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Hogil is retiring

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yoonyoon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1065 Posts
February 18 2011 03:17 GMT
#1
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(Z)HoGiL of Hite Entus is retiring.
Official position is that he's lost interest in Starcraft and he's also reached the age of enlistment(it can be pushed back, but there's a social stigma on those who go late + the later you go, the harder it is).
He's apparently enlisting(not in Ace but in the regular army) soon.

Enlisting in the army, NOT in Ace = safely assume he's quitting BW for good.
Um, and for those who don't know, Hogil isn't suddenly doing something drastic. Roughly 2 years of military service is mandatory for South Korean men.

-edit-
ugh do I have to?
sources: http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=40145 and the official Hite Entus twitter account(tweeted the news an hour ago)

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zenMaster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada761 Posts
February 18 2011 03:17 GMT
#2
Knock out JD then retire.....
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8774 Posts
February 18 2011 03:19 GMT
#3
source?
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50596 Posts
February 18 2011 03:20 GMT
#4
On February 18 2011 12:17 zenMaster wrote:
Knock out JD then retire.....


well its a good enough goal don't you think?

anyways,its sad that so many players are retireing....
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
FakePlasticLove
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States357 Posts
February 18 2011 03:26 GMT
#5
Why not Ace....
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
February 18 2011 03:26 GMT
#6
i'm sad and happy at the same time. I don't think i'll miss hogil.
~~! youtube.com/xmungam1 !~~
yoonyoon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1065 Posts
February 18 2011 03:28 GMT
#7
On February 18 2011 12:26 FakePlasticLove wrote:
Why not Ace....


Because he's lost interest in Starcraft and/or doesn't see it as a career path for him anymore
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
February 18 2011 03:29 GMT
#8
Hogil

The Hogil Day9 Daily is one of my favorites. I think there might be two of them on Hogil. Anyways, this sucks. I've always enjoyed watching this guy. Wish his mid game had been stronger.
KTY
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
February 18 2011 03:32 GMT
#9
oh no.. He was developing into a pretty good player too.. This makes me sad.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
February 18 2011 03:34 GMT
#10
Always a shame when a bw player decides to leave the game for good. Best of luck to Hogil in the army and whatever the future holds for him. And hey, at least he can say that in his final OSL match he took down Jaedong with him.
1Eris1
Profile Joined September 2010
United States5797 Posts
February 18 2011 03:34 GMT
#11
Awww, this sucks
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xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
February 18 2011 03:37 GMT
#12
noooooooooooooo

Too many good players on Hite Entus I guess, harder for him to get playing time
Chimpalimp
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1135 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-18 03:40:32
February 18 2011 03:37 GMT
#13
He was a good player, always there for an interesting match. Best of luck to him. I guess he is taking it really hard since he is enlisting in the army, where as Effort just went to school.

EDIT: I assumed if you were in college you didn't have to go to military, my bad.
I like money. You like money too? We should hang out.
yoonyoon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1065 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-18 03:47:04
February 18 2011 03:39 GMT
#14
On February 18 2011 12:37 Chimpalimp wrote:
He was a good player, always there for an interesting match. Best of luck to him. I guess he is taking it really hard since he is enlisting in the army, where as Effort just went to school.


Uh.... army service is mandatory in Korea.
He's at the age where most guys chose to go(I know because a lot of my guy friends are leaving either this or next yearㅜㅜ )

edit-
What most guys(who obviously don't have a life like Hogil, but anyways) chose to do is to go to univ for an year or two, then take a leave of absence from school and enlist in the army. After it's done, they go back to school.
Plenty of people do postpone it until after they're done with school(especially if they're going beyond a bachelor's degree), but people say it's a lot harder when you're younger than your superiors.
chongu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia2593 Posts
February 18 2011 03:46 GMT
#15
and the fat jokes about him on the internet slowly subsides and then completely stops..... : (
SC2 is to BW, what coke is to wine.
stork4ever
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1036 Posts
February 18 2011 03:50 GMT
#16
hogiii noooo!!! good luck to his next stage in life.
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
February 18 2011 03:52 GMT
#17
Damn you Hogil
I think esports is pretty nice.
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
February 18 2011 03:57 GMT
#18
On October 28 2009 19:00 Day[9] wrote:
out of controlgil

On October 28 2009 19:09 Day[9] wrote:
on a new plateaugil


Good luck in the future Hogil!
ModeratorGood content always wins.
Byzantium
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States423 Posts
February 18 2011 03:58 GMT
#19
Not only did he go out beating Jaedong, but he participated in one of the most unexpected match results ever, the ZvZ tie!

Sad to see any player leave, best of luck to him.
MSL 2052
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
February 18 2011 04:04 GMT
#20
eh.. was better than HoeJJa but i thought he played pretty bad ;(
gl to him though
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
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