Hi guys. This news has been made 4 days ago in Taiwan, but I think it warrants mentioning here because yoeFWHui frequently made the top 50 Teamliquid.net streamers.
"To all the loyal fans of Hui, below is a short message he wants to tell everyone:
Hello to each and every fan, I am yoe Flash Wolves Starcraft 2 Pro Gamer Yuan Jinhui. Since my failure to qualify for the Ups and Downs for TeSL, the question of retirement had been constantly circling me. For this period I had spent a lot of time considering this and discussing this even more with management (at online bank / wan-in). Many people encouraged me to keep going, and I thank you for it! Because of your support and trust I was able to stick with it all the way until now, but it's just that I can't produce results at tournaments. Even though the company still supports me trying to chase this dream of going pro, it is clear that my abilities to progress have limits, and although I really am quite reluctant, I have decided to retire.
In the future, I will continue to be working hard all the same for eSports, I am very thankful to yoe Flash Wolves management, especially 4Leaf and JoJo! Upon finding out my decision to retire, they strived and recommended that I act as a host and caster on the stage for TeSL! I can also stream all Flash Wolves events, and on stream continue interaction with everyone! I will continue working as one staff member of Online Bank's Flash Wolves!
And lastly, I want to thank the mother company Online Bank Group for the full support and providing such a great stage to allow me to blossom as much as I like! Thanks to everyone at yoe Flash Wolves Team, even though we are the competitors at different events, we will always be close brothers! Thank you to all of my fans for supporting me! I'm so sorry I failed you all... But I'm not leaving! Yuan Jinhui will continue to strive and develop eSports!"
This makes 3 Taiwanese pros that have retired in the last 6 months.
Hui has been known to be the best teamliquid streamer from Taiwan besides Sen. People in Taiwan love watching his stream, to them it's like watching CatZ here.
The last thing I have to say is, "Flash Wolves never die. They just go missing in action."
hui! I just want to point out though that Has streamed 50% or more on that account. So it wasn't exactly all hui doing the streaming. That being said he seemed quite solid ~150gm korea. It's too bad he couldnt make anything happen at offline tournaments.
On March 09 2014 00:03 huff1 wrote: Hui in Russia means the same as it in Bulgaria right? :D
Yeah. It means "dick". :D On the plus side, I may possibly stop seeing his name on the streaming list. It was awkward to look for a protoss stream, and one of the few was him.
I saw this actually when I stumbled upon his liquipedia page, and was wondering if I missed the announcement. I was never super into his stream, but he was very popular. Never fun when a popular player leaves. Hopefully he enjoys his new role and finds it fulfilling.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
Taiwan's kinda weird like that. Very insular Starcraft community (other then the occasional stab overseas by Sen or smth).
it's the first time u heard about this guy because the chinese/tw players dont like to send their players out to foreign tournaments too often. unless u were the best of the best you usually just play within the boundries of china/tw. they are like their own little scene. also u havent heard of him probably because u dont watch streams too often, and when u do it's tournament.
I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
On March 09 2014 06:35 BreAKerTV wrote: I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
I've tried those searches and I get two famous Chinese people. What does it mean??!
I'm really not trying to be obtuse, I just can't understand your point.
On March 09 2014 06:35 BreAKerTV wrote: I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
I've tried those searches and I get two famous Chinese people. What does it mean??!
I'm really not trying to be obtuse, I just can't understand your point.
On March 09 2014 06:35 BreAKerTV wrote: I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
I've tried those searches and I get two famous Chinese people. What does it mean??!
I'm really not trying to be obtuse, I just can't understand your point.
I think he's basically saying that there's a lot of high-profile people in other cultures that are mostly ignored by the West (and vice versa) largely because of language/culture barriers.
Li Jian Lie was fairly unknown in Hollywood/Western cinema until he starred in Lethal Weapon, despite being a successful actor for 16 years prior (though some probably knew him from Once Upon a Time in China). There are quite a few celebrities from Asia that have no presence in the West, until the West has a reason to pay attention to them.
On March 09 2014 06:35 BreAKerTV wrote: I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
I've tried those searches and I get two famous Chinese people. What does it mean??!
I'm really not trying to be obtuse, I just can't understand your point.
I think he's basically saying that there's a lot of high-profile people in other cultures that are mostly ignored by the West (and vice versa) largely because of language/culture barriers.
Li Jian Lie was fairly unknown in Hollywood/Western cinema until he starred in Lethal Weapon, despite being a successful actor for 16 years prior (though some probably knew him from Once Upon a Time in China). There are quite a few celebrities from Asia that have no presence in the West, until the West has a reason to pay attention to them.
That comment definitely demands some decoding. Seems more like TeSL hipsterism than a relevant point in this case, surely we all know who Jet Li is... Saying he's only really had exposure in TeSL would have sufficed and made a whole lot more sense.
On March 09 2014 06:35 BreAKerTV wrote: I'm sure he will continue streaming and playing the game, but he may not play as hard as he has in the past. I feel like this will be better for him.
This all happened without anyone telling me, and I must admit that I found out this bit of info from looking at yoeFW's liquipedia page as well.
On March 09 2014 03:35 habeck wrote: this is featured news, but this is the first time i heard about this guy? Sc2 is strange
I think it's quite normal. I feel the Taiwanese players are about as strong as the North American players (although in WCS America 2014 Season 1, the only North American we've seen play against a Taiwanese pro was yoeFWIan vs. Puck, and Puck won that series.)
Add to that the language barrier. You never had to go looking for one of these guys before. Try google searching Li Lian Jie or Chen Long and I think you'll get an idea of what I mean.
I've tried those searches and I get two famous Chinese people. What does it mean??!
I'm really not trying to be obtuse, I just can't understand your point.
I think he's basically saying that there's a lot of high-profile people in other cultures that are mostly ignored by the West (and vice versa) largely because of language/culture barriers.
Li Jian Lie was fairly unknown in Hollywood/Western cinema until he starred in Lethal Weapon, despite being a successful actor for 16 years prior (though some probably knew him from Once Upon a Time in China). There are quite a few celebrities from Asia that have no presence in the West, until the West has a reason to pay attention to them.
Basically this.
The only real arena that yoeFWHui ever competed in for years was TeSL, and TeSL never had a live English stream (although I do provide a cast via replays on every weekend) that was broadcasted to the mainstream western public like the way GSL and Pro League is done modern days.
It also wouldn't surprise me to hear that you've never heard of Softball or Fly.
That's a shame, I have never really watched him that many times, but he is always at the top of the non featured streamer list. Obviously a great entertainer for many, sad to see him go. GL in the future Hui !
EPT
hui! I just want to point out though that Has streamed 50% or more on that account. So it wasn't exactly all hui doing the streaming. That being said he seemed quite solid ~150gm korea. It's too bad he couldnt make anything happen at offline tournaments. 
