Greatest respect. Unique person and player with style.

When he came into the scene, he made it look like everything and everyone else was fake and he was the only real human. He didn't follow the customs and culture, he kept his own, always.

I wish him all the best in studies and future profession. It was a pleasure to get to know him through his participation in SC2.

Necosarius

Sweden4042 Posts

May 13 2013 22:12 GMT

#343

GLHF, hope you will do well.

LittLeD

Sweden7973 Posts

May 13 2013 22:12 GMT

#344

Hopefully he returns for SC3! Have a fun time studying man, I'm sure a lot of partying will be involved

Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

May 13 2013 22:13 GMT

#345

Hate to be a downer, but if even Stephano considers a real-life career to be a better option than progaming, it really should send a message to lots of foreign pros lol.

Gendar

Netherlands29 Posts

May 13 2013 22:14 GMT

#346

What a sad day

SaintFrancis

Canada46 Posts

May 13 2013 22:14 GMT

#347

Please, education is what you learn in your life like how to behave and this sort of thing, school doesn't necessary have something to do with education. You could have gone to university and get a doctorate and still being uneducated, one doesn't have necessary something to do with the other. You could never have gone to university and be more educated than someone who did. I think we should say studies but not education. Many went to university and still are not educated well since they don't behave well. Just saying, I wanted to clarify this.

Quotidian

Norway1937 Posts

May 13 2013 22:16 GMT

#348

good for him!

Mvrio

689 Posts

May 13 2013 22:16 GMT

#349

hes retiring on my birthday?! worst 22nd birthday ever

govie

9334 Posts

May 13 2013 22:17 GMT

#350

He'll still be owning everybody on ladder

mikkmagro

Malta1513 Posts

May 13 2013 22:17 GMT

#351

The fourth premier tournament winner to retire, after:
FruitDealer
Jinro
IdrA

MagnuMizer

Denmark384 Posts

May 13 2013 22:17 GMT

#352

damn stephano... we knew this day would come...

even though you mostly just cared about the money, you were a really exceptional player, and you will be missed by the community, garuanteed!!

thank you for your time here in e-sports, hope you find your dream and have a great life... maybe we will still see you on ladder every now and then!

gl hf, stephano! =)

Edit: PS. See you in WC4

zul

Germany5427 Posts

May 13 2013 22:18 GMT

#353

Wasnt this known for a long time? He already wanted to stop last year, but EGs offer was simply too good.

Thanks for all the entertainment and best of luck with your studys.

Ropid

Germany3557 Posts

May 13 2013 22:23 GMT

#354

On May 14 2013 06:55 Hitch-22 wrote:

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Isn't he French and isn't their higher education free? : P

You still need money for rent and food and stuff.

HeartOfTheSwarm

Niue585 Posts

May 13 2013 22:23 GMT

#355

So he is retiring the day Napoleon Bonaparte was born...hm..

Moochlol

United States456 Posts

May 13 2013 22:23 GMT

#356

Lazy patch zerg imo, glad hes gone.

User was temp banned for this post.

chris2423

31 Posts

May 13 2013 22:24 GMT

#357

as for EG's offer, its no coincidence that they cut idra and dont give stephano a good enough offer to stay. EG is definately cutting back on their sc2 budget

Rad

United States935 Posts

May 13 2013 22:24 GMT

#358

Bummer

There's nothing quite like the celebration after Stephano wins a tournament. It's probably a smarter move if he doesn't really want to do anything else with gaming as a career, but still sad for his fans.

Hemula

Russian Federation1849 Posts

May 13 2013 22:25 GMT

#359

Just wait for Warcraft 4, guys

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

May 13 2013 22:26 GMT

#360

He was supposed to retire in 2011, but his sucess and fans made him continue for another year.
He was then supposed to retire in 2012, but again he reconsidered.

This news should not be surprising. He gave relatively firm timetables for his previous plans for retirement, and each time he extended his progaming career, the chances of him retiring the summer after only increased.

I can also see Thorzain retiring this year or next year since I recall him saying in an interview that he also has wishes to go back to school sometime.