Merz,

Thanks for showing us so many great games, and for letting us know about your plans. Millions play this game, but you are still among a handful of professionals to have graced the battlefield.

I'm sure your success will translate well toward whatever you choose to do. Best wishes!

pimsc2

France73 Posts

November 09 2012 11:33 GMT

#122

Rain, Select, Jinro, Merz, Nada, all in less than 6 months, WHAT THE FUCK.
How many fucking terrans will leaves this game before blizzard reacts ???
I'm so scared.

gOst

415 Posts

November 09 2012 11:33 GMT

#123

Sorry to say that I've never seen you play, Tim. But I respect your decision.
GL HF owning up your law studies.

Champi

1422 Posts

November 09 2012 11:39 GMT

#124

cool way to say goodbye. GL in his future

Keidy

253 Posts

November 09 2012 11:49 GMT

#125

One of my fav players. Sad day

aTnClouD

Italy2428 Posts

November 09 2012 12:02 GMT

#126

It was a pleasure for me to know merz, he is among the most good hearted and kind people I've met and he always had a great potential as a player in both SCBW and SC2 that he never seemed to unlock due to external circumstances. We had a lot of fun together and I will miss him a lot.
Best of luck in the future, please don't change your attitude towards people and your goals, I'm sure you will be great at anything you decide to do.

Satiinifi

Finland192 Posts

November 09 2012 12:06 GMT

#127

On November 09 2012 09:38 eanxiii wrote:
Never heard of him, never see a signle match of him, maybe its better for him to retire.I wont miss him because i dont know him .

Then you probably didnt watch that much starcraft in the past years, or you should have heard of him definetly.

KaiserJohan

Sweden1808 Posts

November 09 2012 12:13 GMT

#128

Sad to see you go man

Lycka till / good luck!

Arkani

Austria60 Posts

November 09 2012 12:34 GMT

#129

some comments are pretty sickening here..

anyways good bye merz and good luck for the future

iSEV

Sweden47 Posts

November 09 2012 12:38 GMT

#130

Sad to see him go, But it's only natural for players to start quitting around this time, The game has lost it's "New and awesome" factor and only the dedicated players that really love the game is going to dedicate their time enough to be able to improve as players and keep up with the others.

GL to you Merz!

Saber_Rider

Sweden361 Posts

November 09 2012 13:13 GMT

#131

GL with school Merz!!

FeyFey

Germany10114 Posts

November 09 2012 13:18 GMT

#132

Goodbye Merz I will miss you, always liked to see you play in BW, sad I didn't saw more in Sc2. But GL HF in the future. And thanks for pointing it out, don't check Blogs often enough.

bro_fenix

United States132 Posts

November 09 2012 13:21 GMT

#133

merz, you rock on. It doesn't matter that you weren't the most e-famous player, you enjoyed the game and could compete with pros. I hope you enjoyed the time thoroughly and all the best in your future endeavors!

Evaner

Italy94 Posts

November 09 2012 13:38 GMT

#134

Was always a pleasure to play with you, will miss you. Best of luck in the future, take care Merz.

Cauldron

Finland125 Posts

November 09 2012 13:43 GMT

#135

Good luck in the future Merz!

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

November 09 2012 14:01 GMT

#136

And the skill gap between Koreans and foreigners continues to grow : D I remember calling that with a post "chasing the carrot" and everyone laughed it off

Now we have minor progamers retiriing left and right and mlgs without foriegners in top 8. Dark days, nice post/

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

November 09 2012 15:05 GMT

#137

On November 09 2012 23:01 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
And the skill gap between Koreans and foreigners continues to grow : D I remember calling that with a post "chasing the carrot" and everyone laughed it off

Now we have minor progamers retiriing left and right and mlgs without foriegners in top 8. Dark days, nice post/

Maybe because at the time, and now we have foreigners that can compete with the best. Nerchio, Naniwa, Stephano, etc. can all compete with the top koreans and win consistently. So no, just like it was then, it is the same now, there may be a dearth of them, but they are there. Furthermore, MerZ, though a nice guy and a great player during his breakout, stopped showing results for a while. This is not because of some crazy Koreans greater than foreigners problem, it is because MerZ realizes that he can't necessarily put up the numbers he used to and he might not be able to get the results, and his own practice demeanor might have been falling because of that, and maybe, just maybe he wants to retire from all the stress and pursue another part of his life. I think it would be way to narrow to think it is because of some Korean>Foreigners issue. MerZ was and has been a great part of the community, you need not mar that.

vijeze

Netherlands719 Posts

November 09 2012 15:51 GMT

#138

All I know of Merz was his ridiculously APM, I was quite entertained by it.

Enjoy life, Merz!

HeavenResign

United States702 Posts

November 09 2012 15:59 GMT

#139

oRacLeGosu

Norway151 Posts

November 09 2012 16:21 GMT

#140

GL!

On another note: I really hope foreigners suck it up and practice like the koreans. Less and less is up to chance in games as the game gets figured out and only gets harder. Work ethic people!