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Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
March 21 2011 04:32 GMT
#801
I guess he figured he was good at games in his break and couldn't adjust. I look forward to the Hite lineup for next season.
There's no S in KT. :P
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
March 21 2011 04:53 GMT
#802
YESSSSS OH MY GOD HE'S BACK!

Hite is going to be so strong...
WhiteGrizzly
Profile Joined May 2009
United States19 Posts
March 21 2011 05:07 GMT
#803
this is great news. so happy
EffOrt fighting!~
Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
March 21 2011 05:16 GMT
#804
I guess that to NOT play...took a little effort! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
March 21 2011 05:25 GMT
#805
FUCKING AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

I am so stoked to see what he can do, I felt like he was just starting to come into his own.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
Azriel
Profile Joined December 2010
Mexico462 Posts
March 21 2011 05:32 GMT
#806
Never watched his games. Let's see if he is as good as you guys say.

Great news, still.
ppgButtercup
Profile Joined July 2009
United States159 Posts
March 21 2011 05:34 GMT
#807
Effort and Hydra on the same team? Lord help the opposition. That is a stronger Zerg combo then Jaedong and Killer.
If at first you do not succeed, burn everything and pretend it never happened.
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
March 21 2011 05:40 GMT
#808
i just realized

this means Entus has..

hydra effort snow leta movie horang2 and skyhigh

it's a perfect team. wooooow
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
March 21 2011 05:55 GMT
#809
BW was missing something with Effort gone. This is gonna be amazing.
MinoMino
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1103 Posts
March 21 2011 06:12 GMT
#810
YES, EFFORT! MY FAVORITE ALIEN!
Blah.
Assymptotic
Profile Joined February 2009
United States552 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-21 06:42:16
March 21 2011 06:38 GMT
#811
Does Effort specify why he is returning? I hope it wasn't because university entrance exams were too tough for him...that would be pretty disheartening.
So close, and yet so far
Kimoleon
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States210 Posts
March 21 2011 07:10 GMT
#812
Looking foward to the Phoenix to come back in September, I missed your play effort , hope you haven't lost your touch! KIM JUNG WOO IS BACK YEAHHHHH~ ~ ~ ~
#nanashin #once | No Sana No Life | BW Forever ~
aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
March 21 2011 07:19 GMT
#813
SHIT JUST GOT REAL!

2 awesomely skilled Zerg .. QQ
Religion is a dying idea .. || 'E-sport' outside Korea are nerds who wants to feel like rockstars. || I'm not gonna fuck with trolls on General Forum ever again .. FUCK!
SimonB
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1088 Posts
March 21 2011 07:32 GMT
#814
On March 21 2011 04:20 Faranth wrote:
I don't understand why Effort is choosing to come back. He's a fantastic pro-gamer, but if I recall, he was leaving to figure out what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. Perhaps it was just salary, as was mentioned during his departure as well, and Hite Entus decided to compensate him more heavily.

I hope he provides an explanatory message. Either way, excited to see him play again. Would love for a mini-rivalry to develop between him and Hydra as the team's top Zerg.

When he quit, it looked like BW wouldn't last another month. Everything was crumbling; players were switching to SC2, teams were disbanding, coaches were resigning, sponsors were fleeing, and it looked like Blizzard/Gretech were doing everything they could to push the whole thing over the edge.

I bet Effort probably figured BW's days were numbered and decided to get a head start on moving on, and I don't blame him. At least outwardly, it sounds like BW has stabilized quite well (with a little more optimism!). He probably came back because of a combination of that and missing the progaming life (as dreary as it sometimes sounds, you do have fans, an audience, very good salary for A to S class players, and you get to live with your friends).

Was Effort ever seriously going to be a scholar? He may have just proceeded with the "preparing for uni" thing because it was the thing to do at that point in your life for most people. Not terribly familiar with the ultra-competitive academic environment of Korea, but that's often how it is in most places in the world. I don't see it as a terrible loss to postpone it a bit longer.
PrinceDelight
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia49 Posts
March 21 2011 07:44 GMT
#815
Awesome news!
start yo
Fushin
Profile Joined June 2010
France193 Posts
March 21 2011 07:49 GMT
#816
We'll just have to see how long it takes for him to be good again...
But if he get his old skill level back, Hite will be pretty unstoppable. Hopefully they'll sell some of their players : their line up seems a bit crowded right now.
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
March 21 2011 08:39 GMT
#817
EFFORT!

oh fuck yeah, wooo!
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
Carson
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada820 Posts
March 21 2011 08:39 GMT
#818
On March 21 2011 14:16 Arnstein wrote:
I guess that to NOT play...took a little effort! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!


lol awesome! Finally we see a team put a little effort into their team lineups...!

+ Show Spoiler +
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"You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." Arnold Schwarzenegger
popzags
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland604 Posts
March 21 2011 08:48 GMT
#819
Frankly, it's too good to believe it.

BUT I DO BELIEVE, GODDAMNIT! YEAH!
What what the the fuck fuck? That blew my mind so much, I doubled every word in the phrase 'What the fuck' to get: 'What what the the fuck fuck my what the the fuck fucking what did the drop dropship medivac where in the what in the hell?' - Day[9]
Atticus.axl
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
March 21 2011 08:50 GMT
#820
hite Entus+Effort= <3
DoctorHelvetica <3
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