Updated: Wolfkrone no longer attending LG Cup in Korea

what happened? did Marn lose a Pro Bowl bet?

wut??
now fuudo won this tourny =[

Hope nothing bad happened in his personal life.

maybe mrN just didnt have the funds

weak ass floe going they might as well send hugo101

Oh what?!!??!?! Krone had the best chance of winning this thing for Ammurrika! I like "The Guy" (Floe) and all but he has a tendency to Floke on the big stage. I guess Justin will have to try and save the day. Curious on what happened to Wolfkrone though. VISA issue perhaps? He made it into Canada just fine, so maybe thats not it. Hmmm.....sucks nevertheless.

Yay, US is sending some second rate player to a big foreign tourney again.
So floe vs random blanka vs fuudo, guess who will win that.

awwww man, and he seemed so hype(which is rare) to be attending....hope nothing really bad happened..

Aw, I was pulling for WolfPhone. Hope everything's alright. :<

last time i checked, justin was free to japs and krone was free to fudo so no big loss here.

Justin knocked Mago into losers at Evo.

Hope the Wolf is cool, big loss there for you Americans.

Time to send HyenaKrone as replacement.

DAMN YOU EXAMS!!!!...lol

well justin better bring his A game to korea, and score one for the us!

Good for Wolfkrone. I think he probably has a better chance than Jwong, but real life > Fighting games.

Pfffft.

Exams my ass. It's the Viper nerfs says me. No more throw invincibility on the EX-Seismo.

And I like how so many people here are crying.

DUDE,

GO TO KOREA.

If you dont you might regret it the rest of your life.

my 2 cents.

Wolfkrone has earned more of my respect, giving away his chance to go to Korea because of his education, a great example to be followed.

What 19 said. You can tell he lives in the real world and not some fantasy version of life.

wonder what happen sigh....

Aw, one of the few that the international scene has fear/respect for? Shame he cant make it

WolfKrone wants to be, but FloE is the Guy!

Bummer.

You won't be a top player forever, but that education sure does last forever.

Good for WolfKrone. Education always comes first. No matter what Gootecks says, you can make a living off of fighting games tournaments (at least not yet).

Impressed by Wolfkrone...good on the guy. I'm sure that there're bigger things on the horizon with a proper education...

Sucks to see Wolfkrone can't attend, but his explanation is very understandable.

@ #23 Deadsider:

LMAO. Floe really is The Guy.
The IWBTG Floe Stream was semi-excellent. So much fun to be had, but then it got boring.

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Wooooo, check out the list of non-Capcom games on the filter: MK, Tekken, SoulCalibur, KoF, BlazBlue
Skullgirls.
Frothing at the mouth in extacy.

@#29:

It's Ecstasy, not "extacy".
Can't you spell check¿ >_>

I respect the hell outa Krone. He's such an amazing player. Plays pad, most of his experience comes from online matches, he's clearly very dedicated to his studies, yet he is possibly the most consistent player we've got in the US. I'm always rooting for this guy.

As a fellow dedicated student and Viper player, I have respect for Wolfkrone. Does anybody know what he's studying?

Congratulations EMP Floe...

...you...are now...THE GUY!

wow I went from watching this to not giving a f***
floe is gonna get blown up

First Japan doesn't get to one of the best Viper players, Latif.

Now, Korea doesn't get to do it either, Wolfkrone.

Stay in school. I command you for that.
Unless they could pay him 2 two-way tickets, I think he made the right and best decision. Missing two weeks of school for a tourney is a bit ridiculous.

That was a wise decision made by Wolfkrone. Gotta handle real life first, then fantasy second.

wise wise wise mr philpot. respeck dat edukashun

@32 I believe its Information Technology.

Yes education is importand, but wasnt it clear from the start when it was going to be held? And he couldnt even attend if it was one weekend? So why did he play in the qualifiers?

Its either pretty messed up from Lg to give the players the information that late or Wolfkrone messed up by not informing himself early enough. If its the 2nd one he really messed up the tournament and let the whole scene down by being lazy or unconsidered

what school are you at that won't allow you to adjust your schedule for a unique life experience?

well wolfkrone pick right decision since he wants his education first

It's so stupid that it's being held over 2 weeks. They could complete this whole tournament in 1 and 1/2 hours.

i kinda wish ricky was going instead of floe, but oh well. GO TEAM EG!

cant they talk to the principal or something, dont school allow you special leave for something like this? and there's always supplementary exams.

Well usa confirmed for defeat.

How unfortunate... Good luck on the exams

Well I don't know about the states, but usually when you miss/fail exams you have the chance to do them again before the new academic year starts. Going to Korea is a chance that probably will never ever happen again in his whole lifetime, so...

Stuff like this is bad for the whole Fighting Game Community. LG made the decision to put up a huge prize pool for this thing, and Wolfkrone gave his word to be a part of it. By doing this, he's hurting the whole scene, if he wasn't committed to finishing this thing out he should have never entered. Actions like this make everyone look bad, the fighting game community will never grow unless top players act like professionals, and that means honoring your professional commitments.

Who gives a sh!t if the kid has exams... Get a life people, rather than worrying about some random fvck...

Education first. People looking to criticise Krone for putting exams first are flat out foolish.

Clever boy, I'm impressed, as for this pro gaming stuff, if you're not at the top and winning tournaments left, right and centre like Justin Wong and Daigo Umehara and you aren't sponsored, I just can't see it as a viable option of a way to make a living! Good decision, Wolfkrone!

OMG not floe....lol

2 all who say or will say that wolfkrone should go, STFU. unless ur the best of the best, u need something 2 fall back on if SF doesnt work out, because IMO playing fighting games is a very risky profession

@10 Since when has Krone been free to Fuudo? just because Latiff lost to him doesn't exactly mean Krone would of.

I sensed still the massive salt from Mago when he got kROONEd at EVO 2011.

I can't believe people actually think there's more to this story.

Wolfkrone goes to school(SURPRISE!!!)
Anyone who's in College/University KNOWS that even missing a couple of days could = failure/days of catching up.

In this case we're talking about 2 weeks. Regardless of his major, missing 2 weeks of College/University, you might as well redo the semester. I applaud Wolfkrone for the fact that even with all of his success in the FGC, he still refuses to let video games get to his hand and take over what's more important. An Education.

God Bless

@58: im a college student and i've missed 2 weeks and a few days of studies a few months ago due to surgery and i could catch up just fine. it's not as hard as you make it sound.

#59 That all depends on your major, what classes you are taking, who your profs are, if attendance is factored into your final grade and if there are quizzes that can be made up that you'd miss as well (tends to replace roll calls).

Most likely he has a prof that won't let him miss or it's a class or two that you simply can't miss and hope to stay caught up etc.

If it was as simple as you suggest he'd do what all of us would do in his place, go. But that's obviously not the case.

@59

What's your major?

@60: perhaps, i did miss a few quizzes but it isnt too bad, quizzes only accounts for 10% of my coursework marks so it's no big deal. as for attendance, i believe you can apply for a special leave if you've a tournament or something important to do. but who knows, maybe as you say he have a class or something that he cant miss.

@61: it's software engineering and games design.

Wolf know he's gonna succeed, whether if he goest to this Korean thing or not, playin games or not playin them for livin. Respect, knowing he's the best player in the country and yet choosing to not fail regular education.

He should of went honestly experience another country the way society is going and the economy practically on life support this is the opportune time to travel to a foreign country. There is tons of IT techs out there trust me and I'm not lying detroit is one of the most economical deprived states he won't have a job paying much research jobs and see most people coming out of school are getting nothing they bargain for and with possible war on horizon I can see it becoming harder.