Soma to the military

GTR

51399 Posts

January 23 2024 02:02 GMT

Thanks to jinjin and okso for mentioning it in various comments.

No blog post or anything like that from what I can find, but on his stream Soma said he would enlist for his mandatory military service on the 26 December.

He will be doing active duty until his child is born later in the year, which by then he will convert to being part of the reserve forces.

His mandatory service will be shortened due to fathers not needing to fully complete their stint and will end sometime in late June/early July so maybe he'll be back in time for the second ASL of the year.

Nirli

Bulgaria358 Posts

January 23 2024 05:58 GMT

So, he spawned broodling?

TMNT

2545 Posts

January 23 2024 11:28 GMT

Are you sure by serving in the reserve force he can go back to his normal daily "job"? Sounds like he still has to fulfil some responsibilities and the military guys wont be happy seeing a dude ending his active duty early to go back to streaming.

Last and Shuttle didn't serve active duty either. I think they just did bureau works like answering phones or something, and could go home everyday just like normal. But they were only back streaming after 18 months.

okso

Korea (South)101 Posts

January 23 2024 11:45 GMT

On January 23 2024 20:28 TMNT wrote:
Are you sure by serving in the reserve force he can go back to his normal daily "job"? Sounds like he still has to fulfil some responsibilities and the military guys wont be happy seeing a dude ending his active duty early to go back to streaming.

Last and Shuttle didn't serve active duty either. I think they just did bureau works like answering phones or something, and could go home everyday just like normal. But they were only back streaming after 18 months.

I think you're absolutely right there. I did a bit of research looking into Korean laws and whatnot to see if Soma would be able to come back to streaming much sooner but I think he won't be able to come back as a 'Progamer Soma' even when he becomes a reserve. I could be wrong though I actually never served in the Korean military before cuz I have a certain condition so I don't really know much but if I'm understanding correctly, I think we're gonna have to wait on Soma for a while.

RJBTVYOUTUBE

Netherlands752 Posts

January 23 2024 13:55 GMT

usually they switch to public service in that scenario.

Ideas

United States8077 Posts

January 23 2024 16:20 GMT

This is going to be a big hit to the zerg lineup. I don't know exact stats but seems like he was the best ZvPer and tied or 2nd best (behind soulkey lately) ZvTer? Wish him the best of luck and hope he comes back stronger than ever when he returns.

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Poland4168 Posts

January 23 2024 16:25 GMT

GL HF

ruhtraeel

Canada116 Posts

January 23 2024 18:51 GMT

On January 24 2024 01:20 Ideas wrote:
This is going to be a big hit to the zerg lineup. I don't know exact stats but seems like he was the best ZvPer and tied or 2nd best (behind soulkey lately) ZvTer? Wish him the best of luck and hope he comes back stronger than ever when he returns.

I think the player with the best ZvP and ZvT statistics were both Effort (until last season at least)

EDIT: Before Mini, Effort had a 66% win rate against Protoss and a 68% win rate against Terran
After Mini, his vP dropped to 63%

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