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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 Ireland25823 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 States876 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
482 Posts
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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 States876 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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Damnitmynameistaken
United States187 Posts
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aringadingding
478 Posts
Fuuuck! I will miss him for sure. Such a great player. | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
That sucks. Feels like this one bites harder since it's the first of a series to come.Btw thanks for the great highlight post. | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On October 29 2019 02:12 DieuCure wrote: Probably the best protoss of all time. He's up there, best blink player for sure. If only he had learn to scout for proxy 2 gates | ||
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Killmo
China82 Posts
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BerserkSword
United States2123 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On October 29 2019 02:58 Killmo wrote: I'm really going to miss herO. He has been my single favorite Protoss ever since Rain retired. herO is responsible for more great games of StarCraft II than nearly any other player around. What is even more disheartening about his departure, from this fan's standpoint, is that my favorite Zerg and Terran are soO and GuMiho, respectively. soO, GuMiho, and herO were all born within 6 weeks of each other. I have to imagine that soO and GuMiho are starting to feel the pressure about their military service. I couldn't bear to lose all three of them. Gumiho's enlistment is already scheduled and was officially announced. | ||
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starkiller123
United States4030 Posts
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Ej_
47656 Posts
Goos luck, whatever he decides to do from now on. | ||
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FlyGaho
22 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. Now is actually a great time to go to military for the protoss players. Since the upcoming patch is a total joke for Protoss. Might as well finish their 2 years, and hopefully protoss might be in a better state when they come back | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13988 Posts
On October 29 2019 00:07 Hvvacha wrote: zerg in bw, protoss in sc2, terran irl. what a guy 2 years of military service is mandatory in Korea. But yes race switches arent *that* common. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13988 Posts
On October 29 2019 02:12 DieuCure wrote: Probably the best protoss of all time. Never change buddy | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
Not that I wasn't serious, but usually in this kind of thread there are always people who exaggerate. I wish him good luck for his second life. | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
Be safe herO! | ||
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Zephyp
238 Posts
Sad to see another one go. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13988 Posts
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 | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On October 29 2019 05:02 Cricketer12 wrote: I dont think anyone hated him. His personality makes up for the "flaws" in his playstyle Yeah, it's almost like herO was so dirty that it was beautiful. | ||
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NotSoHappy
445 Posts
with hero leaving and stats, zest soon too protoss will lose many good KR protosses. Sucks | ||
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
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HeroSandro
531 Posts
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
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Howard_Kao
China261 Posts
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
A very nice person will be missed once again. All the best to him, whatever the following plans will be! | ||
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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
On October 29 2019 00:07 Hvvacha wrote: zerg in bw, protoss in sc2, terran irl. what a guy I love this comment. Summing up herO so nicely. | ||
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dragoon
United States695 Posts
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Shinji9505
Vietnam11 Posts
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MrMischelito
347 Posts
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 + https://youtu.be/RX7Jv2p61jo + Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/n_yBB6U_oQ8 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 + https://youtu.be/p6dDy94DTmU Overcoming HyuN on his way to the IEM Katowice final (g4 in particular)+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/2mzXaO4Tl00 Breaking Snute immaculate swarm host style with non stop warp prison harrassment+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/iNPKs0qNdMQ Beating a not-yet-kong Dark to finally win his first Korean tournament.+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/A94EICt_mMo 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 + https://youtu.be/ZbOPOnhQh4s 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 + https://youtu.be/llqMaARuh1U + Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/Nc1CSMuzr-A 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 + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueU7nrdu8zM 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.great picks! really enjoyed looking back. those were the days gl herO! | ||
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 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.. 2020 will finally be the year of BitByBit | ||
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yangluphil
318 Posts
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bObA
France300 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.. 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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paddyz
Ireland628 Posts
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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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
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) | ||
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ChriS-X
Malaysia1374 Posts
On October 29 2019 12:58 showstealer1829 wrote: 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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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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Darkn3ssFallz
Australia114 Posts
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Ej_
47656 Posts
On October 29 2019 17:21 ChriS-X wrote: 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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Zephyp
238 Posts
On October 29 2019 05:02 Cricketer12 wrote: 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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Drfilip
Sweden590 Posts
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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Jeremy Reimer
Canada1020 Posts
Best of luck herO! | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2216 Posts
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 + https://youtu.be/RX7Jv2p61jo + Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/n_yBB6U_oQ8 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 + https://youtu.be/p6dDy94DTmU Overcoming HyuN on his way to the IEM Katowice final (g4 in particular)+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/2mzXaO4Tl00 Breaking Snute immaculate swarm host style with non stop warp prison harrassment+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/iNPKs0qNdMQ Beating a not-yet-kong Dark to finally win his first Korean tournament.+ Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/A94EICt_mMo 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 + https://youtu.be/ZbOPOnhQh4s 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 + https://youtu.be/llqMaARuh1U + Show Spoiler + https://youtu.be/Nc1CSMuzr-A 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 + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueU7nrdu8zM 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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WombaT
Northern Ireland25823 Posts
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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ZugzwangSC
87 Posts
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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ProFalseIdol
70 Posts
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Psz
Hungary52 Posts
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6967 Posts
 You will be missed | ||
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sharkie
Austria18476 Posts
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stilt
France2751 Posts
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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[16thSq] Kuro
1215 Posts
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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