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EffOrt Retires

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He wants to spend as much time as he can with his sick mother before he does military. -wax
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14461 Posts
September 21 2014 19:05 GMT
#1



Kim "(Z)EffOrt" Jung Woo decided to retire after leaving CJ Entus.

On September 22 2014 04:11 monk wrote:
He wants to spend as much time as he can with his sick mother before he does military. -wax




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CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
September 21 2014 19:07 GMT
#2
QQ
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
September 21 2014 19:07 GMT
#3
He just made RO16 this season he was looking pretty good.
soOjwa has returned to smite all that stand in his way
SC2Towelie
Profile Joined July 2014
United States561 Posts
September 21 2014 19:07 GMT
#4
No T_T
Don't forget to bring a towel! (Towelie.635)
Jenia6109
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Russian Federation1613 Posts
September 21 2014 19:08 GMT
#5
Reach GSL Ro16, retire. Reminds me of (P)JangBi retirement. No logic here.
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
September 21 2014 19:08 GMT
#6
oh wow, I knew it! Had a feeling this might be the case after he left CJ. Best of luck to him! Hopefully, LoveTV then!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
September 21 2014 19:08 GMT
#7
And he finally started to pull himself out of that slump. What a shame.
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
September 21 2014 19:09 GMT
#8
Rock on, Effort!
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18657 Posts
September 21 2014 19:10 GMT
#9
Huhh???
Why so sudden Effort?

You reached GSL top16!
NamuStarcraft
Profile Joined December 2013
Norway5 Posts
September 21 2014 19:10 GMT
#10
no ((
FlaSh FanTaSy Mvp Cure Bbyong
REyeM
Profile Joined August 2014
2674 Posts
September 21 2014 19:10 GMT
#11
Good luck to EffOrt in the future!

Hopefully he keeps playing Brood War.
S4 Arrows, never forget. RIP Woongjin Stars.
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
September 21 2014 19:10 GMT
#12
NOOOOOO
Refer to my post.
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3490 Posts
September 21 2014 19:11 GMT
#13
noooooooooo!!!!!!! Effort!!!

Well, I m sure he gave it a lot of thoughts.

Thank you for all the great games and everything you did for CJ in BW and in SC2! Good luck!
Horang2 fan
TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1981 Posts
September 21 2014 19:11 GMT
#14
I was wondering why one of the long time CJ members would leave... now i know
Total Annihilation Zero
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
September 21 2014 19:11 GMT
#15
That sucks
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8477 Posts
September 21 2014 19:11 GMT
#16
He wants to spend as much time as he can with his sick mother before he does military. -wax
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
September 21 2014 19:11 GMT
#17
EffOrt no T_T
ModeratorI am still alive, somehow
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
September 21 2014 19:12 GMT
#18
Sad to see, also amusing he has to point out that "this time its for real" after his brief retirement in 2010.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
SC2Towelie
Profile Joined July 2014
United States561 Posts
September 21 2014 19:12 GMT
#19
Lmao google translate xD
Don't forget to bring a towel! (Towelie.635)
TR
Profile Joined February 2011
2320 Posts
September 21 2014 19:14 GMT
#20
Sad to see one of my all time favorite Zerg player retire. Best of luck to EffOrt in the future.
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