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

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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
May 13 2013 20:54 GMT
#161
On May 14 2013 05:53 Benjamin99 wrote:
I don't even know who I'm going to cheer on when he quits


half Danish Mvp D:
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Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
May 13 2013 20:54 GMT
#162
On May 14 2013 05:53 Benjamin99 wrote:
I don't even know who I'm going to cheer on when he quits


The King of the Franks
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Diaresta
Profile Joined February 2012
United States597 Posts
May 13 2013 20:54 GMT
#163
First Idra, now Stephano-- these retirements are becoming overwhelming

Stephano has openly said he'd be quitting sc2 to return to school, but now that it's official, it's saddening. Good luck, Stephano! You know what's best for yourself.
@Diaresta Huk//Jaedong//Taeja ★EGTL★ ♥Stephano♥ | "Agent 3154, welcome back."
Typhoon1789
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Australia292 Posts
May 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#164
On May 14 2013 05:51 Megapenthes wrote:
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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.


I meant star not in in the performance side of things i meant in a marketability side. Its a well known fact IdrA is no longer a performer.
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TTOMZ
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom156 Posts
May 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#165
He's made over a 100k a year, worth taking a 2 years break me thinks
9 pool you say?
Missing-No
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada50 Posts
May 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#166
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.


I don't really see a problem with that.. Koreans are the best and they deserve the credit for all their hard work.. Brood War was vastly dominated by Koreans and thus so shall SC2 <3
Nuclease
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1049 Posts
May 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#167
LET THE NERD TEARS RUN.
Zealots, not zee-lots. | Never forget, KTViolet, Go)Space. | You will never be as good as By.Flash, and your drops will never be as sick as MMA.
Chronos.
Profile Joined February 2012
United States805 Posts
May 13 2013 20:55 GMT
#168
Does anyone know how many years of University he has left, or if he even started it?

I'm kind of hoping that he could just play SC2 semi-casually while going to school or on breaks, and then attempt to get back into LotV (or WC4 O_o) when he graduates.
zmsFlood
Profile Joined April 2013
Finland169 Posts
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#169
Knew the day was coming, but still gonna be really sad to see him retire. Great player, great guy and great music on stream!
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Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#170
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Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 21:01:59
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#171
On May 14 2013 05:54 Shellshock1122 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 05:53 Benjamin99 wrote:
I don't even know who I'm going to cheer on when he quits


half Danish Mvp D:


haha maybe :D

But in all serious I have been a fan of stephano since well before IPL 3 and I remember some of his early games where his micro and engagement and solid defence against any cheese was just a pleasure to see.It was like watching a completely new race. Back then I was always hoping for his opponents especially toss players to all-in him because I knew it would be an easy win hehe. But yea he has said it all along that he would quit sooner then l8r I just really never expected it.

Well hopefully we can see some Stephano magic in the WCS wouldn't that be epic if he won WCS EU again and then called it quits
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#172
demuslim's paycheck slowly growing bigger and bigger.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#173
On May 14 2013 05:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
he realizes the over all prize money is going down hill. Smart exit by him.

???

He was always planning on going back to school
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capiston
Profile Joined February 2011
France372 Posts
May 13 2013 20:56 GMT
#174
On May 14 2013 05:54 Boucot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2013 05:53 Benjamin99 wrote:
I don't even know who I'm going to cheer on when he quits


The King of the Franks

Ahah ! Why not :D
TaeJa | Maru | DRG | MKP
virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
May 13 2013 20:57 GMT
#175
no big surprise. I've always loved his style, especially the massling phase in zvt back in 2011. good luck in the upcoming tournaments and of course good luck in the future.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
Cri du Chat
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany606 Posts
May 13 2013 20:57 GMT
#176
Sad to hear. He was in his best days propably one of the best non korean rts gamers ever :/
A loss for the foreign scene.
Kerence
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1817 Posts
May 13 2013 20:57 GMT
#177
Not really surprising, he's talked about it before.
Though somewhat saddening. Even though I wasn't exactly a fan, there's no denying he was really good and that he was one of the people who could take games off Koreans regularly.
Got to hurt for EG to loose both Idra and Stephano at around the same time though.
I am here in the shadows.
Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
May 13 2013 20:57 GMT
#178
Totally expected, already extended it by a year and the scene is not looking good right now with the WCS assfucking. Hope to still see him compete in some smaller stuff for side money!
The only way to attack structure is with chaos.
Herzog
Profile Joined April 2013
Italy23 Posts
May 13 2013 20:58 GMT
#179
GL for your studies!
Brotatolol
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1742 Posts
May 13 2013 20:58 GMT
#180
Best of luck to him with his studies and the rest of his life. It sucks to have to see one of the best foreigners to play SC2 go, but like many others in this thread have noted, he said that he did not plan on making a career out of it. May he influence the medical world in the same way that he influenced how we played zerg with his "Stephano style."
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