EPTHe does mention returning for Warcraft 4, so the gamer part of him isn't dead.
XLord retires, not playing fulltime anymore - Page 5
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GhostFiber
Australia88 Posts
He does mention returning for Warcraft 4, so the gamer part of him isn't dead. | ||
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matsushi
Philippines65 Posts
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On June 22 2013 13:12 Kitai wrote: Oh man, I didn't even see this until I read the "this week in SC2" post. He was one of my favorite UDs to watch in WC3. GL XlorD, and see you in WC4 in 20 years =P Indeed, ixi's undead skills were unreal. He dominated the German WC3 scene for years and was internationally better known than other German undeads, like HasoObs or HLA (Hate-Love-Anger.) He played an ultra epic series versus Yaws (German human player) in the EPS. Even though he lost that Bo5, he left you in awe about his skill. | ||
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iky43210
United States2099 Posts
On June 22 2013 19:09 Dingodile wrote: I am not sure about the players, but the fans! I feel like that 95% of the wc3 fans dont have switched to sc2. I am very sure that 95% of all former wc3 pros (now sc2) will switch to wc4. there will be no wc4, not for many years to come. It just doesn't make sense business wise. | ||
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Skillver
Austria1309 Posts
On June 23 2013 02:31 iky43210 wrote: there will be no wc4, not for many years to come. It just doesn't make sense business wise. Even though I know it's true, this just made me so sad to read  | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
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Wintex
Norway16838 Posts
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
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skatblast
United States784 Posts
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TheFlexN
Israel472 Posts
Anyway, good luck in the future! | ||
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redstop
United States1 Post
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Lorch
Germany3692 Posts
On June 21 2013 22:20 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: you can study and play. Welmu is good example, he studies compurter science at university and is one of the best european protosses. An even better example is socke who has been doing it for years. At the end of the day it just all comes down to being able to set your priorities, if you fail to do it properly quiting one thing for the other may be the best choice, but if you do it right and you love what you do you should almost always be able to do multiple things at once and be perfectly fine. On June 22 2013 19:09 Dingodile wrote: I am not sure about the players, but the fans! I feel like that 95% of the wc3 fans dont have switched to sc2. I am very sure that 95% of all former wc3 pros (now sc2) will switch to wc4. Well given that wc3 is actually a (by a gigantic margin) inferior game to star 2 (you would have to be really dumb to not see that, this is not an opinion question, war3 is so unblievable dumbed down compared to starcraft, it's kinda sad actually), while brood war is kinda like starcraft 2 but way way harder and with a way bigger skill gab (though hots is a huge step in the right direction), I highly doubt war 3 pros would all switch if they actually care about the game they play. Because I'd assume that if you are an rts player you kinda like hard games (otherwise you'd play moba) and I would never ever volunterely switch to an inferior game (lets be honest kespa was forced). Grubby and Naniwa are known for saying that star 2 is way way harder and I highly doubt that, unless they are desperate for easy money, they would switch. I guess a lot of shitty foreigners may switch as they would have to actually practice star 2 a lot to keep up with koreans long term, and an inferior game always means that less practice gives you more, but the talented pro gamers should stick with the better game. On top of that you can already tell that blizzard is having a hard time getting one rts right, I don't even wanna imagine what they would come up with if they'd have to deal with two rts at the same time. I mean last time they left bw balance to kespa map making and created a game that is as far away from rts as you can get without it not being an rts, which I guess allowed the moba genre to be created, but whether that is even a good thing is a question of opinion. | ||
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Tigi
Germany472 Posts
On June 25 2013 02:14 Lorch wrote: An even better example is socke who has been doing it for years. At the end of the day it just all comes down to being able to set your priorities, if you fail to do it properly quiting one thing for the other may be the best choice, but if you do it right and you love what you do you should almost always be able to do multiple things at once and be perfectly fine. Bullshit. Socke has paused his studies in order to become full time pro already 2 years ago or so. | ||
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Dingodile
4139 Posts
Say that game x is much harder than y is very very relative, rather meaningless. It's dependent on (correct) opponent! Nothing else. Grubby would problably have won 90% of all wc3 tournament if Moon, Sky, ToD, Lyn would have never existed in wc3. The same in sc1. Flash without Bisu, Jaedong, Fantasy etc. I cant bring an example in Sc2 WoL because we see all 2 month 5 "new" player take the top5 right now, and sadly that nobody was constant in the top3 for one year (exception: Stephano in foreigner szene). | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On June 25 2013 02:14 Lorch wrote: An even better example is socke who has been doing it for years. At the end of the day it just all comes down to being able to set your priorities, if you fail to do it properly quiting one thing for the other may be the best choice, but if you do it right and you love what you do you should almost always be able to do multiple things at once and be perfectly fine. Well given that wc3 is actually a (by a gigantic margin) inferior game to star 2 (you would have to be really dumb to not see that, this is not an opinion question, war3 is so unblievable dumbed down compared to starcraft, it's kinda sad actually), while brood war is kinda like starcraft 2 but way way harder and with a way bigger skill gab (though hots is a huge step in the right direction), I highly doubt war 3 pros would all switch if they actually care about the game they play. Because I'd assume that if you are an rts player you kinda like hard games (otherwise you'd play moba) and I would never ever volunterely switch to an inferior game (lets be honest kespa was forced). Grubby and Naniwa are known for saying that star 2 is way way harder and I highly doubt that, unless they are desperate for easy money, they would switch. I guess a lot of shitty foreigners may switch as they would have to actually practice star 2 a lot to keep up with koreans long term, and an inferior game always means that less practice gives you more, but the talented pro gamers should stick with the better game. On top of that you can already tell that blizzard is having a hard time getting one rts right, I don't even wanna imagine what they would come up with if they'd have to deal with two rts at the same time. I mean last time they left bw balance to kespa map making and created a game that is as far away from rts as you can get without it not being an rts, which I guess allowed the moba genre to be created, but whether that is even a good thing is a question of opinion. lol war3 is not inferior to sc2. | ||
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Swift118
United Kingdom335 Posts
On June 25 2013 02:50 Dingodile wrote: @Lorch Say that game x is much harder than y is very very relative, rather meaningless. It's dependent on (correct) opponent! Nothing else. Grubby would problably have won 90% of all wc3 tournament if Moon, Sky, ToD, Lyn would have never existed in wc3. The same in sc1. Flash without Bisu, Jaedong, Fantasy etc. I cant bring an example in Sc2 WoL because we see all 2 month 5 "new" player take the top5 right now, and sadly that nobody was constant in the top3 for one year (exception: Stephano in foreigner szene). sc2 had a stronger playerbase in WoL than wc3 ever did simply becuase of the amount of Koreans playing it full time. Now that most of the bw pros are also playing sc2 it actually makes it the RTS with the most talent on display that anyone has seen. | ||
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Skypirinha
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Eggi
478 Posts
On June 21 2013 00:21 synd wrote: So the arrogant douche finally realized that being fulltitme top pro isn't that simple as he makes it when he trashes other top pros. You have to spend a lot of time in practice and the results won't come immediately. Good for him that he realized he lacks the passion/dedication for it. User was warned for this post you sir just had your jimmies rustled. gg Good for Xlord, I always advocate School>gaming, how it should be. All that matters in 40 years he'll look back and think "damn that was a good time, glad I took a shot" More than you can say random TL user. Go leave your smut on reddit. Trash talk is what alot of players popular, whether its the best route to go down is up to how you end up in a career. | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On June 21 2013 00:21 synd wrote: So the arrogant douche finally realized that being fulltitme top pro isn't that simple as he makes it when he trashes other top pros. You have to spend a lot of time in practice and the results won't come immediately. Good for him that he realized he lacks the passion/dedication for it. saying that about one of THE up and commers int he wc3 scene is more then a joke ... sc2 just was never his game also his character didnt get older with him i had the feeling oh thanks ^^ didnt laugh so much for so a long time (wc3 gigantic margin inferior to star2...) haha rly the best i heared for the last 2 years  | ||
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Sunfish
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