General Discussion:South Korea declares public holiday in celebration of Starcraft II announcement
Found this one rather amusing.
"South Korea declares public holiday in celebration of Starcraft II announcement (Sat, 19 May 2007 08:29:22 GMT)..."
"BBC News: World
Today in Seoul, South Korea, the multi-million dollar US video games company Blizzard Entertainment made a public presentation announcing a sequel to their award winning Strategy game, Starcraft. It will be entitled Starcaft II (2)..."
"The South Korean government believes that this is an historic day for South Korea, and important enough for it to warrant a new public holiday in celebration of it. President Roh Moo-hyun stated in a press release; 'This is a great day for South Korea, perhaps even the world. Starcraft has brought much joy to our people and the video games industry has been a great economic enabler in our country... recognition for such an important day must be made, and the most suitable acknowledgement to Starcraft II is a public holiday in its honor...' "
"The South Korean opposition leader criticised the Prime Minister claiming that 'he was making a hasty decision...' and that 'while the video game industry and Starcraft has proven a strong job provider for the Republic of Korea... [that] issuing a new public holiday for Starcraft II may be a bit much..' "
www.starcraft2.com
Who'd a thunk it. They're far more serious about Starcraft than anyone could possibly have imagined. At least they haven't fucking opened up an Embassy in second life like Sweden did.
edit: the cinematic trailer on their website is somewhat spiffy.
blokey357 10:11, 20 May 2007 (GMT)
Public holiday for starcraft 2? Fools who use Mac will be happy that it's going to be Mac compatible, isn't this the first commercial game to be released as Mac compatible since simcity2000? Man that game sucked.
Also, cannot find any info on there being a national holiday in Korea. Is this for real real or just for play play? Humour is wasted on the stupid.
Dr. Boy
I have found some moar info Korea's initial reaction here
Dr. Boy
