Man some of you guys are fucking assholes.

When you do half as much for Starcraft that Moletrap has done, you can sit here and talk shit about him in a "farewell" video.

Moletrap, good luck in your future endeavors. I'm glad you got a chance to fulfill your dreams.

Nabes

Canada1800 Posts

October 29 2012 04:45 GMT

#102

Atleast you got to cast the last BW finals! gl in the future.

stew_

Canada239 Posts

October 29 2012 04:45 GMT

#103

good luck man.

paddyz

Ireland628 Posts

October 29 2012 04:49 GMT

#104

Bye moletrap. OSL was great, nice time to go i suppose. Wonder who the new guy/girl will be.

Mikilatov

United States3897 Posts

October 29 2012 04:51 GMT

#105

Best of luck to him. Love him or hate him, he's contributed a lot to the community, and I'm sure he'll continue to do so.

NEXUS6

United States413 Posts

October 29 2012 04:51 GMT

#106

good luck to you moletrap

bokeevboke

Singapore1674 Posts

October 29 2012 04:52 GMT

#107

There are many other jobs in esports besides casting. Managing tournament or team.

zefreak

United States2731 Posts

October 29 2012 04:53 GMT

#108

If he had so much passion for SC2, why didn't his game knowledge improve over the last like year and a half? I've never facepalmed so much during a cast. I used to watch Moletraps BW vods and enjoyed his inside look on the korean scene when he did videos for his youtube channel, so I don't dislike the guy at all, but I don't see how his knowledge of SC2 could have stagnated OVER A YEAR AGO while remaining a professional caster if he was really so 'passionate'. Probably just loved BW and gave up on SC2.

Grampz

United States2147 Posts

October 29 2012 04:55 GMT

#109

honestly people give him a ton of shit for his casting, his casting really wasn't that bad... he just didn't play the game at a high level or watch enough pro games to know what he is talking about. Granted that is a huge part of casting - huge - he brought a ton of excitement to every cast, a lot of what most casters lack; Genuine passion.

Good luck moletrap

Iksf

United Kingdom444 Posts

October 29 2012 04:56 GMT

#110

Echoing everyone else, pity his casting wasnt the same level as his passion. Sucks that he was never really able to sort it out.

therockmanxx

Peru1174 Posts

October 29 2012 04:57 GMT

#111

I don't know why americans dont like to learn other languages especially when they are in a country that speaks another language
Hope to see you anyway !

RunningInSquares

United States215 Posts

October 29 2012 04:58 GMT

#112

Dang, I was hoping to get a job in Korea soon and if I did, I was looking forward to getting to see Moletrap again. Glad I got to meet him in the past though, he always seemed like a cool guy with a lot of enthusiasm put into his casting.

gengka

Malaysia461 Posts

October 29 2012 05:01 GMT

#113

remember during the OSL qualifier when bunch of federation players were playing and we have no news and streams from inside watsover? Moletrap was the one kept posting us the results here in TL. The contribution to the SC2 community will not be forgotten. All the best in watever you do, HWAITING MOLETRAP!

KimJongIlJr

Korea (North)61 Posts

October 29 2012 05:02 GMT

#114

Class guy and one of the few who busted his ass to get where he was. Good journey Moletrap.

AceOfCakez

United States72 Posts

October 29 2012 05:03 GMT

#115

Later man.

Spicy_Curry

United States10573 Posts

October 29 2012 05:06 GMT

#116

He didnt say anything about why he left in this video

SUSUGAM

United States177 Posts

October 29 2012 05:07 GMT

#117

On October 29 2012 13:41 Lunareste wrote:
Man some of you guys are fucking assholes.

When you do half as much for Starcraft that Moletrap has done, you can sit here and talk shit about him in a "farewell" video.

Moletrap, good luck in your future endeavors. I'm glad you got a chance to fulfill your dreams.

What moletrap has done for starcraft? LOL. Look at what Starcraft did for Moletrap. He was the least talented caster in the scene after maybe HD and Husky, and was pretty much derelict when he landed a miracle job with Gom. I have to believe that pity got him that job, and convenience/low cost got him the job with OGN. I think it would be safe to assume that he was the lowest paid caster in Korean SC2. He had the exact same reaction from the fans as Kelly Milkies did, but somehow managed to dig his claws into the scene anyway. People have been hating his casting since the day he began at Gom, but he stuck around like a parasite, ruining game after game with his overzealous shoutcasting. I think that this was a desperation move in his life much more so than anything he really earned or deserved.

He was the sidekick to the best English caster that BW had to offer, which really isn't saying much for those days. This should have happened ages ago when hundreds of complaints rose about his casting style. He rode that title WAY further than it should have ever been ridden.

Sorry Moletrap, your passion was there but that doesn't translate to casting ability. GL finding an outlet, or possibly a marketable skill, within the world of e-sports.

ImperialSC

United States6 Posts

October 29 2012 05:12 GMT

#118

Moletrap has always been one of my favorite casters from Broodwar, and even in SC2. He has done everything when it comes to casting, from uploading his casts onto youtube to casting live games in Korea. Whatever the family reason is that he is leaving, his heart is in the right place. Family always comes first. Too bad he was not able to win over his haters. Once he lost them in the GSL it seems like they never wanted to give him another chance. It is their loss. Best of luck to Moletrap and once the situation with his family settles down I hope to see more of him in the future.

dreamseller

Australia914 Posts

October 29 2012 05:14 GMT

#119

Just to summarise the video for those who don't want to watch the whole thing; he's leaving Korea for personal reasons, related to family. He didn't embellish on this in the video but did stress that he isn't leaving Korea because life is difficult there.