On November 20 2010 11:51 Antoine wrote:
I have somewhat good news! Inspired by plu.cn casting TheStC vs SKS replays before the all-star matches began today, i wandered over to playxp where the man himself revealed that he's done with his military service on 25 May 2011, which is sooner than I think most of us were anticipating!

I can't wait for this! He is going to easily be one of the top players out there once his military service is over.

Gooey

United States944 Posts

November 20 2010 06:04 GMT

#43

I think one of the most insane things I have seen him do was a wicked 4 pronged attack on metalopolis against another terran player. He dropped the main, 3rd, and 4th while pushing the front door of the second. He took out nearly 3/4 of the terran workers and only 1 of his drops didn't get away, and most of his push at the natural went virtually uncontested. My jaw hit the desk when I saw him do it. If military service wasn't knocking on the door, I would expect him to be challenging for best terran player in the world at the moment. And I see Jinro has already confirmed that he is, in fact, still good as hell :D

Dajibjaw

Canada83 Posts

November 20 2010 09:44 GMT

#44

Also there is a game of him vs cool aka FruitDealer during one of those Gisado's KoTH tourneys. I watch that replay on Metalopolis from time to time because its so awesome. Pretty sick multitasking on TheSTC's part. Gonna be exciting when he comes back!!

Logros

Netherlands9913 Posts

November 20 2010 10:45 GMT

#45

His multi-dropshit plays are just amazing, he's my favorite Terran by far! It's good to hear that he'll be competing again as soon as next year :D.

maybenexttime

Poland5419 Posts

November 20 2010 11:04 GMT

#46

On November 20 2010 18:44 Dajibjaw wrote:
Also there is a game of him vs cool aka FruitDealer during one of those Gisado's KoTH tourneys. I watch that replay on Metalopolis from time to time because its so awesome. Pretty sick multitasking on TheSTC's part. Gonna be exciting when he comes back!!

That would be in Heart of the Swarm. ;p

silentreality

Korea (South)222 Posts

November 27 2010 03:09 GMT

#47

Hmm I'm guessing he's gong-ik, (basically if you meet certain conditions, such as physical disability) you can exchange your military service for working in the public sector (such as in subway or the post office - gong-ik is literally "public good"). Generally the length of service is still the same, but I know there are also some other criteria to get a shortened 6 month service - such as if someone in the family is a 국가유공자, (decorated by the government).

In any case!! If he's stil a regular on Gisado, so check it out if you want to see his play! (I'm watching him right now on the November 25th cast, towards the end he is playing against some member of the slayers clan.

[edit] actually Gisado says that theSTC is the leading in wins on his KOTH cast for November.. so.. he's a lot more regular than I thought

rO_Or

United States306 Posts

December 11 2010 10:43 GMT

#48

The Korean Military saw his games with Terran and offered him a commanding position...

DNB

Finland995 Posts

December 11 2010 10:50 GMT

#49

On December 11 2010 19:43 rO_Or wrote:
The Korean Military saw his games with Terran and offered him a commanding position...

I hope that is real if you bumped this.

thesmoosh

113 Posts

January 19 2011 15:51 GMT

#50

Mods should feel free to delete this if it's considered necroing but I didn't feel I had enough to start a new thread.

Apparently oGsTheStC is playing again. He just stormed through the FXOpen invitational, never dropping a series. You can watch some vods of his games here:

http://sc2casts.com/player249-oGsTheStC

You can also download replays from that tournament here, either the whole thing or just StC's replays:

http://twitter.com/#!/FXOpeneSports

He seemed a little rusty in a few of the early games (for example in game 1 against Sen) but boy did he fall back into rhythm fast. He was showing the same amazing play I remember. Macro style, mutli-pronged terran play full of aggression and harassment, but at the same time methodical with positioning, upgrades, production and man I just can't wait to see him in the GSL.

Part of the reason I wanted to bump this thread to see if anyone had any new info on his status. Is he done with his military stint and if he was playing fulltime again.

In GSL interviews people keep mentioning him as their practice partner and thanking him. I mean he's clearly around and follows/plays enough to be able to coach these guys and help them prepare for their matches. So if you have any more info, spill it already before I go crazy with anticipation (Yes I'm aware that I'm sounding like a fangirl, I'm not like this about any other player btw).

ChuckJagoda

United States27 Posts

January 19 2011 16:14 GMT

#51

I was soo happy when i went onto sc2rep and saw replays of theSTC... I thought he wasnt supposed to be off military duty until may? Regardless, its awesome he's back. I can definitely see him challenging for best terran in the world in the near future.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

January 19 2011 16:16 GMT

#52

Hes not rusty, he was never gone - hes just doing his military service, same as he has been for the last 1.5 years. He will be back to full time playing once he gets out in approximately 4 months.

And yes he will be a beast =) Whenever hes got free time this guy grinds them SC2 games HARD.

zerious

Canada3803 Posts

January 19 2011 16:18 GMT

#53

didn't he play in the Gainward Tourney?

Rawenkeke

Norway350 Posts

January 19 2011 16:19 GMT

#54

On January 20 2011 01:16 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
Hes not rusty, he was never gone - hes just doing his military service, same as he has been for the last 1.5 years. He will be back to full time playing once he gets out in approximately 4 months.

And yes he will be a beast =) Whenever hes got free time this guy grinds them SC2 games HARD.

Oh wow, this is great news, remember back in BETA days when there were replays out of him, smashing nerds left and right as Artosis would say!

philly5man

United Kingdom356 Posts

January 19 2011 16:22 GMT

#55

In the first few weeks of the game coming out, TheStC was showing us all what Terran could do. Can't wait to see more of him, especially when he can go full time if what Jinro says is right.

GypsyBeast

Canada630 Posts

January 19 2011 16:23 GMT

#56

ya man he was beast mode in the beta. To bad too he was very creative and entertaining to watch play

Asha

United Kingdom38149 Posts

January 19 2011 16:29 GMT

#57

On January 20 2011 01:18 zerious wrote:
didn't he play in the Gainward Tourney?

He did, lost 2-0 to MVP.

His games at FXOpen were awesome, love how he always seems to have the right units in the right place at the right time.

thesmoosh

113 Posts

January 19 2011 16:56 GMT

#58

That's great news Jinro. I was hoping it would be less than 4 months but I'm counting the days. You said he was never gone, but I just hadn't seen any replays of his posted since October of last year so I didn't know.

He wasn't any of the GSLs. Is that because of his schedule with the military? Does he play in random tournaments from time to time or does he just play practice games?

I've also noticed from your recently released replay pack that you're focusing a lot on double pronged banshee hellion harass (and of course mech vs P like in the games vs axslav and MC). I'd love to hear you elaborate more, and who your collaborators are if any

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

January 19 2011 17:05 GMT

#59

Yesterday I was looking through the old results for the Zotac Team Invitational season 1 at the end of October, where they did first to 7 (so bo13) and he had a 6-kill in the semifinals and 5-kill in the finals. What a beast!
Semifinal vs NEX (he beats Destination, Bleach/Byun/Excrement, Taeja, Line, and 2 non-gsl players Sikari and Skit): http://ch.gomtv.com/4006/28140/390312
Final vs Prime (he beats DayFly, MarineKing, HongUn, Junwi, and Check): http://ch.gomtv.com/4006/28140/390603

BennyTurner

Australia49 Posts

January 26 2011 01:44 GMT

#60

I've always rated this guy from the beta, was so looking forward to seeing him in gsl when it was announced, then I find out about the army, shattered... In my opinion the best player from the beta...