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ReiGn retires: 'I'm very sorry for my fans'
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 2 years ago
After losing to Sung Sik "ReMinD" Kim in yesterday's XP League clash, Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang announced his retirement.
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"I told myself 'I will stop after this event' for every event I participated in, but I did not decide to retire until now, in this XP League season," says the merited Undead player.
A comeback for StarCraft 2 is not to expect from Kang.
"I was satisfied to live as a progamer, and I'm delighted that I got to be a part of such a rare experience with people who I met in my progamer life -- but there will be no 'progamer ReiGn' after my Warcraft 3 career."
"When I started my progamer life, I didn't consider playing any other game after WarCraft 3 at all," says ReiGn.
"With me retiring, there is only one remaining [Korean] Undead player: Space. Please support him and I hope new talented Undead players will come along so the Korean WarCraft 3 scene will be more prosperous."
ReiGn has been around for a very long time, and has been a part of the very successful group of Koreans who hailed in both World Elite and SK-Gaming. Despite being a high class player through his long career, he has never claimed a big eSports title.
Seo Woo Kang managed to grab a second place in the televised Sonokong OnGameNet WarCraft 3 League back in 2003, as well as in the fourth season of Prime League in 2004. His other merits include a fourth place in Electronic Sports World Cup 2008, third place in 2005's OnGamenet WarCraft 3 TFT Invitational, and a fourth place in the second season of NiceGameTV War3League.
"When I quit SK-Gaming in 2009 I could not show good games for my fans, and I'm very sorry for my fans who supported me," says ReiGn and ends with saying he hope only good things for the WarCraft scene.
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| Really sad...there is only Space left...I wish I can see the improvement of Space soon.. gl Reign |
| awww |
Reign has ended<<  undead is the weakest race imo |
| Very sad in my opinion :/ |
| oh shiznit! |
| very sad :( |
| Omg... That's so sad and so bad for the scene... :/ |
| "Seo Woo Kang managed to grab a second place in the televised Sonokong OnGameNet WarCraft 3 League back in 2003" That is freaking old school. Props for staying so high up in the game for so many years. Always like ReiGn, despite his ups and downs. |
| wemade should of picked him up oh well..gl with life might cya in sc2~ |
| hmm seems like my race slowly starts to disapear:D i feel a bit sad for him never winning a big title by his own. which things did he manage to win with sk / we?. gl hf in rl |
| sad.. two old-school korean ud players calling it quits |
| Good Luck Best Undead Player See you in SC2 |
| nerf the fking orcs or UD pro scene is over. |
#13 agree  |
| #1 Doubt he will get better.. |
| .....sad day !!! |
| what about fov? |
| Undeads will be dead if all will go inactive )) |
| #17 He retired weeks ago: http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/news/10299-fov-h angs-up-mouse-to-pick-up-rifle |
| Damn undeads need new star player. |
| They have Ted, but he's chinese. |
| Ah all the old greatest undead are gone. Sweet(long ago), susiria, lucifer, fov and now reign! Probably the biggest problem that Undead ever had. Starting to get tired of orcs |
| http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/database.php?sokord=&race=Undead TeD, Happy, ixi, DowaQ, Space and HLA, keep the Undead spirit alive!  |
| #18 yeah But #21 ted is does not seem strong enough. cause of the ud weakest race imo. |
| @22 you forgot madfrog |
| more orcs.less undeads |
| Undead is not weak, only vs orc. so stop the imbalance shit. He probobly quit cuz he couldnt win vs orc |
| T_T Gl Seo |
| Reign! - we love you. We will always remember and miss you! (I play with you 1st ladder game in Kalimdor - you practiced as orc at that time)) |
| I think TeD mentioned in an interview once that he didn't consider UD as weak race, or that it had bad matchup with orc :P...so I don't think players quit their profession because of a bad matchup (at least not directly). |
| #30 TeD happens to be the best UD against orcs, but his word is not Bible. Everyone knows UD has a hard time against orcs, and since they're so strong right now, it's quite a drag on UD players. All these players are giving up because they can't overcome the mismatch...so sad. |
| Undeads living hard times. |
| the reason that undead are having hard time is because ud vs oc match up we see orc everytime in finals meaning we have no chance to meet undeads. (only imbalance mu in this game is oc vs ud in my opinnion rest mus are pretty much balanced) |
| heh, NOOB! Left 'cos of a loose? :-D |
| #27 if the undead cant beat the orcs isnt that imbalanced? :O |
| I blame remind for his retirement.. |
| awwwwww very sad :( |
| both fov and reign gone :( |
:((((((((( touching words from reign,he talked like he's a dying man,and I thing he's right,what could be worse for a pro-gamer than retiring!  |
| #35 It is imbalance match up orc vs ud ) |
| GL Reign :) |
| seems like the orc/human/nightelf alliance finally defeated the undead scourge. |
| got a point : ) |
| sad to see him leave :( |
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| One true legend of Warcraft 3. Always enjoyed watching him play. Best of luck Reign! |
| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! no sc2 ReiGn!! :'( |
| Thanks BM and Orcs, really fucking awesome - gg Blizzard you fucking idiots. |
| #30, ask ToD why he originally quit............... hint: BM |
| if he was another race some teams would pick him up.. so sad..why did you choose UD ? |
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