Ret
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| Background Information | |
| Name: | Joseph de Kroon |
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| Team: | Team Liquid |
| Race: | Zerg |
| Alternate IDs: | ret, LiquidRet |
| Nicknames: | Jos, ret, retje, King of Drones |
| Country: | Netherlands 
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| Birthday: | November 3, 1985 |
| TLPD: | International Korean |
| Site: | TeamLiquidPro Homepage |
| Livestream: | TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV |
| Fan Page: | Ret's Fan Club |
| Twitter: | LiquidRet |
| Career | |
| Team History: | LowLandLions ESC Templars of Twilight [Media] |
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[edit] Overview
Joseph "Ret" de Kroon is a professional StarCraft 2 and former Brood War player from the playing for Team Liquid. He lived in the oGs & Team Liquid team house in Incheon, South Korea for 4 months. He resided there from October 2010[1] but returned to the Netherlands in March 2011 where he continues to live currently.[2]
[edit] Playstyle
Ret can only be described in one way when it comes to StarCraft 2: He is a macro Zerg. His monstrous macro overwhelms opponents with units, creep, tech and superior economies. Ret achieves this with many cut corners in defense in the early game which, if he survives, propels him into his style of macro game. He is well known for quickly building a high drone count and opting to create Drones instead of units even when it seems unwise to others. This is a double-edged sword in that sometimes he has over Droned and lost games causing instability in Ret's tournament results.
[edit] Biography
During his years playing Brood War, Ret was on some of the best foreigner Brood War teams including: ESC, ToT, and [Media]. In fall of 2009, Ret chose to move to Korea after being invited by the professional Korean team eSTRO to take a shot at being a SC1 progamer. In early 2010, Ret moved back to the Netherlands and shortly after joined the professional e-sports team LLL - Low Land Lions where he continued playing Brood War casually. He took a break from professional gaming after leaving Korea. He played the SC2 Beta only for a short period of time. He returned to the pro-scene in September 2010 joining Team Liquid and moving to Korea for the second time two month later. He lived in the oGs & Team Liquid team house in Incheon while participating in the GOM TV Global Starcraft II League. He is now living in the Netherlands.
[edit] In Beta
Ret did not participate in any larger Starcraft 2 Beta tournament. Yet, he participated in the SC2 Liquibition #1 showmatch series in March 2010. He played against the German player, Patrick "iNfeRnaL" Möller [3], beating him 4-2 in a Bo7 series. Although Ret had some success during the closed beta period of Starcraft 2, he was largely inactive and rarely seen. He attributed his lack of presence to a loss of interest in video games after having returned from Korea and leaving eSTRO. Only after visiting IEM Global Challenge Cologne (Gamescom) as a spectator in August 2010, he felt that it was time for him to come back, stating later "...after Gamescom and seeing all my old buddies do so well and watching some high level SC2 from up close, I started to itch again."
[edit] Wings of Liberty
Joseph started out behind, he did not play at all until one month after Wings of Liberty's release. Though, thanks in part to his past experience in Brood War and determination to succeed at a professional level again, Ret did catch up with his competitors incredibly quickly. In September of 2010, after only one month of practice he felt in good enough shape to accept his invitation to join the prestigious Team Liquid[4].
[edit] GSL
In November 2010, Ret qualified for GSL Season 3, reaching the round of 32 before being beaten 1-2 by TheBestfOu. For the next season, Ret was tied for one of the last remaining Code A spots, and participated in a tie-breaker tournament [5]. He was in the top 4 of his group, tying FreeSaGa with a total score of 2-3. The tie was resolved by who had defeated the other in the tiebreaker tournament and so: Ret advanced to Code A.
Ret participated in the January Code A tournament in 2011, but was defeated 1-2 by Cezanne in Ro32. Ret was then invited to be one of the four foreigners to compete in the March Code A tournament, alongside HuK, mOOnGLaDe, and HayprO. Ret would be taken out once again at the Round of 32, this time by MMA. After being unable to advance, Ret announced his return to the Netherlands, citing a greater number of opportunities and tournaments to play in outside Korea.
[edit] Outside Korea
In between GSLs, Ret would post his first major result in Starcraft 2 by winning the Europe tournament: Assembly. Triumphing over MorroW in the finals in February, 2011. Ret was later asked to participate as one of the zerg invitees to play in TSL3 in March where he faced the Swedish player NaNiwa in the first round, narrowly being knocked out 1-2.
Since then, Ret has been a mainstay in the foreign scene. He would be chosen for the first season of the NASL, there he took the top spot in his division over players that included MC. His 16-4 record would be enough to secure the first overall seed out of the 50 players. In the opening round of the grand finals he lost to the eventual champion, PuMa, 0-2 in a very short series.[6] Ret has also continued to travel to America to compete in the 2011 MLG Pro Circuit with Team Liquid. Although he has failed to secure any victories, he has been one of the most consistent top foreign Zerg finishers in tournaments. Ret would finally grab his next major achievement as one of the invites to the 2011 European Battle.net Invitational. He managed to eliminate Tarson, ThorZaIN and NaNiwa to take $10,000 and an invite to Blizzcon.
Ret placed second in his group at MLG Orlando below TheStC and then lost in his first match in the Championship Bracket 2-0 to MC.
Ret played at Blizzcon 2011 where he was knocked out in the first round by TooDming. In the lower bracket, he beat mOOnGLaDe before falling to Sen 1-2 in the next round.
Ret made an appearance at IEM Sao Paulo in January 2012. He made it out of an all-zerg group, defeating sLivko, Snute, and DakkoN. He defeated DarKFoRcE in the Round of 8 but lost against viOLet 3-1 in the semifinals. He would sweep ReaL 3-0 in his first non-ZvZ set of the tournament to take 3rd place.
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Equipment
| Peripheral | Model |
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| Keyboard | Razer Marauder |
| Mouse | Razer Abyssus |
| Headset | Razer Orca |
| Mousepad | Razer Goliathus |
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Tournaments In WoL
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2012-05-13 | 2012 World Championship Series: Netherlands Nationals |   Ret 0 : 2  Grubby
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500 € |
| 2012-04-22 | 2012 DreamHack Open Stockholm |  Ret 0 : 2  Polt
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20,000 kr |
| 2012-03-18 | Red Bull LAN 1 |  Ret 3 : 0 SaSe
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$1000 |
| 2012-02-11 | IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Sao Paulo |  Ret 3 : 0 ReaL
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$1,750 |
| 2012-01-15 | SHOUTcraft Invitational 4 | Ret 3 : 1 Grubby
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$600 |
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2011-11-26 | DreamHack Winter 2011 | Ret 1 : 3 HerO
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$5,200 |
| 2011-11-10 | MLG European Invitational 2011 |  Ret 1 : 2 NaNiwa
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$250 |
| 2011-08-07 | 2011 European Battle.net Invitational | Ret 2 : 0 NaNiwa
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$10,000 |
| 2011-07-15 | 2011 Hyper Crew Friday Open #21 | Ret 3 : 0 avilo
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$50 |
| 2011-02-13 | Assembly Winter 2011 | Ret 3 : 1 MorroW
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$4,100 |
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2010-12-30 | Kaspersky New Year's StarCraft II Invitational | Ret 2 : 1 Zenio
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$200 |
| 2010-10-28 | SC2Casts.com KOTH #5 | Ret 4 : 3 qxc
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$100 |
| 2010-10-23 | CraftCup #15 | Ret 0 : 3 Brat_OK
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$100 |
| 2010-10-20 | SC2Casts.com KOTH #4 | Ret 4 : 2 NaNiwa
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$100 |
[edit] Tournaments in Beta
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2010-05-29 | Amsterdam Mad Processor LAN | Ret 3 : 1 dlovan
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| 2010-03-13 | SC2 Liquibition #1 | Ret 4 : 2 iNfeRnaL
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[edit] Interviews
- Interview with TeamLiquidPro after Dreamhack Stockholm 2012
- IEM Sao Paulo Interview - by MrBitter
- Assembly Winter 2011 (Feb. 2011): Ret talks Korean BW and SC2
- GSL Season 3 Ro32 Foreigner Special: Liquid`Ret - The Aftermath
- GSL Season 3 Ro64 Winners
- GSL Season 3 Post-Qualifiers Interview
- Retribution - Team Liquid announcing ret joining the team
- Ret's thoughts on SC2 Beta#2
- Ret's thoughts on SC2 Beta#1
[edit] Championships
 Assembly Starcraft II Champion
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| Preceeded By: None |
Assembly Winter 2011 13th February 2011 - 5th August 2011 Ret
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Assembly Summer 2011 Succeeded By:  DIMAGA
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[edit] Notable Beta Matches
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Final score | Replays / VOD |
| Liquibition #1 | iNfeRnaL | WIN 4-2 | Replays VOD |
[edit] Wings of Liberty Replays
[edit] Patch 1.4.3
Razer Replaypack of the Week #33: Ret [10]
[edit] Gallery
[edit] References
- ↑ Special interview with Ret
- ↑ Interview about his return to the Netherlands
- ↑ Liquibition #1 - Infernal Vs Ret
- ↑ Retribution - Team Liquid announcing Ret joining the team
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=176803 [GSL] Code S Groups / Code A Tiebreaker - Day 1
- ↑ Interview with Ret going into the finals of NASL Season 1
- ↑ http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors4/vod/65777 mentioned by Artosis in Set4 on the 9th minute
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwjJOQjGtE#t=8m16s
- ↑ Teamliquid Pro - Liquid`Ret
- ↑ Razer Replaypack of the Week #33: Ret
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