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iViNtaGe
Profile Joined July 2012
United States254 Posts
February 09 2013 20:55 GMT
#141
Cool to see players go to poker.

GL to him.
Favorite Players: Bomber | Maru | Life | PartinG | InnoVation | Bbyong
ratbert
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany1041 Posts
February 09 2013 20:57 GMT
#142
good luck with whatever you are going to do! i'll miss you
what if Nat Pagle and RNGesus are the same person?
dellesh1ruH
Profile Joined August 2009
Denmark509 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-09 20:58:22
February 09 2013 20:58 GMT
#143
You going full pro poker player bro? I have been thinking to start again!
Sad though I cant play on FTP because im from Denmark.

Sad to see you retire, really hope you stay active!
Pain is temporary, Glory is forever!
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3500 Posts
February 09 2013 20:58 GMT
#144
You re a great guy DarkForce, I was sad I didnt get to see you in WCG, even more sad knowing it would have been one of your last tournament.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do!
Horang2 fan
Uracil
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany422 Posts
February 09 2013 21:01 GMT
#145
sad to hear. gl darkforce
Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-09 21:03:40
February 09 2013 21:02 GMT
#146
On February 10 2013 05:24 DarKFoRcE wrote:
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On February 10 2013 05:15 derpface wrote:
Aww kinda lame. I watched alot of your videos and I liked them alot since you were really honest about everything you talked about. I liked that alot.

gl hf with poker but in 3-4 months you will be bored of it.
Hope you still find a place sonewhere in the esports scene.
Ever considered casting? Maybe with Take?

Cheers.


I considered casting. With Take? No, i think that wouldnt work so well. Also he has enough casters :D


Come cast a few games with me in the ESL Studio

P.S. Sad to see you "go" man, was a pleasure casting your games
CommentatorESL Commentator ♞ Facebook.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitter.com/Kaelaris ♞ Youtube.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitch.tv/Kaelaris
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
February 09 2013 21:08 GMT
#147
Bummer

Darkforce is such a cool and genuine guy. Hope he sticks around the scene because he has a lot to add!
Community Newsjjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji nshoseo.jpg
NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
February 09 2013 21:08 GMT
#148
On February 10 2013 05:53 [F_]aths wrote:
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On February 10 2013 05:37 Fidel wrote:
Really overrated player. Starts a shitstorm in chat each time he played against TLO, just because he was not as good as TLO. I will not miss him.

Poster with 6 postings makes accusations but has no evidence.



its obviously TLO getting back... lol :D

ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
February 09 2013 21:15 GMT
#149
I'll miss you darkforce, first zerg to show me the way of creep spread. Best of luck, its a sad day for all of us but for Germany especially
DarKFoRcE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1215 Posts
February 09 2013 21:15 GMT
#150
On February 10 2013 06:02 mouzKaelaris wrote:
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On February 10 2013 05:24 DarKFoRcE wrote:
On February 10 2013 05:15 derpface wrote:
Aww kinda lame. I watched alot of your videos and I liked them alot since you were really honest about everything you talked about. I liked that alot.

gl hf with poker but in 3-4 months you will be bored of it.
Hope you still find a place sonewhere in the esports scene.
Ever considered casting? Maybe with Take?

Cheers.


I considered casting. With Take? No, i think that wouldnt work so well. Also he has enough casters :D


Come cast a few games with me in the ESL Studio

P.S. Sad to see you "go" man, was a pleasure casting your games


Too bad its a ~5 hour trainride to cologne :/ Otherwise i'd do that!
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/PinDarKFoRcE
Bartuk
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria13 Posts
February 09 2013 21:23 GMT
#151
That simply just sucks. I was always watching your stream darkforce even when you where playing go and listening that budda music(love it btw).
I wish you best of luck in the future. Life goes on.
greez from Austria man
SpikeStarcraft
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany2095 Posts
February 09 2013 21:23 GMT
#152
On February 10 2013 06:15 DarKFoRcE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2013 06:02 mouzKaelaris wrote:
On February 10 2013 05:24 DarKFoRcE wrote:
On February 10 2013 05:15 derpface wrote:
Aww kinda lame. I watched alot of your videos and I liked them alot since you were really honest about everything you talked about. I liked that alot.

gl hf with poker but in 3-4 months you will be bored of it.
Hope you still find a place sonewhere in the esports scene.
Ever considered casting? Maybe with Take?

Cheers.


I considered casting. With Take? No, i think that wouldnt work so well. Also he has enough casters :D


Come cast a few games with me in the ESL Studio

P.S. Sad to see you "go" man, was a pleasure casting your games


Too bad its a ~5 hour trainride to cologne :/ Otherwise i'd do that!


Skype?!?!
fireforce7
Profile Joined June 2010
United States334 Posts
February 09 2013 21:27 GMT
#153
good luck darkforce.
I'm terranfying
SoFrOsTy
Profile Joined December 2011
United States525 Posts
February 09 2013 21:28 GMT
#154
Nice guy. Hope he does better in LOL or Poker. Good luck Darkforce!
Julyzerg ftw
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
February 09 2013 21:31 GMT
#155
Ah, good luck out there, always enjoyed reading your forum contributions and seeing you in tournys! Good luck and hope you stay active!!
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
Larkin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom7161 Posts
February 09 2013 21:34 GMT
#156
Aw man, Darkforce was always up there representing the German SC2 scene with Socke and Hasuobs. Shame he never got his break, I remember seeing some great games from him at a Homestory or IEM or Dreamhack (watched so many I forget).

Good luck in your future endeavours!
https://www.twitch.tv/ttalarkin - streams random stuff, high level teamleague, maybe even heroleague
Kaelaris
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom788 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-09 21:37:01
February 09 2013 21:36 GMT
#157
On February 10 2013 06:23 SpikeStarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2013 06:15 DarKFoRcE wrote:
On February 10 2013 06:02 mouzKaelaris wrote:
On February 10 2013 05:24 DarKFoRcE wrote:
On February 10 2013 05:15 derpface wrote:
Aww kinda lame. I watched alot of your videos and I liked them alot since you were really honest about everything you talked about. I liked that alot.

gl hf with poker but in 3-4 months you will be bored of it.
Hope you still find a place sonewhere in the esports scene.
Ever considered casting? Maybe with Take?

Cheers.


I considered casting. With Take? No, i think that wouldnt work so well. Also he has enough casters :D


Come cast a few games with me in the ESL Studio

P.S. Sad to see you "go" man, was a pleasure casting your games


Too bad its a ~5 hour trainride to cologne :/ Otherwise i'd do that!


Skype?!?!


I'm not a massive fan of Skype casting really unless I absolutely have to (Iron Squid was a good example of that since, Sean is on the other side of the world!) : / there's a second or so delay which can make for poor flow sometimes. So yeah I generally would much rather cast with someone right next to me ^_^
CommentatorESL Commentator ♞ Facebook.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitter.com/Kaelaris ♞ Youtube.com/Kaelaris ♞ Twitch.tv/Kaelaris
OkStyX
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada1199 Posts
February 09 2013 21:38 GMT
#158
On February 10 2013 03:13 Clare4 wrote:
Today Jonthan 'DarKFoRcE' Belke decided to retire from proffessional SC2
He wrote a message on his facebook why he decided to retire and what he will do next:

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Hello everyone!

Initially i wanted to make a video, but for some reason i feel comfortable with just writing a post.

Long story short, im going to retire from professional Starcraft 2 - something i probably should have done like 2-3 months ago. Alternate offered to renew my contract (and i even would have gotten the same salary
as last year - which is very nice of them), but i declined. While i probably could stick around and play a bit of EPS and get some easy money, it honestly would have felt
like im just ripping them off, which Alternate doesnt really deserve, as they are one of the few reliable organisations in eSport. They might be quite slow at times, but in the end I always got
what i was promised (and, sadly, thats rare in eSport).

If you dont really care much, you can stop reading here :D

Why did I decide to retire? There is two big factors. First of all, after EPS Summer last year and WCS Europe Finals my confidence in my play was pretty rock bottom and i never really managed to
change that all too much, and confidence is super important to winning. Second, SC2 simply was not as much fun anymore which also decreased my motivation to practise. I tried to force myself to keep going many times, hoping
once i perform better I will also have more fun again (winning alone is quite fun for me) but it just didnt come back.

Whats next? I dont know exactly myself. I will certainly not just disappear though.

Ill just make some Cliffnotes because im bad at writing:
-I will play SC2 now and then and do some coaching if there is still people interested.
-I will still follow the SC2 scene (as in watch tournaments, read forums etc.) and continue to make videos about tournaments, analyzing betting lines for matches etc.
-Mainly, i will be playing poker again, and so far it doesnt seem that dry and its going quite good (and its fun again after such a long break).
-Also I will play more League of Legends, but obviously its hard to break into the Proscene there, so im not going to put
that much hope into getting anywhere there, but you never know what will happen :D

Greetings, DarKFoRcE


Sad to see him go, I will miss his strange sense of humor and everythinng, but GL with poker


DarkForce (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Team Overklocked Gaming! That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested this claim. - G.C. Lichtenberg
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
February 09 2013 21:40 GMT
#159
looking forward to see your play in TLS 2 Qualifier (;
Broodwar for life!
Anta
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany434 Posts
February 09 2013 21:42 GMT
#160
Loved him, he is/was a pillar of the german sc2 scene.

GL HF in your future!
"In short: stop bitching, change your tampons and up your game." mad respect to CloudNineLabs.com http://i.imgur.com/g5KGz.jpg ! I love Dreamhack!
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