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herO going to milllitary December 10th

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pharasc2
Profile Joined January 2019
7 Posts
October 28 2019 13:31 GMT
#1
Former CJ Entus player (P)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
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27265 Posts
October 28 2019 13:14 GMT
#2
Nooooo. Thanks for all the memories herO
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
parksonsc
Profile Joined May 2019
175 Posts
October 28 2019 13:24 GMT
#3
I wonder if we will still have enough players for ro32 GSL next year.
rtomic
Profile Joined September 2015
40 Posts
October 28 2019 13:39 GMT
#4
He already talked about it in his BlizzCon interview...
KT FlaSh
samAel1
Profile Joined October 2019
Poland30 Posts
October 28 2019 13:56 GMT
#5
farewell my fav toss <3
samÆl
Raptor1
Profile Joined July 2019
1 Post
October 28 2019 14:04 GMT
#6
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..
Clazziquai10
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Singapore1949 Posts
October 28 2019 14:05 GMT
#7
Damm.. gl hero
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
October 28 2019 14:06 GMT
#8
Best of luck to herO for his future endeavours, Sc2 will miss him.
rednusa
Profile Joined October 2012
651 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-10-28 14:17:38
October 28 2019 14:16 GMT
#9
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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..


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.
StarcraftPeffo
Profile Joined May 2019
Italy66 Posts
October 28 2019 14:40 GMT
#10
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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..


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)
Vutalisk
Profile Joined August 2016
United States680 Posts
October 28 2019 14:41 GMT
#11
I know this day will come soon but boy it saddens me knowing herO will be gone for 2 years. Such a charismatic player he is.
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.
Morrissey
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Germany55 Posts
October 28 2019 14:57 GMT
#12
You guys spelled millitary with three L. Best of luck to herO though.
MarineKingPrime forever
v3g374x
Profile Joined April 2019
5 Posts
October 28 2019 15:06 GMT
#13
I was dreading about this moment for a few years already. Best of luck to him in the military. I hope he returns someday to the SC2 scene. He will always be the best SC2 gamer in my eyes. Without him I don't care about Pro Gaming of SC2 anymore.
Goodbye Smiling Assassin! Goodbye SC2.
Hvvacha
Profile Joined April 2018
82 Posts
October 28 2019 15:07 GMT
#14
zerg in bw, protoss in sc2, terran irl. what a guy
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States885 Posts
October 28 2019 15:17 GMT
#15
On October 28 2019 23:40 StarcraftPeffo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote:
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..


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.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
October 28 2019 15:20 GMT
#16
Kim jong un inflicting despair upon S. Korean progamers since 1998.
Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
October 28 2019 15:22 GMT
#17
Sad, another hit to the Korean SC2 pro playerbase.

Farewell herO.
Mine gas, build tanks.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
October 28 2019 15:30 GMT
#18
On October 29 2019 00:17 Kitai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2019 23:40 StarcraftPeffo wrote:
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote:
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..


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.


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.
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States885 Posts
October 28 2019 15:43 GMT
#19
On October 29 2019 00:30 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2019 00:17 Kitai wrote:
On October 28 2019 23:40 StarcraftPeffo wrote:
On October 28 2019 23:04 Raptor1 wrote:
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..


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.


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
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-10-28 16:49:13
October 28 2019 16:07 GMT
#20
Goodbye old friend, you will be dearly missed.

A few of his best moments across the years.

Beating (P)Rain and (Z)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.
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Deifying Kespa by responding to (Z)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.
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Overcoming (Z)HyuN on his way to the IEM Katowice final (g4 in particular)
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Breaking (Z)Snute immaculate swarm host style with non stop warp prison harrassment
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Beating a not-yet-kong (Z)Dark to finally win his first Korean tournament.
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Stopping (P)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 (Z)ByuL to win SSL and finish the year as the no1 seed in Korea, almost 2000 point in front of second place (T)Maru.
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Beating SSL and soon-to-be GSL and GSLvsTW champ (T)INnoVation as well as (T)TY to claim the best tvp in the world and reach his 5th IEM final.
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Not yet done! An underappreciated herO lead TSG to a chinese team championship victory with win over (Z)Solar and (P)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 (P)Classic, the man who now has eliminated him in his 3 Blizzcon appearances.

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