ah man, your IPL 3 run will be my best memories. When on a sunday night my friends all went to bed, I stayed up until 4, or 5 am to see you succeed in the finals. Monday morning has never been so hard but what a good feeling to finally see a french guy taking out all these korean like that !

gg, last year was not the best but anyway.. you shall be missed :D

Cya, maybe @Meltdown Paris sometimes !

adx2infinitum

United States112 Posts

August 07 2013 07:22 GMT

#286

GG one of the greats! GL in the future, Stephano!

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

August 07 2013 07:25 GMT

#287

Good bye Stephano, you were (and still are) a strange and funny guy ! And also fucking good.
Congratulation for your career.

Good luck for the future.

(I challenge you on brood war !)

pluu.mooh

Austria142 Posts

August 07 2013 07:27 GMT

#288

I must admit SC2 doesn't feel the same without him anymore for me. He has always been one I have been rooting for and could identify with. Somehow deep inside the game died for me with him retiring. I think I'll be back in SC3 or WC4 alongside with Stephano

I wish you the best Stephano whatever you pursue!!

TheRidd

713 Posts

August 07 2013 07:28 GMT

#289

GG dude, GG!!!

Mekare

Germany393 Posts

August 07 2013 07:33 GMT

#290

Thanks for everything, Ilyes! May there be parties wherever you go!

All the best for your future! Take care <3

Iyerbeth

England2410 Posts

August 07 2013 07:33 GMT

#291

I really think I'll miss him.

GL HF Stephano.

GreeNFalcoN

Germany8 Posts

August 07 2013 07:38 GMT

#292

One of the biggest innovators, most skilled players and greatest personalities eSport has ever seen. Best of luck to the only one who truly deserves to be called the best foreign Starcraft 2 player of all time. I think Stephano will do well in anything he does even, if he doesn't know why.
GG

akaLtDan

Germany62 Posts

August 07 2013 07:39 GMT

#293

Thanks for all the good times and all the memories!!

GG!

bbm

United Kingdom1320 Posts

August 07 2013 07:39 GMT

#294

On August 07 2013 16:19 MarlieChurphy wrote:

Show nested quote +

IIRC, he also got matching (bad) tattoos with a friend and was shouting about it and showing it (its in a revealing place).

If I recall correctly, the word on the street is that he got "You make me hard" on his thigh or butt or something, and BlinG got the same, written in french.

SamuelGreen

Sweden292 Posts

August 07 2013 07:40 GMT

#295

GG WP Stephano

Pointpurple

Sweden5 Posts

August 07 2013 07:40 GMT

#296

ggwp

Nightwishone

Italy391 Posts

August 07 2013 07:49 GMT

#297

Good luck for your life, champion!! We'll miss you a lot! You really added something to this game. Please come back from time to time, cast a match or do a showmatch or something, we'll always keep cheering for you! :D

tshi

United States2495 Posts

August 07 2013 07:49 GMT

#298

On August 07 2013 16:15 PVJ wrote:
I strongly disliked his style and personality.

Not me. I was a fan of his style and personality.

bennedik

Germany127 Posts

August 07 2013 07:50 GMT

#299

Nooooooooooooooo!

Nedved

Croatia19 Posts

August 07 2013 07:52 GMT

#300

Stephano's attitude made him even a more tantalizing player. He was a master at the game, had the X factor no player ever, except MVP, had. He didn't practice much, he didn't dwell on the game, he didn't devote his life to it, he turned upside down every rule in the book on how to be a progamer, yet he was so skillful and talented he was just better than anyone else. Would he have been much better if he had put the time into it? Maybe, maybe not. But that makes him an even bigger badass. He was faceless in victory, indifferent in defeat. He had a cocky, honest, outgoing, fun and entertaining personality and even though he doesn't care that much about the game, the fans or eSports as much as he cares for the money, he does have some satisfaction in being an idol to many. It is comical out of Naniwa to even suggest a claim to Stephano's title of best foreigner. You can just see on Stephano he is intelligent, and he will carry on being good in whatever he chooses. He is the HOUSE M.D of Starcraft 2 he just doesn't give a shit about anybody or anything, he does things his way. But he is so masterful at what he does that his doubters can't say a thing against him. IdrA once summed Stephano's gameplay in a nutshell: "He is so frustrating to watch, you can't learn from him. He just does random shit based on nothing and his decisions are always right, I don't know... I don't know..." Gratz Illyes for all the great games, you are a true champion and will be remembered forever as one of the greats up there with MC, MVP, Nestea, DongRaeGu...

And when you ask Stephano on how to stop an XY Protoss build nobody can figure out: "So easy, you just make Roaches... you have to... oh you'll see" :D