EPT[Interview] Sea on retirement (DES) - Page 2
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Tuczniak
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Mensol
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good luck! | ||
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StarStruck
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On December 18 2012 00:17 zerious wrote: Anyone else think Bisu will be next? I actually expected a lot more of the BW guard of players to quit instead of switching to SC2. If someone told me I wasn't allowed to make a living off of playing a game I did for as long as a lot of those guys did and switch to a new game. I'd give them the finger. On December 18 2012 00:20 a176 wrote: doubt it. bisu is the marketing face of skt1. Don't put BunkiE out of a job please. Bisu will retire when he wants. I'm sure he'll keep practicing in the meantime to try and improve. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On December 18 2012 00:25 StarStruck wrote: I actually expected a lot more of the BW guard of players to quit instead of switching to SC2. If someone told me I wasn't allowed to make a living off of playing a game I did for as long as a lot of those guys did and switch to a new game. I'd give them the finger. Maybe players are just waiting for their contracts to end. When you have a huge contract like Bisu, it's definitely wiser to wait for the contract to end. I can imagine that after defeating Flash during the PL finals in April he may have got a decent salary raise. I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to retire when his contract ends. I would be disappointed not to see him destroy everyone at SC2 though  | ||
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Redmark
Canada2129 Posts
On December 18 2012 00:09 Caihead wrote: Alot of progamers don't even have a high school diploma, it's extremely hard to reintegrate into an academic career because they spent that high school period being a progamer. While I've argued that people in university can do what they want, it does seem that a lot of Korean progamers are too young to just drop out of school like that. Are there any mainstream sports in which people go pro out of high school? | ||
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BlueBoxSC
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
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lichter
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lichter
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On December 18 2012 01:06 Redmark wrote: While I've argued that people in university can do what they want, it does seem that a lot of Korean progamers are too young to just drop out of school like that. Are there any mainstream sports in which people go pro out of high school? The NBA, before the 'one and done' rule. A lot of football (futbol) players enter football academies instead of traditional schools. | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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Elroi
Sweden5599 Posts
As I said in the other thread. Sea always had a special place in my hart: at first I hated him because he beat all my favorite players in PL. Then I started loving him for his skill and his openness towards the community. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
I wonder would he ever retire if he still played BW? I don't want to speculate about this, cause only time will tell, but so far everything is exactly the way I was afraid it would be. | ||
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di4m0nd
United States297 Posts
all right time to Sign Liquid'YugiOh | ||
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ApBuLLet
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StarStruck
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On December 18 2012 01:06 Redmark wrote: While I've argued that people in university can do what they want, it does seem that a lot of Korean progamers are too young to just drop out of school like that. Are there any mainstream sports in which people go pro out of high school? Are you sure that's the question you wanted to ask? A lot of them did drop out of school when they got in. There are only a few players I know of that decided to continue their studies while being apart of KeSPA one of them being Jaedong. As for going pro in mainstream sports right out of high school. Guess it depends on what you call a mainstream sport. I don't consider SC2 to be a mainstream sport, but there are many sports where kids do go pro right out of high school. If you want to make it to something like the NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. well I think you know by now that their developmental systems are different and they draft prospects. Development process is a bit different in a game like SC2. We want players who are fresh and young. If you're lets say a gymnast they get spotted at a very tender age as well for comparison. On December 18 2012 01:27 ApBuLLet wrote: Horang2 and now Sea? SECOND PLAYER ON MY FPL TEAM TO RETIRE ugh lol. Will miss him though, I was hoping to see him take off in SC2 but I guess it wasn't for him. All good bro. Half my team did the same thing. =) | ||
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Louuster
Canada2869 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45297 Posts
I was thinking about retiring around a month ago. ??? How long has Sea been on TL? | ||
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StarStruck
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Not that long. Several months tops. Oct. 4th was the official announcement apparently, so I was about right. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45297 Posts
Hmm. According to Liquipedia: On October 4, Team Liquid announced that Sea had joined their team. ~ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Sea So he joined two months ago, wanted to retire after 1 month of being a SC2 pro-gamer, and then retired after another month. That's pretty sad. At least TL gave him a chance. EDIT: You just ninja'd me apparently lol | ||
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