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

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Myrtroll
Profile Joined December 2010
139 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#21
Good for him. Bad for us...
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#22
And with that, Stephano used SC2 to pay for Medical school and tech up to a higher tier of education. $216,000 is a pretty good pull in for 1.5 years.

Good luck sir. It was a blast to watch you play. And some funny shit.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Crownlol
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States3726 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#23
Oh wow... sad to see him go, but smart of him to leave before a fall from grace. School is probably a better investment anyway overall.

Poor EG two of their biggest draws are gone... but at least they have Suppy!

Hold on... maybe this was all a giant plan by the Evil Geniuses to make a new generation of top foreigners!
shaGuar :: elemeNt :: XeqtR :: naikon :: method
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#24
I'm sad. Our french pride
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#25
Pretty much expected. He had a very good run, better than anyone could have hoped for, I wish him the best of luck with his studies!!!
Get off my lawn, young punks
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#26
Wow I feel weirdly sad
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#27
I wish him good luck on his studies; was really fun watching him.
WalkinDead
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
88 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 20:33:24
May 13 2013 20:32 GMT
#28
lolololol. First idra, now stephano....is it just me or is EG's lineup getting revamped?
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17602 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#29
On May 14 2013 05:30 kollin wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


so you're saying its going up?
when the guy winning the big bucks decides to leave?
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#30
On May 14 2013 05:30 kollin wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


This was my exact reaction.

He wants so desperately to be right.
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#31
On May 14 2013 05:27 Fionn wrote:
[image loading]


It was announced on his 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 a year 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 than any other foreigner, Mana in second place at $94,000.



EG.stephManano?
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#32
I'll never fault or blame someone for pursuing education, but still sad for SC2.

GL in the future Ilyes, where ever you end up!
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Disengaged
Profile Joined July 2010
United States6994 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#33
Well, EG has lost Idra and now they are losing Stephano soon. There goes majority of EG's popularity.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#34
On May 14 2013 05:32 Crownlol wrote:
Oh wow... sad to see him go, but smart of him to leave before a fall from grace. School is probably a better investment anyway overall.

Poor EG two of their biggest draws are gone... but at least they have Suppy!

Hold on... maybe this was all a giant plan by the Evil Geniuses to make a new generation of top foreigners!

This is all suppy's ploy he's gonna take over EG removing the players one at a time until all EG money is his. Jaedong is next on the hit list (Rumours says his plot involves the yellow cardigan fangirl)
Glorious SEA doto
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#35
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.


He's still playing at a top foreigner level from what I've seen. It's not like he's dropped out and starting sucking, just less dominant. He'd definitely still be a highly desired player by any team in terms of a competitively skilled player... although I fully support his decision. I don't think gaming has long term potential for the vast, vast majority.
Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#36
he told us about this before he ever even reached the top. the timing is just right too imo.

it's still sad cause he's awesome. but it was definitely expected. good luck in your future endeavours, Ilyes!
TY <3 Cure <3 Inno <3 Special <3
tuho12345
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
4482 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#37
216k + over 100k per year for salary, that shouldn't be too bad for a student. Well not enough to pay for med school but still help quite a lot.
Gl hf to him, truly one of the best foreigner even though I never like his fanboys, still respect.

// time for EG to add a strong foreigner with special personality
VieuxSinge
Profile Joined February 2011
France231 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#38
He'll come back for LotV!
Another clue to my existence.
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#39
Just to add an asterix, fionn, as I understand it, he announced it on ironsquids/ongaming's twitch-channel, where he is on a gaming-show called "Heart of The Swag" with MoMan and Thud.
Eshra
Profile Joined April 2011
France1009 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 20:34:20
May 13 2013 20:33 GMT
#40
On May 14 2013 05:27 Fionn wrote:
[image loading]


It was announced on his 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 a year 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 than any other foreigner, Mana in second place at $94,000.



It was announced on the stream of a french show ( Ogaming, the organizers of IronSquid ), and he actually took two 2 years away from school.
And he is considering going into a maths or engineering field.
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