Good plan. Can see the writing on the wall with Koreans pushing out all foreigners... or that it will be SUPER tough and taxing to stay competitive... he can go make more money for less effort outside of Esports. Walking away with 200k after 2 years... Id take pretty much any job for 2 years for that kind of pay.

Hope he takes it and invests it.

smart guy imo.

SCST

Mexico1609 Posts

May 14 2013 05:14 GMT

#607

On May 14 2013 14:00 Topdoller wrote:
Excellent decision by him and the smart choice, he knows whats coming over the next year in SC2 and staying in the scene is not worth the time v's money to be made. Idra knows too hence the reason he wants out of competitive Starcraft. Good luck to him and his studies

Care to enlighten us as to "what is coming over the next year in SC2"?

I'm amazed at the number of "oracles" and "seers" we have in the TL community. You guys are gonna put Miss Cleo out of a job soon.

(I really mean it - I want to know exactly what's going to happen in Sc2 this year)

Doublemint

Austria8760 Posts

May 14 2013 05:20 GMT

#608

That's the perfect exit strategy to be honest - set a date and have new goals(or the other way around as the date for when his studies start is already set

). Before retirement have a lot of fun and make a good amount of money to live very comfortably through your studies and then make some more money

Good Luck Mr. Satouri!

and

Gratz! Your sc2 was one of the best.

Meatex

Australia285 Posts

May 14 2013 05:57 GMT

#609

Don't forget its 200k in prize money and he still has money that he's received from his contract with EG in terms of salary and incentive bonuses

Daswollvieh

5553 Posts

May 14 2013 06:10 GMT

#610

Korea broke his spirit. GG.

(That´s a cue for drama, yes.)

Big-t

Austria1351 Posts

May 14 2013 06:11 GMT

#611

Very sad news

Latham

9593 Posts

May 14 2013 06:15 GMT

#612

Well I won't shed any tears, but good luck to him in whatever he decides to pursue in his future.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

May 14 2013 06:16 GMT

#613

with the release of hots and changes to zerg, i think it impacted him the most of any player. he played almost the same way for 2 years and self admittedly spent very little effort practicing and even less on scouting his opponents. the writing was on the wall and now is as good of a time as any if he wants to go to school since he is still young.

Abacus1

Australia45 Posts

May 14 2013 06:20 GMT

#614

He talked about it for so long but I almost didn't believe it would ever happen. I remember being an EG fan before he was on the team, and yet seeing him in tournaments and being so impressed by his style of play that I would almost go for him over my own team. He brought a personality to SC2 that isn't often seen from the players out of game, and when the announcement came through that he had joined EG I immediately went online to grab that team shirt.

Super sad that hes not going to be there to follow. Win or lose he was always the reason to tune in. What a champ.

Lambertus

South Africa995 Posts

May 14 2013 06:25 GMT

#615

Sad but very smart! All the best!

samurai80

Japan4225 Posts

May 14 2013 06:31 GMT

#616

On May 14 2013 05:29 Kznn wrote:
EG loosing both stephano and idra in such a small time frame will be pretty bad for them.

Stephano yes, Idra not really...

Orval

Norway236 Posts

May 14 2013 06:33 GMT

#617

Welp, thanks for all the good games, dude's a legend.

Dazed.

Canada3301 Posts

May 14 2013 06:33 GMT

#618

Isnt this old news? I heard he was intending to retire a while ago. Is the news merely the exact date, not the retirement itself? :S

samurai80

Japan4225 Posts

May 14 2013 06:34 GMT

#619

+ Show Spoiler +

On May 14 2013 05:32 Plansix wrote:
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.

If he studies in France he most likely doesn't need that much. Public univ. are almost free and even prestigious private "Grandes Ecoles" are not expensive compared to the US or Japan.

Just realized there has been too many posts saying the same thing about that. Nvm.

Skiblet

South Africa206 Posts

May 14 2013 06:34 GMT

#620

His skill level peaked at higher than no other foreigner I have ever seen.
Stephano, good luck with everything. I knew this day was coming but I'm still sad to hear it.
A smart choice by you because you can't be a pro gamer forever and you obviously have realized that sooner or later you would have had to give it up. I'll miss your brutal honesty, air of confidence and the sexy french accent.
gl hf!