And I don't think GSTL is a big enough deal in Korea yet where you can consider that 'substantial' success I guess.
FXOasd, FXOWhale, and FXOSirius retire from SC2 - Page 7
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Wuster
1974 Posts
And I don't think GSTL is a big enough deal in Korea yet where you can consider that 'substantial' success I guess. | ||
Inzan1ty
1163 Posts
Reasonable these FXO trainees (more or less) are now looking challenge elsewhere, with KeSpa players taking up a lot of space, there simply isnt much left for players that already didnt make their breakthrough before KeSpa switched, and now would find it even much harder.. | ||
ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
I can't blame them, they tried their best and with all the Kespa players, it is hard for this caliber of player to make a break through. It sounds harsher than I mean it, but even if they stayed they probably would never qualify for a tournament or make their break through Keep fighting FXO, you developed a lot of talent and I'm sure there is more to come!!! | ||
TeamBanished
United States301 Posts
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BadAim
Norway879 Posts
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MVega
763 Posts
On February 01 2013 04:04 morevox wrote: Right before HOTS came out? You would think they would give the new game a shot at least. Good luck to all 3 of them. HotS is different, but it's not different enough that it's going to make them on par with the best of the best, or push them through the qualifiers. If anything, depending on how Gom handles it, it could make qualifiers harder. So this is a perfectly fine time to call it quits. | ||
EliteSK
Korea (South)251 Posts
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GxbKoma
United States7 Posts
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Vul
United States685 Posts
Odd to see three players retire at the exact same time when the team is still together though. Kind of makes it seem like this was more of a forced retirement so that FXO can clean house so to speak, maybe FXO wants to take a chance on some new players. | ||
Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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JOJOsc2news
3000 Posts
On February 01 2013 05:13 Canucklehead wrote: Whale, at first glance this looks like a sirius situation, but it's understandable since they tried for 2 years, but this still makes me want to asdfljfjfojgl and flip tables. I see what you did there :D | ||
Schelim
Austria11525 Posts
On January 31 2013 18:58 PulseKane wrote: You can't be.... Serious... YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! User was warned for this post these warnings and stuff are getting a bit ridiculous... i wish these guys good luck with whatever they'll be doing now. i'm kinda sad especially about asd, who always looked pretty good when i've seen him play. and i guess i'm biased towards terran in general. | ||
SaintFrancis
Canada46 Posts
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Rgn
United States11 Posts
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IMoperator
4476 Posts
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On February 01 2013 05:33 IMoperator wrote: It's always sad to see people go. I remember when asd beat boxer almost 2 years ago now and people were hating on him lol. Oh well, good luck guys. I dunno why lol. He has always had some of the best micro out of everyone. | ||
anime beer
United States3 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:02 Plansix wrote: Twitch counts HotS and WoL as seperate games, for one. And even then, who cares if LoL has more viewers at a specific time when you decided to click on the directory? The NFL always gets more viewers per game than MLB or NBA. Lets not even talk about golf and tennis. The whole, "SC2 is dying because the number next to LoL is larger" argument is so dumb it hurts my head. Exactly this, and people have to remember that over the past year or so there's been a steady influx of LoL streamers coming over from Own3d. LoL has nearly always been more popular than SC2, but when both games were new almost every LoL streamer was on own3d and almost every SC2 streamer was on twitch. People are only freaking out now that there's a direct way to compare the two. Back on the main topic, a lot of people are asking why they retired as they could get a fresh start in HotS. To put things in perspective, there will also be a large talent pool coming into HotS with a fresh start, a talent pool that didn't get to play WoL from release and was always a little bit behind. The people retiring don't want to play the rat race of getting to the top of the pack again with everyone on a nearly level playing field. | ||
KoMA_
Canada65 Posts
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Ponera
Canada596 Posts
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IMoperator
4476 Posts
On February 01 2013 06:27 Ponera wrote: I really hope this isn't a foreshadowing of FXO being in trouble. The Sc2 scene keeps losing players and teams, it makes me sad. I really hope HotS revitalises things and that after kespa transition is fully integrated (if it integrates) that things can stabilize and grow. Expect to see more of the lower-level pros to leave tbh. With all the Kespa players coming about it's not really worth it to keep playing when you're not the top level on your esf team. Lower-tier pros are going to keep retiring or switching games because it's just not worth the amount of work. | ||
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