferation Policy Education Centre in Washington, who stated, “LWRs could be used to produce dozens of bombs’ worth of weapons-grade plutonium in both North Korea and Iran. This is true of all LWRs."
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@cebuanoguy
thats because PC is respected a lot more in the pro gaming community.
It takes a lot more skill to master a PC game due to the huge amount of buttons and twitch reactions needed for it
@DonMega187 Lol, they're not just spamming commands, look at their replays, they can command multiple units to do their specific tasks in just a fraction of a second. They lose only in positioning, harrassments and mineral/vespene deficit. If you look at their replays, in a clash, can you see units stuck up on traffic congestion? NO! In early minutes, let's say up to 5 minutes. If you have that 300+ apm and you use it accordingly, you can be ahead of your enemy having only less than 300 apm.
@QuickfleX1990 XellOs earned his moniker of the "DDR Terran" from an Ongamenet program that visited the training houses of the progamming teams. When GO was visited, written on a whiteboard was the comment "If XellOs refrains from DDR, he wins OSL." While foreigners may interpret the acronym DDR as the famous game Dance Dance Revolution, Koreans also use DDR when referring to masturbation or "Ddal Ddal Re."
@miikhailov the translator was trying to copy the way Xello told the story. You don't watch carefully enough.
Who did the medical
studies of this player?
Very good documentary. Ten times better than CNN's
4:08
Did she just say Zerg is weak!?!?!?
Jae Dong should slap her mouth for sayjng that.
Jae Dong should slap her mouth for sayjng that.
Jae Dong should slap her mouth for sayjng that.
@iThaosTM They're not ashamed. Lots of them are skipping school and don't want to be broadcast on TV.
I like the clear bias with the statement "A parent's worst nightmare"
What happens? Either go back to school while using your earnings to live off of and help pay for school or you get a jobs in e-sports, coaching or managing a team, organizing major tournaments etc.
As far as becoming a pro goes, most people drop everything (school, work, etc.) for a couple months and practice and play in tournament and try to get noticed and invited to teams. Very few people just perminatly quit everything with absolutely no fall back
is the male translator / english voice in this video from the age of empires II campaign? sounds exactly like him..
Does anyone here even play Starcraft II? Just wondering, it would be really nice to have some experienced esports people here.
86hours nonstop gaming in an internet caffé? Sorry for the stupid question, but doesn't the shops, need to close down sometimes?:)
gibts die doku auch in deutsch? oder zumindest deutschen untertitel?
Your friend would be told not to see you anymore even though he might want to. It is called coercion and it is done without thinking about what the person wants. What your friend wants would not matter to the group, your friend would obey them but only because of fear of being sacked. It is a system of control to satisfy the ends of the team leaders, your friend might be happy with the overall situation since there are little options in Korea but all I`m saying is that it could be much better.
Artist: Enigma, Song: Gravity of Love
Good documentary :) Seems like a nice guy!
Omg I never knew people actually competed like this :) & Starcraft is really fun -3
i want to know what brand/model is androide's keyboard
Grrrr Guilliame you have to come back for SC2!! If White-Ra is not too old, neither are you!
@cragfrag That is true. Since keyboard and mouse is like the grand father, pc games get praised, hence the fact that older joysticks were not online. Likewise, the world of games will soon evolve to joystick, soon voice command thanks to Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Endwar. It will take a long time though, right now everyone is focusing to better the internal stuff, but not the external inputs like joysticks, mouse and keyboards.
41:40
"A GAZILLION FIGHTER PLANES"
notice how starcraft players only uses terran exept for that last battle
I like how saviOr is sitting looking like a chump at 33:42. Little did we knowwww
@DeMitrix9435 No, he's pretty young. Nestea is 30 and White-Ra is 31.
I just want to pointed out, even the best pros carreer span average 5-8 years. After that what happens? Especially in XellOs' case where he started pro-gaming so young, and he skipped education. You imagine finding a job would be so hard, and really low payed. What if he didn't become that successful in e-sports? The possibilities becoming a pro are ridiculously low. So yea every parent's worst nightmare is to have a kid broke, without futurenor hope for any successful life.
its more like protoss are strong but expensive. 1 zealot cost 100 M and for the zerglings its 2 for 50 M. but the main use for the zealot once a toss get higher tech is to absorb damage to protect the even more expensive hight tech units. the zergling are of course also use like that but less efficiently it's more of an offensive unit, thats why they have the ultralisk C (cost 100 M 100 G but it get 100 HP vs zerglings 35 and a better armour.)
@Coldjinseng He won the USA qualifiers. He lost to xellos is the round of 16
@mzrealm you're not alone. This documentary killed all my dreams of ever being a pro gamer :(
@fujitsi I think it has something to do with hight speed Internet becoming widespread about the same moment the game was released. Starcraft quickly became very popular because nothing better was available at the time and never really lost it popularity because Starcraft progamming is way to awesome and to lively to act like a fade. something like that.
thanks for speaking for everybody
StarCraft can make you a living!
@DaFizz22
The U.S. State Department claimed that the light water reactors could not be used to produce bomb grade material and yet in 2002 urged Russia to end its nuclear co-operation with Iran for the reason that it didn’t want Iran armed with weapons of mass destruction. At the time, Russia was building light water reactors in Iran. According to the State Department, light water reactors in Iran can produce nuclear material but somehow the same rule doesn’t apply in North Korea.
Bro the scene at 8:57 had me dead 😂😂😂😂😂 This nigga wearin a navy outfit like a legit military Commander. Then when he cries all the girls go crazy!
😂😂😂 Planet Earth is gettin interesting as fuck these days lol
"Lose one game...and your done...actually its out of three, nevermind".
That's Tasteless and DJWheat casting around 37:15, right?
I think tasteless is casting the games aswell :D
Those 3d maps are actually pretty cool