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herO will be going to army in about a month and a few days.https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/do89tv/hero_to_go_to_military_december_10th/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
herO going to milllitary December 10th
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pharasc2
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herO will be going to army in about a month and a few days.https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/do89tv/hero_to_go_to_military_december_10th/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26455 Posts
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parksonsc
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rtomic
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samAel1
Poland27 Posts
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Raptor1
1 Post
On October 28 2019 22:24 parksonsc wrote: I wonder if we will still have enough players for ro32 GSL next year. Of course, there are tons of players that are coming back from Military and practising to be in shape in 2020.. Like MMA, MVP, MC, Taeja, Bomber, DRG, Dream, Polt, and many others.. | ||
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Clazziquai10
Singapore1949 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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rednusa
651 Posts
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote: Of course, there are tons of players that are coming back from Military and practising to be in shape in 2020.. Like MMA, MVP, MC, Taeja, Bomber, DRG, Dream, Polt, and many others.. I detect a lot of sarcasm in this post. But to the point -- there will be enough players but maybe not of the same calibre. | ||
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StarcraftPeffo
Italy66 Posts
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote: Of course, there are tons of players that are coming back from Military and practising to be in shape in 2020.. Like MMA, MVP, MC, Taeja, Bomber, DRG, Dream, Polt, and many others.. That's great to hear, do we have confirmation from them that they're training to be back on top and not about to drop SC? (genuine question, I really hope so) | ||
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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
I hope he will return to the scene when he is done with military service. Just hope WCS is still around then. Classic is joining military soon I believe. Wonder how soO, Zest and Stats as they are same age with herO. | ||
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Morrissey
Germany55 Posts
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v3g374x
5 Posts
Goodbye Smiling Assassin! Goodbye SC2. | ||
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Hvvacha
82 Posts
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Kitai
United States880 Posts
On October 28 2019 23:40 StarcraftPeffo wrote: That's great to hear, do we have confirmation from them that they're training to be back on top and not about to drop SC? (genuine question, I really hope so) Genuine answer - I think the poster was being snarky. Most if not all of the players he mentioned all tried to play professionally again after their military service (or other hiatus) and petered out shortly thereafter. The only two players that seem to have somewhat made good on their intentions in recent memory are TaeJa and Parting. TaeJa said his goal was to win a GSL this year, and seemed serious because he was one of the few players that came really close to beating Serral at the height of his powers (at the HSC right after Serral won Blizzcon). After that he made the GSL Ro32 once or twice, but hasn't done anything beyond that. Parting has made a bit more headway, being a very active streamer and racking up enough Korea WCS points to get some prize money, even though he obviously didn't make enough to earn a spot in the Ro16. Aside from that, when people go to military service in SC2 it's been pretty much a deathknell to their careers even when they try to come back afterwards. | ||
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tigon_ridge
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
Farewell herO. | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On October 29 2019 00:17 Kitai wrote: Genuine answer - I think the poster was being snarky. Most if not all of the players he mentioned all tried to play professionally again after their military service (or other hiatus) and petered out shortly thereafter. The only two players that seem to have somewhat made good on their intentions in recent memory are TaeJa and Parting. TaeJa said his goal was to win a GSL this year, and seemed serious because he was one of the few players that came really close to beating Serral at the height of his powers (at the HSC right after Serral won Blizzcon). After that he made the GSL Ro32 once or twice, but hasn't done anything beyond that. Parting has made a bit more headway, being a very active streamer and racking up enough Korea WCS points to get some prize money, even though he obviously didn't make enough to earn a spot in the Ro16. Aside from that, when people go to military service in SC2 it's been pretty much a deathknell to their careers even when they try to come back afterwards. PartinG quit sc2 without going to the army; I am confident he will rise to top tier again next year, he improved alot in 2019. Fantasy has been the most successful returning progamer while Dream is doing well in Olimoleague, I have high expectations for him; TaeJa, on the other hand, probably hasn't solved his wrist issues completely. On topic, I would have loved to see herO win something before retiring; with Classic, Stats and Zest(someone said he is somehow exempted, but I don't see it confirmed anywhere) joining him this year or the next, Protoss in Korea will be in dire conditions. | ||
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Kitai
United States880 Posts
On October 29 2019 00:30 Xain0n wrote: PartinG quit sc2 without going to the army; I am confident he will rise to top tier again next year, he improved alot in 2019. Fantasy has been the most successful returning progamer while Dream is doing well in Olimoleague, I have high expectations for him; TaeJa, on the other hand, probably hasn't solved his wrist issues completely. On topic, I would have loved to see herO win something before retiring; with Classic, Stats and Zest(someone said he is somehow exempted, but I don't see it confirmed anywhere) joining him this year or the next, Protoss in Korea will be in dire conditions. Ah, thanks for the corrections. I just rattled that off from the top of my head unfortunately  | ||
Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
A few of his best moments across the years. Beating Rain and  soO in back to back ace match vs SKT in the 2011-2012 hybrid proleague s2 playoff, CJ ended up winning the championship and herO stayed CJ ace player until the end of proleague.+ Show Spoiler + + Show Spoiler + Deifying Kespa by responding to Stephano "gl hf" in proleague and turning down the automatic victory. It also mark an exception as it is one of the only time where a pause wasn't herO's doing.+ Show Spoiler + Overcoming HyuN on his way to the IEM Katowice final (g4 in particular)+ Show Spoiler + Breaking Snute immaculate swarm host style with non stop warp prison harrassment+ Show Spoiler + Beating a not-yet-kong Dark to finally win his first Korean tournament.+ Show Spoiler + Stopping Rain on his GSL-SSL unification tour, claiming his second 4-3 victory over the calm archangel with true pvp bullshit. herO would go on to stomp ByuL to win SSL and finish the year as the no1 seed in Korea, almost 2000 point in front of second place  Maru.+ Show Spoiler + Beating SSL and soon-to-be GSL and GSLvsTW champ INnoVation as well as TY to claim the best tvp in the world and reach his 5th IEM final.+ Show Spoiler + + Show Spoiler + Not yet done! An underappreciated herO lead TSG to a chinese team championship victory with win over Solar and Patience culminating into a nail biter final map.+ Show Spoiler + There are many, many more great games from one the best protoss player SC2 has ever seen. Also fitting that it ended at the hands of Classic, the man who now has eliminated him in his 3 Blizzcon appearances.![[image loading]](http://68.media.tumblr.com/ff830dd63593f6e71c19f92989694a45/tumblr_nga64asSWR1t8bzkuo1_500.gif) | ||
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