Really it doesn’t take much to become an Olympic torch bearer sometimes (one guy even won the honor in a contest held by a newspaper). So it should probably come as no big surprise that a handful of professional gamers in China will be carrying the flame for a portion of its journey. Jae Ho “Moon” Jang and Li “Sky” Xiaofeng — two Warcraft III players — will be joined by Junchun “Pj” Sha and Lei “Leilei” Shen — two Starcraft players — in the procession leading the torch to the opening ceremonies. There’s no word on when exactly the gamers will be carrying the torch, but each of them should have a chance to carry the flame as it finishes its trip to the Olympic Games in Beijing. Hopefully the protests will have died down by then; otherwise the term “Zerg rush” might suddenly take on a whole new meaning for these gamers.
Via GGL
3 Comments to Professional Gamers Carrying Olympic Torch for a Stretch
by: Steve
On April 17, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Wonder how long it’ll take them to get out of breath due to sitting on their ass all day!
by: erathoniel
On April 17, 2008 at 8:21 pm
You say that all of us are out of shape? Some of us are in great shape.
Round is a shape, is it not?
by: ManOfTeal
On April 18, 2008 at 8:43 am
My mom says that I am big boned.
Go Marlins!!!!