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aLive finishes military service, may return to SC2

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
October 18 2021 06:13 GMT
#1
Source: DCInside SC2 Forums

(Wiki)aLive recently posted on the DCInside SC2 forum that he had completed his military service and will be giving progaming another try. His post is as follows:

"Hi everyone, it's the invisible Terran Han Lee Seok.

As of today, I've finished my social services duty [a non-military replacement for mandatory military service] and returned to civilian life.

It was such a longer time than I expected and I thought it might never end, but the day finally arrived.

My original plan was to quit progaming and look for different work without even looking back, but as the day approached, no work really came to mind nor were there many things I could do just because I wanted to.

So I've come to write these few words as I think about giving progaming another shot.

I think I'll meet you guys through streaming [he did].

I'll write just this for now; I want to use my stream to talk about all sorts of things with the fans that liked me and those that disliked me.

I'm really embarrassed to write a community post after just lurking.

Everyone have a good day, and thanks for reading this long post!"
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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17727 Posts
October 18 2021 06:29 GMT
#2
hell yea, I hope he does well again!
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2217 Posts
October 18 2021 06:56 GMT
#3
Good luck!
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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
October 18 2021 08:32 GMT
#4
nice, hope he can mount a comeback !
Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
October 18 2021 09:02 GMT
#5
i always liked him

i didn't know there was a social services option instead of military in Korea like there is in Austria. I wonder what his role was.
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Stetkaer
Profile Joined June 2013
Denmark23 Posts
October 18 2021 09:43 GMT
#6
Welcome back
bulldozer06701
Profile Joined July 2019
153 Posts
October 18 2021 09:45 GMT
#7
I always liked him too. A solid bio terran
Looks like he has lost weight too. Welcome back
najib__2
Profile Joined September 2021
11 Posts
October 18 2021 09:49 GMT
#8
He's streaming if you want : https://play.afreecatv.com/dltjr987/236543123
He's with Keen, I think.
AssyrianKing
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia2116 Posts
October 18 2021 10:23 GMT
#9
He has a few years left in him for sure
John 15:13
Antimony2333
Profile Joined June 2021
2 Posts
October 18 2021 11:05 GMT
#10
I'm happy that aLive is still alive in SC2 career
esReveR
Profile Joined February 2010
United States567 Posts
October 18 2021 15:08 GMT
#11
Why put that he completed his "military service" in the first line when the quote clearly states that he did one of the civic service options instead? It's inaccurate. It should say compulsory service or something instead. Not everyone in Korea serves in the military, some do time as police or doing other civil services instead and others are completely exempt for medical reasons. The civic service options are for longer periods of time than the army, so most choose the army.
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Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
October 18 2021 15:47 GMT
#12
Welcome back aLive, most entertaining player of 2017.
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.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
October 18 2021 16:11 GMT
#13
Welcome back aLive!
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
KappaKingPrime
Profile Joined May 2014
United States468 Posts
October 18 2021 17:24 GMT
#14
Best of luck!
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4967 Posts
October 18 2021 17:37 GMT
#15
On October 19 2021 00:47 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
Welcome back aLive, most entertaining player of 2017.



alive vs INnoVation in abyssal reef. Best TvT ever. Never forget.
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
October 18 2021 19:39 GMT
#16
Who?
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden592 Posts
October 19 2021 08:16 GMT
#17
On October 19 2021 04:39 sneakyfox wrote:
Who?

The entertaining terran player that a lot of people called Harry Potter because of his resemblance. After aLive was gone, RagnaroK took over the nickname Harry Potter. Less facial resemblance but his glasses matched.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26505 Posts
October 19 2021 08:53 GMT
#18
Alive gaem.
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Bomzj
Profile Joined July 2018
Belarus24 Posts
October 19 2021 12:45 GMT
#19
Lol, too late, no chances and no motivation as he is oldie.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19321 Posts
October 19 2021 15:08 GMT
#20
On October 19 2021 17:16 Drfilip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 19 2021 04:39 sneakyfox wrote:
Who?

The entertaining terran player that a lot of people called Harry Potter because of his resemblance. After aLive was gone, RagnaroK took over the nickname Harry Potter. Less facial resemblance but his glasses matched.

Who?
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Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
October 19 2021 21:02 GMT
#21
On October 19 2021 00:08 esReveR wrote:
Why put that he completed his "military service" in the first line when the quote clearly states that he did one of the civic service options instead? It's inaccurate. It should say compulsory service or something instead. Not everyone in Korea serves in the military, some do time as police or doing other civil services instead and others are completely exempt for medical reasons. The civic service options are for longer periods of time than the army, so most choose the army.

But in the end, doing social service or be in the army are both branches of what's so called mandatory military service, so nothing's wrong over here.
"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
Duckman
Profile Joined August 2009
United States158 Posts
October 19 2021 21:29 GMT
#22
On October 20 2021 00:08 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 19 2021 17:16 Drfilip wrote:
On October 19 2021 04:39 sneakyfox wrote:
Who?

The entertaining terran player that a lot of people called Harry Potter because of his resemblance. After aLive was gone, RagnaroK took over the nickname Harry Potter. Less facial resemblance but his glasses matched.

Who?

Harry Poppter, child sorcerer of great renown; his exploits were popularized by J.K. "Just Kidding" Bowling in a series of volumes written at the turn of the century. The tale covers Harry's middle- and high-school years at the magical boarding school Hogwarpts where he repeatedly demonstrates a disregard for governing structures and a penchant for being extremely lucky, saving the school and his fellow classmates (among then Hermbione Grangerp and Rom Weasel) from various threats i.e. trolls, ghosts (the bad kind), old books, the evil sorcerer etc.

The texts were later adapted into films, groundbreaking for their use of actual wooden children in the place of child actors, a move called "cost-cutting" and "really not a bad idea" by leading executives.
Kaizor
Profile Joined May 2015
Singapore909 Posts
October 23 2021 12:09 GMT
#23
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Rare seen photo of alive doing his military training.
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