:'( , MMA... I will always remember him, and also because my girlfriend liked him a lot and even went to see him playing in one of the WCS finals wears ago in Toronto.

The Fish

United States176 Posts

February 21 2016 21:36 GMT

#22

Damn that was beautiful. MMA became my favorite player when I saw him in the gstl way back. I remember when he played Bomber for the first time in gstl. MMA clearly outplayed him up to the point of the weird base trade. He handled the game poorly after that point, but I was blown away at the amount of attention Bomber was receiving in comparison to MMA. That was not an amazing show of skill from Bomber, that was MMA's flub. He was a monster waiting for proper recognition. It would only be a matter of time before he would get it.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

February 22 2016 09:26 GMT

#23

Thorin's commentary fading in and out of this is awesome, good retrospective.

GranC

21 Posts

February 22 2016 10:02 GMT

#24

really nice video and i like this instrumental so much, thank you for creating this video.

Riquiz

Netherlands402 Posts

February 22 2016 16:13 GMT

#25

That was sick, thanks for the amazing video <3

messioso

Denmark635 Posts

February 22 2016 18:46 GMT

#26

Will sorely miss MMA. He truly was one of the best people to work with, always so humble and expressive. Was a real pleasure to work with him for the past 3 years.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

February 22 2016 19:24 GMT

#27

Thank you for everything MMA! His resilience and longevity is unparalleled in SC2

TBone-

United States2309 Posts

February 22 2016 22:07 GMT

#28

That was beautiful, well done!

Rosho24

1 Post

February 22 2016 22:10 GMT

#29

I got emotional watching it. It's these well constructed, short, documentaries that always light that fire for SC passion.

Thank you so much for making this. A real treat.

[PkF] Wire

France24211 Posts

February 22 2016 22:17 GMT

#30

Brought tears to my eyes. One of the greatest to ever touch the game. Handsome, elegant, full of class, entertaining to watch, incredibly clever. And such awesome storylines. That 2014 Blizzcon run is something I'll never forget. Hands down in my top 3 favorite players of all time alongside Rain and Zest. Thanks for making such videos, they remember me why I love SC2 so much.

XXTN

United States124 Posts

February 22 2016 22:44 GMT

#31

Thank you all for showing MMA your love, and I'm very grateful for all the kind words!!

I really appreciate all your support - it's what motivates me to keep producing content for the game I love.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

February 23 2016 00:59 GMT

#32

TL, spotlight this post!

[PkF] Wire

France24211 Posts

February 23 2016 01:13 GMT

#33

On February 23 2016 09:59 Bagration wrote:
TL, spotlight this post!

please

Mobile08

United States12 Posts

February 23 2016 06:51 GMT

#34

For only being around 8 minutes long, that was a good summary of his career. MMA will be missed.

NukeD

Croatia1612 Posts

February 23 2016 07:33 GMT

#35

He was always my favorite SC2 player by far.

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom2215 Posts

February 23 2016 22:14 GMT

#36

Great video thanks, I like how you interjected the scenes with Thorin's comments.

MMA, what a hero.

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

February 23 2016 22:33 GMT

#37

Omg that made me tear up :'(

Nuclease

United States1049 Posts

February 24 2016 02:19 GMT

#38

Nerd tears. Between the BlizzCon GSL victory chants, and the Wheat and Day9 reaction to the IdrA game in MLG, this video has reminded me of just how fucking awesome MMA is. Thank you so much MMA, and thanks for the video

mooncifer

109 Posts

February 24 2016 19:45 GMT

#39

XXTN, thanks for this great video. And reading people's love for MMA makes me miss this guy more. He's really the kindest person I've ever known. XXTN, hope you don't mind I share a never told story about MMA here.

It was in 2014 IEM Shenzhen. Many Korean players participated in that tournament, including MMA and inno. I was working there too, so I had chances to get closer to them.

On the quarterfinals day, there was an inno's fangirl taking 2 hours flight from another city to support him, but unfortunately inno lost. The girl was very sad; what made her more upset was inno's emotionless reaction to her. Btw, I don't think it's inno's right or wrong. It's just his robotic personality. He was truly not excited when facing fans, and didn't know to hide it. That girl cried after inno leaving the studio. Because she picked many gifts and wanted to give to inno another day. It's inno's birthday the next week. But he said he would not be in the studio tomorrow.

Anyway, I told MMA about this after dinner, and we laughed like "oh gosh it's just so inno". Then MMA said, "hey, I have a good idea. How about tomorrow we invite that girl to have lunch together?" We three were planning to take a tour the next day, so MMA suggested involving that girl too. And the following words he said I will never forget——

“Off course I will buy her lunch. But, please don't let her know it. Just tell her it is inno buy her food, and say inno want to thanks for her support. I guess it can make her feel better. How do you think about it?”

Guys, what else could I think about it, except that he's the nicest boy in the world? I mean, that's even not his fan, just kind of a stranger that he will never meet again. But he also would like to be kind, without taking credit. In case someone is interested, MMA is not a prodigal man. Buying an extra lunch may cost him around $15, which's nearly equal to the taxi fee from GSL studio to his team house. As far as I know, he rarely took the taxi in Seoul. He chose to take the bus all the time, even after 5 hours matches without eating, even when it would take him more than 1 hour on the road, even when it's already around midnight.

And it's not the end of that night's lovely story. When I back to that girl, I found she already rescheduled the plane to the next morning, because "I have no reason to stay here if I can't watch him anymore." Oh gosh……And she's so regret. I discussed with MMA again, and he quickly had another great idea, "how about we hold a specific fan meeting for them!^^"

There we go. So we four met at the hotel lobby. The girl brought all the carefully chosen gifts there, and inno was well educated by MMA to keep smiling and show gratefulness through the whole meeting. And since they two cannot communicate each other, MMA and I volunteered to interpret —— The girl asked questions in Chinese, then I translated it into English, then MMA translated it into Korean. And after inno answered in Korean, we translated it back. It was an exclusively joyful fan meeting. MMA was very patient in the whole one hour, often joking around to make everyone laugh and relaxed, although later he told me that actually his stomach was not feeling good all the night. But don't worry. MMA was happy too. He's very excited about the fact that he could become a Korean-English translator, lol. Btw, His English was not bad at all, but he's always not confident and was too shy to show it on broadcast. MMA said it's the very first time people trust him to translate (tbh we didn't have other choice at that time, haha), so at the end, he also said thanks to us too.

That's MMA. He helped you, but didn't want you feel you owe him. The boy has a heart of gold. He deserves the best in the world.

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How can you not miss this guy?

XXTN

United States124 Posts

February 25 2016 02:33 GMT

#40

I'm really glad you shared this heart-felt story. It's a great memory that goes a long way to show the quality of MMA's character and how he could never have possibility been the type of cancer that Slayers portrayed him as. I think it's just such a shame that he had to go through that type of drama at the prime of his career. If it weren't for the Slayers drama, I feel MMA could certainly have won a few more championships.