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Little update on my last blog.

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Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
December 02 2021 13:41 GMT
#1
Hey guys this is former Terran player Fnatic.Rain.
People often confuse me with Protoss Rain since we share the same nickname and I want to remind you that I'm a retired Korean Terren player back in WoL and here is my profileFnatic.Rain in case you wanna check it out.

I want to give y'all a little update on my last blog 6 years after retirement which I posted almost 4 years ago when I was struggling with my education in the United States.

Fortunately, I was able to get my life together and manage to graduate from college. After that, I served in the Korean military for 2 years which I had been postponing for so long and I "SURVIVED" it. I got discharged in May this year and lucky, I was able to get my second job(progamer still counts as a job ) as a QA(Quality Assurance) in a pharmaceutical company.

Ever since I retired from being a Starcraft player, my life has turned into something full of adversities and challenges. Of course, I have learned a lot from overcoming those but the most difficult thing for me was to find something that I can truly be passionate about like E-sports.

I admit that I was very lucky to become a Starcraft player and I was blessed that I possessed the right skill sets to become a competitive player. And I'm even more thankful that everything worked out quite perfectly for me after retirement.

Thank you all for reading this and hope you have a nice day!




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Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
LennX
Profile Joined October 2010
4568 Posts
December 02 2021 15:00 GMT
#2
Good to see your updates.

Do you still game in your free time?
Mute user function on TL; http://www.liquiddota.com/blogs/491245-mute-annoying-users-in-lr-threads
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
December 03 2021 07:42 GMT
#3
On December 03 2021 00:00 LennX wrote:
Good to see your updates.

Do you still game in your free time?


Ahh not really. Starcraft has changed a lot since the last time I played so it feels so difficult to start all over again.
Plus, I don't even have a desktop anymore haha but I do watch people streaming sometimes.
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-03 11:12:12
December 03 2021 11:11 GMT
#4
That's nice to hear that you do well and overcame the hurdles you talked about previously!

I remember you as the terran Rain by TSL.Rain more than fnatic.Rain but indeed fnatic was your last team
Looking at your liquipedia page I did not realize back then that you were both so young for a GSL finalist, and without previous BW experience, that's super impressive

Hope you continue to do well in your life, cheers!
WriterMaru
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
December 03 2021 11:34 GMT
#5
Congratulations on turning your life towards something good and surviving your military service! Here's tomany better years!
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
December 03 2021 15:30 GMT
#6
Thanks for posting an update!

Pro athletes usually go thru a phase trying to figure out what to do after retiring. I'm glad you tackled it head on and posted an update. It's always good to take a look back and remind yourself of the things you've accomplished so far, which I think are pretty awesome!

- Graduated college CHECK
- Surived military service CHECK
- Got a job CHECK

I wish you the best of luck in the future and look for ways to enjoy life, even if it might not feel as entertaining as playing SC at first, know that the grownup steps you've taken help shape the future you in the best way you can.
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
December 03 2021 17:41 GMT
#7
We still know who you are and love hearing from you!
(Wiki)Rain (Korean Terran)
https://tl.net/forum/closed-threads/259170-who-is-bcuzofupros-on-the-na-server

To me you're still TSL.Rain. I'd love to hear more about your time on TSL too.

From 18 through college, military (if korean), professional life till marriage (me at 27), life is definitely full of adversities. It took me a while to find what I was passionate about to, but once you find that "right" career path and someone to spend life with everything in life will feel like it was meant to be even in the face of new and difficult adversities. I'm so happy you are hanging in there and really appreciate the update. Please report back in more often the every four years!
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Luepert
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1933 Posts
December 09 2021 06:47 GMT
#8
I think it's so cool to just go on tl.net and see life updates from someone I remember watching a decade ago. Thanks for the update and thanks for the memories! I'll always remember you as the original rain before that other guy switched over and as I think the first Korean to join a "foreign" team in SC2.
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