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TorcH recruited by Startale

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cyprin
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1105 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 17:20:39
November 18 2010 00:16 GMT
#1
Trevor ‘TorcH‘ Housten qualified to the Round of 64 in GSL1, but failed to qualify for GSL 3 after he lost in the semifinals of his bracket. However, as a foreigner he still managed to achieve Code A designation in GomTV and now has been recruited by Korean Pro Team Startale. Startale boasts top Koreans such as JulyZerg and HopeTorture, and is part of the new union of Korean pro teams.

TorcH still intends to be active in the VT Gaming community, though the details of his representation is still to be determined.

We congratulate TorcH on his great achievement!



http://vtgaming.net/blog/news/torch-recruited-by-startale/


I don't think anybody expected that to happen
:p
Congratulations TorcH!


from the man himself:
On November 18 2010 23:05 TorcH wrote:
Hey everyone,

First, thank you all for the support it really means a lot. In response to the criticisms, I agree with all of them on some level and will address them specificly as soon as I can.

As for what is actually going on; I don't really know either. Everything is happening very quickly (including other events that I can't talk about publicly yet) and the language barrier makes it difficult for me to even know what the state of everything is.

What I can say is I am living/training in the Startale house for the rest of my stay this trip to Korea and will be returning to KR very soon (December or January). As for whether I am an actual member of Startale or just a practice partner, the only thing I know definitively is that they had me change my ID to http://kr.battle.net/sc2/ko/profile/1971260/1/스타테일토치/ (StartaleTorcH in Hangul).

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Zedders
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
November 18 2010 00:16 GMT
#2
grats torch
seiferoth10
Profile Joined May 2010
3362 Posts
November 18 2010 00:17 GMT
#3
Wow. Big grats to Torch. First SC2 foreigner on a Korean team? That's quite an achievement.
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 00:18:12
November 18 2010 00:17 GMT
#4
Oh wow. Great news!! ST is one of the best teams out there. And I like Torch, he looks very composed and GM.

There is no doubt that his skill will go VERY HIGH by training with such good players
o choro é livre
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
November 18 2010 00:17 GMT
#5
congratulations! i'm not sure if vT is a clan or a team, but if it's both then I'm sure he can still represent vT while at the same time being part of startale, sort of like how Genius is in NsP as a clan and ZeNEX as a team.
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Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
November 18 2010 00:18 GMT
#6
Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa.

Thats awesome. Grats Torch!
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lurked
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada918 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 00:18:31
November 18 2010 00:18 GMT
#7
Awesome! grats TorcH!

Another innovative player joining a progaming team, I'm really happy for him, it will help him a lot!

I can't wait to see what kind of sick strats he'll come up with, in his new environment(I guess he'll join the teamhouse?)
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Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
November 18 2010 00:18 GMT
#8
Woah WHAT?! Grats TorcH, that's awesome!
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 00:20:10
November 18 2010 00:18 GMT
#9
Lolwut, who saw that coming?

I presume this means Torch is staying in Korea to compete in the Code A GSLs in 2011 (and hopefully win his way into Code S)? If so that's awesome. Torch is one of those guys who's a great speaker and face for esports.

I wonder if ST is looking to expand with more foreigners?


On November 18 2010 09:17 Antoine wrote:
congratulations! i'm not sure if vT is a clan or a team, but if it's both then I'm sure he can still represent vT while at the same time being part of startale, sort of like how Genius is in NsP as a clan and ZeNEX as a team.


I think vT is a bit like ROOT, a team/clan formed by players looking for sponsors.
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odaxium
Profile Joined October 2010
United States356 Posts
November 18 2010 00:19 GMT
#10
Congrats Torch!
DonKey_
Profile Joined May 2010
Liechtenstein1356 Posts
November 18 2010 00:19 GMT
#11
wow that's awesome but, does anyone else find this completely random? I mean had he been talking to them for a while or something?
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xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
November 18 2010 00:19 GMT
#12
Wahhh. Congrats Torch! I was surprised to see him at the new association meeting but then I remembered he really wants progaming to succeed worldwide and he'd be trying to help that along behind the scenes. I guess being part of STARTALE gives him access to the association and perhaps he can help that go the right way and even seep over internationally! O:
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QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
November 18 2010 00:19 GMT
#13
Wow, that's unexpected. Hope it works out well for him!
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Sliver
Profile Joined April 2010
United States402 Posts
November 18 2010 00:19 GMT
#14
What the hell? I thought TorcH was repping VT gaming through and through
mango_destroyer
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3914 Posts
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#15
Wow congrats Torch! that is a very cool team to join. Must have some hook-ups in korea.
netherDrake
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Singapore1831 Posts
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#16
Woah.

Once his mechanics are sorted out in Korea he'll be great to watch.
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Khalleb
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1909 Posts
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#17
omg big new grats torch
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hmunkey
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom1973 Posts
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#18
Is Torch really that good? I haven't seen him perform well beyond getting into GSL 1, the easiest GSL, and not making it far at all.

Congratulations to him anyways.
cornwell1961
Profile Joined April 2010
Afghanistan56 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-18 00:22:24
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#19
is that why he didnt qualify for gsl3? he had to lose?
FlamingTurd
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1059 Posts
November 18 2010 00:20 GMT
#20
Wow, that's really exciting! Gratz man
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