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Hitokiri1
Profile Joined December 2015
1 Post
December 18 2015 09:09 GMT
#221
This is very sad to me but expected, and i think a smart choice to retire now.

MMA was the main reason i started loving starcraft, his inspiring play at the finals with Losira at MLG made me realise how awesome starcraft could be, since that day MMA was like my idol and i've never followed someone as much as i did with him, i must have watched more that 90% of his streamed played games for sure.

Guess i started playing with him and will stop playing with him as well.

Thank u friend for all this years with me i'll miss you.
RevTiberius
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada353 Posts
December 19 2015 07:35 GMT
#222
Just curious... has any pro-gamer after retiring ever said anything along these lines:

"Pro-gaming sucks, I shouldn't have wasted so many years of my life on this bullshit" ?
Teaching Chess to a Starcraft 2 Grandmaster: http://revtiberius.blogspot.ca
Rustug
Profile Joined October 2010
1488 Posts
December 19 2015 17:45 GMT
#223
Thanks for all the great memories MMA. A true Terran Champion!
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. 파이팅! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ"
HonorZ
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France858 Posts
December 19 2015 21:50 GMT
#224
We'll miss you MMA ! take care !
"If you don't drop sweat today you'll drop tears tomorrow"
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
December 19 2015 21:54 GMT
#225
On December 19 2015 16:35 RevTiberius wrote:
Just curious... has any pro-gamer after retiring ever said anything along these lines:

"Pro-gaming sucks, I shouldn't have wasted so many years of my life on this bullshit" ?


Usually the ones who are not very successful - in that case, their retirement usually comes with little fanfare and notice.

The ones whose retirements we notice are the successful ones usually, and they have the tournament titles, $$$ and fans.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
NewModel
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany124 Posts
December 19 2015 23:02 GMT
#226
On December 20 2015 06:54 Bagration wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2015 16:35 RevTiberius wrote:
Just curious... has any pro-gamer after retiring ever said anything along these lines:

"Pro-gaming sucks, I shouldn't have wasted so many years of my life on this bullshit" ?


Usually the ones who are not very successful - in that case, their retirement usually comes with little fanfare and notice.

The ones whose retirements we notice are the successful ones usually, and they have the tournament titles, $$$ and fans.



even the one who wheren´t to successful are more like "yeah maybe i should quit faster but it was fun" i remember darkforce for example said something like that after his retirement (i´m not 100% sure that he was the one). but i think that nobody who has no fun in playing would be a progamer for a longer time, so even if it is a "mistake" in the economic way most players don´t judge there career by that aspect.
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-19 23:06:16
December 19 2015 23:03 GMT
#227
edit wrong thread
rip passion
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-19 23:06:22
December 19 2015 23:05 GMT
#228
edit wrong thread
rip passion
DuckloadBlackra
Profile Joined July 2011
225 Posts
December 20 2015 00:22 GMT
#229
Korean military service is so bothersome...

Can't get attached to any korean players because the military will make almost all of them retire after a few years or less.
DuckloadBlackra
Profile Joined July 2011
225 Posts
December 20 2015 00:25 GMT
#230
On December 18 2015 18:09 Hitokiri1 wrote:
This is very sad to me but expected, and i think a smart choice to retire now.

MMA was the main reason i started loving starcraft, his inspiring play at the finals with Losira at MLG made me realise how awesome starcraft could be, since that day MMA was like my idol and i've never followed someone as much as i did with him, i must have watched more that 90% of his streamed played games for sure.

Guess i started playing with him and will stop playing with him as well.

Thank u friend for all this years with me i'll miss you.


Oh that bolded part is so true! That MLG was the most fun I've ever had watching any tournament and that incredible final vs Losira showed how amazing the game could be. One of the biggest highlights for me since I started watching Starcraft in March 2011
NikaLogy
Profile Joined September 2012
Denmark58 Posts
December 20 2015 00:50 GMT
#231
Lots of talk about the military stuff, but does he even have to go? He was dispatched because of an injury when he went to the army for the first time. Is it mandatory to complete the service even if you were formerly dispatched?
fireforce7
Profile Joined June 2010
United States334 Posts
December 20 2015 06:59 GMT
#232
Goodbye MMA...an amazing SC2 player. Great games to watch...
I'm terranfying
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 20 2015 07:40 GMT
#233
On December 17 2015 02:13 dr3am_b3ing wrote:
Doesn't anybody else find it strangely coincidental that a lot of Korean progamers are "retiring" due to this reason or something along those lines?

I can't be the only one who senses war or something else being foreshadowed

yeah war isnt gonna happen
probably ever
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-20 07:50:01
December 20 2015 07:41 GMT
#234
On December 19 2015 16:35 RevTiberius wrote:
Just curious... has any pro-gamer after retiring ever said anything along these lines:

"Pro-gaming sucks, I shouldn't have wasted so many years of my life on this bullshit" ?


It's not a waste of time if you're like Flash I guess. You earn a lot of money before you're 18, then you retire when you're 23-24 years old (slightly earlier could have been ideal if I were Flash) and go for a university degree. For anyone else, it's probably a waste if time unless they want to get some degree which won't help earn much money.
Lappen.464
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany42 Posts
December 20 2015 23:50 GMT
#235
What a perfect end of the story
1st and till now only Player to win a premier tournament in all 3 parts of Starcraft2.

Fryryx
Profile Joined June 2014
France7 Posts
December 20 2015 23:52 GMT
#236
Retirement but win a premier, maybe he will stay?
NewModel
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany124 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-20 23:54:59
December 20 2015 23:53 GMT
#237
so after the homestory cup there is only on thing to do. goodbye mma, all the best to you. your play was amazing from the beginning to the end. so taeja is the last big slayers terran still playing? :/

@Fryryx how could he? i thougt he is doing his millitary service now, and i don´t think they are supportive for him as they where when boxer had to do his service :D
cop354g
Profile Joined December 2015
61 Posts
December 20 2015 23:55 GMT
#238
MMA actually got decent retirement ceremony at HSC with MC singing beautifully.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
December 20 2015 23:58 GMT
#239
On December 21 2015 08:55 cop354g wrote:
MMA actually got decent retirement ceremony at HSC with MC singing beautifully.


Can't wait till the vod of that is up. Unexpectedly incredible.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
December 21 2015 00:42 GMT
#240
Form is temporary, class is permanent

So happy to see him go out on top!
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
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