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mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-08 13:45:42
October 08 2013 13:38 GMT
#1
Tileä "(Z)Tilea" Flavall, the 18 year old Terran/Zerg player from New Zealand (but residing in the US) has announced her retirement from Heart of the Swarm. Tilea as currently playing for (Wiki)Denial eSports, who recently had another key player retiring in (Z)KawaiiRice. She previously played for (Wiki)LighT eSports, and was known as KnighTLighT.

She qualified to Challenger League in Season 1 of WCS America, and has survived in Challenger since, until today, when she forfeited her match against (P)Minigun in the Challenger Bracket of Season 3, and her spot in WCS.

The reason for her retirement is because despite her love for the game, and the community, she is no longer fit to play, but may come back for LotV.

Her retirement is most shocking, because the ratio of New Zealanders to Australians in WCS America used to be 2:1 to the benefit of the glorious nation of New Zealand, but the two rival countries are now tied 1:1.

I'm pretty much done with SC2 and forfeited my WCS match. Sorry everyone who was looking forward to seeing me play and thanks for all the...

— Tileä Flavall (@Denial_Tilea) October 8, 2013



support and kind words etc people have given me. Maybe I'll come back to play LotV, I like the game/community, but I'm not fit to play now.

— Tileä Flavall (@Denial_Tilea) October 8, 2013

mousesports, Team Acer, Fnatic!
Fleshcut
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany592 Posts
October 08 2013 13:40 GMT
#2
Awwww, I liked her stream :/

Gl hf whatever you do now.
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
October 08 2013 13:45 GMT
#3
Er, lemme enable those tweets.
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-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
October 08 2013 13:47 GMT
#4
Not fit to play? Wrist issues maybe? :-\

A shame either way. She's only young so potential there to develop a lot.
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
October 08 2013 13:47 GMT
#5
On October 08 2013 22:45 monk wrote:
Er, lemme enable those tweets.

Thank you
mousesports, Team Acer, Fnatic!
ManicMarine
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia409 Posts
October 08 2013 13:47 GMT
#6
Sad to hear it, even though she was a bloody Kiwi.

I hope she overcomes whatever it was that made her unfit to play and returns to the scene stronger
Manic by name, Manic by nature.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12700 Posts
October 08 2013 13:48 GMT
#7
"Her retirement is most shocking, because the ratio of New Zealanders to Australians in WCS America used to be 2:1 to the benefit of the glorious nation of New Zealand, but the two rival countries are now tied 1:1."

lol
never watched her play, that's a shame, would have been nice if I could catch her games in WCS AM
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
October 08 2013 13:49 GMT
#8
the last random
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1840 Posts
October 08 2013 13:50 GMT
#9
On October 08 2013 22:49 Drake wrote:
the last random


She was a good player in Australia.
On August 15 2013 03:43 Waxangel wrote: no amount of money can replace the enjoyment of being mean to people on the internet
WetSocks
Profile Joined June 2012
United States953 Posts
October 08 2013 13:52 GMT
#10
Man I really enjoyed watching Tiliea's stream, great play and interesting music.
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
October 08 2013 13:52 GMT
#11
On October 08 2013 22:49 Drake wrote:
the last random


I thought Tilea picked between zerg and terran
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
Paragleiber
Profile Joined June 2009
413 Posts
October 08 2013 14:25 GMT
#12
Wow. Never even knew that Tilea was a female player, although I saw the name quite often in the brackets this year.
http://www.twitter.com/Paragleiber
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
October 08 2013 14:30 GMT
#13
Wait... trapcarduser retired...? Wait... trapcarduser played zerg...? Damn, I'm out of touch with the NA scene. :o
NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
October 08 2013 14:34 GMT
#14
Its always Saddening when young talent does quit. If its wrist issues I hope she can fix them by doing exercises etc.

even if it isnt I do hope that teams promote the importance of a healthy lifestyle!
Personally taikido execises has done wonders for my wrists and arms, but enough about that.


Best of luck to Tilea and whatever shes planning on doing in the future and I do hope we will see her come back for LotV.
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
October 08 2013 14:36 GMT
#15
Her stream was really cool, both cause of her unusual plays and her interaction with viewers. Hope she'll get better and come back!
CamoPillbox
Profile Joined April 2012
Czech Republic229 Posts
October 08 2013 14:54 GMT
#16
More retire to come .....sadly this game is no longer enjoayble or fun cause u barely can find friends who plays it.
I wish best of all to Tilea ,maybe to try Lotv she returns like all others but i cant see another way only LAN can make some difference or F2p + massive destruction of deathballs..... and 30 sek 200/200 battles.
Czech Terran(Hots) player
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
October 08 2013 14:59 GMT
#17
Aw, I've occasionally watched her stream and it was quite enjoyable. Too bad, I don't know what her personal issues are that she is dealing with (I suppose it's not really any of our business though), but here's to hoping she can overcome them.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
Sjokola
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands800 Posts
October 08 2013 15:16 GMT
#18
Sad... I liked her style
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
October 08 2013 15:42 GMT
#19
The market returns to equilibrium :\

Too many players, not enough revenue and prize money in the system to support them all. I bet a lot of these progamers were just waiting it out until their run in Season 3 ended, so that they could have at least finished off the year.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Aiobhill
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany283 Posts
October 08 2013 15:51 GMT
#20
Shame. She played really smart.
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