[Mayo]

Australian professional Starcraft II player, Jared "TtPiG" Krensel is moving to Korea for one month from the 7th of October 2012!

TtPiG will be attending the IeSF 2012 World Championship, playing against some of the best players around the globe for a slice of the $4,300 AUD on offer.
For more information on the competition and competitors, please go here.

After the competition is over, TtPiG will be heading over to Bucheon, South Korea to live with Team PRIME in their gaming house.
This will allow him to train as effectively as possible with some Starcraft II legends like MarineKing (Two time MLG winner) and Creator (WCS Korea Champion).

Jared "TtPiG" Krensel commented:

"I've had my eyes set on travelling to Korea for a while now. I've been eager to experience the evolved metagame and serious training environment.
With so many big tournaments such as ACL, WCS and IEM taking place this year I hadn't been able to fulfil this goal, but now with qualifying as the Australian representative for IeSF in South Korea I've decided to extend my stay for 1 month after the tournament to train with Prime! Prime are one of the hardest working teams in Korea and I look forward to experiencing the skill of these players and their hard training regimen.

I plan to adapt as quickly as possible to the Korean culture and with Primes method of training I believe I'll be able to take my play to a new level when I return.

His manager and sponsor, Mayo had this to say:

We have been discussing the idea of training in Korea for a while now and with the possibility of IeSF presented to us, we pounced on the opportunity to extend the visit and make the most of his travel.
Alongside this, training in the PRIME house makes perfect sense. Not only are they also supported by Tt eSPORTS, but they have some of the best and hardest training players in the game.
It's coming up to almost a year since we signed on TtPiG and since then he has proven a drive to succeed that we have not seen from any other gamer, we are happy to provide continued support to him in the future!

During TtPiG's time in the PRIME house, you can expect to see multiple written and video blogs and possible streaming sessions whilst he trains. To keep updated on everything he is doing, please check out his social media below.

And as always, thanks to all of his sponsors for making this trip a possibility: Tt eSPORTS, GIGABYTE Notebooks, AVeRMedia and MWave.com.au

Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Fan Club ~ Stream

Quick Comments

TCPKerO:

YES!!!!!!

[Cyanide]

All the best! Get to meet Creator, so jelly!!

[syfSoundwave]

**** yeah PiG!

[AuXCoolpuff]

haha we were right Mayo ^_^

[|Erasmus|]

**** yeah... congrats Jared .

[Dingobloo]

Goodluck PiG! It's a great opportunity hope you can make the most of it.

[Dox]

Australia just ballin' outta control right now

[ToR.Arnor]

Jared Be sure to get me MKPs autograph (and one for Zepph too lol)

[Stallion]

AWESOME nice jared good luck

[Mayo]

Shoutout to CeeSerps for actually guessing what the announcement was without knowing at all.

Pretty exciting times for Australian SC2 right now, so many international tournaments (LAN and online).
I'm sure he will get some Autographed things to bring back and give away.

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TACeeSerps:

Sorry!

[syfChadMann]

good luck Jared, have a good time!..

does this mean he gets the Legionnaire achievement?

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Maynarde:

Yep!

[mGGDaedalus]

This is amazing, best of luck over there xD

[RicocheT]

Please buy a mousepad with MKP's signature and send it to me

[FSNiseH]

Have fun over there, don't come back until you win GSL! haha xD

[Meatex]

hahaha just after i get back to Australia >.<
Have fun and if any of the Korean's ask you to eat small black/brown balls in paper cup - DON'T

Quick Comments

	mGGDaedalus:	o.0
	Mayo:	What is it? Must know!

[TCPKerO]

Give them hell PiG, I know you can get some great experience from this opportunity.

[FSBenAD]

Exciting news, so glad to see PiG given the chance to go into the PRIME house.

[Maynarde]

Good luck man

[Shieldz]

gl dude u can do it fighting

[ToRdanO]

Good luck PiG !

[asdfSchnitzel]

Good Luck PiG! Praccing with some of the best players on the planet!

[x5_dot]

Yay.........

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Snx.FigJig:

:(

[Mayo]

A quote from TtPiG on what it's going to be like in the house:

The difference for me will be a few things.
I will be able to play with sub ~30ms ping, which will allow me to develop my micro and multitasking. I will also have the help of much more experienced players then myself who are playing in a more evolved metagame with a higher understanding. Playing with these players, watching them play, and using basic communication (I'm learning some basic Korean vocab such as unit names) + english with the players that speak english, I will be able to gain a much higher understanding.
The rate of learning is hugely accelerated in this environment because when I'm confused or lost about why I'm losing or why certain strategies aren't working I will have many fellow GSL level players to observe and ask for help. Even growing up playing sport I was never particularly good at learning techniques for martial arts, tennis or football by having them explained to me. I've always had much more success simply watching players better than myself and emulating and adapting upon their play.

Lastly, I will have most of my meals prepared by the house, and I will have zero distractions. I won't need to worry about any of my responsibilities back home and will be surrounded by players practicing 12 hours a day. I envision my time there as an intensely focused period of training, training, exercise, training, and finally, more training. This is something it's hard to do at home where it's hard to find ways to improve your play. But will be my only option when immersed in this Korean progaming culture.

[inFeZa]

Woo good luck PiG! Don't eat too much KimChi!

[ToRSpartaz]

Wow man, Piggu is gunna come back even stronger and scarier than before! All the best mate!

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

grats tScJrodders.

Bring back an MKP for me to marry plz.

[ToRJemsk]

This is amazing, gratz!

[sl0th]

wow awesome opportunity
gl bro

[Reere]

Good luck Have Fun!! This is so amazing, PiG fighting~!!

[FsDronesInJail]

gogo pig!!! Prime of SEA

[TCPLemminks]

Gonna compete in Code A qualifiers?

[x5.NotoriouS]

PiG fighting!

inb4 pig wins gsl

[Mox]

This is so awesome! Make the most of it buddy and come back more gosu than ever!

[pja]

Congrats dude! Good luck!~

[Fenner]

Couldnt be more jealous of you...

Gratz and enjoy the hell out of this!

[AsylumofSouls]

This is awesome PiG.
All the best man.
gl HF!

[ShinyA]

best of luck ^_^

[ETL.noTTuh]

BOL pig sure to comeback a even better player

[Bash]

wooooow, good stuff! gl man

[[TOG]Chrisau]

All the best Pig, give em hell!

[x5.Revenant]

Damn! So did not expect this!

Cherish your time there PiG!

[VB_Blake]

I hope you have a killer time while youre there Pig! Good luck!!

[Another]

zomg, my jealously knows no bounds.

[nirvAnA]

OMG the PRIME house! Such an amazing opportunity!

[inFeZa]

Learn - 해병 임바
Marine King will teach you :P

Quick Comments

Hydroid:

Marine Imba? :D

[CleighMoores]

Good luck over there PiG, all the best with your practice!

[SFTAElessar]

GLHf Pig ALl the Best

[FSJhedjuka]

Good luck in Korea PiG. Hope you have fun living in the Prime team-house, but you need to go to Busan and check out Haeundae or Gwangalli, or Hongdae, Itaewon and the palace tourist spots while in Seoul.

Bucheon has little to nothing interesting in it. glhf

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inFeZa:

itaewon is where all the american military personnel are

[FaDeBadger]

Imo go to Mokdong studio and party it up with Tastosis after GSL.

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by FaDeBadger

Imo go to Mokdong studio and party it up with Tastosis after GSL.

There's nothing to do in MokDong lol

[x5_Bard]

Wow congrats! Good luck, your going to be even more beastly when you come back