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freelifeffs
Profile Joined April 2018
97 Posts
August 17 2020 14:21 GMT
#41
hell be back
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27046 Posts
August 17 2020 14:28 GMT
#42
On August 17 2020 22:19 Veluvian wrote:
Dear - the protoss who showed for a first time some top macro toss gameplay back in 2013. Especially his PvT is legendary for its time and incredibly scary. I saw glimpses of a long macro games earlier by Seed and Liquid Hero for a first time, but Dear was the first who clearly showed the future of the protoss players who later dominated especially in Korea. Rain of course did the same but back then Dear was beating everybody for a period of 4 months until Jaedong stopped him at Blizzcon. What Dear actually started, Zest later turned it into doctrine.
And also Dear was three times semi-finalist in Code S in a row which is still a great achievement of consistency. That happened in the end of 2015 and the whole 2016.

For sure, great player in his heyday. Dropped to merely a good player but had one hell of a career
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8217 Posts
August 17 2020 14:44 GMT
#43
On August 17 2020 21:50 darklycid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 17 2020 21:36 sneakyfox wrote:
On August 17 2020 18:06 Penev wrote:
On August 17 2020 17:41 sneakyfox wrote:
Oh no, this is two years too early. Sad to see him go but you can understand why he would call it quits now - the Dear skill graph has become inaccurate as of late.

Losing Classic and herO last year, and then Dear, Stats, and Zest this year. Welp.

Welp indeed. Hopefully the remaining Protoss can step it up.

It's hard to watch this skill drain of Korean SC2 (not just Protoss) even though we knew it was coming.
The gap is closing yay :/


Yea, and it's even harder when they go earlier than they need to. Dear could have played for two more years.

Still, I guess we just have to accept that this is the way it's going to be for the foreseeable future. In a sense there is no use in getting depressed every time a player retires when we can already see it coming.

Maybe it is related to his health issues he had recently? Anyways really sad


You certainly can't blame him for wanting to get the military over with when he's in a time of injuries and bad performances (and meta) anyway.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
August 17 2020 16:48 GMT
#44
Will never forget when qxc’s mouse died vs Dear and he had to just swap out for a random mouse and keep playing. Great times:



Bon voyage, Dear. Glad he made a bit of a resurgence as of late!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
August 17 2020 19:22 GMT
#45
Sad to see him go. Protoss is in a terrible spot come October
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1939 Posts
August 17 2020 20:56 GMT
#46
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/526091-the-case-for-dear

Good stuff about Dear. He was a fun player and one of the first I wrote a feature about. I'll forever admire him, if only for his mercurial form.
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ShowTheLights
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Korea (South)1715 Posts
August 17 2020 22:35 GMT
#47
Dear was always overrated IMO

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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
August 17 2020 22:39 GMT
#48
All the best to Dear, whatever he decides when he comes out from his service.
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Dedraterllaerau
Profile Joined May 2019
113 Posts
August 17 2020 23:12 GMT
#49
One of the greatest Protoss of all time to touch the game
IamBiSa
Profile Joined September 2013
Germany70 Posts
August 18 2020 00:19 GMT
#50
Good bye, Dear! Even to this day I have never seen a Protoss as dominating as him for one magical month in 2013.
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Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
August 18 2020 02:36 GMT
#51
On August 18 2020 08:12 Dedraterllaerau wrote:
One of the greatest Protoss of all time to touch the game

And also the most inconsistent and most overrated player ever
"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
mikedupp
Profile Joined May 2020
233 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-18 03:14:28
August 18 2020 03:08 GMT
#52
MoonyD
Profile Joined December 2013
Australia191 Posts
August 18 2020 04:11 GMT
#53
Another hit to the Protoss race. Not many top tier players left. Hopefully Astrea can step up in GSL and new Protoss players emerge. Otherwise we're going to be seeing a lot more ZvZ, TvT, ZvTs and no Protoss matchups
The world wants to be deceived
Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
August 18 2020 06:46 GMT
#54
On August 18 2020 13:11 MoonyD wrote:
Another hit to the Protoss race. Not many top tier players left. Hopefully Astrea can step up in GSL and new Protoss players emerge. Otherwise we're going to be seeing a lot more ZvZ, TvT, ZvTs and no Protoss matchups

What we have after this year are sOs, patience, trap, creator, prince, parting,zoun and super. Non of them beside trap looks promising. Sad
"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
Matroid_Prime
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada59 Posts
August 19 2020 03:06 GMT
#55
Saw Dear play against Soulkey in Toronto years ago. Talented player who has been very entertaining to watch. Good luck to you in the future Dear, appreciated your talent.
Lifelong fan of Starcraft
aringadingding
Profile Joined September 2010
481 Posts
August 19 2020 17:04 GMT
#56
Nooo! Very sad news
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