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TCM-Gaming would like to announce the official release of both Byeong Hyun 'YoDa' Choi and Hyun Woo 'First' Kang from the TCM StarCraft 2 division.
During their four months with TCM-Gaming Byeong Hyun 'YoDa' CHoi finished as the Runner-Up of the 2014 European WCS Season 3 and finished 4th at the MSI Beat IT 2014. Hyun Woo 'First' Kang finished in 5th place as the 2014 DreamHack Open: Winter tournament. In addition to that both of the players walked out victorious from a series of online tournaments including the GFINITY, ESL and ZOTAC cups.
Jim Maguire - Managing Director of TCM-Gaming
"Due to the recent changes imposed by Blizzard both Yoda and First have been forced to return to their native country to continue their gaming carriers. They have both represented TCM at the highest level in Europe and we wish them well in their futures in Korea. Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon."
- See more at: http://www.tcm-gaming.net/articles/News/StarCraft-II/1158/TCM-Gaming-releases-First-YoDa/#sthash.rivvPqIC.dpuf
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Germany913 Posts
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Was really surprised to read this when I saw it in the sidebar, but the reason makes much sense. It was a pretty good set of months for both First & Yoda, and I hope both the team and the players can build on this success.
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Sad but understandable. Nice that they are still gonna do stuff in sc2 though ^^
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Blizzard's killing eSport
Good luck to them.
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"couriers" should be *careers. Well, somewhat predictable news – good luck to both YoDa and First as well as TCM though!
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People are gonna jump into conclusions. I suggest adding "because blizz" to the title.
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Err I guess that was going to happen. Maybe one of them will go to DP? Because I don't really see PL teams getting new players now that PL is about to begin.
It's pretty cool to see that they still want to invest in SC2 though
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Well since they can't play WCS premiere it makes sense. I'm sure they enjoyed their 4 months with TCM and it's good to know TCM stil plans to do starcraft in the future. Good luck to all of them!
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Glad they're still going to support Starcraft
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should put this part in bold
"Due to the recent changes imposed by Blizzard both Yoda and First have been forced to return to their native country to continue their gaming couriers. They have both represented TCM at the highest level in Europe and we wish them well in their futures in Korea. Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon."
Unfortunate they couldn't get the same deal that ForGG did. Wonder why?
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On December 14 2014 05:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
Unfortunate they couldn't get the same deal that ForGG did. Wonder why?
Because YoDa and First were playing GSL in 2013 whereas ForGG was in Europe in 2012
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On December 14 2014 05:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
should put this part in bold
"Due to the recent changes imposed by Blizzard both Yoda and First have been forced to return to their native country to continue their gaming couriers. They have both represented TCM at the highest level in Europe and we wish them well in their futures in Korea. Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon."
Unfortunate they couldn't get the same deal that ForGG did. Wonder why?
Because they came 2 years later.
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Not very unssuspectet. TCM doesnt have any roots or connections to kor, where they gonna play now ( and maybe have a harder time then in Europe ).
I wonder if TCM will really support Starcraft from now on, because if you change it to a more "global perspective", you dont have to kick out koreans who will likely take planes to every event they get invited.
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On December 14 2014 05:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
should put this part in bold
"Due to the recent changes imposed by Blizzard both Yoda and First have been forced to return to their native country to continue their gaming couriers. They have both represented TCM at the highest level in Europe and we wish them well in their futures in Korea. Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon."
Unfortunate they couldn't get the same deal that ForGG did. Wonder why?
ForGG lived in Europe for way longer. From what I read, ForGG could have got a 'proper' visa if he took some French lessons but he decided not to because he wanted to live in Germany with his girlfriend instead.
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On December 14 2014 05:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
should put this part in bold
"Due to the recent changes imposed by Blizzard both Yoda and First have been forced to return to their native country to continue their gaming couriers. They have both represented TCM at the highest level in Europe and we wish them well in their futures in Korea. Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon."
Unfortunate they couldn't get the same deal that ForGG did. Wonder why?
Same reason MC/Hyun/Jaedong/all the Koreans who competed in WCS EU/AM but were based in Korea couldn't. ForGG is the Polt of EU, minus the visa.
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Belgica34432 Posts
Maybe if we ask blizz nicely YoDa and First will also get a special rule like ForGG
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your Country52797 Posts
Makes sense, hopefully good teams will pick them up!
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On December 14 2014 05:55 Clonester wrote:
Not very unssuspectet. TCM doesnt have any roots or connections to kor, where they gonna play now ( and maybe have a harder time then in Europe ).
I wonder if TCM will really support Starcraft from now on, because if you change it to a more "global perspective", you dont have to kick out koreans who will likely take planes to every event they get invited.
Since they seem to be focused on the foreign scene, presumably they'll sign a foreigner who has a chance to do well in WCS next year? Though there's not a lot of high level teamless foreigners out there... best two are probably Happy and Neeb? And there's also viOLet who is Korean but allowed to play in WCS, maybe he's the best candidate.
And to be clear on the "ForGG rule" for competing in WCS: you have to have already been living outside of Korea as of *January 1, 2013*. The only players anyone's thought of that this might apply to is ForGG himself and possibly StarDust (and Polt and viOLet who don't need it because they have legal U.S. residency.
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Blizz's choice in this, is just going to widen the gap between the skill of pro-players in EU/NA and KR.
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On December 14 2014 06:21 fruity. wrote:
Blizz's choice in this, is just going to widen the gap between the skill of pro-players in EU/NA and KR.
That's one of the biggest issues.
snute, Bunny, VortiX and the othere good foreigner are that strong 'cause they have koreans in their servers.
Dividing Korean and foreigner scenes the gap will be bigger and bigger.
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Wonder if the global perspective means picking up foreigners or higher level koreans.
Soulkey started following TCMs twitter not too long ago.
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On December 14 2014 06:28 Talionis wrote:
Soulkey started following TCMs twitter not too long ago.
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Wow, that was quick... understandable though
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So if YoDa and First wont be able to play for SPL, why not keep them for their new "global perspective" as well? While not the best players in the world, I could see either of them do quite well in Korea and weekend tournaments.
Best of luck to them both, hopefully they find a new team soon enough!
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On December 14 2014 06:28 Talionis wrote:
Wonder if the global perspective means picking up foreigners or higher level koreans.
Soulkey started following TCMs twitter not too long ago.
wow, kick koreans cause they cant play wcs eu -> pick up korean player?
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On December 14 2014 06:34 TargA wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2014 06:28 Talionis wrote:
Wonder if the global perspective means picking up foreigners or higher level koreans.
Soulkey started following TCMs twitter not too long ago. wow, kick koreans cause they cant play wcs eu -> pick up korean player?
Well I imagine they'd take Soulkey over First or YoDa
but yeah that's still weird
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YoDa must finish his gaming Carriers  truly protoss is the master race. we're playing on our carriers
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Assuming TCM was willing to maintain their contracts if they stayed in Europe for 2015 and considering how hard competition is in Korea, wouldn't be worth to move to Europe and compete in DHs, IEM, Gfinity, etc and forfeit WCS (perhaps they could play it in 2016)?
anyway ... "Our involvement in the StarCraft scene has also had to change from a European to a more global perspective and we look forward to announcing our continued support of StarCraft very soon." at least this is good news.
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United States97276 Posts
Well that didn't last too long. Good luck to them
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On December 14 2014 06:37 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2014 06:34 TargA wrote:On December 14 2014 06:28 Talionis wrote:
Wonder if the global perspective means picking up foreigners or higher level koreans.
Soulkey started following TCMs twitter not too long ago. wow, kick koreans cause they cant play wcs eu -> pick up korean player? Well I imagine they'd take Soulkey over First or YoDa but yeah that's still weird
hmm, yoda is terran though :O
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China6329 Posts
Not surprising, they are going back to Korea next year.
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It's a large loss for EU ladder, especially Yoda was very strong over there.
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Yo I am not gonna lie I totally thought First was still on a korean team >.>...
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Next news to be is the at hat "First and Yoda jump off a bridge off a bride gotthet" Lol alwya snews to be like them togetht or not ever since IM days
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So how many Korean players are left in Europe? ForGG, StarDust, anyone else?
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As long as no Team is able to pay the players enough for a worker visa, yes, these are the players left in EU.
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On December 14 2014 08:07 [16thSq] Kuro wrote:
So how many Korean players are left in Europe? ForGG, StarDust, anyone else?
What? It's known that StarDust is going to play WCS EU ?
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On December 14 2014 05:42 Clubfan wrote:
Wow, that's a shocker.
"shocker"
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Good luck to them! Could see Prime or Startale grabbing them.
Hopefully TCM can grow as an international team.
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Samsung could easily grab Yoda. They need to bolster their Terran lineup.
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On December 14 2014 09:17 Faefae wrote:Show nested quote +On December 14 2014 08:07 [16thSq] Kuro wrote:
So how many Korean players are left in Europe? ForGG, StarDust, anyone else? What? It's known that StarDust is going to play WCS EU ?
I haven't seen any confirmation of that but I haven't seen anything indicating that he's going back to Korea either, so I'm assuming he's staying.
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Obviously sad to see good players let go, hope they won't have any trouble finding Korean teams.
On the other hand, excited to see TCM invest in European talent
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Sad, but not super bad news seeing as it's just format rules etc. Glad to see TCM still be interested in the scene 
Hope YoDa and First get picked up fast by a Korean team for PL!
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So I don't get this whole thing. Is no one putting in the effort to get permanent EU residence? Or is it harder to do than for Polt and Violet in NA?
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really hope startale can snatch them up
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Finish those carriers guys. GL in Korea.
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