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DiMano
Profile Joined July 2011
Korea (South)2066 Posts
November 12 2013 08:01 GMT
#81
On November 12 2013 03:04 sjukungen1 wrote:
Great news. Long live BW

BW guys start to be very annoying, you seem to care about the version of the game and not about the player and I really hate it.
UmberBane
Profile Joined March 2013
Germany5450 Posts
November 12 2013 08:10 GMT
#82
On November 12 2013 17:01 DiMano wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2013 03:04 sjukungen1 wrote:
Great news. Long live BW

BW guys start to be very annoying, you seem to care about the version of the game and not about the player and I really hate it.


I think he just hates SC2. Since Free isn't going to BW anyways (for now).
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
November 12 2013 10:12 GMT
#83
On November 12 2013 17:10 UmberBane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2013 17:01 DiMano wrote:
On November 12 2013 03:04 sjukungen1 wrote:
Great news. Long live BW

BW guys start to be very annoying, you seem to care about the version of the game and not about the player and I really hate it.


I think he just hates SC2. Since Free isn't going to BW anyways (for now).


Yeah i too find this annoying. And i'm a Brood War fan. You can't say you are happy that a player end his career. Even if he goes to the game you watch and love more than the other.
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Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3690 Posts
November 12 2013 10:18 GMT
#84
1. Your team does not want to pay you a salary anymore as they are in financial troubles
2. You leave
3. You realize that you are part of a scene that has too many teams and players
4. You realize nobody is gonna pick you up
5. You retire
6. You farm some money via streaming brood war

Seems pretty logical to me, plus a lot of them who were pro gamers for a very long time probably don't feel like trying on the new challenge as a lot of top players ended up being mediocre in star 2 after the switch.
thezanursic
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
5497 Posts
November 12 2013 11:10 GMT
#85
On November 12 2013 00:01 glzElectromaster wrote:
From what I know, no team showed interest in Free mainly because of his age and his rather mediocrity. He apparently still wants to play the game professionally, but rather than going to afreeca to stream, he'd rather find a job in the computer science? field.

Or so I read on StarCraft Times.

Free was really good in BW. Mediocre...
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Glioburd
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
November 12 2013 12:38 GMT
#86
My favourite protoss player with Jangbi ;;
Good luck free, I wish you the best !
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
GhoSt[shield]
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2131 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-12 12:45:43
November 12 2013 12:43 GMT
#87
On November 12 2013 16:48 glzElectromaster wrote:
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On November 12 2013 14:55 GhoSt[shield] wrote:
Damn another of the 6 dragons retiring. I always enjoyed watching Free's PvZ, not much else.

Also tbh, I never understood why he was considered good looking. His teeth are kinda messed up. I've been holding back this opinion for a long time.


Was free actually considered good lucking? Kinda surprised.

I should finish my blog on Woongjin Terrans soon. Started a year ago and never got around finishing it x.x


He always seemed to have a lot of fangirls come to his OSL/MSL/PL games with cheerfuls. Also he did change his id to pretty[gm] for the latter part of his BW career. I thought maybe girls liked the "yaeba" look maybe, cuteness due to crooked teeth. Whenever I watched free play I always got the impression that commentators/fans believed him goodlooking.

On November 12 2013 20:10 thezanursic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2013 00:01 glzElectromaster wrote:
From what I know, no team showed interest in Free mainly because of his age and his rather mediocrity. He apparently still wants to play the game professionally, but rather than going to afreeca to stream, he'd rather find a job in the computer science? field.

Or so I read on StarCraft Times.

Free was really good in BW. Mediocre...


Free's late-game PvZ was really, really good. So much Archon Reaver Templar everywhere...

I think people like to take free as a joke because Hiya nuked him on Triathalon in that epic TvP. Which is silly because Free won the game at the end.
c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
November 12 2013 14:15 GMT
#88
Free had top 2 PvZ in BW in the modern era. Quite disappointed that he'll move on from gaming...
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oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States5789 Posts
November 12 2013 14:23 GMT
#89
On November 12 2013 19:12 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2013 17:10 UmberBane wrote:
On November 12 2013 17:01 DiMano wrote:
On November 12 2013 03:04 sjukungen1 wrote:
Great news. Long live BW

BW guys start to be very annoying, you seem to care about the version of the game and not about the player and I really hate it.


I think he just hates SC2. Since Free isn't going to BW anyways (for now).


Yeah i too find this annoying. And i'm a Brood War fan. You can't say you are happy that a player end his career. Even if he goes to the game you watch and love more than the other.

Why can't you say that, if you think both the player and the games are better off for it? When Michael Jordan stopped playing baseball and went back to the NBA, people couldn't say they were happy? They weren't really fans?
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
November 12 2013 14:53 GMT
#90
On November 12 2013 17:01 DiMano wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2013 03:04 sjukungen1 wrote:
Great news. Long live BW

BW guys start to be very annoying, you seem to care about the version of the game and not about the player and I really hate it.

That's kind of the point, loving the game for the game itself. SC2 is plagued by fair-weather fans who will watch a tournament until their favorite player loses and then just leave, or likely stink up the LR with whining and puerile bullshit.
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