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After the mindless mayhem of the World Cup, MBCGame and OnGameNet have finally managed to conclude their respective Starleagues as well as the first round of this Proleague season. Except from the WCG Qualifiers and the Dual Tournament for the next Shinhan Bank OnGameNet Starleague, it is a rare moment of calm amidst progamers, a time of reflection, preparation, celebration, commiseration and what have you. Browsing around the forums and the main news portals the following slices of gossip and trivia are flying around to temporarily satiate the thirst of the devoted progaming fans. Excuse some of the content for being excruciatingly trivial, I shall make up for it with my crystalline prose.
1) Need something new? Oov!
The SKTelecom T1 manager Ju Hoon has revealed in a recent interview that "Choi Yun-Sung(iloveoov) will do something shocking in the near future." Apparently iloveoov has recently suffered from a lack of interest in the game, and this 'something shocking' will be an attempt to regain his passion for Starcraft.
Obviously there is a great anticipation surrounding this announcement, here are some possibilities:
-A change of race, or even becoming a random user
-Change of career to a gaming coach
-Marriage
-Sex change
-Becoming an observer (an observer for the broadcasted games, NOT the Protoss unit.)
Some fans are so skeptical as to simply dismiss it as a passing comment by Ju Hoon, but he adds quite Morpheusly that "when it's time, you will all know."
2) Cowboy Zerg maintains number 1 spot
Cho Yong Ho (Chojja) of KTF MagicNs retains his position at the top of the e-Sports individual rankings for August. This is his second consecutive reign at the top on the back of his two wins in the SKY Proleague and his 9th entry into the next MBCGame Starleague.
Special mentions go to Ma Jae Yoon (Savior) of CJ ENTUS whose victory at the Pringles MSL finals allow him to leapfrog iloveoov to move up to 2nd place, and also to Lee Yun Yeol (NaDa) who has managed to breakout into the top 10 to be ranked 9th for the first time in 7 months.
Full up to date rankings available here
3) Progaming Pets
Nice dog. (I mean the dog, not Tossgirl, no lame puns in my captions)
Last month it was revealed that Lecaf house their own pet dog named "Talgi" ("Strawberry"). Soon enough many progamers have followed the trend. Above is Seo Ji Soo (TossGirl) with her dog "Pony". She says that she spends time with her pet whenever she's not practicing. Ahn Suk Yeol (Siva) of Pantech EX also has a pet malamute. CJ ENTUS currently grow 10 carp in their big fountain in their garden where often team members come out during breaks to feed the fish.
However this is not new as previously it was known that Song Byung Goo (Stork) had a pet squirrel and OnGameNet SPARKYZ during their KOR years had a puppy.
4) Niza crisis at eNature
eNature has effectively removed Jung Young Joo (Niza) from the team, who has disappeared off the premises on the 26th of June and has not been seen ever since. The manager and the coach have tried contact through telephone several times with no success. Such an incident has happened twice before but this time the manager has no choice but to make the decision.
5) The search for the next KTF Manager
KTF MagicNs are currently looking for the next person to fill the management vacancy. Some of the presumed candidates by the fans include retired veterans such as Garimto, Ssamjang and Aozora.
And that's it for now. Initially I was made news admin for a weekly progaming update feature, but it's been hard to find material to write about/translate recently. Hopefully more news and articles will surface as the progaming scene really kicks off again in a couple of weeks for me to provide such a feature regularly. Anyway hope it was a good read.
-FireBlast!  -
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hehe, i hope oov becomes protoss ^^
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
They should hire tfeign ans KTF manager, just so we can laugh some more at tl.net 
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On August 01 2006 04:13 Carnac wrote:They should hire tfeign ans KTF manager, just so we can laugh some more at tl.net
hear, hear
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
wow what is oov gonna do. hahah o_O.
lol .
hm....
well thanks for the article / news write up fireblast 
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On August 01 2006 04:13 FireBlast! wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2006 04:13 Carnac wrote:They should hire tfeign ans KTF manager, just so we can laugh some more at tl.net hear, hear
Rorlf~~haha..
xD
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On August 01 2006 04:13 towelie wrote:
hehe, i hope oov becomes protoss ^^
I hope he becomes zerg 
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this kinda of news is so cool
gogogog
zerg iloveoov~
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Belgium9953 Posts
On August 01 2006 05:14 StarN wrote:
OOv needs a pet gorilla
haha
oh boy im so curious about what oov is up to
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4492 Posts
On August 01 2006 05:20 RaGe wrote:haha oh boy im so curious about what oov is up to
It's either a switch to Zerg or a gorillaplasty.
Probably gorillaplasty.
-Mynock
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On August 01 2006 05:27 Mynock wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2006 05:20 RaGe wrote:On August 01 2006 05:14 StarN wrote:
OOv needs a pet gorilla haha oh boy im so curious about what oov is up to It's either a switch to Zerg or a gorillaplasty. Probably gorillaplasty. -Mynock
I hope he turns out emo and commit suicide during Starleague/Proleague final. :/
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I hate to say this damn old word but Tossgirl is so cute.
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oov is going to change his sex and became more famous and sexy than Seo Ji Soo ^_^
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LOL @ Oov shokcing decision possibilities. Nice jokes.
Omg, thats a dog she is holding? I thought was a cat at first. Any mentions in breednames, they look niiiice, though I am more a bigger dog person. <3 Labradors ^^
KeSPA ranks out again ^^
What happened to Casy? I recall last month he had a huuuuge jump like 17 positions upwards, and now he is not even ranked? Lol 20 Positions downward?
Whats with all those zergs taking #1 spot????? Aaaaaah, Terran players gotta fight for their suppremacy once again!! GL HF everyone =)
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Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
great read. Oov to Protoss !~
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I thought oov was going to become a random player. Didnt they announce in a magazine awhile ago that he would play random in proleague?
he was a randomk player back in the day.
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godddd, so now i'm even more confused, everyone said it was impossible to random in korea??
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Oov is going to become Tossgirls pet. (doggy style ? - could not resist)
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i was under the impression that you weren't allowed to play random?
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