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What an Asian household is like for little Hyun-Soo Choo,\u00a0now that League of Legends players are going to now be recognized as professional athletes<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Hyun-Soo Choo sits in his room playing the piano, practising\u00a0<\/em>The Moonlight Sonata.\u00a0His head is rhythmically rolling from side to side as he lets his mind get lost in the melody and the slow, methodical strokes of the ivory keys.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mom<\/strong>: (Screaming from downstairs) Hyun-Soooooo!\u00a0 [Time for League of Legends practice!]*<\/span><\/p>\n *[Translated from the Korean – dh<\/em>]<\/span><\/p>\n Hyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Ommaaaa (“Mom” in Korean) I don’t want to play Leagueeee!!<\/span> Defeated, Hyun-Soo closes the cover to the keys of his piano and begins stomping his way downstairs, begrudgingly.\u00a0 His mother is waiting at the bottom of the stairs with her hands on her hips, with a handheld dust brush in her left hand.\u00a0 She has a stern and fierce look on her face.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [If I had to call one more time, I going to go upstairs and beat your ass.]<\/span> During the drive through the suburbs in their Honda Odessey, Mom realizes that Hyun-Soo is really upset.\u00a0 Hyun-Soo enviously watches the other children in the neighborhood, who have free reign over their activities, doing what non-aspiring League of Legends pros do in their spare time after school.\u00a0 Practicing soccer, throwing the football, playing baseball catch.\u00a0 He sees several small children with a intricately woven bug net trying to catch flying insects.\u00a0 Further down, girls in pastel-colored summer dresses play hopscotch and jump rope.\u00a0 Little Samantha Wu sits on her patio practicing the violin.\u00a0 Through the windows and the hum of the air-conditioning of the Odyssey, the muffled sounds of children having fun, laughing and screaming boisterously can be heard.\u00a0 Hyun-Soo lets out a massive sigh as he continues to watch enviously.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Hey, what’s wrong.]<\/span> Hyun-Soo is dropped off at The Twisted LANLine, one of the many McLAN schools that popped up after the legitimacy of League of Legends as a professional sport.\u00a0 The enrollment of The Twisted LANLine is 90% Asian.\u00a0 Hyun-Soo walks through the entrance and immediately runs into his best friend, Ekin Chang.\u00a0 With an A.\u00a0 Not an E.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Ekin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Yo pianist.<\/span> “Training” at The Twisted LANLine consists of three ARAM matches, followed by three matches on Summoner’s Rift.\u00a0 It consists of close to four hours of practice each night, ending at nearly midnight, even on school nights, but parents of aspiring League professionals don’t seem to mind this, and even prioritize it over traditional school.\u00a0 On this particular night, Ekin Chang and Hyun-Soo were put on opposing teams once the Summoner’s Rift matches took place.\u00a0 The two of them decided to throw the third game as Ekin’s team had already won the first two, and there was no real sense in playing the third.\u00a0 Unfortunately for them, their “teacher” happened to notice their lackadaisical behavior amidst a break in his own stream studying, and was not unwilling to share this information with Hyun-Soo’s mother.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Why you not take training seriously??\u00a0 Don’t you want to be pro League player?]<\/span> Hyun-Soo and his mother arrive home.\u00a0 They walk into the foyer, and before Hyun-Soo can head towards the kitchen, his mother sends him to his room.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [No snacks for you.\u00a0 Go to your room.\u00a0 This punishment for giving up at practice tonight.]<\/span> It’s a Wednesday night, well past midnight, and Hyun-Soo does have school to go to in the morning, it should be mentioned.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Hyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 I hate League of Legends.<\/span><\/p>\n Hyun-Soo goes into his room and locks the door.\u00a0 He unlocks his computer and logs into League of Legends.\u00a0 But instead of immediately queuing up into the first of the two games his mother ordered him to play before bed, he instead opens up a browser and brings up HotshotGG’s stream.\u00a0 He chooses HotshotGG’s stream, because he is typically loud and makes a lot of noise while playing, which is perfect for him to mask the sound of him playing the piano.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n While the sounds of streaming League players emanate from Hyun-Soo’s room, Hyun-Soo himself is back at the seat of where he always wanted to be; at the bench of his piano, eyes closed, and head lolled back, as his fingers begin keying the soft beginning to Beethoven’s F\u00fcr Elise.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What an Asian household is like for little Hyun-Soo Choo,\u00a0now that League of Legends players are going to now be recognized as professional athletes. 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\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 Hyun-Soo!\u00a0 [Right now!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Ommmaaaaaa…….<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 HYUN-SOO!!!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 I don’t wanna play League, Omma.\u00a0 I want to play the piano!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Don’t be stupid.\u00a0 There’s no money to be made in piano.\u00a0 Unless you are genius.\u00a0 You are not genius in piano.]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 But I’m not a genius in League of Legends either Omma!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Nobody is genius in League of Legends (the one factual statement in this entire post<\/em>)!!\u00a0 Need practice to become pro!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 The same thing can be said about playing the piano too, Omma…<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 (eyes-widening in defiance)\u00a0 [But there no money in playing piano!!\u00a0 Don’t be stupid!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 (mumbles incoherently)<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 (stares Hyun-Soo down, who refuses to meet her eyes)\u00a0 [Let’s go.]<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Nothing.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Okay.]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 I don’t wanna go to League practice!!\u00a0 I wanna be like the other kids and do things that THEY want to do!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Those kids are all stupid.\u00a0 They are not going to get anywhere in life playing baseball or jump rope or football]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 (fumes)<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Or that stupid Samantha Wu.\u00a0 Why practice violin??\u00a0 No money in violin.\u00a0 She needs to chase down and marry gamer.\u00a0 Or she could become girl gamer.\u00a0 Be like Siren.]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Violin is great!\u00a0 Just like piano is!\u00a0 Who cares if there’s no money in music, Omma??\u00a0 It makes me happy!!\u00a0 It makes Samantha happy!!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 (violently snaps head to face Hyun-Soo; completely loses awareness of the Odyssey slowing beneath Asian speed limit of five mph under)\u00a0 [Then\u00a0who\u00a0<\/em>take care of Omma and Appa (“Dad”) when we get old??\u00a0 Our\u00a0musician<\/em>\u00a0son??\u00a0 Who make under $20,000 a year with no insurance??\u00a0 Huh?\u00a0 Who?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 This is all about you and Appa.\u00a0 You guys don’t love me by making me do what I don’t want to.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [This is all for you, Hyun-Soo!!\u00a0 This is for your future!!\u00a0 Become pro League of Legends player, and make million of dollars!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 I hate League of Legends.\u00a0 I’d rather be a doctor or a lawyer than a pro-Leaguer.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Ha, you and the rest of Seoul!\u00a0 Too much competition to be doctor or lawyer.\u00a0 Harvard already in deep trouble with ACLU for not admitting anymore Asian.\u00a0 You know what “UCLA” stand for?\u00a0 “U Cee aLotofAsian!”\u00a0 Hohohoho!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 That’s not funny, Omma.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Hohoho.\u00a0 Shut up.]<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 What up Sky?<\/span>
\nEkin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Nothing much bro.\u00a0 Pissed at my dad.\u00a0 I was two under when my dad ripped me off the green to drag me to League practice.<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Did you know there was actually a time when Asian parents actually wanted their kids to be good at things like music and golf?<\/span>
\nEkin<\/strong>:\u00a0 And academics too.\u00a0 My dad was snooping through my binder the other day, and asked if my math homework was me trying to figure out how to maximize my magic resist while retaining decent AP scaling.\u00a0 He actually got pissed when I said it was just my math homework and that I had to show my work.<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 I heard that back in those days Asian parents actually discouraged their kids to play video games.\u00a0 I couldn’t imagine my parents yelling at me for not practicing League, or not studying what TSM did in their last stream.<\/span>
\nEkin<\/strong>:\u00a0 No shit bro?\u00a0 My dad installed a projector behind my bed so I have to watch Voyboy’s stream until I fall asleep.<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo:\u00a0<\/strong>Man, I tried to tell my parents that playing piano helped me get dexterity in my fingers.\u00a0 That almost worked until my dad pointed out that my right hand playing the piano didn’t have any mechanical bearing to how I’m supposed to hold a mouse.<\/span>
\nEkin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Man, that would’ve been\u00a0SO\u00a0<\/em>gg if that excuse worked.<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Come on Sky, don’t League-speak me while not in practice.<\/span>
\nEkin<\/strong>:\u00a0 Sorry bro, it’s just that I know I hate it, but it still kind of sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Uh, no, Omma, you know I don’t want to be a pro League player.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Then what do you want to be?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Are you serious, Omma?\u00a0 You know I want to play piano!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 (Conveniently ignores statement, deliberately)\u00a0 [Don’t you want to be famous?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Sure, but for playing the piano, or something else…<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [But piano won’t get the people chanting your name!\u00a0 Like inSec!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 “inSec” isn’t even his real name Omma. It’s like In-Seok or something, but people can’t pronounce it correctly.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 inSec!\u00a0 inSec!\u00a0 inSec!\u00a0 inSec!\u00a0 innnnnSeeeeeccccc mech-a-neeksuuuuuuu!!<\/span>
\nHyun<\/strong>–Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 omg<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [You don’t want that??]\u00a0 Hyun-Soo!\u00a0 Hyun-Soo!\u00a0 Hyun-Soo!<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 That’s not my in-game name, Omma… only retards go by their full given name as their screen name.<\/span>
\nMom:\u00a0<\/strong>[Then what your screen name??]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 “th3 pianist”<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [What?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 The pianist.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 The penis?\u00a0 [like your penis?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 No!!\u00a0 “The.\u00a0 Pianist!”\u00a0 As in someone who plays the piano!<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 Aigoo chamna!\u00a0 (“good grief”)\u00a0 [Again with this piano nonsense!]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Well I’m sorry you don’t like it Omma.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Can you change your name?]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 But it costs money to do so.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [Penis is fine then.]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 “Pianist.”<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 Penis!\u00a0 Penis!\u00a0 Penis!\u00a0 Penis!\u00a0\u00a0 Ohohohohohoho!<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 (cringes, leans his forehead against the window)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 (muttering)\u00a0 This is such bullshit.<\/span>
\nMom:\u00a0<\/strong>[What??]<\/span>
\nHyun-Soo<\/strong>:\u00a0 It’s not fair.<\/span>
\nMom<\/strong>:\u00a0 [I don’t care.\u00a0 Practice tomorrow too.\u00a0 Play two game tonight before you go to bed.\u00a0 And no bot game either.\u00a0 I’ll check.]<\/span><\/p>\n