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Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8036 Posts
October 05 2010 20:44 GMT
#161
Is this for real? I thought this was just a bad joke or something when I read it. It just seems so surreal...

On October 06 2010 05:13 Apex wrote:
Flash is used to carrying an entire team in his past, carrying one person to safety is no problem.

~_~

-_-
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biskit
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia355 Posts
October 05 2010 20:44 GMT
#162
Flash and Jaedong are heroes!

Flash <3
Rodiel
Profile Joined August 2006
France573 Posts
October 05 2010 20:46 GMT
#163
Fast matrix defence, gg Flashh
Nich
Profile Joined April 2010
397 Posts
October 05 2010 20:46 GMT
#164
On October 06 2010 02:47 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
The American referee got help from Jaedong, who also didn’t know how to swim, from the shore. [T/N: wat?]



i laughed too loud
~ava
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada379 Posts
October 05 2010 20:47 GMT
#165
Amazed by what happened, sounds like an awful experience, glad nobody got hurt.
Gaga
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany433 Posts
October 05 2010 20:49 GMT
#166
really ... i never met a teen who is not able to swim..
i think u really miss something in life if you are not able to swim ... experience the summer without swimming ... wtf.

and when i hear 2 guys out of 4 not able to swim ... man ^^ sounds hard to believe or pretty sad.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
October 05 2010 20:51 GMT
#167
On October 06 2010 05:49 Gaga wrote:
really ... i never met a teen who is not able to swim..
i think u really miss something in life if you are not able to swim ... experience the summer without swimming ... wtf.

and when i hear 2 guys out of 4 not able to swim ... man ^^ sounds hard to believe or pretty sad.

actually 3 of 4 lol
ppshchik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States862 Posts
October 05 2010 20:51 GMT
#168
Kal is one of the tallest progamers, that's kind of ironic.
Legends never die... they end up working in McDonalds.
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States308 Posts
October 05 2010 20:53 GMT
#169
Ok, here's the *entire* real story because Facebook decided to cut my masterpiece short.

THE REAL STORY

Jaedong saw Kal drown in the pool because no one around him could swim and realized that it was an incredibly unfortunate and unnecessary tragedy because Kal is a really great person and a great StarCraft player. He then decided to take matters into his own hands and summoned his ultra-secret time-traveling Nydus canal so that he could travel to the past and convince Flash's mother to make her son take swimming lessons, thus providing Flash with the life-saving skills he needed to rescue Kal (and perhaps others, should the need arise).

He didn't opt to save Kal himself because he's a very modest kind of person (for non-StarCraft things - for StarCraft things he tells it like it is) and wanted Flash to get all the glory, etc. for saving Kal's life. He didn't talk to Kal's mom because he realized that this would be an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the caliber of character possessed by Korean pro StarCraft players (gambling match-riggers excluded), since he knew Flash would be a graceful hero and Kal would show his maturity through a very heartfelt appreciation of Flash's actions.

He knew that he was still technically putting Kal's life at risk, but he also trusted Flash's unwavering sense of duty and hyper-awareness of crisis situations to keep Kal away from the emergency room.


Warning: contains WCG SC tourney spoilers
+ Show Spoiler +
Furthermore, Jaedong didn't use the secret Nydus canal to travel back in time and cause him to win the WCG semifinals against Flash because it would've been highly unethical. Jaedong knows that when he's on his deathbed, he will not want to regret the stain on his personal integrity from using illegitimate means to win one single WCG title (which he's already won before), even if nobody else were to find out. I completely admire him for this.
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
G5
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States2921 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 21:17:00
October 05 2010 20:55 GMT
#170
SLoG4[pG] the Ref who was there is going to post about it.
Versita
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada1032 Posts
October 05 2010 20:56 GMT
#171
i have new respect for flash
Taekwon
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8155 Posts
October 05 2010 20:59 GMT
#172
Flash is Kal's new BFF
▲ ▲ ▲
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States308 Posts
October 05 2010 21:00 GMT
#173
On October 06 2010 05:55 G5 wrote:
From SLoG4[pG] who was the American Referee with them.

andy says:
and i saw flash coming, and he was little closer to the ground
and i was drowning myself
couldn't touch the ground with my feet
i was so scared
and jaedong came
and gave me his hand
and i couldn't reach it
i tried for extra 10 seconds
pulled all my power inside of me
and grabbed it
and survived
is what happened


JAEDONG FIGHTING.

(sup G5)
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 21:01:47
October 05 2010 21:00 GMT
#174
On October 06 2010 05:55 G5 wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

From SLoG4[pG] who was the American Referee with them.

+ Show Spoiler +

andy says:
sup eric
Eric says:
sup andy
andy says:
did u read about that news
kal drowning
i was with them
i was that american referee
and for some reason, translation went wrong
lol
Eric says:
lol
was it
really that bad?
andy says:
i wanna rephrase this
yes
we literally thought
Eric says:
oh shit
andy says:
we were gonna die drowning
well i was post and tell them the true story
seems like they don't know wtf is going on
and just lmaoin'g
when it's a serious situation
Eric says:
lol
ight
andy says:
i want to*
rofl @ i was
Eric says:
lol
you should
rofl
andy says:
lol
my grammar isn't too good
i need osmeone to fix ma shit
Eric says:
lol
rfl
thats hella funny
lol
andy says:
sup
wow ppl are saying
Eric says:
can't stop laughing about it
andy says:
n October 06 2010 02:47 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
The American referee got help from Jaedong, who also didn’t know how to swim, from the shore. [T/N: wat?]
wtf
this is retarded
Eric says:
rofl
im laughing so hard
lol
andy says:
what's so funny about it tho
Eric says:
the reaction of people
rofl
andy says:
it's retarded
Eric says:
i know
rofl
andy says:
they do'nt know how seroius this was
me and kal would have died wtffffff
Eric says:
you would have died
oO
do you not know how to swim?
andy says:
..
we all know how to swim
Eric says:
except kal?
andy says:
he can
but for some reason
he was struggling int he middle
that's why i went to save him
and then for ppl who's struggling
all they wanna do is breathe
and live
so he kept dragging me down
Eric says:
so he was pulling you down
andy says:
instead of just let it go
Eric says:
ya
andy says:
so that i can save him
yes
and even tho i can swim
i couldn't beat him pulling me down
and now i started drowning
Eric says:
so flash had to save you?
andy says:
flahs came over
no
well flash came over
and kal was
pulling him down as well lol
we were all drowning
Eric says:
lol
andy says:
and then
i had to let kal go
since i rly thought
i was gonna die
Eric says:
owe lo
andy says:
and i saw flash coming, and he was little closer to the ground
and i was drowning myself
couldn't touch the ground with my feet
i was so scared
and jaedong came
and gave me his hand
and i couldn't reach it
i tried for extra 10 seconds
pulled all my power inside of me
and grabbed it
and survived
is what happened
Eric says:
in the hotel pool
?
well...
glad your alright
sucky situation
andy says:
and flash somehow saved him
Eric says:
if kal could swim
wtf was wrong with him
wait
andy says:
sec
Eric says:
what day was this on...
was it after i left?
andy says:
yea when was it
Eric says:
oic
hey
can I post this?
andy says:
u will but hoold on
i wa sgonna do it
Eric says:
kk
oh ok
andy says:
roommate came over
but u can
by saying
from slog*
ok here u go



lolol omg :D
this makes flash sound even more awesome. And makes jaedong sound cool too :D
this thread is so full of win

On October 06 2010 04:27 Boxman wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]

:D
beep boop
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
October 05 2010 21:00 GMT
#175
On October 06 2010 05:55 G5 wrote:
From SLoG4[pG] who was the American Referee with them.

+ Show Spoiler +

andy says:
sup eric
Eric says:
sup andy
andy says:
did u read about that news
kal drowning
i was with them
i was that american referee
and for some reason, translation went wrong
lol
Eric says:
lol
was it
really that bad?
andy says:
i wanna rephrase this
yes
we literally thought
Eric says:
oh shit
andy says:
we were gonna die drowning
well i was post and tell them the true story
seems like they don't know wtf is going on
and just lmaoin'g
when it's a serious situation
Eric says:
lol
ight
andy says:
i want to*
rofl @ i was
Eric says:
lol
you should
rofl
andy says:
lol
my grammar isn't too good
i need osmeone to fix ma shit
Eric says:
lol
rfl
thats hella funny
lol
andy says:
sup
wow ppl are saying
Eric says:
can't stop laughing about it
andy says:
n October 06 2010 02:47 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
The American referee got help from Jaedong, who also didn’t know how to swim, from the shore. [T/N: wat?]
wtf
this is retarded
Eric says:
rofl
im laughing so hard
lol
andy says:
what's so funny about it tho
Eric says:
the reaction of people
rofl
andy says:
it's retarded
Eric says:
i know
rofl
andy says:
they do'nt know how seroius this was
me and kal would have died wtffffff
Eric says:
you would have died
oO
do you not know how to swim?
andy says:
..
we all know how to swim
Eric says:
except kal?
andy says:
he can
but for some reason
he was struggling int he middle
that's why i went to save him
and then for ppl who's struggling
all they wanna do is breathe
and live
so he kept dragging me down
Eric says:
so he was pulling you down
andy says:
instead of just let it go
Eric says:
ya
andy says:
so that i can save him
yes
and even tho i can swim
i couldn't beat him pulling me down
and now i started drowning
Eric says:
so flash had to save you?
andy says:
flahs came over
no
well flash came over
and kal was
pulling him down as well lol
we were all drowning
Eric says:
lol
andy says:
and then
i had to let kal go
since i rly thought
i was gonna die
Eric says:
owe lo
andy says:
and i saw flash coming, and he was little closer to the ground
and i was drowning myself
couldn't touch the ground with my feet
i was so scared
and jaedong came
and gave me his hand
and i couldn't reach it
i tried for extra 10 seconds
pulled all my power inside of me
and grabbed it
and survived
is what happened
Eric says:
in the hotel pool
?
well...
glad your alright
sucky situation
andy says:
and flash somehow saved him
Eric says:
if kal could swim
wtf was wrong with him
wait
andy says:
sec
Eric says:
what day was this on...
was it after i left?
andy says:
yea when was it
Eric says:
oic
hey
can I post this?
andy says:
u will but hoold on
i wa sgonna do it
Eric says:
kk
oh ok
andy says:
roommate came over
but u can
by saying
from slog*
ok here u go



Woah, that looked like a really serious situation there. O_o

It wasn't really just Flash who did all the work, it took the combined power of all four people to prevent a tragedy.

Damn...
epicopter
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada177 Posts
October 05 2010 21:00 GMT
#176
Interesting, Flash's synthetic skin must be water-proof shielding his robotic interior. He is a much more advance model than I originally anticipated.
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
October 05 2010 21:01 GMT
#177
Wow, go flash.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 21:21:18
October 05 2010 21:02 GMT
#178
On October 06 2010 05:55 G5 wrote:


###I've edited G5's post out, awaiting the official version by SLoG4[pG]


wow

On October 06 2010 05:59 Taekwon wrote:
Flash is Kal's new BFF

Actually Flash, Kal and Fantasy have always been on really good terms.
BW fighting!
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-05 21:08:15
October 05 2010 21:05 GMT
#179
On October 06 2010 02:54 InDaHouse wrote:
They don't learn to swim in South-Korean schools?


I live in Australia, and by memory none of the schools I have been to ever taught us to swim? My parents put me into swimming lessons as a baby so I am pro swim . I always thought it was odd how people couldn't swim, since its so easy but I guess you can't do things you don't know how to do.

I guess schools teach people to swim in Sweden?

On a second note, this wasn't even a beach? It was a pool wasn't it? drowning in a pool at age 19+, I don't know what to say really, but I guess if your scared, you don't react like you normally would and you just freeze.
vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
October 05 2010 21:10 GMT
#180
Such failures. In California you have to pass a swimming test to pass P.E. and graduate from high school.
Marines > everything
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