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In a text interview with Swedish e-sport news site Fragbite the Swedish player SjoW reveals that he won't be competing in the next season of GSL Code A even though he is qualified since he managed to get to ro16 last season.
Seems that he will return home to Sweden instead.
Google Translate of the interview (which in general is about his stay in Korea):
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http://www.fragbite.se/?newsID=18789
Original source (Swedish):
http://www.fragbite.se/?newsID=18789
edit:
SjoW has commented in the thread:
Dont worry guys I will come back to korea. I dont think I can attend to code A next season since I will play other tournaments such as IEM newyork, ESWC and then I would like to participate wcg sweden and swedish masters etc.
I've had a great time here, and I also feel like I improved alot. Only thing that was bothering me is the food and also slightly the language barrier
My intention for my first trip wasnt to stay here longterm only for 1 month to practice with the best and get back motivation since I was lacking it for a long time but its getting better now. I didnt really expect to qualify to gsl but I did. I only saw code A as a bonus.
I will probably go back again when the foreign tournaments cools down alittle, right now its a very tight scheduele. I think december is the right time to go back for me and I will come back with the same mindset, just go here for practice because I now know I have to be in korea to be able to reach my full potential
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I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after.
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Too bad was hoping to see how much he has improved during his stay in Korea
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Little sad, but I think it was the right decision.
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Is it just based purely on the money and him trying to win EU tournaments instead? I wish more people would take NaNiwa and SaSe's approach and just try to become beasts that can actually compete at the top level.
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GSL won't like that. But probably the right decision. Would have been awesome to see another foreigner make it into code S.
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was woundered why he even went there.
compared to naniwa and sase he seems pretty bad.
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How does the code A system work with people qualifiying but leaving every season? Do they just draft in extras from preliminaries or whatever the system is?
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On October 11 2011 03:11 Zic wrote:
I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after.
It's almost as if travelling to a foreign country where you don't speak the language and living there is a hard transition or something.
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On October 11 2011 03:13 TotalBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2011 03:11 Zic wrote:
I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after. It's almost as if travelling to a foreign country where you don't speak the language and living there is a hard transition or something.
But why even go in the first place if you're not going to stay for very long?
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Reason why? Language/cultural issues? Money problems? Mental issues?
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What a shame! Foreigners fighting in the GSL ftw!
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Poor player that he kicked out from Code A. Gotta go through the whole freaking Code A qualifiers over again. What a dickmove. Srsly bad system they got.
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On October 11 2011 03:13 Achilles306 wrote:
GSL won't like that. But probably the right decision. Would have been awesome to see another foreigner make it into code S.
Should he lose on purpose so he can leave the country ? that makes no sense at all.
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Sad to see him go. Not much more to say about it.
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On October 11 2011 03:13 TotalBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2011 03:11 Zic wrote:
I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after. It's almost as if travelling to a foreign country where you don't speak the language and living there is a hard transition or something.
Transitional period should be over - he's been there awhile imo.
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On October 11 2011 03:11 Zic wrote:
I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after.
fully agree with you there.
however i'm sure players like naniwa, sase and tod will change that soon so that not every player is leaving
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On October 11 2011 03:11 Zic wrote:
I'm getting tired of foreigners coming to Korea for a single GSL season and then leaving right after.
I really agree with you. I don't think any of the Koreans or Foreigners showed anything special on their first GSL. I have this feeling that foreigners are kind of abusing the Code A ticket they get from events like MLG and instead of going. I'd like to see what Naniwa or Fenix can pull out if they stick to training in Korea.
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EPT
