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On November 14 2015 03:36 Sorkoas wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2015 02:39 Makro wrote:
does that mean he's giving up poker and only focusing on hearthstone ?
amazing move nonetheless He's been a highroller for over 10 years now. Probably capable of still grinding out >$1M a year. My guess is he's just doing this for fun since he's so rich from poker he can do whatever he wants with his life.
I dont think he runs a >1M$ a year to be honset .... but he probably saved up enough from the days the game was easy and the gap between players was bigger. today is a different kind of poker , but he is still amazing player both on BW and Poker.
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Whaaaaat this is crazy!!!! Liquid'Elky fighting~~
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Dude is such a legend, shame his return is for such a crappy game :x
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i have tears in my eyes as i read this... it brings back so much memories... the beginning of esport and the one Game which made me an addict to online gaming: starcraft/brood war! back in these days we read battlereports with tiny screenshots or just parts of it and elky was a star with grrr in korea.
Thats such cool News!
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On November 14 2015 03:36 Sorkoas wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2015 02:39 Makro wrote:
does that mean he's giving up poker and only focusing on hearthstone ?
amazing move nonetheless He's been a highroller for over 10 years now. Probably capable of still grinding out >$1M a year. My guess is he's just doing this for fun since he's so rich from poker he can do whatever he wants with his life.
thanks
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Hearthstone team approaching the size of the sc2 team the dream
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You know you're pretty old when you used to watch ElkY play in pro BW games and now will watch him play pro hearthstone almost 16 years later.
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Well he is a multimillionaire, so he doesn't ever have to work a single day in his life in the future. I guess he just does this for fun and not for money.
But good to see a BW legend back on TL!
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On November 14 2015 04:08 ShoCkeyy wrote:
You know ELKY's pretty old when you used to watch ElkY play in pro BW games and now will watch him play pro hearthstone almost 16 years later.
FTFY 
Interesting news. Gonna echo Bisudagger here... would love a BW showmatch :D
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On November 14 2015 04:15 Hoender wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2015 04:08 ShoCkeyy wrote:
You know ELKY's pretty old when you used to watch ElkY play in pro BW games and now will watch him play pro hearthstone almost 16 years later. FTFY Interesting news. Gonna echo Bisudagger here... would love a BW showmatch :D
He's 34. There's Japanese fighting games players older than him still dominating those games. Hell, Daigo Umehara is older than him.
Age has always only been an issue for your esport career with Starcraft it seems. Other games are either recent on the overall scene, or have old pros.
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Elky is a BW legend and he should return to sc2 but hey he is doing it for fun so I see his point of view
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This reminds me of that old april fools, but this is actually real. Holy crap!
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Whenever i hear something about Elky i have to think back to, i guess it was the year 1999 or 2000, when i was playing Broodwar with the german national team.
National teams were a thing back then for some reason.
We got a match coming up against France, so we basically thought, yeah, they are french, this is a wargame, should be a sure thing, right? 
Wrong, because France did have Elky (and some other pretty good players, i guess), so i recall getting stomped real hard..
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I don't watch Hearthstone, but this is still pretty cool.
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On November 13 2015 23:14 Solmyr wrote:
GL to Elky and Team Liquid HS division.
I don't play poker and have 0 clue about its pro scene but why changing poker for HS? Is it easier to make money in HS than in poker ?
Probably not, but deep down, Elky knows this is where he belongs, Blizzard eSports :D.
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On November 13 2015 23:53 BirdistheWord wrote:
Elky is alrdy a multimiljonair from poker so i guess he does HS just for the fun
10m in earnings doesn't cover buyins. You have no way of knowing his current wealth. No one does.
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Heh, kinda random but I'll take it! Welcome monsieur!
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Why does that guy look like Scooter?
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Wow. Elky is back. Just wow. This is so cool
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