EPTThere's a sense of pride realizing you've been with something it's entire life, as if you're a care-taker, a guardian, a guide in it's maturity and development as it comes in to it's own. You watch Terrans gamble it all, Marauder-Hellion timing attack, and think, "that won't hold-up." You play against common trends, abuse weaknesses in otherwise overwhelming strategies, and think maybe, just maybe you, with or without the masses, have pushed the envelop on a community and game still rapidly changing. You cheer-on MC's reign and domination over any Zerg he faces, and think, "can he even lose this match-up?" You watch him crumble as a foreign nobody shows-up in the GOM house, bringing a un-thought-of new style that breaks MC, flips the meta-game on it's head and causes a slump to Code A from your Protoss hero, who from then on maintains an uncharacteristic modesty after every win. You remember meeting this guy on the ladder and beating him time and again with MC's timings, and then seeing him one last time before he left to Korea -- he wrecked you.
You wonder if Korea can reclaim their title as World Champions in an epic re-match against consecutive three-time winners, Team Sweden.
This last couple of weeks has been monumental in the history of Starcraft 2, really making you realize how much the game has developed, how far it has to go, and how much potential it holds. I'm ecstatic that this time, I'll be right there with it from the start.
/whim
