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soO has officially retired, according to a Weibo post from Weibo Gaming.
Machine translation of the post:
"After friendly communication with the player and the club, and with full respect for the player's personal wishes, StarCraft II legendary player soO officially announced his retirement today. The club terminated his contract with him effective immediately.
With his tenacity and talent, soO won the GSL runner-up six times and the IEM Katowice championship, writing an immortal legend. His unremitting spirit and outstanding performance will be recorded in the history of StarCraft forever. Thank you soO for his contribution during his time on the team, and may his future be bright and broad, and his StarCraft journey be glorious forever!"
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what a wonderful story when he won IEM Katowice. He almost didn't even make it out of groups. he advanced with a 2-3 record even though he lost to Bunny. Bunny, having the head-to-head victory over soO, and the same 2-3 score, didn't advance. After that, soO managed to beat Serral -> herO -> and eventually Stats to lift the trophy. It was a miracle run, like it was destine to happen. With all his 2nd places, he definitely deserved it for having never given up. starcraft fans will never forget him.  IEM Season XIII - Katowice
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One of the legends - thank you soO and all the best in the future!
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In other news, soO just announced streaming BW on Soop
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Canada8988 Posts
It make some sense with the wait for EWC I guess, glad to know he's staying within the greater Starcraft world at least.
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United States1768 Posts
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” <3
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Northern Ireland23289 Posts
Farewell to a legend of the game
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Marathon men new project, glhf 🫡
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On December 23 2024 21:53 Expensive-Law-9830 wrote:
In other news, soO just announced streaming BW on Soop
Wouldn’t be surprised. BW more popular and less micro /macro intensive game. Better game choice for gamer who are older
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On December 24 2024 00:01 Blitzball04 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 23 2024 21:53 Expensive-Law-9830 wrote:
In other news, soO just announced streaming BW on Soop Wouldn’t be surprised. BW more popular and less micro /macro intensive game. Better game choice for gamer who are older
Inb4 he accuses you of coping...
soO retiring doesn't feel particularly shocking, considering his results in recent years, but nevertheless, as Cicada said, he is an absolute legend of the game. Sometimes you need these kind of players, who add more "story" than "results". And at some point, didn't we all become soO-fans in every goddamn final?
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United States1768 Posts
On December 24 2024 00:10 Balnazza wrote:Show nested quote +On December 24 2024 00:01 Blitzball04 wrote:On December 23 2024 21:53 Expensive-Law-9830 wrote:
In other news, soO just announced streaming BW on Soop Wouldn’t be surprised. BW more popular and less micro /macro intensive game. Better game choice for gamer who are older Inb4 he accuses you of coping... soO retiring doesn't feel particularly shocking, considering his results in recent years, but nevertheless, as Cicada said, he is an absolute legend of the game. Sometimes you need these kind of players, who add more "story" than "results". And at some point, didn't we all become soO-fans in every goddamn final?
He has more fun playing BW than StarCraft II these days.
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this man was 7 matches away from being a frontrunner in the GOAT conversation.
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gg! all the best in the future!
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United States1768 Posts
On December 23 2024 21:39 CicadaSC wrote:what a wonderful story when he won IEM Katowice. He almost didn't even make it out of groups. he advanced with a 2-3 record even though he lost to Bunny. Bunny, having the head-to-head victory over soO, and the same 2-3 score, didn't advance. After that, soO managed to beat Serral -> herO -> and eventually Stats to lift the trophy. It was a miracle run, like it was destine to happen. With all his 2nd places, he definitely deserved it for having never given up. starcraft fans will never forget him. https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_XIII_-_Katowice
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/544354-at-long-last-soos-iem-triumph
I'll be rereading this today. What a moment that was.
Edit: as expected it brought tears to my eyes.
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