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Taiche
France1963 Posts
The beginning
Back in the early 2000s, I (ir)regularly played StarCraft on LAN with a few friends. They would come at my place with their laptop, we would set up the IPX protocol on every computer (ahhhh, the good ol' times where configuring the whole network took 1 hour) and then play SC the whole evening/night.
Never played with those ?
So one of those nights in October 2004, two friends and I would lose versus 3 comps *AGAIN* -_-; I was pissed and the next day went on Google looking for some fine strategies and how-tos. That's how I discovered TL almost 5 years ago where I saw people played StarCraft as a national sport in South Korea O_O
I quickly became addicted to this site ; at that time, watching VODs was very difficult : you needed a Korean ID to be able to register to the OGN site and watch the videos live and you had to be a forum veteran to access the download section.
Well, I won't go into details about the 5 years I have spent here. I would only stress how happy I was one year ago when the Blizzard WWI took place in Paris  Those who were there can tell how awesome it was.
At the bar on the Saturday night with Mondi, DKnight, RaGe, Chill and others. Get a full recap here
Time to say goodbye
What with the nostalgia ? Well, since mid-2008, I've been very busy on other matters. I want to completely change my professional life and it takes a bunch of time. I need to study/work a lot out of my regular working hours and it leaves little space for SC and TL. It has already made me stop any development on RepDepot/ReXplorer and stuff. I barely read TL these days, like 3-4 times a week.
The problem is I will need much more time in a month or so. Why ? Because I am going to be a dad in late August This is really cool but I won't be able to do everything I want in my spare time (hell, I already am unable to do that -_-; ). I need to cut some more in my "expendable" activities : it means less time on TL (and less time browsing on the Internet in general), no time to work on SC-related softwares. There's a lot of work coming at me ; it's challenging and I will like it, but I have to make more room in my life.
I will still come here to read a few about what SC is becoming and what are the reactions to SC2 and stuff. But I won't be able to participate as much as I used to, even if I am already on "silent" mode 
See you guys and take care ! I seriously hope you all do well in the days to come. Because I know I will 
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Oh god, you've done quite alot for the community!!
I wish you a happy fatherhood =)
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Have fun; thanks for everything you've done.
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United States44240 Posts
Good luck with your life. Thanks for helping me get to my hotel in Paris, you're a lifesaver.
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Sweden33719 Posts
Thanks for all your work, and good luck with what lays ahead Congrats on becoming a dad!
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Congrats on the upcoming dad-hood. Thanks for all the work you've done for the community, you're awesome
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this + listening to music from into the wild making me sad T_T
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
Thanks for all the love, guys :D
FA : keep on the great work on the SC2 forum ! I'll take a look once in a while to see what other stupid things Blizzard is coming up with...
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N-N-Nooooooooooooooooooo ;_;
thanks for all the stuff you've done :D
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FuDDx
United States5017 Posts
Congratulations man!!!! Being a Dad is great.Its hard but so rewarding.I wish you the best and after the first two years you get a little time back,maybe haha.Thanks for all you've done for us!
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Belgium9950 Posts
No need to be so sad, I'm sure you'll find more happiness in becoming a dad.
Thanks for all the work you've done. What's the plan with repdepot/Rexplorer now? Will you just hand over the project to other hands?
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This is great to hear that you will be a daddy soon but also a big loss on our side, when the time comes and you could not sleep at night you could always come and watch a good VOD with the baby in your arm
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Congrats Taiche!
Thanks for everything you've done, good luck with everything and I wish you success in your new professionnal life!
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
Sad to see you go! Check in on us once in a while!
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Kid this is a lie. Just wait till next year WWI 2010 in Paris - you'll be back LOL.
Also congrats to both of you on having a child :D !
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Zurich15366 Posts
You will be missed for sure!
Congrats on becoming a dad, and thank you so much what everything you have done for the community!
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Congrats for the upcoming baby! Thanks for all your effort!
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CANCEL LARVAE EGG
EDIT: XD Congrats
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Félicitations on the kid!
And thanks for your work and everything you've done.Cya!
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
On July 15 2009 02:04 RaGe wrote:
No need to be so sad, I'm sure you'll find more happiness in becoming a dad.
Thanks for all the work you've done. What's the plan with repdepot/Rexplorer now? Will you just hand over the project to other hands?
I'm not sad, just disappointed that there are too many things to do at the same time, forcing me to have to choose.
RepDepot will continue as it is now. People use it and, while there are many features I would have wanted to add, I don't plan on dropping it any time soon. It is just not going to improve, that's all. Maybe one day I'll have time for it again ; we'll see.
Same goes for ReXplorer. Plus, I don't think Blizzard is going to spend much time on SC1 now and add/modify things. So ReXplorer is good as it is. I should make the whole source code available, though.
On July 15 2009 02:24 Kennigit wrote:
Kid this is a lie. Just wait till next year WWI 2010 in Paris - you'll be back LOL.
Also congrats to both of you on having a child :D !
Haha, of course if any Blizzard event takes place in Paris, we'll be there We'll just leave the baby at grandma's for the week-end ;p
Thanks to all of you for the kind words, it means a lot Also, I'll still visit TL from time to time, just not regularly and I might not post anymore.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Much fucking love, Taiche. Much fucking love indeed.
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Quite sad that you're leaving.
You've done great things for the community and I want you to know we all love you. Grats on becoming a dad and good luck !
P.S. You'll be back
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On July 15 2009 03:17 Taiche wrote:Haha, of course if any Blizzard event takes place in Paris, we'll be there We'll just leave the baby at grandma's for the week-end ;p
Have you seen The Hangover? Babys are totally save with drunk people :D
I also remember the time with 10mbit Networks and those cables. In 11 years you can make such a thread again how we had to to strange configurations to run SC2 on lan in the beginning
Thanks for your contributions, and best of luck with the other activities.
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Life is more important, I wish you all the best with your child and your career bonne chance !
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FuDDx
United States5017 Posts
If you need any tips or just need to talk to a fellow dad let me know and I hope I am not speaking out of place Im sure Mani would say the same.
Again its hard but o so good.Nothing else like it in the world.I LOVE being a Dad.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
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Good luck with life, friend
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On July 15 2009 03:33 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Much fucking love, Taiche. Much fucking love indeed.
God has spoken. /agree
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No poll to name the kid?
But seriously, congrats, and thanks for everything you've done.
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Name the kid the second choice on the Mainfesto Poll.
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United States3824 Posts
Good Luck in you endeavors as a father and a productive member of society.
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Thanks a ton for all you've done!
Good luck being a father, and hope you have a great future (of course you will )
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
On July 15 2009 03:33 FirstBorn wrote:P.S. You'll be back
Sure, when I have played SC2 and got beaten by the comp for the 100th time, I'll come back here
On July 15 2009 03:35 IPS.ZeRo wrote:Have you seen The Hangover? Babys are totally save with drunk people :D
We plan on going to see it this week :D
On July 15 2009 05:40 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Name the kid the second choice on the Mainfesto Poll.
Haha, it's a girl so I'm not entirely sure Raynor or Magnus is suitable :D So far, my girlfriend and I are still battling over the name
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I will always respect you and your work. It has been invaluable in making INTREPID, which I plan on expanding and making more accurate. Kudos! You will be missed.
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Congrats on the future dadness! Sorry to see you go though. 
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
Hey Stryker, nice to see you've been able to put your site up Sorry I was not very helpful though
Maybe one day I'll have some time to make RepASM work on 64-bit systems, but I highly doubt I will :/ By that time, 128-bit systems will be the norm...
Anyway, GL with INTREPID !
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
GL with everything Taiche, I can definitely relate to the time constraints you're experiencing (though probably to a lesser degree as of now) as I started working a few months ago myself.
It was awesome meeting you @ Paris - keep in touch~
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On July 15 2009 07:34 thedeadhaji wrote:
GL with everything Taiche, I can definitely relate to the time constraints you're experiencing (though probably to a lesser degree as of now) as I started working a few months ago myself.
It was awesome meeting you @ Paris - keep in touch~
What haji is trying to say is that he got some japanese girl pregnant. Yeah me and chill often reflect on how hospitable you guys were in Paris ^^
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Thank you so much for the meeting in Paris, you were a great person, hopefully meet you again at some TL Sc2 meeting!
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On July 15 2009 06:14 Taiche wrote:Haha, it's a girl so I'm not entirely sure Raynor or Magnus is suitable :D So far, my girlfriend and I are still battling over the name
Sarah Louise (for Kerrigan)
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"The fortune of one man means less for some"
Your kid is one lucky kid =]
Good luck!~
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That pic of the coax cables is so nostalgic. The days when transferring 1 file over the network would make the game lag incredibly. :D
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Netherlands19141 Posts
Wooo go Taiché, Paris was good . Hope its to be a healthy happy baby!
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Germany2762 Posts
thank you so much for all your efforts and for creating rexplorer, one of the best sc related tools ever!
best wishes for your baby, take care
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Good bye Taiche!!!!!!! Will be missed =[
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I have a lot of respect for your decision, because I consider family to be one of the most important institutions in the design of this world. I'm still pretty new to TL so I've only heard your name, but I just want to say...
Thanks for everything you've done for the SC community. Now, train (not just teach) your boy/girl well and have no regret.
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Congratulations on being a dad!
Thanks for all of your contributions to the community.
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
Thank you for the nice words, everyone
I didn't expect to find some more today ! This is really touching.
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Regards!
Sounds like you have your priorities in order.
Until another day...
to a great TL member.
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