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rare (CJ Entus) retires.

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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51548 Posts
July 08 2014 09:05 GMT
#1
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Hello, fans.
Today, we have to say goodbye to Lee Sang-Jun from the member of Star2 team. We wish Lee Sang-Jun every success in all his future endeavors.
Thank you for all your support and love for him. We, CJ ENTUS will always do our best to answer your expectation. Thank you.

“Hello. This is (Z)rare, Lee Sang-Jun.
Before I leave, I would like to thank all my fans for their ongoing support and love. I am sorry that I can no longer be with you fans and CJ ENTUS. Even though I leave, I will continue to support CJ ENTUS. Hope you would continue to support CJ ENTUS too. Thank you.”


Source: CJ ENTUS Facebook Page




I guess we know have official reasoning as to why he has been absent from Proleague as well as the Code A qualifier last week.
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iLoveKT
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Philippines3615 Posts
July 08 2014 09:29 GMT
#2
Pulling a pigbaby perhaps?
Woo Jung Ho
Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
July 08 2014 09:33 GMT
#3
CJ falling apart after Maru crushed their play-off hopes.

Abandon ship!
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3444 Posts
July 08 2014 09:46 GMT
#4
awww too bad!

Good luck with whatever he ll be doing!

CJ hwaiting!
Horang2 fan
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5219 Posts
July 08 2014 09:53 GMT
#5
I rarely ever saw that guy play.

Good luck!
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
July 08 2014 09:54 GMT
#6
Looks like an older version of Rain
ThePastor
Profile Joined February 2012
New Zealand380 Posts
July 08 2014 10:09 GMT
#7
Is it just me or is it becoming less rare that someone off his calibre would retire!
Mojito99
Profile Joined October 2013
Germany154 Posts
July 08 2014 10:15 GMT
#8
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-08 10:45:54
July 08 2014 10:45 GMT
#9
On July 08 2014 19:15 Mojito99 wrote:
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring


You're welcome to show me an EU player good enough to make CJ's Proleague line-up, or indeed any EU player good enough to make Code A. Hint: there are none. rare is most likely better than the vast majority of EU players, and equating him with a "EU Master rank 76" player is insulting.
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XDEKSDEEXD
Profile Joined June 2013
622 Posts
July 08 2014 10:46 GMT
#10
Good luck rare!
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
July 08 2014 11:13 GMT
#11
On July 08 2014 19:45 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 19:15 Mojito99 wrote:
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring


You're welcome to show me an EU player good enough to make CJ's Proleague line-up, or indeed any EU player good enough to make Code A. Hint: there are none. rare is most likely better than the vast majority of EU players, and equating him with a "EU Master rank 76" player is insulting.

I somewhat agree with both statements...
A lot of ppl retiring are retiring in the same way we "retire" at the end of the day. We stop being awake and go to sleep by retiring, or at the end of our lives, we retire our bodies.
But they aren't retiring in a professional sense, which is the way we were used to hearing it initially.

rare is another case though. He is retiring in a professional sense. He's not a guy who's going to stop playing for fun. He might even keep playing SC2 consistantly for another few years, but he's not going to do it as a career anymore.

That's the difference, is that a lot of ppl, even if they were trying really hard, didn't actually DO sc2.... Not as a career anyways...
They played the game to have fun, maybe even on a competitive level, but it wasn't their JOB.

For rare it was.

So both statements are pretty accurate, yet misled.

I think that's a valid argument though. People need to not say they are "retiring" from something they didn't actually have a career in. It's cool to tell the community that you're not going to be active in the game you play, but it's on a different level than someone quitting their job..

GL to rare! Hope he accomplishes great things, even if he comes out of retirement and back into SC2!
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
Mojito99
Profile Joined October 2013
Germany154 Posts
July 08 2014 11:47 GMT
#12
On July 08 2014 20:13 Shinta) wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 19:45 Zealously wrote:
On July 08 2014 19:15 Mojito99 wrote:
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring


You're welcome to show me an EU player good enough to make CJ's Proleague line-up, or indeed any EU player good enough to make Code A. Hint: there are none. rare is most likely better than the vast majority of EU players, and equating him with a "EU Master rank 76" player is insulting.

I somewhat agree with both statements...
A lot of ppl retiring are retiring in the same way we "retire" at the end of the day. We stop being awake and go to sleep by retiring, or at the end of our lives, we retire our bodies.
But they aren't retiring in a professional sense, which is the way we were used to hearing it initially.

rare is another case though. He is retiring in a professional sense. He's not a guy who's going to stop playing for fun. He might even keep playing SC2 consistantly for another few years, but he's not going to do it as a career anymore.

That's the difference, is that a lot of ppl, even if they were trying really hard, didn't actually DO sc2.... Not as a career anyways...
They played the game to have fun, maybe even on a competitive level, but it wasn't their JOB.

For rare it was.

So both statements are pretty accurate, yet misled.

I think that's a valid argument though. People need to not say they are "retiring" from something they didn't actually have a career in. It's cool to tell the community that you're not going to be active in the game you play, but it's on a different level than someone quitting their job..

GL to rare! Hope he accomplishes great things, even if he comes out of retirement and back into SC2!


agreed (=
FreDMouL
Profile Joined April 2011
France59 Posts
July 08 2014 12:41 GMT
#13
On July 08 2014 19:45 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 19:15 Mojito99 wrote:
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring


You're welcome to show me an EU player good enough to make CJ's Proleague line-up, or indeed any EU player good enough to make Code A. Hint: there are none. rare is most likely better than the vast majority of EU players, and equating him with a "EU Master rank 76" player is insulting.

u sounds mad
There are some EU players good enough to make Code A.

And what did rare ?
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Rare
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Rare
nothing.

So yes, rare who ?

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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51548 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-08 12:54:52
July 08 2014 12:53 GMT
#14
rofl, i'd wager my life savings that a person of european nationality would not be able to qualify through the korean code a qualifiers in this modern era.
but this is a completely moot point and irrelevant to the discussion this topic was created for.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45290 Posts
July 08 2014 13:02 GMT
#15
On July 08 2014 19:15 Mojito99 wrote:
dosent "retire" imply a career in that field?

I feel like 1/2 of the retirements announced within 2014 are on a level with EU Master rank 76 saying he is now retiring


He's certainly not one of the more famous names in the community, but the fact that he was on a Korean pro-team should mean something to you and does mean something in the professional scene.

Best of luck to rare in the future!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
July 08 2014 13:04 GMT
#16
On July 08 2014 21:53 GTR wrote:
rofl, i'd wager my life savings that a person of european nationality would not be able to qualify through the korean code a qualifiers in this modern era.
but this is a completely moot point and irrelevant to the discussion this topic was created for.


You'd be wrong. Welmu, Mana etc etc

Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
July 08 2014 13:15 GMT
#17
On July 08 2014 22:04 Psychobabas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 21:53 GTR wrote:
rofl, i'd wager my life savings that a person of european nationality would not be able to qualify through the korean code a qualifiers in this modern era.
but this is a completely moot point and irrelevant to the discussion this topic was created for.


You'd be wrong. Welmu, Mana etc etc



You are aware of the fact that no foreigner in the history of ever has made it through the Code A qualifiers?
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Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-08 13:19:10
July 08 2014 13:18 GMT
#18
On July 08 2014 22:04 Psychobabas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 21:53 GTR wrote:
rofl, i'd wager my life savings that a person of european nationality would not be able to qualify through the korean code a qualifiers in this modern era.
but this is a completely moot point and irrelevant to the discussion this topic was created for.


You'd be wrong. Welmu, Mana etc etc


Mana... And beyond that it doesn't matter who "might be capable" unless they do it.
Refer to my post.
Meavis
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Netherlands1300 Posts
July 08 2014 13:19 GMT
#19
didn't HuK and naniwa also get throught code A quals?
"Not you."
RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4121 Posts
July 08 2014 13:26 GMT
#20
no they got a foreigner seed directly into the competition
also if you look at the list of top korean players who fail to qualify for code A you understand
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