In all honesty, he went on longer than many of us thought and gave us a lot of memories along the way. Thank you and wishing the best in the following career!

Latham

9580 Posts

June 03 2016 04:03 GMT

#208

Sad to see him go, although it was a long time coming. Probably my favourite player of all time in SC2 and inspired me to try getting better at Terran every day.

GL and thank you for all the memories!

Diabolique

Czech Republic5118 Posts

June 03 2016 04:29 GMT

#209

Taeja, I will be honest with you. When I started watching StarCraft 2 and saw you in all the tournaments, I always thought, you were a girl. Taeja, Xena, Amanda, it all sounds so girlish ... And I always thought ... look at her, how well is this nice Korean girl with these nice glasses playing ... are all the guys not frustrated that a girl has beaten them so hard in the tournament? :-)

And look at yourself now ... you are soon going to become a man! As that is, what the military service does with the boys ... I am just not sure, what you will become. Will you become a marine, or a marauder? Still not sure ... I will need to watch some of your old VODs :-)

Zerg.Zilla

Hungary5029 Posts

June 03 2016 05:23 GMT

#210

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

June 03 2016 05:47 GMT

#211

This is kind of a special moment for me, seeing Taeja go. Taeja coming to liquid coincided with important changes in my life outlook. For a long time players have defined the eras of starcraft that I remember. Taeja is one of those players. Taeja and Hero have been kind of a joint symbol to me, that success comes with practice and a willingness to risk feeling at home for glory. At a time when I began planning for the next steps in my education as well as becoming more of an adult, both of them were shining examples of what dreams come true look like with the effort required to succeed and the bold moves required to get to a winning environment. Despite failures all along the way, and during the jourmey since I'm in the middle of mine, while Taeja and Hero were somewhat of an after thought, seeing this today brings back those images. A kid willing to break molds to win, now a man whose legacy has been set. Its incredible that I got to witness what became so life changing in a weirdly small way, I'm sad to see him go, but I know I am forever changed from seeing him play.

Liquid`Zephyr

United States996 Posts

June 03 2016 06:24 GMT

#212

Man. Pretty sad day. Was always amazed how often he could turn around seemingly impossible games.

Thanks for all the good games and good luck wherever you end up.

plasma4

123 Posts

June 03 2016 06:28 GMT

#213

be really funny if he wins the gsl

nachtkap

Germany197 Posts

June 03 2016 07:22 GMT

#214

1st retirement thread were I read every single comment because of the memories.
So with a sad heart =( and fond memories =) GL Teaja.

Creager

Germany1924 Posts

June 03 2016 07:40 GMT

#215

I'll always remember Taeja for carrying Boxer to Code S, when he was still on Slayers! Really sad to see him go, thx for all these years and good luck!

perestain

Germany308 Posts

June 03 2016 07:42 GMT

#216

Good luck Taeja!
Amazing player...

rafaliusz

Poland482 Posts

June 03 2016 07:54 GMT

#217

I never was a fan of his nor his style. His skill has to be be respected though. Thanks for the games and good luck.

CognacLover

Poland66 Posts

June 03 2016 08:14 GMT

#218

Thinking about all these terran players who retired:
Mvp, Flash, MMA, Fantasy, MarineKing, Taeja,
That's a blow with no return... Who's next? Bomber? Sometimes I feel like what we need isn't new patch, balance, map pool, we fucking need those players back!

fealx

Germany376 Posts

June 03 2016 08:18 GMT

#219

The guy that made dreamhacks my favorite tournament(atleast before the new wcs)

GL in the future!!!!

What will happen with Team Taeja ehhhh Liquid now?

patermatrix

64 Posts

June 03 2016 08:28 GMT

#220

23-3 in IPL TAC 3

What a legend, one of the best of all time, wish you the best for your last matches!

You will always have a special place in my heart, my favorite player of all time!