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ClouD announces his retirement

By Tobias 'noxilicious' .
Mar 18, 2013 15:09


ImageThe Italian Terran released another blog and announced that he will leave Starcraft II and professional eSports. Apparently he is not expecting much more to gain from eSports.

This retirement is not too surprising as IT Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco left Germany and his former Team Alternate about two months ago. In that announcement ClouD also said that he will be looking for a new team and will still be playing Starcraft II. Some interviews from ClouD revealed that he was not happy with his eSports life - at least not fully happy.

Apparently ClouD is pretty happy with the patch he has chosen, but thinks it is about time to leave eSports now, as he doesn't really expect much more to get from it. With his retirement another well known player, who has been around for years, is leaving the professional stage.

Exception of ClouD's blog about his retirement
"Recently, about a month ago, I was playing HotS beta. I switched to Protoss and it was going really well, but then a random question popped into my head. I would have to play 30 to 40 games for the next 2 years every day to be as good as I want to be, is it really worth it? I am soon 26, I had a lot of fun and great life experiences from eSports, what else can I get from it? The answer is not much. I know very well within myself I could stand above any non korean progamer if I put enough dedication into it, but what kept me from doing so in Starcraft2 was the fact I don't enjoy playing this game at all. I also have really high expectations from myself in my life and absolute confidence in my abilities to succeed in anything I decide to do and the best thing for me right now is start something else and make it blossom with what I learned from my invaluable gaming experience. I am going to move on and leave electronic sports behind. It was absolutely amazing and I want to remember it that way."


Source: teamliquid.net


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