reminds me of Leg's quote, which went something like

Coach: "Peter you must practice more"
Peter: "Why don't you fucking get me a computer so I can fucking practice! What do you thinkof that!?"

TT_TT

Showtime!

Canada2938 Posts

July 07 2008 22:13 GMT

#102

Yes I realize that, but the way he put it just intensified my emotions. I know he hasn't been doing too well of late, but you would think they would play him a few more times in PL as a thank you for everything you've done. It wouldn't hurt them that much anyway because they have so many solid players.

They ought to throw him a going away party anyway and I really hope they do.

I totally forgot about their first manager and it really puts things into perspective.

Some pro gamers go through a lot of hardships to make it. This is true.

ScarFace

United States1175 Posts

July 07 2008 22:50 GMT

#103

It will be sad to see Anytime slump under Ace. Of course, he is slumping now. But it was only a few months ago he made it to the semi finals in the gom invitational. Hes a great player. Hes not doing well not because of modern play, he understands modern play. Its confidence. How will he do under Ace? Not too well. Its always sad to see that happen, and then when the old gosu does retire, they have negative records in most of their match ups, when they use to have such....brilliance. We can already see that in Anytime, with a mere 50% pvp record. Sometimes I wish they retired just as the slump hit, to avoid all the humiliation, which as we all know, because of human nature, means more than their own achievements. Poor Anytime.

Oh well. I always knew Lecaf was a piece of shit.

pachi

Melbourne5338 Posts

July 08 2008 13:19 GMT

#104

http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=86839&db=issue

I think it names: (P)

RainBOw,

ZergMaN,

ClouD,

Reach,

Anytime as joining ACE

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

July 08 2008 13:25 GMT

#105

HOLY

Zurgman retired? great to see him back

Elsi

United Kingdom8173 Posts

July 08 2008 13:32 GMT

#106

ZerGMaN left Khan last season

Thought Silent_Control was joining Ace too?

Ack1027

United States7873 Posts

July 08 2008 13:35 GMT

#107

I don't believe any of the koreans here mentioned this yet but,

You do realize that joining the army as early as possible is recommended and not looked down in any way by Korean society, right? I mean the exact opposite is true.

It's mandatory, you get it over with, you AREN'T the bitch who's 35 or whatever taking orders from a 20 year old. Sure, sc2/semi-slump etc may be factors adding to his decision but I'm willing to bet it's because there's a air force bw team NOW and he's not that much older than when korean males are eligible to do their service.

Also I can see why the info about Anytime doing laundry not having a computer to practice with etc may seem like a shock to you guys, but please keep korean culture in mind. Most of the time, whether the person doing the chores gives a shit or not it's expected, deal with it[again why its better to go to army asap]. Also willing to bet Anytime didn't mind doing this since I guess that's part of the progamers-living-together sub culture.

Whenever people talk about korea and bw they immediately mention the 5+ lan centers per block yet when some pity story about Anytime comes up they forget about that kinda stuff? I seriously doubt he waited around doing nothing waiting for the ' veteran ' gamers to finish.

pachi

Melbourne5338 Posts

July 08 2008 14:11 GMT

#108

I don't get the outrage at Anytime not getting a computer / doing the laundry.
Didn't all the younger no-name gamers do that?

Guybrush

Spain4744 Posts

July 08 2008 14:13 GMT

#109

Mantoss and Death God on the same team. Sweet.

DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

July 08 2008 14:34 GMT

#110

Rainbow/Reach/Anytime sickkkk

bubblegumbo

Taiwan1296 Posts

July 08 2008 14:59 GMT

#111

On July 02 2008 17:34 GTR-2-Go wrote:
eh anytime is like 21

why join now

Better to get it over and done with early IMO. The sense of freedom after serving is great.

Letmelose

Korea (South)3227 Posts

July 08 2008 15:05 GMT

#112

Anytime is getting his military service over with. But it also spells the end of him as a top class player, and more importantly for him, one of the highest earners in the scene. It's a shame because he only recently to reap the benefits after all he'd done for the team from one of the worst conditions around. He only started to get his massive salary this year and something must be seriously wrong with you if you think he's giving that up simply because he wants to get his military service over and done with, or because he feels that he is slumping. You don't throw away something you worked so hard for that easily.

What Anytime has done is comparable to a player from Estro winning the OSL, getting them a huge sponsorship deal, then guiding his team to proleague victory, finally getting a top class salary, then quitting the team for military service a few months after. Yes he gets his duty over with and he can still participate as a progamer but you're kissing your high salary days good bye because there's no way you're going to reach the same heights two years from now.

Going to ACE is the best move possible for people like Reach because his age prevents him from participating in the progaming scene without joining ACE and he's been earning top tier salary for quite some time now. But joining ACE is a TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE move for Anytime and something must have been seriously bothering him for him to do this.

Spyder

176 Posts

July 08 2008 15:40 GMT

#113

well..i hope he plays good in ACE and achieves at least something like Daezang achieved..but this is sad...i'm like haji a hardcore Lecaf fan

jhNz

Germany2762 Posts

July 08 2008 16:17 GMT

#114

i always supported ace so i'm more than glad to see anytime join ace

and together with daezang, reach and foru they have some pretty fearsome protoss players in their roster.

ace fighting!

1tym

Korea (South)2425 Posts

July 08 2008 16:45 GMT

#115

In the army whoever joins earlier is the senior to you regardless of your age or qualification, so if you're not looking forward to be bullied by guys 5 years younger than you, it's better to join early than late.

Quanticfograw

United States2053 Posts

July 08 2008 17:25 GMT

#116

nice dts in the airforce

WorldCommunist8

United States226 Posts

July 08 2008 18:26 GMT

#117

I'd like to bring a few more points to everyones attention. Yes these players are all very good in their own respects, but you have to realize how drastic a change will be here. For Reach, Anytime, Rainbow, Silent_Control and the other new players joining, two things will happen. Military structure will kick in and they will be the low men. We might not see them play for a while. Also, when we do see them, they will not be helping ACE "light up the scene", as some have said. Second, most of these people have been recent 2v2 players, and ACE seems to have found a 2v2 combination that works. That may change, but right now, they are working well (6-2 together). Third, they will be on the same reduced practice schedule as everyone else in ACE, meaning they will maybe get 3-5 hours a day, I think the figure was, where as someone on even eSTRO, will get 10+ hours a day. They have duties that have to be fulfilled. Finally, ACE still has yet to confirm that they will be participating. Yes, it seems as if they will, but if the government decides to shut down the operation, even at the very last minute, all these players are still obligated to their consignments, meaning we won't see them at all in the next 2 to 2 1/2 years.