EPTJaedong near to retirement - Page 2
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Akara12345
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DracoMortuiVolantus
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Wonk
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I'm too sad right now | ||
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Ty2
United States1434 Posts
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
On October 10 2017 21:12 DracoMortuiVolantus wrote: Jeadong , You once had 89,7% winrate against Z for year and a half of playing brood war, when Your game with Soulkey started I was thinking You were born on fighting spirit, it is a good place to die. That's very poetic way to put it | ||
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probelife66
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Rekzr
Australia92 Posts
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probelife66
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duke91
Germany1458 Posts
On October 10 2017 22:18 probelife66 wrote: Not sure how popular bw will continue to be once the big names leave like bisu and jaedong.. enjoy it while its here boiz The same had been said when Boxer, Yellow, July, Iloveoov, Reach, Nada, Xellos, Iris, GGplay, Nal_ra etc went to the army. People never learn. Larva himself is already on the same level of popularity as TBLS. New people will come and be the face of BW. You are pushing stupid SC2 rhetoric. | ||
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
On October 10 2017 22:18 probelife66 wrote: Not sure how popular bw will continue to be once the big names leave like bisu and jaedong.. enjoy it while its here boiz So true. A lot of people, including the pros have pointed this out. To have a true revival, you need young blood. I don't know what needs to be done to get that. Sponsored teams were what we had before. It was a way to at least have some kind of career track; keep a roof over your head and 3 meals a day while having access to resources to improve your game. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3691 Posts
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FusionCutter
Canada974 Posts
The dude's crazy. | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On October 11 2017 00:48 FusionCutter wrote: Didn't recently he say that he was playing in a tournament with steroids injected into his wrists? The dude's crazy. I would assume that means prednisone which is a typical treatment for muscle/joint inflammation, but it's still obviously more extreme a solution than ibuprofen. Talk about commitment though. | ||
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Akara12345
164 Posts
On October 10 2017 22:18 probelife66 wrote: Not sure how popular bw will continue to be once the big names leave like bisu and jaedong.. enjoy it while its here boiz Bisu already completed his military services. | ||
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juvenal
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On October 11 2017 01:38 Akara12345 wrote: Bisu already completed his military services. None of TBLS did. Bisu came straight back from StarCraft II to BW back in 2013. | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
On September 30 2017 08:22 JungleTerrain wrote: Same. Something about him, his humility, likeable personality, amazing work ethic, amazing talent and huge hunger to be the absolute best really makes it hard to not be a fan of his. Indeed, I love him, I really do. I think he will be alright, Lee Jaedong hwaiting!! | ||
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
On October 11 2017 00:25 Lorch wrote: Brood War will survive. When the scene was stripped of all it's best players in 2012 it survived. It went on and it grew. It took one man to do that and he single handedly brought brood war back on TV ( even if only for a time). And even though sonic is gone now, Afreeca and Kongdoo have taken up the torch. Fear not, others will rise in place of TBLS. The studio has been packed for almost every group this season, and flash even said that he won't do his military service until everyone else is back. BW was effectively dead for me after the transition to sc2. I tried watching the few players who stayed with bw but it just wasnt the same. The level of competition fell off a cliff. BW was only revived after enough pros quit sc2 and went back to bw. The issue is not the loss of current players but that there is no one to replace them. Name me a rookie since the end of the kespa era who has "made it". There is no one. Every player in this ASL I have heard of because they were the same players back then, its just the rankings between the players that have changed. I'm not saying it will completely die. But having only a fraction of the current popularity and level of play is imo like having nothing at all. I dont want the greatest spectator sport in the world to be relegated to such a niche state. | ||
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
On October 11 2017 01:38 Akara12345 wrote: Bisu already completed his military services. No I'm pretty sure I would have remembered what Bisu looks like without his hair | ||
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Netto.
Poland523 Posts
On October 11 2017 03:24 SlayerS_BunkiE wrote: BW was effectively dead for me after the transition to sc2. I tried watching the few players who stayed with bw but it just wasnt the same. The level of competition fell off a cliff. BW was only revived after enough pros quit sc2 and went back to bw. The issue is not the loss of current players but that there is no one to replace them. Name me a rookie since the end of the kespa era who has "made it". There is no one. Every player in this ASL I have heard off because they were the same players back then, its just the rankings between the players that have changed. I'm not saying it will completely die. But having only a fraction of the current popularity and level of play is imo like having nothing at all. I dont want the greatest spectator sport in the world to be relegated to such a niche state. Did you really hear much about larva, shuttle or last back in the kespa era? They are very good and popular now. I think you are too pesimistic. | ||
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