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Yellow announces his retirement

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33505 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 19:49:47
June 15 2011 16:10 GMT
#1
Source: ThisIsGame

Yellow has officially announced his retirement from professional gaming. He posted the following on his fan cafe (website).




I thought it had been a long time since I had posted on the cafe, but when I looked around I found one from about a month ago ^^

All of the sudden, I find it's been ten years since I've started progaming.
As much as it was a long time, I can recall many faint memories.
Because my fans were always with me, I think they were all happy ones.

As time passes and I approach the age of 30...
So many things seem to change.

You can tell just from how I've gone from being cared for as the youngest, to becoming the big brother of the team ^^

Even though I'm not that old, I'm called an old veteran on this road as a progamer

And from that road I now depart.

I'm so sorry to the fans who still have big expectations of me
But I'm endlessly ashamed of myself for subtly clinging here because of that.

Because I still prefer a life of seeking challenges instead of shelter
I want to start trying new challenges, under the name of a new beginning.

My immature 20's, where everything was defined by gaming
Because of you were with me, it shined brightly, and I will never forget.

To everyone who cheered for and remembered the Pro-gamer Hong Jin Ho
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

*It would be proper to leave this on other websites as well, but retiring isn't something to be proud of...

I thought it would be better to end it where it all began at Jinho-dong [the fan site].

So please allow me to bring things to an end here.
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AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50601 Posts
June 15 2011 16:11 GMT
#2
you could also translate the des article,http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=45606

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KKONG!

HONG JIN HO!

WHY MUST YOU QUIT ESPORTS!!!

T_T!
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Ryusei-R1
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States2106 Posts
June 15 2011 16:12 GMT
#3
Sweet Jesus NO

What a terrible thing to wake up to
Jaedong plz
qzmpwxno
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Papua New Guinea152 Posts
June 15 2011 16:12 GMT
#4
He should have tried SC2, lol
Stand on one block but own the whole street~
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:14:02
June 15 2011 16:13 GMT
#5
Godspeed Hong Jin Ho, you are forever #2 in my heart.

Holy shit this is the end of an era, Boxer and Yellow are both gone. It's hard to even process that fact.
the last wcs commissioner
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
June 15 2011 16:14 GMT
#6
Hong Jin Ho, you are a legend. Godspeed, brother!
Chains none
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
June 15 2011 16:14 GMT
#7
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

+ Show Spoiler +
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WriterXiao8~~
justiceknight
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Singapore5741 Posts
June 15 2011 16:14 GMT
#8
go sc2 please.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50601 Posts
June 15 2011 16:15 GMT
#9
On June 16 2011 01:13 tedster wrote:
Godspeed Hong Jin Ho, you are forever #2 in my heart.

Holy shit this is the end of an era, Boxer and Yellow are both gone. It's hard to even process that fact.


except YellOw is quitting from progaming altogether.

T_T.I need to cry myself to sleep now.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Slow Motion
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6960 Posts
June 15 2011 16:15 GMT
#10
Thank you for everything Yellow.
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
June 15 2011 16:15 GMT
#11
Yellow, nooo ;_;

And I thought it was a joke when GTR wrote it in the other thread =(
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
June 15 2011 16:15 GMT
#12
Damn. Sad news Best of luck to him in the future then.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1713 Posts
June 15 2011 16:16 GMT
#13
sad but good luck to yellow.

i wonder what's he gonna do next?
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
Anomarad
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada565 Posts
June 15 2011 16:16 GMT
#14
What? Is he quitting E-sports altogether? Why not be a coach,commentator or something.

Ahhhh, so sad...

*salute*
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
June 15 2011 16:17 GMT
#15
HONG JIN HO
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10687 Posts
June 15 2011 16:17 GMT
#16
Oh my god, whos next? BW pro's dropping like flies mang ~_~
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
lisherwin
Profile Joined June 2009
United States51 Posts
June 15 2011 16:17 GMT
#17
(((((((((((((((((((((((( he was soooooo SEXYYYYYYyyyyyyy ((((
#1 fanboy of Sayle, the hero of Broodwar! Sayle Hwaitiiing!!
corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:18:21
June 15 2011 16:17 GMT
#18
I am so sad.
YellOw <3
Everybody needs to read that if they haven't :
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=61444
Man, why
Edit : and yeah, sexiest programmer obv
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:26:11
June 15 2011 16:18 GMT
#19
OMFG
T_T

Hong Jin Ho, you're a legend and I'll never ever forget you. Good luck in your future endeavors. Your presence will be sorely missed. thanks for everything
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50601 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:20:13
June 15 2011 16:18 GMT
#20


T_T

KKONG!

The Storm Zerg
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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