Holy shit..

I was sure he was going to be the next jaedong a few months ago. He wins an OSL and then just leaves? I'm kind of curious about his thoughts on this issue...

On September 21 2010 04:32 Shiladie wrote:
"Unrelated to gaming" so unlikely going to SC2.
Leaving at near his peak, I gotta respect that.

yeop.

Esper[mb]

United States88 Posts

September 20 2010 19:35 GMT

#463

sad news, he prob been watching osl and msl finals trying to find a weekness in flashes play... So i guess he didn't find one and pulled a preemptive gg

Elefanto

Switzerland3584 Posts

September 20 2010 19:39 GMT

#464

That's really something.
Devoting first his life to become a progamer, live the passion and your dreams, and after you achieved it, step back and search another challange. WoW.

Cheeseburgered

United States716 Posts

September 20 2010 19:44 GMT

#465

wtf? alien retiring? who's gonna play zerg on CJ (hydra sucks)

NuKedUFirst

Canada3139 Posts

September 20 2010 19:57 GMT

#466

On September 21 2010 04:44 Cheeseburgered wrote:
wtf? alien retiring? who's gonna play zerg on CJ (hydra sucks)

Last few months were perhaps the most painful in BW's 10 year history. Teams getting sold, many many many players retiring, match fixing scandals.. :<

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

September 20 2010 19:58 GMT

#467

--- Nuked ---

StarStruck

25339 Posts

September 20 2010 19:59 GMT

#468

Good for him. Leaving on a high note is very difficult to do for most players. My hat goes off to him. Who will step it up in the CJ house? :/

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

September 20 2010 20:06 GMT

#469

Some of the most amazing ZvT I have ever seen.

EffOrt was fucking amazing. In a selfish way I hope to see him play again, but, I hope he does whatever is best for him.

IMO one of the best Zergs ever. This guy is up there with July, Savior, and Jaedong.

CynanMachae

Canada1459 Posts

September 20 2010 20:10 GMT

#470

On September 20 2010 15:00 ccdnl wrote:
hes not moving to sc2. stop juumping the gun ppll!!

User was warned for this post

edit: i did read the thread stupid warning.

Lol obviously not until it said the orignal post was translated later lol

And seems with no Effort, really so few top zerg remains.. even if it's only one less.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

September 20 2010 20:13 GMT

#471

On September 21 2010 04:35 Esper[mb] wrote:
sad news, he prob been watching osl and msl finals trying to find a weekness in flashes play... So i guess he didn't find one and pulled a preemptive gg

Hm yes that must be why the last 3-4 times they played efford won :O.

I'll miss you effort you were one of my favorite zergs!

MisteR

Netherlands595 Posts

September 20 2010 20:15 GMT

#472

On September 20 2010 13:06 No_Roo wrote:
Effort returning to his homeplanet.. We all knew this day would come.

JK, effort will be missed, one of my favorites...

Thanks for bringing a smile on my face.

YunhOLee

Canada2470 Posts

September 20 2010 20:15 GMT

#473

damn, would of loved to see him try out sc2

oh well i still hope he's gonna try it sometime and it will be sucessful for him, he was pretty fun to watch play in bw.

gozima

Canada602 Posts

September 20 2010 20:18 GMT

#474

Damn! I thought BW still had a chance of surviving for at least a couple of years after SC2 release.

I still have hope, but it's looking more and more unlikely.

SubtleArt

2710 Posts

September 20 2010 20:26 GMT

#475

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Omg wow this is shocking, the guy was still near his peak. Btw I know that he'll deny it but I still wonder if the decision was at least in part because of the shrinking BW scene?Considering all the sacrifices progamers make and the dedication / ridiculous training they go through, a lot of them must question if their effort is worth it now considering how BW scene is shrinking and how big the possibility that ther won't even be another SPL

Fumi

529 Posts

September 20 2010 20:26 GMT

#476

Wow... Well.
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You'll be missed.

vnlegend

United States1389 Posts

September 20 2010 20:37 GMT

#477

Figures. It was probably a good decision by him considering everything. CJ with the shrinking BW scene doesn't want to pay him much and Effort seeing the writing on the wall for BW retires. Effort's still young enough to go to college and play SC2 part time.

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

September 20 2010 20:43 GMT

#478

On September 21 2010 05:26 Fumi wrote:
Wow... Well.
[image loading]

You'll be missed.

LMAO

mint_julep

United States254 Posts

September 20 2010 20:43 GMT

#479

Effort made a really smart decision. If you don't want to be a coach or a commentator (what really is the likelihood of those things given how many otherwise unskilled retired gamers there are) he really should get out while he's still young enough to do something else. Effort is good, but he is not going to be a bonjwa and he knows it.

The part about the money: this is just a guess but it's like hes saying "Look, I need a life after this. So you either pay me enough to retire on or I go elsewhere to learn a profession I can keep on with. No hard feelings."

Not many young gamers have this kind of foresight. He won a starleague, a huge accomplishment, and for anyone but Flash and Jaedong (in the era of 'the Lee-ssang') that's going to be the pinnacle of your career. He knows that. I'm happy for him.