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On November 02 2016 06:57 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2016 06:56 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
so EG is down to huk and incontrol?
"not with a bang ... but a whimper" EG is a team of casters now. How sad 
+ Show Spoiler +HuK is not even playing StarCraft anymore. Overwatch seems to be his new game. Nobody has the balls or the courage to announce anything to their fans. I was a big HuK fan for quite some time and i can´t blame him for loosing passion or anything like that, but never hearing an official statment is just sad for all the people who followed and supported him over the last couple of years.
Sorry had to share my frustration.
Kinda the same way i felt for JD, but he stayed quite in general at least, so i accept it totaly.
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This is why I'll always love Starcraft. The history and storylines are unrivaled by any other eSport. If Faker or Fear or F0rest retired today, or even next year or 5 years from now, I don't think you could write an article quite like this about any of them.
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On November 02 2016 08:30 klipik12 wrote:
This is why I'll always love Starcraft. The history and storylines are unrivaled by any other eSport. If Faker or Fear or F0rest retired today, or even next year or 5 years from now, I don't think you could write an article quite like this about any of them.
Well, the FPS and Fighting Games scenes have quite the history too. They are, with RTS, the old guard of the Esport scene.
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And with that all my favourite players have officially retired from SC2.
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On November 02 2016 06:57 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2016 06:56 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
so EG is down to huk and incontrol?
"not with a bang ... but a whimper" EG is a team of casters now. How sad
+ Show Spoiler +HuK is not even playing StarCraft anymore. Overwatch seems to be his new game. Nobody has the balls or the courage to announce anything to their fans. I was a big HuK fan for quite some time and i can´t blame him for loosing passion or anything like that, but never hearing an official statment is just sad for all the people who followed and supported him over the last couple of years.
Sorry had to share my frustration.
Kinda the same way i felt for JD, but he stayed quite in general at least, so i accept it totaly.
BTT is feel like a dick for writing the shit about HuK but thats how i feel.
A few words to Jaedong even if he is never going to read it:
I only was able to discover you as a player/personality in 2010 after i started playing StarCraft 2 and at the same time learning everything about the StarCraft universe in general, because SC2 sucked me up totaly as a game.
I rewatched a ton of your Broodwar VODs while not even playing the game.
The moment i heared you would officialy switch over from Broodwar was INSANE for me. I could have never imagined you continuing your career in SC2. 2013 was the most awesome year of StarCraft 2 for me. Every tournament was a BLAST to be watched. Having your favorite player just killing it at every tournament he goes to was just incredibly awesome even with all those second places. Same goes for 2014, with just the same amount of hype for me.
I just wanna say thank you for the 2 signatures you gave me and all the memorable moments i had while watching you play. You are an incredible caracter and i just hope you keep it up and do well in everything you do in your future.
Would love to meet you another time in my life.
THANKS!
EDIT: Sorry doubleposted somehow. Is it possible to fix that?
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On November 02 2016 08:30 klipik12 wrote:
This is why I'll always love Starcraft. The history and storylines are unrivaled by any other eSport. If Faker or Fear or F0rest retired today, or even next year or 5 years from now, I don't think you could write an article quite like this about any of them.
It's a 10 year career built on top of another 7 years of history. Other games have a long way to go.
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OMG.
Time to change signature.
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Saw that coming. But so sad.
Goodbye sweet prince.
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I know this was kinda expected but still was hoping this "hiatus" was temporary.
Long life the Tyrant, long life The Dong
I'm really really REALLY sad.
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On November 02 2016 09:18 RHoudini wrote:
OMG.
Time to change signature.
please don't.
Rip Jaedong. Thanks for the memories. I wish you success (especially if its BW hehe)
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Anyone asking why he's at Blizzcon shouldn't even have to. BW HD is coming. He's going to be there for it. Maybe a showmatch who knows.
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He has a fan meeting at blizzcon apparently. I hope there is more to it though, we will see
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GLHF JD.
Thanks for the memories!
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On November 02 2016 08:13 stuchiu wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2016 08:11 Probe1 wrote:On November 02 2016 07:57 stuchiu wrote:On November 02 2016 07:56 blade55555 wrote:On November 02 2016 07:33 Solar424 wrote:
One of the all-time greats. Probably made the transition from BW to SC2 better than any of the big BW names. Yup he had a good run in SC2, better than most Progamers. That one year he made like 5-6 2nd places in tournaments and won a smallerish tournament. That was a sick year to be a Jaedong fan in 2013. I remember thinking I hope he never retires and it's sad he did, but if he streams BW or SC2 that would be cool, but if not I totally understand him just enjoying his life and not worrying about any of it. I hope its BW for his own sake. I dunno he's been talking about LoL and OW this year. We'll see. Probably depends on what Afreecas willing to offer him. Either of those are fine too since those are popular in Korea.
Oh. I was thinking about what you wrote and it hit me that he hasn't completed his mandatory military service.
That may be the next step in his life.
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Sad day. Great player. Great man.
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Picture of an autograph my brother got me from Jaedong in 2011 when he was still playing BW. The second picture is him watching me play in MLG Anaheim 2012 against Sasquatch. He was definitely one of my biggest inspirations when I started playing Starcraft. I would have never thought or even dreamed that one day we would be on the same team together. It was definitely a unique experience. I hope he continues to do amazing things in the future and hope he stays somewhat involved with the Starcraft community moving forward. He'll be missed but will always be remembered as a Starcraft legend!
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Ohh, what's left now is to see if Jiko was indeed him! Been watching that thread in the BW section getting bumped pretty often throughout the course of the last 6 months.
Rumours have to be somewhat true if that thread was that active. Right?
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Really expected this, but makes me sad regardless.
I had a chance to see him twice in 2013 and both times were pretty awesome. Hope he does well in the future.
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Glad to have met the Donger before his retirement...
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Bye JD, and welcome back to Broodwar.
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