The Lightning Wolf e-sports team announced today through the official fan group that Tom60229, the world champion of Hearthstone who has accompanied the players for seven years, will retire today and will hold a retirement event for him; Tom60229 also thanked the Lightning Wolf through his personal Facebook for the past seven and a half years. Please take care of us, and please continue to support Lightning Wolf who is working hard for Taiwan e-sports.
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Tom60229, who is called “Big Brother” by players, defeated a powerful enemy in the “Hearthstone” 2017 Global Tour World Finals in January 2018 and won the glory of the world championship, which made the players in Taiwan quite excited. At that time, President Tsai Ing-wen also congratulated him through the official Facebook, and quoted Tom60229’s comments following winning the world championship: “No matter where you graduate from, I think it is important to find something you like to do.”
Tom60229 wins the world championship
Tom60229 said through Facebook today that he is regarding to leave Flash Wolves, and he prefers not to do games and live events. At the same time, he shared his career in e-sports and said that this journey is really fantastic, and it has been very difficult until now. like reality.
He said, “I have always maintained my original intention from the past to now. If I don’t perform well for a whole year, I should retire. In addition, my original life plan is actually around 30 years old, and I will no longer be a player.” The idea of the current environment of Hearthstone, following the GM was eliminated, suddenly realized that “ah, it’s time to retire”.
He said that in the future, it does not mean that 100% of the competition will not be played. “If one day I get bored, I may go to find a card game or a battlefield game to play. Who knows?” And thanked the Flash Wolf for his care over the past seven and a half years.
Lightning Wolf also announced that it will hold “Thank you, Tom60229 Retirement Event”, hoping to invite players to leave memories with Big Brother, while sorting out Big Brother’s past records:
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2015 ASUS ROG Summer – Champion
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2015 ONOG Summer Split – Champion
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2016 SEA Majors Malaysia – Champion
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2017 HCT World Championship – Overall Champion
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2018 All-Star Game – Runner-up
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2019 Masters Tour Las Vegas – 3rd place
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2019 Masters Pro Asia Pacific Season 2 – Champion
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2020 Masters Pro Asia Pacific Season 2 – Runner-up
