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geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8230 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 22:01:28
June 08 2016 16:00 GMT
#1
https://twitter.com/Happy_sc2

Official Twitter account of Happy - ex-professional SC2 & WC3 player. Currently daily streamer.


On June 09 2016 05:14 Musicus wrote:
Not a real retirement as suspected .





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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 08 2016 16:04 GMT
#2
He might only be a streamer right now, but I think he might still compete in WCS qualifiers in the future.

I think he'll be back.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
June 08 2016 16:05 GMT
#3
Best of luck Happy, i'm sure he will be back though =)
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
June 08 2016 16:10 GMT
#4
good luck
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Railgan
Profile Joined August 2010
Switzerland1507 Posts
June 08 2016 16:14 GMT
#5
He retired from professional starcraft 2 to play starcraft 2!

Is there a list of retired players who are not really retired?
Grandmaster Zerg from Switzerland!!! www.twitch.tv/railgan // www.twitter.com/railgansc // www.youtube.com/c/railgansc
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28472 Posts
June 08 2016 16:14 GMT
#6
If this is final the foreigner terran talent pool got even smaller
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Primelot
Profile Joined January 2014
51 Posts
June 08 2016 16:15 GMT
#7
On June 09 2016 01:14 Railgan wrote:
He retired from professional starcraft 2 to play starcraft 2!

Is there a list of retired players who are not really retired?


HAHA i thought the same he continues streaming sc2 and some WC3 and i swear he still will play all WCS shit to me that's not really retired at all o_O
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy830 Posts
June 08 2016 16:16 GMT
#8
He returned playing WC3 some time ago, maybe he has more fun there ;D
I used to organize tournaments for ESL Italy and referee Go4SC2s, WCSs, and IEMs for ESL SC2.
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
June 08 2016 17:10 GMT
#9
Happy it was a pleasure watching you in both games. Thanks for the memories and gl.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
earendillo123
Profile Joined February 2016
10 Posts
June 08 2016 17:23 GMT
#10
Happy marine micro against ling/bling/muta, WoL times
KT_Elwood
Profile Joined July 2015
Germany906 Posts
June 08 2016 17:52 GMT
#11
More and more players dodging the "competition" and just keep Streaming. It's okay though.
"First he eats our dogs, and then he taxes the penguins... Donald Trump truly is the Donald Trump of our generation. " -DPB
coolmiyo
Profile Joined February 2016
51 Posts
June 08 2016 17:52 GMT
#12
fake retire into less tourney presure into wcs champion
RandomAccount#216215
Profile Joined September 2011
76 Posts
June 08 2016 18:09 GMT
#13
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3355 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 18:16:30
June 08 2016 18:15 GMT
#14
With no team, you won't be sent anywhere.It's a bit sad, he's quite a legend. Hopefully his streaming will pay off and hopefully for us non-Russians he will do some more English commentary
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
June 08 2016 18:34 GMT
#15
Best of luck for the future, Happy.
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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 18:51:18
June 08 2016 18:36 GMT
#16
this is ~2 month old news. he already said that he was only a streamer.

he plays exclusively WCS events, and only if he feels like it. He didnt even expect to qualify for dreamhack, he didnt even play the first qualifier, but happened to be too good not to qualify still anyway.

Best of luck Happy, let's hope for wc4 #bestundeadEU #21monthsub



Here some videos from him and why i will always love him as a player:

from 5 years ago (Starcraft 2, WoL)




From ~2006 to 2009 (Wc3, best of)




WCS annoying lights

http://i.makeagif.com/media/9-17-2014/x17LSz.gif



Wish there was more footage of him sitting there when he's playing, he's 20cm away from the monitor with his head and really fucking fast :D
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
June 08 2016 18:39 GMT
#17
damn, such sadness. He never really reached his full potential
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
slit
Profile Joined March 2013
Spain212 Posts
June 08 2016 18:44 GMT
#18
I hope he keeps feeling happy about sc2 and be a proud Happy bannerman!
GL HF in your new endeavors, KAPOW KAPOW
Ve5pa
Profile Joined December 2014
United Kingdom252 Posts
June 08 2016 19:01 GMT
#19
NUCLEAR TERRAN!!! NUCLEAR TERRAN!!

Best of luck to Happy, keep rek'ing kids on ladder
PharaphobiaSC
Profile Joined April 2016
Czech Republic457 Posts
June 08 2016 19:03 GMT
#20
On June 09 2016 02:52 KT_Elwood wrote:
More and more players dodging the "competition" and just keep Streaming. It's okay though.


What are you talking about, who else is actually dodging?
twitch.tv/pharaphobia
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2747 Posts
June 08 2016 19:20 GMT
#21
There have always been a huge difference between his skills on ladder and tournament, what a shame because he would probably have been on the same level as Lucifron.
Advantageous
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
China1350 Posts
June 08 2016 19:24 GMT
#22
is he Happy about this decision tho?
"Because I am BossToss" -MC ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ I'm sure that all of my fellow class mates viewed me as the Adonis of the Class of 2015 already. -Xenocider, EG, ieF 2013 Champion.
Dungeontay
Profile Joined December 2015
126 Posts
June 08 2016 19:55 GMT
#23
Rekt
Zzz
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 08 2016 20:14 GMT
#24
Not a real retirement as suspected .

https://twitter.com/Happy_sc2/status/740637905929023490

https://twitter.com/Happy_sc2/status/740637920097390592

https://twitter.com/Happy_sc2/status/740637981917188096
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
lagcats
Profile Joined February 2016
172 Posts
June 08 2016 20:43 GMT
#25
knew this would come eventually
http://www.twitter.com/lagcats <---> http://www.twitch.tv/lagcats Challenger League of Legends player.
Ve5pa
Profile Joined December 2014
United Kingdom252 Posts
June 08 2016 21:49 GMT
#26
Does anyone have a link to the HomeStory Cup game where MC called him 'Nuclear Terran' whilst casting?
aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
June 08 2016 22:34 GMT
#27
fake retirement is just annoying
can i get my estro logo back pls
Sharkken
Profile Joined October 2012
Jordan141 Posts
June 08 2016 22:46 GMT
#28
We are still rooting for you Happy!!!

Don't stop playing
Liquid HerO Best Toss in the World
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
June 08 2016 23:02 GMT
#29
On June 09 2016 03:39 Noonius wrote:
damn, such sadness. He never really reached his full potential

Yup.
Sadly no team sees his potential
benthekid
Profile Joined March 2011
United States132 Posts
June 09 2016 00:16 GMT
#30
Another Terran retiring... will the balance team get the hint or will WCS be PvZvPvPvZvZzzzT(TY)...
"Protoss is really strong recently. Perhaps, it's time for there to be some changes for Terran." -MMA (back in WoL) (Funny how it's still true)
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
June 09 2016 05:10 GMT
#31
Yeah...he's not going anywhere.
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
Liquid`Bunny
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark145 Posts
June 09 2016 05:39 GMT
#32
Why can't players just make a blog about them not wanting to spend as much energy being competitive anymore. "Retirements" in sc2 where people keep playing is getting a bit old.
Team Liquid
AtmC
Profile Joined June 2016
4 Posts
June 09 2016 05:58 GMT
#33
according to my calculations he will come back in november
According to my calculations...
saltis
Profile Joined September 2012
159 Posts
June 09 2016 08:28 GMT
#34
Dude bans anyone who would dare to disagree with his opinion in a slightest way, would be sarcastic in a slightest way or would say anything what he wouldn't appreciate. And I am not exaggerating.
Have fun streaming to your 200 remaining viewers.

ps. he would drop a nuke on my post if only he could.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18386 Posts
June 09 2016 08:31 GMT
#35
please can we change the title of the thread?
BlueStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Bulgaria1166 Posts
June 09 2016 08:54 GMT
#36
It's just annoying to see so many people retire and come back again.
If there aren't any news about a person, probably nobody cares.
Who should care about Happys next retirement in a row?
Leader of the Bulgarian National SCBW/SC2 team and team pSi.SCBW/SC2
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 09 2016 16:07 GMT
#37
Everybody wants to retire happy.
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3418 Posts
June 09 2016 16:14 GMT
#38
On June 09 2016 14:39 Liquid`Bunny wrote:
Why can't players just make a blog about them not wanting to spend as much energy being competitive anymore. "Retirements" in sc2 where people keep playing is getting a bit old.


Agreed.
xtorn
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
4060 Posts
June 09 2016 17:32 GMT
#39
On June 09 2016 14:39 Liquid`Bunny wrote:
Why can't players just make a blog about them not wanting to spend as much energy being competitive anymore. "Retirements" in sc2 where people keep playing is getting a bit old.

100% agreed
Life - forever the Legend in my heart
Ve5pa
Profile Joined December 2014
United Kingdom252 Posts
June 10 2016 02:33 GMT
#40
On June 09 2016 14:39 Liquid`Bunny wrote:
Why can't players just make a blog about them not wanting to spend as much energy being competitive anymore. "Retirements" in sc2 where people keep playing is getting a bit old.


Bunny man, seriously as a Terran fan I've always loved you but seriously, more salt please.... Let him fake retire like the BossToss who christened him 'NUCLEAR TERRAN,' I've tried but I still can't find the VOD. Please can anyone help???

And.... to all the other interweb bashers, take a minute to realise at least Happy played the game the way he wanted to, rather than following some fucked up meta. Kids need to grow up.

p.s. TL staff I'm not spelling things wrong, I'm just not American. Please sort this out....
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
June 17 2016 00:43 GMT
#41
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12376 Posts
June 17 2016 05:17 GMT
#42
Happy stream is always my go to whenever no tournament is on.
his tournament performance really undersell his skill
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
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