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james1024
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
118 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-29 13:53:17
June 29 2018 13:04 GMT
#1
Requiem for an Athlete who Died too Young

KT_Violet, WuYoungHo, can you hear me
from heaven as I write this?
Because I can't always find the tears
for your absence. Can you hear me?
You had the cutest acne, perfect, soft, 20-year-old
mouth, but your acne always made me feel
like your hyung.
The day I found out about your leukemia
diagnosis I cried my eyes out and had
to go to the psych-hospital.
Because even though you were a celebrity, (With
an all-kill at that!) I know I took a game
off you when you were smurfing on fish:
With my golden-bullet-proxy-hatch ling allin,
And. God, I miss you... I almost feel
that loss to a foreigner ate you up inside....
And a small part of me feels responsible for
your cancer, because (also a little) said that
loss to a foreigner was a failure for your team
And you worked hard for your spot on the Rolster Roster.

Because it was obvious you practiced more than anyone
else. You practiced too hard violet.
Who knows, maybe you were that naughty Korean who
said he liked American girls because they
had big
( . ) ( . ).
Or maybe you were one of the ones who gave
The words of hope in this cold world: yae,
That definitly sounds more your style, lad.

There are only 3 surviving videos and 2 replays
of your amazing style; you poor boy; God, maybe
we had been real-life friends I could
have taught you out of your weak blood, telling
you to take breaks during your 21-hour
practice sessions.

You probably played piano, so you didnt have wrist
injuries like your hyung LeeYoungHo, maybe you
were so desperate to beat that impossible prodigy
you got hurt. You were too gentle to walk into
the hell of 21-hour-marathons of our war game:
You were soft, I wish you had just been in
pediatricians school, and now my heart is
heavy because I know it's impossible to ever
play or even kakaotalk with you. Maybe I will
meet you in heaven and we can do that, that sounds like heaven.
You were so good with corsairs, I remember you squashing
12 overlords against some pro zerg, and the youtube
comment below that simply said "No one can tame the
beast that is violet."

And your game was beastly, but you were too kind
for your own good, so you kept a smiling visage
on even though you were being blood-torne by the
evil that dwells in this world, Violet:


You were too innocent for your own good, all leukemia
(stroke-victims too) are the nicest of peoples:

I bet the birds flocked and prayed at your windowsill.

Gosh, maybe we never did play, but i'd like to believe
we did: Celebrity or not, I consider you my kin.
I blame the KT coaches for letting you work that
hard, (Yeah, I know it's no one's fault, I guess, huh?)

...God help me I hope you're listening.

I blame Flash for giving you an impossible challenge
to consistently beat that boy, but I really don't
because I saw the picture of his tears at
your funeral. God.... Pictures; flowers all over your
picture plaque, because you were as sweet as flowers.


I blame the damned South Korean government for
making the german-herb a capitol crime, you needed
to get high once or twice Violet, but I just know you...
You were a perfect son and would never try street drugs.

You had nice eyes, you didn't need glasses.

I'm mad at you, Violet, because you can never bring
your beauty into my life, ever again, but I'm
more mad at myself for not giving you a big talk
and preempting your blood-sickness, I didn't know
Korean while you were still alive. God... I'm
not crying, but I feel heavy and hollow writing
this. (sorry coach, sorry flash, I'm just venting.)

God dammit Violet! You needed a marlboro!
But you didn't understand that when your Mom
said to never smoke, she secretly thought you
would go sneak a couple with your friends,
I guess you were worried about your health. You needed bisu...
I could have been your bisu, I feel responsible
for this... Maybe you beat me and I called
you a gook and that was what gave you
the cancer.

How do you cut a tumor out of blood? You can't
cure cancer.... I almost want to blame God
because he took you away from us. But your
in his kingdom now. Maybe God sacrificed you
to show me true mourning, I've los ta lot of
loved ones, but a celebrity's death has made
me cry 10x more than them all combined.
(The pictures of your hyungs fruitlessly donating
blood in a vain attempt to cure you.)

We miss you:
Flash misses you, backho misses you, your fangirls
that prayed for you miss you. God... Why did
you have to die, Violet? Hiya misses you, he
regrets beating your carriers with marine-medic,
I'm wagging my finger at you, Violet, you should
have know better than to go carriers against
that turtle. (I hope you are praying for me
and laughing at my ill-timed joke, from heaven.

I do hate how your games are un-find-able, stupid
youtube banned jon747 account and lost that
brilliance, like when you came back from a crippling
blow from Yarnc and somehow cameback
and marched to victory on him, your play was so good.

I wish you could coach me still.

I wonder if Savior misses you, I bet you showed
mercy and forgave him and Luxury, I can tell
you had a big heart. you practiced too hard Violet,
you were too much a of a team player, starcraft
was you relaxation, but you were too young to
know starcraft eats you up.

You were handsome.

You were gosu.
You were kind.

You had a cool handle.

My eyes didn't water once while I wrote this.



But I still cry sometimes when I see rain
falling on the pavement, through a window,
tears-of-happy, because it somehow makes
me feel you're watching over me.


I hope we meet again. I love you.

I will never forget you.

We shared a bond fools wouldn't understand.

May the Lord give you wings and you game
on the cloud seated computer. But for
now we all miss you, except when the rain falls.




poem by James Gade (Kakaotalk:Milkbone1234)



*
Woke this morning to the stinging lash///Every man rise from the ash/// Each betrayal begins with trust/// Every man returns to dust///
linestein
Profile Blog Joined June 2018
United States210 Posts
June 29 2018 16:46 GMT
#2
I remember this day incidentally otherwise I might not comment. Seems to be in reference to this:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46452/to-an-athlete-dying-young
"You can wish to be rich, you can wish to be tall. You can wish away the haters, you just gimme a call" ---Will Smith & DJ Khaled "Friend Like Me (End Title)"
castleeMg
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Canada791 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-29 21:40:42
June 29 2018 21:40 GMT
#3
i wasnt going to post this but i feel like i should just tell you that this shit is way too bizarre and maybe seek some help like what the fuck did i just read honestly

You had the cutest acne, perfect, soft, 20-year-old
mouth
very bizarre

The day I found out about your leukemia
diagnosis I cried my eyes out and had
to go to the psych-hospital.
actually? is this true u went to the psych ward cause he died...?? like why would u go to the psych ward for grief about someone you didnt know personally


I know I took a game
off you when you were smurfing on fish:
With my golden-bullet-proxy-hatch ling allin,
And. God, I miss you... I almost feel
that loss to a foreigner ate you up inside....
And a small part of me feels responsible for
your cancer, because (also a little) said that
loss to a foreigner was a failure for your team
And you worked hard for your spot on the Rolster Roster.
Because it was obvious you practiced more than anyone
else. You practiced too hard violet.
pretty sure this is a blatant lie, i highly doubt you played violet on fish and won and how would u even know it was him? and how would he know you're a foreigner

God, maybe
we had been real-life friends I could
have taught you out of your weak blood, telling
you to take breaks during your 21-hour
practice sessions.
21 hour practice sessions? what facts do u have on that and how does that effect leukemia ?

Maybe you beat me and I called
you a gook and that was what gave you
the cancer.
very strange thing to say in general
AKA: castle[eMg]@USEast/ iCCup
Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
June 29 2018 23:45 GMT
#4
One day you will look back at this blog and realize that this is wrong.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
June 30 2018 07:51 GMT
#5
Disturbing as hell.
oh, hai
Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
June 30 2018 08:56 GMT
#6
lol I hate to discourage people's creative output, but yeah... some parts are rather strange.
funnybananaman
Profile Joined April 2009
United States830 Posts
June 30 2018 21:36 GMT
#7
Beautifully written. 10 / 10. We lost a true pioneer when violet left us. How I yearn for the color purple so beautiful ina rainbow, perhaps a bouquet of violets can be laid in his resting place by someone visiting Korea.
james1024
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
118 Posts
July 01 2018 07:53 GMT
#8
Jeez, sorry I posted this, not the response I'm affected.

Are you people human? I'm a bit drunk, but I was just expressing myself; although whats his name did have some constructive cristism.

Maybe you are all just newbs who have never beaten a progamer and are jealous that I probably did play violet.

Anyway, fuck all of you, I love violet and I'm sorry I was bizzaree but this isn't a psych hospital, this is the blog section of tl.

Also the formatting didn't work for mmy poem on the poster because it's fucked up. God I feel like shit for pissing you guys off.


Yes I did get suicidal when violet got diagnosed, if you actually read the poem you would say I didn't actually play his smurf I was imaginigin it.

Yall need to grow up. I love violet and I wish someone would translate this to korean cuz they would understand.

I'm sorry, love you guys.
Woke this morning to the stinging lash///Every man rise from the ash/// Each betrayal begins with trust/// Every man returns to dust///
james1024
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
118 Posts
July 01 2018 07:57 GMT
#9
On June 30 2018 08:45 Jan1997 wrote:
One day you will look back at this blog and realize that this is wrong.
Why? it made me sad but I wanted to share my poetry with my tl friends.
Woke this morning to the stinging lash///Every man rise from the ash/// Each betrayal begins with trust/// Every man returns to dust///
heyitsMiro
Profile Blog Joined November 2016
83 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-01 11:26:57
July 01 2018 11:26 GMT
#10
Maybe you are all just newbs who have never beaten a progamer and are jealous that I probably did play violet.

You sound unsure about whether it was violet or not.
Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
July 01 2018 15:20 GMT
#11
Sorry for my mean comment james.
castleeMg
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Canada791 Posts
July 01 2018 15:27 GMT
#12
it seems like you made a poem about violets passing but instead of putting in actual real information about violet you fabricated some lies in order to make yourself look better? i think thats the case to some degree at least. the obvious one is you saying you beat violet (with no proof) which likely could cause him to get cancer? like that is a pretty fucked up thing to say in a homage about him. anyways i think my post did come off pretty condescending but honestly its pretty weird and in bad taste in my opinion
AKA: castle[eMg]@USEast/ iCCup
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-03 16:22:19
July 03 2018 16:22 GMT
#13
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
ilililililililiii
Profile Joined October 2013
United States93 Posts
July 07 2018 12:32 GMT
#14
lol
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