I first played Starcraft when I was about 14 years old
Jørgen is ranked as one of the best StarCraft players in Europe
Think about it: If you keep your attention in one place for ten seconds,
then you're doing something wrong
At any given time you have to defend, attack, build units, and explore enemy territory
The best StarCraft players have a clicking and typing rate at about 500 times a minute
It's called APM - actions per minute
5, 6, 7 key presses or mouse clicks a second
That's the point when you start to feel slightly warm after a game of StarCraft
The first edition of StarCraft was released in 1998
The game is just as popular today, 12 years later
11 million copies of the game have been made
Half of those have been sold in South Korea
It is like a national sport in South Korea
Often, the match is held outdoors at a huge venue
a bit like a big concert, really
thousands of people
they're like crazy!
the atmosphere is great
Teenage girls are the most devoted fans
it is crazy if you think about it
in Europe, girls hardly know what a computer game is
in Korea it's the other way around: there are hundreds of screaming girls in the audience
You have 12 sponsored teams
each team has 15-20 players
coaches, chefs -they all live in a house together
the only thing they do is to eat and play StarCraft
The best Korean players play between 8 and 16 hours a day
Jørgen has been a professional CounterStrike player with several world titles
I enjoy competition
I enjoy winning
One would think it's necessary to sit in front of the computer all the time in order to become a good player
But a day consists of 24 hours, eight of them are for sleeping
that leaves 16 hours, and it's hardly necessary to play 16 hours a day
Prime time for a player is from the age of 16 to 25
I don't really know why, it's about reflexes and interests
what you want to make out of your life
it becomes a bit tedious to sit in front of the computer all the time
I think it is different today, as people play all day long from the age of 12. It's not healthy.
StarCraft has the biggest online gaming community: 12 million active users
Gaming will become huge in the rest of the world, too
We're becoming more and more digitalised This is the future of entertainment