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On May 14 2013 05:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
wow, so with Scarlett going on break and Stephano calling it quits...
0 foreigners at the WCS Grand Finals now :p
not a bad thing, though I wouldn't have minded either of those two scrapping by.
Best foreigners are Naniwa and Lucifron, and then others like SaSe.
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On May 14 2013 05:47 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2013 05:45 Tosster wrote:
Well, the era of patch is now gone and forgotten. I feel he would make a different decision if WoL was still here. Maybe he earned the biggest amount of cash, but imo he isn't/never was the best foreigner. Dont get me wrong, I still think Stephano is a living legend of Starcraft 2 and had insane impact.  Didn't take long for these guys to show up, no? hohoho
They are the reason we can't have nice things 
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I have a feeling that sc2 will be only koreans and when a good foreigner steps up for some time this will happen.
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On May 14 2013 05:47 sLideSC2 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 .. ~_~ Yeah if he is actively investing (he is) and making decent returns on what he isnt spending, on just a ballpark estimate of $300k he can go to med school and graduate with over 200k left over very easily.
In France, med school is less than 1000$/year...
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Good luck Stephano. Someone should feel obligated to setup a Polt v Stephano showmatch.
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Blizzard is making very difficult for other tournaments to offer large cash prizes that run a similar schedule to WCS, which runs virtually non-stop. (It's the reason why there have been no announcements from NASL).
This, combined with allowing Koreans to compete in other regions, is going to really hurt the foreigner/NA scene. (The WCS NA premier league has only 2 NA players in the round of 16).
Expect more retirements incoming over the course of the year, as players slowly realize that all the major tournaments outside of MLG and GSL are going to be cock-blocked or scaled back dramatically due to WCS.
+ Show Spoiler +I reserve the right to be a prick about this prediction when it comes true
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Disappointing but fully expected. He had made it clear several times that he intended to return to his studies before too long, he's made a fantastic amount of money for someone so young and has secured himself financially for his education, which he said was always his goal.
Thanks for the memories and good luck, though I doubt he'll disappear from the scene entirely. Would be cool to see him do guest gigs, casting or coming on talk shows. Truly a unique talent and personality.
I guess the only question will be, who will now take the mantle of best foreigner?
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On May 14 2013 05:47 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On May 14 2013 05:45 Tosster wrote:
Well, the era of patch is now gone and forgotten. I feel he would make a different decision if WoL was still here. Maybe he earned the biggest amount of cash, but imo he isn't/never was the best foreigner. Dont get me wrong, I still think Stephano is a living legend of Starcraft 2 and had insane impact. Didn't take long for these guys to show up, no? hohoho
these people seem to forget that Stephano had his outstanding success before the patch, and in fact he was one of the absolute slowest zergs to adopt the 6 queen build in ZvT.
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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
He lives in France, it's more than enough to pay for medical school thrice over.
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Why does everyone keep mentioning him going to medical school? Is that confirmed? I thought that was just a rumour.
People talk about the decreasing prize money as a good reason for him leaving SC2. He's a great player, but he can not get any of this prize money if he's not winning. SC2 is only going to get more and more difficult. Like he said, it is good to know when to stop.
Anyway, GG, GLHF.
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since beginning he said, that he will not play for long, so no suprises here.
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On May 14 2013 05:50 DoSu wrote:
I have a feeling that sc2 will be only koreans and when a good foreigner steps up for some time this will happen.
Stephano has mentioned that he would retire fairly early ever since his rise to fame though. :/
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On May 14 2013 05:30 Typhoon1789 wrote:
Hes had a good run. He knows when to quit, which is a good thing i suppose.
EG is losing 2 star players which is abit of a hard blow to them.
Idra is no longer a star player... he was literally planning on becoming a caster anyway... Either way, EG has never been about results as much as characters, and Demuslim, Incontrol, and Huk are all still pretty popular.
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Well,
This is kinda bad for EG. Two of their biggest names are/going to be out of the team. Maybe time for other EG players to shine?
Time will tell...
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Not surprised, but sad
Hopefully somebody fills in his shoes! (I'm looking at you TLO and Snute :D gogogo)
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I love this choice. Plus the fact that the greastest foreigner to ever touch the game doesn't let his legacy get tarnished.
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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
Suppy!
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I don't even know who I'm going to cheer on when he quits
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Well, he's gotta look after his future. If he can get a decent exam and get on a good university he should do it!
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EPT
