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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28042 Posts
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjtYCNdgIU4/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=12crmwocyoibn Long time Korean Terran player FanTaSy announced today via Instagram that he'll be returning to competitive StarCraft 2, after having retired at the beginning of 2016. 
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Garnet
Vietnam8283 Posts
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Orlok
Korea (South)157 Posts
Ah well, at least the news is out! And I'm rather surprised he'd come back to SC2. I always thought he'd be more at home with Brood War, but its always nice to see the opposite happen. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30693 Posts
Didn't matter which game he came back to, this makes me very happy. Fantasy was just starting to hit his stride in sc2 when he went off to the military so it'll be interesting to see what he can do in LotV | ||
GTR
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BigFan
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Phredxor
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jinjin5000
Korea (South)655 Posts
It finally is over~! Thank you to all the fellow members of forces who worked hard with me and lets keep in touch~! I decided that I will be returning as SC2 pro-player now. I may have excited some and disappointed some with my decision, but I chose what I think will be best for my abillities, so please cheer me on~!♡ wow, this is really surprising never expected in my life that Fantasy would choose SC2 and ForGG would choose BW. That seems so weird per say; since it would have been the best in financial point of view that Fantasy choose BW and ForGG choose SC2 but in end of the day, it really isn't all about the money! Follow the #passion | ||
Waxangel
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BigFan
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On June 07 2018 14:44 Waxangel wrote: Fantasy had started to "get it" and was in the midst of finding SC2 success when he went to do his military service. Maybe he felt like he had some unfinished business. only to crash and burn then return to BW to cash in  I'm glad that he's doing what's best for himself. We already have Flash in BW, we don't need another great terran there too though I question if he can survive the new level of skill that BW has reached but that's for another thread. | ||
CynicalDeath
Italy2326 Posts
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neutralrobot
Australia847 Posts
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HolydaKing
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Qikz
United Kingdom11086 Posts
T_T Why not BW FanTaSy WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME | ||
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jy_9876543210
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I still remember Memories! | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom11086 Posts
Good luck Jung Myung Hoon, I will support you the best I can, but I can't like SC2 T_T | ||
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zealotstim
United States455 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30693 Posts
I was about to post this. That will go down as one of the coolest sc2 moments ever right up there with the BC archon toilet in Mvp vs Squirtle. The Korean version was even better, they went absolutely apeshit: 4:30 | ||
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Ej_
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avanhokie
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Heyoka
Temple of EE-Sama22474 Posts
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Epoxide
Magic Woods9042 Posts
On June 07 2018 14:50 BigFan wrote: we don't need another great terran there yeah we do + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](/staff/Epoxide/Various/ASL5_Tesagi.png) | ||
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Ryu3600
Canada432 Posts
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TT1
Canada8956 Posts
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nighcol
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Judgement
Netherlands114 Posts
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Qikz
United Kingdom11086 Posts
On June 07 2018 15:33 Ej_ wrote: Are people really surprised? Fantasy has said he likes SC2 more and he played SC2 during his service He was also playing BW games with Bisu. | ||
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yoshi245
United States2643 Posts
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Mun_Su
France2034 Posts
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sneakyfox
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On June 07 2018 15:33 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: I was about to post this. That will go down as one of the coolest sc2 moments ever right up there with the BC archon toilet in Mvp vs Squirtle. The Korean version was even better, they went absolutely apeshit: 4:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-Y6cW1Vwc Lol this is just sick. You really gotta wonder how the hell soO is still playing this game. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom29363 Posts
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smexyco
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Korea (South)478 Posts
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Glioburd
France1865 Posts
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DieuCure
France3214 Posts
On June 07 2018 16:11 TT1 wrote: ForGG did the same thing before going back to BW No, on stream he said that he wasn't really sure about it. | ||
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?32212 Posts
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KappaKingPrime
United States439 Posts
On June 07 2018 14:58 neutralrobot wrote: It's so great to think of FanTaSy coming back! I would have loved to see him in BW, but he did play some of the most interesting SC2 games ever also, IMO. I hope he gets into GSL-qualifying shape quicker than Parting and MMA so far. While he was on holidays a month ago, he got to top 50 GM. So there is a good chance that he can qualify for season 3. | ||
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StarscreamG1
Portugal1634 Posts
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The_Templar
THE FUTURE52473 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada4461 Posts
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ToXavieR
Cuba19 Posts
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FanTaSy fighting ~~ | ||
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Sholip
Hungary419 Posts
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avilo
United States4099 Posts
Tbh, this will sound harsh but people know it's true, SC2 started to go downhill when every other player that was retiring or leaving SC2 was a Terran player. Boxer, Nada, Fantasy, the list goes on. | ||
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Musicus
Germany22628 Posts
It's nice to see that he still wants to compete and chose the harder path by competing in sc2. He can always go back to streaming BW on afreeca if he doesn't do well in 2019 I guess, it's cool to see him try! | ||
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Lazorstorm
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youngjiddle
United States469 Posts
User was warned for this post User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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TT1
Canada8956 Posts
On June 07 2018 23:20 avilo wrote: Fantasy is one of the very few pro Terran players i respect because he doesn't just copy every other pro like a sheep. I think he also is one of the only Terrans (other than myself ofc) willing to do full transitional builds from bio to mech or mech to bio and make them work with good execution. Tbh, this will sound harsh but people know it's true, SC2 started to go downhill when every other player that was retiring or leaving SC2 was a Terran player. Boxer, Nada, Fantasy, the list goes on. No worries, SC2 will be fine as long as it has the most legendary of all terrans, YOU. Like YOU said.. YOU're basically the NA FanTaSy.  | ||
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Lunareste
United States3589 Posts
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Kurao
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gnuoy00
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AlgeriaT
Sweden2127 Posts
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nojok
France5319 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3282 Posts
On June 07 2018 21:10 StarscreamG1 wrote: It's weird he returns to SC2 and not BW. But anyway, there's where the most money is, and even if he doesn't switches to BW is better to get him on SC2 than do not have him at all :-) SC2 really isn't where the money is for Korea specifically, he would probably make much more money streaming BW unless he can win a Blizzcon or a big IEM | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11443 Posts
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IntoTheEmo
Singapore1151 Posts
Yeah, he's obviously heartbroken because Bisu's in the army now. | ||
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1336 Posts
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onlystar
United States694 Posts
On June 07 2018 15:09 Qikz wrote: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO T_T Why not BW FanTaSy WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME its a business choice in BW you have Flash collecting all that ASL money (its going to be incredibly hard.. nearly impossible to get at that level once again and than taking on Flash&Rain ) Fantasy wants to collect of what is rest of the blizzard sponsored sc2 money | ||
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washikie
United States510 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany12577 Posts
On June 08 2018 05:57 onlystar wrote: its a business choice in BW you have Flash collecting all that ASL money (its going to be incredibly hard.. nearly impossible to get at that level once again and than taking on Flash&Rain ) Fantasy wants to collect of what is rest of the blizzard sponsored sc2 money no... He would be able to make so much money from afreeca streaming, if he would go for a "business choice" he'd choose BW no qestion. | ||
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DieuCure
France3214 Posts
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TT1
Canada8956 Posts
On June 08 2018 06:59 DieuCure wrote: ForGG is always under 100 viewers on afreeca, you have to be a ASL finalist/great personnality to be above 1K or even 500 viewers On Afreeca that's enough to get ~3k+ a month. | ||
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PuddleZerg
United States82 Posts
On June 08 2018 00:06 youngjiddle wrote: brood war fans seething. User was warned for this post User was temp banned for this post. I like to imagine this happened because of a Brood War fan. User was warned for this post. | ||
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Jan1997
Norway529 Posts
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Jj_82
Swaziland391 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada4461 Posts
How the fuck is that suppose to be a viable buisness model? Or is it only with donation? | ||
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RHoudini
Belgium3596 Posts
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DieuCure
France3214 Posts
https://broodwar.fuzic.nl/streams/af-forgg1/ Would you have proof of what you advance ? | ||
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Twinkle Toes
United States3318 Posts
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Wrong
Mexico9 Posts
I can't wait to see him compete in SC2 again and hopefully see some outside-the-box plays/strats from him. | ||
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Juaks
United States383 Posts
Thinking about it, maybe he has already several team offers in SC2. EG? TL? Maybe a Korean team? BW only has a real scene in Korea and other than ASL there is nothing else. Maybe he thinks he can make more money in SC2 since it's much more popular and there are more tournaments outside of Korea. I am sure he did the math Streaming BW vs competing for a team and winning tournaments in SC2. | ||
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TT1
Canada8956 Posts
On June 08 2018 08:42 DieuCure wrote: https://broodwar.fuzic.nl/streams/af-forgg1/ Would you have proof of what you advance ? On June 08 2018 08:26 Nakajin wrote: How the fuck is that suppose to be a viable buisness model? Or is it only with donation? Afreeca has a lot of whales that donate a ton of money (balloons). You can look up By.Tyson's numbers, when he was an active streamer he'd get ~75'ish viewers and he'd get about 3k a month, at least that's what i remember reading. But yea Afreeca streamers mainly rely on donations, lucky for them even the low end pros still get a lot of donation and sponsored/event matches, it's more than enough to justify being a full time BW streamer. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/512299-top-10-earners-of-july ^ For example you can see how much Free was getting back in 2016, he was like a middle of the pack streamer. There's not much separation between midd to low tier pro BW streamers. | ||
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Lexender
Mexico2170 Posts
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Shellshock
United States95093 Posts
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Psychobabas
United Kingdom2507 Posts
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Seanzk
China207 Posts
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nimdil
Poland3015 Posts
On June 08 2018 11:08 Juaks wrote: I am surprised as well to see him go back to SC2 instead of Broodwar. So many people were hyped about him going back to BW. Thinking about it, maybe he has already several team offers in SC2. EG? TL? Maybe a Korean team? BW only has a real scene in Korea and other than ASL there is nothing else. Maybe he thinks he can make more money in SC2 since it's much more popular and there are more tournaments outside of Korea. I am sure he did the math Streaming BW vs competing for a team and winning tournaments in SC2. EG left SC2, why would they sign up mostly forgotten SC2 player that used to be almost legend in Brood War days? Honestly I can't see why any SC2 would sign him up. Fantasy has never been top dog in the game and coming out of military service - I don't see him making any kind of splash. | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom11086 Posts
On June 08 2018 11:08 Juaks wrote: I am surprised as well to see him go back to SC2 instead of Broodwar. So many people were hyped about him going back to BW. Thinking about it, maybe he has already several team offers in SC2. EG? TL? Maybe a Korean team? BW only has a real scene in Korea and other than ASL there is nothing else. Maybe he thinks he can make more money in SC2 since it's much more popular and there are more tournaments outside of Korea. I am sure he did the math Streaming BW vs competing for a team and winning tournaments in SC2. BW has a ton of tournaments outside of ASL. There's atleast 6 tournaments going on at this very moment. As well as a teamleague. | ||
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Matroid_Prime
Canada34 Posts
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Netherlands3126 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada4461 Posts
On June 08 2018 21:42 Qikz wrote: BW has a ton of tournaments outside of ASL. There's atleast 6 tournaments going on at this very moment. As well as a teamleague. Fantasy never came close to winning anything in sc2, he was way better in BW, he probably just like sc2 more or at least the sc2 competitive scene. | ||
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Ctesias
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True_Spike
Poland3092 Posts
I do wish he returned to BW instead, but I'll be super happy watching him play SC2 as well. | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3851 Posts
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PuddleZerg
United States82 Posts
On June 08 2018 07:23 PuddleZerg wrote: I like to imagine this happened because of a Brood War fan. User was warned for this post. The comedy writes itself. | ||
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BigFan
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Lysergic1
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On June 08 2018 08:51 Twinkle Toes wrote: Why sc2 and not BW??? Better game. : ) I've been a Fantasy fan forever, can't wait to see him playing again. Hopefully he won't stall out which seems to be a common problem without team support. (Even better, hope a team picks him up, even something team-lite like Splyce) | ||
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Ej_
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On June 08 2018 22:31 Nakajin wrote: Fantasy never came close to winning anything in sc2, he was way better in BW, he probably just like sc2 more or at least the sc2 competitive scene. He explicitly said he liked SC2 more. Which honestly makes sense, the style of SC2 Terran suited him. | ||
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Spinoza
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Cheers :D | ||
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xelnaga_empire
378 Posts
On June 07 2018 14:44 Waxangel wrote: Fantasy had started to "get it" and was in the midst of finding SC2 success when he went to do his military service. Maybe he felt like he had some unfinished business. Fantasy made weird decisions during his games in SC2. Reminds me of Flash, who also made weird decisions in his games in SC2. Jaedong in his prime in SC2 seemed to get it though with Zerg. The one year that Jaedong got to the finals of Blizzcon, and where Jaedong kept getting 2nd place at major tournaments, was the most successful period for any of the "BW Bonjwas." Having said that, Bisu was the worst "BW Bonjwa" to play SC2. I had no idea what Bisu was trying to accomplish in most of his games. Anyways, good to see Fantasy come back to SC2 instead of going with BW. I hope he can excel in SC2. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany12577 Posts
On June 09 2018 19:08 xelnaga_empire wrote: Fantasy made weird decisions during his games in SC2. Reminds me of Flash, who also made weird decisions in his games in SC2. Jaedong in his prime in SC2 seemed to get it though with Zerg. The one year that Jaedong got to the finals of Blizzcon, and where Jaedong kept getting 2nd place at major tournaments, was the most successful period for any of the "BW Bonjwas." Having said that, Bisu was the worst "BW Bonjwa" to play SC2. I had no idea what Bisu was trying to accomplish in most of his games. Anyways, good to see Fantasy come back to SC2 instead of going with BW. I hope he can excel in SC2. I think Flash's 2014 were he carried KT to their Proleague title and won IEM Toronto was better than Jaedong's 2013. People like to only look at high tournament finishes without considering context but Flash faced in general much tougher competition than Jaedong. Except that Blizzcon ofc where Jaedong bested Dear and Maru. | ||
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xelnaga_empire
378 Posts
On June 09 2018 19:24 Charoisaur wrote: I think Flash's 2014 were he carried KT to their Proleague title and won IEM Toronto was better than Jaedong's 2013. People like to only look at high tournament finishes without considering context but Flash faced in general much tougher competition than Jaedong. Except that Blizzcon ofc where Jaedong bested Dear and Maru. Flash did well when KT won Proleague that year. I remember Flash beating PartinG in the final. And Flash won that one IEM. Compared to say Bisu and Fantasy, Flash did better than them in SC2. But IMO, Flash failed to reach his potential. By far, Jaedong was the most successful of the BW Bonjwas. The year that Jaedong reached the final of Blizzcon, I considered him to be the best Zerg player. | ||
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Noonius
Estonia17221 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany12577 Posts
On June 09 2018 20:20 xelnaga_empire wrote: Flash did well when KT won Proleague that year. I remember Flash beating PartinG in the final. And Flash won that one IEM. Compared to say Bisu and Fantasy, Flash did better than them in SC2. But IMO, Flash failed to reach his potential. By far, Jaedong was the most successful of the BW Bonjwas. The year that Jaedong reached the final of Blizzcon, I considered him to be the best Zerg player. His results were inflated due to leaving korea and playing in an easier region. His Blizzcon run was impressive but Flash faced and beat top tier opponents more consistently. Also no way Jaedong was better than Soulkey that year. | ||
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Lexender
Mexico2170 Posts
On June 09 2018 14:03 Ej_ wrote: He explicitly said he liked SC2 more. Which honestly makes sense, the style of SC2 Terran suited him. I can see Fantasy being at home with how frantic and fast paced LotV is. | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10019 Posts
Welcome back SKT skum | ||
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nimdil
Poland3015 Posts
On June 09 2018 19:08 xelnaga_empire wrote: Jaedong in his prime in SC2 seemed to get it though with Zerg. The one year that Jaedong got to the finals of Blizzcon, and where Jaedong kept getting 2nd place at major tournaments, was the most successful period for any of the "BW Bonjwas." Having said that, Bisu was the worst "BW Bonjwa" to play SC2. I had no idea what Bisu was trying to accomplish in most of his games. Anyways, good to see Fantasy come back to SC2 instead of going with BW. I hope he can excel in SC2. Smart to use quotes around BW Bonjwa given neither Jaedong nor Bisu were a bonjwa, but given we talk about Fantasy - even "BW Bonjwa" with quotes is not justified. One OSL does not Bonjwa make thoguh to be fair he was the most consistent among single starleague winners. | ||
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BeaSteR
Sweden322 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT23790 Posts
On June 12 2018 03:58 BeaSteR wrote: So disappointed... waited 2 years for him to return to Broodwar he wouldn't be able to keep up in BW | ||
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10dla
127 Posts
Why do you keep on saying that? | ||
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Judgement
Netherlands114 Posts
Just him being salty that he isn't playing BW as he hoped he would be playing | ||
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ValM
India406 Posts
As a fan of Fantasy and follower of his play in BW I would like to ask the same question. Fantasy might not be remembered as a dominant BW champ but with guys like Flash and Jaedong still around why wouldn't Fantasy be able to keep up if he did return to BW and worked hard? | ||
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BigFan
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The_Red_Viper
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On June 12 2018 06:04 BigFan wrote: He would have too high of a mountain to climb if he went back to BW. Would be rough to keep up with Flash and co so he might as well stick to playing SCII then. Better chance to win something there :D Noone keeps up with flash, fantasy would have a way easier time to become a top player in bw (again), something he never even was in sc2 really. Compared to the time he played sc2 last there are less players to compete against so that helps. I see him as a regular ro16 player who sometimes might make a ro8. Not really more than that though, in bw he would arguably do better. | ||
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10dla
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On June 12 2018 06:04 BigFan wrote: He would have too high of a mountain to climb if he went back to BW. Would be rough to keep up with Flash and co so he might as well stick to playing SCII then. Better chance to win something there :D Yeah, not everyone is as foolish as Rain. He shouldnt have tried coming back to Brood War. What could be possible achieve? | ||
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GGzerG
United States9303 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany12577 Posts
On June 12 2018 06:04 BigFan wrote: He would have too high of a mountain to climb if he went back to BW. Would be rough to keep up with Flash and co so he might as well stick to playing SCII then. Better chance to win something there :D Ah yes, SC2 is so easy and BW so hard that the chance of winning something in SC2 is much easier. That's why all the BW players instantly dominated sc2 after the Kespa switch. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3282 Posts
On June 12 2018 06:04 BigFan wrote: He would have too high of a mountain to climb if he went back to BW. Would be rough to keep up with Flash and co so he might as well stick to playing SCII then. Better chance to win something there :D Look at MMA and Parting they haven't even qualified for a GSL yet after returning, going to be a long hard road to start winning if ever even for FanTaSy. | ||
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DieuCure
France3214 Posts
On June 12 2018 07:49 Charoisaur wrote: Ah yes, SC2 is so easy and BW so hard that the chance of winning something in SC2 is much easier. That's why all the BW players instantly dominated sc2 after the Kespa switch. You can spit freely on sc2 but when you poke BW ... Yet it's not hard to understand that he just prefers sc2. | ||
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Chris_Havoc
United States363 Posts
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China390 Posts
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BigFan
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On June 12 2018 07:49 Charoisaur wrote: Ah yes, SC2 is so easy and BW so hard that the chance of winning something in SC2 is much easier. That's why all the BW players instantly dominated sc2 after the Kespa switch. Please don't start some silly SCII vs BW fight in a welcome back thread. Fantasy was playing SCII before he left for the military and it's the game that he's played since he switched over, aka for years and years now. If he had to go back to BW, he'll have to relearn everything and work hard on trying to get better macro because his 2011/12 form would not cut it anymore. Flash made the Ro8 on his first BW appearance since the switch and got destroyed in TvT, a matchup that he had a crazy win streak in during the KeSPA era. Add on top of that the fact that the only offline tournament that he can participate in is ASL (we have lots of smaller but good online tourneys but he likely wants offline) and it's obvious that with Blizz's support, there's a much larger bag of cash for him to try his hands at. | ||
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Ej_
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Completely unlike the extremely cut throat BW scene, where FlaSh got 3-0d in ro8! | ||
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10dla
127 Posts
On June 13 2018 03:41 BigFan wrote: Please don't start some silly SCII vs BW fight in a welcome back thread. Fantasy was playing SCII before he left for the military and it's the game that he's played since he switched over, aka for years and years now. If he had to go back to BW, he'll have to relearn everything and work hard on trying to get better macro because his 2011/12 form would not cut it anymore. Flash made the Ro8 on his first BW appearance since the switch and got destroyed in TvT, a matchup that he had a crazy win streak in during the KeSPA era. Add on top of that the fact that the only offline tournament that he can participate in is ASL (we have lots of smaller but good online tourneys but he likely wants offline) and it's obvious that with Blizz's support, there's a much larger bag of cash for him to try his hands at. How does Rain fit into your rant? Also pretty sure that he doesnt have to relearn everything. Its not like the game had alot of expansions. Maybe you shouldnt provoke with statements like that if you dont wont any "Silly Fights" | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany12577 Posts
On June 13 2018 03:41 BigFan wrote: Please don't start some silly SCII vs BW fight in a welcome back thread. Fantasy was playing SCII before he left for the military and it's the game that he's played since he switched over, aka for years and years now. If he had to go back to BW, he'll have to relearn everything and work hard on trying to get better macro because his 2011/12 form would not cut it anymore. Flash made the Ro8 on his first BW appearance since the switch and got destroyed in TvT, a matchup that he had a crazy win streak in during the KeSPA era. Add on top of that the fact that the only offline tournament that he can participate in is ASL (we have lots of smaller but good online tourneys but he likely wants offline) and it's obvious that with Blizz's support, there's a much larger bag of cash for him to try his hands at. The way you phrased your initial comment made it seem like you were the one starting the BW vs SC2 fight. Now that you elaborated more I see where you're coming from but still disagree. Fantasy played SC2 before the military but he never was a top player and as you can see with PartinG and MMA, even for top players it's incredibly difficult to get back to top level. On the other side Flash, Jaedong and Rain got high placements within months of returning to BW. I just think SC2 is the more competitive scene atm with BW being focused more on streaming and the players focusing a lot on being entertaining whereas the sc2 scene is 100% focused on competition. Also the fact that Fantasy has more natural talent for BW as he had much more success in it. | ||
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Paljas
Germany6667 Posts
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Poland2068 Posts
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StarscreamG1
Portugal1634 Posts
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DieuCure
France3214 Posts
On June 13 2018 05:56 Paljas wrote: No suprise that he wants to play SC2, its just much easier to win in an enviroment where competiton is a farce He spits freely on sc2 lol, thanks mods. So BW skewed .. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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esReveR
Korea (South)478 Posts
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figq
11840 Posts
why not bw, bro well i wish him great success in his endeavour. may the widow mines be with him! | ||
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Gekk02
Switzerland48 Posts
btw, MMA and Parting have qualified to Code S | ||
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Zerasmasher
8 Posts
Also, he's already invited to the Homestory Cup which will happen a few weeks from now. Good luck Fantasy. Man, how many more SC2 players are returning other than Fantasy, Parting, MMA, and even TaeJa? | ||
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Zerasmasher
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On June 13 2018 04:01 Ej_ wrote: And when Fantasy comes back to SC2, he won't have to work on anything. He will get a golden ticket to GSL ro16, just like MMA and PartinG who are stuck in Code B! Completely unlike the extremely cut throat BW scene, where FlaSh got 3-0d in ro8! I really wish I can see that now but he will have to try next year. And Parting and MMA had clinched their GSL qualifiers and will head to Ro32 this coming season. | ||
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