It was announced on stream today that Stephano will be stopping his career on August 15th, opting to go back to school and continue his studies that he left for two years to become a full-time progamer. During his time, Stephano has been the best foreigner in SC2 history, winning prolific tournaments such as WCS Europe, IPL, and NASL. He has made $216,000 in his career, winning over $100,000 more than any other foreigner, Mana in second place at $94,000.

GeNi

United States49 Posts

May 13 2013 20:28 GMT

nooooooooo

Bwall

Sweden145 Posts

May 13 2013 20:28 GMT

He had a great run, gl in the futute!

Kznn

Brazil9072 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

EG loosing both stephano and idra in such a small time frame will be pretty bad for them.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17598 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

he realizes the over all prize money is going down hill. Smart exit by him.

Coca Cola Classic

266 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

wow. that's shocking considering how well he has been playing...

Edit: not being sarcastic.

Heartland

Sweden24604 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

Wow. I hope he at least makes a decent last appearance in the months to come so we don't just get this feeling that he just declined from his past greatness.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

It's been obvious for a while now, his play in HOTS has been way inferior to WOL.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

That was expected. GLHF dude

AnomalySC2

United States2073 Posts

May 13 2013 20:29 GMT

#10

This is sad news

Typhoon1789

Australia292 Posts

May 13 2013 20:30 GMT

#11

Hes had a good run. He knows when to quit, which is a good thing i suppose.

EG is losing 2 star players which is abit of a hard blow to them.

wichenks

Canada153 Posts

May 13 2013 20:30 GMT

#12

Oh no this is terrible!!! Glhf in your studies Stephano. I'll never forget your game vs KiwiKaki!

SilverStar

Sweden18511 Posts

May 13 2013 20:30 GMT

#13

He had a good run. GG

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

May 13 2013 20:30 GMT

#14

Can't deny he's well stocked for medical school I wish I have the kind of money he has for uni.

kollin

United Kingdom8380 Posts

May 13 2013 20:30 GMT

#15

On May 14 2013 05:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
he realizes the over all prize money is going down hill. Smart exit by him.

hahhaha
HAHAHAHA

Striborg

United States47 Posts

May 13 2013 20:31 GMT

#16

He'll be remembered in legend now.

kollin

United Kingdom8380 Posts

May 13 2013 20:31 GMT

#17

Anyway, it'll be a shame that he's gone but this is the right decision I think

Krysalion

Germany7 Posts

May 13 2013 20:31 GMT

#18

Sad to hear he was always one of my favourite players.

Decendos

Germany1341 Posts

May 13 2013 20:31 GMT

#19

best of luck dude!

syriuszonito

Poland332 Posts

May 13 2013 20:31 GMT

#20

Well thats obviously a good call by him, zerg in hots is hard to enjoy. On the other hand losing both idra and stephano leaves me with almost no foreign zergs to cheer for