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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
March 07 2013 22:56 GMT
#1
Not really going to make a long drawn out and sentimental post like I did in 2010 when I closed LighT for the first time.

The reasonings here are different, and primarily personal. A lot of people who know me know that I was involved in a lot of different things (NASL, CSL, Fnatic/LighT, and other things). Over the past year I've been cutting down the number of commitments, as I get more involved in things, my time goes down.

For me, CSL is a full time job, and really it's more than that. It's the primary focus of my life right now and unfortunately this means that I really don't have the time to manage LighT the way it should be managed.

Funding is not really an issue, but I'm at a point where I can continue the team on a status-quo basis, and frankly I'm not rich and that just wouldn't be a smart way to use my money. The investment is worth it if I had the time to do the necessary things: help build my players personalities, help attain sponsorships, help the development, work on marketing, etc. Right now though, I don't have the time to do that, so I've decided to close down the team.

2012 was a really great year, I had Golden live with me, Binski stayed with me during the summer, and StarDust during the fall. I really enjoyed the team and everyone on it and view them all as family and hope they feel the same.

I've been thinking about it for the past 3 weeks or so since the CSL Finals ended.

So ya, that's that for now.

Much love to
* Tilea, Binski, Caliber, Heavens, Ursadon, Cyrus, Fox - who were the original Kiwiclones that made up LighT

* Gerbil, Rocker, Aquanda, Kumiho, Zoia, Saikou, Moose, RaNgeD, Cedstick - the new guys and staff that helped make the team possible

* Golden <3

* SeoHyeon <3

* StarDust for being a great roommate and the coolest Korean I've known, and for teaching me a lot of Korean words I was so happy to see you win ESET! I want to see you win again

* KawaiiRice - I can't really think of being on a team without you (lol, we've been on the same team since 2008, crazy;;. I'm sorry we couldn't do everything we wanted with LighT.

<3~
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10045 Posts
March 07 2013 22:58 GMT
#2
t.t
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Bourneq
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Sweden800 Posts
March 07 2013 22:58 GMT
#3
Wow that sucks
Fanifia
Profile Joined March 2012
United States16 Posts
March 07 2013 22:59 GMT
#4
Thank you Xeris for everything you have done.

Good luck in your future.

<3
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
March 07 2013 22:59 GMT
#5
Byebye, gl. Hope Sson finds a place
Refer to my post.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 07 2013 22:59 GMT
#6
Very unfortunate
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
March 07 2013 23:01 GMT
#7

Find new homes soon, folks!
Get off my lawn, young punks
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
March 07 2013 23:01 GMT
#8
rip
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
March 07 2013 23:02 GMT
#9
<3 tilea
Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
March 07 2013 23:05 GMT
#10
Gonna miss Light, but hopefully everything works out for the best. It was a very talented group of players so I'm sure those folks will find new homes in no time


"See you space cowboy"
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32749 Posts
March 07 2013 23:05 GMT
#11


Hope all the ex-LighT players find good teams soon.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
March 07 2013 23:06 GMT
#12
Ah well. Site hasn't been up for months now and it felt like everyone was getting too busy too ):

Talk to me URSADON D:<
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
March 07 2013 23:07 GMT
#13
T_T kawaiiii~ Hope things work out for the still active players
Anime is cuter than you. Legacy of the Void GM Protoss Gameplay: twitch.tv/kyo7763 youtube.com/user/KyoStarcraft/
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-IeZaeL-
Profile Joined December 2007
Spain327 Posts
March 07 2013 23:07 GMT
#14
Im so sorry Duran ! I love LighT since hes gold times in brood war , hope to u see more from u guys very soon! Good luck! ♥ !
aka:Wizards-> FnaticMSI ->IImg.IeZaeL ->MYM.IeZaeL . Actually teamless,Top40-80 GM Europe.Twitter: @IeZaeL_7
Nooborghini
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada136 Posts
March 07 2013 23:08 GMT
#15
so unfortunate best of luck to the players finding home!
"So we're undefeated today vs everything else (T and P). But the games were ling all ins... and... DesRow twice (Protoss Player)." Greggers - Twitch.Tv/Nooborghini - Twitter/NuBrGNi
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
March 07 2013 23:09 GMT
#16
Sorry to hear, but better to let it go than to do it without the commitment you feel it deserves.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
March 07 2013 23:12 GMT
#17
You say funding is not the problem, but you didn't try to find a manger for the team in your stead?
oh, hai
Kumihothesilent
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada113 Posts
March 07 2013 23:12 GMT
#18
Thank you xeris the time was great light will be missed

Kumiho
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-07 23:13:27
March 07 2013 23:13 GMT
#19

I've liked LighT ever since they restarted the team for SC2, so this is really sad news.
I hope everyone involved finds a new home soon.
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
March 07 2013 23:14 GMT
#20
bye light. gl to the players left over.
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