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Dark to begin military service on May 13th (2025)

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
May 12 2025 11:54 GMT
#1



Dark announced through Twitter/X that he will be beginning his military service on May 13th.

"Hello, my friends
I’m starting my military service on May 13
I’ve been truly happy thanks to all of you

I’ve always loved how passionate you’ve been
whenever I played in overseas tournaments

I hope we can meet again someday
Thank you so much"
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1899 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-05-12 15:02:21
May 12 2025 15:00 GMT
#2
farewell dark. i will always remember you as the innovative zerg, who played their own style. going back to early pro league days i was in awe everyone was going ling bane muta and u were going ling bane corrupter.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
Gescom
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada3509 Posts
May 12 2025 15:22 GMT
#3
Good luck Daddy Dark. Hope there is still a scene to come back to in 2y.
Jaedong Hyuk || Bisu Jangbi || Fantasy Flash
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3482 Posts
May 12 2025 16:08 GMT
#4
Dark was not the best Zerg, but he was the most iconic Zerg imo.
arcane1129
Profile Joined January 2011
United States271 Posts
May 12 2025 16:25 GMT
#5
My favorite player to watch and one of the most consistently strong players of all time. Won't be the same without him.
SharkStarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
Austria2256 Posts
May 12 2025 16:31 GMT
#6
Always a threat. The very best in dire situations and comeback scenarios, perhaps even ahead of Maru. Take care, king.
Cogito, ergo Toss
Radioteddy
Profile Joined December 2022
13 Posts
May 12 2025 17:43 GMT
#7
💔
the saddest Maru fan
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19326 Posts
May 12 2025 17:53 GMT
#8
Good. He can go in during the roots movement and come out when SC2 is thriving again. GL Dark!
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
MarcusAlonso432
Profile Joined May 2025
1 Post
May 12 2025 19:24 GMT
#9
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
May 12 2025 19:32 GMT
#10
GG Dark! You will be missed!
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
May 12 2025 21:08 GMT
#11
All the best to you, Dark! Always a treatment to watch you play!
Dark Age of Camelot - I miss you
Graphex
Profile Joined September 2010
United States124 Posts
May 12 2025 22:52 GMT
#12
Good luck Dark!
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26508 Posts
May 12 2025 23:00 GMT
#13
What a player.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33586 Posts
May 12 2025 23:56 GMT
#14
Absolutely love, love that he was going through the last six months in a semi-washed state waiting for military service, but still got up for a random 4-3 win over Serral in PiG Festival during his retirement week.
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Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa979 Posts
May 13 2025 06:19 GMT
#15
On May 13 2025 08:56 Waxangel wrote:
Absolutely love, love that he was going through the last six months in a semi-washed state waiting for military service, but still got up for a random 4-3 win over Serral in PiG Festival during his retirement week.


Thats why you have to love him always What a player!
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17727 Posts
May 13 2025 11:04 GMT
#16
one of the most fun to watch players ever
"Expert" mods4ever.com
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1899 Posts
May 13 2025 11:47 GMT
#17
On May 13 2025 08:56 Waxangel wrote:
Absolutely love, love that he was going through the last six months in a semi-washed state waiting for military service, but still got up for a random 4-3 win over Serral in PiG Festival during his retirement week.

not to mention the one straight up long macro game, where neither player got an early lead, dark won. straight up outplaying serral.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
seoexpert
Profile Joined May 2025
Pakistan3 Posts
May 13 2025 17:05 GMT
#18
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Antithesis
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1236 Posts
May 13 2025 19:20 GMT
#19
My favorite part of Dark's last showing at PiGsty 6 was that he was close to being 2-0'ed by Astrea, after having played hilariously poor openings, complete with misbuilt overlords, only to somehow win the second game anyway and proceed to become 1st in the whole group. A classical Dark move.

gg!
Mutation complete.
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
690 Posts
May 14 2025 22:13 GMT
#20
I wonder how long he's known haha, given how excruciating it was for us to wait, I'm sure it must have been 10x worse for him, not knowing whether to practice hard again or not.

My favorite player and probably the most inimitable player on the scene, with an unbelievable ability to play out every conceivable (and inconceivable) win condition, whether it be off 90 drones or 9, with pure lair tech or two spellcasters and five hotkeys, with hair-raisingly decisive attacks or scrappy base trades; you just never knew with Dark. All you knew was that he played to make the game messy, because nobody could outplay Dark when he was behind haha.

I remember his baneling drops vs Stats in SSL in 2016, his ultralisk counterattacks in early LoTV (including vs ByuN on King Sejong), his debut of roach-based macro ZvT vs Taeja in 2019 or so, and *that one basetrade* vs Innovation. Then his ZvZ camping that regularly stumped Reynor and Rogue; his ZvT dedicated counterattacks that crippled Clem, Byun, and Maru over and over and over; his ZvP infestor queen ultra experiments that he developed with Rogue against Zest and herO. There was nothing Dark didn't eventually figure out an answer for, even if the answers weren't always the community-accepted ones.

What a treat to have been his fan. Looking forward to his return
Jung Yoon Jong fighting, even after retirement! Feel better soon.
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