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Source: Team Liquid -> In 10-2009, Ret was invited to try out in the eSTRO team, following in the footsteps of IdrA (CJ Entus) and NonY (eSTRO). Since moving to Korea, Ret joined team eSTRO and has participated in three Courage tournaments to this date. In his first attempt at Courage, Ret started off with a first round bye. In round 2, Ret faced a Terran who was a Woongjin Stars practice partner. Ret played a hard series, but eventually lost 2-1 and was knocked out by the eventual winner of that Courage. A month later, Ret took another shot at Courage, this time facing a Zerg in the first round. Ret played well in his weakest match up, but was eventually defeated by a score of 2-1 and was knocked out in the first round. The player who defeated Ret was defeated in the second round of the tournament. Ret's third and final attempt at winning Courage met greater fortune than his previous attempts. He made it to the Ro8 before being eliminated. All of his opponents were Zerg, largely to be considered his weakest matchup. However, Ret was not eliminated before himself eliminating a previous Courage finalist.
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Ret in Korea - Day 1 (New Starcraft pro gamer in South Korea)
(video provided by SCForAll)
I picked up one of his very recent matches agaisnt aTnSocke for us all to check his playstyle and mindset, also added a brief insight on his career wich is taken further with this thread:
aTnSocke (P) VS ret (Z) Part 1
aTnSocke (P) VS ret (Z) Part 2
aTnSocke (P) VS ret (Z) Part 3
In his interview about going to Korea, he replied, asked what excited him most about his new life :
"I can’t wait to beat IdrA in every foreign tournament he ever participates in once I will be able to practice as much as he has"
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Source: www.fragster.de / author: Jan 'skY' Leverenz -> Q: Some people talk about a kind of "slavery". What do you think about that? A: I think the comparison is reasonable. You can call it modern day slavery. B-teamers (on eSTRO at least) sit there day in day out without receiving any pay, and they are just told what to do by their coach. For example, they can't even take time to MSN to friends daily or watch anything on their computer not SC-related. They have no power other than to quit SC or the team.
Now hes back for another try at the pro-scene environment, this time backed up by his Team Liquid pairs...good luck!
Source: Team Liquid -> "I will be practicing a lot from home at first and try to represent Liquid in European based tournaments and stuff like HDH etc. After I finish up my driving license (something I've already invested a lot of money into - it's expensive), I will join the Liquid guys in Korea and participate in the GSLs. I am looking forward to getting a second chance in Korea in a much better setting than last time and will definitely be practicing really hard to make the most out of it. I feel like my last Korea experience wasn't very successful and I have to set some things straight over there"
"I figure the Swarm needs another hero to stand up to the evil Terrans, and take some weight off Idra's shoulders . But nah, I've just always been Zerg and I see no reason to switch it up, I love the way Zerg plays in SC2, it doesn’t feel much different from SC1."
Thank you to Team Liquid Liquipedia, SCForAll youtube channel and www.fragster.de / author: Jan 'skY' Leverenz for the intel and thank you to ret for being an awesome sport and a relevant part of the Swarm!
but we hope to see him in a week or 6 in SGL!
