2016년 6월 8일 수요일

Conclusion

For after big examination, I prepared some lists to calm my tired mind and body. Some things were hard to finish in few months, but after meeting people in new atmosphere, I could. Writing semi bucket list and following it gave me great meeting with new things, like music helper, busking coworker, and enjoy blizzard's fancy FPS game.

2016년 5월 29일 일요일

Intro

After Korea's university entrance examination, I was very tired by that, so for diversion, I created list to do before death. There are quite lots of things to do, but I couldn't finish three things, learning guitar from mentor; acquaintance didn't played guitar ,playing busking; I was afraid to show myself in front of crowd, and computer game; I wanted to play very fancy design, FPS and team Work game. But amazingly ,after I entered university, now I found group helping me to do these things and playing new game. Following and exerting to achieve my semi bucket list refreshes life, I could do find guitar mentor, work people with musical instrument, and play the collaborating world best game.

2016년 5월 25일 수요일

BODY 3

Actually, I was not really interested in Overwatch, but when my friend recommended this on open beta season, its fantastic graphic, fancy skills and sounds arrested me. Before officially open, at open beta, I could file a civil complaint, also I could play lots of heroes , and complex playing game style. According to the article from Dan Szymborski , "Why Overwatch is next big e-sport.", 'ESPN', he talks about Overwatch's accessibility, variety, and unusual genre . Well, as a new work game, or just Blizzard's work policy, now Overwatch has communicating port with blizzard, so, I could talk about user's bad etiquette who blamed me with no reason. In big picture, Overwatch is FPS game, different with others, It has hyper skill, so I like to play every heroes because they have their own attractive skill, also I think this is a attractive point to lots of Overwatch Users. And different with other FPS games; just killing is victory, Overwatch has own different victory objective, so It's maps were not only just fighting field, but also defending field. I used accustomed to normal FPS like Sudden Attack, I thought just killing is object, but that is not most important thing. So I think why Overwatch is a box office hit, because of communication port, lots of heroes to play, and distinctiveness.

BODY 2

When I first went on a busking with elder and my friends, I was really disappointed by Korean attitude about busker, directly contrary to USA's, but now I can comprehension Korean custom, even though they don't give tips for playing, I can play only for my songs because I love it, and I understood that busking's success is up to our cooperation by playing parts. According to article from Allyson Escobar , 'NBC NEWS', Buskers should understand audience , know passion, collaborate. By a experience with busking with my fellow worker, I understood that korean scarcely give tip for busking people. Because of that reason, I think most of them have think like that, 'I didn't order that they have to busk, so I don't have any duty for giving money.' So now tip doesn't bother me anymore, for better or worse, I'm here for busking because I wanted this! And I really love to play guitar for people, I also can concentrate on right just this. Of course, with an exception of solo busking, busking needs lots of things to match with fellow. If don't, busking group will be betwixt and between. Now I think that necessary thing to go on busking is consideration, passion, and the spirit of team work.

BODY 1

I heard Andy Mckee's song, 'rylynn', at 17, when I first heard fingerstyle guitar song, After that, I really impressed by that song's melody , it's guitar technique, and background that Mckee compose this sad song. According to the article from 'Andy Mckee interview', Adrian Bridge, Andy Mckee said about affection, technique and sentiment. I heard this song when I was passing by television advertising galaxy S3 smartphone, 'rylynn' for background song, which song's rhythm and sounds are amazed me. After that, I searched youtube for guitar technique and playing whole song, now I can play 'rylynn.' I was also moved by this background, which is commemorating melody for the deceased daughter of Andy Mckee's friend. By this article, I could remind 17 year-old's memory, which is rylynn's music tone, fantastical fingering and story.

2016년 5월 22일 일요일

Week 11.2 Body Details

a

I heard Andy Mckee's song, 'rylynn', at 17, when I first heard fingerstyle guitar song, After that, I really impressed by that song's melody , it's guitar technique, and background that Mckee compose this sad song. I heard this song when I was passing by television advertising galaxy S3 smartphone, 'rylynn' for background song, which a boyfriend play this for his girlfriend with like bird's tweeting sound. After that, I searched youtube for guitar technique and playing whole song, now I can play 'rylynn.' I was also moved by this background, as you must realized, I mentioned at first that this song's melody hears like tweeting birds sound, which is commemorating melody the deceased daughter of Andy Mckee's friend.

b

When I first went on a busking with elder and my friends, I was really disappointed by Korean attitude about busker, directly contrary to USA's, but now I can comprehension Korean custom, even though they don't give tips for my playing, I can play only for my songs because I love it, and I understood that busking's success is up to our cooperation by playing separated part. By a experience with busking with my fellow worker, I understood that korean scarcely give tip for busking people, because of that reason, I think most of them have think like that, 'I didn't order that they have to busk, so I don't have any duty for giving money.' So now tip doesn't bother me anymore, for better or worse, I'm here for busking because I wanted this! And I really love to play guitar for people, I also can concentrate on right just this. Of course, with an exception of solo busking, busking needs lots of things to match with fellow. If don't, busking group will be betwixt and between.

c

Actually, I was not really interested that game, but my friend recommended this, which is becoming my life game, Before officially open, at open beta, I could comment on champion or map balance, also I could play lots of champions and really many maps, and different genre from sudden attack, or league of legends, It has its own playing appeal. Well, as a new work game, or just Blizzard's work policy, now Overwatch has communicating port with blizzard, for example, I can talk about map and champion's ability to lower or higher than before. In big picture, Overwatch is FPS game, different with sudden attack(FPS), It has hyper skill, so I really like to play every champions because they have their own attractive hyper skill, I think this is a attractive point to lots of Overwatch User. And As I already talked, Overwatch is different with other game, I played Sudden Attack, but I didn't play League of Legends, which have team play, so until now, I thought SA's team play and LoL's team play is quite same, as I played Overwatch, I could know that why LOL is higher position than SA in PC rooms. Every champion in game has its own role different in SA, which game one player can carry the game to win.

2016년 5월 16일 월요일

Week 10.2c: THIRD Article Highlight with 2 Topic Sentences

Why Overwatch is the next big esport

The characters of Overwatch. Provided by Blizzard

Apr 28, 2016

Dan SzymborskiSpecial to ESPN.com

The closed beta of Blizzard's latest IP, Overwatch, ended for good on April 25, marking the end of one of the last stages of development before the game's official release on May 24. As with many games released these days, the focus isn't just on whether or not the game itself is fun, but whether the game will foster a competitive environment that helps keeps audiences hooked for years--not just months.

While there are still a lot of questions about how the competitive scene will play out in the long term, after living with the game for more than two months during the second closed beta, I feel that the game will likely be fully rated as an esport. Let's run down some of the reasons I think competitive Overwatch will remain in contention as we head towards the release.

Professionals are already taking it seriously

Getting buy-in from the pros is an important part of developing an esport these days. To get people interested in the game on a competitive level, you need to have highly-skilled players that are able to do things in-game that you wouldn't see in a pickup game with friends or automatic matchmaking. Quite a number of established teams, such as Cloud9, Luminosity Gaming, and Team Liquid have already fielded and recently signed Overwatch teams. Arguably the most successful team during the closed beta, IDDQD (if you know that Doom code by heart, you may be as ancient as I'm becoming) signed with Team EnVyUs.

We've already seen some early tournaments, from the GosuGamers weeklies to the One Nation of Gamers invitational earlier this month. The prizes aren't big yet--we're still talking about a game that most of the public hasn't gotten their hands on yet--but the early interest in a tournament environment is there.

Not Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or Call of Duty

One of the challenges for any new competitive first-person shooter is the difficulty of directly competing against the most prominent games in the category. Games like CS:GO already have well-established teams and viewers.

The good news for Overwatch is that it would be pretty darn difficult to confuse it with CS:GO or CoD. Far more than either of those two games, Overwatch fits more into a "fantasy FPS" genre that owes a bigger debt to a game like Team Fortress 2, that eschews reality for a game that is more based on a variety of unusual weapons and outlandish environments. Grenade-jumping around the map like Junkrat, bending time, setting off gravity bombs, and summoning a dragon--all things done casually in Overwatch--would seem almost ludicrously out of place in CS:GO.

But these crazy things, among others, find a home in Overwatch.

It has developer support

Competitive Team Fortress 2 is a thing. I've competed in UGC myself for TF2, but it never really exploded in the esports world because it was a game developed before competitive esports and streaming became very big things. Developer support is important for an esport and Valve has generally been content here to position TF2 as a terrific casual game/hat collection simulator.

Blizzard may have been caught by surprise by the competitive scene developing around Hearthstone a few years ago, but in this case, Blizzard developed the game with esports in its thoughts. Activision Blizzard announced a whole esports division back in October and purchased Major League Gaming for $46 million in January. These are not things a company meekly dipping its toes into the esports waters does. The company wishes to succeed in this space and has given every indication that Overwatch will be a part of it.

Blizzard also doesn't plan to stop developing the game at the point it launches. Scott Mercer, the Principal Designer for Overwatch spoke to ESPN about some of the company's plans to increase the number of heroes available for players to use.

"The team is already prototyping additional heroes for release as free content after Overwatch launches. We have a lot of interesting character ideas for heroes that will bring new gameplay options to our lineup and also allow us to further develop Overwatch's amazing universe. We want to release heroes at a pace that keeps our game fresh and exciting, but not so fast that we overwhelm our players' ability to adapt to change. As our hero lineup grows, the potential for crazy unforeseen interactions between the heroes also increases. We just need to make sure they're all fun and interesting!"

It has variety

While not every hero is played frequently in any given meta and roles for heroes have significant overlap, playing each hero does feel different. Just look at the support heroes--Lucio, Mercy, Symmetra, and Zenyatta. While they all fulfill the generalized role of focusing on aiding teammates, they do so in very different ways, each with their own game states in which they excel or fall short.

For example, Lucio's Soundwave and mobility disrupts close-ranged enemies, Mercy's Resurrect can cause gigantic momentum swings, Symmetra's sentry turrets provide enfilade fire/skirmishing, and Zenyatta can debuff an enemy. Even weaker heroes that find themselves at the bottom of the meta, such as Mei, have abilities that you can at least envision using in a particular moment.

These interactions of strengths and weaknesses makes tactical situations harder to solve as different heroes serves as checks on other heroes. Widowmaker causing a problem? Send in the Tracers. Junkrat dominating a choke point? Pharah's vertical mobility frequently makes short work of him.

In a game that's not designed around twitch gameplay, these options and counter-options are necessary to retain interest.

It's fun to play and watch

On a fundamental level, games are about having fun, not about having the best competitive infrastructure. At any given moment, millions of players are playing a game of League of Legends and for well over 99.99% of those players, it's not because they're professionals. Who watches a game that nobody enjoys playing? I've been playing in the Overwatch closed beta for some time and I've enjoyed it so much that I've barely played any Team Fortress 2, a game in which I have nearly 2,000 hours logged. Among my gaming friends, there are people in the closed beta and those that wish they were; people are excited to try this game and even if the game doesn't succeed in the end, it won't be because people didn't want to give it a chance.

For an observer, the game design generally lends itself well to broadcasting, something that should continue to improve as the infrastructure for competitive play becomes more refined and the game's knowledge base continues to grow. Overwatch has colorful environments with heroes that are obviously recognizable for a spectator and each hero has a fairly defined role, which gives structure to the matches that you're watching.

"We know that the success of Overwatch as an esport isn't simply a matter of making an incredibly fun to play game. We also have to make a game that's fun to watch," said Mercer when I asked about Blizzard developing with the esports community in mind. "We need to provide amazing tools for our broadcasters to not only allow them to explain what's going on to viewers, but also allow them to tell amazing stories. We've received a tremendous amount of valuable feedback on our current beta features from our own internal esports teams and current Blizzard partners, and we've also reached out to traditional sports broadcasting professionals for their insights. So we have a great set of future goals for Overwatch's broadcasting and spectating features, and we'll continue to work towards them."

Final verdict

While we won't know for a while whether Overwatch succeeds in the esports world, if you weren't lucky enough to take part in the closed beta, you can get a taste when Blizzard stress-tests the servers in an open beta test from May 4 to May 9 (a couple days earlier if you pre-ordered).

Szymborski, Dan, "Why Overwatch is next big esport.", 'ESPN', Apr, 28th, 2016, WEB, May, 23th, 2016.

http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/15422203/why-overwatch-next-big esport

SUMMARY TOPIC SENTENCE: According to the article from Szymborski, Dan, "Why Overwatch is next big esport.", 'ESPN', he talks about Overwatch's accessibility, variety, and unusal genre .

PERSUASIVE TOPIC SENTENCE: Actually, I was not really interested that game, but my friend recommended this, which is becoming my life game,
Before officially open, at open beta, I could comment on champion or map balance, also I could play lots of champions and really many maps, and different genre from sudden attack, or league of legends, It has its own playing appeal.

Week 10.2b:SECOND Article Highlight with 2 TOPIC Sentences

Buskers Find Passion, Purpose Playing Music in the Streets

One of the first times singer-songwriter Peter Su performed on the streets, it was outside of the Goldman Sachs corporate office in Century City, California. His first tip was half a sandwich — and a long-lasting feeling of fulfillment.

"I thought, maybe I'll understand these people because I used to live in this world," Su told NBC News. "I played my guitar for several hours without a single tip. Sometimes people thought I was homeless; they would give me their spare change and unfinished sandwiches. At the very end of the day, a lady came up to me and gave me a $20, out of pity. It was the weirdest feeling, like being someone else inside my own skin."

Su grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where from a young age he launched into music, learning to play the guitar, violin, and piano as well as joining chorale groups and bands throughout high school.

"We were rehearsing several hours a day, and I was learning to sing," Su said. "I was really young, and there was this moment when I first realized how beautiful music was. It was probably one of the first times I felt connected."

But Su took a hiatus from music when he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley as a finance major. While his roommates tried to start a band, Su joined a business fraternity and later made the choice to go corporate after graduation, being hired as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York City.

"It was everything I thought I wanted," he said. "And I worked super hard for it. Sometimes I was working 100 to 120 hours a week. If I came home at midnight, I was super happy. If I could do my laundry, I'd be winning."

After two years in New York, Su moved back home to the Bay Area to work as an associate for Venture Capital. There, he met coworkers who were pursing their passions alongside entrepreneurial day jobs.

"In the corporate world, people only see one side of you: the professional," he said. "They don't want to see the emotional or creative side — and that's what I wanted to show. I was sitting in my cube, watching other people around me create things and create music, and I just knew I had to be creating. I was thinking about music the whole time."

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Su slowly rediscovered his musical side, singing at open mics and small gigs, and getting comfortable with performing. After two years as a venture capitalist, Su took a leap of faith and decided to pursue music full-time.

He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and joined the Songwriters School of Los Angeles, where he wrote music daily. Soon he met a friend who busked — performing in public place for tips or self-promotion — to practice show skills, and he wanted to give it a try.

"My first time busking was at farmers' markets," Su said. "Just my guitar and me, no amplifier. I was playing the same four cover songs on loop … I think that day I made 4 bucks. The next day I made $6. I was super happy."

After a rough few weeks, Su decided to play different LA neighborhoods, trying out different audiences. He busked in the diverse Highland Park, tourist-centric Venice Beach, gentrifying Silverlake and Echo Park, and outside trendy bars.

"I was seeing what works with different audiences," he said. "Some people would compliment my style and tip me. Sometimes drunk people would come out of the bars, form a circle around me and sing along. Others would just tell me to stop. It kind of hurt, but at least I was getting a reaction."

It wasn't until fall 2015 that Su ventured out to Santa Monica, where street-performing culture is as diverse as its residents. By then, he knew enough covers, was making better tips, and had conditioned himself physically to play the Santa Monica Pier for several hours. His favorite spot to perform was at the end of the boardwalk, spot number 14, which had a nice view of the ocean.

"People actually wanted to stay and listen to me," he said. "I would take song requests, improvise, perform originals. I was selling mixtapes. It was a cool transformation, from feeling actually homeless to becoming the 'star' — and only Asian-American busker — of the pier."

Peter Su during the a promotional photo shoot for "Lions on the Beach." Photo by Athanasios Pamboris

The beachside busking scene eventually paved the way for Su's songwriting process.

"Out on the pier you meet interesting personalities: clowns, break-dancers, magicians — it's like the circus," he said. "But these were my coworkers, and we all looked out for each other. It's a collaborative, not competitive, environment."

Su fundraised $26,000 on Kickstarter to help him solo produce and record at the Sunset Sound studios. His debut album, Lions on the Beach, was released this year, and Su performed a sold-out release show in April at the Hotel Café.

"Going back to those hundreds of times I busked in front of crowds on the street helped me to perform naturally, centered, for those 45 minutes onstage," he said. "By putting myself out there, I learned that people actually wanted to support me … I just needed to let them know how."

Peter Su performing at the Hotel Cafe during his album launch party for "Lions on the Beach." Photo by Somlit Inthalangsy

The busking experience was different for Kat McDowell, a friend of Su's who also occasionally busks in Santa Monica. The 32-year-old musician and YouTuber was born in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up on a small island in New Zealand.

McDowell learned piano at age 6, went on to vocal lessons, and eventually picked up the guitar as a teenager. Wanting a challenge and to expand her repertoire, she joined various bands in high school, took up jazz music in university, and began performing regularly.

She ties her musical background to her Japanese culture and grandmother. "The creative gene was always inside of me. My grandmother, who has dementia, really loves to sing, so it's a very special connection I have with her," she told NBC News.

Kat McDowell, who busked in Japan to promote her music, performing. Photo by Eric Micotto

At 21, McDowell had a catalog of self-written songs and wanted to expose her music. With support from friends and family, she left her island home to perform worldwide — and later found herself back in Tokyo. She took on various music jobs and eventually a manager, who led McDowell to sign a three-year contract with a major Japanese label.

The label wanted McDowell to promote her first few albums through an unconventional route: street performances. Several times a week, McDowell set up her amplifier, microphone, and guitar in crowded areas around Tokyo, especially at Shinjuku Station and the famous Shibuya street crossings.

"Busking was practically frowned upon in Japan," she said. "Sometimes we got kicked out of places. They don't respect musicians in the same way because you're out on the street, and they don't tip you. You're out there purely to self-promote and to entertain."

Tokyo's busking culture was also more isolated, McDowell said, compared to bustling metropolitan areas like New York or Los Angeles.

"The level of respect was different no matter where I busked; whether in the U.K., New Zealand, the U.S., or Japan. It makes you tough as a musician," McDowell said. "Even though I both spoke [and wrote a few songs in] Japanese, the dilemma at first was that my sound wasn't really 'Japanese enough;' I'm light-skinned and don't look Japanese enough."

"The busking scene is really hard, when you're not given a stage and you have to create one for yourself," she continued, "Eventually, you just have to get people to listen."

After a few more years performing around Japan and meeting her husband, McDowell separated from the label and moved to LA to continue pursuing and performing music in the U.S.

While releasing several albums and EPs independently, McDowell has since collaborated with Asian and American musicians, performed in cultural festivals and shows around the country, and started promoting her music, songwriting tips and skills through videos on YouTube, where she has over 12,200 subscribers.

She is a part of YouTube's Next Up Creator Class, and now busks for fun at Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade.

McDowell said that, as difficult as it can be, busking can be a good way to grow community and develop as an artist. For those willing to put in the work, it can introduce them to other opportunities, a sentiment Su agrees with.

"I don't even look at the tip jar," he said. "My intent was always to have fun out there, to entertain, and to connect with people. That's what it's about, and busking is a good vehicle to connect."

Escobar, Allyson " Buskers Find Passion, Purpose Playing Music in the Streets." NBC NEWS, May, 20th, 2016 WEB May, 22th, 2016

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/buskers-find-passion-purpose-playing-music-streets-n572296

SUMMARY TOPIC SENTENCE: According to article from Escobar, Allyson, 'NBC NEWS', Buskers understand , know passion, collaborative.

PERSUASIVE TOPIC SENTENCE: When I first went on a busking with elder and my friends, I was really disappointed by Korean attitude about busker, directly contrary to USA's, but now I can comprehension Korean custom, even though they don't give tips for my playing, I can play only for my songs because I love it, and I understood that busking's success is up to our cooperation by playing separated part.