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viOLet recognized as Athlete by the US government - Page 2

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Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
December 11 2013 17:40 GMT
#21
Great news for Violet, and great news for Esports.
Flash | Mvp
Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
December 11 2013 17:43 GMT
#22
Wow, what a dick move by MLG. I'm sure it would not have been difficult to write a damn letter or something, they could have helped a ton with the process.
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
December 11 2013 17:43 GMT
#23
That's really nice. So no more Visa issues for him!
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
December 11 2013 17:43 GMT
#24
On December 12 2013 02:26 lystier wrote:
so, it's possible to get a athlete visa, get to the us, become a citizen and eventually avoid the korean military?
i guess a group of players would love this...


NA new gosu server?
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
December 11 2013 17:44 GMT
#25
Violet future bonjwa 2014.
RIP MKP
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
December 11 2013 17:44 GMT
#26
Great news, happy for him!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42394 Posts
December 11 2013 17:46 GMT
#27
Congrats to him.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Fishriot
Profile Joined May 2010
United States621 Posts
December 11 2013 17:46 GMT
#28
Great news for him! It's a shame there aren't that many tournaments left here in the US though.
Conti
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany2516 Posts
December 11 2013 17:47 GMT
#29
So happy for violet. Hope we'll see lots of games and tournaments from him in 2014.
Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
December 11 2013 17:47 GMT
#30
VIOLET IS BACK BITCHES! yeah! now go show'em
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
December 11 2013 17:48 GMT
#31
Wow, MLG actually doesn't give a shit.
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
December 11 2013 17:49 GMT
#32
Awww yeahhhh hope he starts streaming a lot again! :D
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
prestige.kr
Profile Joined May 2013
United States13 Posts
December 11 2013 17:50 GMT
#33
Yay! Totally didn't know Violet was with CSA. That's nice.
If there's a will... there's a way.
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-11 17:52:56
December 11 2013 17:51 GMT
#34
Dat government typo is killing me

I shall suggest to change the whole title to "viOLet recognized as an athlete by the US government"

No hate towards the original
Hello
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
December 11 2013 17:51 GMT
#35
“It was do or die for [Kim],” said Andrew Tomlinson, whose Cyber Solutions Agency (CSA) represents Kim. “He either got the visa or entered the Korean military.”


If taken literally this line is pretty morbid >_>

But big grats to Violet though. Was waiting for the day a SC2 pro got recognized!
@Drayxs | Drayxs.221 | Drayxs#1802
arvinds94
Profile Joined April 2012
United States40 Posts
December 11 2013 17:52 GMT
#36
Hes back bitches
viOlet
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
December 11 2013 17:52 GMT
#37
This is awesome news, are other AM players like Polt recognized as athletes too?
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yawnoC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States3704 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-11 18:11:18
December 11 2013 17:53 GMT
#38
This is such great news :D The work visa process seems like an incredibly hard one so I'm glad he was able to get on.
WELCOME BACK VIOLET!

GG - UNiVeRsE is the best player in the WORLD
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
December 11 2013 17:55 GMT
#39
Good for Violet
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
December 11 2013 17:55 GMT
#40
Ooh, that's incredible news.
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