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I wrote an article about my good friend Kim "viOLet" Donghwan, a Zerg streamer that's been residing in the CSN house as of late that was a former Code S participant and Team MVP member. I found his story quite moving, so I decided to share it on TL.
Today, I'm not going to interview anyone from e-sports. I'm not going to talk about how much I hate something, or how I disagree with a person's opinion. Today, I'm going to tell you all the story of Kim "viOLet" Donghwan. He's an upcoming Starcraft 2 talent, but his story is what catches everyone's heart.I came across viOLet after finding him through several friends who played SC2 on the KR server. I was hesitant at first, having the immature mindset of "who is this kid?" when I'm a complete unknown myself. After sending a friend request and getting the opportunity to interview him through e-mail, I started to do some research on viOLet, and was impressed by his past achievements. Although not making it far, he obtained both Code A and Code S status, he's won more ZOTAC cups in WC3 than almost any player (only 3 people above him), and he was a very solid Starcraft 2 player -- but who WAS this kid? I've never heard of him, and I'm a Zerg player myself. "viOLet" continued to ring in my head, but then it hit me -- KT Rolster, the legendary BW player, right? No, that was a totally different person, but I was determined to interview him, since I didn't have the opportunity nor contacts to contact a wider variety of players at the time, and I took what was "given" to me, however bad that sounds. Who knew a few months later, viOLet would become a truly honorable person, and one of the most mannered friends I have to this day, both online and offline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePoF58pnPM
If you'd like to read the full article just click: http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/163254/
viOLet's Fan Club: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=282937
Let me know what you guys think, I really appreciate all feedback and take it into consideration.
EDIT: Many many many thanks to djWHEAT, his wife Jennifer, Rachel over at CSN along with CSN themselves for promoting this on Twitter for viOLet, I know he really appreciates it as well as myself. Also a huge thank you to Andrew Tomlinson, Owner and CEO of CSN that is making this all possible.
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A very good article to read on. Violet~ Salute!!!!
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Reading all the articles makes me think he would be a amazing fit for Liquid. To me Liquid seems to have players that Carry a story. Liquid would be a excellent team for him.
Each player on liquid has some sort of dramtic story to them. Its not on purpose though, just sort of happend. They all seem real to us. Violet seems to have a similar feeling to him.
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Nobody won more ZOTAC Cups than Remind btw., thats why he's called the ZOTAC-King  Gonna read the rest as well now, just thought someone should note that.
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On December 11 2011 00:43 masterbreti wrote:
Reading all the articles makes me think he would be a amazing fit for Liquid. To me Liquid seems to have players that Carry a story. Liquid would be a excellent team for him.
Each player on liquid has some sort of dramtic story to them. Its not on purpose though, just sort of happend. They all seem real to us. Violet seems to have a similar feeling to him.
He's wanting to stay in the United States in a team house.
On December 11 2011 00:48 Khaldor wrote:Nobody won more ZOTAC Cups than Remind btw., thats why he's called the ZOTAC-King Gonna read the rest as well now, just thought someone should note that.
Sorry about that, fixed it.
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awsome read thx good stuff
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I absolutely hated this article to the point where it actively annoyed me. I'm normally a silent reader and don't comment but this just pushed me over the edge. I'm reading and reading and reading and it still hasn't got to the point. You giving your MLG pass that Slasher gives you away is not interesting reading. There's 4 paragraphs of this sort of nonsense. Then the dude pulls his Dad out of a burning building and it gets two sentences! The article talks for what seems an eternity about sharing his story and then anything about his actual story gets dropped in and forgotten about four syllables later.
Sorry.
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On December 11 2011 00:59 k1mjee wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2011 00:43 masterbreti wrote:
Reading all the articles makes me think he would be a amazing fit for Liquid. To me Liquid seems to have players that Carry a story. Liquid would be a excellent team for him.
Each player on liquid has some sort of dramtic story to them. Its not on purpose though, just sort of happend. They all seem real to us. Violet seems to have a similar feeling to him. He's wanting to stay in the United States in a team house. Show nested quote +On December 11 2011 00:48 Khaldor wrote:Nobody won more ZOTAC Cups than Remind btw., thats why he's called the ZOTAC-King Gonna read the rest as well now, just thought someone should note that. Sorry about that, fixed it.
So that leaves EG and Reign. I hope to god he doesn't join EG, if he does I'll have to cheer against him 
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On December 11 2011 01:02 FreudianTrip wrote:
I absolutely hated this article to the point where it actively annoyed me. I'm normally a silent reader and don't comment but this just pushed me over the edge. I'm reading and reading and reading and it still hasn't got to the point. You giving your MLG pass that Slasher gives you away is not interesting reading. There's 4 paragraphs of this sort of nonsense. Then the dude pulls his Dad out of a burning building and it gets two sentences! The article talks for what seems an eternity about sharing his story and then anything of interest gets dropped in and forgotten about four syllables later.
Sorry.
There's a 15 minute video that I embedded in the article that allows viOLet himself to tell the story. The point of the article is to expose my take on his story and lead others to watch the video to get viOLet's personal take on the story, not to re-tell something that he's already told in a video interview.
Sorry.
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On December 11 2011 01:03 k1mjee wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2011 01:02 FreudianTrip wrote:
I absolutely hated this article to the point where it actively annoyed me. I'm normally a silent reader and don't comment but this just pushed me over the edge. I'm reading and reading and reading and it still hasn't got to the point. You giving your MLG pass that Slasher gives you away is not interesting reading. There's 4 paragraphs of this sort of nonsense. Then the dude pulls his Dad out of a burning building and it gets two sentences! The article talks for what seems an eternity about sharing his story and then anything of interest gets dropped in and forgotten about four syllables later.
Sorry. There's a 15 minute video that I embedded in the article that allows viOLet himself to tell the story. Sorry.
Seems like I should just read/watch CSN then.
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On December 11 2011 01:04 FreudianTrip wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2011 01:03 k1mjee wrote:On December 11 2011 01:02 FreudianTrip wrote:
I absolutely hated this article to the point where it actively annoyed me. I'm normally a silent reader and don't comment but this just pushed me over the edge. I'm reading and reading and reading and it still hasn't got to the point. You giving your MLG pass that Slasher gives you away is not interesting reading. There's 4 paragraphs of this sort of nonsense. Then the dude pulls his Dad out of a burning building and it gets two sentences! The article talks for what seems an eternity about sharing his story and then anything of interest gets dropped in and forgotten about four syllables later.
Sorry. There's a 15 minute video that I embedded in the article that allows viOLet himself to tell the story. Sorry. Seems like I should just read/watch CSN then.
Seems like you don't respect the writer's effort in bringing this story to the public, and would rather analyze the article for its actual structure and sentence ratio than appreciate his story told from a friend's point of view.
I'm done arguing with you, no need to flog a dead horse.
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good read, violet hwaiiittingg!!
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just watched the vid so far but damn it was quite nice and at some point i thought he's gonna cry.
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Well I was a fan before cuz of his play but now im a fan of him
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Great personality. Great read.
Violet fighting.!!!!!
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I really enjoy watching violet. Thank you for giving me more background to him as a person.
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On December 11 2011 00:43 masterbreti wrote:
Reading all the articles makes me think he would be a amazing fit for Liquid. To me Liquid seems to have players that Carry a story. Liquid would be a excellent team for him.
Each player on liquid has some sort of dramtic story to them. Its not on purpose though, just sort of happend. They all seem real to us. Violet seems to have a similar feeling to him.
Liquid has infinite Zerg players already. More Terrans, please.
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On December 11 2011 01:08 wattabeast wrote:
good read, violet hwaiiittingg!!
On December 11 2011 01:07 GreEny K wrote:
Cool read, thanks!
On December 11 2011 01:18 HolydaKing wrote:
just watched the vid so far but damn it was quite nice and at some point i thought he's gonna cry.
On December 11 2011 01:23 raf3776 wrote:
Well I was a fan before cuz of his play but now im a fan of him
On December 11 2011 01:25 mtn wrote:
Great personality. Great read.
Violet fighting.!!!!!
On December 11 2011 01:27 Sanguinarius wrote:
I really enjoy watching violet. Thank you for giving me more background to him as a person.
Thank you, I'll be sure to show viOLet this thread. <3
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Not sure how this guy doesn't have a team. He's an amazing, dedicated player, and clearly talented since he alternates between going top 1 gm in NA and EU. He also has a great personality..loved every minute of his stream. I hadn't heard about his story though I like him even more how considering how much of a hard worker he is despite his past struggle..
Best of luck Violet, keep being the amazing player/person that you are
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