I've been to a starcraft taping in Seoul. It's re-god-damned diculous. There's a huge crowd of fans going balistic. Starcraft games are also carried on Television. It's so common I'd say I could probably watch it for 10 hours of a day if I wanted to.

Really interesting, probably their looking for something different in their diverse cultures...

When two people play StarCraft, it's a sport.
When two people play pianos, it's a duet.

@OP, this is awesome news! I can't believe I missed out on this for so long... This is insane!

Tossed it in our news too: http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=7850

NaDa I belive. He's the one who have stayed relevant the longest out of all elite players.

As I said in the headlines. If Bisu Flash or Jaedong turns out to be involved, it's going to be very huge, very very huge.

apparently jaedong is on the black list

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport

Skill OR physical prowess.

How can a videogame be a sport? Seriously, think in what you're saying.
Guess next time my friends ask me if I wanna go play football or something while I'm playing, I'll just say "Sorry guys, I'm already doing sport, too tired for that"

What a crazy story. It seems that in today's gambling culture there is a sub-culture that will gamble on anything, and within that sub-culture is a group willing to try to influence the outcomes of anything that can be gambled on.

Fascinating stuff, would be great if someone would go in-depth with this. I would but my Korean language skills are non-existent!