imho you/we should feel:

- Happy for Boxer

- Sad for Starcraft, the scene and esports

In the end as long as he is happy, everything is good, but it won't change the fact that he will be missed.

Godspeed you ~~black~~ EMPEROR <3 !!!

Aeceus

United Kingdom1278 Posts

December 06 2013 12:06 GMT

#229

Lol you don't 'decide' to go pro. It just happens.

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

December 06 2013 12:17 GMT

#230

Would rather have had him stay in esports, even in like a League team.

NeThZOR

South Africa7387 Posts

December 06 2013 12:25 GMT

#231

He should come and play a tournament at The Emperors Palace here in South Africa. He'll feel right at home there.

LV_426

Poland432 Posts

December 06 2013 12:45 GMT

#232

to bad he made up his mind so late, golden times for online poker are over
but better late than never..

Elroi

Sweden5595 Posts

December 06 2013 12:55 GMT

#233

Its sad to see one of the pillars of the industry leave. But Starcraft is far from its old glory and with all the problems that he had in Slayers this isn't a huge surprise.

00Visor

4337 Posts

December 06 2013 12:58 GMT

#234

Well, this is clearly a marketing campaign.

He makes advertisement for Fulpot Poker and has to play a few tournaments.
By no means he will be a "professional poker player". He won't be a winning player without much time invested.

ToXi-

Switzerland19 Posts

December 06 2013 13:00 GMT

#235

meh.... GL to you!

TurboMaN

Germany925 Posts

December 06 2013 13:17 GMT

#236

This is ...
unexpected...

It's not easy to become a poker pro these days. Online poker is quite difficult nowadays since many markets are seperated from each other.

forumtext

575 Posts

December 06 2013 13:29 GMT

#237

Who would have guessed that the legendary SlayersBoxer will leave the very community he helped to build without a single goodbye.

GG Startcraft. R.I.P

Marou

Germany1371 Posts

December 06 2013 13:29 GMT

#238

On December 06 2013 12:43 DJHelium wrote:
What are the laws on gambling in Korea?

Would be cool to see a korean "poker boom", if there hasn't been already. Feels like poker has been getting less and less attention since black friday

Poker is plain illegal in Korea but you can find illegals "Poker Bang". There is a Casino with poker tables in Seoul but only foreigners can enter it.

There are a few other Casinos in Korea that koreans can access but i think there aren't any poker table in there.

Probably the law for online poker is different, anyways with BoXeR promoting the game now maybe some things will change.

Copymizer

Denmark2088 Posts

December 06 2013 13:33 GMT

#239

I can understand why, but why wouldn't you rather wanna educate yourself when you've used your entire 20's on progaming and no school. it's never too late

blueduck7

United States1 Post

December 06 2013 13:36 GMT

#240

Wait why does everyone assume he is done with Starcraft? He is a "professional poker player" the same way Boris Becker is a professional poker player, ie promotes the site in exchange for sponsorship money and paid tournament entry fees. So his face will be used in the site's adds and he will show up to a few high profile tournaments a year. I highly doubt he is going to start grinding online poker 12 hours a day.