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Cloud Retires from SC2

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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
March 18 2013 11:01 GMT
#1
In his blog on TeamLiquid, Cloud has announced that he will retire from SC2.
On March 18 2013 17:01 aTnClouD wrote:
Even though right now is the weirdest time to do something like this I decided I will quit being a progamer and leave eSports and gaming alltogether. This might sound weird to some people since I've been playing really well towards the end of Wings of Liberty and HotS looks like a more balanced and fun game to play. It means much to take such a big decision and even though I'm really busy at the moment I feel I owe the amazing TeamLiquid community an explaination and a final thread....

Read the whole blog here
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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 11:09:54
March 18 2013 11:03 GMT
#2
Agh, what a shame. Well, gl hf to you, ClouD!

edit: So Take forced him to play a bo5 against Goody every day on the Cebit and shortly afterwards he quit...? Hm...
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14461 Posts
March 18 2013 11:05 GMT
#3
Oh ! Not a good surprise.


Byebye Mister Cloud.
https://twitter.com/DrAeromi | Updates on live tournaments: @StarCrafteSport
JazVM
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1196 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 11:08:03
March 18 2013 11:07 GMT
#4
Has he ever fulfilled his dream of beating Goody?

I will miss you Cloud, you were one of the most straight up players and you were never holding back your opinion. I respect that a lot.
mind mind mind mind mind mind
Sephmeister
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom13 Posts
March 18 2013 11:08 GMT
#5
He cant cry about terran any more so he quits? I kid, I kid.

Best of luck in all your future endeavours
ComplexConf
Profile Joined September 2011
Ireland161 Posts
March 18 2013 11:16 GMT
#6
Never liked the guy and he never shined although everyone always had good things to say about him..

For sure a decent sc2 player, but not good enough to play it professionally imo. Gl with life and all!
"Carrier has arrived" "GTFO OR DIE!"
Hypemeup
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden2783 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 11:21:57
March 18 2013 11:20 GMT
#7
Shame, it was nice to have someone always saying it like he saw it rather than the super politically correct bullshit some progamers keep spouting every fucking chance they get.

He was also the only relevant terran whiner personality out there(avilo dont count). Meanwhile Zerg and Protoss do have more than enough of whiners.
llIH
Profile Joined June 2011
Norway2143 Posts
March 18 2013 11:21 GMT
#8
That's really sad to hear
Zarahtra
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland4053 Posts
March 18 2013 11:22 GMT
#9
Shame a fun player to watch and cheer for. Great character and I wish him the best.
KingMel
Profile Joined July 2012
France120 Posts
March 18 2013 11:24 GMT
#10
noooooo
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 18 2013 11:26 GMT
#11
Sad to see him go, i really liked his brutal honesty even though a lot of people shit on him for that.. good luck with the next phase of your life
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
SarcasmMonster
Profile Joined October 2011
3136 Posts
March 18 2013 11:26 GMT
#12
I know very well within myself I could stand above any non korean progamer if I put enough dedication into it, but what kept me from doing so in Starcraft2 was the fact I don't enjoy playing this game at all.


... that's a terrible mentality
MMA: The true King of Wings
KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
March 18 2013 11:27 GMT
#13
Sad to see you go cloud
England will fight to the last American
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2581 Posts
March 18 2013 11:28 GMT
#14
On March 18 2013 20:26 SarcasmMonster wrote:
Show nested quote +
I know very well within myself I could stand above any non korean progamer if I put enough dedication into it, but what kept me from doing so in Starcraft2 was the fact I don't enjoy playing this game at all.


... that's a terrible mentality

How so?
The frumious Bandersnatch
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
March 18 2013 11:29 GMT
#15
Really liked his snarkiness :D
I feel like his reasons are good ones.
Deleted User 61629
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1664 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 19:02:25
March 18 2013 11:32 GMT
#16
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 18 2013 11:33 GMT
#17
On March 18 2013 20:28 AmericanUmlaut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 20:26 SarcasmMonster wrote:
I know very well within myself I could stand above any non korean progamer if I put enough dedication into it, but what kept me from doing so in Starcraft2 was the fact I don't enjoy playing this game at all.


... that's a terrible mentality

How so?


To paraphrase: "I know have the potential to be better than anyone(non-Korean) in the world, but I didn't like the game, so I quit"

It is close to blaming SC2 for why he didn't do well. He leaves it subjective by saying that he didn't "enjoy" the game, but he is still heaping the blame on SC2 rather than himself.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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EnumaAvalon
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Philippines3613 Posts
March 18 2013 11:34 GMT
#18
Have fun ClouD! Good luck!
(._.) ( l: ) ( .-. ) ( :l ) (._.) They see me rolling. They hating.
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3811 Posts
March 18 2013 11:35 GMT
#19
On March 18 2013 20:07 JazVM wrote:
Has he ever fulfilled his dream of beating Goody?

I will miss you Cloud, you were one of the most straight up players and you were never holding back your opinion. I respect that a lot.


A couple of times yes:
http://aligulac.com/results/search/?op=search&after=&before=&players=Goody
cloud&eventtext=&bo=all&offline=both&game=all
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
TechNoTrance
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada1007 Posts
March 18 2013 11:38 GMT
#20
Didn't follow him too much, but whenever his name came up he seemed to always have a negative impact on the community with his poor attitude. Not a huge loss IMO, but good luck to him regardless.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
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