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The counter strike player Jørgen Johannesen aka XeqtR. In this period XeqtR were in South Korea and played in a league called WEG. (World E-Sports Game) One of the biggest tournaments in the world. He plays in front of 20 millions of people. With a dream of 50 000 dollars. On he's team he has four other players named Griffin "ShaGuar" Benger, Micheal "Method" So, Lars "Naikon" Olaison, Ola "Element" Moum and of course himself. It was the interlude of WEG. And all the 20 million TV-watcher was watching live on an Asian channel with only Counter-Strike. XeqtR plays for NoA the highest ranked clan in online-game <
>. Jørgen said: To be a professional player here in Korea is a bit different than home. When we travel into Seoul to play live on TV, there are fans that want pictures and autographs of me. Im not quite used to it yet. StarCraft is another online game that is the national sport in South Korea. They have an own TV channel that is showing the battles. The players are superstar there, and the girls got crazy. This says how big online games are is in Asia. Counter-Strike players are the same as football players in Korea. In Norway it is 70 000 online players. That shows that online is popular too. Slowly but safely gaming comes in as an accepted sport here in Norway. It is estimated that it's 200 millions online gamers world basis. The industry has grown big and new games gets equal media mention like new movies. In 2003 for the first time the computer market earned more than the movie marked. Jørgen started with Counter-Strike. After a year with counter-strike playing he was world champion (Cyberathletic Professional League Champion).
In South Korea Counter Strike is a high respected job. The organizers do all what they can for the players. And they threat all the players very good. When Jørgen called to the organizers and asked if they had a gym. Then they...
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