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On September 17 2013 21:09 Dingodile wrote:
I am wondering if they wanted quit earlier but didnt do because of (respect to) proleague was running or the player aren't/weren't allowed to quit (contract) during the proleague.
I cant think they just realize this/last week "ok no sc2 anymore".
kespa contracts running out and I guess alot of people get a slimmer paycheck. But yes switching to another thing even if it is the same genre has a mass quitting effect always. And while BW and Sc2 are pretty close overall in design, some parts weight differently.
Would have happened even if Sc2 would be the biggest thing in esport.
To bad though really liked light.
I am curious how BW and Sc2 would look right now if kespa wouldn't have tried to sabotage the Sc2 release. Instead of late switching to a game they did permanent damage to trying to take it over and wonder why they fail and why the game is low on interest for them. But maybe it was their plan all along, kill Sc2 and make Blizzard take revenge on BW. Play the victim and go into the final form taking over everything and then switch to LoL. Kefka would be proud.
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On September 17 2013 21:27 nighcol wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 20:55 reminisce12 wrote:On September 17 2013 20:33 herMan wrote:
Fucking sc2 is dying posts make me cringe. It is inevitable for a lot of the kespa guys to retire since they tend to be pretty old bw veterans. What did you expect, Flash playing sc2 when he's 30 years old? People grow up. except these pplz are not 30, especially someone as young as flying. Well, in State of Play even Jaedong seemed to be getting comments from his family about already being old for progaming or something and his age was also highlighted at that event for Kespa players in the film. I think there may be some age related pressure based on that. I guess the elephants weren't as dominant as expected in the SC2 scene and now they're downsizing en masse. We're left guessing at the reasons for these players' retirements but my take would be that it's a little bit of everything: age, less interest in the game, perceived difficulty of making it in SC2, forced choice between retiring or starting to look for a non-Kespa team, Starcraft in general no longer being in the limelight in Korea....
yeah, there was even a scene where he asks himself if that progaming career wasnt just waste of time. (cause his friends go to school, have free time and girlfriends , etc).
It isnt all about the actual gameplay of sc2, i bet most of the time the situation of being a progamer at a certain age in addition to the decline in the starcraft scene (which comes with salary cuts) is reason enough to retire and enjoy some freetime before u go to military. srsly it isnt always about the gamer not enjoying the game..^^
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Nooooo, sad to see more people go.
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Wow Flying retiring is big news he was playing pretty well. Its sad to see these players retiring but I suppose eSF players will get acquired eventually so this is making room for that.
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On September 17 2013 16:02 RoyaleBrainSlug wrote:
The best terran who never won a tournament retired :C so long Light and GL in the military!
But but... Supernova!
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I miss Light from BW, and Flying was showing promising results in SC2. :[
Good luck in the future.
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huehue so many players dippin the scenes. damn
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If WJS falls, it will be devastating for PL.
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On September 17 2013 16:00 Khai wrote:
T_T When will the bad news end? I hope this doesn't mean Woongjin is disbanding, the sc2 scene has been shrinking way too fast...
We all knew it was coming though with the shrinkage. Only so many roster slots now guys.
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On September 17 2013 22:02 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 16:00 Khai wrote:
T_T When will the bad news end? I hope this doesn't mean Woongjin is disbanding, the sc2 scene has been shrinking way too fast... We all knew it was coming though with the shrinkage. Only so many roster slots now guys.
But Light and Flying were A-teamers. 
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
More players going to SOSPA, eh?
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Damn, some shakeups on the KeSPA side of things; not liking this at all.
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On September 17 2013 22:03 Grumbels wrote:Show nested quote +On September 17 2013 22:02 StarStruck wrote:On September 17 2013 16:00 Khai wrote:
T_T When will the bad news end? I hope this doesn't mean Woongjin is disbanding, the sc2 scene has been shrinking way too fast... We all knew it was coming though with the shrinkage. Only so many roster slots now guys. But Light and Flying were A-teamers.
A-teamers that are older(compared to kids like MKP and Leenock) and looking at military service at some point during their lives. I am sure that getting that shit out of the way is always in the back of their minds and they have an exact dollar value that makes it worth it for them to say on a team. This was always going to happen when ESF players and Kespa players all started fighting over the same SC2 dollars.
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It's just natural that they retire.
They were pretty decent in SCBW, but never made it through in SC2.
Also the Korean teams aim to reduce their team size.
So all in all, it's no surprise.
Farewell, Light! Liked your SCBW games. 
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lol Flying. eSports is the best place to study English...
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On September 17 2013 22:21 c0ldfusion wrote:
lol Flying. eSports is the best place to study English...
That's why so many Koreans progamers can speak English right? /sarcasm (though a few can)
He's probably looking to major in English for his studies then I suppose which isn't a bad choice.
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so much bw players retiring
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i expect news of player departures from kt and cj in coming weeks.
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Oh damn,this actually hurts a lot WJ.
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