I've just read your application form and we do share a passion.
Fifa on PS3 and broken controllers LOL (They made them areodynamic for some reason, you can't believe how far I can throw those things at times haha)
Unfortunately I didn't go to Korea myself, I had exams during that period.
Yet I really enjoyed the competitive ladder games I played to get the ticket to WCG. (back in the days through Clanbase : aka Cheaterbase nowadays)
But Korea, well if you are a pro gamer like Fatal1ty you should go live there, the good gamers are handled like pop singing stars over there making thousands of dollars on sponsoring. (and no matter how ugly they are, they get laid just because they are good at a game)
Gaming in Korea is more like a national sport.
The Tournament itself was well organized, like a huge lan-party game but with press and cameras around
What I enjoyed more
though that counter-strike was Half-Life vanilla 5v5. (that's how X-stars originally started but with a different name Dune Bugs in HL and Cyber Fit in CS). The competition and weekly matches were a blast, we gotten #1 Belgian clan for a year and a half, worldwide we were top #10.
(that's actually how my thirst for organized competitive gameplay started)
edit: It has been such a long time ago that by talking about it all the good memories are coming back haha