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emc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3088 Posts
December 16 2015 21:44 GMT
#141
On December 17 2015 02:07 WrathSCII wrote:
LOL

Like StarCraft II needs more...

Was the transition from WoL to HotS like this? Mass retirements and dark future about WCS?


IIRC it was the opposite, HotS was the transition of proleague BW players to SC2
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
December 16 2015 21:45 GMT
#142
This is sad

Good luck in the future, MMA!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Vlad_Slymor
Profile Joined December 2015
France26 Posts
December 16 2015 22:00 GMT
#143
Well, favourite player leaving sounds like a good time for a first post...

Thanks for the good ol' times cheering for you, MMA!

Very nice pics on the Acer site: I'm sure those memories will not be forgotten!
Best of luck for the future to the true ironsquid.
Kerence
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1817 Posts
December 16 2015 22:04 GMT
#144
Well, this was coming sooner or later. Thanks for all the good games MMA.
I am here in the shadows.
jonich0n
Profile Joined February 2009
United States1982 Posts
December 16 2015 22:04 GMT
#145
Aw, sad. Another fantastic Terran bites the dust. MMA never quite inspired me as much as FlaSh (I mean come on, it's a pretty preposterous notion, considering) but he really showed lots of clever play with this kind of warrior/underdog mentality in the later years and really stepped up with some massive and clutch performances on the biggest stages... had some surprising runs even though I would think that many thought he was well past his peak and had "lost it" in a sense.

Even though he eventually lost the Bo3, he was part of one of the best TvT series I've seen in SC2 against Innovation in a Dreamhack semifinal. Very clever player with a great mentality and personality, but it seemed he had been declining a bit for a while (kind of how FlaSh seemed to do in 2015)... the scene will miss him.
(>'.')>
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
December 16 2015 22:10 GMT
#146
On December 17 2015 07:04 jonich0n wrote:
Aw, sad. Another fantastic Terran bites the dust. MMA never quite inspired me as much as FlaSh (I mean come on, it's a pretty preposterous notion, considering)


Considering what? MMA was far more successful in SC2 than Flash was, and unless you watched BW, MMA would have been a lot more memorable.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
TurboMaN
Profile Joined October 2005
Germany925 Posts
December 16 2015 22:12 GMT
#147
Thanks for the memories MMA. Best of luck and passion for you.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
December 16 2015 22:21 GMT
#148


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PepperMintTea
Profile Joined November 2015
187 Posts
December 16 2015 22:21 GMT
#149
One of my favourite periods of starcraft history was the MMA & DRG rivalry. I always rooted for DRG being a zerg player but MMA always had my respect.
It is sad to see him go and I wish him the best
HonorZ
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France858 Posts
December 16 2015 22:22 GMT
#150
Bye bye MMA ! Thanks for everything ! And good luck in the military! Please stay safe !
"If you don't drop sweat today you'll drop tears tomorrow"
Kevin_Sorbo
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3217 Posts
December 16 2015 22:25 GMT
#151
love you brah
best of luck.
The mind is like a parachute, it doesnt work unless its open. - Zappa
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-16 22:32:52
December 16 2015 22:27 GMT
#152
The first korean player I liked back in the days when I was only watching foreigners. Good luck with military service MMA

His fan club has nearly 200 pages. This guy is a legend.
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effecto
Profile Joined February 2011
France142 Posts
December 16 2015 22:32 GMT
#153
Next one is Polt, in few months. More Terrans to come!
Design - eddytritten.com
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
December 16 2015 22:34 GMT
#154
On December 17 2015 07:32 effecto wrote:
Next one is Polt, in few months. More Terrans to come!

That's grim.
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Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28481 Posts
December 16 2015 22:34 GMT
#155
Damn, gl MMA
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
December 16 2015 22:56 GMT
#156
bye bye MMA
Broodwar for life!
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2087 Posts
December 16 2015 22:58 GMT
#157
Goodbye MMA, a really like able player. He's been there since the beginning and i respect him, loved him the most in SlayerS uniform
~~Yo man ! MBCGame HERO Fighting !! Holy check !
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
December 16 2015 22:59 GMT
#158
Very sad :/
Moderatorlickypiddy
Sogetsu
Profile Joined July 2011
514 Posts
December 16 2015 23:02 GMT
#159
No... I just can't... I...
Raptor: "Es hora de salvar a los E-Sports..." http://i3.minus.com/ibtne3liprtByB.png
KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
December 16 2015 23:06 GMT
#160
Favorite terran player gone.

Starting out as a team player, yet having already gone against impossible odds to bring his team to victory numerous times, then slowly transitioning that play into his first title win with MLG and coming back to face Polt at the super tournament finals. He's showed us a plethora of great games, narrowly defeating players in their prime despite being in severe disadvantages, yet it wasn't just his games, but his career as a whole too as he had come back from the SlayerS disaster with reinvigorated play in team leagues and eventually solo tournaments again, culminating with his last hurrah at last years' global finals and semi-final run at the hardest tournament in the world.

He's always come back from the brink of defeat, and I'm sure he'll do so again, should he ever decide to come back to us as a player.
Will always cheer for: MMA Bomber Taeja Curious Life herO Zest
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