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Mixed feelings.
As a Flash fan, I'll miss waking up to watch his games. But I can't shake the feeling that this is probably overdue.
It was never about SC2. Anyone who's ever been at the top - and Flash was at the top of BW in a way that none of us are likely to be at the top of anything, ever, in our lives - finds themselves facing the question afterward: what comes next? You have to dig really deep to find the motivation to keep going after you've so thoroughly conquered something, and Flash never really ever found it again, as anyone who watched 2011-12 Flash knows. He held on for one more Proleague championship and one last MSL, but after he got his Golden Badge there was nothing left to go on for and SC2 didn't re-light the fire. Ever since then, that's what we've been watching - the dying embers of perhaps the greatest career e-sports has ever known, next to Boxer's, with the occasional flare-up that keeps us interested and reminds of what once was.
I understand the people excited to see him go back to BW on Afreeca, but I would also be cautious in that respect. It's always possible that going back after such a long absence will re-motivate him, but BW wasn't doing it for him after the Golden Badge and it very well may still not. It was never the game. It was the emotion, the passion - the will to be the greatest and the work ethic to see it through. Watching 2010 Flash, it was impossible not to get the feeling that this was something really, really special. And that's the thing about "special" - it isn't special if it happens often. 2010 Flash had never happened before. It may not happen again for a very long time.
Of course I'd like to see him stream BW again, if only for nostalgia's sake. Flash's peak BW years were good years to be a fan of Starcraft. But more than that, I hope he finds his "next". I hope there's something out there for him to find. That will, that work ethic - it can't have just vanished. It doesn't deserve to die with Flash's Starcraft career. Some of that 2010 magic clung to him for years afterward. Somehow we all sense that the potential for miracles is still there.
I hope to be able to see them.
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I wonder if this has something to do with him not liking lotv.
I mean he practiced lotv and played some showmatches.
If he had the plan to retire before that he would have quit right after hots ended.
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On December 02 2015 00:21 lichter wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 00:14 Wombat_NI wrote:
I'm not all that familiar with how Korea/Kespa runs, but hypothetically if Flash really hated Legacy would he be expected to keep quiet on that front for the sake of PR? Flash was always the good soldier so there is no way he's going to do something to embarrass or shittalk KeSPA or his team, even indirectly.
He won't say that he "hates it" But maybe something like it just did not fit him or something like that.
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So many atheists now. Who fills in for Flash now that he's gone? Innovation? Bomber? TY? Gumi?
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God said he might return to COACH. Do not lose your faith yet.
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On December 01 2015 23:55 y0su wrote:
First Kobe and now Flash. What a week..
I'm with you man. This sucks so much...
I'm at a loss for words.
GG and GL FlaSh, in whatever you do next.
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What a punch in the face getting home after work to this news. =/
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On December 02 2015 00:25 epi wrote:
Mixed feelings.
As a Flash fan, I'll miss waking up to watch his games. But I can't shake the feeling that this is probably overdue.
It was never about SC2. Anyone who's ever been at the top - and Flash was at the top of BW in a way that none of us are likely to be at the top of anything, ever, in our lives - finds themselves facing the question afterward: what comes next? You have to dig really deep to find the motivation to keep going after you've so thoroughly conquered something, and Flash never really ever found it again, as anyone who watched 2011-12 Flash knows. He held on for one more Proleague championship and one last MSL, but after he got his Golden Badge there was nothing left to go on for and SC2 didn't re-light the fire. Ever since then, that's what we've been watching - the dying embers of perhaps the greatest career e-sports has ever known, next to Boxer's, with the occasional flare-up that keeps us interested and reminds of what once was.
I understand the people excited to see him go back to BW on Afreeca, but I would also be cautious in that respect. It's always possible that going back after such a long absence will re-motivate him, but BW wasn't doing it for him after the Golden Badge and it very well may still not. It was never the game. It was the emotion, the passion - the will to be the greatest and the work ethic to see it through. Watching 2010 Flash, it was impossible not to get the feeling that this was something really, really special. And that's the thing about "special" - it isn't special if it happens often. 2010 Flash had never happened before. It may not happen again for a very long time.
Of course I'd like to see him stream BW again, if only for nostalgia's sake. Flash's peak BW years were good years to be a fan of Starcraft. But more than that, I hope he finds his "next". I hope there's something out there for him to find. That will, that work ethic - it can't have just vanished. It doesn't deserve to die with Flash's Starcraft career. Some of that 2010 magic clung to him for years afterward. Somehow we all sense that the potential for miracles is still there.
I hope to be able to see them.
Wonderful post.
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On December 02 2015 00:07 Silvana wrote:
Well it he goes to BW there's no option for me but to start learning BW... heh I didn't think the Starcraft history lessons would be useful someday
Wow alk that time I thought you were a bw player. So you started with sc2 and became a Flash fan? That's kinda awesome and might I say weird xd I doubt Flash will go to bw tho
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Oh man  worst thing I could possible read when I woke up.
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On December 02 2015 00:29 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
So many atheists now. Who fills in for Flash now that he's gone? Innovation? Bomber? TY? Gumi?
ByuN
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NOONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
FLASH! NO
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End of an era.......
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On December 02 2015 00:29 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
So many atheists now. Who fills in for Flash now that he's gone? Innovation? Bomber? TY? Gumi?
 Guilty
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My first login after many years - goodbye Flash! I will never forget that MSL finals against Jaedong with the power outage (2010?) - Such a hype and the crowd chanting their names...
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On December 02 2015 00:44 Silvana wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 00:29 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
So many atheists now. Who fills in for Flash now that he's gone? Innovation? Bomber? TY? Gumi? Guilty
This one gets it. 
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On December 02 2015 00:35 Lunareste wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 00:25 epi wrote:
Mixed feelings.
As a Flash fan, I'll miss waking up to watch his games. But I can't shake the feeling that this is probably overdue.
It was never about SC2. Anyone who's ever been at the top - and Flash was at the top of BW in a way that none of us are likely to be at the top of anything, ever, in our lives - finds themselves facing the question afterward: what comes next? You have to dig really deep to find the motivation to keep going after you've so thoroughly conquered something, and Flash never really ever found it again, as anyone who watched 2011-12 Flash knows. He held on for one more Proleague championship and one last MSL, but after he got his Golden Badge there was nothing left to go on for and SC2 didn't re-light the fire. Ever since then, that's what we've been watching - the dying embers of perhaps the greatest career e-sports has ever known, next to Boxer's, with the occasional flare-up that keeps us interested and reminds of what once was.
I understand the people excited to see him go back to BW on Afreeca, but I would also be cautious in that respect. It's always possible that going back after such a long absence will re-motivate him, but BW wasn't doing it for him after the Golden Badge and it very well may still not. It was never the game. It was the emotion, the passion - the will to be the greatest and the work ethic to see it through. Watching 2010 Flash, it was impossible not to get the feeling that this was something really, really special. And that's the thing about "special" - it isn't special if it happens often. 2010 Flash had never happened before. It may not happen again for a very long time.
Of course I'd like to see him stream BW again, if only for nostalgia's sake. Flash's peak BW years were good years to be a fan of Starcraft. But more than that, I hope he finds his "next". I hope there's something out there for him to find. That will, that work ethic - it can't have just vanished. It doesn't deserve to die with Flash's Starcraft career. Some of that 2010 magic clung to him for years afterward. Somehow we all sense that the potential for miracles is still there.
I hope to be able to see them. Wonderful post.
+1
I hope he finds another challenge and never loses enthusiasm!
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CVIyy1RU8AAqPGV.mp4
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what the heck, is this real ?
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On December 02 2015 00:44 Silvana wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 00:29 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
So many atheists now. Who fills in for Flash now that he's gone? Innovation? Bomber? TY? Gumi? Guilty
This is the truth.
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