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Oreoman returns for one last dance at WCA 2015
In a forum post last night at Korea's Inven Heroes community board, the captain of Team AsD (ex-Team Snake) revealed that their main warrior ttsst suddenly quit the team. With WCA 2015 fast approaching, Oreoman will be coming back to play professional Heroes one last time since his retirement after Heroes Super League 2015.
Here is a translation of the original statement by kinnu:
Hello, this is Team AsDKinnu
With WCA right around the corner, there has been another roster change for our team. Oreoman, who has been a subject of heavy of controversy, has decided to join the team.
Ttsst suddenly revealed that he wants to retire and no longer wants to be involved in the professional scene. I tried to convince him that he should at least finish this tournament with us before leaving, but his mind was set, and he ended up quitting the team.
We've been told by the tournament organizers that it's not possible for us to pull out from the tournament since the visa and the plane tickets have already been paid.
Oreoman was the only player we were familiar with that had a passport readily available. Oreoman repeatedly declined my request to come back because he was uncomfortable being involved in professional Heroes scene anymore, but I was finally able to convince him.
Oreoman will be joining us for this WCA tournament only, and he is not thinking of continuing to play Heroes professionally afterwards. This will be his final tournament of his career, so please cheer for him.
I'm sure there are a couple of Inven users that are going to be shocked by this decision, and that is why I decided to make this known publicly in advance. To be honest, I struggled a lot on whether or not I should write this statement, but I think this is the right thing to do.
There have been some changes to the WCA schedule so that the players will be arriving in China on Dec 14th, and the games will be held from Dec 17th to Dec 21st.
Thank you for your support.
P.S. If you want to criticize Oreoman, please direct those criticisms to me instead.
A few weeks ago, it's been known that Team ASD's sixth member, duckdeok, is no longer part of the team, and now with the departure of ttsst and Oreoman subbing in, the final roster of Team AsD for WCA 2015 should be:
- kinnu (captain, support)
- mongD (main assassin)
- kong (flex)
- Jeongha (flex/warrior)
- Oreoman (flex/warrior)
Before his retirement, Oreoman was considered the most gifted player of the Korean Heroes scene. He was originally the No.1 ranged assassin in Korea until he switched to the flex/bruiser role and showed his brilliance on melee Heroes as well. While he kept in touch with Heroes through personal streaming at Daum.tv, there have been rumors that he will become a professional LoL player next year, and this will likely be the last time we will get to see him play Heroes in a serious setting.
For long time followers of the Korean scene, this is also the last chance to see the infamous Jeongha-Oreoman combo again that dominated Heroes Big League as Team IkBear. While Team ASD's future after the WCA tournament is unclear, they should be a team to watch for at the upcoming event.
