Using
Blizzard Entertainment’s RTS game StarCraft 2 as a tool, Sean’s mission is to
teach his audience one thing: “how to be a better gamer.” StarCraft is a
real-time strategy game where you control one of three races on a chosen galactic arena or "map." You must harvest resources
(minerals and gas) and build unit-producing structures that allow you to amass
an army. You play against an opponent who starts out on the exact same footing. Make all of your opponents structures go boom -- or force them to hit the surrender button -- and you win.
From basic mouse and keyboard mechanics to in-depth strategies of all three races --Terran, Protoss, and Zerg -- the Day9 Daily is your one-stop guide. Need help figuring out how to analyze your own replays? Check. Need to learn how to hold off that seemingly impossible-to-defend Terran rush? Done. Can’t spread creep, overlords, and inject likeSouth Korea ’s IM Nestea? Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Sounds easy enough. But I can assure you it isn't. As a long-time StarCraft player, I myself can attest. And that's from a casual perspective. Professional players take thousands of hours to reach a mastery level of the game. And I mean thousands. An average SC2 game lasts about 20 minutes. The most games played in the past month by a professional gamer is nearly 1000 games. Multiply that by 24 months since SC2 was released. I'll let you do the math.
From basic mouse and keyboard mechanics to in-depth strategies of all three races --Terran, Protoss, and Zerg -- the Day9 Daily is your one-stop guide. Need help figuring out how to analyze your own replays? Check. Need to learn how to hold off that seemingly impossible-to-defend Terran rush? Done. Can’t spread creep, overlords, and inject like
Sounds easy enough. But I can assure you it isn't. As a long-time StarCraft player, I myself can attest. And that's from a casual perspective. Professional players take thousands of hours to reach a mastery level of the game. And I mean thousands. An average SC2 game lasts about 20 minutes. The most games played in the past month by a professional gamer is nearly 1000 games. Multiply that by 24 months since SC2 was released. I'll let you do the math.
South Korea is the Mecca in the SC2 world. GOMTV hosts it's world renown GSL tournament which has monthly seasons. The South Koreans practice-ethic is indeed the definition of dedication; they live in team houses and keep to a solid practice regimen of over 8 hours a day. Foreigners from around the globe make it a goal to live in Korea in hopes of learning from the South Korean play style and make it to the top. With a first place prize of 100 million Korean won, it's no surprise that StarCraft is a way of life in South Korea.
StarCraft is a very cerebral game. It takes utmost mental and physical agility and endurance. And it's engaging even to the naive viewer. It's maps and units are intriguing yet simple enough to make the game the first truly recognized spectating eSport for the male, 18-24 year-old demographic. Don't believe me? American-based tournament Major League Gaming (MLG) reached an astounding 1.35 million unique online viewers this past tournament, far surpassing rose bowl television viewing numbers.
To me, what's fascinating is the Day9 Daily teaches one how to grasp and understand difficult concepts of SC2 in an extremely intuitive way. It's its own breed of show on the internet. And I believe it has the potential to create a new generation of educational social media.
With a little know-how, a good computer, and a decent internet connection, anyone can create their own 'daily' free of charge.
Sean packs his shows with life lessons and humor in a very candid way. He suavely captures his viewer-base in a much more personal manner than popular YouTube celebrities because of his inherent uncut, live style. You feel like your in the room sitting right there with him. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry. It'll make you laugh so hard you cry. It's simply something we need more of on the internet.
To me, what's fascinating is the Day9 Daily teaches one how to grasp and understand difficult concepts of SC2 in an extremely intuitive way. It's its own breed of show on the internet. And I believe it has the potential to create a new generation of educational social media.
With a little know-how, a good computer, and a decent internet connection, anyone can create their own 'daily' free of charge.
Sean packs his shows with life lessons and humor in a very candid way. He suavely captures his viewer-base in a much more personal manner than popular YouTube celebrities because of his inherent uncut, live style. You feel like your in the room sitting right there with him. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry. It'll make you laugh so hard you cry. It's simply something we need more of on the internet.
