Hong Jin Ho (Yellow) made an appearance in GSL July.
Yellow, who retired very recently, appeared on stage recently through GSL July Code A player introductions. Yellow did the "ID Call" during the GSL July Code A Round of 8 on the afternoon of the 4th.
Yellow had his retirement ceremony this past June 25th and ended his 10 year career as a Progamer. GomTV suggested that Yellow do the "ID Call", and Yellow agreed. Yellow's ID Call was filmed this past Saturday (the 2nd) at Gretech.
Yellow, during the filming, said that "The ID Call filming is really interesting and different", and remarked that "I would like help out in the Starcraft 2 leagues in any way possible"
Meanwhile, the ladder ID "SlayerSYellow" had become the topic of conversation recently, spreading rumors about whether or not Yellow transitioned to Starcraft 2. Regarding this rumor, SlayerS had remarked that the rumors are baseless.
Saw this today while rewatching the games, very cool. I thought it was funny how embarrassed Wolf was when qxc pointed out that Yellow would be wearing yellow since Wolf didn't recognize that it was Yellow who was doing the ID calls.
Unfortunately, I think if yellow were to transition to starcraft 2, we would have heard the rumors of him playing with one team or another. The SlayerS rumor turned out to be just only the rumor, so it would be good if maybe we hear another rumor.
I just thought it was really cool for him to do something for the GSL. If he switches over, that's great. But if he doesn't, then it shouldn't be a big deal.
I felt so embarrassed for wolf & qxc haha. It was funny though, they went from criticizing his reoccurring "fist bump" to being like.. "oh shit.." It's like criticizing a guy in an I AM GOD T-Shirt for his silly T-Shirt, who's actually god. lol
On July 05 2011 07:37 fire_brand wrote: Love to see him in SC2, give poor MKP some Kong company ^_^
Oh god! If MKP gets another silver, Kong should be there to give him his flowers with his Kong smile!
On July 05 2011 07:55 Skoop wrote: I felt so embarrassed for wolf & qxc haha. It was funny though, they went from criticizing his reoccurring "fist bump" to being like.. "oh shit.." It's like criticizing a guy in an I AM GOD T-Shirt for his silly T-Shirt, who's actually god. lol
On July 05 2011 08:30 maximuspita wrote: When did this happen? I need to watch asap.
Last night/this morning in code A. They weren't like full on making asses of themselves or anything lol, but they did think he was another code A commentator for like half the night haha.
On July 05 2011 07:18 mango_destroyer wrote: I am surprised Wolf and QXC didnt even know it was yellow until they saw tweets. I guess they didnt have any BW background?
Wolf definitely played BW and followed it, he just didn't recognize him at first (just like me lol)
On July 05 2011 07:18 mango_destroyer wrote: I am surprised Wolf and QXC didnt even know it was yellow until they saw tweets. I guess they didnt have any BW background?
Wolf definitely played BW and followed it, he just didn't recognize him at first (just like me lol)
The Chinese casters recognized him immediately. Yellow has a pretty distinct look, imo.
i think we all need to give it some time, if YellOw is getting involved in SC2 it obviously means he still wants to be part of the scene, whether or not he becomes part of the staff or part of one of the teams who knows, it takes a bit of time to get used to the mechanics of sc2 as well, so maybe he will see how good sc2 is in the coming months and want to start playing again. will be awesome if he did :D
On July 05 2011 09:42 iamho wrote: Considering the way boxer's been treated, I actually hope he doesn't switch and preserves his integrity.
How is boxer treated bad? Boxer himself says he plays for the fans and as fans we love him whether he wins or loses.
I think he's referring to the Korean media shitting all over BoxeR when he first switched?
Boxer has a nice wife, a lot of money, and hundreds of thousands of dedicated fans.
I think the proper term for the korean media is butthurt.
Boxer = Kubo Tite.
So there I was being Lim Yo Hwan, and the Korean media was telling me I should retire from progaming. So I went "FUCK YOU I'M SLAYERS_BOXER" and began playing Starcraft 2. And then I made a lot of money. I love my life.
No doubt some certain members of the Korea media will reprobate this news. I thought it was very impressive by GOM to ask him to announce the players, almost respectfully so.
I would imagine a 10 year career would instil a great depth of knowledge about large scale RTS tournament success; so Yellow working with SC2 can't be a bad thing? Even if simply for his name hehe
i must be the only one who thinks yellow should not switch to playing sc2
however I'm not against him still being involved in esports and i actually like the name i.d idea (although they really need to work on trigger timing it right)
On July 05 2011 10:55 dabom88 wrote: Since the other topic got closed (even though it was made BEFORE this topic), I guess it's time to bust out more of these again (on this topic):
On July 05 2011 09:42 iamho wrote: Considering the way boxer's been treated, I actually hope he doesn't switch and preserves his integrity.
How is boxer treated bad? Boxer himself says he plays for the fans and as fans we love him whether he wins or loses.
I think he's referring to the Korean media shitting all over BoxeR when he first switched?
Boxer has a nice wife, a lot of money, and hundreds of thousands of dedicated fans.
I think the proper term for the korean media is butthurt.
Boxer = Kubo Tite.
So there I was being Lim Yo Hwan, and the Korean media was telling me I should retire from progaming. So I went "FUCK YOU I'M SLAYERS_BOXER" and began playing Starcraft 2. And then I made a lot of money. I love my life.
LMAO on the memes. keep em coming! i loved the john one <3
On July 05 2011 10:55 dabom88 wrote: Since the other topic got closed (even though it was made BEFORE this topic), I guess it's time to bust out more of these again (on this topic):
On July 05 2011 09:42 iamho wrote: Considering the way boxer's been treated, I actually hope he doesn't switch and preserves his integrity.
How is boxer treated bad? Boxer himself says he plays for the fans and as fans we love him whether he wins or loses.
I think he's referring to the Korean media shitting all over BoxeR when he first switched?
Boxer has a nice wife, a lot of money, and hundreds of thousands of dedicated fans.
I think the proper term for the korean media is butthurt.
Boxer = Kubo Tite.
So there I was being Lim Yo Hwan, and the Korean media was telling me I should retire from progaming. So I went "FUCK YOU I'M SLAYERS_BOXER" and began playing Starcraft 2. And then I made a lot of money. I love my life.
More please! =p. Laughed pretty hard seeing those.
On July 05 2011 20:10 Dattish wrote: I'm gonna lol if SlayerSYellow qualifies to the GSL the same season as the real Yellow, then we can call him... "Fellow"
It would be like when Slayers'Boxer and Boxer qualified the same time.
thats great pic !! reach and yellow i like to see ppl from old times!! but would love to see Grrr and Garimto also with some interviews ,some comments about sc2 and new players
On July 05 2011 19:36 Art_of_Kill wrote: would be awesome to see [NC]...YellOw in sc2 again
and reach
epic pic
if yellow and reach switch over...oh man, I might like sc2 more then scbw as blasphemous as it sounds. I think the greatest thing about scbw is that we love the players, the legends, they are bigger then the game. I am not a scbw fan as much as a stork/bisu/reach/boxer....etc fan and will cheer them on no matter what. When sc2 reaches that cult level, it has truly become the worthy successor of bw
On July 05 2011 21:59 Draq wrote: Soo many terran(nada/boxer) and zerg(july/yellow) legends from scbw, but where are protoss gosu?
Don't worry. Stork and Bisu will be along shortly... Hope that Reach and Nal_rA pick it up as well.
Nal_rA played a lot in the beta as the ID "loadofdream" OH PLEASE Nal_Ra, please come to starcraft 2! you arent doing any casting yet! wait is his military service till 2012 or something? Old Boys made me a fan of him T.T please Nal_ra, please please please please please!
Heh, it's probably a lot more likely that Nal_rA or reach will come over long before high code a/code s powerhouses like Stork (slump or not) or Bisu. Just look at "The elephant in the Room". Can you imagine those guys making GSL level money as salary and then giving it up for a game where every couple of weeks, they find out that one of their favorite units has been nerfed or altered? lol. Of course there's also the "wth, zergbong just made $200,000 USD in the last year? sign me up!" side of it though haha.
On July 06 2011 14:33 tripper688 wrote: Heh, it's probably a lot more likely that Nal_rA or reach will come over long before high code a/code s powerhouses like Stork (slump or not) or Bisu. Just look at "The elephant in the Room". Can you imagine those guys making GSL level money as salary and then giving it up for a game where every couple of weeks, they find out that one of their favorite units has been nerfed or altered? lol. Of course there's also the "wth, zergbong just made $200,000 USD in the last year? sign me up!" side of it though haha.
They making more than that atm at BW so I don't think they are too amused about that
On July 06 2011 14:33 tripper688 wrote: Heh, it's probably a lot more likely that Nal_rA or reach will come over long before high code a/code s powerhouses like Stork (slump or not) or Bisu. Just look at "The elephant in the Room". Can you imagine those guys making GSL level money as salary and then giving it up for a game where every couple of weeks, they find out that one of their favorite units has been nerfed or altered? lol. Of course there's also the "wth, zergbong just made $200,000 USD in the last year? sign me up!" side of it though haha.
They making more than that atm at BW so I don't think they are too amused about that
Nal_ra is still in milatary service so he isn't making much, and he has shown a lot of interest in sc2, I can't wait to see the dreamer in GSL <3
reach yellow nal_ra ... so many old school ballers missing xD ps: and iloveoov xD omg imagine him playing macro ^^ he would be a goody with macro and destroy everything
On July 05 2011 20:10 Dattish wrote: I'm gonna lol if SlayerSYellow qualifies to the GSL the same season as the real Yellow, then we can call him... "Fellow"
Oh no, not another "Fake YellOw" in pro-gaming! XD
On July 05 2011 20:10 Dattish wrote: I'm gonna lol if SlayerSYellow qualifies to the GSL the same season as the real Yellow, then we can call him... "Fellow"
Oh no, not another "Fake YellOw" in pro-gaming! XD