Mata departs Samsung White

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World Champion Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong has parted ways with the Samsung organization. Mata announced his departure on his Facebook page and removed Samsung Galaxy from his summoner name. Below is a screenshot of his Facebook post.

A rough translation follows:

Hello this is Cho 'Mata' Sehyoung. I decided to quit the Samsung roster from this season. During Worlds I thought about whether I should continue with my professional league career or go to the army (it's mandatory in Korea) or stream. During my time as a pro player my small ambition was to spread my name to many people and to win the worlds, and I have finally achieved my goals. I still want to spread my name over many people so I want to stream for a while. It's complicated haha.. but I will think positively about it. If I happen to join other team or retire, I wish you all continue to cheer for and support Cheonju, Dayun, Eojin, Hyuk gyu, Gwan Hyung, Hyung Suk, In Kyu, Won Seok, Seung Bin, Young Jin, Se Hoon, Myeong Won, Sung Young, coach Woo Bum and our manager Yoon Sang Choi. Thank you.

Special thanks to Reddit user Suparninja for assisting us with the translation of the post.

This post has been updated with a better translation, thanks to Andy Shin for providing the original translation.

Nilu Kulasingham is the Head of Journalists for onGamers, you can follow him on Twitter.