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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..
Yea you are right but I dunno if that is possible to have a great come back after 2 years without playing... What a waste is this military service for all these players... and for us !
Good luck and thanks for all your great games, your fairplay and your magic smile, whatever you lost or you won you always smiled.
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I only recently realised that herO is the most "special" SC2 player imo.
His intuition in understanding the game, even in unique/rare situations is the most impressive and inspirational thing in SC2 to me. He has the best micro imo too. I loved watching him decicively commit to attacks that could only work with amazing micro and pulling it off. To me, watching him play felt like art more than watching any other.
He was never my favourite player, it was only yesterday when describing the styles of the sc2 players to my gf that I realised how amazing herO really is.
He is the only Protoss in the top 10 for winrate vs Koreans offline this year. He was the highest rated on aliguliac in PvZ when he narrowly lost to Reynor and Classic became the highest rated in PvP after winning vs him. I am sad to see him go out like that, I strongly feel like he deserved to win vs Reynor. Sad.
Best wishes smiling assassin.
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On October 29 2019 00:07 Hvvacha wrote: zerg in bw, Protoss in sc2, terran irl. what a guy pretty sure the hero who played zerg in BW was by.hero, not CJ_herO. herO has always played toss.
Hero HerO(jOin)
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On October 29 2019 12:58 showstealer1829 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.. 2020 will finally be the year of BitByBit ah, the days of WoL beta where tastosis would scream biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttt bbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyy biiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt whenever a terran goes 2rax all in
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Farewell king of proleague pauses.
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Was hoping he'd play on for as long as he could next year. The most proactive protoss imo. The way he played always shocked me but even more shocking was how he'd often come out on top when any other protoss would have just lost.
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On October 29 2019 17:21 ChriS-X wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2019 00:07 Hvvacha wrote: zerg in bw, Protoss in sc2, terran irl. what a guy pretty sure the hero who played zerg in BW was by.hero, not CJ_herO. herO has always played toss. HeroHerO(jOin) You even linked to herO[jOin]'s LP page that explicitly states he played Zerg in Brood War. Wow.
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On October 29 2019 05:02 Cricketer12 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2019 04:43 Zephyp wrote: I have the impression that herO is a player that's been popular to hate on because of his playstyle, but I've always liked him. He did things his own way and made it work. Also a happy face to have in the scene.
Sad to see another one go. I dont think anyone hated him. His personality makes up for the "flaws" in his playstyle I probably could have worded it differently, but I tried with "hated on", rather than "hated". And yes, it was because of his playstyle. I can't imagine anyone hating on him as a personality.
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On October 29 2019 05:26 Shuffleblade wrote: Sad to read this, GL herO! Also Dream doing great after coming back to SC2 along with PartinG. PartinG is going to the military within two years. He's born in August of 1994, so August 2021 is his deadline.
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I feel honored that I was able to meet herO at the BTSL finals last year in Richmond, and get his autograph. He's a really cool guy!
Best of luck herO!
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On October 29 2019 01:07 Nakajin wrote:Goodbye old friend, you will be dearly missed. 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.
Excellent summary.
Truely one of the greats good luck herO.
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On October 29 2019 16:44 paddyz wrote: I only recently realised that herO is the most "special" SC2 player imo.
His intuition in understanding the game, even in unique/rare situations is the most impressive and inspirational thing in SC2 to me. He has the best micro imo too. I loved watching him decicively commit to attacks that could only work with amazing micro and pulling it off. To me, watching him play felt like art more than watching any other.
He was never my favourite player, it was only yesterday when describing the styles of the sc2 players to my gf that I realised how amazing herO really is.
He is the only Protoss in the top 10 for winrate vs Koreans offline this year. He was the highest rated on aliguliac in PvZ when he narrowly lost to Reynor and Classic became the highest rated in PvP after winning vs him. I am sad to see him go out like that, I strongly feel like he deserved to win vs Reynor. Sad.
Best wishes smiling assassin. It’s always counted against him, that his games are somehow sloppy or whatever. That he so consistently drags the game and his opponent with him into weird territory and then wins is testament to his fantastic Starcraft brain.
He’s been doing it for over half a decade and some people don’t give him the credit he deserves vs other Protoss legends who play more standard like Stats and Classic.
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Sad to lose herO, but man, he gave us some great games in a fantastic career! Even his final series was a great watch, er most of the games anyways.
herO seemed very classy the way he comfortably chatted with Classic following what might be his final elimination.
In terms of post-service comebacks, I really want to pull for Taeja. He has the kind of talent and desire that should be able to find its way in an alien-meta. As others have mentioned though he also has to battle his wrist injury and that might not be something that can be overcome on drive alone. If anything though, that should make him all the more fan-worthy.
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His Rivalry against sOs made the most interesting games of all. Glad to have seen those games. Same with Maru v TY.
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The Smiling Assassin will truly be missed. Nobody plays Protoss in a way that makes the opponent want to uninstall the game at the highest levels. Good luck in the military and looking forward to your return!
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You will be missed
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Classic, herO, it's rough for the protoss of Korea... Who's still here? Trap, Stats, Zest and Parting right ? And only Stats/Trap might be top tier.
edit : ofc he was an amazing player, I'll never forget how much I hated seeing his blink stalkers destroying left and right my favorite zergs in 2015.
On November 03 2019 21:03 Psz wrote: The Smiling Assassin will truly be missed. Nobody plays Protoss in a way that makes the opponent want to uninstall the game at the highest levels. Good luck in the military and looking forward to your return!
I am pretty sure sOs did, at least, watching his games made me do it
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On December 05 2019 03:07 stilt wrote: Classic, herO, it's rough for the protoss of Korea... Who's still here? Trap, Stats, Zest and Parting right ? And only Stats/Trap might be top tier. Stats and Zest are same age as herO, so probably will be going soon as well
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