Since you guys brought some tears to my eyes by bringing up some *really* old school names in a previous thread, I figured I'd post some old pictures from various tournaments / my time in Korea to put some faces to the names...

From WCG 2000 tournament held in NYC.

Crexis, fondling the token, large-chested announcer woman at WCG. Crexis took 2nd place at the AoEII tournament.

Graciously / sarcastically accepting 1st place trophy at WCG.

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=]ABS[=sVen, the lesser known but very skilled countryman of =]ABS[=Slayer.

Smuft.

Tsunami.

=[ABS]=Slayer, considered one of the best if not the best foreign pro gamer between maybe 2000-2002?

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X_Mage_X, much beloved/despised Kali youngster.

Sindread on left, {PH}Jester on right.

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NTT.

orky-asmodey.

Chaplan, of the mighty Chaplan and Renih 2v2 team.

Thor / Montaro.

A very heterosexual picture of myself, Bashkir, Sindread and {PH}Jester.

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Froz!

Nazgul

My favorite 2v2 partner, {PH}Pepe on the left. X_Mage_X on the right.

Televised 'foreign pros vs Korean pros' tournament back in 2000. Maynard and Grrr on the left, unknown Korean pros on the right.

Thor and Grrr with their victory bouquets after coming in 1st and 2nd respectively in the aforementioned tournament.

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Myself in the make-up room for a tournament.

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Myself playing in a televised tournament. Make-up + space suit + cheap, plastic futuristic doodads = entertainment.

Muzel[sg] and )dl(october, 2nd tier Korean pros back in 2000.

Thor being his sexy self in a Korean TGIF.

TheGirl, Lena [Korean female pro gamer] and Geno[tf].

eVerlast, Thor, Maynard.

skelton, Korean pro gamer.

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Rolex pro team headquarters, Zagi, Chrh, Skelton in picture.

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Absurd 4v4 tournament. [Maynard, Grrr, myself, Thor.]

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Grrr attempting to fit into a costume sized for young Korean boys. Lena on the right.

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Grrr on top, Maynard on bottom. [Teehee.]

AMD advertisement w/ Grrr.

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Mr. Boxer's keyboard.

Other, old-school names which I didn't see mentioned in the previous thread:

Kain-The-Feared, Dudey, Tillerman, Agent911, Sauron, Crexis, Stratus, {PH}Boo!, Ssamjang, Freemura, St.Eagle, [s]Kracow, [s](row, [s]Blackened, INcinerate...

:D

-Pillars

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

May 13 2008 23:40 GMT

nice

qrs

United States3637 Posts

May 13 2008 23:42 GMT

On May 14 2008 08:35 Pillars wrote:

skeleton, Korean pro gamer.

Skeleton is well-named.

crazie-penguin

United States1253 Posts

May 13 2008 23:50 GMT

Hey, did Sauron "invent" the sauron zerg style?

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6774 Posts

May 13 2008 23:57 GMT

Hahah awesome :D those spacesuits never stop making me think 'why on earth would they do that'

Physician

United States4146 Posts

May 13 2008 23:57 GMT

now thats how u make a thread! awesomeness; I got some more pics I might just dig up and post here if someone does beat me to it

Kennigit

Canada19447 Posts

May 13 2008 23:58 GMT

Oh woah crazy. Pillars what are you doing now? i heard you were doing MBA or something.

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

May 14 2008 00:00 GMT

Hahah wow, the nostalgia.

Words alone can't describe how i feel when i see some of these names, and now their pictures.

HamerD

United Kingdom1922 Posts

May 14 2008 00:00 GMT

history lesson ^^

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

May 14 2008 00:03 GMT

#10

Grrr is so thin compared to now :D

Pillars

United States147 Posts

May 14 2008 00:12 GMT

#11

On May 14 2008 08:50 crazie-penguin wrote:
Hey, did Sauron "invent" the sauron zerg style?

He popularized the style, yeah. I really enjoyed playing against him and his aggressive approach as it made for some extremely exciting / technically skillful games.

Pillars

United States147 Posts

May 14 2008 00:13 GMT

#12

On May 14 2008 08:58 Kennigit wrote:
Oh woah crazy. Pillars what are you doing now? i heard you were doing MBA or something.

Left Blizzard 4-5 months ago, still trying to figure out what I want to do next. Might head back to school, or do some volunteer work abroad. Right now I'm just living with an old friend back in Massachusetts and playing poker for a living.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 14 2008 00:16 GMT

#13

Skelton, no?

Sup Pillars~

Pillars

United States147 Posts

May 14 2008 00:31 GMT

#14

On May 14 2008 09:16 NeoIllusions wrote:
Skelton, no?

Sup Pillars~

Yes. I'll fix that.

And, hi.

=].

Lobotomy

United States300 Posts

May 14 2008 00:51 GMT

#15

Pillars were you @ 01 WCG in USA? I forget.

Lobotomy

United States300 Posts

May 14 2008 00:54 GMT

#16

I remember in 01 Maynard was telling a story about him and Dudey ( I think it was Dudey ) were sneaking into the room were grrr... was having sex with some korean girl and they were playing " commandos. " It was pretty funny.

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

May 14 2008 00:57 GMT

#17

On May 14 2008 08:42 qrs wrote:

Show nested quote +

Skeleton is well-named.

so mean yet funny

EpiK

Korea (South)5757 Posts

May 14 2008 00:59 GMT

#18

wow, how does it feel playing in those space-suits? They look extremely uncomfortable..

Pillars

United States147 Posts

May 14 2008 01:07 GMT

#19

On May 14 2008 09:51 Lobotomy wrote:
Pillars were you @ 01 WCG in USA? I forget.

Yeah, I forget if it was 2000 or 2001. I didn't end up making the trip to Korea for the finals though, as I had school coming up, I hate long plane rides, and unless I dedicated like three straight months to getting back in highly competitive shape I didn't have much of a shot of winning.

Lobotomy

United States300 Posts

May 14 2008 01:13 GMT

#20

Were you there with Sindread and Jester? Because that's when I was there.

Froz won that year, he kind of came out of nowhere.