Korean players and military services - Page 3

Xain0n

Italy3963 Posts

October 14 2019 21:42 GMT

#41

On October 15 2019 06:08 sneakyfox wrote:

Well then we don't really know how much that birthday means.

It would be nice to know how much of next year the 1992-guys get to play.

It's much more fluid than this. Jaedong is 30 years old and is expected to go to the army soon(he has for years, but it seems like he is not allowed to travel now), while Keen had to go being 25(he said he "messed up" with his request of delay).

As far as I understood, they can't delay their enlistment further than their 28th birthday and they are forbid to travel abroad when close enough to that date.
When exactly one begins his military service has to be arranged personally.

Thus said, there are for sure korean people on Team Liquid who way more informed than me on that topic.

walkjone

1 Post

March 02 2022 06:11 GMT

#42

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Nakajin

Canada8989 Posts

March 02 2022 12:19 GMT

#43

Since it got bumped, may as well take a look back at this.

(Z)

Rogue: 28 years old
(P)

Trap: 27 years old (28 in a few day)
(T)

Cure: 27 years old
(Z)

Dark: 26 years old
(T)

Bunny 26 years old

So Rogue and Trap should have retires come next Katowice, probably Cure too.

ImmortalGhost

United States57 Posts

March 02 2022 20:25 GMT

#44

Anyone else coming back from the military soon? When does soO finish his service?

WombaT

Northern Ireland26021 Posts

March 02 2022 21:46 GMT

#45

I totally understand why it’s a thing, in the wider scheme of things our wee scene doesn’t mean much, but it’s a shame to see so many of the players who made it great and we bonded over have to depart.

Any word on Trap/Rogue? Will they have to depart at some particular time, or will it be like Zest where it was known he was to depart but he managed to play the whole season in the end?

Duckman

United States158 Posts

March 02 2022 22:00 GMT

#46

Trap / Rogue will be big losses especially, both players capable of pushing deep into tournaments / winning them if things break right. It has been said before but it is sad there isn't a burgeoning crop of young Korean stars to root for (go Percival!); however it does seem like a 2 year break is short enough that programers can still come back at compete, if not at quite the highest level.

Chris_Havoc

United States600 Posts

March 02 2022 22:01 GMT

#47

On March 03 2022 05:25 ImmortalGhost wrote:
Anyone else coming back from the military soon? When does soO finish his service?

soO's service should end soon, but I suspect he might return to Brood War instead of SC2. I know soO & InnoVation were seen "casually" playing in a couple of the ASL qualifiers before they went off for their service.