EffOrt Retires

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

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

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

On September 22 2014 05:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Read the banner v.v

Sad to see Effort go, but it's for a good reason. Family comes first.

On September 22 2014 06:31 Hot_Bid wrote:
I will always remember being a CJ Entus fan and watching that OSL finals in the airport hanger. I was at a TL meetup at the time and when Flash went up 2-0, everyone else went to sleep (it was 6am) and only I stayed up and witnessed that crazy comeback.

On September 22 2014 08:06 sorrowptoss wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLXKaoFbp1E

never forget

On September 22 2014 04:10 sharkie wrote:
Huhh???
Why so sudden Effort?

You reached GSL top16!

On September 22 2014 08:56 Vaftrudner wrote:
This is so sad, but best of wishes to Effort and his mother!

On September 22 2014 06:31 Hot_Bid wrote:
I will always remember being a CJ Entus fan and watching that OSL finals in the airport hanger. I was at a TL meetup at the time and when Flash went up 2-0, everyone else went to sleep (it was 6am) and only I stayed up and witnessed that crazy comeback.

On September 22 2014 15:56 wl4d wrote:
Noooo Just when he started to get really good in sc2... !

On September 22 2014 19:53 DarthPunk wrote:
Never saw him play SC2 but Effort was a beast in broodwar in 09-10.

I remember a lot of people calling him the next Savior and he certainly was at times in a tier of his own, if not on the Flash/JD level just slightly below, Joined fleetingly by Bisu during his dominant Proleague runs + Show Spoiler + Effort was certainly the favorite after Jaedong to defeat Flash who was so dominant at the time.

Of course he beat Flash in The Korean Air OSL and then promptly retired. But he was never the same after that first retirement. + Show Spoiler +

Anyway seeing his name in the side bar was a blast from the past.

Thanks for the games Effort, thanks for making Flash look mortal if only a little, thanks for that epic zvzvz tie breaker, thanks for the memories.

On September 22 2014 18:47 Drake wrote:


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

On September 22 2014 18:47 Drake wrote:


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

On September 22 2014 17:37 nimdil wrote:


Still he was nowhere near his BW level.

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

On September 23 2014 10:41 brickrd wrote:

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

On September 23 2014 11:24 evilfatsh1t wrote:

"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"

On September 23 2014 11:33 BigFan wrote:

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.

On September 23 2014 11:33 BigFan wrote:

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.

On September 23 2014 15:23 evilfatsh1t wrote:

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

On September 24 2014 22:25 IntoTheWow wrote:
Hopefully he will play some more Brood War, at least a little