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atchosvk
Profile Joined April 2018
55 Posts
September 25 2018 07:39 GMT
#121
That is an interesting news, however I would not praise him too much as I am a bit concerned that it is going to be a "MMA return" like... Taeja may not even ever catch up on new meta (+ intensive macro/micro). If I remember well in the past his macro was absolutely not the best at all and it was a totally different game. He was also dominating a weaker Western scene at that time..
Hopefully we can see more of him and he will achieve good results, best of luck!

fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
September 25 2018 07:56 GMT
#122
On September 25 2018 16:39 atchosvk wrote:
That is an interesting news, however I would not praise him too much as I am a bit concerned that it is going to be a "MMA return" like... Taeja may not even ever catch up on new meta (+ intensive macro/micro). If I remember well in the past his macro was absolutely not the best at all and it was a totally different game. He was also dominating a weaker Western scene at that time..
Hopefully we can see more of him and he will achieve good results, best of luck!


We'll see. His few games so far looked ok considering that he's just coming back. He already managed to take a map of soO and beat Cure in Crank's Teamleague. So I'm quite confident to say that he'll be at least a mid-tier codeS-Player soon skillwise. Considering that next GSL isn't soon at all, he might be even better then.
Also he wasn't dominating a weaker western scene back then. Most of his tournament wins were achieved against a field of top Koreans.
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
September 25 2018 08:00 GMT
#123
On September 25 2018 16:39 atchosvk wrote:
That is an interesting news, however I would not praise him too much as I am a bit concerned that it is going to be a "MMA return" like... Taeja may not even ever catch up on new meta (+ intensive macro/micro). If I remember well in the past his macro was absolutely not the best at all and it was a totally different game. He was also dominating a weaker Western scene at that time..
Hopefully we can see more of him and he will achieve good results, best of luck!



Hmm GSL top 8 was a weaker western scene? And that was his planned last tournament.
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DreamOen
Profile Joined March 2010
Spain1400 Posts
September 25 2018 08:21 GMT
#124
I am pretty sure the military training gave him stronger wrists. So if he can properly train and find the motivation to practice hard, we will see taeja up in the circuit.
Tester | MC | Crank | Flash | Jaedong | MVP
yoshi245
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2969 Posts
September 25 2018 08:48 GMT
#125
Awesome to see Taeja return. Hope to see him crush nerds in GSL next year, but upcoming events like HSC and online leagues will help everyone get a gauge to see how well he'll do in the new meta.

It's great to see influential past Korean Terrans returning like MMA, Fantasy, and now Taeja.
"Numbers speak about the past, not the present." -Thorzain
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
September 25 2018 08:48 GMT
#126
I'd pay for a stream.
Zest fanboy.
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
September 25 2018 09:19 GMT
#127
great news
Asturas
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Finland587 Posts
September 25 2018 10:16 GMT
#128
I am so happy! Can't wait to see him compete again. And stream!
There are no boundaries, that's the final conclusion.
spoonmaster
Profile Joined May 2012
United States347 Posts
September 25 2018 12:15 GMT
#129
Long live TL StarCraft :D
Immaterial
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada510 Posts
September 25 2018 13:04 GMT
#130
Awesome news!! It'll be fun when he starts streaming again
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
ShiaoPi
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts
September 25 2018 14:09 GMT
#131
Taeja is back! :D
I really hope he can reach the same heights as before and even clinch the GSL this time
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DubiousC2
Profile Joined June 2016
129 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-25 15:17:11
September 25 2018 15:14 GMT
#132
This..this is unreal. With the demise of proleague 2 years ago, we heard so many false prophets announcing the death of SC2, yet in 2018 SC2 still standing strong. Korean players finding teams and the likes of TaeJa and FantaSy returning accentuates it the most.

Welcome back, TaeJa!
Manner MULE /dance
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
September 25 2018 15:24 GMT
#133
ugh i hated taeja cause he always killed my favorite players (z)...i hope he comes back as strong as ever though!
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3421 Posts
September 25 2018 15:55 GMT
#134
More positive news, awesome
BretZ
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1510 Posts
September 25 2018 16:01 GMT
#135
Beautiful thing to see. Lets see this man pull a Tiger Woods on the WCS Circuit next year!
RaFox17
Profile Joined May 2013
Finland4581 Posts
September 25 2018 16:40 GMT
#136
The feels are real
KaiserCommander
Profile Joined April 2010
Mexico290 Posts
September 25 2018 16:48 GMT
#137
Welcome back my dear TaeJa.
Jinro, Polt, Bomber, ForGG, MajOr, Flash, Maru. Terran Fighting...
yht9657
Profile Joined December 2016
1810 Posts
September 25 2018 20:16 GMT
#138
Great news considering we have so few good Terrans these days but I do wonder how good he can actually get to. After all there have been not a single player who regained form after military service, guess we'll see.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
September 25 2018 21:01 GMT
#139
choo choo
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
September 25 2018 21:02 GMT
#140
I hope he is invited to the next HSC
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