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He wants to spend as much time as he can with his sick mother before he does military. -wax
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
September 22 2014 20:23 GMT
#161
Respect he has got his priorities straight. Family comes first
wl4d
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
France103 Posts
September 22 2014 23:09 GMT
#162
On September 22 2014 17:37 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2014 15:56 wl4d wrote:
Noooo Just when he started to get really good in sc2... !


Still he was nowhere near his BW level.


he didn't, but he was on the way imo
EffOrt
bypLy
Profile Joined June 2013
757 Posts
September 22 2014 23:48 GMT
#163
he was a nice guy
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8829 Posts
September 23 2014 01:13 GMT
#164
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 23 2014 01:41 GMT
#165
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not
TL+ Member
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8829 Posts
September 23 2014 02:24 GMT
#166
On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not

"retire from playing computer games"
im not sure you realise how offensive that statement is. to these people its not just "computer games", its their goddamn job. its their life. you wouldnt retire from being an office worker if your mum was just down with the flu, so why would they. now im not saying efforts mother is only down with the flu, because its obviously much more serious. but you need to grow the fk up and show some respect to the people who make a living out of progaming. its not just "computer games"
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-23 02:34:54
September 23 2014 02:33 GMT
#167
On September 23 2014 11:24 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not

"retire from playing computer games"
im not sure you realise how offensive that statement is. to these people its not just "computer games", its their goddamn job. its their life. you wouldnt retire from being an office worker if your mum was just down with the flu, so why would they. now im not saying efforts mother is only down with the flu, because its obviously much more serious. but you need to grow the fk up and show some respect to the people who make a living out of progaming. its not just "computer games"

I don't see the reason why you are getting angry with his comment tbh. It's still a computer game in the end that he's playing as a job so yes, it's essentially a job but unlike jobs that you can work till retirement, even entry level ones, you can only do gaming for x amount of time before you have to retire and move on with life to work another job or get an education etc... I don't believe his comment was meant to be disrespectful though I don't see what's there to disrespect.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 23 2014 03:00 GMT
#168
On September 23 2014 11:33 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2014 11:24 evilfatsh1t wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not

"retire from playing computer games"
im not sure you realise how offensive that statement is. to these people its not just "computer games", its their goddamn job. its their life. you wouldnt retire from being an office worker if your mum was just down with the flu, so why would they. now im not saying efforts mother is only down with the flu, because its obviously much more serious. but you need to grow the fk up and show some respect to the people who make a living out of progaming. its not just "computer games"

I don't see the reason why you are getting angry with his comment tbh. It's still a computer game in the end that he's playing as a job so yes, it's essentially a job but unlike jobs that you can work till retirement, even entry level ones, you can only do gaming for x amount of time before you have to retire and move on with life to work another job or get an education etc... I don't believe his comment was meant to be disrespectful though I don't see what's there to disrespect.

yes that was absolutely the point, not to diminish SC2 (why would i do this when im a fan and member of the community?) but to put things in perspective that neither computer games nor cash nor glory will ever compare to the importance of family, friends and hearts

im pretty sure that guy was trolling from his first post though so whatever, best not to continue taking the bait i guess
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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
September 23 2014 04:47 GMT
#169
anyways sad no one posted this too:



nothing special but pretty sick commerical with effort, always super hype
iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8829 Posts
September 23 2014 06:23 GMT
#170
On September 23 2014 11:33 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2014 11:24 evilfatsh1t wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not

"retire from playing computer games"
im not sure you realise how offensive that statement is. to these people its not just "computer games", its their goddamn job. its their life. you wouldnt retire from being an office worker if your mum was just down with the flu, so why would they. now im not saying efforts mother is only down with the flu, because its obviously much more serious. but you need to grow the fk up and show some respect to the people who make a living out of progaming. its not just "computer games"

I don't see the reason why you are getting angry with his comment tbh. It's still a computer game in the end that he's playing as a job so yes, it's essentially a job but unlike jobs that you can work till retirement, even entry level ones, you can only do gaming for x amount of time before you have to retire and move on with life to work another job or get an education etc... I don't believe his comment was meant to be disrespectful though I don't see what's there to disrespect.

the fact that he put the emphasis on "computer games" just shows how little he thinks of the profession. whether or not he meant it that way is another story, but that statement is disrespectful. if effort was the ceo of apple he would not be saying "is a great reason to retire from managing one of the biggest company's in the world", but the fact that he pointed out that retiring from computer games should be a no brainer decision just shows a lack of understanding of how important the job is to actual progamers.

if you didnt mean any of this then i apologise, but surely i must not be the only one who took that sentence to mean that playing computer games for a job is amateur compared to "real" jobs
and no, i wasnt trolling at the start, it was a legitimate question. im curious as to how sick effort's mother is
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 23 2014 08:55 GMT
#171
On September 23 2014 00:53 The_Red_Viper wrote:
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On September 23 2014 00:34 Darkhorse wrote:
On September 22 2014 18:47 Drake wrote:
On September 22 2014 04:08 Jenia6109 wrote:
Reach GSL Ro16, retire. Reminds me of (P)JangBi retirement. No logic here.


jaeh why u try and try and try and when you finally seems to do it, retire ? its so stupid .(

Read the mod note ffs

TBF, the mod note is not really that noticeable imo.
It could need a red boarder or something like that
(i mean i did read it IN the thread, wouldn't have seen it otherwise ^^)


it's in the OP too
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Rhaeide
Profile Joined November 2008
Spain304 Posts
September 23 2014 14:26 GMT
#172
:_(

Good luck in the future EffOrt!
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-23 15:32:38
September 23 2014 15:31 GMT
#173
On September 23 2014 15:23 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2014 11:33 BigFan wrote:
On September 23 2014 11:24 evilfatsh1t wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:
On September 23 2014 10:13 evilfatsh1t wrote:
what kind of sickness does his mother have exactly?
some people here are talking as if shes terminally ill but i have no idea where you guys got that info from

that shes terminally ill is a fairly reasonable assumption based on the phrasing provided which changes nothing if incorrect, as spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not

"retire from playing computer games"
im not sure you realise how offensive that statement is. to these people its not just "computer games", its their goddamn job. its their life. you wouldnt retire from being an office worker if your mum was just down with the flu, so why would they. now im not saying efforts mother is only down with the flu, because its obviously much more serious. but you need to grow the fk up and show some respect to the people who make a living out of progaming. its not just "computer games"

I don't see the reason why you are getting angry with his comment tbh. It's still a computer game in the end that he's playing as a job so yes, it's essentially a job but unlike jobs that you can work till retirement, even entry level ones, you can only do gaming for x amount of time before you have to retire and move on with life to work another job or get an education etc... I don't believe his comment was meant to be disrespectful though I don't see what's there to disrespect.

the fact that he put the emphasis on "computer games" just shows how little he thinks of the profession. whether or not he meant it that way is another story, but that statement is disrespectful. if effort was the ceo of apple he would not be saying "is a great reason to retire from managing one of the biggest company's in the world", but the fact that he pointed out that retiring from computer games should be a no brainer decision just shows a lack of understanding of how important the job is to actual progamers.

if you didnt mean any of this then i apologise, but surely i must not be the only one who took that sentence to mean that playing computer games for a job is amateur compared to "real" jobs
and no, i wasnt trolling at the start, it was a legitimate question. im curious as to how sick effort's mother is

Reread his last sentence: "spending time with your ill mother is a great reason to retire from playing computer games whether shes terminal or not" -> his mother is sick, retiring is a great idea regardless if its terminal or not -> no insult to computer games. You can easily apply that logic to other jobs though a video gaming job has a much shorter life so the statement makes more sense.

Also, cmon, are you really comparing making decision for Apple to someone playing a video game T.T They don't even come close at all... It's one thing to respect the players which I'm sure most people on TL do but it's another to put them on that high of a pedestal when comparing them to other really high end jobs. In other words, please don't make that kind of comparison.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
josephmcjoe
Profile Joined October 2009
United States57 Posts
September 23 2014 16:38 GMT
#174
After the Savior debacle, Effort was the reason I continued to follow CJ. Effort's battle with Flash in the OSL finals is my favorite SC memory. Thanks for always putting a little effOrt into it.
"This guy is the Bob Ross of adept shading: a little shade here, a little shade there." -Lambo
A3th3r
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
United States319 Posts
September 23 2014 16:56 GMT
#175
Good luck to Kim "(Z)EffOrt" Jung Woo in his retirement. All the best to him in his future endeavors, hopefully.
stale trite schlub
H0i
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands484 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-23 18:10:41
September 23 2014 18:09 GMT
#176
This whole "computer games" argument seems to be based on the fact that some people believe the term "computer games" doesn't do being a progamer justice. But being a progamer is in essence about playing computer games. And playing computer games can be a very challenging, rewarding, difficult, admirable, "grand" thing. If you insist that saying computer games is offensive then you are just sustaining the false paradigm that playing computer games is lazy/bad/etc.

Good luck to effort and his mother, thanks for all the games, memories, practice hours, passion and I hope to see him back some day.
revy
Profile Joined September 2009
United States1524 Posts
September 23 2014 22:53 GMT
#177
Gl in whatever you choose effort! I'll never forget that 0-2 -> 3-2 comeback against Flash in his prime.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32278 Posts
September 24 2014 13:25 GMT
#178
Hopefully he will play some more Brood War, at least a little
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purakushi
Profile Joined August 2012
United States3301 Posts
September 24 2014 13:40 GMT
#179
On September 24 2014 22:25 IntoTheWow wrote:
Hopefully he will play some more Brood War, at least a little


Family first, but yes please~
Need more good Zergs ><
T P Z sagi
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-24 16:19:44
September 24 2014 16:19 GMT
#180
It's always the worst when I see an old school bw top players retire Especially a zergbrother.
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