Oh that explains why there is the interview in the other thread ... when I first saw it, I thought "cool, gonna read it later, but why the hell are they bringing up JD now, he retired like a year ago, is this an anniversary or what?" ...

juvenal

2448 Posts

November 02 2016 08:10 GMT

#102

I wake up to this... and this is pretty much the best thing that could've happened to JD. Feel like he's been sitting out his EG contract for a while now.

ChriS-X

Malaysia1374 Posts

November 02 2016 08:27 GMT

#103

time to resurrect leessang-rok in bw!

Mekare

Germany393 Posts

November 02 2016 08:48 GMT

#104

While this is hardly unexpected it still feels so surreal to actually read the words, even though he's been pretty much gone for so long already.

All the best for the future, dear Tyrant <3

DwD

Sweden8621 Posts

November 02 2016 09:20 GMT

#105

Thanks for everything Lee 'The Tyrant' Jaedong!
My fav player of all time. A bit sad that SC2 didn't really work out for him but I will always have great memories from BW.

I still have my old Hwaseung OZ shirt that I got from LilSusie from waaay back. Hwaseung never die!

I hope he returns to the old scene, lots of good times were had. All the best! <3

BreAKerTV

Taiwan1658 Posts

November 02 2016 09:33 GMT

#106

The dong is more handsome than me.

+ Show Spoiler +

It wasn't supposed to be this way...

It really wasn't.

Nyarly

France1030 Posts

November 02 2016 09:58 GMT

#107

Life sucks, not the player, the other life with live in where jaedong doesn't play stacraft anymore, and it sucks.

Gratefully, this article makes it a bit better.

I'd be thankful if when people think of StarCraft, they remembered that there was once a player called Jaedong.

You're quite literally in my Wall of fame. I will remember you.

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

November 02 2016 11:19 GMT

#108

So Jaedong now goes to stream BW like other BW legends? :D

byj

494 Posts

November 02 2016 12:04 GMT

#109

Does that mean he also wont be coming back to BW?

ETisME

12588 Posts

November 02 2016 12:13 GMT

#110

really hoping Jaedong to move on with his life and not going back to BW.
With his talent and dedication, he can go so very far at anything

He has became a legend of the esport, don't want to see him losing that identity to just another streamer living off donations.

ndesktop

Romania109 Posts

November 02 2016 12:51 GMT

#111

On November 02 2016 06:56 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
so EG is down to huk and incontrol?

Just down. Nobody played pro SC2 there in ages.

ndesktop

Romania109 Posts

November 02 2016 13:01 GMT

#112

I just told my boss to fuck off. Nagging me about to fix this bug, fix that etc.
"You know what? Jaedong just retired, so fuck off, I'm playing Broodwar for 1-2-3 hours. Got a problem with dat? Fire me."
Started laughing and walked away. Luckily, now I chilled off a little.

I remember some 4-5 years ago when I asked the guys from the office to stand up when I pronounce Jaedong and JulyZerg. They didn't like it, but accepted. (2 protosses and 1 terran).

MarinePrince

United States101 Posts

November 02 2016 13:32 GMT

#113

Retired from SC2, sure, but that's not a surprise. We all knew he was retired from SC2 after he didn't play, stream, or do anything in the scene for what... a year? Either way, I bet he'll return to BW and perhaps will be at Blizzcon for BW HD... who knows? He could do very well if he returned to BW and became a streamer.

Slardar

Canada7593 Posts

November 02 2016 13:56 GMT

#114

Goodbye Tyrant, will always remember you buddy. It only felt like yesterday watching BW in my friends basement around 2008-2010. Time flies

Nikon

Bulgaria5710 Posts

November 02 2016 14:31 GMT

#115

A tiny bit of hope that he returns to Broodwar. But then again, it's not 2008 any more, so maybe not. gl hf

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

November 02 2016 14:46 GMT

#116

Remembered when he first came onto the scene. RIP tyrant thanks for all the memories. Your rivalry with Flash was one of my favorites.

iopq

United States1013 Posts

November 02 2016 15:09 GMT

#117

Flash regularly gets 3K viewers concurrently on Afreeca. I'd imagine Jaedong could get the same amount.

ndesktop

Romania109 Posts

November 02 2016 16:22 GMT

#118

On November 03 2016 00:09 iopq wrote:
Flash regularly gets 3K viewers concurrently on Afreeca. I'd imagine Jaedong could get the same amount.

You bet. I can imagine what would be in a Flash v JD Bo11.

-KG-

Denmark1218 Posts

November 02 2016 18:39 GMT

#119

I remember seeing JD playing live at Copenhagen Games - thanks for all the games and best of luck!

fishjie

United States1519 Posts

November 02 2016 21:23 GMT

#120

The Greatness Defined article was greatly moving, pun intended and everything. Its too bad that Jaedong didn't do as well in sc2, but he still did damn good all things considered, giving SoO a run for his money in the kong line!