PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Korean popstar signs on as professional esports player

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While many school students in South Korea these days are aspiring to become professional esports players, it is definitely a first to hear that an established Korean pop star has switched gears to become one. Jung Joon-young, a 28 year old singer-songwriter and actor, recently revealed he had joined the PUBG squad under esports organization, Team Kongdoo. You might heard of Team Kongdoo’s League of Legends team, Kongdoo Monsters.

It is unknown if Jung has left the entertainment industry full-time to play PUBG, since his label C9 Entertainment is also involved in the deal as well. We shall see in the future if this is just a marketing ploy, or if this is for real. Jung will join a professional PUBG team brimming with stars, including Evermore, winner of the Gamescom 2017 solo tournament.

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cuntrybutter

Existential

This is so surreal. I remember my mother telling me that no one would ever make a living playing video games in the 1970's as I tried to master pong against my brother.

ivan-bludnik

Skeptic

Why not? The modern young people are often a persons of many talents.
By the way it's a good advertisement for e-sport inside a pop-fans subculture. Means good for the whole game industry.

ven4enzo

Solar

Thats sounds little bit wierd for me (as for man that was born in early 80s), but today is 21 century. =)

Hoazo

Interstellar

cuntrybutter said:
This is so surreal. I remember my mother telling me that no one would ever make a living playing video games in the 1970's as I tried to master pong against my brother.

To be fair, she was wrong in that NO ONE would ever make a living playing games, but the large majority of people who play videogames for money can't.

This seems more like a promotion so I doubt he's thinking about quitting his day job. Especially since it is PUBG and not CSGO or DotA2.