The situation in Korea now is that SC2's position is different from what it was 12-18 months ago (as most of us have been aware already), but many Korean players are having a difficult time acknowledging this.

Another IM player who is semi well-known was leaving the team to shop around for different teams couple months ago, but it was never announced, so maybe he changed his mind after realizing the above.

Noobity

United States871 Posts

December 13 2013 18:08 GMT

#106

Losira's been my favorite player for ages. This really... I dunno. I always try to get him to communicate with his fans more, and he's been really nice to me in tweets. That said I don't really think he's got the ability to market himself. If he goes the way of trying to find his own team he'll be another Genius, without a team for a long while.

That said, if he has something else lined up then this is possibly something that'll break him out of his top 16/8 funk of the past year.

astray71

United States325 Posts

December 13 2013 18:21 GMT

#107

Wow, Losira leaving IM is definitely surprising. Wasn't Losira one of the original IM members since the beginning? Anyway, might have to do with the fact that he's been sort of turning into a 'faceless korean' these days since he's sort of vanished from the scene. Hope he finds a new team soon.

On December 14 2013 01:02 Yhamm wrote:
I don't think he is retiring. I mean, just yesterday, he tried to qualify to http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Numericable_M-House_Cup_3/Online_Qualifier_4

Hm... I've never heard of this tournament before. Seems to be gaining attention since Stephano is participating, Polt cancelled, and jaedong is attending. Invite the big names

GTPGlitch

5061 Posts

December 13 2013 18:24 GMT

#108

IM announce signing of new zerg player under ID Losira ;o

fireforce7

United States334 Posts

December 13 2013 18:34 GMT

#109

Good luck Losira! :O

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

December 13 2013 18:34 GMT

#110

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo why losira?! hope IM keeps the rest of the players...

QCD

Suriname81 Posts

December 13 2013 18:39 GMT

#111

A lot of trades happening currently, I wonder if this has something to do with the new Proleague formation and up coming season?

Holdenintherye

Canada1441 Posts

December 13 2013 18:45 GMT

#112

I seriously hope he goes to Prime, they're gonna need all the help they can get

JoeCool

Germany2520 Posts

December 13 2013 18:51 GMT

#113

Why would someone leave IM right now?! Teams are disbanding left and right - mainly because they cannot afford their players - and KangHo leaves the team that probably has more money than any other korean team... except maybe SKT1.

Trasko

Sweden983 Posts

December 13 2013 18:53 GMT

#114

T_T

WigglingSquid

5194 Posts

December 13 2013 18:57 GMT

#115

On December 14 2013 03:51 JoeCool wrote:
Why would someone leave IM right now?! Teams are disbanding left and right - mainly because they cannot afford their players - and KangHo leaves the team that probably has more money than any other korean team... except maybe SKT1.

Well... *had* more money than any other eSF team. I'm fairly sure that LG was their main cash sponsorship.

FeyFey

Germany10114 Posts

December 13 2013 19:04 GMT

#116

On December 14 2013 03:39 QCD wrote:
A lot of trades happening currently, I wonder if this has something to do with the new Proleague formation and up coming season?

Well I was rather confused when IM and MVP moved over to Kespa, while at around that time Kespa announced the down sizing of teams to around 6 Players. Since IM and MVP were around 10ish players I was scared that players would have to leave IM and MVP. Kinda expected that some players won't be happy with new Kespa contracts and would leave as well.
Either way happy its more of a shuffle and not to much retiring. Though I hate it if teams are forced balanced.

mongmong

Korea (South)1389 Posts

December 13 2013 19:13 GMT

#117

Maybe he didn't want to play in proleague since former esf teams (now kespa) like mvp, im ,prime don't pay incentives for proleague wins ??

Muffloe

Sweden6061 Posts

December 13 2013 19:14 GMT

#118

Nooo, not Losira :'(

kisoso

Bulgaria105 Posts

December 13 2013 19:14 GMT

#119

WoongjinStar_Soulkey
MaruPrime
IMLosirA
MVPfinale

Names that has been used forever are no longer present... (well, I've always called him finale)
Man, it's been a tough week. T_T

Gamegene

United States8308 Posts

December 13 2013 19:22 GMT

#120

i think leaving IM is the right choice when you consider how little kangho has accomplished considering how much skill he possesses (kind of like seed).

sincerely hope he finds a team that will nurture him or give him more chances to be in the spotlight because i respect his level of play!