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KaL (GooJila) retires.

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JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 00:53 GMT
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KaL (GooJila) has decided to retire “I want to rest for the time being.”

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KaL, who after finishing his military service continued his progaming career by joining Prime, has regrettably pronounced his retirement.

With the disbanding of Airforce ACE and STX Soul, KaL had no team to go back to. Even while doing his service, KaL had not lost his passion for progaming. As soon as he was discharged, he joined Prime right away and fulfilled that passion.

However, the long period in which he was away from progaming (even with his time in Airforce ACE) held him back. Despite his best efforts, his game sense didn’t seem like it was returning and he eventually made the decision to retire.

When KaL joined Prime he had said, “If I feel like I am unable to grow into a 1 win card for my team I will retire.” He practiced rigorously in Round 1 but he felt like he had reached his limit and told Coach Park about his intentions to retire.

KaL plans to take a break after retirement. He had been unable to rest after he was discharged [having joined Prime right away]. He plans to go to on a vacation and do things he had been unable to do previously and clear his mind a bit.

Prime’s Coach Park states “His passion for progaming was strong but it seems his time away was too hard to overcome,” and “I’m thankful for the effort KaL put in for Prime.”

[Daily eSports Writer Lee Sora sora@dailyesports.com]

source: DES
General Nuke Em
Profile Joined March 2008
United States680 Posts
April 11 2014 00:56 GMT
#2
Another dragon falls.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
April 11 2014 00:59 GMT
#3
Oh well, at least he tried!
ModeratorI am still alive, somehow
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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
April 11 2014 01:02 GMT
#4
I was wondering what happened to him, since I haven't heard about him in a while.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51594 Posts
April 11 2014 01:06 GMT
#5
Estimate until he moves on to Afreeca streaming BW?
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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
April 11 2014 01:08 GMT
#6
:/ saw it coming. he showed some promise and was fun to have around. GL in the future man!
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 01:10 GMT
#7
On April 11 2014 10:06 GTR wrote:
Estimate until he moves on to Afreeca streaming BW?

I'd say it depends on how close he is to shuttle hero modesty etc
RainmanMP
Profile Joined October 2007
United States1698 Posts
April 11 2014 01:13 GMT
#8
On April 11 2014 10:06 GTR wrote:
Estimate until he moves on to Afreeca streaming BW?


Next round of Sonic PL.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19345 Posts
April 11 2014 01:25 GMT
#9
Stx soul needed him sooner. By.hero will appreciate a better practice partner for the next time he plays Bisu.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
April 11 2014 03:19 GMT
#10
That's too bad. I had a feeling something like this was happening when he just kind of disappeared from Proleague. Best of luck to him
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geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8246 Posts
April 11 2014 03:27 GMT
#11
Well that was quick... He wasn't doing bad on Prime imo.
DavoS
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States4605 Posts
April 11 2014 03:48 GMT
#12
He was the closest thing Prime had to an ace in Round One, sucks that he wasn't satisfied with that
"KDA is actually the most useless stat in the game" Aui_2000
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
April 11 2014 03:55 GMT
#13
On April 11 2014 12:48 DavoS wrote:
He was the closest thing Prime had to an ace in Round One, sucks that he wasn't satisfied with that

Creator was definitely the round 1 ace. Jila only won 2 maps. He was definitely one of the most popular players on Prime though and I think he helped draw in a lot of fans for them at the proleague studio. I wonder how many they will lose now. That'll be unfortunate.
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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
April 11 2014 03:59 GMT
#14
it sounds more like a temporary retirement, he'll probably be back by LotV
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-11 05:37:07
April 11 2014 05:36 GMT
#15
On April 11 2014 12:59 TAMinator wrote:
it sounds more like a temporary retirement, he'll probably be back by LotV

I dunno. it seemed like the tone of the article was set by DES to sound... hopeful? There was an inven article about KaL retiring and it quotes Prime's coach saying KaL began to lose interest as he started racking up the losses.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42400 Posts
April 11 2014 05:49 GMT
#16
On April 11 2014 10:06 GTR wrote:
Estimate until he moves on to Afreeca streaming BW?


COME TO US!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 05:52 GMT
#17
On April 11 2014 14:49 Grettin wrote:
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On April 11 2014 10:06 GTR wrote:
Estimate until he moves on to Afreeca streaming BW?


COME TO US!

Man if ex-STX had an in-form KaL instead of Britney.. they most definitely wouldn't have finished last
bduddy
Profile Joined May 2012
United States1326 Posts
April 11 2014 06:16 GMT
#18
God the BW fanboys are obnoxious lately.
>Liquid'Nazgul: Of course you are completely right
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50936 Posts
April 11 2014 06:29 GMT
#19
On April 11 2014 15:16 bduddy wrote:
God the BW fanboys are obnoxious lately.


We are excited by the prospect that some of our favorite players might be returning to play BW, considering thats been the trend so far.

I don't understand what prompted you to make that comment.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
April 11 2014 06:29 GMT
#20
If he still has the passion, he could always come back. Maybe he'll go back to BW.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
April 11 2014 06:41 GMT
#21
Short and at-times sweet SC2 career. I did enjoy his performance at the start, but he didn't really seem to get his footing.
Flash | Mvp
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 06:54 GMT
#22
On April 11 2014 15:16 bduddy wrote:
God the BW fanboys are obnoxious lately.

obnoxious probably wrong word. I'm more excited for the possibility of KaL playing BW again!
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1981 Posts
April 11 2014 07:01 GMT
#23
If its true that he lost interest in sc2 he should return to bw!
Total Annihilation Zero
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33603 Posts
April 11 2014 09:47 GMT
#24
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