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Source: Daily Esports
Ex-Brood War and WoL progamer  Kal has joined team Prime. Kal finished his military service with the air force last month, and after spending some time resting at home, he has decided to return as a pro-gamer. DES reports that many teams showed interested, but Kal ended up choosing Prime.
Kal spent the majority of his career on STX Soul before joining Air Force ACE. After Air Force ACE disbanded, he served out the rest of his military service as a regular soldier. DES reports that even though the Korean air force disbanded their pro team, they allowed Kal to keep practicing, and he has kept up some degree of skill.
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nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft!
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mr Kal?
wish him the best 
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KAL! Great addition to Prime!!
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Is this for real? Kal is back? It would be awesome to have another dragon back in the scene, and on Prime no less. Best of luck to him if this is true.
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Kal?!!?
Im glad to be a prime fan.
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KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3
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Wow Kal, I didn't even know he still played SC2. Gogo Red Shuttle !
On October 31 2013 08:24 Necosarius wrote:
KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3
Close with free and BeSt 
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Whaaaaaaaat
That's sick, never would have guessed!
Does it say what his role is (playing SC2? League? Coach?)
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Completely unexpected. I hope he brings strong Protoss play to the team, especially with another year of SPL coming up! Great to see him back.
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On October 31 2013 08:27 Gorlin wrote:
Whaaaaaaaat
That's sick, never would have guessed!
Does it say what his role is (playing SC2? League? Coach?)
From google translate it looks like he'll be playing SC2, and apparently practiced a lot while in the air force so his condition isn't too bad.
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Wow pretty cool news. I hope someone translates the article though cause if somebody told me Kal is back I would have thought it was for BW. Im sure they will have asked him about it so I wanna know what made him decide to join a SC2 team for now.
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Wow this is amazing! It'd sure be great to see one of the best Protosses from BW mount a comeback, and on a team like Prime no less! Will be rooting for him!
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Essentially, he joined because Gerrard was desperate for another Protoss besides Creator.
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United States97276 Posts
On October 31 2013 08:47 GTR wrote:
Essentially, he joined because Gerrard was desperate for another Protoss besides Creator.
They goofed by letting Lucy go
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Kal couldn't come back in time to be reunited with STX in sc2...
But at least my favorite of the dragons IS back
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Not sure how well he'll do in sc2, but it's awesome to have more old faces around!
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O.M.G.
AWESOME.
Who needs MKP when you have KAL.
Only one protoss more awesome than Kal, and that's Reach.
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Great, but he also might end up like Pure since he also just returned from the military and it's gonna take a while for him to catch up in SC2.
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Wow that was unexpected, welcome back dragon!
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The Shanktoss is back? This is so epic. esports is #saved!
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Kal gains some weight and looks cute after the army time lol
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The return of the Red Shuttle! I looked forward to this day.
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On October 31 2013 09:01 NicksonReyes wrote:Great, but he also might end up like Pure since he also just returned from the military and it's gonna take a while for him to catch up in SC2.
you know pure gave up with sc2 and is back to broodwar, right?
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United States4126 Posts
On October 31 2013 08:47 GTR wrote:
Essentially, he joined because Gerrard was desperate for another Protoss besides Creator.
That sounds about right.
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On October 31 2013 09:28 Kinky wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 08:47 GTR wrote:
Essentially, he joined because Gerrard was desperate for another Protoss besides Creator. That sounds about right.
Creator didn't switch to LoL as well? /joke
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On October 31 2013 09:26 partydude89 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 09:01 NicksonReyes wrote:Great, but he also might end up like Pure since he also just returned from the military and it's gonna take a while for him to catch up in SC2. you know pure gave up with sc2 and is back to broodwar, right?
Uh, my point is that he might also give up with sc2 like Pure... so yeah.
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Australia54784 Posts
On October 31 2013 09:40 NicksonReyes wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 09:26 partydude89 wrote:On October 31 2013 09:01 NicksonReyes wrote:Great, but he also might end up like Pure since he also just returned from the military and it's gonna take a while for him to catch up in SC2. you know pure gave up with sc2 and is back to broodwar, right? Uh, my point is that he might also give up with sc2 like Pure... so yeah.
do you know his facebook account as well 
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Lolz i thought he went to the army
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On October 31 2013 09:44 opterown wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 09:40 NicksonReyes wrote:On October 31 2013 09:26 partydude89 wrote:On October 31 2013 09:01 NicksonReyes wrote:Great, but he also might end up like Pure since he also just returned from the military and it's gonna take a while for him to catch up in SC2. you know pure gave up with sc2 and is back to broodwar, right? Uh, my point is that he might also give up with sc2 like Pure... so yeah. do you know his facebook account as well
Yeah I do.
+ Show Spoiler +btw On October 28 2013 06:40 NicksonReyes wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2013 06:38 opterown wrote:On October 28 2013 06:36 NicksonReyes wrote:On October 28 2013 06:33 JustPassingBy wrote:
WTF, am I the only one who thinks that Maru played a lot better than Dear??? Sacrificed tech to kill Dear. Failed to kill Dear. Outplayed. ah, you're that guy who posted shit on flash's facebook right I already know it was bad, it was wrong, I'm a dick etc, I apologize to you as I did to him please let it go 
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ShuttleKingPrime incoming.
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sadly most ppl on TL nowadays wont know who this guy is
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I miss Kal. He was a good protoss that always lost to my favorite player Jaedong.
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I like the name... to me it's asian for Godzilla. GooJilla!
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Nice to see Prime still recruiting gl Kal!
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WOW really? This is big news :D
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Nice to see him again. He was a likeable guy back in BW.
Hopefully they taught him how to swim though while he was in the army, in case he will go to another foreign tournament.
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=158324
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Wow Kal! Sad that STX is dead
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thought it was weird but then remembered prime is a kespa team now
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37015 Posts
DAT KAL!
Nice pickup Prime!
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On October 31 2013 10:09 Paragleiber wrote:Nice to see him again. He was a likeable guy back in BW. Hopefully they taught him how to swim though while he was in the army, in case he will go to another foreign tournament. + Show Spoiler +http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=158324
Wow, I had never known/realized that Slog was the American ref in that story.
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Whoa! Sick news! Good luck to both parties.
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weird pickup though
kinda wish kal was playing on afreeca but we'll see if he's got the moves
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A bit rare to see big names from BW come to SC2 nowadays, I hope he succeeds!
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With bisu and jangbi retiring this is awesome news.Lets hope this old dragon still knows how to boss it up.
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On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft!
This has got to be one of the most unintentionally funny posts on TL
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On October 31 2013 10:09 Paragleiber wrote:Nice to see him again. He was a likeable guy back in BW. Hopefully they taught him how to swim though while he was in the army, in case he will go to another foreign tournament. + Show Spoiler +http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=158324
Flash does travel these days, doesnt he?
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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What happened to his cheeks? Looks like a squirrel lol
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oh man ready for some sick posters if he makes it to any high matches! One dragon leaves and another one returns!
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does anyone know how Kal is in sc2, or what level of play he is?
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On October 31 2013 15:31 worosei wrote:
does anyone know how Kal is in sc2, or what level of play he is?
He was ACE's best player in Hybrid Proleague though that isn't saying much. It's been almost 2 years since though so no one has any clue probably
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Below is my translation:
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It is announced that Koo-hyun 'the acrobat' Kim, a.k.a. Goojila, is joining Team Prime.
Goojila recently met Oi-sik Park, the head coach of Team Prime, and agreed to join the team. After finishing his military service at the end of last month and having a break at home, Goojila moved to Seoul to prepare for a comeback. He will join the team in the first week of November.
Goojlia joined Team Soul in 2006, and won the SKY proleague rookie of the year award. He was one of the finalists of GOMTV MSL Season 4, but was defeated by Jaedong 1-3. He won silver medal in 2010 WCG Grand Final, and has been one of 'the six dragons' who once have dominated the Brood War scene.
After suddenly deciding to start his military service following the end of Shinhan Bank Proleague 2010-2011, Goojila has beaten Rain and Flash as a member of Airforce ACE, deterring KT Rolster to advance to postseason. Although he was one of the best players in Airforce ACE, he couldn't do his military service as a starcraft player any longer after the disbandment of Airforce ACE.
Multiple teams were interested in signing him, but it was Team Prime that Goojila finally decided to join. Having MarineKing who started his new career as a LoL player, and Creator as the only protoss player in the team, Team Prime has been aggressive on signing Goojila, even the head coach tried to meet him personally.
Although there is a concern about the possibility that Goojila couldn't have a chance to practice after the disbandment of Airforce ACE, but it is known that he has been training consistently under the courtesy of ROK Airforce.
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Was it Kal that beat Flash during Hybrid Proleague a while back?
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nice kal strange that in op post the original name isnt mentioned, because alot people have no idea wtf goojila is but every sc1 gamer knows kal
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didn't follow closely to BW back then but look like Prime got a big boost
good luck Prime
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WOW Kal was SICK back in the day.. hope it translates well to sc2
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Belgica34432 Posts
More players can only be good :D
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aafter jangbi bisu and co retiering, its SOOO good see such an old good baller back
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#SC2 alive and kicking
Nice to have more former BW pro players join
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Kal!!!!!!!
One of the best protosses of all time imo.
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This is huge! Oh my god this is cool! ) and he'll be in proleague! Please please sign dear/trap as well prime!
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KAL?! ON PRIME?
Was not expecting this.
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This is some unexpected news. I'm very excited to see his debut!
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On October 31 2013 16:08 iNcontroL wrote:
WOW Kal was SICK back in the day.. hope it translates well to sc2
He was good until Flashed stole his powers in the water.
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Means we have a Dragon coming back from deapths ! 3 Dragons to go ! (We got free, Stork, Kal, we're missing Bisu, Jangbi and Best even though I don't think we will see them again)
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Can't say I know much about him, but any old BW-pro coming to SC2 is a good thing in my book.
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Finally some good news after all those retirements.
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Poland3748 Posts
Well maybe PRime in Proleague will do fine.
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Btw get accustomed to calling him GooJila as he uses this ID for about 2 or even more years
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On October 31 2013 18:35 DiMano wrote:Btw get accustomed to calling him GooJila as he uses this ID for about 2 or even more years
Until he does something with that ID, he's still Kal to me. Just as Losira is still Losira and not KangHo tt
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On October 31 2013 18:36 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 18:35 DiMano wrote:Btw get accustomed to calling him GooJila as he uses this ID for about 2 or even more years Until he does something with that ID, he's still Kal to me. Just as Losira is still Losira and not KangHo tt
It is another case he started as GooJila then changed it to Kal then changed it back to GooJila.
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Russian Federation604 Posts
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AWWWWW SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT
Some good news.
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United States33330 Posts
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation
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Hmm, I actually expected, with many players switching back to BW, that he would have just gone straight into BW play again, but I guess he wants to give SC2 a shot at least.
GLGL!
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Old pro JOINING sc2? If we follow the logic of "sc2 is dead" advocates, then this must mean sc2 is booming and will be in the next oympics :p
Seriously though, will be interesting to follow this guy. I never followed BW so always nice to get a second chance to get to know one of these bw idols or legends or what you want to call him.
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Go Kal, great to have him back. Cheer up, Stork!
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Nice, Kal! Would've liked him to join a better team, but better than nothing.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation
IPXZerg and you know who.
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wow great news. Kal was beast in BW.
I wonder what Free's doing right now?
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On October 31 2013 17:38 Ctesias wrote:
Can't say I know much about him, but any old BW-pro coming to SC2 is a good thing in my book.
he is one of the big ones ^^
On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation
or zergbong/nestea ^^
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On October 31 2013 09:28 Kinky wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 08:47 GTR wrote:
Essentially, he joined because Gerrard was desperate for another Protoss besides Creator. That sounds about right.
Right now they have Chance and Splendid to...actually Protoss might just be the most represented race in Prime now.
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On October 31 2013 19:20 Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 17:38 Ctesias wrote:
Can't say I know much about him, but any old BW-pro coming to SC2 is a good thing in my book. he is one of the big ones ^^ Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation or zergbong/nestea ^^
I think when Luxury changed his ID to Practice, he won the MSL/WCG.
Yet people still called him Luxury.
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Big thanks to glenlee for translating the article! It seems the OP also has a summary of the article, though there's no edit notice at the bottom :O
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On October 31 2013 19:54 GTR wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 19:20 Drake wrote:On October 31 2013 17:38 Ctesias wrote:
Can't say I know much about him, but any old BW-pro coming to SC2 is a good thing in my book. he is one of the big ones ^^ On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation or zergbong/nestea ^^ I think when Luxury changed his ID to Practice, he won the MSL/WCG. Yet people still called him Luxury.
to late to big to much backstory about him ^^
same perhaps for kal ^^ i never called him goijjwhatever
also now with english casters is more common to share what they say, so it depens how wolf/Khaldor calls him when he fights in gsl ^^
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On October 31 2013 20:07 Drake wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 19:54 GTR wrote:On October 31 2013 19:20 Drake wrote:On October 31 2013 17:38 Ctesias wrote:
Can't say I know much about him, but any old BW-pro coming to SC2 is a good thing in my book. he is one of the big ones ^^ On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation or zergbong/nestea ^^ I think when Luxury changed his ID to Practice, he won the MSL/WCG. Yet people still called him Luxury. to late to big to much backstory about him ^^ same perhaps for kal ^^ i never called him goijjwhatever also now with english casters is more common to share what they say, so it depens how wolf/Khaldor calls him when he fights in gsl ^^
I think wolf would love to go with kal as he calls kangho losira a lot. However I feel like khaldor just wants to go with w/e the pro gamer decides. He even called forgg fin when almost everyone was referring to him as forgg.
Also fuck yeah kal (not gonna go with gow/e)! Nice to see some old bw pros return to play sc2, nice change from all the ones unwilling to take on the new challenge!
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Why Prime ? Kal was a big name in BW , he probably could have found a better team . Although with SC2 right now i can't really say which team would be more favourable .
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On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft!
New talent?
The guy is as old school as it currently gets. Started playing BW professionally in 2006.
He was also the 2nd in WCG 2010.
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Ow my gawd. If he is as good as in BW, Prime got a real protoss powerhouse.
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Red Warp Prism :f
Kal vs Forgg series mhmmm.
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Russian Federation40190 Posts
On October 31 2013 20:28 thezanursic wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! New talent? The guy is as old school as it currently gets. Started playing BW professionally in 2006. He was also the 2nd in WCG 2010.
Well, free (no retirement news=no retirement yet) and Stork are more old school then.
Btw, good to hear, that Kal was actually pretty good back in the day in APL.
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On October 31 2013 20:35 lolfail9001 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 20:28 thezanursic wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! New talent? The guy is as old school as it currently gets. Started playing BW professionally in 2006. He was also the 2nd in WCG 2010. Well, free (no retirement news=no retirement yet) and Stork are more old school then. Btw, good to hear, that Kal was actually pretty good back in the day in APL.
No it's just silly calling somebody who had some results + was playing BW professionally for more than half a decade "new talent"
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welcome back, kal
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On October 31 2013 09:48 Mevious wrote:
ShuttleKingPrime incoming.
Or ScoutKingPrime.
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On October 31 2013 20:42 thezanursic wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 20:35 lolfail9001 wrote:On October 31 2013 20:28 thezanursic wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! New talent? The guy is as old school as it currently gets. Started playing BW professionally in 2006. He was also the 2nd in WCG 2010. Well, free (no retirement news=no retirement yet) and Stork are more old school then. Btw, good to hear, that Kal was actually pretty good back in the day in APL. No it's just silly calling somebody who had some results + was playing BW professionally for more than half a decade "new talent"
One can say that in new game, he can be legitimately called 'new talent', even though it sounds silly in context.
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YES! I can die happy now. I've watched so many game of Kal playing BW.
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This is awesome, best of luck to Kal!
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Is the mass cull of progamers over? Is it safe to come out now?
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Still Prime is on the edge of disbanding. No GSTL, no tournament win from any player. no huge sponsor. I hope they join KeSPA and achieve a really nice performance in next Pro League Season (SPL).
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It's nice to see Kal return to the scene. Maybe he will save Prime from drowning in Proleague.
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On October 31 2013 21:23 JtoK wrote:
Still Prime is on the edge of disbanding. No GSTL, no tournament win from any player. no huge sponsor. I hope they join KeSPA and achieve a really nice performance in next Pro League Season (SPL).
where have you been lol wtf
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On October 31 2013 21:23 JtoK wrote:
Still Prime is on the edge of disbanding. No GSTL, no tournament win from any player. no huge sponsor. I hope they join KeSPA and achieve a really nice performance in next Pro League Season (SPL).
Hi dude you shuld really read some news.
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On October 31 2013 21:23 JtoK wrote:
Still Prime is on the edge of disbanding. No GSTL, no tournament win from any player. no huge sponsor. I hope they join KeSPA and achieve a really nice performance in next Pro League Season (SPL).
Were you in stasis or something?
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It's cool seeing a player return to a game rather than leaving it.
Excited to see how he performs.
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lol whuut?? kal is back!! nice!
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Kal and Maru, ruling the world
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Kal is back! Awesome! And on Prime. mmmm
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YES! Broodwar players please comeback!
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Awesome.. The Proleague this season will be a lot of fun..
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On October 31 2013 21:28 KeksX wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 21:23 JtoK wrote:
Still Prime is on the edge of disbanding. No GSTL, no tournament win from any player. no huge sponsor. I hope they join KeSPA and achieve a really nice performance in next Pro League Season (SPL). Hi dude you shuld really read some news.
Also you don't need to be part of KespA in order to join the Proleague.
edit: But seriously, Kal??? That name stirs so many memories...
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This is really good news.
And it might show, that movements in the player scene are (and always were) going in two possible directions.
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On October 31 2013 08:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Kal?
One of the STX's oldest and finest Protoss players. WB Kal.
On October 31 2013 22:06 CountZero71 wrote:This is really good news. And it might show, that movements in the player scene are (and always were) going in two possible directions.
Well, considering STX just dropped SouL and the fact their Protoss players are doing really well atm. They're kind of strapped as is, so I'm not surprised Kal would be joining another team after military service. It just makes sense at the end of the day. I don't think SouL can really afford it until they find another premium sponsor. Doesn't matter how good Kal is at the game.
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Kal best toss KR Kreygasm !
User was warned for this post
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Nice Kal!
finally somebody is coming back and not retiring!
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United States23455 Posts
So is he keeping the ID Kal or going with Gojila? Kal is much better
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It's funny how even the TL staff still can't accept that he already changed his ID to GooJila years ago (this news was titled GooJila at first but it seems somebody from TL hijacked it and simply renamed it to Kal).
Not that I can't understand it in this particular case. I also think that Kal sounds much better but this treatment is not really consistent with other cases in SC2 where people have usually let the players get away with silly changes in the recent past (Innovation, Swagger, Kangho, Duckdeok just to name a few) and didn't just continue to use the old names like they seem to do here.
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United States23455 Posts
On October 31 2013 22:45 Paragleiber wrote:
It's funny how even the TL staff still can't accept that he already changed his ID to GooJila years ago (this news was titled GooJila at first but it seems somebody from TL hijacked it and simply renamed it to Kal).
Not that I can't understand it in this particular case. I also think that Kal sounds much better but this treatment is not really consistent with other cases in SC2 where people have usually let the players get away with silly changes in the recent past (Innovation, Swagger, Kangho, Duckdeok just to name a few) and didn't just continue to use the old names like they seem to do here.
To be fair a lot of people still call Swagger Killer or Sangho, Kangho Losira, Duckdeok Finale, and Innovation Bogus.
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On October 31 2013 22:45 Paragleiber wrote:
It's funny how even the TL staff still can't accept that he already changed his ID to GooJila years ago (this news was titled GooJila at first but it seems somebody from TL hijacked it and simply renamed it to Kal).
Not that I can't understand it in this particular case. I also think that Kal sounds much better but this treatment is not really consistent with other cases in SC2 where people have usually let the players get away with silly changes in the recent past (Innovation, Swagger, Kangho, Duckdeok just to name a few) and didn't just continue to use the old names like they seem to do here.
Yep, we use the old names because we normally go by their aliases rather than their actual names unlike the Korean community. People of old would recognize the Kal name. Not the new one and that's why they changed it, or else they would be going who the fuck is GooJila.
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OMG THE RED SHTUTLE IS BACK FUCK YESSSSSSSSS!
*edit* Someone make a cheerful!! Liquid'HerO (Blue Prism, Left side) VS Kal (Red Prism, Right side of the screen)
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Now if only businesses and schools recognise the awesomeness of SC2, like the Korean Military evidently have. Maybe they would give special SC2 practice times?
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On October 31 2013 23:14 LUciferNine wrote:Now if only businesses and schools recognise the awesomeness of SC2, like the Korean Military evidently have. Maybe they would give special SC2 practice times?
That was for BW. I doubt we'll ever see another Air Force Ace team again and you know what? I don't really mind because they weren't really competitive to begin with. It was a nice gesture on their behalf though and it had everything to do with BoxeR and his star power. I remember the day they first announced SK Telecom as well. Everyone was so hyped because it was BoxeR's team after all and at that time he was the man.
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On October 31 2013 23:32 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 23:14 LUciferNine wrote:Now if only businesses and schools recognise the awesomeness of SC2, like the Korean Military evidently have. Maybe they would give special SC2 practice times? That was for BW. I doubt we'll ever see another Air Force Ace team again and you know what? I don't really mind because they weren't really competitive to begin with. It was a nice gesture on their behalf though and it had everything to do with BoxeR and his star power.
But the games like Yellow vs Bisu or Yellow vs Jaedong would never happen
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The dragon is back! Best of luck Kal!
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Can't wait to see the proleagues Now I would like EG to join proleague again.
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On October 31 2013 23:34 DinoToss wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 23:32 StarStruck wrote:On October 31 2013 23:14 LUciferNine wrote:Now if only businesses and schools recognise the awesomeness of SC2, like the Korean Military evidently have. Maybe they would give special SC2 practice times? That was for BW. I doubt we'll ever see another Air Force Ace team again and you know what? I don't really mind because they weren't really competitive to begin with. It was a nice gesture on their behalf though and it had everything to do with BoxeR and his star power. But the games like Yellow vs Bisu or Yellow vs Jaedong would never happen
;/ Yeah there was some memorable games and sets. Got to love slow drop lurkers (I used to use that strat all the time anyway). They just really didn't have enough practice time compared to the rest and it showed.
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It's nice to see someone RETURNING to the SC2 scene instead of leaving it
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I think Kal is a way better ID, but GoojilaPrime does sound kinda boss.
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Thank you posting these! My memory of Kal on ACE was that he was their ace player and had great game sense and micro.
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On October 31 2013 08:24 Necosarius wrote:
KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3
maybe it's a good sign for his SC2 career that he isn't a BW champion lol
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nice to see someone from BW come back, not retire! hope he will reach level where he can compete with players form CodeS
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Russian Federation40190 Posts
On November 01 2013 02:39 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 08:24 Necosarius wrote:
KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3 maybe it's a good sign for his SC2 career that he isn't a BW champion lol
That explains why WJS (ex-ones too) players are so good at SC2.
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On November 01 2013 02:45 lolfail9001 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 02:39 Die4Ever wrote:On October 31 2013 08:24 Necosarius wrote:
KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3 maybe it's a good sign for his SC2 career that he isn't a BW champion lol That explains why that one WJS player is so good at SC2.
There we go
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Charlie Sheens House51478 Posts
Amg yes!!!!
Prime new players woop woop woop!
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On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft!
we need more up and coming rookies like Kal
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Lucky people, they got to play Starcraft in the military Kal sounds very cool btw.
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On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal
He's not really a rookie though.
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if he wins a major tournament he'll get "Ka(h)l Drogo" then ^.^
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Russian Federation40190 Posts
On November 01 2013 02:46 Darkhoarse wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 02:45 lolfail9001 wrote:On November 01 2013 02:39 Die4Ever wrote:On October 31 2013 08:24 Necosarius wrote:
KAL! :D Probably the best protoss to never win anything <3 maybe it's a good sign for his SC2 career that he isn't a BW champion lol That explains why that one ex-WJS player was so good at SC2 before his wrists exploded. There we go
Also, ZerO and free were good in all-kill SPL rounds too!
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On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though.
Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague
But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed
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On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed
Pretend what never existed?
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Canada16217 Posts
On November 01 2013 03:46 Lonyo wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed Pretend what never existed?
hybrid proleague
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2
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TLADT24920 Posts
I missed Kal's BW career so here's to hoping that I don't miss his SCII one lol and that he makes an impact! :D
On October 31 2013 08:19 kenzi wrote:
DES reports that even though the Korean air force disbanded their pro team, they allowed Kal to keep practicing, and he has kept up some degree of skill.
interesting. Didn't think they would do that tbh.
On November 01 2013 03:48 NovemberstOrm wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:46 Lonyo wrote:On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed Pretend what never existed? hybrid proleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2
what is this, umm monstrosity?
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On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed
I'm still laughing at that btw and yeah I try to forget it existed >_<
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On November 01 2013 03:48 NovemberstOrm wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:46 Lonyo wrote:On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed Pretend what never existed? hybrid proleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2
Whoosh
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On October 31 2013 22:51 Darkhoarse wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 22:45 Paragleiber wrote:
It's funny how even the TL staff still can't accept that he already changed his ID to GooJila years ago (this news was titled GooJila at first but it seems somebody from TL hijacked it and simply renamed it to Kal).
Not that I can't understand it in this particular case. I also think that Kal sounds much better but this treatment is not really consistent with other cases in SC2 where people have usually let the players get away with silly changes in the recent past (Innovation, Swagger, Kangho, Duckdeok just to name a few) and didn't just continue to use the old names like they seem to do here. To be fair a lot of people still call Swagger Killer or Sangho, Kangho Losira, Duckdeok Finale, and Innovation Bogus.
Hm... I wish that was true because the original names are the best in all of these cases but personally I have seen the majority of people use the new ones for these now.
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On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though.
it was a jab
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i feel like kal's style will transition pretty well into Sc2. he was always a really tactical player who had solid PvP
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Wow Kal. That's awesome. Hopefully he impresses!
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On November 01 2013 07:35 Gamegene wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. it was a jab
 Poor Kal-lot.
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Bad time to be playing sc2 my friend Kal. GL HF @ Prime
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On November 01 2013 03:48 NovemberstOrm wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2013 03:46 Lonyo wrote:On November 01 2013 03:41 slowbacontron wrote:On November 01 2013 03:36 StarStruck wrote:On November 01 2013 03:06 Gamegene wrote:On October 31 2013 08:20 partydude89 wrote:
nice to see that prime is investing in new talent and in starcraft! we need more up and coming rookies like Kal He's not really a rookie though. Hey, HerO won rookie of the year for Proleague But Kal played in the hybrid Proleague, so maybe he's still not a rookie. Unless we continue the tradition of pretending that season never existed Pretend what never existed? hybrid proleague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011-2012_Proleague_Season_2
Don't spread that page around, some people might start thinking it actually happened.
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Always love seeing older players come in. Sad that all the depressing news drowns this kind of stuff out.
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kal is beast! Hope he do well in sc2!
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On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation
ForGG won a fucking MSL and it wasn't enough.
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Really? woow that is cool :D
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On November 02 2013 13:18 b0lt wrote:Show nested quote +On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation ForGG won a fucking MSL and it wasn't enough.
No, it was the fact that the only thing he did as oGsFin was get into code s.
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On November 02 2013 22:35 Walnuts wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2013 13:18 b0lt wrote:On October 31 2013 18:57 Waxangel wrote:
it's the entire Losira-Kangho ordeal
you gotta do waay better with your new ID to convince 90%+ of ppl to use your new ID instead, like bogus-innovation ForGG won a fucking MSL and it wasn't enough. No, it was the fact that the only thing he did as oGsFin was get into code s.
I think he's referring to the fact that ForGG used the ID "Never" throughout pretty much his entire pro BW career and people still never called him that.
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EPT
GooJila was top 3 protoss with Rain and Trap in SPL before ACE disbanded there was a moment when KT needed a must win vs ACE and GooJila did not give it as he defeated Flash in ace match.
INnoVation
