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Lilbow retires from SC2

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SNSeigifried
Profile Joined April 2013
United States1640 Posts
July 15 2016 18:21 GMT
#1

Immediately after being knocked out in the Ro16 of DH Valencia, Lilbow has announced that this will be his last SC2 tournament and he will be moving on to Overwatch.
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ragazzoaction
Profile Joined May 2016
9 Posts
July 15 2016 18:31 GMT
#2
There is seriously no point for his average play to remain in SC2, unless you play for fun only. It should be clear by now that he could only win a tournament when the patch was right for him (no offense).
ChapatiyaqPTSM
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1887 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 18:43:18
July 15 2016 18:33 GMT
#3
Copying what I posted elsewhere:
On July 16 2016 03:32 ChapatiyaqPTSM wrote:
Lilbow just said it was his last offline tournament. I've heard in the French stream that he said he'd continue playing in Topdogs tournaments, and he still has the level to get some money out of it while transitioning to Overwatch.


Still I guess we can pretty much say he is retired kinda like MC or multiple Korean players that transitioned into not being as active as before.
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EJK
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States1302 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 18:35:12
July 15 2016 18:34 GMT
#4
edit: nvm
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-NegativeZero-
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2142 Posts
July 15 2016 18:50 GMT
#5
switching to full time starcraft 3 preparation
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Daswollvieh
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
5553 Posts
July 15 2016 18:54 GMT
#6
That tournament is doing career-ending damage.
Thax
Profile Joined July 2014
Belgium1060 Posts
July 15 2016 19:15 GMT
#7
Didn't we have this retirement thread already?
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
July 15 2016 19:18 GMT
#8
If he's satisfied, then I'm glad for him - nice to retire on a happy note
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Supter
Profile Joined February 2011
France382 Posts
July 15 2016 19:19 GMT
#9
>There is seriously no point for his average play to remain in SC2, unless you play for fun only. It should be clear by now that he could only win a tournament when the patch was right for him (no offense).

Lilbow's play during his WCS championship was legitely good. The fact that he stopped caring after that doesn't mean we should say that his win was only due to the patch. He had good macro, very good micro and resistance to pressure, and knew when to go for a kill when he took a small advantage.

I'd say, if you were to compare to the korean scene, that he's more of a Seed who had figured something out than a Sniper, that everybody remembers as "This random zerg dude who won something"
StabiloBoss20
Profile Joined July 2015
313 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 19:31:29
July 15 2016 19:29 GMT
#10
at least he was a very one dimensional player. and this playstyle doesnt work in LotV anymore.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12928 Posts
July 15 2016 20:47 GMT
#11
When random french create an account just to shitpost about you on TL, you know you were important o:.

Decent performance, topdogs is cool, he might upset some players there.
WriterMaru
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
July 15 2016 21:07 GMT
#12
Meh, glad he's at least happy with his final results.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
July 15 2016 21:26 GMT
#13
it's easy to take shots at him about the "practicing for the next game" meme, but honestly whatever he does it's his choice and his life... yeah his play didn't stand up to his reasoning for tanking blizzcon, but so what? i still wish him the best
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JackONeill
Profile Joined September 2013
861 Posts
July 16 2016 09:09 GMT
#14
Can't win with mass blink stalker allins anymore, therefore he leaves the game. Best choice for him i suppose
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24604 Posts
July 16 2016 09:14 GMT
#15
At least foreigners are better at retiring than Koreans are.
xtorn
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
4060 Posts
July 16 2016 09:25 GMT
#16
have fun in overwatch.

On July 16 2016 18:14 Heartland wrote:
At least foreigners are better at retiring than Koreans are.

lmao
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hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland963 Posts
July 16 2016 09:42 GMT
#17
Hopefully he'll find a good home with Overwatch.
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JoeCool
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany2520 Posts
July 16 2016 09:45 GMT
#18
I thought we already had a thread for his retirement?
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
July 16 2016 10:59 GMT
#19
Overwatch 2 confirmed
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StabiloBoss20
Profile Joined July 2015
313 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-16 14:49:40
July 16 2016 14:48 GMT
#20
On July 16 2016 05:47 Poopi wrote:
When random french create an account just to shitpost about you on TL, you know you were important o:.

Decent performance, topdogs is cool, he might upset some players there.



1. im not frensh
2. this account is not new
3. he was the top foreigner in 2015, sure he was important

i just dont see a bright future in sc2 for him. from this point the switch to overwatch makes sence.
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