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Flash Retires - Page 33
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moxie
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operwolf
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37084 Posts
On December 03 2015 07:36 operwolf wrote: Oh man, so sad to hear this. We all knew it was coming eventually, just hope he stays in esports. I'll never forget watching, staying up all night and being ass tired for class the next day but it was worth every second! Best of luck Flash! Are you some weird combination of opterown and Wolf? | ||
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StarKanto
France13 Posts
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany16063 Posts
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1715 Posts
but i hope he plays bw. it's going to be really fun and interesting to see him play with bisu, mind, zero, effort, hero, sea and the rest of the ex-pros there.i wish flash all the best on his plans  | ||
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jonich0n
United States1982 Posts
And there he goes. My favorite Starcraft player I've ever watched. Am going to miss him from SC2, despite his general struggles. Obviously he never reached the heights many expected but he still stayed a relatively strong player in the Korean scene all things considered. Just too many heartbreaking incredibly close losses to other great players in Ro32s/Ro16s which probably shook him a bit too much. Still showed flashes of absolute brilliance in SC2 imo, even though he also showed some incredibly poor play and shocking decision making at times as well. In addition to the so many fantastic BW memories, he did show his character and fight near the end of his SC2 run I thought too. Despite a truly horrible start to this last year's Proleague he bounced back strong for his team I thought. just felt KT in general was a bit misfiring and stuttering, too many critical players dropping in form at bad times. But remember not long ago in this year's Proleague Playoffs, in the first round against eventual runners-up Jin Air, he put up a fantastic performance despite his team losing on the day (the 2nd leg)... where Flash was brought out first and almost all-killed Jin Air with KT's back against the wall facing elimination. 3 strong victories only to be finally outshone by the brilliant sOs in Game 4, who would continue on to reverse-all-kill the rest of the extremely underwhelming KT. Despite his overall struggles in the game, and too-long significant slumps in form and confidence, he would still time and time again bounce back with strong quite remarkable performances, which to me shows some of his inspiring resilience and fight despite his waning and faltering ability. Farewell, The Ultimate Weapon, your legacy and impact on the RTS scene will never be forgotten. And will be interesting to watch where he goes from here. One wonders how successful he could be as a coach... it would be extremely doubtful he would be anywhere as successful as the brilliant iloveoov has been for SKT1, as obviously evidenced this year, who was an absolute revelation, at least for this year. But for KT fans, you would think replicating this transition would be something they would be hoping for, as difficult and doubtful that possibility may seem. Regardless, whatever he chooses to move on to do, I will be following and wish him the best of success. PS: And one other thing I would like to add. Despite the main page article claiming he fell off significantly after 2013, I would argue that 2014 wasn't that "terrible" of a year for Flash overall despite definitely a long and disappointing slump at a point. Yes he had some tough and disappointing individual league losses (quite a few to outstanding players though). But in Proleague it wasn't all so rough. Quite the opposite really. His overall Proleague stats for 2014 were not bad at all, finishing with the 4th most number of wins and a respectable 23-16 record! And have people forgotten who was the 2014 Grand Finals MVP securing a critical win for his team (the 2nd map to put KT up 2-0 against the previously dominant SKT1) on the biggest stage against PartinG? And the image of Flash dropkicking that SKT1 soccer ball into the crowd is easily one of my favorite SC2 memories. Felt like such an epic finals. That, and him winning IEM Toronto of course. | ||
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LessDuEt
United States8 Posts
but GG WP Flash | ||
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usopsama
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 03 2015 10:39 LessDuEt wrote: A lot of unnecessary worship on this thread... I can only assume you never watched FlaSh play in the days of BW. | ||
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wizmer
France32 Posts
On December 02 2015 11:10 jalstar wrote:Even in real sports you kind of struggle for examples, there's Roger Federer and Michael Jordan and not too many others. People always forget Sebastien Loeb. Apart from that, sad to see Flash leaves but no one can blame him. The guy has been try harding the last 10 years. He deserves his rest. GL to him in the future ! | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
Not really surprised that he retired though. Flash is a mechanical beast. Anyone who has seen his BW game against type-b would agree with that and being unable to differentiate himself above the rest using pure mechanical must've been rough for the former BW superstar. Other part of it is that he originally became a progamer for his love for BW so it makes me wonder what he felt towards SCII and such. Hard to become the best at a game that may not hold the same feelings as the original. Though he knows that his future is uncertain, I'm sure that it must've been quite the relief to decide to retire and think about what to do next. Personally, I hope to see him stream on Afreeca before deciding on his next step. Some flash vs Bisu would be amazing to watch and even more so if Jaedong decided to eventually retire (cmon Jaedong, your ASUS ROG victory was enough, come back already! lol). Either way, best of luck to Flash! I'm sure he has quite a lot of things planned out ^^ | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On December 03 2015 10:39 LessDuEt wrote: A lot of unnecessary worship on this thread... but GG WP Flash This is how you identify someone that discovered Starcraft 2010 with the release of WoL. It's like starting to watch basketball when Michael Jordan was playing in Washing Wizards and then going "unnecessary worship" when he finally retires. | ||
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SuperFanBoy
New Zealand1068 Posts
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rotta
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On December 03 2015 16:33 SuperFanBoy wrote: This seals it.. MVP will go down as the greatest Starcraft player of all time. Indeed, that one map he won. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On December 03 2015 16:33 SuperFanBoy wrote: This seals it.. MVP will go down as the greatest Starcraft player of all time. Hmm.. An interesting opinion. | ||
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