Great article and loving all of the comments. Flash was the reason I watched SC for all of these years. Sad to see him go, but glad he is staying around in the scene.

Makro

France16890 Posts

December 02 2015 15:18 GMT

#104

excellent

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

December 02 2015 16:16 GMT

#105

Really nice writeup!
I was more of a Bisu guy (toss for life!

) but Flash is someone to remember!

Piste

6179 Posts

December 02 2015 16:21 GMT

#106

I hope he tries some broodwar again

BretZ

United States1510 Posts

December 02 2015 16:35 GMT

#107

I can only be thankful I got to see him play Brood War and Sc2. Absolutely a mastermind in his own right. Hopefully Starcraft 2 will be graced with someone nearly as good

brickrd

United States4894 Posts

December 02 2015 17:24 GMT

#108

cya flash. i'm a sc2 fan, so i don't identify with the hype from his bw skill. he'll probably go back and play some bw now, which i think is better for everyone. he was a stronger player in bw, bw fans get him back, sc2 fans who don't care don't have to live through the nostalgia hype train anymore

gl hf

Hassan_RO

Romania77 Posts

December 02 2015 17:26 GMT

#109

Another God of Terran, another Icon, after BoxeR, goes silent

Ultimate weapon, may you forever shoot straight.

Just another Terran Fan.

unit

United States2621 Posts

December 02 2015 17:35 GMT

#110

:'(

sad day, I will never forget how much of a monster he was in PL and OSL/MSL. The guy felt damn near unbeatable. Even though he never fully transferred that to sc2 I will always remember him as the greatest starcraft player to ever live

boxer is the only one that compares even though he was before my time

orvinreyes

577 Posts

December 02 2015 17:57 GMT

#111

Coincidentally, Adobe is also getting rid of Flash this very same day

"Adobe Is Finally Killing the Flash Name"
http://gizmodo.com/adobe-is-finally-killing-the-flash-name-1745473766

Gudge

542 Posts

December 02 2015 18:00 GMT

#112

flashuuuuu pls

nimdil

Poland3748 Posts

December 02 2015 18:01 GMT

#113

This quote

On September 25 2012 00:31 l10f wrote:
Flash's mind-numbingly boring 14cc into Zzz style of play

is the most memorable for me of all summaries of BW games and it's exactly what I think about Flash's BW play. Results were godly, but for entertainment, Jaedong was unsurpassable.

Sad to see him go, he was a lot more fun in SC2.

Source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/news-archive/371235-osl-all-good-things#1

Elroi

Sweden5595 Posts

December 02 2015 18:56 GMT

#114

Flash was the ultimate starcraft player and ultimate competitior. I will always be thankful that I had the possibility to see him play in his prime.

Its also kind of nice to see all the old timers in this thread. We had such a blast.

Now only Jaedong is left.

lastride

2390 Posts

December 02 2015 19:01 GMT

#115

I really wonder what is he going to do in such a long period until he joins his military service. Cant stop thinking to myself that one more year of Flash staying in sc2 would be a much better choice. Sadly he didnt even stay to try the game for reals. That GPL thingy doesnt count

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

December 02 2015 19:08 GMT

#116

On December 03 2015 04:01 lastride wrote:
I really wonder what is he going to do in such a long period until he joins his military service. Cant stop thinking to myself that one more year of Flash staying in sc2 would be a much better choice. Sadly he didnt even stay to try the game for reals. That GPL thingy doesnt count

brood war

Silvana

3713 Posts

December 02 2015 19:37 GMT

#117

On December 03 2015 04:08 amazingxkcd wrote:

Show nested quote +

brood war

A lot of people seem confident on his return to BW. Do you guys have any reliable source for this besides that comment in his interview earlier this year?

I'm asking because him returning to BW doesn't seem to match with his statement that he wants to coach KT to glory...

Scrubwave

Poland1786 Posts

December 02 2015 21:14 GMT

#118

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Nuclease

United States1049 Posts

December 02 2015 21:19 GMT

#119

I wasn't around for BW. I watched some games, sure, and I played the campaign, but I've only ever been a hardcore SC2 player. Still, Flash represents the most awe-inspiring player of all time in Starcraft, and that makes him the most awe-inspiring player of any eSport, personally.

You will be missed, Flash. Can't wait to see what your next move is, and I'm so happy to hear that you won't be leaving the scene completely. You're a legend and a hero. <3

jonich0n

United States1982 Posts

December 02 2015 23:51 GMT

#120

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. Regardles, whatever he chooses to move on to do, I will be following and wish him the best of success.