EPTIt appears as though PartinG has chosen to not extend his contract with Yoe Flash Wolves. Why is not certain for now but rumors of both retirement and joining a KeSPA team have been thrown around in recent weeks.
PartinG leaves Flash Wolves
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
It appears as though PartinG has chosen to not extend his contract with Yoe Flash Wolves. Why is not certain for now but rumors of both retirement and joining a KeSPA team have been thrown around in recent weeks.
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KonanTenshi
Sweden210 Posts
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Pillowpants117
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On January 06 2016 17:44 KonanTenshi wrote: Isn't parting in China right now? Maybe he'll join the chinese scene? I think he was back in Korea for Nation Wars, but that could be wrong | ||
Inflicted
Australia18228 Posts
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JAG.war
United States76 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 06 2016 17:52 Inflicted wrote: Which KeSPA team would take him? He can't play in PL and he's not in SSL or GSL Obviously T1. Though Samsung would be perfect for him. Samsung has interests abroad so he could travel for, ehm, some of the global tourneys(if there will be any). I still think he will retire. Because what other reason there could be to stop his RO16 GSL streak without trying?  | ||
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MiniFotToss
China2430 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
Hopefully he sticks around, but I guess it'd have to be another foreign team. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:14 Phredxor wrote: He did say he was just taking a break about a week ago. Not that that really says much. Hopefully he sticks around, but I guess it'd have to be another foreign team. He also said he would keep going with SC2, but at this point, who knows? | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:14 Phredxor wrote: He did say he was just taking a break about a week ago. Not that that really says much. Hopefully he sticks around, but I guess it'd have to be another foreign team. He took a break so Parting could have received a Parting award? Sick city!  | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:17 deacon.frost wrote: He took a break so Parting could have received a Parting award? Sick city! Well, yeah, he got a PartinG award. | ||
digmouse
China6330 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50612 Posts
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
On January 06 2016 17:39 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: It appears as though PartinG has chosen to not extend his contract with Yoe Flash Wolves. Why is not certain for now but rumors of both retirement and joining a KeSPA team have been thrown around in recent weeks. I talked to PartinG during BlizzCon opening weekend. According to him, YFW will be dropping their SC2 division. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:38 BLinD-RawR wrote: its possible that kespa might have reworked that ridiculous rule, but we'll see. Maybe they will allow the banned ones to play to make sure Proleague has 8 teams. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:38 BLinD-RawR wrote: its possible that kespa might have reworked that ridiculous rule, but we'll see. IIRC It's not KeSPA but T1. T1 has his contract on PL for next few years. | ||
Jer99
Canada8159 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:42 Elentos wrote: Maybe they will allow the banned ones to play to make sure Proleague has 8 teams. I assume there still hasn't been any word about PL? Looking like a late start this year.. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 06 2016 19:04 Phredxor wrote: I assume there still hasn't been any word about PL? Looking like a late start this year.. No, nothing yet. I heard in December it was supposed to start in January but so far we're in the dark. I was hoping they'd announce something (media day) this week but that's not looking too hot. I guess the fact that both Prime and Axiom died and that Proleague finished later than usual (finished in October, usually Proleague finishes in like August) doesn't help either. | ||
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SystemXN
China105 Posts
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REyeM
2674 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:39 Seeker wrote: I talked to PartinG during BlizzCon opening weekend. According to him, YFW will be dropping their SC2 division. I want Has in Korea! | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50612 Posts
On January 06 2016 19:04 Phredxor wrote: I assume there still hasn't been any word about PL? Looking like a late start this year.. knowing KeSPA you're in for a last minute announcement, they're gonna be like,"hey guys this is the format/teams etc etc, we starting next week, boom." | ||
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JonnySC2
Germany119 Posts
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Ctesias
4595 Posts
On January 06 2016 19:24 BLinD-RawR wrote: knowing KeSPA you're in for a last minute announcement, they're gonna be like,"hey guys this is the format/teams etc etc, we starting next week, boom." As long as they inform the teams in advance I don't really mind. | ||
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KappaKingPrime
United States468 Posts
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
I had a talk with 4Leaf (owner of flash wolves) back in October of this year when I went to their training house to do some interviews with the LoL team. He told me that parting sees no future in Starcraft 2. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 06 2016 20:10 BreAKerTV wrote: If you guys want the truth, and you have my permission to put this in the OP... I had a talk with 4Leaf (owner of flash wolves) back in October of this year when I went to their training house to do some interviews with the LoL team. He told me that parting sees no future in Starcraft 2. ... my heart is broken right now | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
Edit: I think a chinese team and growing his douyutv stream makes sense. | ||
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MaCRo.gg
Korea (South)860 Posts
On January 06 2016 20:37 Musicus wrote: Parting will not retire and keep playing sc2. https://twitter.com/PartinGBigBoy/status/682277046471364608 Edit: I think a chinese team and growing his douyutv stream makes sense. Out of curiosity How does he communicate to observers on his stream? He probably knows few traditional characters but likely can't communicate in Mandarin, just curious. From my limited experience with douyu it looks more like streamers stream and have almost no interactions with the viewers. How are the stream numbers for douyu? At least for WC3 and Moba content there seems to be more viewers than twitch, is it true for sc2 as well? I don't see the point in Parting coming back to Korea, banned from PL is too rough imo. With practically everyone downsizing their rosters is there a Chinese team that can give him the salary he wants? | ||
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GreenHealing
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Veluvian
Bulgaria256 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On January 06 2016 21:21 GreenHealing wrote: Why parting cant play proleague? Stupid Kespa rules http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/471157-parting-unable-to-play-in-2015-proleague | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On January 06 2016 21:16 MaCRo.gg wrote: Out of curiosity How does he communicate to observers on his stream? He probably knows few traditional characters but likely can't communicate in Mandarin, just curious. From my limited experience with douyu it looks more like streamers stream and have almost no interactions with the viewers. How are the stream numbers for douyu? At least for WC3 and Moba content there seems to be more viewers than twitch, is it true for sc2 as well? I don't see the point in Parting coming back to Korea, banned from PL is too rough imo. With practically everyone downsizing their rosters is there a Chinese team that can give him the salary he wants? I can only tell you that the viewership is indeed bigger than on twitch, even for sc2. MMA just started streaming there and had 8k viewers. I think Parting had above 10 or 15k before. They seem to be talking a mixture of korean and english, throwing in a chinese word here and there  . | ||
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aQuaSC
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On January 06 2016 21:36 Musicus wrote: I can only tell you that the viewership is indeed bigger than on twitch, even for sc2. MMA just started streaming there and had 8k viewers. I think Parting had above 10 or 15k before. They seem to be talking a mixture of korean and english, throwing in a chinese word here and there .I've seen someone saying that viewer numbers on douyu can be manipulated, told to "divide by 10" or something similar. I wonder how much of it it's true, I don't believe it personally. Probably some western twitch syndrome hehe | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On January 06 2016 18:42 Elentos wrote: Maybe they will allow the banned ones to play to make sure Proleague has 8 teams. So this year's Team 8 will be "KeSPA JailBREAK eSports Team"? Man, that sounds exciting | ||
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Yiome
China1687 Posts
On January 06 2016 21:36 Musicus wrote: I can only tell you that the viewership is indeed bigger than on twitch, even for sc2. MMA just started streaming there and had 8k viewers. I think Parting had above 10 or 15k before. They seem to be talking a mixture of korean and english, throwing in a chinese word here and there .Don't take Douyu's viewer number seriously. Even Douyu's website marks the number as 人气值("popularity") instead of "viewer count". My guess is that the number is some sort of cumulative view count over a period of time, so it always larger than real viewer number at a certain moment. But judging from the activity of the chat the real viewer count should be okay and Douyu seems to pay well, as the steaming sites in China are competing quite furiously right now to get popular streamers. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 06 2016 22:03 OtherWorld wrote: So this year's Team 8 will be "KeSPA JailBREAK eSports Team"? Man, that sounds exciting Short: KeSPA Jail Team or Team Jail. Rumor has it that they will be playing in black/white stripes. | ||
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MaCRo.gg
Korea (South)860 Posts
On January 06 2016 21:36 Musicus wrote: I can only tell you that the viewership is indeed bigger than on twitch, even for sc2. MMA just started streaming there and had 8k viewers. I think Parting had above 10 or 15k before. They seem to be talking a mixture of korean and english, throwing in a chinese word here and there .I'm shocked, they can read the chat? I haven't seen more than a word of english on any douyu chat so I assume it is in Chinese. I think it is a good transition, it seemed to work wonders for LoL why not SC2? Is this even "legal" under the rules set by Blizzard though? Can Chinese scene hold tournaments that have Koreans in them without going "global"? | ||
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
On January 06 2016 22:27 MaCRo.gg wrote: I'm shocked, they can read the chat? I haven't seen more than a word of english on any douyu chat so I assume it is in Chinese. I think it is a good transition, it seemed to work wonders for LoL why not SC2? Is this even "legal" under the rules set by Blizzard though? Can Chinese scene hold tournaments that have Koreans in them without going "global"? What? You mean without having any connection to WCS at all? It happens all the time in China. It happened last year with WEC and the most recent tournament with Flash, JD, Lilbow, snute, those guys. | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
As an aside, I keep seeing people mention that the team is no longer called YoeFW and just FW, this might be for their LoL team only though idk. | ||
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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Kotimex
Slovenia8 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
A foreign team seems highly unlikely given he wouldnt be allowed to rock Dreamhacks and IEMs. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 06 2016 23:27 boxerfred wrote: Pulling a Rain, pulling a Dear, or China. + Pulling an MC | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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iamkaokao
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On January 07 2016 00:22 iamkaokao wrote: is the ban forever? i thought it was only 1 season jesus.. 5 years in total. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16033 Posts
so basically forever | ||
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dr3am_b3ing
Canada188 Posts
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
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insitelol
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
On January 07 2016 01:21 insitelol wrote: lol you guys blame kespa so much while parting himself told million times he hates kespa regime etc. He doesnt want to play in a kespa team. I don't blame KeSPA. I'll blame the same thing I do with every Korean Retirement this year. WCS Welfare | ||
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insitelol
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
Shame that T1 has a tendency of signung players I like. | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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TheCzarOfAll
United States170 Posts
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Shrinkzxo
Dotoland672 Posts
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pzlama333
United States282 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On January 07 2016 02:18 TheCzarOfAll wrote: Why doesn't KESPA just make a new team league tournament with the same exact format as Proleague and just add, I don't know, a hyphen so it has almost exactly the same name, but since it's different the banned players can play and everyone will be happy except SKT? Its a KeSPA rule in the first place.. They don't need Parting that bad anyway. Soulkey is the only other one involved with the rule left and he seems fine on TCM. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On January 07 2016 01:17 showstealer1829 wrote: So basically T1, China or Retire then? Or move to another country and apply for residency so... yes. But maybe he was tired to get proxy two gate by Has | ||
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Mistakes
United States1102 Posts
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vult
United States9400 Posts
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On January 07 2016 01:23 showstealer1829 wrote: I don't blame KeSPA. I'll blame the same thing I do with every Korean Retirement this year. WCS Welfare Even though all the big profile retirements were all planned a year in advance. You're an idiot. | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
On January 07 2016 05:11 Thax wrote: Even though all the big profile retirements were all planned a year in advance. You're an idiot. Is he? Rain was going to retire in 2015 but then decided to try the foreign scene instead. You're SURE that if he could keep playing abroad, and making mad stacks of cash while he's at it, he wouldn't have changed his mind yet again? You're POSITIVE? If PartinG doesn't find a way to be relevant this year, fuck everything. | ||
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Horiken
Japan68 Posts
ok you will say " it's too top heavy" next. CODE A PLAYER CAN EARN FOUR TIMES MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR. then you will say "but they lose so many oppotunities" YES YOU ARE RIGHT. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
On January 07 2016 05:11 Thax wrote: Even though all the big profile retirements were all planned a year in advance. You're an idiot. If you believe that WCS Welfare didn't have at least a part in the retirements of the Foreign based/Mid-Tier Koreans we're seeing you're the idiot, not me. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18574 Posts
On January 07 2016 08:23 showstealer1829 wrote: If you believe that WCS Welfare didn't have at least a part in the retirements of the Foreign based/Mid-Tier Koreans we're seeing you're the idiot, not me. I'd rather have midtier Koreans retire than Kespa ones tbh | ||
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
On January 07 2016 06:36 Horiken wrote: I say again and again, KOREAN CAN EARN MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR WITH NEW WCS RULE. ok you will say " it's too top heavy" next. CODE A PLAYER CAN EARN FOUR TIMES MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR. then you will say "but they lose so many oppotunities" YES YOU ARE RIGHT. DON'T POST IN ALL CAPS LOCK BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SHOUTING AND THAT ANNOYS EVERYONE ELSE. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
On January 07 2016 08:23 showstealer1829 wrote: If you believe that WCS Welfare didn't have at least a part in the retirements of the Foreign based/Mid-Tier Koreans we're seeing you're the idiot, not me. Flash Rain and Fanta weren't mid tier.. | ||
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messioso
Denmark635 Posts
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207aicila
1237 Posts
Let's not kid ourselves here, it's very possible that at least FlaSh and FanTaSy were considering it for a while given how long they've been playing SC, their accomplishments, their relative slumps recently etc. That and I'd wager their salaries were far above average even with that in mind. | ||
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Ace Frehley
2030 Posts
On January 07 2016 09:48 messioso wrote: He's got some plans Parting casting for ESL confirmed | ||
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dyDrawer
Canada438 Posts
It is rumored that PartinG was negotiating with iG so that he could keep participating in foreign events. But even if such a negotiation did take place, it does't seem likely at this point that PartinG would sign with iG. | ||
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Kon-Tiki
United States402 Posts
On January 06 2016 17:45 Pillowpants117 wrote: Parting ways I see. Good luck Someone slap this guy | ||
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digmouse
China6330 Posts
On January 07 2016 12:14 dyDrawer wrote: PartinG will NOT sign with X-Team, like some people mentioned in this thread. Xiaose has ruled out that possibility on NeoTV forum (he mentioned something about salary cap, and how all the Chinese teams should be at similar levels for the team league to be fun). It is rumored that PartinG was negotiating with iG so that he could keep participating in foreign events. But even if such a negotiation did take place, it does't seem likely at this point that PartinG would sign with iG. iG is not going to have a huge budget on their SC2 team, that is very very unlikely from a reality perspective, he does have a pretty great relationship with them. | ||
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Mistakes
United States1102 Posts
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MaCRo.gg
Korea (South)860 Posts
On January 07 2016 06:36 Horiken wrote: I say again and again, KOREAN CAN EARN MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR WITH NEW WCS RULE. ok you will say " it's too top heavy" next. CODE A PLAYER CAN EARN FOUR TIMES MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR. then you will say "but they lose so many oppotunities" YES YOU ARE RIGHT. You are literally posting that on every retirement thread. Why do you hate Korean players so much? I bet you would deny Nanking and comfort women too. | ||
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Orr
United States168 Posts
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Mistakes
United States1102 Posts
On January 08 2016 03:11 Orr wrote: Saw him getting crunk and having fun on stream w/ MC the other day. Hope he comes back to PL since despite always rooting against him while on SKT, he brings the flair and swag like few can. Yeah as much as I like SKT and like PartinG, I don't feel those two fit all that well. However I would love to see him back in PL again. It'd be exciting no matter what team he joined. | ||
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Thrillz
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
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Lazare1969
United States318 Posts
On January 07 2016 23:36 MaCRo.gg wrote: You are literally posting that on every retirement thread. Why do you hate Korean players so much? I bet you would deny Nanking and comfort women too. I bet he would also deny the 6 trillion. I'm telling you, nobody but a bigoted conspiracy nut would deny the 6 trillion yen stock gains at the three Japanese megabanks SMFG, Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group from last year. | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
On January 07 2016 23:36 MaCRo.gg wrote: You are literally posting that on every retirement thread. Why do you hate Korean players so much? I bet you would deny Nanking and comfort women too. So a few simple neutral statements of fact leads to completely wild accusations of racism and negationism. That's reasonable and fair. | ||
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