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Ve5pa
Profile Joined December 2014
United Kingdom252 Posts
August 30 2016 19:21 GMT
#41
On August 31 2016 04:04 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2016 03:40 Deleuze wrote:
On August 31 2016 02:17 Hot_Bid wrote:
That casual rank 79 in Overwatch (top 200-300 in Korea??) reminds me of my favorite story about Taeja: when he visited the TL house in the Netherlands in preparation for Dreamhack the next week. Many players visit and its generally a good environment for practicing. The seating is an open area where the players sit in the center and Victor (Nazgul) sits behind them. When Hero or TLO or Ret visit they typically practice really hard because the owner's RIGHT THERE working too, so they want to show they're a hardworking player etc.

Taeja just didn't give a fuck, I don't think I saw him play StarCraft 2 all week. He'd just watch k-dramas and play League (in which he's Diamond 1 lol) with Victor right behind him. Of course he then goes to DreamHack and sweeps the tournament easily. He's one of the most talented players I've seen and he could've probably gone pro in any game he wanted. Too bad about the hand injuries.


Such a great story. One of my all time favorite pros.

GL Taeja!

I am not familiar with Dota. Diamond is the highest league in dota? Google doesn't help me.


He's on about League of Legends, no one in Korea really plays DOTA, but LoL is very popular, after Diamond 1 their is masters and GM
WhosQuany
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany257 Posts
August 30 2016 19:41 GMT
#42
"I'm spending my days being bored. I don't have anything to do so I occasionally play StarCraft, trying to hit Grandmaster with Protoss."

so Gosu

Goodbye Taeja
Goin back to Cali
SCHWARZENEGGER
Profile Joined July 2016
206 Posts
August 30 2016 19:46 GMT
#43
On August 31 2016 02:56 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
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On August 30 2016 23:28 SCHWARZENEGGER wrote:
"I put thought into every single game I played."
I thought it was just me who doing that, thats why I hit diamond after my very first ~400 games in sc2 and master after ~1000 xD


This is pretty common.


well, it was my first experience in multiplayer rts ever, and I see alot of players with 5-10k matches in dia-master.
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
August 30 2016 20:40 GMT
#44
On August 31 2016 04:04 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2016 03:40 Deleuze wrote:
On August 31 2016 02:17 Hot_Bid wrote:
That casual rank 79 in Overwatch (top 200-300 in Korea??) reminds me of my favorite story about Taeja: when he visited the TL house in the Netherlands in preparation for Dreamhack the next week. Many players visit and its generally a good environment for practicing. The seating is an open area where the players sit in the center and Victor (Nazgul) sits behind them. When Hero or TLO or Ret visit they typically practice really hard because the owner's RIGHT THERE working too, so they want to show they're a hardworking player etc.

Taeja just didn't give a fuck, I don't think I saw him play StarCraft 2 all week. He'd just watch k-dramas and play League (in which he's Diamond 1 lol) with Victor right behind him. Of course he then goes to DreamHack and sweeps the tournament easily. He's one of the most talented players I've seen and he could've probably gone pro in any game he wanted. Too bad about the hand injuries.


Such a great story. One of my all time favorite pros.

GL Taeja!

I am not familiar with Dota. Diamond is the highest league in dota? Google doesn't help me.


It was in League of Legends, Diamond I would be the league below Master and Challenger leagues.
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
August 30 2016 21:17 GMT
#45
On August 31 2016 05:40 Deleuze wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2016 04:04 Dingodile wrote:
On August 31 2016 03:40 Deleuze wrote:
On August 31 2016 02:17 Hot_Bid wrote:
That casual rank 79 in Overwatch (top 200-300 in Korea??) reminds me of my favorite story about Taeja: when he visited the TL house in the Netherlands in preparation for Dreamhack the next week. Many players visit and its generally a good environment for practicing. The seating is an open area where the players sit in the center and Victor (Nazgul) sits behind them. When Hero or TLO or Ret visit they typically practice really hard because the owner's RIGHT THERE working too, so they want to show they're a hardworking player etc.

Taeja just didn't give a fuck, I don't think I saw him play StarCraft 2 all week. He'd just watch k-dramas and play League (in which he's Diamond 1 lol) with Victor right behind him. Of course he then goes to DreamHack and sweeps the tournament easily. He's one of the most talented players I've seen and he could've probably gone pro in any game he wanted. Too bad about the hand injuries.


Such a great story. One of my all time favorite pros.

GL Taeja!

I am not familiar with Dota. Diamond is the highest league in dota? Google doesn't help me.


It was in League of Legends, Diamond I would be the league below Master and Challenger leagues.

not even sure if masters already existed back then.
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washikie
Profile Joined February 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-30 21:30:38
August 30 2016 21:29 GMT
#46
I will miss Taeja he was such an interesting player. I have watched and cheered for a variety of Terran players. I watched mvp out mind game people, inovation out macro people, Maru out micro his opponents, polt win by positioning and base trading. but I've never been able to understand what makes Taeja so good. He seems to just be comfortable in most situations. He is masterful at defense. He is better at late game than any Terran pro I've ever seen. He took rain into a 40 + minute game and beat him. He wore down innovation in the greatest tvt of all time. His play is always smart strategic and patient. No matter the situation he always knows what to do and has a plan that can lead to victory. I will miss his games some of them were works of art. <3
"when life gives Hero lemons he makes carriers" -Artosis
TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
August 30 2016 22:46 GMT
#47
Cute interview. Won't forget you Taeja. Nobody wins that many tournaments without a certain something special and that's why all the haters who said he couldn't put a fight in KR were wrong.
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16950 Posts
August 30 2016 23:04 GMT
#48
does any one know the exact nature of his injury?
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
evenjn
Profile Joined July 2012
Italy13 Posts
August 31 2016 00:08 GMT
#49
Farewell Taeja, the terran legend. You will always be in our best memories.
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8244 Posts
August 31 2016 01:23 GMT
#50
Just going to leave this here.

Antonidas
Profile Joined August 2014
United States105 Posts
August 31 2016 02:12 GMT
#51
Any games you remember in particular? Any that were especially meaningful?

Game four against Life at BlizzCon 2014.


eh, if anyone was REALLY second place in that tournament, it was Taeja.
as long as there is Starcraft, life is good *insert propaganda here*
warlocke
Profile Joined September 2015
97 Posts
August 31 2016 02:13 GMT
#52
Taeja's instinct in this game has been amazing, all the best the military service and hopefully come back to competitive play or become a coach
an average player whom can only F2 + a-move
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24591 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-31 07:22:26
August 31 2016 07:22 GMT
#53
taeja wants to be a social studies teacher? But he seems to know absolutely nothing about the outside world. : P Good luck to him though

edit: Just thought of a few of my colleagues and realized that the above is not a problem.
-KG-
Profile Joined October 2012
Denmark1218 Posts
August 31 2016 08:03 GMT
#54
Thanks for tons of great games TaeJa and best of luck in the military!
~~(,,ºº>
thragar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada450 Posts
August 31 2016 12:36 GMT
#55
I will never forget you Taeja! One of my favourite players to watch ever, you were entertaining every game.
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
August 31 2016 12:36 GMT
#56
On August 31 2016 16:22 Heartland wrote:
taeja wants to be a social studies teacher? But he seems to know absolutely nothing about the outside world. : P Good luck to him though

edit: Just thought of a few of my colleagues and realized that the above is not a problem.


Yeah, I wonder made that role particularly interesting to him? It's quite specific, those I know in the social sciences got into teaching through as desire to do research.

Guess there is much we don't know about the lives of or pros (may it stay that way!).
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
KOtical
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany451 Posts
August 31 2016 12:49 GMT
#57
On August 31 2016 02:17 Hot_Bid wrote:
That casual rank 79 in Overwatch (top 200-300 in Korea??) reminds me of my favorite story about Taeja: when he visited the TL house in the Netherlands in preparation for Dreamhack the next week. Many players visit and its generally a good environment for practicing. The seating is an open area where the players sit in the center and Victor (Nazgul) sits behind them. When Hero or TLO or Ret visit they typically practice really hard because the owner's RIGHT THERE working too, so they want to show they're a hardworking player etc.

Taeja just didn't give a fuck, I don't think I saw him play StarCraft 2 all week. He'd just watch k-dramas and play League (in which he's Diamond 1 lol) with Victor right behind him. Of course he then goes to DreamHack and sweeps the tournament easily. He's one of the most talented players I've seen and he could've probably gone pro in any game he wanted. Too bad about the hand injuries.


wow. thanks for sharing that amazing story. would be great to see some video footage from teaja other than his sick play. training videos from the past or how he hangs out with the TL crew... things like that. is something like that in the TL archives?
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24591 Posts
August 31 2016 13:05 GMT
#58
On August 31 2016 21:36 Deleuze wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2016 16:22 Heartland wrote:
taeja wants to be a social studies teacher? But he seems to know absolutely nothing about the outside world. : P Good luck to him though

edit: Just thought of a few of my colleagues and realized that the above is not a problem.


Yeah, I wonder made that role particularly interesting to him? It's quite specific, those I know in the social sciences got into teaching through as desire to do research.

Guess there is much we don't know about the lives of or pros (may it stay that way!).


A lot of people here can't make it into research and so the only thing you can do with a social sciences degree is to be a teacher for non-uni kids.
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
August 31 2016 13:07 GMT
#59
Great interview. Thanks Wax.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/proxywolf
TL+ Member
quannguyen
Profile Joined January 2012
Vietnam1390 Posts
August 31 2016 17:08 GMT
#60
Awesome interview Wax. Big thanks

Taeja and HerO were my 2 most favorites players in Starcraft 2. They're the 2 who brought me to know and love Teamliquid. Now 1 is no longer on Liquid, and 1 is retired

But still, best of luck on whatever you do Taeja. For me you're always the best Terran in the world!
Unlimited Warcraft Works and Super Starcraft Taisen ^^
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