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

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Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
May 14 2013 06:41 GMT
#621
wp!
Rick Deckard
Profile Joined October 2010
90 Posts
May 14 2013 06:43 GMT
#622
Thanks for all the good memories.
onedayclose
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1145 Posts
May 14 2013 06:51 GMT
#623
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.


Not really, EG always adds champions to their roster annually and I expect 2013 to be no different. Look out for your next top finishers in WCS EU/NA/KR to join EG.
E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
May 14 2013 06:55 GMT
#624
was a great competitor ^^
http://twitch.tv/maggrig | @SC2ELVIS | http://www.facebook.com/sc2ELVIS
Ireniicas
Profile Joined April 2013
66 Posts
May 14 2013 06:59 GMT
#625
Simply the best
WetSocks
Profile Joined June 2012
United States953 Posts
May 14 2013 07:00 GMT
#626
good decision, well played, good luck!
whoopsome
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway41 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-14 07:06:10
May 14 2013 07:05 GMT
#627
One of the most overrated player in sc2.

Never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkeys groups, thats why he always defend small harass with his big main army losing out on position and opportunity. He only wins when he can defend defend defend then make a big army with one hotkey and A move. aka abuzerg

User was warned for this post
LingBlingBling
Profile Joined December 2012
United States353 Posts
May 14 2013 07:08 GMT
#628
On May 14 2013 07:52 gaymon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 07:41 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:36 OPDream wrote:
Can't he keep playing and go to school at the same time? Like what Suppy is doing.



no offense to Suppy, But he comes from a wealthy America Asian family and is doing something different in his studies and is quite catered to, so has the money and time for both school and sc2. Most of Suppy's college fee's are paid by his parents.

Where as Stephano is going into the medical field, being a med student gives you 100% no time for anything else, one of the most time consuming things to go to school for and start a career in.

So I'm glad Stephano is thinking about his long term future, Pro gamer is not long term thing you can do, Unless you are Korean on a Kespa team and you are the best of the best.


In case you havent done your research, in almost all of Europe college fee is almost nonexistant at public universities (ranging from 0 to 1500$ per year depending on your country and university). These costs are easily covered by student grant (if he even gets that because of his "massive" wealth) or his saved money.

Stephano has enjoyed playing SC2 because he likes to win stuff and travel around the world meeting people which is not possible by playing the game half-assed.

edit: reading all those horrorstorys about college education in the states really makes me question that system even more
edit2: studying medical related things is overrated, unless the courses are significantly more time intensive in the US it is really not that much that you cant do anything else in your life. ( Its probably comparable to a normal 40 hour job if you are really dedicated)



here in USA medical field is 100% different and requires 100% attention to, My post was Directed at the person saying why can't stephano pro game and go to college, Suppy is in a field of work in his studies that don't take as much time as the medical field in any country, and also suppy is from a well off, good family who pays for his student fee's.

Medical field in USA is 100% harder then any where else in the word, But even in euro, medical field will take much of your time, glad stephano is thinking of his well being rather then doing pro gaming. Much love to stephano.
Remember our motto: We ain't got it.
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
May 14 2013 07:09 GMT
#629
On May 14 2013 15:34 Skiblet wrote:
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!


He never planned on living as a pro gamer, it's always just been to grab money before uni.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-14 07:15:48
May 14 2013 07:12 GMT
#630
Love him or hate him, he was undeniably the best "foreigner" we had. Some may say he was bad but numbers and wins put him on top of all the foreigners we had so....as "bad" as u presume he was..he was our best.

When he does quit, it will leave a big hole both in skill and in entertainment. Glhf Stephano, and thx for all the awesome moments hope study goes well. If u ask me it's the best decision compared to continuing to play and having an uncertain future.

My only request for you would be to go out with a bang.
U MAD BRO?
kubiks
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1328 Posts
May 14 2013 07:17 GMT
#631
On May 14 2013 16:05 whoopsome wrote:
One of the most overrated player in sc2.

Never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkeys groups, thats why he always defend small harass with his big main army losing out on position and opportunity. He only wins when he can defend defend defend then make a big army with one hotkey and A move. aka abuzerg

Maybe he never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkey groups, but it didn't prevented him to have one of the best micro/engagement taking in the world.
Maybe with the end of WoL he did that (didn't followed the scene in late 2012-early 2013), but he clearly isn't a "deathball only" player

On May 14 2013 16:08 LingBlingBling wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 07:52 gaymon wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:41 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:36 OPDream wrote:
Can't he keep playing and go to school at the same time? Like what Suppy is doing.



no offense to Suppy, But he comes from a wealthy America Asian family and is doing something different in his studies and is quite catered to, so has the money and time for both school and sc2. Most of Suppy's college fee's are paid by his parents.

Where as Stephano is going into the medical field, being a med student gives you 100% no time for anything else, one of the most time consuming things to go to school for and start a career in.

So I'm glad Stephano is thinking about his long term future, Pro gamer is not long term thing you can do, Unless you are Korean on a Kespa team and you are the best of the best.


In case you havent done your research, in almost all of Europe college fee is almost nonexistant at public universities (ranging from 0 to 1500$ per year depending on your country and university). These costs are easily covered by student grant (if he even gets that because of his "massive" wealth) or his saved money.

Stephano has enjoyed playing SC2 because he likes to win stuff and travel around the world meeting people which is not possible by playing the game half-assed.

edit: reading all those horrorstorys about college education in the states really makes me question that system even more
edit2: studying medical related things is overrated, unless the courses are significantly more time intensive in the US it is really not that much that you cant do anything else in your life. ( Its probably comparable to a normal 40 hour job if you are really dedicated)


Medical field in USA is 100% harder then any where else in the word, But even in euro, medical field will take much of your time, glad stephano is thinking of his well being rather then doing pro gaming. Much love to stephano.


You're sure ? Because 1st year of medecine in france is really really hard. Basically you have to remember a lot of useless stuff (like the names of many many things in latin), and every people going there told me they work their ass out for a year.
The 1st year is harder, because you only have a limited amount of people that are allowed in the 2nd year, and don't depend on how many people follow the course.
Once you passed the first year it's way easier

Juanald you're my hero I miss you -> best troll ever on TL <3
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
May 14 2013 07:21 GMT
#632
Medical field should be one of the hardest fields. Lives depend on your knowledge.
U MAD BRO?
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
May 14 2013 07:23 GMT
#633
On May 14 2013 16:17 kubiks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 16:05 whoopsome wrote:
One of the most overrated player in sc2.

Never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkeys groups, thats why he always defend small harass with his big main army losing out on position and opportunity. He only wins when he can defend defend defend then make a big army with one hotkey and A move. aka abuzerg

Maybe he never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkey groups, but it didn't prevented him to have one of the best micro/engagement taking in the world.
Maybe with the end of WoL he did that (didn't followed the scene in late 2012-early 2013), but he clearly isn't a "deathball only" player

Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 16:08 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:52 gaymon wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:41 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:36 OPDream wrote:
Can't he keep playing and go to school at the same time? Like what Suppy is doing.



no offense to Suppy, But he comes from a wealthy America Asian family and is doing something different in his studies and is quite catered to, so has the money and time for both school and sc2. Most of Suppy's college fee's are paid by his parents.

Where as Stephano is going into the medical field, being a med student gives you 100% no time for anything else, one of the most time consuming things to go to school for and start a career in.

So I'm glad Stephano is thinking about his long term future, Pro gamer is not long term thing you can do, Unless you are Korean on a Kespa team and you are the best of the best.


In case you havent done your research, in almost all of Europe college fee is almost nonexistant at public universities (ranging from 0 to 1500$ per year depending on your country and university). These costs are easily covered by student grant (if he even gets that because of his "massive" wealth) or his saved money.

Stephano has enjoyed playing SC2 because he likes to win stuff and travel around the world meeting people which is not possible by playing the game half-assed.

edit: reading all those horrorstorys about college education in the states really makes me question that system even more
edit2: studying medical related things is overrated, unless the courses are significantly more time intensive in the US it is really not that much that you cant do anything else in your life. ( Its probably comparable to a normal 40 hour job if you are really dedicated)


Medical field in USA is 100% harder then any where else in the word, But even in euro, medical field will take much of your time, glad stephano is thinking of his well being rather then doing pro gaming. Much love to stephano.


You're sure ? Because 1st year of medecine in france is really really hard. Basically you have to remember a lot of useless stuff (like the names of many many things in latin), and every people going there told me they work their ass out for a year.
The 1st year is harder, because you only have a limited amount of people that are allowed in the 2nd year, and don't depend on how many people follow the course.
Once you passed the first year it's way easier


Yeah in France during the first year you absolutely can't do anything else. Now I don't know which one is harder, I guess you won't know unless you have studied in every country in the planet...
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
May 14 2013 07:24 GMT
#634
Smart move in my opinion. Good luck to you Stephano, hope to see you around to at least party with you again (and BlinG)! :D
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
Overtime
Profile Joined March 2013
51 Posts
May 14 2013 07:24 GMT
#635
Even in this final hour, the trolls and haters go strong.
You should be ashamed of yourselves and about the crap you write about him. He was the best foreigner and he had a tremendous impact on the community, drawing viewers, fans and new people to the game.
322
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
May 14 2013 07:27 GMT
#636
On May 14 2013 05:48 Emzeeshady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 05:44 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On May 14 2013 05:33 tuho12345 wrote:
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

??????????????? Where is med school that expensive .. ~_~

not in france for sure

The U.S.

Education is crazy expensive down there. Those Quebecers think they have it bad...

I don't think Stephano is going to study in the US.
LingBlingBling
Profile Joined December 2012
United States353 Posts
May 14 2013 07:29 GMT
#637
On May 14 2013 16:17 kubiks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 16:05 whoopsome wrote:
One of the most overrated player in sc2.

Never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkeys groups, thats why he always defend small harass with his big main army losing out on position and opportunity. He only wins when he can defend defend defend then make a big army with one hotkey and A move. aka abuzerg

Maybe he never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkey groups, but it didn't prevented him to have one of the best micro/engagement taking in the world.
Maybe with the end of WoL he did that (didn't followed the scene in late 2012-early 2013), but he clearly isn't a "deathball only" player

Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 16:08 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:52 gaymon wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:41 LingBlingBling wrote:
On May 14 2013 07:36 OPDream wrote:
Can't he keep playing and go to school at the same time? Like what Suppy is doing.



no offense to Suppy, But he comes from a wealthy America Asian family and is doing something different in his studies and is quite catered to, so has the money and time for both school and sc2. Most of Suppy's college fee's are paid by his parents.

Where as Stephano is going into the medical field, being a med student gives you 100% no time for anything else, one of the most time consuming things to go to school for and start a career in.

So I'm glad Stephano is thinking about his long term future, Pro gamer is not long term thing you can do, Unless you are Korean on a Kespa team and you are the best of the best.


In case you havent done your research, in almost all of Europe college fee is almost nonexistant at public universities (ranging from 0 to 1500$ per year depending on your country and university). These costs are easily covered by student grant (if he even gets that because of his "massive" wealth) or his saved money.

Stephano has enjoyed playing SC2 because he likes to win stuff and travel around the world meeting people which is not possible by playing the game half-assed.

edit: reading all those horrorstorys about college education in the states really makes me question that system even more
edit2: studying medical related things is overrated, unless the courses are significantly more time intensive in the US it is really not that much that you cant do anything else in your life. ( Its probably comparable to a normal 40 hour job if you are really dedicated)


Medical field in USA is 100% harder then any where else in the word, But even in euro, medical field will take much of your time, glad stephano is thinking of his well being rather then doing pro gaming. Much love to stephano.


You're sure ? Because 1st year of medecine in france is really really hard. Basically you have to remember a lot of useless stuff (like the names of many many things in latin), and every people going there told me they work their ass out for a year.
The 1st year is harder, because you only have a limited amount of people that are allowed in the 2nd year, and don't depend on how many people follow the course.
Once you passed the first year it's way easier




yeah i know, I was just trying to tell the guy who was telling me the medical field is easy in other countries other then USA, I know its hard everywhere , And trying to give my respects to Stephano, I have a mother who is a doctor in USA. So I understand how time consuming the field of work is vs other college studies, I hope Stephano goes to the top.
Remember our motto: We ain't got it.
Wertheron
Profile Joined October 2011
France439 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-14 07:32:45
May 14 2013 07:31 GMT
#638
On May 14 2013 16:05 whoopsome wrote:
One of the most overrated player in sc2.

Never learned to use more than 2 unit hotkeys groups, thats why he always defend small harass with his big main army losing out on position and opportunity. He only wins when he can defend defend defend then make a big army with one hotkey and A move. aka abuzerg


Love the troll of a silver league player. You obviously never saw him play. He popularized the ling-infest into ultra when everybody played ling-ban-muta, created the 200 max roach, was the first to use roach-hydra composition in ZvT with success. He was an innovative player. His style is not in defense -> big blob attack, watch more games of him. And his engagements/micro were epic.
And you can't overrate a player who wins so much tourneys.
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
May 14 2013 07:32 GMT
#639
why are we discussing stephano in the medical field, iirc he said he was going to do an engineering degree or something?
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mihajovics
Profile Joined April 2011
179 Posts
May 14 2013 07:32 GMT
#640
good luck Stephano
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