I was 9 years old when I first saw Boxer play with eyes wide open. I'm 23 now.

It's funny because even though I would say I was always more invested in the Korean scene, reading all the names of foreigners and knowing who 90% of them are makes me really nostalgic.

pG + ToT rivalries, Jinro = FrozenArbiter, nation wars, russian terrans, a shit ton of talented germans like Gentleman, Schnibl0r, fisheye, breakdown, asmodey, the overwhelming talent of froz, meeting assem irl at a lan, elky's crazy hair, rekrul as a progamer, tsunami's sc guides.

I miss simpler times

OxyFuel

Canada195 Posts

May 27 2012 20:30 GMT

#365

Amazing... I started watching pro BW games in February 2010 and finally decided to start playing BW on Iccup in April 2010. So I don't know all the oldschool foreigners you mentioned, but I recognize a good chunk of them and their accomplishments. Makes me feel like I was part of something special, even if it was only for 3 or 4 months before SC2. Thanks so much for this, bringing back the old days and making people feel nostalgic.

iiGreetings

Canada563 Posts

May 27 2012 21:56 GMT

#366

"sorry artosis that ws when i was maphackinh" LOL that was fucking funny.

zyce

United States649 Posts

May 28 2012 03:27 GMT

#367

wow, fucking amazing. i love you now, TT1. you got almost every single name i wanted to hear, and im glad IN got some love

as for some more about Kali, i remember using it for C&C RA and then for SC. there was a guy named general~khalsa that got grr and pillars (and everlast? maybe some others?) to go over to KR and that was near the last time the foreigners had an edge.

TheLastTemplar

Iceland593 Posts

May 28 2012 05:10 GMT

#368

this is one of the most amazing things I ever read.. ty tt1!

Deleuze

United Kingdom2102 Posts

May 28 2012 09:54 GMT

#369

Great blog TT1, 5/5 ty

Bajsgrodan

Afghanistan408 Posts

May 28 2012 12:38 GMT

#370

very nice blog, most things I diden't know.

Born)Slippy

Norway1904 Posts

May 28 2012 13:27 GMT

#371

God, this makes me feel so old.

peacenl

550 Posts

May 28 2012 13:39 GMT

#372

Good times to reminisce TT1, brings back some magic, I remember almost all of the players you've mentioned, most notably for me were Maynard, Testie (famous for his maphacking lol), NTT, agent911, rekrul, sven, Nazgul, slayer, Elky, Grrr, shaman, mondragon, smuft, mistrzzz (amazing talent I feel underappreciated), jester, eriador (Liquid`drone) and Kiwi!! Back then I was constantly being owned by local players such nazgul, kaaz, raszi, ret and twisted so would I just go to server Asia. I kind of miss some of the names from this server: [NC], [30D.O.M], [yG], Eros_, [Inca], NsP, [z-zone], and some realy old school players D22-soso, jolly, IN-BOB etc :D

I especially appreciate some of these talents because back then it also took quite some hanging around in channels, scavenging forums and being on irc constantly to keep up with the developments of the game. Battlereports FTW

FraCuS

United States1072 Posts

May 28 2012 14:17 GMT

#373

Great blog TT1 !!

Polygamy

Austria1114 Posts

May 28 2012 16:04 GMT

#374

I was one of those nameless players playing in ToT and NeO) hoping to practice with the big shots. I miss those days.

Azera

3800 Posts

May 28 2012 16:11 GMT

#375

Where is froz now?

tonight

United States11130 Posts

May 28 2012 16:59 GMT

#376

I love this blog. It really takes me back. I was never really a hardcore player, but back in the day you would see all the players you mentioned around just like anyone else. Back when the community was super close knit and you could almost get a game with anyone. I also remember channel Rekrul on west and him just banning people from the channel just for not liking their names, haha.

j1nzo

Germany367 Posts

May 28 2012 18:11 GMT

#377

thx for sharing memories!
someone should interview all the early guys of sc (even before bw) and publish tons of good old memories like that!
(either online, in a documentary or as a book).

Laneir

United States1160 Posts

May 29 2012 02:49 GMT

#378

Great write up learn alot of stuff and remember alot of the old hehe

Biff The Understudy

France7922 Posts

May 29 2012 09:03 GMT

#379

As far as I remember, Boxer won this Bo5 against Nazgul. Or at least he won two games.

In one of them he did a brilliant two fact startegy by proxying one of them. Nazgul was fighting what he thought was a FD and found himself with 6 speed vultures coming out of the blue in his base, having mined the entire path from his army to his nat.

The other one was a perfect marines and medic timing push. Nazgul played great in this serie, but was doing the same robo opening every time. Boxer extraordinary ability to adapt was demonstrated int his game: Nazgul got hit by a contrrol group of stimmed marines and medic just before he could complete his reaver.

Good times.

7mk

Germany10157 Posts

May 29 2012 16:23 GMT

#380

On May 29 2012 18:03 Biff The Understudy wrote:
As far as I remember, Boxer won this Bo5 against Nazgul. Or at least he won two games.

In one of them he did a brilliant two fact startegy by proxying one of them. Nazgul was fighting what he thought was a FD and found himself with 6 speed vultures coming out of the blue in his base, having mined the entire path from his army to his nat.

The other one was a perfect marines and medic timing push. Nazgul played great in this serie, but was doing the same robo opening every time. Boxer extraordinary ability to adapt was demonstrated int his game: Nazgul got hit by a contrrol group of stimmed marines and medic just before he could complete his reaver.

Good times.

boxer won 3-2.