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Jonathan “Jinro” Walsh of Team Liquid has announced his retirement from professional Starcraft 2 as of today, with a post on the teamliquid forums.

Liquid'Jinro has been practicing in South Korea since the early days of Starcraft 2, and posted fantastic results - making the semi-finals of the GSL Code S two seasons in a row, but has since been showing fewer and fewer noteworthy results. Even with his lackluster performances of late, he remains a strong fan favourite and idol for players worldwide.

In his heartfelt post, Jinro stated that his decision was not made lightly, and has been talked about with Liquid's manager Nazgul since May of 2011. Jinro said he realised that he no longer had the drive to compete and improve that he possessed in Starcraft: Brood War, but that he loved the experience and the opportunity to do what he dreamed of as a child.

Walsh will be staying in Korea, and moving on to play poker. He states that he is "tremendously excited at the prospect of re-learning poker and practicing BJJ.".

The full post can be found at http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=358724

[Shieldz]

T.T i still remember how he beat MC before in shattered temple with mech and a lot of other amazing games.

[ToRSmotPokingFish]

I'm saddened but I was kind of expecting this, I loved some of the interesting play I saw Jinro pull out on stream, sadly I missed him in his prime, glad for the inventions of VODs

[syfSoundwave]

So sad. One of my three favourite players. The Gorilla Terran, the Great White Hope will forever live in our hearts.

[x5.NotoriouS]

His blog post on TL is a great honest read and I have a lot of respect for Jinro for making it.

He had a great career and made the right decision to move on at this point, gg Jinro!

[fur]

I blame the queen buff.

Also miss jinro

[QEDjuslai]

hf in real life

[Cyanide]

Looks like he'll never get to ban that one guy he mentioned in Liquid Rising.

[Dox]

The Terminus Mech game vs MC will live on forever in my memory. Jinro.

Quick Comments

	ROOT`iaguz:	Wasn't it Scrap Station!?!?!!!?!?
	Maynarde:	^ I thought so too :( he had thors do 50cc strike cannons when it was cooldown

[Mezza]

I remember my early GSL experience watching Jinro was in the TV booths ever so often and he had these amazing runs and some totally memorable games.

It's always sad to see someone leave an awesome team but after reading the article, I applaud his honesty and bravery. The Gorilla Terran will forever live on in our hearts

[DUCKVILLELOL]

I think my favourite game of his would have been the mech vs MC game, or the 2port banshee into battlecruisers on Terminus, fantastic player - unfortunate that things started falling off the map but still... long live gorilla terran 화이팅!