EPTSo my favorite Terran: retired
Favorite Toss: retired
If Jaedong retires as well now, I can really stop watching SC2
Rain Retires - Page 8
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Rollora
2450 Posts
So my favorite Terran: retired Favorite Toss: retired If Jaedong retires as well now, I can really stop watching SC2 | ||
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Cricketer12
United States14001 Posts
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Canada1717 Posts
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RvB
Netherlands6316 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46403 Posts
 Best of luck Rain on the next step of your life <3 SKT Fighting! | ||
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Ve5pa
United Kingdom252 Posts
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disciple
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vult
United States9400 Posts
GLHF with recovery to Rain! | ||
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
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barbaTossa
23 Posts
On December 20 2015 20:40 hymn wrote: Liver donation severely impacts the immune system and the whole organism. This is because the liver is the organ that is responsible for the detoxification and metabolisation of waste products in the blood, as well as it's a major supplier of enzymes. Not to mention he has had an abdominal surgery with general anesthesia which might not seem like a big thing but it actually is because there is a small chance that one might not wake up from it and there is no way of knowing if it will be you. So it's an emotional shock too. And then, the surgery itself requires tons of rest and medications, even without losing 1/3 of your liver. Rain is a true hero that has sacrifices his health and wellbeing for months to come in order for his dad to be better. We can all learn and take a lot from him. Even if I didn't like his play in HOTS (but I did) I am in awe of him. So I totally understand his reasoning to retire. Maybe he didn't like LOTV too, who knows? Thanks for the post! I have boldened the important part. To clear things up further: Donating your liver is nothing like donating a kidney which leaves you harmstrung for the rest of your life. The actual risk lies in the operation itself. Rain is fine. His liver will fully regenerate itself within weeks, two months max, with no repercussions whatsoever. His retirement isn't forced by a medical condition! The OP clearly states that he thought about his retirement as far back as leaving SKT and tbh you could see it in his his play during this last year on mYi as well. He even said this might have been his last chance after his GSL triumph. I think it's fair to say though that the WCS changes 'narrowed his options', to be polite. I saw it coming yet I am very sad now that it's official. gg Rain | ||
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OrangeGarage
Korea (South)319 Posts
On December 20 2015 21:53 NEEDZMOAR wrote: the new wcs system wasnt even released at the time when rain had his interview? Kespa obviously knew about it, but did the players? This is really really sad. I wonder if LotV wasnt fun for him at all or if missing the qualifiers for gsl/ssl had something to do with it. One of the best sc2 players ever and imho the best protoss player (not because he won as much as hero or sOs but because he did show how other styles than high risk /coinflip styles were viable as protoss). I wish rain the best of luck with everything in the future. I'm pretty sure the players knew by the SSL qualifiers at least, because Stats kinda spilled the beans on his interview by saying he will try his best since there were only two seasons now. Since there are only 2 seasons, and Rain has to skip one for healing, there is only a slim chance for him to make it into Blizzcon, and he can't play Proleague unless he gets into SKT1.... Pretty sure these were some good reasons for him to select retirement over waiting 2-3 months for a comeback. | ||
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hymn
Bulgaria832 Posts
On December 20 2015 21:54 Zzzapper wrote: I find it amazing that liver donations are even possible. It's not that simple. The donor and the recipient must be genetically close and even then there is always the chance that the recipient's immune system will just fail to recognize the new organ as "its own" and will attack it with immune cells. Recipients are given immune-suppressive medications for a long time, sometimes all their life. It is very useful when the donor is a close relative but even then it's risky with no guarantee for success. So what Rain did for his dad was undergo general anesthesia, risking his own life (like 3 from 1000 ppl die from general aneshesia I think, might be 2) for absolutely no guarantee of success or the knowledge that his dad might actually improve his condition. It's amazing what love towards humans can make us do. I mean, I'd do the same for my daughter, no questions asked, like kill me on the spot, take whatever you want from me to save her life, let's go, I don't care if I am in pain, just make sure she doesn't suffer. Not for my dad though. I've never felt him that close and I am truly amazed by the strength of their father and son bond. I am sorry if this is too much spam, I didn't mean to, words just came into my mind. | ||
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
On December 20 2015 12:16 Topin wrote: bye Rain T_T ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Fionn/bysun.gif) did that girl just cream her pants? Goodbye Rain | ||
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dr3am_b3ing
Canada188 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
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Nirel
Israel1526 Posts
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CynicalDeath
Italy3720 Posts
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jonich0n
United States1982 Posts
 Another sad bit of news, but all things considered, it's not like we should have been surprised more and more long-time Starcraft icons would choose this time to leave the game given the state of the scene and the introduction what basically feels like a completely new game. Kind of wonder who might be "next" There are only 2 other players who have won 2 Korean Starcraft 2 Starleagues: Classic and Maru. Kind of surprising statistic that actually. A testament to how much of a true champion he was. Lotta respect for Rain, even when he seemed to struggle and slump for a bit he would bounce back in a huge way. Wish him the best, seemed like an extremely nice and humble guy as well. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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Taari
Germany138 Posts
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