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Jer99
Canada8157 Posts
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — November 1, 2016 — Evil Geniuses (EG), a premiere professional gaming team, announces that one of the team’s most successful and visible StarCraft 2 players, Lee ‘Jaedong’ Jae Dong will officially retire as a player. An absolute legend of the Brood War era, and EG player since 2012, Jaedong will don his player jersey for one last time during BlizzCon this coming weekend. EG.Jaedong: Greatness defined, a TeamLiquid Final Edit 
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5490 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 jimminy_kriket wrote: What is he doing at blizzcon? can't announce BW HD without the Dong | ||
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Cluster__
United States328 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 jimminy_kriket wrote: What is he doing at blizzcon? Probably just being seen by fans | ||
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Elentos
55458 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 Shellshock wrote: TIL Jaedong wasn't already retired That's a harsh way to put it, but yeah, this is probably the least unexpected retirement of the year. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 jimminy_kriket wrote: What is he doing at blizzcon? good question, some form of show match i guess? BW HD? Dunno | ||
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Carminedust
487 Posts
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]343[
United States10328 Posts
hello jiko! | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 Shellshock wrote: TIL Jaedong wasn't already retired Yeah. He hasn't played since February. The interview is pretty good at least. | ||
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[sc1f]eonzerg
Belgium6505 Posts
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bartus88
Netherlands491 Posts
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Lightrush
Bulgaria164 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16642 Posts
"not with a bang ... but a whimper" | ||
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iFU.pauline
France1496 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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  | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16642 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:49 The_Red_Viper wrote: good question, some form of show match i guess? BW HD? Dunno demonstrating Starcraft Go for mobile phones. either that or Diablo Racing 64. | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:56 JimmyJRaynor wrote: so EG is down to huk and incontrol? "not with a bang ... but a whimper" xeno and suppy are both much more active than huk and incontrol | ||
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ANGELIAS1234
United States46 Posts
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Jer99
Canada8157 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:59 Jer99 wrote: I have a Jaedong story, last year at WCS on the second (?) day I was outside my hotel waiting to meet up with some people for breakfast or whatever, and out of nowhere Jaedong showed up with someone. They did not know how to get to the venue so I offered to walk him there. So yeah I got to walk him to the venue and it was pretty cool, they let him in after some convincing he was a player and I went about my day girly nerd chills. | ||
HaN-
France1919 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
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ejozl
Denmark3340 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:48 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: can't announce BW HD without the Dong This made me think about the Google AI, they might actually have the AI vs Progamer Starcraft match be in BW:HD. | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
Probably after 2 months of saying he's not going to. | ||
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DinosaurJones
United States1000 Posts
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Aocowns
Norway6070 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:57 Pokebunny wrote: xeno and suppy are both much more active than huk and incontrol Dunno about Suppy, but xeno said on stream he's not affiliated with EG anymore Even had to buy a mouse for himself for the first time in years, the poor little guy | ||
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oBlade
United States5406 Posts
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Makro
France16890 Posts
such a legacy | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 02 2016 07:04 Heyoka wrote: There were rumors a while ago of some high ranked Zerg account being Jaedong's on Fish or whatever so if I were a betting man I'd wager he will try his hand at Afreeca BW streaming, like all his old bros. Probably after 2 months of saying he's not going to. There are ceremonies and practices that must be preserved | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
All the best JD, I will always be your fan! | ||
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Elentos
55458 Posts
On November 02 2016 07:07 Aocowns wrote: Dunno about Suppy, but xeno said on stream he's not affiliated with EG anymore Even had to buy a mouse for himself for the first time in years, the poor little guy I'm pretty sure EG SC2 is effectively defunct. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16642 Posts
they finally updated their site from HotS to LotV. | ||
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CynicalDeath
Italy3199 Posts
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Penev
28453 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On November 02 2016 07:11 Elentos wrote: I'm pretty sure EG SC2 is effectively defunct. Yeah that Cyan interview of Incontrol said as much. | ||
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Bijan
United States286 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On November 02 2016 07:26 Bijan wrote: Does anyone know what Jaedong has been doing for the past year? In the interview he says he played some games like lol and OW and rested. Rumors are that he also played on the fish server (bw) | ||
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LRM)TechnicS
Bulgaria1565 Posts
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SentryKing
5 Posts
(All the legends like JD, Flash, MKP,...should also get a portrait or sth in the game. | ||
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Solar424
United States4001 Posts
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egernya
Canada352 Posts
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
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usopsama
6502 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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purakushi
United States3300 Posts
Can't wait to officially welcome him back to BW. I'll miss seeing him on the big stage (SC2 or BW), though. God is waiting for a challenge. gogo 424 | ||
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onlystar
United States971 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 02 2016 07:56 blade55555 wrote: 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. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
People would watch him no matter what, he could stream solitaire and he still would have more viewers than most But yeah i would prefer bw  If he decides to never stream (which would be a bad decision money wise) than that is ok too i guess, i doubt that will happen though | ||
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XenOsky
Chile2219 Posts
424 vs Fa1con finals, remember this post. | ||
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TurboMaN
Germany925 Posts
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Kerence
Sweden1817 Posts
Won't exactly be surprising if he goes back to BW either. Maybe we'll have the chance to see him in one of those tournaments at some point. | ||
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Jeremy Reimer
Canada968 Posts
I once watched a game in which he made four scourge and flew them to his opponent's base on the opposite corner of a medium sized map, and I swear he timed it so that his opponent's mutas emerged from their eggs the exact millisecond so that the scourge would blow them up. His games were full of moments like that. It was something to see. | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
I dunno he's been talking about LoL and OW this year. We'll see. Probably depends on what Afreecas willing to offer him. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 02 2016 08:11 Probe1 wrote: 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. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13968 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:46 Shellshock wrote: TIL Jaedong wasn't already retired pretty much | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/R1CH/Happy2.gif) | ||
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Cinskywind1
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Haku
Germany550 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:57 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: 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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klipik12
United States241 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
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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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
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Haku
Germany550 Posts
On November 02 2016 06:57 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: 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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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
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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RHoudini
Belgium3627 Posts
Time to change signature. | ||
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b0ub0u
Canada445 Posts
Goodbye sweet prince. | ||
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Oalfredo77
35 Posts
Long life the Tyrant, long life The Dong I'm really really REALLY sad. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
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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coolman123123
146 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
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Deleuze
United Kingdom2102 Posts
Thanks for the memories! | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On November 02 2016 08:13 stuchiu wrote: 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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Mozdk
Denmark6989 Posts
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
![[image loading]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwN3nWWXEAIXKlF.jpg) ![[image loading]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwN4IDXXgAAj2Tq.jpg) 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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IntoTheEmo
Singapore1169 Posts
Rumours have to be somewhat true if that thread was that active. Right? | ||
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Draconicfire
Canada2562 Posts
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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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
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xTJx
Brazil419 Posts
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Fran_
United States1024 Posts
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
Is there anything you'd like to tell the fans, one last time? Since the days of Brood War when I played in WCG, I received love from so many fans overseas, on the other side of the world. In StarCraft 2, foreign fans showed me love that was excessive compared to my results. For that, I always feel grateful, every single day. Even now, I receive messages on Twitter and social media, and I'm so very thankful for it. I don't think anyone can change the passing of the seasons (laughs). A lot of time has flowed by, and I need to think about my life going forward. Whatever I end up doing, I'll do it while remaining thankful that I remained in the minds of some fans. I'd be thankful if when people think of StarCraft, they remembered that there was once a player called Jaedong. T_T Goodbye Jaedong, hopefully we'll see you play again. | ||
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prplhz
Denmark8045 Posts
gg gl jaedong | ||
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ArvickHero
10387 Posts
godspeed to the tyrant | ||
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warlocke
97 Posts
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suddendeathTV
Sweden388 Posts
"I don't think anyone can change the passing of the seasons (laughs). A lot of time has flowed by, and I need to think about my life going forward. Whatever I end up doing, I'll do it while remaining thankful that I remained in the minds of some fans. I'd be thankful if when people think of StarCraft, they remembered that there was once a player called Jaedong." This made me sob, really... Love the guy, hope he keeps updating his Twitter and perhaps play games for fun : ) (and maybe stream?!) | ||
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Dante08
Singapore4121 Posts
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
Raise your Dongers, one last time. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
I thought this already happened a long time ago, but either way I'm glad he stuck to starcraft as long as he did. He will be missed. | ||
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don_kyuhote
3006 Posts
The guy had to go through 10 courage tournament to finally earn his progamer license in BW. He failed to win the tournament a whopping 9 times, before finally winning on his 10th try. Talk about perseverance and determination. The guy wasn't my favorite player (+ Show Spoiler + Flash was His courage tournament story always inspires me, and I'm sure it does to a lot of people. | ||
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Kingsky
Singapore298 Posts
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Perguvious
United States1783 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sU23PtF.png) Started watching Brood War ten years ago. Five years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Jaedong (and many other of my heroes) at MLG Anaheim. Now, Jaedong begins a new chapter. I wish him the best in whatever he chooses to pursue in the future. | ||
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Lambertus
South Africa965 Posts
Why are we using the term retiring so much? Its serioulsy the wrong term for what the pro gamers are doing. Call it - change of careers - transformation - switching to - or whatever else you can think of... See you soon JD!  | ||
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zyce
United States649 Posts
Thanks for all your amazing games in both Brood War and SC2. Thanks for all of your English interviews. Best wishes in life, and hope to see you again soon! | ||
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TR
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Asturas
Finland587 Posts
I am still hoping for BW HD. Not to replace SC2, which is my favourite game since 2010, but to give us back games like JD vs Flash. Oh, the dreams  | ||
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agsub
Singapore368 Posts
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Ziggy
South Korea2105 Posts
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
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gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
o7 Cya mate! o7 | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
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juvenal
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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
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Mekare
Germany393 Posts
All the best for the future, dear Tyrant <3 | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
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 | ||
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](https://scontent-tpe1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10409777_550060518458210_6701125358144431699_n.jpg?oh=0e981c1a27218c4a0a7d0246067b55f7&oe=58986F75) It wasn't supposed to be this way... It really wasn't. | ||
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Nyarly
France1030 Posts
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. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
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byj
494 Posts
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ETisME
12329 Posts
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. | ||
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ndesktop
Romania109 Posts
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. | ||
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ndesktop
Romania109 Posts
"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). | ||
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MarinePrince
United States101 Posts
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Slardar
Canada7593 Posts
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Nikon
Bulgaria5710 Posts
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
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iopq
United States880 Posts
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ndesktop
Romania109 Posts
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. | ||
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-KG-
Denmark1204 Posts
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
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Adolive90
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i'll never forget the "stack harass" mutas and the "passing through" mutas My amateur highlight 2008 (bw era) video of his memorable games: | ||
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Drmooose
United States390 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
Hopefully, we'll see Jaedong on afreeca. | ||
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
On November 02 2016 21:13 ETisME wrote: 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. wtf? | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
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GTR
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5490 Posts
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Scrutinizer
170 Posts
Thank you. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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TardsVsZombi
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