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Impact leaves Team LP, to begin military service in August

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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
June 29 2020 10:07 GMT
#1
After over a year with the organization, (Wiki)Impact leaves (Wiki)Team LP. He played for the Chinese team in several team leagues and was even named TL.net's MVP of the Regular Season of CTC S2 in 2019 for his strong performance there.
The announcement says that Impact will start his Military Service on August 24th this year.

LP has signed former TSG youngster (Wiki)Star to play for them in both StarCraft 2 and Valorant. (Wiki)Patience, (Wiki)Jieshi, and (Wiki)Wanted have all officially extended their contract with Team LP.

The latest season of the GTC concluded just yesterday, so it's possible that this is only the first of several player movements in the Chinese scene.

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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55581 Posts
June 29 2020 10:39 GMT
#2
I do feel this impending retirement is a bit bigger news than him leaving the team.

Also the thought of one player trying to represent a team in 2 esports amuses me.
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
June 29 2020 10:48 GMT
#3
On June 29 2020 19:39 Elentos wrote:
I do feel this impending retirement is a bit bigger news than him leaving the team.

Also the thought of one player trying to represent a team in 2 esports amuses me.

Yeah, I didn't want to put 'retires' into the title, since he'll stick around for 2 more months. We'll make him a proper thread once that date comes around.
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
June 29 2020 11:22 GMT
#4
On June 29 2020 19:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2020 19:39 Elentos wrote:
I do feel this impending retirement is a bit bigger news than him leaving the team.

Also the thought of one player trying to represent a team in 2 esports amuses me.

Yeah, I didn't want to put 'retires' into the title, since he'll stick around for 2 more months. We'll make him a proper thread once that date comes around.


I mean, he s allready out if GSL and CTC is on pause atm. So there isn t much to play in appart from EPT and Olimoleague. If I d be him, I d take this time as a mineature sabbatical for 2 month and go on holiday (as far as Corona allows it). So I defantly don t expect him to stick around for a lot of online competitions until military service starts.
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Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
June 29 2020 11:52 GMT
#5
On June 29 2020 20:22 dbRic1203 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2020 19:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
On June 29 2020 19:39 Elentos wrote:
I do feel this impending retirement is a bit bigger news than him leaving the team.

Also the thought of one player trying to represent a team in 2 esports amuses me.

Yeah, I didn't want to put 'retires' into the title, since he'll stick around for 2 more months. We'll make him a proper thread once that date comes around.


I mean, he s allready out if GSL and CTC is on pause atm. So there isn t much to play in appart from EPT and Olimoleague. If I d be him, I d take this time as a mineature sabbatical for 2 month and go on holiday (as far as Corona allows it). So I defantly don t expect him to stick around for a lot of online competitions until military service starts.

I personally think just put going to military service in the title will be the better choice
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
June 29 2020 14:04 GMT
#6
Maybe LP could take Solar in his place?
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-29 14:42:09
June 29 2020 14:38 GMT
#7
On June 29 2020 23:04 Nakajin wrote:
Maybe LP could take Solar in his place?

That would be awsome.
He s probably the best player out there without a team atm.
But I could imagine, that Solar might be to expensive for them. I mean he ll not goin to ask for as much as Inno or TY, but probably quite a bit more than Impact did.
MaxPax
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
June 29 2020 16:16 GMT
#8
Impact, born in 1995, goes to the military. He could have had almost three more years as a pro. Hopefully he keeps playing while doing his service, then he could still return to progaming afterwards.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
HHGSRKL
Profile Joined May 2020
25 Posts
June 29 2020 16:57 GMT
#9
On June 30 2020 01:16 sneakyfox wrote:
Impact, born in 1995, goes to the military. He could have had almost three more years as a pro. Hopefully he keeps playing while doing his service, then he could still return to progaming afterwards.



There are screenshots of their conversation released by Team LP that suggest that he is not planning to continue his career after the military service unlike some of the other players. Maybe he just lost his motivation after all these years
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
June 29 2020 17:17 GMT
#10
On June 30 2020 01:57 HHGSRKL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2020 01:16 sneakyfox wrote:
Impact, born in 1995, goes to the military. He could have had almost three more years as a pro. Hopefully he keeps playing while doing his service, then he could still return to progaming afterwards.



There are screenshots of their conversation released by Team LP that suggest that he is not planning to continue his career after the military service unlike some of the other players. Maybe he just lost his motivation after all these years


Honestly I think it's probably time for a new chapter of his life, better to quit now than to hang on while having a hard time living between paycheck and quit at 30.
Hopefully he'll still find the time to pop out once in a while to play in a few cups.
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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
June 29 2020 17:26 GMT
#11
Playing StarCraft II and Valorant for the team, wow they are getting their money's worth out of Star!

Good luck to Impact if he indeed heads out to do his Military service, i guess doing it now might mean he will be relaxing with Jaedong as he does it!
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
June 29 2020 19:17 GMT
#12
On June 30 2020 02:17 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2020 01:57 HHGSRKL wrote:
On June 30 2020 01:16 sneakyfox wrote:
Impact, born in 1995, goes to the military. He could have had almost three more years as a pro. Hopefully he keeps playing while doing his service, then he could still return to progaming afterwards.



There are screenshots of their conversation released by Team LP that suggest that he is not planning to continue his career after the military service unlike some of the other players. Maybe he just lost his motivation after all these years


Honestly I think it's probably time for a new chapter of his life, better to quit now than to hang on while having a hard time living between paycheck and quit at 30.
Hopefully he'll still find the time to pop out once in a while to play in a few cups.

Yeah, he ll be 27, when he s finished military. He could still get a degree until he 30 and transition to a "normal" live.
Obviously getting harder, the older you get.
And not every single player can get a career in esports after retiring as an athlete...
MaxPax
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33629 Posts
June 29 2020 19:19 GMT
#13
I really think the Korean region could be over-represented at Katowice 2021 if we're due like 4~5 retirements by then (soO, Zest, Impact, +????).
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1934 Posts
June 29 2020 19:43 GMT
#14
Yes, this is a forum thread about Impact!
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HHGSRKL
Profile Joined May 2020
25 Posts
June 29 2020 19:58 GMT
#15
On June 30 2020 04:19 Waxangel wrote:
I really think the Korean region could be over-represented at Katowice 2021 if we're due like 4~5 retirements by then (soO, Zest, Impact, +????).


and Stats i think
Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-30 00:35:14
June 29 2020 21:24 GMT
#16
On June 30 2020 04:58 HHGSRKL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2020 04:19 Waxangel wrote:
I really think the Korean region could be over-represented at Katowice 2021 if we're due like 4~5 retirements by then (soO, Zest, Impact, +????).


and Stats i think

And we have TRUE who just join the military two weeks ago, and sOs and INnovation who's not going to have a full year in 2021, things does not look great for the korean scene.
The dream chaser will now go into the military with his idol jd, wish him best luck
"You don't need a gsl champion, you don't need a esl champion. I feel like I'm just a normal man. I just practice very hard this time, like 15hrs everyday" Oliveira 2023
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
August 03 2020 21:18 GMT
#17
It's time for starleague champion Pimpact to suit up. GL and thanks for all the cheese!

"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
texture13
Profile Joined July 2018
44 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-03 07:37:43
September 03 2020 07:36 GMT
#18
In photo posted to Armani's twitter, is that Armani, Dream, Forte, Impact, Dark, and Solar?
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