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

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xAdra
Profile Joined July 2012
Singapore1858 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 22:26:59
May 13 2013 22:26 GMT
#361
On May 14 2013 07:23 Moochlol wrote:
Lazy patch zerg imo, glad hes gone.

Definitely not, Stephano was owning it up and revolutionized the metagame for ZvP in early 2012 (months before the patchzerg era) with his 13-minute roach remax build.

He did explicitly admit laziness in his interviews, but you can't deny that he has a ton of talent. One does not simply win so many tournaments while being lazy- you need to have some solid skill to back it up.
yeeshdontjudgeme
Profile Joined August 2012
146 Posts
May 13 2013 22:26 GMT
#362
RIP to Foreign StarCraft.

No sarcasm
I'm a strict equalist. If a female wants to be treated equal to men, then that smack they just delivered will be returned promptly.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 13 2013 22:27 GMT
#363
On May 14 2013 07:24 chris2423 wrote:
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

lol no. It's a complete coincidence since those two events have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11106 Posts
May 13 2013 22:27 GMT
#364
Leaving on a high. Happy for him. Sad that we'll be missing someone who just thought more intelligently about the matchup than anyone else besides NesTea and Leenock.



Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
May 13 2013 22:27 GMT
#365
On May 14 2013 07:23 HeartOfTheSwarm wrote:
So he is retiring the day Napoleon Bonaparte was born...hm..

It's a sign. The next great foreigner hope will be Napoleon Bonaparte. Or at the very least maybe this guy will switch to Sc2 and run show.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13414 Posts
May 13 2013 22:27 GMT
#366
On May 14 2013 07:26 eviltomahawk wrote:
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.


Yeah, this is true, he says this every year. Let's see if he can make a breakthrough in hots for wins or not. Currently he isn't playing as well as he did in WoL so for him, it begins to make more sense to drop the game and move on to school considering he isn't making as much money as he used to from winnings.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
yeeshdontjudgeme
Profile Joined August 2012
146 Posts
May 13 2013 22:28 GMT
#367
On May 14 2013 07:23 Moochlol wrote:
Lazy patch zerg imo, glad hes gone.


You do realize he was good long before the patch. Patch came out in February 2012 yet he won his first major tournament (IPL3) in October 2011. Yeah... patchzerg. /sarcasm
I'm a strict equalist. If a female wants to be treated equal to men, then that smack they just delivered will be returned promptly.
Onzaa
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada11 Posts
May 13 2013 22:28 GMT
#368
Dang! That sucks that EG has been losing some good zergs lately.
AwesomeFossum
Profile Joined February 2013
United States312 Posts
May 13 2013 22:28 GMT
#369
Was expected unfortunately. Sad to hear but best of luck to Stephano!
"The greatest athletes of all time... Michael Jordan, Roger Federer, and SlayerSBoxer." - Artosis
ferencziffra
Profile Joined September 2011
Bulgaria29 Posts
May 13 2013 22:28 GMT
#370
On May 14 2013 05:31 syriuszonito wrote:
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

Sen
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5225 Posts
May 13 2013 22:29 GMT
#371
And just like that, my two favorite Zergs are no longer going to be playing competitively.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8320 Posts
May 13 2013 22:29 GMT
#372
On May 14 2013 07:28 ferencziffra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 05:31 syriuszonito wrote:
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

Sen


Scarlett.

Also... man, hard to believe. I hope Stephano manages to somehow win WCS EU in one last epic blaze of glory.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 13 2013 22:29 GMT
#373
Good luck, and thanks for the great games and the laughs.
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
vrok
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden2541 Posts
May 13 2013 22:33 GMT
#374
No more ez foreigner-money, no more Stephano. Makes sense. He just can't compete anymore.
"Starcraft 2 very easy game" - White-Ra
twndomn
Profile Joined September 2010
401 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 22:34:46
May 13 2013 22:33 GMT
#375
On May 14 2013 05:31 syriuszonito wrote:
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


Sen's pretty good, BlizzCon 3rd and WCS Final 4th, Stephano's the only other foreign zerg who can win global tournaments (MLG/NASL), Idra's not even close to the above mentioned.

Scarlett has not done any, unproven.
"If MC wins this, his name would not be SK MC, it would be ST MC, ST for Saint, performing miracles." - Artosis.
Kvz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States463 Posts
May 13 2013 22:34 GMT
#376
There has been so much mention of stephano and med school. He said specifically in an interview that he was never in or accepted to med school. he said he'd like to go to med school. you actually have to get accepted into a medical program before people can start saying 'oh wow now you have all this money to pay for med school.'
NrG.Kvz
Holdenintherye
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada1441 Posts
May 13 2013 22:35 GMT
#377
Sigh well we knew this day would come soon... GL in schooll Ilyes!
mrtrevinoo
Profile Joined April 2012
United States10 Posts
May 13 2013 22:36 GMT
#378
It's a smart move to stop now. Good luck to him and thank you for all that you have done to entertain us, Stephano!
L0L
Profile Joined August 2012
United States176 Posts
May 13 2013 22:36 GMT
#379
On May 14 2013 07:25 Hemula wrote:
Just wait for Warcraft 4, guys


See you in 2025
OPDream
Profile Joined September 2012
Canada77 Posts
May 13 2013 22:36 GMT
#380
Can't he keep playing and go to school at the same time? Like what Suppy is doing.
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