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MC joins ROOT (Military Postponed)

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sunnyshine
Profile Joined March 2018
Australia63 Posts
February 04 2019 14:04 GMT
#1
https://www.root4root.com/news/mc-joins-root

"As you may have heard, MC recently got drafted for his military service - We're proud to announce that the BossToss can (and plans on) postponing his service until further notice."
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Rodya
Profile Joined January 2018
546 Posts
February 04 2019 14:14 GMT
#2
Wow, I guess even if you get a conscription letter you still can delay for some period of time. I guess yyou can't tell us yet how long that would be.
Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!
MajiN1
Profile Joined July 2017
113 Posts
February 04 2019 14:18 GMT
#3
MC is always surprising fans !
Great new for Root and Min Chul.
Gl for gsl he'll need the it
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
February 04 2019 14:49 GMT
#4
Wowow thats pretty sick
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
inermis
Profile Joined September 2010
353 Posts
February 04 2019 14:57 GMT
#5
Great news! the more BossToss the better ! MC for president !
play hard go pro
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
February 04 2019 15:04 GMT
#6
niiiiiice!
freelifeffs
Profile Joined April 2018
97 Posts
February 04 2019 15:22 GMT
#7
mc will get out of his group in first place. just watch him.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
February 04 2019 15:32 GMT
#8
Nice! And great pick up for Root.
Ben...
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
February 04 2019 15:35 GMT
#9
That's some unexpected but nevertheless really good news! I'm happy for both MC and Root!
"Cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide" -Tastosis
DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
February 04 2019 15:50 GMT
#10
Noice, great news. I wonder how long it can be deferred - does any one know more about how it works?.
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Hadronsbecrazy
Profile Joined September 2013
United Kingdom551 Posts
February 04 2019 16:18 GMT
#11
ROOT 4 MC ?
No need Build Orders, Only Micro,Favourite Players: Maru, Zest, soOjwa , CJherO
Lazorstorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
34 Posts
February 04 2019 16:43 GMT
#12
Brilliant
Long time lurker
AlgeriaT
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden2197 Posts
February 04 2019 17:02 GMT
#13
Truely a boss among tosses
CORN GIRL + Flash + FanTaSy + CholeraSC + iNcontroL 4 eva <3
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
February 04 2019 17:05 GMT
#14
This story is better than Game of Thrones!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
February 04 2019 17:10 GMT
#15
Root, where careers go to die

User was temp banned for this post.
Cant catch me. You're wasting your time
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
February 04 2019 17:11 GMT
#16
MC Root could have been a very nice rapper's name.

GL HF!
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getg00d
Profile Joined April 2017
United States120 Posts
February 04 2019 17:13 GMT
#17
On February 05 2019 02:10 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Root, where careers go to die

??
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TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
February 04 2019 17:19 GMT
#18
Oh wow
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
siakam
Profile Joined December 2018
Korea (South)11 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-04 17:22:16
February 04 2019 17:21 GMT
#19
Oh I thought it was almost impossible to delay in MC's situation. But guess I was wrong about that.
Anyway it is nice MC joined new team
GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
February 04 2019 17:36 GMT
#20
On February 05 2019 02:13 getg00d wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2019 02:10 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Root, where careers go to die

??


Players who join root tend to decline in skill or just fall off the face of the earth
Cant catch me. You're wasting your time
Archile
Profile Joined June 2011
United States403 Posts
February 04 2019 18:07 GMT
#21
On February 05 2019 02:36 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2019 02:13 getg00d wrote:
On February 05 2019 02:10 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Root, where careers go to die

??


Players who join root tend to decline in skill or just fall off the face of the earth

what a bout herO or Hydra?? they did quite well
Just a bad player trying to be a little less bad
Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
February 04 2019 18:09 GMT
#22
Let's go!! Thank you ROOT, now we just need MC to win his group and have the sickest banter at the group nominations
Mine gas, build tanks.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
February 04 2019 18:14 GMT
#23
Please tell me he is going overseas to wreck some faces
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
February 04 2019 18:52 GMT
#24
Yisss
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BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
February 04 2019 19:02 GMT
#25
The shortest comeback followed by the fastest comeback. *shakes head in disbelief*
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
February 04 2019 19:26 GMT
#26
Wow what a rollercoaster of emotion, from me thinking we will lose the protoss president for us to get him for even longer <3 <3

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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
February 04 2019 19:36 GMT
#27
So many twists
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Phizzik
Profile Joined November 2010
United States77 Posts
February 04 2019 20:21 GMT
#28
My heart. I cant handle these wild swings of emotion.
"Live free or die."
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
February 04 2019 20:45 GMT
#29
Can he travel or not? I believe I heard that close to conscription you can't.
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blunderfulguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2016
United States1415 Posts
February 04 2019 21:11 GMT
#30
Wow. Weird. Cool!
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MrMischelito
Profile Joined February 2014
347 Posts
February 04 2019 21:56 GMT
#31
On February 05 2019 01:18 Hadronsbecrazy wrote:
ROOT 4 MC ?

MC 4 root!

so cool! root rocks!
Togekiss
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada154 Posts
February 04 2019 22:47 GMT
#32
I knew MC was ready to throw off the shackles and go full-out-beast-mode! Maybe he used his Presidential negotiating skills to weasel his way out of his service for a good long while!

Min Chul Fighting!
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
February 04 2019 22:53 GMT
#33
On February 05 2019 02:10 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Root, where careers go to die

That used to be EG, the player retirement home.
oh, hai
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
February 04 2019 23:08 GMT
#34
On February 05 2019 02:10 GreasedUpDeafGuy wrote:
Root, where careers go to die


and many others come to life
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33553 Posts
February 04 2019 23:30 GMT
#35
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
February 04 2019 23:43 GMT
#36
On February 05 2019 08:30 Waxangel wrote:
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries

Better report him to the Korean militrary so he can fulfill him obligation immediately
very illegal and very uncool
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
February 05 2019 04:25 GMT
#37
Nice!
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
izual784
Profile Joined February 2019
1 Post
February 05 2019 04:54 GMT
#38
Hi all Im looking for a sponser for a new pc, monitor an keyboard
Im silver zerg but I was top masters 4 years ago if that matters thx


User was banned for this post.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
February 05 2019 05:56 GMT
#39
On February 05 2019 08:30 Waxangel wrote:
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries

what's lame about that
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Orlok
Profile Joined June 2014
Korea (South)227 Posts
February 05 2019 07:06 GMT
#40
On February 05 2019 14:56 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2019 08:30 Waxangel wrote:
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries

what's lame about that


Lame in the sense it was more a publicity stunt than an actual problem he had to deal with I guess?
I mean, normally its supposed to be a serious affair, one that you give a lot of thought about, but MC kinda made a show out of it and just bypassed the whole serious bit, so maybe thats why.
Writer"Don't leave me hangin!"
Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
February 05 2019 07:54 GMT
#41
Only the Boss Toss can decide whether to go military or not.
Only the Boss Toss can even unite North Korea and South Korea.

Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
February 05 2019 09:30 GMT
#42
Clutch recall there by the boss toss!
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
February 05 2019 10:14 GMT
#43
On February 05 2019 16:06 Orlok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2019 14:56 brickrd wrote:
On February 05 2019 08:30 Waxangel wrote:
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries

what's lame about that


Lame in the sense it was more a publicity stunt than an actual problem he had to deal with I guess?
I mean, normally its supposed to be a serious affair, one that you give a lot of thought about, but MC kinda made a show out of it and just bypassed the whole serious bit, so maybe thats why.

i guess. seems like his own business though. im from a part of the world where conscription is considered an embarrassing mistake from the past so maybe my perspective is culturally different
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33553 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-05 10:31:46
February 05 2019 10:30 GMT
#44
On February 05 2019 19:14 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2019 16:06 Orlok wrote:
On February 05 2019 14:56 brickrd wrote:
On February 05 2019 08:30 Waxangel wrote:
lame he used his conscription letter for entertainment purposes on his webseries

what's lame about that


Lame in the sense it was more a publicity stunt than an actual problem he had to deal with I guess?
I mean, normally its supposed to be a serious affair, one that you give a lot of thought about, but MC kinda made a show out of it and just bypassed the whole serious bit, so maybe thats why.

i guess. seems like his own business though. im from a part of the world where conscription is considered an embarrassing mistake from the past so maybe my perspective is culturally different


Eh, it's not a big deal. He has a pretty popular (and entertaining!) webseries going with SpoTV about his post-LoL caster life, and it was a good hook for an episode. I think teasing the community like that is pretty meh, but everything turned out okay at the end of the day, so no harm done.
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
February 05 2019 11:22 GMT
#45
Good news, but can't see him advancing from that group
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10691 Posts
February 05 2019 13:19 GMT
#46
Awesome pick up for ROOT and MC! Did not expect this at all!
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7074 Posts
February 05 2019 13:57 GMT
#47
Now Root needs to pickup a Chinese player and play in this new Chinese league thingy and let MC all-kill JinAir
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
February 05 2019 17:15 GMT
#48
Hail the Boss-Toss !
bObA
Profile Joined May 2012
France300 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-06 11:42:18
February 06 2019 11:40 GMT
#49
Nice to hear that !
I wish Korean programers could avoid that military service, that is insane how many carriers they break with that.
And that is not only for programers.
North and South Korea should settle a conflict with Starcraft 2 games instead of stupid war !
yoshi245
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2972 Posts
February 07 2019 09:18 GMT
#50
So how long can they postpone their military conscription anyway?
"Numbers speak about the past, not the present." -Thorzain
SC-Shield
Profile Joined December 2018
Bulgaria836 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-02-09 06:03:25
February 09 2019 06:02 GMT
#51
On February 07 2019 18:18 yoshi245 wrote:
So how long can they postpone their military conscription anyway?


Based on what I've read, Koreans can postpone their military service until they're 30 years old. If they live outside Korea, then maybe until they're 35 years old. I wonder if that means that MC can play up to June which is when he has birthday.
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