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chogoling
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia173 Posts
December 28 2010 14:39 GMT
#21
As a CJ fan, effort retiring was massive for me.
[TA] Terror Australis
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-28 15:09:38
December 28 2010 15:07 GMT
#22
On December 28 2010 23:39 chogoling wrote:
As a CJ fan, effort retiring was massive for me.

I think effort retiring was also a top story, this guy was at his peak
On December 28 2010 19:02 bokchoi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2010 16:37 ArvickHero wrote:
3 consecutive WCG championships? Starcraft WC3 and..?


WCG is the Olympics of eSports. On top of individual medals per competition, there is a total medal tally for each nation. At the end of each WCG the nation with the most medals is crowned the champion of WCG.

aha, didn't know they had an overall winner for WCG. Makes more sense now.
Writerptrk
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
December 28 2010 15:34 GMT
#23
boxer should win the "best dressed nerd"-award

he always looks cool :D
Kevmeister @ Dota2
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
December 28 2010 16:20 GMT
#24
effort and forgg were big stories sure, but nowhere near COACH CHO retiring. i've never been an entusman, but that was absolutely massive.
ModeratorFlash Sea Action Snow Midas | TheStC Ret Tyler MC | RIP 우정호
Zyferous
Profile Joined September 2010
United States270 Posts
December 28 2010 16:24 GMT
#25
what about effort retiring? and forgg?
Jaedong forever.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
December 28 2010 17:25 GMT
#26
2010 has been a crazy year for esports in Korea. that's for sure.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
KiLL_ORdeR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1518 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-28 17:53:51
December 28 2010 17:52 GMT
#27
I'd personally like to see the more positive things ranked higher.

In my opinion, someone dominating the scene like (T)Flash has in this day and (T)BoxeR/(T)NaDa switching to sc2 and the GSL are all way more important than the IP rights arguments, estro disbanding and the match fixing scandal.

On December 28 2010 23:39 chogoling wrote:
As a CJ fan, effort retiring was massive for me.


This too, I actually forgot about this but a player like (Z)EffOrt retiring in his prime is huge indeed.
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Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
December 28 2010 18:20 GMT
#28
hows about Korea finally winning gold in wc3 after 8 years of WCG. I saw OGN commentators crying so hard when ReMinD won wc3
overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
December 28 2010 19:42 GMT
#29
On December 28 2010 22:48 Manimal_pro wrote:
slayers boxer return to the scene with sc2 is the biggest news ever, it started a trend that will continue untill bw pro scene will completely vanish, still a couple of years probably


Flash already said he'd be playing Brood War for another five years at least. So unless Blizzard has something to say about it pro Brood War isn't going away anytime soon.
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
December 28 2010 20:10 GMT
#30
Wow matchfixing scandal #1. That left a huge stain on esports indeed.

By the way I love this picture of Flash.
o choro é livre
elementz
Profile Joined October 2010
United States281 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-28 20:22:11
December 28 2010 20:20 GMT
#31
Any idea what effort and forgg are doing? Retiring at their prime smells like SC2, cause to moe over you have to "retire"..they could of course retire to go finish school/military but retiring so fast after winning an OSL.


As for the ranking it does make sense, stuff ranked higher is stuff that will impact eSports in the future, Boxer switching made people watch SC2 and possibly pave the way for future switch overs, the suits with Blizzard/MBC will show if BW will continue or not, and match fixing is just a huge event.
this mah s#$%$
jpak
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States5045 Posts
December 28 2010 20:54 GMT
#32
Yes, the match-fixing scandal was very damaging to eSports.

However, I think it also showed that eSports is a big business, subject to the same kind of greed and corruption seen in other industries.
CJ Entusman #50! #1 클템 fan TL!
yoonyoon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1065 Posts
December 28 2010 21:29 GMT
#33
On December 29 2010 05:20 elementz wrote:
Any idea what effort and forgg are doing? Retiring at their prime smells like SC2, cause to moe over you have to "retire"..they could of course retire to go finish school/military but retiring so fast after winning an OSL.


effort is studying to apply for univ(I think he wrote this himself on his cyworld?)

forGG seems to have some sort of personal problem or crisis? since it was so sudden and he's retiring in the middle of the leagues which will probably cause legal problems, it's got to be something deeper than "quiting to study" or "quitting since I'm sick of BW."
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
December 28 2010 21:45 GMT
#34
Effort retiring was the biggest one for me ;;.
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Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
December 28 2010 22:11 GMT
#35
all these supposed entusmen not even mentioning coach cho is quite the shame
ModeratorFlash Sea Action Snow Midas | TheStC Ret Tyler MC | RIP 우정호
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
December 28 2010 22:21 GMT
#36
I think Effort retired to spend more time with his GF?

I've said this before but I think Coach Cho (CJ) was focusing too much on sniping and not enough on training solid, well-rounded players towards the end of his career.

That said, he was still much, much better than Kim Dong Woo.
boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
December 29 2010 00:32 GMT
#37
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mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
December 29 2010 01:18 GMT
#38
That the match fixing scandal is top 1 is a good thing, such things must not be forgotten, in such a young scene as e-sports, such a thing could have ended it as a whole, hopefully it won't happen ever again.
hmunkey
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom1973 Posts
December 29 2010 04:20 GMT
#39
I expected one to be the Boxer vs. Nada match rather than just Boxer switching over, but I guess it's still pretty similar.
elementz
Profile Joined October 2010
United States281 Posts
December 29 2010 05:21 GMT
#40
okay so after researching topic_id=154362came up with this. It is hard to tell, if he left because he didn't like how his salary problems and went to switch over to SC2 (GSL prise pool is insane), or just switched to a new career altogether, there is always a hope he was amassing zerg and losing him from the eSports scene be it BW or SC2 is bad.
this mah s#$%$
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