Multi Massive Online Korea
Many people know about the phenomenon of special love for games in Korea. But few who represent its scope. I decided to understand and get acquainted with this phenomenon on the spot - in Korea. Very handy were the plane tickets and accreditation for visiting the G-Star exhibition.
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Arrived at the airport, as expected, for three hours, passed the registration, handed over the luggage and went to examine the contents of the bars. Then our group was waited by a brand new Boeing with comfortable wide armchairs, in which multimedia systems are mounted in the backs of which. I watched a movie, slept, looked out the window - longing. Breakfast to choose from: European or Korean. Foolishly asked Korean. It was a white watery substance. If you put something green in there, then it also starts to stink. Stayed hungry.
Seoul met me with a giant phallic sculpture. Delivered.
Then I saw the buses that advertised new online games. We can not meet this. These banners are everywhere.
By the way, I want to ask in advance for forgiveness for the quality of photos - I took pictures on the phone, sometimes upside down. That is why the horizon is filled up.
Looking ahead, I will tell you first how the creators of the "line" and Aion work, and then how they rest.
They work a lot. You can say a lot. Three weeks not to leave the office is weak? But they do not. In NCsoft there are even bedrooms in which I was not allowed to take a memorable photo. There is always someone sleeping. Only girls are allowed to do this. And the male half of the staff sleeps behind the jobs on the keyboard.
The fact that they do not appear at home for weeks is not a problem. Work here families. Children also spend most of their life here. In kindergarten at the office. Very comfortably. Less domestic squabbles and you can save on housing.
They eat in numerous cafes. In the office. For example, on the roof.
Health monitoring is also in the office. The gym is so huge that it can accommodate a small army or the entire population of Gibraltar.
Got to the presentation of the new global update Lineage 2: Goddes of Destruction.
Saw the Blade & Soul trailer.
And the movie online shooter Metal Black: Alternative.
With our group at the presentation were journalists from China, Taiwan and Korea. You won’t believe it, but the new Blade & Soul trailer is just as loud for them as for us being the dismissal of an official due to the loss of president’s trust.
In rare minutes from work, they, like 30% of the population, play in Internet cafes. Their number is incredible. Approximately ten times more than in all of Russia. They are everywhere. We voiced the figure of 18,000 in Korea, and half of them are in Seoul.
By the way, here they are called "Pisibans". At the entrance of visitors often meet characters from the games. For example, like this Korean dressed in Mario.
Inside, they always offer sneakers, because Koreans are able to play for a very long time, and sneakers can cause discomfort. Thus, the administration simply cares about the health of the customers' feet.
They play mainly in the common halls, but you can retire in a double cabin, as these two girls did, and do the pumping of characters.
You can always take a break from the endless hunt for mobs and pvp-battles in the relax-room to read a fresh comic based on your favorite game.
Or look in the souvenir shop and get a fresh T-shirt with the logo of the next MMORPG.
In the morning, NCsoft employees are busy taking up their jobs.
On the way, you can find the Eblin brand shop.
And motorcycle movers, who will certainly ride in plastic bags on their hands.
Is it bad that I saw? I think no. The gaming industry is part of the modern culture of South Korea and some other Asian countries. It makes people happy and makes a huge profit to the state treasury. The South Korean government creates investment funds, provides assistance to developers and publishers, trains specialists, opens specialized schools, establishes departments in higher education institutions and launches television channels. This should be treated like an exotic, but still we would not hurt to learn some experience. Without fanaticism only.
In the next post I will talk about the exhibition G-Star.
Stay tuned.
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Arrived at the airport, as expected, for three hours, passed the registration, handed over the luggage and went to examine the contents of the bars. Then our group was waited by a brand new Boeing with comfortable wide armchairs, in which multimedia systems are mounted in the backs of which. I watched a movie, slept, looked out the window - longing. Breakfast to choose from: European or Korean. Foolishly asked Korean. It was a white watery substance. If you put something green in there, then it also starts to stink. Stayed hungry.
Seoul met me with a giant phallic sculpture. Delivered.
Then I saw the buses that advertised new online games. We can not meet this. These banners are everywhere.
By the way, I want to ask in advance for forgiveness for the quality of photos - I took pictures on the phone, sometimes upside down. That is why the horizon is filled up.
Looking ahead, I will tell you first how the creators of the "line" and Aion work, and then how they rest.
They work a lot. You can say a lot. Three weeks not to leave the office is weak? But they do not. In NCsoft there are even bedrooms in which I was not allowed to take a memorable photo. There is always someone sleeping. Only girls are allowed to do this. And the male half of the staff sleeps behind the jobs on the keyboard.
The fact that they do not appear at home for weeks is not a problem. Work here families. Children also spend most of their life here. In kindergarten at the office. Very comfortably. Less domestic squabbles and you can save on housing.
They eat in numerous cafes. In the office. For example, on the roof.
Health monitoring is also in the office. The gym is so huge that it can accommodate a small army or the entire population of Gibraltar.
Got to the presentation of the new global update Lineage 2: Goddes of Destruction.
Saw the Blade & Soul trailer.
And the movie online shooter Metal Black: Alternative.
With our group at the presentation were journalists from China, Taiwan and Korea. You won’t believe it, but the new Blade & Soul trailer is just as loud for them as for us being the dismissal of an official due to the loss of president’s trust.
In rare minutes from work, they, like 30% of the population, play in Internet cafes. Their number is incredible. Approximately ten times more than in all of Russia. They are everywhere. We voiced the figure of 18,000 in Korea, and half of them are in Seoul.
By the way, here they are called "Pisibans". At the entrance of visitors often meet characters from the games. For example, like this Korean dressed in Mario.
Inside, they always offer sneakers, because Koreans are able to play for a very long time, and sneakers can cause discomfort. Thus, the administration simply cares about the health of the customers' feet.
They play mainly in the common halls, but you can retire in a double cabin, as these two girls did, and do the pumping of characters.
You can always take a break from the endless hunt for mobs and pvp-battles in the relax-room to read a fresh comic based on your favorite game.
Or look in the souvenir shop and get a fresh T-shirt with the logo of the next MMORPG.
In the morning, NCsoft employees are busy taking up their jobs.
On the way, you can find the Eblin brand shop.
And motorcycle movers, who will certainly ride in plastic bags on their hands.
Is it bad that I saw? I think no. The gaming industry is part of the modern culture of South Korea and some other Asian countries. It makes people happy and makes a huge profit to the state treasury. The South Korean government creates investment funds, provides assistance to developers and publishers, trains specialists, opens specialized schools, establishes departments in higher education institutions and launches television channels. This should be treated like an exotic, but still we would not hurt to learn some experience. Without fanaticism only.
In the next post I will talk about the exhibition G-Star.
Stay tuned.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/109014/
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