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Headnoob
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2108 Posts
May 07 2014 01:14 GMT
#41
He'll be announcing his retirement any day now.
Kitaen
Profile Joined June 2011
Austria466 Posts
May 07 2014 01:17 GMT
#42
On May 07 2014 09:48 SirPinky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 07 2014 07:52 DavoS wrote:
Not surprised they made this decision, Kas was getting a lot less results and QQing a lot more. I wouldn't be surprised if he retires soon


It's not like Kas ever stopped playing the game. He is one of the most devoted players out there practicing; with usually 1k plus games per season (on his main). People don't realize that the STOG impacts peoples livelihood. I think you would "QQ" too if your contract was not renewed b/c balance issues over the last 8 months resulted in the underperformance of Terran. He is a great player and it is sad to see Empire was forced to make this decision.


i agree, kas isn't playing less or with less devotion, neither has he become worse - we all know what's the real reason.
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
May 07 2014 01:18 GMT
#43
On May 07 2014 09:48 SirPinky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 07 2014 07:52 DavoS wrote:
Not surprised they made this decision, Kas was getting a lot less results and QQing a lot more. I wouldn't be surprised if he retires soon


It's not like Kas ever stopped playing the game. He is one of the most devoted players out there practicing; with usually 1k plus games per season (on his main). People don't realize that the STOG impacts peoples livelihood. I think you would "QQ" too if your contract was not renewed b/c balance issues over the last 8 months resulted in the underperformance of Terran. He is a great player and it is sad to see Empire was forced to make this decision.

Kas didn't get the results he was getting because of balance issues.
Refer to my post.
PolarSel
Profile Joined October 2013
United States18 Posts
May 07 2014 01:18 GMT
#44
Good luck in the future kas! please stay within the scene!
Just have some damn fun! That's why we play games right? -Day9
jSwany
Profile Joined March 2014
United States5 Posts
May 07 2014 01:23 GMT
#45
On May 07 2014 07:37 shid0x wrote:
I mean i do not even say the word kas without ''empire'' anymore, its like his nick had merged with empire, they've been together for so long...


Same thoughts lol, sounds odd now but will be interesting to see what happens.
Advantageous
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
China1350 Posts
May 07 2014 01:26 GMT
#46
Wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow what?! who authorized Kas's release? this is blasphemy... this is madness!
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45167 Posts
May 07 2014 01:31 GMT
#47
Wow... Kas was always the first player I thought of when I thought of Team Empire.

Best of luck to Kas, and the fallen Empire.
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JacobShock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Denmark2485 Posts
May 07 2014 02:03 GMT
#48
april fools is only once a year =(
"Right on" - Morrow
SniXSniPe
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1938 Posts
May 07 2014 02:05 GMT
#49
I can't imagine Empire without Happy or Kas. Those two have basically been the faces of the team, except I think way back they had violet for a while?
SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
May 07 2014 02:22 GMT
#50
It will be an adjustment. It's never hard adjusting to Liquid'Kas
I am Godzilla You are Japan
iokke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1179 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-07 03:31:28
May 07 2014 02:27 GMT
#51
On May 07 2014 07:28 NovemberstOrm wrote:

Everything good comes to an end. Today we're breaking up with one of the veteran Team Empire - Michael " Kas "Gaida. Mike joined our team in 2010, and since then we have c through a lot together. Not so long ago ended contract Casa and we decided not to renew it. It was a very difficult decision, because the Empire is difficult to imagine without Michael. But in light of his recent speeches, given the current situation on the StarCraft II scene, this decision is quite reasonable. We thank the Casa for the time spent with us and wish him every success in finding a new home. We hope that it will become even more motivated and continue to improve their level of play. Thus in the active part of Team Empire remains only Happy . Well Kas forever take pride of place in the hall of fame of our team. Finally, let us recall the major achievements under the auspices of Michael Empire: 1st place - Copenhagen Games 2012 1st place - Ritmix RSL 1st place - WCG Ukraine 2011 1st place - ONOG Inv 1st place - Yegalisk Master League 1st place - dignitas Reverse Race 2 place - Techlabs Cup Moscow 2013 2nd place - TaKeTV Reloaded Invitational 3rd place - Intel Extreme Masters Kiev 2012 3rd place - WCG 2011 Grand Final 3rd place - ASUS ROG The GD Invitational 4th - Blizzard WCS ukraine 5-8 place - Intel Extreme Masters Katowice



you got to be careful here, the bolded word was a translation from "выступлений", which in this case more then likely means performances.

You had me searching through the thread looking for speeches Kas made that were worthy of a cut. Even got my pitchfork and list of sponsors out!

Didnt check the rest of the translation btw but it seems to make sense unlike that sentence
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TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
May 07 2014 02:30 GMT
#52
This is so sad. If Kas can't hold a team, who can?

Poor guy, stuck playing the race with the highest skill ceiling. Now he's gotta show some good results. Best of luck. Will root for ya man.
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
May 07 2014 02:37 GMT
#53
Kas and Empire just go together, it feels weird to think of one without the other. Not altogether surprising though
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Seifa
Profile Joined April 2011
Italy9 Posts
May 07 2014 02:58 GMT
#54
First Beastyqt, now Kas.... this is so sad for Empire. Both these players are my favorite European Terrans and i feel so bad knowing both of them are now teamless.

To be honest, i expected something like this to happen after Kas didn't make into WCS EU Premier. I wish him good luck for the future.
mechanik
Profile Joined February 2012
Mexico21 Posts
May 07 2014 03:19 GMT
#55
What do they mean by with
given the current situation on the StarCraft II scene
?
none
Ansinjunger
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2451 Posts
May 07 2014 04:07 GMT
#56
On May 07 2014 07:52 Holdenintherye wrote:
Where did this come from?
I'll always associate Kas and Empire together. Good luck to him in the future


When I think Empire, I think Kas. If Day9 still calls Apollo d.Apollo sometimes, this is gonna be 10x worse (or better :p)
onlyRox
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Germany26 Posts
May 07 2014 04:38 GMT
#57
wow, I did not expect that at ALL! I did not even think, that was possible!
TaeJa Life InnoVatioN Maru PartinG <3
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
May 07 2014 04:54 GMT
#58
Empire is done :/ GL finding a new team Kas!
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3751 Posts
May 07 2014 05:58 GMT
#59
Kas without Empire is like MarineKing without Prime.
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-07 06:13:55
May 07 2014 06:08 GMT
#60
On May 07 2014 11:27 iokke wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 07 2014 07:28 NovemberstOrm wrote:

Everything good comes to an end. Today we're breaking up with one of the veteran Team Empire - Michael " Kas "Gaida. Mike joined our team in 2010, and since then we have c through a lot together. Not so long ago ended contract Casa and we decided not to renew it. It was a very difficult decision, because the Empire is difficult to imagine without Michael. But in light of his recent speeches, given the current situation on the StarCraft II scene, this decision is quite reasonable. We thank the Casa for the time spent with us and wish him every success in finding a new home. We hope that it will become even more motivated and continue to improve their level of play. Thus in the active part of Team Empire remains only Happy . Well Kas forever take pride of place in the hall of fame of our team. Finally, let us recall the major achievements under the auspices of Michael Empire: 1st place - Copenhagen Games 2012 1st place - Ritmix RSL 1st place - WCG Ukraine 2011 1st place - ONOG Inv 1st place - Yegalisk Master League 1st place - dignitas Reverse Race 2 place - Techlabs Cup Moscow 2013 2nd place - TaKeTV Reloaded Invitational 3rd place - Intel Extreme Masters Kiev 2012 3rd place - WCG 2011 Grand Final 3rd place - ASUS ROG The GD Invitational 4th - Blizzard WCS ukraine 5-8 place - Intel Extreme Masters Katowice



you got to be careful here, the bolded word was a translation from "выступлений", which in this case more then likely means performances.

You had me searching through the thread looking for speeches Kas made that were worthy of a cut. Even got my pitchfork and list of sponsors out!

Didnt check the rest of the translation btw but it seems to make sense unlike that sentence

Ok thanks!


On May 07 2014 11:05 SniXSniPe wrote:
I can't imagine Empire without Happy or Kas. Those two have basically been the faces of the team, except I think way back they had violet for a while?


They have been the faces of the team for a long time,
they did have quite a few notable other players though most weren't on the team for too long though.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Team_Empire#Notable_Former



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