On January 05 2016 16:12 OtherWorld wrote: I feel like the current wave of retirements is depleting stuchiu's inspiration, as the delay between the retirement's announcement and his article is increasing each time (;
Let's just say that if there's one thing which shouldn't be questioned, it's how quickly stu is capable of cranking these out
On January 05 2016 11:09 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: He could never be as clean or as sharp as even the weaker INnoVation Terran Kespa clones. Instead Fantasy went all-in on his harassment, his tactics, his grit. When you watched Fantasy play, you watched desperation incarnate. He fought for every inch, every second, to the last tooth and last nail, for every worker, every mineral.
...that is why I'll miss him so much: he was the first to be aware of his limits and especially in sc2 he often played driven by desperation which makes a "standard-godly" player a gosu one!
On January 05 2016 11:09 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: The most prominent example of this were his series against TRUE...
...never forget!
GLHF FanTaSy and remember to always GG as late as you can!
no matter what he faced he never gave up, just like an anime hero character facing a stupidly OP villain... Never give up no matter how strong your opponent is, give the hardest you have, and they will fall no matter what. Even if FanTaSy did not win most of those games, you can never ever say that any series FanTaSy played was a one sided one. NEVER!
Going to miss Fantasy so much, definetely my favourite player in the end of WoL and during HOTS. I think Fantasy had the highest "epic game" ratio compared to any other player, always entertaining and nailbiting games when it came to him.
On January 05 2016 16:12 OtherWorld wrote: I feel like the current wave of retirements is depleting stuchiu's inspiration, as the delay between the retirement's announcement and his article is increasing each time (;
Let's just say that if there's one thing which shouldn't be questioned, it's how quickly stu is capable of cranking these out
Fantasy my last connection to Starcraft. When I first started watching BW he was my favorite not flash, bisu, JD. The harass was just so good. Nobody had vulture control like Fantasy. I would then only watch SC2 tournaments to follow him. When he left skt1 I changed my TL favorite team to DeadPixels just for him. He will be missed.
But still for some crazy reason my best memory of him is the entire SKT1 team dressing up in dresses and wigs and dancing. Fantasy was the best looking one lol.
On January 05 2016 16:12 OtherWorld wrote: I feel like the current wave of retirements is depleting stuchiu's inspiration, as the delay between the retirement's announcement and his article is increasing each time (;
Let's just say that if there's one thing which shouldn't be questioned, it's how quickly stu is capable of cranking these out
It's kind of sad that stuchiu has to shell out these retirement tributes every other day now.
I started by hating fantasy because of all those @(#%@)( vultures. I hate vultures. Can't control them myself, can't stop other people's. Stupid unit.
But that final vs. Jaedong was just fantastic. I think if fantasy had won I might have doubled down, but since he lost he started being a player I anticipated watching. I still rooted against him at the end playing Stork and Jangbi - but somewhere the hate turned into a grudging respect (and the occasional maniacal laughter when somebody lost a drone line to more vultures than it ought to be possible to build).
"Yet he had that undeniable spark of competition, that madness to pour everything into his games no matter how ridiculous it looked or how hopeless the outcome seemed. For that he will always be one of the most respected players to have ever graced our scene."
EPT
