dont blame him for chasing the money, im sure hes getting paid a crazy amount

still a shame to see one of the top players in a region really strongly on the rise moving away from competition though

Nefariously

277 Posts

August 06 2011 16:30 GMT

#42

what a disappointment, I was really looking forward to see him in the GSL... he's seriously a godly Protoss.

SC2MKP

Singapore28 Posts

August 06 2011 16:34 GMT

#43

damn xiaot is such a beast...the 1st time i saw him was the game with marineking, it made me a fan of him. :D sad to see him not being a pro player now... all the best for him! :D

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

August 06 2011 16:34 GMT

#44

sad to see, after his fanstastic play against MKP, he was one of the best tosses

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10343 Posts

August 06 2011 16:40 GMT

#45

disappointing

oh well i hope he can be a good leader for his team

RyanRushia

United States2748 Posts

August 06 2011 16:43 GMT

#46

LOVED xiaot in wc3, hadn't followed him too much in sc2 so far... best of luck with his future!

VTPerfect

United States487 Posts

August 06 2011 16:49 GMT

#47

i wish i never knew this ;(. its not like he slumping or not the best chinese player. crazy decision ;(.

RogerChillingworth

2874 Posts

August 06 2011 17:06 GMT

#48

PainUser'd

MK4512

Canada938 Posts

August 06 2011 17:07 GMT

#49

Awww, I copied my PvZ from him tho!

Oh well, I'm sure he'll be a sick sick manager/coach...

MiraKul

Malaysia498 Posts

August 06 2011 17:09 GMT

#50

no source? :O

Aven

Netherlands392 Posts

August 06 2011 17:10 GMT

#51

Seems like a silly decision, wasn't he very young as well?
Well, goodluck to him as a team manager then

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

August 06 2011 17:11 GMT

#52

No source?

edit: dammit ninja'd

Nexic

United States729 Posts

August 06 2011 17:23 GMT

#53

This is the team talked about on LO3 that was sold for 6 million? Sounds like he was probably offered a ridiculous amount of money to be a manager.

Stanlot

United States5742 Posts

August 06 2011 17:30 GMT

#54

I wonder why :[
I was looking forward to xiaOt being at the forefront of the Chinese SC2 talent breaking into the international scene as a top protoss player.

EDIT: I thought he was supposed to attempt to enter code A in the GSL after WCG?

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

August 06 2011 17:30 GMT

#55

Source

I know yypisces and he is most definitively a legit source when it comes to the Chinese scene.

Rantech

Chile527 Posts

August 06 2011 17:34 GMT

#56

Im gonna miss him as a player. He woul've won or at least qualify for WCG finals if he was active.

babylon

8765 Posts

August 06 2011 17:58 GMT

#57

Was going to make a thread about this today, but you got to it first (and did a far better job than I could have done).

Shame. My favorite Protoss player moving into management. He's probably getting paid a lot, so I can't really say it's a terrible move, especially with how unstable the SC2 scene is at the moment. But he really did have a lot of potential. Definitely a Code A quality, maybe even a low-to-mid Code S quality player. Sick PvZ.

Also, as a side note, iG might be interested in picking up Moon, apparently. (That is, if my Chinese is to be trusted.) Not a bad move if WMF really does end up disbanding. Rumors, rumors.

Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

August 06 2011 18:05 GMT

#58

NO. I learnt a lot from his PvT. Huge shame.

PDizzle

Denmark1754 Posts

August 06 2011 18:06 GMT

#59

damn, had high hopes for xiaOt

IntotheNorth

Denmark116 Posts