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barth
Profile Joined March 2008
Ireland1272 Posts
September 20 2010 09:41 GMT
#341
Scary. I hope the uncertainty of BW future isn`t the main reason for the retirement.
"Somebody you are talking to disappears mid sentence, and the universe shoots you because you talked to someone that wasn`t there." - MasterOfChaos
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
September 20 2010 09:42 GMT
#342
as long as flash and jaedong are there bw will be alive.. as soon as the top two players leave, it will all come crashing to hell. PLEASE DONT LEAVE JVF
Jaedong.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42394 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 10:14:18
September 20 2010 10:07 GMT
#343
On September 20 2010 18:42 Pedo.Bear wrote:
as long as flash and jaedong are there bw will be alive.. as soon as the top two players leave, it will all come crashing to hell. PLEASE DONT LEAVE JVF


I would say that it will be dead if players like Stork, Bisu, Sea, Light etc leaves the game. I rather watch something different than JD & Flash all the time.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5600 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 10:10:53
September 20 2010 10:10 GMT
#344
SLDKFJLKG,MVSDFG? WTF???? why?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK


FUCK

effort this is horrible, horrible news. Must be the first time ever an in form s-class payer quits BW. My beloved CJ...
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
pR0gR4m3R
Profile Joined February 2008
Spain1446 Posts
September 20 2010 10:12 GMT
#345
Im so sad, as he is my fav zerg player, got the chance to interview him in BlizzCon09, and I was so happy the day he became an OSL champion

And now, CJ is lacking of a leader as EffOrt was
StarCraft-ESP.com Admin - Spanish StarCraft Community
Ranshin
Profile Joined September 2009
7 Posts
September 20 2010 10:13 GMT
#346
Damn this sucks.
Be a man, grin and bear it.
wikked
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany12 Posts
September 20 2010 10:15 GMT
#347
Respect to retire and go for studying.

Hope more koreans will realize that there is a other life out there.

He sure can play a little SC2 and make a little money in the GSL seasons.
ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
September 20 2010 10:18 GMT
#348
I quite liked Effort, but good for him that he wants to continue his education.
"The White Woman Speaks in Tongues That Are All Lies" - Incontrol; Member #37 of the Chill Fanclub
Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
September 20 2010 10:18 GMT
#349
On September 20 2010 18:01 Heimatloser wrote:
awesome carreer:
rooke of the year 2009, best new player of proleague 09/10 season, beat the best player of the world for a gold in the highest ranking tournament 2010, retire 2010.

+ Show Spoiler +
only way to top this would be to win maybe next proleague season. but theres not enough credit for that


edit: And suddenly kwanro was the second best zerg in the world

Zero

ARRGH, I don't really like effort as a player, but still less competition = bad. It always makes the game more interesting to watch some competition.

But still, he is an S-class zerg retiring in his prime. Also, effort is my friend's favorite player. He'll be sad to see this thread.

It's just a really sad month for broodwar.

Anyways, good luck to effort in whatever he chooses in life.
Lee Young Ho fighting! KT P are just CHINTOSSTIC.
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
September 20 2010 10:20 GMT
#350
very sad day for bw, but i think for effort personally its a clever decision. he wouldnt have had the chance to win another SL with flash and jd around, and the pl will be skt vs kt anyway. by retiring now, close to his peak, he can conserve his legend forever and he is still young enough to still go to college and continue with a normal life, unlike other retiring pros who are too old for this path.

gl to him
"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
JL13
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1384 Posts
September 20 2010 10:21 GMT
#351
Craziness... I still remember him getting 2-0'd by TossGirl in his debut at a GomTV tournament and then beginning to watch a lot of his games (including an epic ZvP against Bisu on Medusa, ZvT against Flash on HBR both in ProLeague) culminating in his OSL title, which really made me go: oh-my-god what just happened.

It's so sad that he is leaving, although not as crushing as Coach Cho's resignation for me. I wish him the best of luck in whatever he does.
Favorite Progamers in order: JangBi, Kwanro, Really, DarkElf
Yodo
Profile Joined March 2010
Russian Federation327 Posts
September 20 2010 10:30 GMT
#352
I can understand him. Also there is no way that any good BW player will move to SC2, it like quit Manchester U, Real or Milan and join some FC in Turkish league.
Corrupted
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1255 Posts
September 20 2010 10:34 GMT
#353
On September 20 2010 19:30 Yodo wrote:
I can understand him. Also there is no way that any good BW player will move to SC2, it like quit Manchester U, Real or Milan and join some FC in Turkish league.


lol, interesting insight. thanks for that.
"MarineKing rolling double sevens there" -Artosis
[DUF]MethodMan
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany1716 Posts
September 20 2010 10:40 GMT
#354
wow fuck, i dont even like effort, but the rate players and coaches are dropping out is insane.
GiftPflanZe
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Germany623 Posts
September 20 2010 10:49 GMT
#355
This is huge D:
...
Ordained
Profile Joined June 2010
United States779 Posts
September 20 2010 10:51 GMT
#356
On September 20 2010 16:43 ilj.psa wrote:
all that effort for nothing?

I would hardly call it nothing. He was pretty inspiring to me.
"You are not trying to win, you are trying to be awesome" -Day[9]
GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
September 20 2010 10:53 GMT
#357
Pretty surprised to see he is retiring. Didn't expect the top players to be heading out, but I suppose the "sinking ship" feeling sc1 is going through right now is providing the incentive for progamers to branch out.
Kang Min Fighting!
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
September 20 2010 11:05 GMT
#358
I don't actually think this is for SC2. Probably just tired of gaming. If he wanted to stick with gaming BW would be his best option by far since he is guaranteed a top salary and guaranteed to be a top player if he practices.
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oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States6089 Posts
September 20 2010 11:05 GMT
#359
EffOrt is really lucky. For a while there he was a good proleague zerg, but being something of a rookie, had no individual accomplishments. Then he gets an OSL title over Flash, reverse sweeping at that. There's no better time to be able to say "I did alright in progaming," and throw in the towel.
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
crazeh
Profile Joined August 2010
91 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 11:20:08
September 20 2010 11:19 GMT
#360
On September 20 2010 19:21 JL13 wrote:
Craziness... I still remember him getting 2-0'd by TossGirl in his debut at a GomTV tournament

He beat TossGirl 2-1 LWW
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