Read excerpts from Slayers_Boxer’s autobiography in English!

It isn’t every day that the most popular gamer in the world writes a biography, so imagine our elation when we learned that portions of Lim “Boxer” Yo Hwan’s autobiography Crazy As Me have been translated into English.

The autobiography contains tales of the young StarCraft emperor growing up, with parents who loved him but discouraged him from playing too many videogames. Check an excerpt:

But it was only momentary. I went to the arcades the next day, even after being chastised by my dad. My dad that punished me, sighing in distress of what I might become- I wonder how he felt, when I told him that I would continue playing games even after the age of twenty, those games that I played since I was a child. It’s most certain that my dad must have been disappointed and worried. Maybe that is why I tried harder as a pro gamer; to be a better son, a son that he could be proud of.

Did I become a pro gamer because of the skills that I’ve acquired in the arcades? There are times when I think that I’ve been able to become a progamer because of soccer. One could wonder what the connection is between soccer and games. Soccer requires great amounts of stamina and physical strength. At the time, I was strong enough to run around the field all day and not become exhausted. Soccer is also an aggressive, full body-contact sport; it can be a sport that one would not like very much, if they are not so competitive. Perhaps I was born with an inclination towards sports. At the same time, I’m fortunate to have been born in an era of e-sports.

Several insightful chapters can be read at The Boxer Biography blog, though at times the Korean to English translation needs some help.