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Lilbow returns to SC2 joins Archangel Gaming

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[Svall]Granis
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Sweden94 Posts
January 11 2021 20:26 GMT
#1
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iMECH_KolosS
Profile Joined November 2020
Canada63 Posts
January 11 2021 20:28 GMT
#2
Great news ! Good luck.
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Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13324 Posts
January 11 2021 20:32 GMT
#3
All that practice for LotV pre-Blizzcon 2015 will finally pay off
BUNNYYYYYYYYY https://i.imgur.com/BiCF577.png
DSTARI Nedved
Profile Joined October 2020
4 Posts
January 11 2021 20:37 GMT
#4
He actually had a really high skill ceeling. Looking forward to seeing him at his best
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
January 11 2021 20:38 GMT
#5
On January 12 2021 05:32 Durnuu wrote:
All that practice for LotV pre-Blizzcon 2015 will finally pay off


Still salty?

WB Lilbow, blink micro never went completely out of fashion...
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
January 11 2021 20:39 GMT
#6
I want to make a joke about him practicing for FrostGiant's new game, but this is great news! Awesome to see him coming back to the scene.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
January 11 2021 20:39 GMT
#7
That's... interesting. Hopefully he becomes good, because the jokes really do write themselves when it comes to Lilbow's practice.
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13324 Posts
January 11 2021 20:40 GMT
#8
On January 12 2021 05:38 BaneRiders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 12 2021 05:32 Durnuu wrote:
All that practice for LotV pre-Blizzcon 2015 will finally pay off


Still salty?

WB Lilbow, blink micro never went completely out of fashion...

I fail to see how this is salt. I'm mocking him.
BUNNYYYYYYYYY https://i.imgur.com/BiCF577.png
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2720 Posts
January 11 2021 20:41 GMT
#9
Does this mean SC3 is getting released soon?
very illegal and very uncool
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
January 11 2021 20:44 GMT
#10
On January 12 2021 05:40 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 12 2021 05:38 BaneRiders wrote:
On January 12 2021 05:32 Durnuu wrote:
All that practice for LotV pre-Blizzcon 2015 will finally pay off


Still salty?

WB Lilbow, blink micro never went completely out of fashion...

I fail to see how this is salt. I'm mocking him.


You sound salty to me. Bitter. Brooding. Betrayed. Never forgiving. Never forgetting. Salty AF.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
January 11 2021 21:01 GMT
#11
On January 12 2021 05:44 BaneRiders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 12 2021 05:40 Durnuu wrote:
On January 12 2021 05:38 BaneRiders wrote:
On January 12 2021 05:32 Durnuu wrote:
All that practice for LotV pre-Blizzcon 2015 will finally pay off


Still salty?

WB Lilbow, blink micro never went completely out of fashion...

I fail to see how this is salt. I'm mocking him.


You sound salty to me. Bitter. Brooding. Betrayed. Never forgiving. Never forgetting. Salty AF.

I found that hilarious ^^
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
January 11 2021 21:03 GMT
#12
I will never forget staying up until 3 am during a work week to watch Life vs. Lilbow.
Stopped watching ESL content in 2022 when the company was acquired by Savvy Gaming Group. Also object to sponsorships by the U.S. Air Force. Thanks for the lively discussions about sportswashing. StarCraft II is not for me anymore.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
January 11 2021 21:18 GMT
#13
6 years of LotV practice about to pay off in dividends...right?
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3504 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-11 21:21:28
January 11 2021 21:21 GMT
#14
Well this is worth getting excited about!

I have already watched some of his streams.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
January 11 2021 21:42 GMT
#15
I hope it goes well for him! Like many others the blizzcon debacle is what comes to mind, that and his high peaks!
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
starvingbox
Profile Joined August 2020
United States44 Posts
January 11 2021 21:58 GMT
#16
For newcomers to the scene, who exactly is this?
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12944 Posts
January 11 2021 22:07 GMT
#17
On January 12 2021 06:58 starvingbox wrote:
For newcomers to the scene, who exactly is this?

Foreigners struggled a lot vs koreans before region lock, especially during HotS. During last HotS year (2015 iirc), Lilbow who is a french protoss player became the best foreigner, mostly on the back of his great blink play (during protoss blink era), and was the only foreigner to qualify for BlizzCon.

People thus had high hopes for him, and he got cheesed thrice by Life and lost the bo5 3-0 in something like 30 minutes.
It would have been relatively harmless if he didn't say that with everyone practicing LotV, it was hard to find practice partners or something like this. People started mocking him for what they considered a poor excuse for his performance.
WriterMaru
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
January 11 2021 22:32 GMT
#18
Now honestly, what was he doing the time and why is he returning now? Is he more optimistic about the future than the rest of us, or he didn't notice how the European scene looks like
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1298 Posts
January 11 2021 22:37 GMT
#19
On January 12 2021 07:07 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 12 2021 06:58 starvingbox wrote:
For newcomers to the scene, who exactly is this?

Foreigners struggled a lot vs koreans before region lock, especially during HotS. During last HotS year (2015 iirc), Lilbow who is a french protoss player became the best foreigner, mostly on the back of his great blink play (during protoss blink era), and was the only foreigner to qualify for BlizzCon.

People thus had high hopes for him, and he got cheesed thrice by Life and lost the bo5 3-0 in something like 30 minutes.
It would have been relatively harmless if he didn't say that with everyone practicing LotV, it was hard to find practice partners or something like this. People started mocking him for what they considered a poor excuse for his performance.


He didn't really say "it is hard to find practice partners" (that was his excuse after the loss), but he straight on said beforehand "nah, I didn't practice at all, because I want to be strong in LotV and I couldn't beat Life or Innovation (next opponent) anyway". And that is what made people so angry (btw noch just fans, but also shoutcasters and even TLO mocked him for it).
He had a chance to greatness and threw it away, because he wanted to get a headstart in an addon for which players like Nerchio trained half a year already...
And since in LotV he never managed to do anything of importance, it easily became a meme...
"Wenn die Zauberin runter geht, dann macht sie die Beine breit" - Khaldor, trying to cast WC3 German-only
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
January 11 2021 23:27 GMT
#20
For people wanting to read up on the blizzcon 2015 there is quite a few of the tweets and general gist of things written heretl.net

Also I find it kind of funny that the new picture with Lilbow in Archangel shirt seems to be his liquipedia image from 2015 when he was on Millenium but photoshopped.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
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