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Stephano to retire from SC2 in August to return to studies…

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chris2423
Profile Joined February 2012
31 Posts
May 13 2013 21:59 GMT
#321
easy foreigner money? there is none. koreans attend every major tournament. sure foreign tournaments dont have the same level of competition as the gsl where every match is against a top player, but you arent gonna win a tournament without beating good players. do tell me, how much easy foreigner money have you collected over the past 2 years?

overall smart move by stephano, over 100k a year just in prize money, not counting what he gets paid by EG (idra said he had the best contract in e-sports and stephanos was on par with his), plus the money he makes streaming, definately a nice run.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 13 2013 22:01 GMT
#322
well, can't say I didn't see this coming. He said he wanted to retire for a while now and go to university to pursue a higher education and so he plans to do so. Smart move playing SCII and making lots of money then calling it quits. At this point in time, SCII is full of a ton of Koreans so he'll need to practice a lot more to compete which I doubt he would've done if he wasn't liking the game anymore. Good luck Stephano!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
ekra
Profile Joined December 2010
Spain52 Posts
May 13 2013 22:01 GMT
#323
anyone knows what's he gonna study?
IronManSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2119 Posts
May 13 2013 22:01 GMT
#324
GG Stephano, GG
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RiceAgainst
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1849 Posts
May 13 2013 22:02 GMT
#325
Aww, this is sad to hear. However, after him not performing as well, and more Koreans playing in "foreigner" tournaments, I guess it does make sense. But him along with IdrA leaving really makes me sad.
Eboceixa
Profile Joined June 2011
Belgium60 Posts
May 13 2013 22:02 GMT
#326
This was expected and probably the best way to go for him.

It was nice to see you play Stephano, GL
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 22:03:15
May 13 2013 22:02 GMT
#327
He was easily the most interesting foreigner. Things will be a little more bland without him, but I'd rather him go out on his own terms instead of sticking around to long.

Best of luck to you, and thanks for the memories Stephano!

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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 13 2013 22:02 GMT
#328
On May 14 2013 07:01 ekra wrote:
anyone knows what's he gonna study?

someone wrote earlier in the thread, math or engineering according to what he said on the show he was on.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
IronManSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2119 Posts
May 13 2013 22:02 GMT
#329
On May 14 2013 07:02 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 07:01 ekra wrote:
anyone knows what's he gonna study?

someone wrote earlier in the thread, math or engineering according to what he said on the show he was on.


Huh.. I thought he wanted to be a pharmacist way back. Did he change his mind or something?
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DanLee
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada316 Posts
May 13 2013 22:03 GMT
#330
I can not imagine being in stephano's position and being able to tolerate going back to school and into a boring career. I'd probably off myself before I made this kind of decision. He must really not like sc2 or something.
nty
odaxium
Profile Joined October 2010
United States356 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 22:03:55
May 13 2013 22:03 GMT
#331
GL with your studies Stephano, least you won't have college loans
Quasimoto3000
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States471 Posts
May 13 2013 22:03 GMT
#332
Pretty sad, I would get insta hyped every time he had a game on stream at any major tourney. Gl in the future Stephano, it was awesome watching you play these two years.

Gl hf.
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TheWorldToCome
Profile Joined January 2012
United States452 Posts
May 13 2013 22:05 GMT
#333
Such a depressing week for me, my two biggest fans quitting. TT
Starcraft 2 was designed to have a best race. You play the worst one.
4ZakeN87
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden1071 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 22:13:15
May 13 2013 22:05 GMT
#334
On May 14 2013 05:29 Bagi wrote:
It's been obvious for a while now, his play in HOTS has been way inferior to WOL.


Yeah... caused HotS has been out for such a long time. The sample size is what, 2-3 tournaments? Funny how players that do bad in two tournaments in a month is suddenly crap in this community. I start to think that there is gold fishes and not people watching SC2. Come back in a year and we can start talking about which player adapted well to Hots or not.

With Stephanos laid back approach to the game it is not surprising that he would fall behind in the beginning. As the reward per hour of play is higher the less you have played. In other words will people that practice a lot is going to have a big edge in the beginning of a game compared to when you are a year in. If anything Stephano has been looking like he was getting closer and closer to monster mode for every passing week, imo.


Anyway, this is a sad day. I think it is fair to say he the most successful foreign player in SC history. During the 18th month period 2011-06/2012-12 Stephano earned more prizemoney than any SC2 player (and that includes the Koreans) I wonder when next time a foreigner will achieve such a result, I am afraid that the answer could be never, although I really hope I am wrong about that one.

So some respect is in order! Sad that he is leaving but happy for all the tournaments in which he alone kept the foreign hope alive.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" Einstein
Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
May 13 2013 22:06 GMT
#335
Um, he's said this a lot, for a long time..old news..

i'll believe it when it actually happens
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skrjabin
Profile Joined September 2011
United States46 Posts
May 13 2013 22:07 GMT
#336
On May 14 2013 06:36 ZwuckeL wrote:
He was no real progamer at heart anyways. He was just a talented kid who could perform well without a lot of training.


Lol, dismissing some of the most valued traits in pro gaming to impose a moronic opinion. "He was totally sick, but not good at all" is basically how that reads.

Gl Stephano. Smart to get out before all the foreigner money dries up (now)
"Something elitist" -Nerd hiding behind computer
WeRRa
Profile Joined December 2010
378 Posts
May 13 2013 22:07 GMT
#337
I feel like the foreign proscene is going downhill, kinda sad.
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theatreofwar
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada60 Posts
May 13 2013 22:07 GMT
#338
WHAT D:
Darkomicron
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands216 Posts
May 13 2013 22:07 GMT
#339
On May 14 2013 06:59 jinorazi wrote:
damn. need more good foreign players, not less.


I second this. It's sad to see a name go.
"Night will fall, and so will you"
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
May 13 2013 22:08 GMT
#340
EG's lineup is losing personalities left and right Oh well: jaedong.
Jaedong.
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