LucifroN is no longer an active player and will be returning to his studies. As of now, the length of his break is indefinite, and may effectively be retirement.

Names

Canada328 Posts

January 10 2014 22:43 GMT

damn, there goes another good terran player... though he hasn't been as active on the scene lately (active/sucessful), pains me to see another terran go

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

January 10 2014 22:44 GMT

RIP Lucifron Hype Train 9/16/12 - 1/10/14

ThePlagueJG

Sweden1010 Posts

January 10 2014 22:46 GMT

Heard it yesterday on Propcasten which Wake was a part of. Made me a bit sad, but it probably ain't easy to play well when you're not motivated and want to do something else. Gl Luci!

Aeromi

France14461 Posts

January 10 2014 22:46 GMT

No surprise, he declined the invitation in Nation Wars because he had some finals and he needs to study them. He was a good Terran in Europe.

pmp10

3380 Posts

January 10 2014 22:47 GMT

Awww.
We need another foreign terran hope.

Squat

Sweden7978 Posts

January 10 2014 22:48 GMT

On January 11 2014 07:44 Dodgin wrote:
RIP Lucifron Hype Train 9/16/12 - 1/10/14

That is pretty generous. He had some crushingly poor performances lately.

Niko_Thien

Germany2671 Posts

January 10 2014 22:49 GMT

I'm sad, he was my favorite Terran in EU, but the few times I had the chance to watch him play fpr the last few months, he really did look lackluster. I hope Heromarine fills the spot now

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

January 10 2014 22:59 GMT

The hype was never realized D;

Waxangel

United States33524 Posts

January 10 2014 23:01 GMT

#10

ahh, how unfortunate

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

January 10 2014 23:01 GMT

#11

On January 11 2014 07:48 Squat wrote:

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That is pretty generous. He had some crushingly poor performances lately.

Ye he started the year off pretty well but idk everything fell apart, it's probably for the best. I hope his brother keeps going on though

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

January 10 2014 23:02 GMT

#12

hmm I think maybe it was for the best tbh. He had a good period of time where he was hyped and had ok results but I doubt they matched the hype or his expectations(assuming he's aiming for the top). Considering the career of a progamer is short, taking a break, getting or continuing an education then coming back afterwards(if he wants) is a wise idea. Best of luck LucifroN!

Skynx

Turkey7150 Posts

January 10 2014 23:12 GMT

#13

Bah sad to see this, my fav foreign terran. I kinda saw this coming tho, hots really did not fit him for some reason...

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

January 10 2014 23:15 GMT

#14

Hype from foreigner fans and casters, notably, Mr. Bitter just crushed him. The weight of hype and expectations seemed too much for him and just crushed him to the point where he would just utterly fail at every offline event.

Casters never let the lucifron hype train grow naturally from results like say a scarlett, instead the casters just hyped him as a favourite at every event he went to. All those failures probably took a toll on his mindset causing his leave of absence you see today.

I will never forget the first time I took notice of the lucifron hype train as before this match I never really paid much attention to it. It was during one of those small 8 player dh invitationals. Can't remember which one, but I think it was dh valencia. Lucifron was facing DRG at his beastly peak when DRG was wrecking gstl and stuff. The casters were hyping lucifron so much this tourney and were predicting him to win it all and that he would beat DRG. DRG proceeded to 2-0 lucifron in 2 very one sided bops. From that point on I knew the lucifron hype was mainly a caster manifestation and totally undeserved. Kept waiting for him to prove me wrong, but he never did.