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The Holy Wars

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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-01-25 14:36:47
January 25 2008 14:18 GMT
#1
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Holy War


Preface
Before there was Bisu to tear down the Matler, there were other players who tried to take him down. The two biggest candidates were Midas and Nal_ra. Savior's rivalry with Midas is another story - this is the story of the Holy Wars with Nal_ra.

The brewing storm
Almost a year before the proprietors of good and evil would clash lances came 3 encounters in which their exchanged glancing blows to each other. One game in particular would foreshadow the war that was to come. To explain this game best i will quote Chojja lover tfeign;

On August 27 2005 01:30 tfeign wrote:
that was an insanely good game

ra used every single protoss unit in the tech tree (except maybe for zealot)

Ipxzerg also used every single zerg unit in the tech tree (except for maybe guardian).

Storm, mind control, disruption web, statis field, maelstrom, and feedback were all used. Ensnare was also used by ra! Only protss spells not used were recall and hallucination.

ipxzerg used every single spell available for zerg: parasite, dark swarm, ensnare, plague.


Here is the game that came a year before the wars would change the face of progaming;
Game 4 Group F Nine Dragons ODT-R1 2005-08-27

Pringles-1
Almighty God was pleased with his underlings preformance, and took the opportunity to reunite these two warriors in a battle of heaven and hell. The Pringles S1 MSL Grand Finals.

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The community was split over their support. Savior was entering his third consecutive MSL final and had amassed alot of fan support (especially amongst the new guys). Yet Nal_Ra was the Flower Toss, and already had much respect amongst those who had been around longer and were thus supporting Ra.

+ Show Spoiler [The Games] +

Game 1


Game 2


Game 3


Game 4


Pringles-2

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Once again, God was pleased with what he created. Perhaps he was sad that his faithful servant, the Holy Nal_ra, had lost out to the greatest evil known in the world of Progaming; the Matler. He demanded a rematch for his entertainment - and thus the Pringles S2 MSL Semi-Final between Nal_ra and Savior would be held! In the words of HonestTea;

This matchup also pits two players who once shared a roof. Back in the G.O. days, Nal_Ra was the superstar of the team when Savior joined on as a practice partner. By the time Savior became a full-fledged progamer, Nal_Ra had moved to KTF. How times change. Savior is now the single most dominant force in progaming, something remarkable as a zerg. After a long slump, Nal_Ra has returned to his dreamy winning ways, performing well in both recent OSLs and MSLs. In fact, he reached the finals of the last MSL (Pringles season 1) only to be stopped by... Savior. In this rematch of last season's final, Nal_Ra will try once again to beat Savior and his 70% ZvP winning percentage. He will have to find an answer to Savior's superb management and smooth-as-silk play. Nal_Ra will need to reach deep within his dreams and find something special to defeat the current champion. But if we've learned anything throughout the years, it's this: no progamer does 'special' better than Nal_Ra. With the maps more balanced than the last time they met, the Dream Toss has a chance to unseat the Maestro from his throne.


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Game 1 (Game of the Year 2006)
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_GCmNyKE8

Game 2
Part 1


Part 2


Game 3
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Game 4



GomTV S1 MSL

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God was satisfied with the last encounter, notably game 1 of the semis, but not with the result. Nal_ra had proven he could take savior in a one off match and thus was given a chance to do it in a new tournament. The third holy war was a bo1 on Longinus.

+ Show Spoiler [The Game] +



After the Matler's Reign

When the Overlords from Blizzard observed the Holy Wars the demanded that they emulate their own set in their World Wide Invitational Event. After all, they had as much power as God from all their WoW money. So after inviting some token foreigners to get raped by the Koreans, they were able to have the two noble warrior fight for the entertainment of Blizzard.

+ Show Spoiler [The entire Bo3 Set] +



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God seeing Nal_ra get raped in yet another Bo3 decided to end the wars once and for all. He signed a deal with the emotionless CJ team to arrange for Nal_ra to play Savior in Proleague - on the map which delivered the most epic game of 2006. And so, for the last official time the two set off on another epic clash.
+ Show Spoiler [The Game] +

Part 1


Part 2


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But Blizzard was not happy with God for undermining their WWI event with another clash of the greats. To counter God they invited both Savior and Ra (amongst others) for their Blizzcon invitational event, and increased their chances of recreating God's will by not inviting the anti-Savior, Bisu. The two warriors battled against fellow men and ended up once again in the finals. One last time the Holy battlefield was drenched with blood from Zerling and Zealot alike.

+ Show Spoiler [The Games] +

Game 1
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Game 2


Aftermath

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A rare handshake


The Holy Wars changed the perception of PvZ for many. While Savior was raping everyone left and right, Nal_ra stuck it to the man and gave him a run for his money. His epic tale on Peaks will be remembered for years to come. These two warrior fought over the Holy Ground which is now soaked in blood and blue goo. Their chapter in the legacy of Starcraft has ended, and we await the next epic rivalry to begin.



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If anyone has higher res images of the holywars please show me where to find them they are awesome!!!

Oh and this blog should bring up 10,000 views for the month of January thanks guys!


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Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
January 25 2008 14:38 GMT
#2
Wow, awesome again. Can't say I had enough time to watch every video, but still..
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
January 25 2008 14:40 GMT
#3
If people watched every video i posted they would use up a lot of their day =/
But for some people that could be good and hopefully, when someone gets bored (perhaps me rofl) they'll read over these things and watch the vods (especially that RoV game - i can't believe thats gone unnoticed :O!)
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Avius
Profile Joined October 2007
Iraq1796 Posts
January 25 2008 16:14 GMT
#4
Your blogs keep getting better and better, this one was awesome as well. Keep up the good work!
aka. Samael
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
January 25 2008 17:40 GMT
#5
Kang Min is the greatest.
I love that top banner.. I wish Ra really had gold wings.. it'd suit him.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
January 25 2008 17:52 GMT
#6
Yet another kick-ass blog by Plexa. This one is by far the best I've read

Awesome man ty.
XK ßubonic
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
January 25 2008 18:39 GMT
#7
rofl @ the axis vs allies banner :p That was some weird shit

Another awesome blog by Plexa!
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
Rev0lution
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States1805 Posts
January 25 2008 19:15 GMT
#8
OMG that axis of evil vs allies banner is hillarious
My dealer is my best friend, and we don't even chill.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
January 25 2008 21:13 GMT
#9
Sick blog.
Which game was it that terminated with a handshake?
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
January 25 2008 22:12 GMT
#10
Omg so many good vods, have seen most of them but will watch again definitely (plus there's still 4 hours until the women's final).

Your blogs kick ass Plexa, keep it up.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
January 25 2008 23:05 GMT
#11
Goddamn these blogs are nice Plexa

You should write for TLFE
^-^
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
January 26 2008 00:44 GMT
#12
Nice.
觀過斯知仁矣.
Narrator
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States868 Posts
January 26 2008 02:05 GMT
#13
Great read. I haven't watched the games yet but I will tomorrow since it's Saturday.
samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
January 26 2008 08:02 GMT
#14
Amazing blog, best one yet
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
January 26 2008 09:53 GMT
#15
amazing blog.
MoNKeYSpanKeR
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2869 Posts
January 28 2008 20:39 GMT
#16
amazing blog, and the holy wars will be sorely missed T_T
<3's Mani and Seraphim, thx for the second chance. TSL Name: TSL-mSLeGenD
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
January 29 2008 04:14 GMT
#17
On January 25 2008 23:40 Plexa wrote:
If people watched every video i posted they would use up a lot of their day =/
But for some people that could be good and hopefully, when someone gets bored (perhaps me rofl) they'll read over these things and watch the vods (especially that RoV game - i can't believe thats gone unnoticed :O!)

Happen to have a super high quality VOD lying around? Sounds like the game's a little too good for tudou quality.
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
January 29 2008 11:07 GMT
#18
On January 29 2008 13:14 SonuvBob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2008 23:40 Plexa wrote:
If people watched every video i posted they would use up a lot of their day =/
But for some people that could be good and hopefully, when someone gets bored (perhaps me rofl) they'll read over these things and watch the vods (especially that RoV game - i can't believe thats gone unnoticed :O!)

Happen to have a super high quality VOD lying around? Sounds like the game's a little too good for tudou quality.
Sadly bob, most of these games i had before my vod collection was raped by a faulty harddrive =/ so sadly, no =[
L2W might though, his collection is just insane
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Payt
Profile Joined June 2003
Canada582 Posts
January 29 2008 19:52 GMT
#19
my favourite of your blogs so far. Gives me an update on some of the pro scene that I missed in my SC-hiatus, alwaysy wondered how the guys who were big when I stopped following (oov, nada, xellos, ra, reach, chojja) fared against the uprising of savior/july/midas.
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