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KaL (GooJila) retires.

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JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 00:55 GMT
#1
KaL (GooJila) has decided to retire “I want to rest for the time being.”

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KaL, who after finishing his military service continued his progaming career by joining Prime, has regrettably pronounced his retirement.

With the disbanding of Airforce ACE and STX Soul, KaL had no team to go back to. Even while doing his service, KaL had not lost his passion for progaming. As soon as he was discharged, he joined Prime right away and fulfilled that passion.

However, the long period in which he was away from progaming (even with his time in Airforce ACE) held him back. Despite his best efforts, his game sense didn’t seem like it was returning and he eventually made the decision to retire.

When KaL joined Prime he had said, “If I feel like I am unable to grow into a 1 win card for my team I will retire.” He practiced rigorously in Round 1 but he felt like he had reached his limit and told Coach Park about his intentions to retire.

KaL plans to take a break after retirement. He had been unable to rest after he was discharged [having joined Prime right away]. He plans to go to on a vacation and do things he had been unable to do previously and clear his mind a bit.

Prime’s Coach Park states “His passion for progaming was strong but it seems his time away was too hard to overcome,” and “I’m thankful for the effort KaL put in for Prime.”

[Daily eSports Writer Lee Sora sora@dailyesports.com]

source: DES
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soujiro_
Profile Joined June 2010
Uruguay5195 Posts
April 11 2014 01:12 GMT
#2
awesome news, hope to see him in afreeca soon
ace hwaiting!!
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
April 11 2014 01:19 GMT
#3
On April 11 2014 10:12 soujiro_ wrote:
awesome news, hope to see him in afreeca soon

Hahaha Kal retires: "awesome news"

The times we live in bw fighting!
Jaedong.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
April 11 2014 01:53 GMT
#4
hope he picks up BW again
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10680 Posts
April 11 2014 01:59 GMT
#5
Wish him the best of luck, KaL to sospa incoming........
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
April 11 2014 02:11 GMT
#6
This is the last game of KaL's I can remember
[゚n゚] SSSSssssssSSsss ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
April 11 2014 02:18 GMT
#7
oh wow, that's quite the news. Thanks for translating! I think this should be in the SCII section as well (or community news section) since he played quite a bit of SCII PL. Sad for SCII fans but may be good news for BW ones if he joins SOSPA so I guess some win, some lose lol. Best of luck to him in whatever he does next!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
JohnChoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
1773 Posts
April 11 2014 02:18 GMT
#8
I actually posted this in both bw gen and sc2 gen but the one in sc2 gen got buried pretty quickly.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44784 Posts
April 11 2014 02:25 GMT
#9
Gonna miss him. SmugToss fighting!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
April 11 2014 02:55 GMT
#10
GL
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
April 11 2014 04:32 GMT
#11
"For the time being." Thank you for the memories, Kal, rest well, BW will be here when you're back.

Kim Goo Hyun fighting!
BW fighting!
nekotrap
Profile Joined April 2011
130 Posts
April 11 2014 05:26 GMT
#12
He actually managed to do quite well at the start in proleague, beating HerO and Soulkey right after coming back from service.
A broken carrot is more than enough for the likes of you
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
April 11 2014 06:26 GMT
#13
Bye Kal, I remember when you burst onto the scene and had that final vs. Jaedong. gl hf and thanks for all the memories.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50465 Posts
April 11 2014 06:32 GMT
#14
Pls come to afreeca
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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ricecake
Profile Joined October 2010
152 Posts
April 11 2014 06:38 GMT
#15
Best of luck to Kal in whatever he chooses next! Hopefully we get to see him play more BW, but if not I will still appreciate the memories he gave us .
Steak's hair gives him super strength!
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
April 11 2014 07:15 GMT
#16
Well to afreeca~
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
April 11 2014 07:22 GMT
#17
Hopefully will see him in afreeca by the end of the season
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Glioburd
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
April 11 2014 08:08 GMT
#18
See you soon Red Shuttle.
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
Taronar
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands177 Posts
April 11 2014 08:27 GMT
#19
Best of luck to KaL, did really enjoy him at Proleague Round 1.

Good luck!
SKT1.Rain | SKT1.PartinG | Liquid TaeJa | Startale Life
Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
April 11 2014 08:37 GMT
#20
Good luck with whatever he chooses to do. It would be great to see a few Afrecca games but it sounds like that's not high on his priorities right now.
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