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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
May 31 2014 19:18 GMT
#21
God has resurrected!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
May 31 2014 19:18 GMT
#22
On June 01 2014 03:48 MrMotionPicture wrote:
Thank God!

Thank Elfi!
showstealer1829
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Australia3123 Posts
May 31 2014 19:21 GMT
#23
No no no. SC Jesus doesn't resurrect till the THIRD month
There is no understanding. There is only Choya. Choya is the way. Choya is Love. Choya is Life. Has is the Light in the Protoss Dark and Nightmare is his chosen Acolyte
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-31 19:34:29
May 31 2014 19:30 GMT
#24
Let us hear from The Book of elfi:

Psalm 5
Listen to my words, Elfi,
Consider my lament.
Hear my cry for help,
My King and My God,
For to you I pray.

In the morning, Elfi, you hear my voice;
In the morning I lay my requests before you
And wait expectantly.
For you are not Teoita, who is pleased with wickedness,
With you, bad advice is nonexistent.
The arrogant cannot stand in your presence.
You hate all who do you wrong;
You destroy those who claim they are better.
The ones who detest your cat
You, Elfi, detest.
But I, by your great skill,
Can come onto your stream,
In reverence I watch
Simultaneously on both monitors.

Lead me, Elfi, in your righteousness
Because of my enemies -
Lead your armies straight before me.
Not a word from their mouths can be understood;
Their hearts are filled with greed.
Their throat is rusted from disuse;
With their tongues they speak Korean.
Declare them losers, O Elfi!
Let their arrogance be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
For they have rebelled against you.
But let all who are in your fanclub be glad;
Let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
That those who love your name may rejoice in you.

Surely, Elfi, you bless your viewers;
You surround them with your tactics as with a shield.

Psalm 16
Keep me safe, Elfi,
For in you I take refuge.

I say to Elfi, "You are my God;
Apart from you I have no favorites."
I say of Naniwa and Scarlett in the bracket,
"They are the noble ones who shall guide you to victory."
Those who run after other players will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out my sympathy to these players
Or get banned from Team Liquid for losing bets on them.

Elfi, you alone are my keyboard and my mouse;
You make my play secure.
My forcefields have fallen for me in unpleasant places;
Surely you know what to do in this situation.
I will praise Elfi, whose stream I watch;
Even in the early morning when it's bedtime in Finland.
I keep my eyes on Elfi's stream.
With him on my second monitor, I will not be shaken.

Therefore, my heart is glad and my hand rejoices;
My mind will also rest secure,
Because your special tactics will not leave me dead,
Nor will your builds ever see decay.
You make known to me clutch warp prism drops;
You show me unorthodox blink stalker timings,
And halve the APM of my right hand.

Amen
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
May 31 2014 22:21 GMT
#25
honestly who cares if people retire/go on hiatus and then come back? they do this because returning from retirement in SC2 is as easy as starting to practice and qualifying for tournaments, unlike in other sports where you have to officially return to the league and/or get signed by a team. yes, everyone knows this happens a lot. but like... who cares? does it hurt anyone?

welcome back elfi
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
May 31 2014 22:25 GMT
#26
Poll: One true God

Elfi (180)
 
81%

Flash (42)
 
19%

222 total votes

Your vote: One true God

(Vote): Elfi
(Vote): Flash

Moderator
Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
May 31 2014 22:26 GMT
#27
I wish there could be news just like "Bisu returns to sc2" or "Jangbi announced comeback"...

w.e. glad elfi is back, although we hasnt started to miss him while his short brake :D
In memory of Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson 11.09.1985 - 21.07.2019 A tribute to incredible man, embodiment of joy, esports titan, starcraft community pillar all in one. You will always be remembered!
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-31 22:28:04
May 31 2014 22:27 GMT
#28
He retired for just about as long as Zealously did

Maybe he'll come back with more power too?
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
May 31 2014 22:35 GMT
#29
On June 01 2014 07:25 stuchiu wrote:
Poll: One true God

Elfi (180)
 
81%

Flash (42)
 
19%

222 total votes

Your vote: One true God

(Vote): Elfi
(Vote): Flash


#elfiisgod
On February 06 2014 13:21 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
In the beginning, Elfi created the pylon and the gateway. Now the APM counter was declining and nearly empty, darkness was over most of the minimap, and his cat Pekka was hovering over the keyboard.

And Elfi said, "Let there be gas," and there was gas. Elfi saw that the gas was good, and sent three probes into each geyser to harvest it. Elfi called the first three probes "for core", and the other three probes "for stargate". And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the first minute.

And Elfi said, "Let there be a pylon between the structures to separate structure from structure." So Elfi made the pylon and separated his gateway from the core on the other side. And it was so. Elfi began his first zealot. And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the second minute.

And Elfi said, "Let the nexus in the main produce a mothership core, and let a mothership core appear." And it was so. Elfi rallied the mothership core to his ramp, and the new probes he put on minerals. And Elfi saw that it was good.

Then Elfi said, "Let the core research warp gate: gateways to eventually transform into warp gate and bear units with attacks, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The core researched warp gate, a second gateway went into construction to bear units with attacks according to their kinds. And Elfi saw that it was good. And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the third minute.

And Elfi said, "Let there be a stargate to make phoenixes and punish expansions, and let them serve as scouts to mark enemy buildings, units, and researches, and let them be units in the airspace of the map to defend the base." And it was so. Elfi made two phoenixes - the phoenix to show his chosen tech path to the enemy, and the oracle to die to enemy stalker pressure. He also made a hallucinated phoenix. Elfi set it in the base of the enemy next to his real phoenix to deliver more scouting information, and to confuse the enemy as to which phoenix was the real one. And Elfi saw that it was good. And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the fourth minute.

And Elfi said, "Let the phoenixes use all of their energy, and let them fly above the mineral lines across the base of the enemy." So Elfi hit the G key and clicked on things in the mineral line, according to their kinds, and lifted the stalker instead of the probe. And Elfi saw that it was good, since it gave his oracle free rein to shoot the probes. Elfi blessed them and said, "Vittu." And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the fifth minute.

And Elfi said, "Let my base produce units according to their kinds: the zealots, the stalkers that blink across the map, and the sentries, each according to their kind. And it was so. Elfi made the sentries according to their kinds, the zealots according to their kinds, and the stalkers that blink across the map according to their kind. And Elfi saw that it was good.

And Elfi said, "Let us expand while attacking, while making air units, so that I may simultaneously achieve everything and optimize the use of my eighty actions per minute on my zealots, and my sentries, and over all the stalkers that blink across the map."

So Elfi expanded to his natural in his main's image, in the image of his main he expanded there, nexus he created there.

Elfi blessed it and said to it, "Be fruitful and deliver probes, fill the mineral line and empty it. Remind me to take both assimilators to that I may hide probes from attacks in them. Allow me to build more zealots and sentries and stalkers that blink across the map.

Then Elfi said to Pekka, "I give you every expansion on the face of this whole map and every building powered by my Artosis pylon. They will be yours to control. And to all the units of the map and all the phoenixes in the sky and all the sentries that blink across the map, everything with the tag "elfi" on it, I send to the enemy base to attack." And it was so.

Elfi saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was the occasional e-click, and the occasional "not enough minerals", the sixth minute.

Thus the base and the buildings were completed in all their vast array.

By the seventh minute Elfi had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh minute he left to go take a dump and left Pekka in charge. Then Elfi blessed Pekka and made him holy, because he had just entrusted the winning of at least 100 WCS points to his cat.

Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
June 02 2014 15:14 GMT
#30
Awesome!
Moderatorlickypiddy
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46264 Posts
June 02 2014 15:16 GMT
#31
On June 01 2014 03:45 Shellshock wrote:
I thought he was just on break and not retired


That's pretty much the same thing nowadays.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Sepi
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland231 Posts
June 02 2014 20:20 GMT
#32
PEKKA MADE HIM DO IT!
♞live like a windrammer as you fuck ♞
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-02 20:35:02
June 02 2014 20:25 GMT
#33
The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors!

For though you may walk amongst us mere mortals once more!
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 02 2014 20:45 GMT
#34
whos god
elfi is god
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
June 02 2014 20:46 GMT
#35
That wasn't very long...
SC2 Calling i guess.
RIP MKP
Axxis
Profile Joined May 2010
United States133 Posts
June 02 2014 20:52 GMT
#36
Lol, saw this one coming. Maybe a couple weeks is what he needed. These guys should all do this a little some. I realize you have to sacrifice and practice a lot but small breaks can really do a lot for you.
What we obtain too cheaply; we esteem too lightly. It is in dearness only that gives everything it's value.
Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
June 02 2014 21:13 GMT
#37
lol i didn't realize he had retired.

welcome back God!
TY <3 Cure <3 Inno <3 Special <3
mderg
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1740 Posts
June 02 2014 21:16 GMT
#38
On June 03 2014 06:13 Schelim wrote:
lol i didn't realize he had retired.

welcome back God!

he never actually retired.
LuckyGnomTV
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Russian Federation367 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-02 21:35:00
June 02 2014 21:25 GMT
#39
Im bored of all this "retirements". If you assume that you can back - just leave quietly and if you left with some drama around you - dont be a girl, do what you sayed.
OldLadyStarCraft
Profile Joined November 2013
United States66 Posts
June 02 2014 21:37 GMT
#40
Someone once said that you will never see Elfi or Welmu at the same time. They coexist like two sides of a coin so they take turns being in the public eye. Never mind the hair color or facial differences - their Finnish essence is the same. Seriously, I enjoy both Elfi and Welmu as they have unique styles.
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