Thank you, Milkis! Very interesting tidbits, specially this:

"According to an interview with GOM's observer, Nal_Ra is currently debating whether to come back as a StarCraft II player or a Commentator."

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

October 09 2011 00:06 GMT

#128

...i mean since Flash is going to have surgery anyways... why not augment him a little bit. An extra finger, an extra arm...

Forgottenfrog

United States1268 Posts

October 09 2011 00:28 GMT

#129

Thank you Milkis, you have done so much for the community!
I hope Nal_ra plays sc2 instead of commentating, it would be great to see old school BW players playing SC2. They can have a tournament full of old school BW players

Nal_ra, Boxer, YellOw, Nada!

Goibon

New Zealand8185 Posts

October 09 2011 00:31 GMT

#130

Dayum. Sorta neat to read the bit about Flash. As a layman you kinda don't look upon esports injuries with any real context or understanding. Obviously there's concern, i know that CTS is bad but for me its not like real sports where if someone gets injured i know what this injury is, what it means for the player, all the details (because i've been watching real sports for 2 decades and its all second nature to me). What Flash had is not something i'm super familiar with it so i don't understand the degrees of seriousness associated with the kinds of things a pro gamer could suffer.

FLASH HEALING!!!!

I think the idea that his switch to SC2 (if ever) would come quicker as a result of this is pretty laughable. He'll be more determined than ever to get back to his best at BW if anything imo.

Good work Milkis. This kind of thing is awesome. News flies fast enough as it is, and for Korean news it can easily get swept under the rug or just not seen at all, so a compilation like this is a brilliant idea. Also i really appreciate that i get to read all of the Flash stuff at once instead of having to keep up with multiple little stories over time. It makes life easier.

Champi

1422 Posts

October 09 2011 00:37 GMT

#131

Thanks Milkis, answered a lot of questions i had in the back of my mind for me. gj

KadaverBB

Germany25657 Posts

October 09 2011 01:22 GMT

#132

This is really great Milkis, please keep doing this

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

October 09 2011 01:30 GMT

#133

<3 Milkis

legendre20

United States316 Posts

October 09 2011 02:44 GMT

#134

Wow that's crazy to hear about Flash's injury.. Also sorry to hear about Jaedong, sounds like he has kind of put the breaks on his BW practicing if he's going to be traveling. Was hoping to see a come back from him. Maybe he'll switch to SC2 :D??

Thanks for the updates though <3!

Torpedo.Vegas

United States1890 Posts

October 09 2011 03:28 GMT

#135

On October 08 2011 23:40 Rostam wrote:

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He was doing just fine before the surgery, there's no reason to think he's suddenly going to become an MVP-level player.

But that was point, the surgery was an extensive and invasive procedure effecting a good part of his arm, no just wrist. I am fairly certain they had to cut or remove portions of muscle that were causing pressure on his nerves. His capabilities could have been effected since the only reason those muscles were there was because they got built up over the course of playing so much. Pending his rehab, he may need a longer ramp up time to get back into the saddle then a lot of people think.

So if he can't perform at Flash levels for the next 6 months - year while he heals and rebuilds lost strength, adapts to shifts in the meta game, etc, he isn't going to be pulling those huge numbers. And you have to figure how the SC2 community develops in the next year or so, which no one knows.

He will likely just stick to BW and probably slowly ramp up to as close as old Flash as possible, but there is a chance he will either move on to something else entirely or try his hand at SC2, if he doesn't live up to past hype or worse, his own standards for himself.

oBlade

United States5431 Posts

October 09 2011 05:37 GMT

#136

On October 08 2011 15:33 Milkis wrote:
A more current set of rumors have it that, another corporation, "H", will be creating the Dream Team, with an announcement coming out within this week. (Apparently, this was published, but soon deleted).

Corporation H? Like Hexatron? Like... Hexatron Dream Team?

Post 1111, now I need a whole byte.