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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-08 00:58:02
October 05 2010 17:47 GMT
#1
mod edit: real story and first hand account here

On October 06 2010 06:32 SLoGgErDoGgEr wrote:
this is what really happened that morning

so it was midnight, I was at one of my friend's room with bunch of other ppl , drinking like crazy since it was our last night, Nyoken(who came over to watch wcg from arizona didn't have a room to stay so i let him stay for couple of days) wanted to go to sleep, so we went back to my hotel room. my room was right next to flash/jaedong's room , so we stopped by and said bye or whatever and went back to the room. few seconds later jaedong/flash/kal comes over saying that they wanted to hang out more and stay up since they have to wake up early in the morning, but my real roommate was already sleeping so we had to go over to their room instead.

we were just talking crap, having fun etc etc and later on jaedong was like "let's go to spa, it opens at 6 am, since no one will be there it's gonna be ok" so we're like yea w/e maybe we can do that so we went down around at 6:10amish (nyoken had to go to sleep since he didn't wanna swim with his underwear on) , anyways we were relaxing in a spa..and all of sudden flash goes into pool saying that he loves to swim, and kal follows. and i just went in too (spa was kinda small for us to fit in) so we were swimming, we were swimming back and forth, and all of sudden Kal stops in the middle of a pool(3 meters depth) and started struggling himself, at one point we thought he was fking around but as the time goes by we're like wtf , is he actually serious? so i went there to save him, and all he had to do is just let me do the job but instead he kept pulling me down into the water, and i kept trying to fight him in the water so that i can grab him to the ground, but he kept pulling me down and i was drowning at the same time. flash comes over and finds out how serious the situation was and he tried to grab kal at the sametime, and now KAL pulls flash down too, and 3 of us started drowning in the water, and jaedong from a spa sees us and comes to us pulls out his hand towards me, and i had to let kal go since i, myself was already drank so much water, and couldn't do anything but drowning, jaedongw as like 10 cm away from me, i tried to grab it but i was so exhausted, but somehow i pulled up all my power to grab his hand, and he pulled me towards him and i survived, and at the same time flash gets kal towards the ground and saves him
it was so scary since we couldn't touch the ground with our feet and didn't know what to do when they're no one around us. it was a very serious situation, i honestly don't understand all the comments that has been made here, everyone loling rofling when this thing could have been worse :/

well i just summarized up very quick now, sorry if my post isn't too grammatically written but here u go


+ Show Spoiler +

STX’s star player Kal almost drowned during his trip to the USA, but was luckily saved by his companions.

Kal went to LA to participate in WCG 2010 Grand Finals, and all games ended at 5am, and he, along with Flash, Jaedong, etc., went to the swimming pool in the hotel they were staying at.

Their flight is at 13:00, so they went to the pool at 6:00, when it just opened.

Kal didn’t expect the pool’s water to be so deep, and he fell into the pool. An American referee that went with them and the others all assumed Kal could swim, so they were unaware of the danger.

Only after 10 seconds of struggling did the others notice something was wrong, and the American referee said “he needs help,” so he jumped into the pool to try to help him, but apparently this referee’s swimming abilities weren’t great either, and was unable to help him.

At this time, Flash, who was swimming near by, swam towards Kal. Flash, who had learned to swim since a young age, told Kal to hold on to him, and then swam both of them back to the shore, and successfully rescued Kal. The American referee got help from Jaedong, who also didn’t know how to swim, from the shore. [T/N: wat?]

Even though no one was hurt, this was still a dangerous incident. Kal even thought “am I going to die like this?” He also said “Flash’s swimming skills, if slightly worse, I really don’t know what would’ve happened.”

After everything ended and they returned to South Korea, Kal announced this. “Flash is my savior, really thanks to him. I feel like I got new life. I will do my best to live my best now.”

http://www.playsc.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=214548&extra=page=1

http://news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=236&article_id=0000032383&date=20101005&page=1


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mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4946 Posts
October 05 2010 17:48 GMT
#2
Wow, Flash might actually be a god...
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
kOre
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada3642 Posts
October 05 2010 17:49 GMT
#3
What ... shouldn't someone who's guarding the pool be able to swim? ... Well I guess since it was just a gaming ref ... but damn :|
http://www.starcraftmecca.net - Founder
Nouar
Profile Joined May 2009
France3270 Posts
October 05 2010 17:49 GMT
#4
T_T
NoiR
myrmidon2537
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Philippines2188 Posts
October 05 2010 17:49 GMT
#5
Wow. Flash saves the day. Also quite relieved to know Kal is ok. Drowning is a terrible way to go out.
IPT.PromilKid: I'm only good at Marvel
andreyyisbestandrey
Profile Joined September 2010
154 Posts
October 05 2010 17:50 GMT
#6
That settles it, Flash is Superman.
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
October 05 2010 17:50 GMT
#7
O________________O

Swim Bonjwa!
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
October 05 2010 17:51 GMT
#8
WCG Ref takes 3 pro gamers swimming. Chance of a life time to look like super hero by saving one of them from drowning.

Fails.

-_-
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23466 Posts
October 05 2010 17:52 GMT
#9
LOL flash and jaedong carrying their swimming teammates to victory (life)
XD.
Next story: Firemen refuse to extinguish fires in house; flash and jaedong do it for them.
aka Teutonica
FlameSworD
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States414 Posts
October 05 2010 17:52 GMT
#10
flash imba D:
skyhighftw on iccup
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
October 05 2010 17:53 GMT
#11
He is so solid.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 17:54:06
October 05 2010 17:53 GMT
#12
Another reason to learn how to swim: you can save a progamer's life!

In all seriousness, good thing Flash and Jaedong knew...

btw: 같이 빠졌던 심판 역시 수영을 하지 못해 밖에서 지켜볼 수 밖에 없었던 이제동의 필사적인 도움으로 가까스로 빠져나오는데 성공했다.

The ref who went to go in ALSO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. If you don't know how to swim, don't go in the water and become another victim -______- Get a stick thingie and get help.

Just erase the shore part, there isn't anything about it.
Stuck.
Kaasflipje
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands198 Posts
October 05 2010 17:53 GMT
#13
LOL
TheMunkey
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada470 Posts
October 05 2010 17:53 GMT
#14
Flash superhero first first, bonjwa second. T.T this was crazy lol
Never give up
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
October 05 2010 17:54 GMT
#15
Aha.. amazing that Flash was there... but it really sucks to be the ref that couldn't save him...
InDaHouse
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden956 Posts
October 05 2010 17:54 GMT
#16
They don't learn to swim in South-Korean schools?
Stork protoss legend
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1717 Posts
October 05 2010 17:55 GMT
#17
lol is this for real?
if so, flash is so awesome... again...
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
CCGaunt
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States417 Posts
October 05 2010 17:55 GMT
#18
gogo Flash!
I think these players are just awesome people.
Take me to Korea
iloahz
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States964 Posts
October 05 2010 17:55 GMT
#19
wow kal got early pooled but flash comes to save the day!
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5546 Posts
October 05 2010 17:56 GMT
#20
haha thats awesome, go flash!

Who was that american ref also!! Almost let kal die!! haha
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
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