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Jermman
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada174 Posts
February 07 2014 06:44 GMT
#21
I still use your 15 gas mech opener vs protoss! sad to see you go.
Terran/Random Player
SkaPunk
Profile Joined October 2010
United States471 Posts
February 07 2014 06:51 GMT
#22
Not sure why this there is a thread on a casual player, but good luck to you, you were rarely BM to me on the ladder.
Team Fallacy
PinheadXXXXXX
Profile Joined February 2012
United States897 Posts
February 07 2014 07:00 GMT
#23
On February 07 2014 15:30 mikumegurine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 15:24 SniXSniPe wrote:
On February 07 2014 15:06 Kokujin wrote:
HTOMario is one of the most underrated and helpful members in the community. Never understood why he hadn't exploded into the limelight. (edit: probably because he is a terran foreigner) He made guides, he created his own builds, and he was good. Reminds me a lot of iEchoic from WoL actually. HTOMario is GM on KR server. Im sure those 3 posters up there are worth more to the community.


A quick search yielded:

http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/profile/929147/2/HTOMario/


That's not GM, nor has he been in prior seasons. Let's not exaggerate, shall we? To this date, I still don't know if there have been any non-Korean Terran GMs on the Korean server (although, there are still some players who can do it obviously).


edit: I forgot about Major for some reason


also Chinese players play primarily on korean server, (EU and AM lag for them)

i think iG.XY or maybe another chinese terran has made it in korean GM

i heard of Mario before, something to do with mech, sucks another player is calling quits for SC2


I'm pretty sure Iaguz has made it, but if players like state or snute can make top 25 or whatever, there have got to be foreign terrans who have made it too. I bet Lucifron, Kas, maybe even Qxc, have all made it at some point in their careers.
Taeja the one true Byunjwa~
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
February 07 2014 07:07 GMT
#24
I always enjoyed his replay packs
tar
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany991 Posts
February 07 2014 07:14 GMT
#25
gl in life!
whoever I pick for my anti team turns gosu
Taefox
Profile Joined March 2010
1533 Posts
February 07 2014 07:15 GMT
#26
good luck in life, one of best Mech Terran player
@taefoxy
TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
February 07 2014 07:51 GMT
#27
On February 07 2014 14:14 SoFrOsTy wrote:
..... "retire"? From what? He is a casual player... and he never pushed boundries! Ladder on NA and everyone else has been doing mech long before Mario.

It always surprises me how cutthroat gamers will be to their own kind... In my eyes any grandmaster who wants his own thread deserves it.

Best of luck in the future.
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
Glioburd
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
February 07 2014 07:58 GMT
#28
Ah Mario, I remember some of his mech video. It was cool from him to share some well dones guides like this. Gl~
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10366 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 08:06:49
February 07 2014 08:04 GMT
#29
On February 07 2014 15:24 SniXSniPe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 15:06 Kokujin wrote:
HTOMario is one of the most underrated and helpful members in the community. Never understood why he hadn't exploded into the limelight. (edit: probably because he is a terran foreigner) He made guides, he created his own builds, and he was good. Reminds me a lot of iEchoic from WoL actually. HTOMario is GM on KR server. Im sure those 3 posters up there are worth more to the community.


A quick search yielded:

http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/profile/929147/2/HTOMario/


That's not GM, nor has he been in prior seasons. Let's not exaggerate, shall we? To this date, I still don't know if there have been any non-Korean Terran GMs on the Korean server (although, there are still some players who can do it obviously).


edit: I forgot about Major for some reason


Don't know if he ever reached KR GM in any way, but he was like top 10-20 of all masters KR last time I checked, so he was really really close, and he didn't stop improving. He was able to get that good while also spending so much time contributing to the community and not just focusing purely on his self-gain, while also playing many styles of mech, meaning he had to figure a lot of things out on his own instead of learning from others or just focusing on standard bio.

He made a lot of guides, videos, even posted on the terrible Bnet forums to help out, and shared a lot of replays and streamed with commentary. He contributed a lot to the community. It's sad that he's quitting SC2 (but it's cool that he's not 100% quitting) but I'm happy that he is thankful for the last few years. Sounds like he has an amazing family. He didn't get to play on the big stage but he qualified for WCS and he's had more than I'd ask for and achieved more than 99.9% of SC2 players.

Thank you HTOMario!
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 08:11:03
February 07 2014 08:09 GMT
#30
Always sad if a fellow Belgian retires

It's my understanding that the "new" sponsor, who also is sponsoring the February 8th tournament wasn't paying us at all. I guess something struck me when I realized that everything is going forward and we're getting more and more people but we have no finances anymore? Running tournaments with no income for the prize?


This is disgusting. I knew there was something dodgy going on. I can't even find anything on their head sponsor, only a facebook page with 100 likes.
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Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
February 07 2014 08:18 GMT
#31
Best of luck to him in the future. I studied his replay packs quite a bit back when TvP was pissing me off and I started getting interested in Mech.
Sure, he wasn't a pro player or anything but he still contributed a lot to the mech threads on the forum and sharing his knowledge of it along with replays, which a mid level player like me found helpful at the time.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." I run the Smix Fanclub!
c0olL
Profile Joined November 2012
129 Posts
February 07 2014 08:19 GMT
#32
Cool story bro, and your wife is awesome
gl hf.
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
February 07 2014 08:34 GMT
#33
On February 07 2014 16:00 PinheadXXXXXX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 15:30 mikumegurine wrote:
On February 07 2014 15:24 SniXSniPe wrote:
On February 07 2014 15:06 Kokujin wrote:
HTOMario is one of the most underrated and helpful members in the community. Never understood why he hadn't exploded into the limelight. (edit: probably because he is a terran foreigner) He made guides, he created his own builds, and he was good. Reminds me a lot of iEchoic from WoL actually. HTOMario is GM on KR server. Im sure those 3 posters up there are worth more to the community.


A quick search yielded:

http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/profile/929147/2/HTOMario/


That's not GM, nor has he been in prior seasons. Let's not exaggerate, shall we? To this date, I still don't know if there have been any non-Korean Terran GMs on the Korean server (although, there are still some players who can do it obviously).


edit: I forgot about Major for some reason


also Chinese players play primarily on korean server, (EU and AM lag for them)

i think iG.XY or maybe another chinese terran has made it in korean GM

i heard of Mario before, something to do with mech, sucks another player is calling quits for SC2


I'm pretty sure Iaguz has made it, but if players like state or snute can make top 25 or whatever, there have got to be foreign terrans who have made it too. I bet Lucifron, Kas, maybe even Qxc, have all made it at some point in their careers.

Jinro did it in WoL, iirc it was on the Jedi Mind Tricks account or some other alternate acc.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
KOtical
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany451 Posts
February 07 2014 08:40 GMT
#34
what douches here in this forum... saying hto mario wasnt relevant... well he´s more relevant to sc2 than 95% of the people commentating here! people act like everybody got a own episode on day9tv... well to you mario i wish u and ur family the best luck in future, hope to maybe see u with the next add-on, or when sc3 is done then ur kids should be old enough to watch for themselves

washikie
Profile Joined February 2011
United States752 Posts
February 07 2014 08:41 GMT
#35
I hope you have an awesome rest of you life = )
"when life gives Hero lemons he makes carriers" -Artosis
chairmobile
Profile Joined July 2013
United States111 Posts
February 07 2014 08:48 GMT
#36
Seriously? I play zerg and I've known and watched this guys vods for months. He's very passionate, thorough, helpful, and a great addition to the community, and I'll be sad to see him go.

Not knowing who he is is excusable. Commenting on the thread for the sole purpose of saying "who?" to a player who has contributed so much out of his own time is fucking idiotic.
The game is balanced. We just suck.
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 08:55:13
February 07 2014 08:53 GMT
#37
On February 07 2014 17:09 Lorning wrote:
Always sad if a fellow Belgian retires

Show nested quote +
It's my understanding that the "new" sponsor, who also is sponsoring the February 8th tournament wasn't paying us at all. I guess something struck me when I realized that everything is going forward and we're getting more and more people but we have no finances anymore? Running tournaments with no income for the prize?


This is disgusting. I knew there was something dodgy going on. I can't even find anything on their head sponsor, only a facebook page with 100 likes.


Yeah I wonder why more people didn't seem to notice this bit in particular. :s

On February 07 2014 17:40 KOtical wrote:
what douches here in this forum... saying hto mario wasnt relevant... well he´s more relevant to sc2 than 95% of the people commentating here! people act like everybody got a own episode on day9tv... well to you mario i wish u and ur family the best luck in future, hope to maybe see u with the next add-on, or when sc3 is done then ur kids should be old enough to watch for themselves


Yeah lol I'd like to see some of these haters play on a professional gaming team and have their own LP page. Sry kids but Mario has accomplished more in this game than you ever will, even though he wasn't a top pro or known figure. =)

Good luck to him! I'm still intrigued about the whole sponsor deal though. ;s
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
InSSerenity
Profile Joined July 2011
117 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 08:56:15
February 07 2014 08:55 GMT
#38
On February 07 2014 17:48 chairmobile wrote:
Seriously? I play zerg and I've known and watched this guys vods for months. He's very passionate, thorough, helpful, and a great addition to the community, and I'll be sad to see him go.

Not knowing who he is is excusable. Commenting on the thread for the sole purpose of saying "who?" to a player who has contributed so much out of his own time is fucking idiotic.


Not to be overtly rude, but for the vast majority of people who don't look in every nook and cranny for sc2 related content, asking "who" is, at least in my mind appropriate for this person. If you browse TL regularly (sc2 sub forum) you could very well have no clue who he is unless you go out of your way to look up specifics. Calling people idiotic because they don't devote as much time as he did into making content, to find it is..well, yeah.

I don't know who he is, can't really say I care either, it sounds like some people benefited from his content which is great, it's more than the average or even most people do for the community, but he's not exactly someone people should be familiar with on name alone.

Thanks for what you did for the community Mario, good luck in whatever it is you decide to do next, and have fun.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 07 2014 08:55 GMT
#39
Played him a bunch back in hots beta. was a solid mech player and got a bit of recognition. Adios and good luck to him in his next challenges in life.
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 08:58:56
February 07 2014 08:57 GMT
#40
On February 07 2014 17:55 InSSerenity wrote:

Calling people idiotic because they don't devote as much time as he did into making content, to find it is..well, yeah.


Pretty sure chairmobile was calling people idiotic for speaking on an issue they are completely and utterly ignorant of, and rightfully so, in this case ragging on a player that they have no clue about (and who is still literally more accomplished than they will ever be in this game, so...)

If you're ignorant, be humble and respectful. If not, you deserve the wrath you incur.
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
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