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StarCraft II

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