I really enjoyed reading this blog because unlike liquipedia or w/e this is your own real professional in-the-(re)makeing experience and it portrays both great understanding and knowledge of these mu's and where you got inspiration and what you learned.

I recognize the nick iG.CleaR, I think I meet him on Europe back in late 07 early 08 in a channel with some other iG members, he was very pro and polite but I had no Idea he had such a strong influence on foreigners not to mention how much he contributed to your ZvT/TvZ meta-game.

5 Quality Blue Stars for you, this blog and your stream!

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

July 29 2009 15:40 GMT

#42

More high-level TvZ/ZvT insight pl0x, keke?

StorrZerg

United States13910 Posts

July 29 2009 15:42 GMT

#43

Just watched, that game and man xD boy what little do i know about starcraft...

StorrZerg

United States13910 Posts

July 29 2009 15:51 GMT

#44

btw hope this means your going to rofl stomp idra

Marine50

Australia1764 Posts

July 29 2009 16:02 GMT

#45

your so cool Ret :D thanks for the TvZ tips. I also priorities SCVs over everything else1

Strayline

United States330 Posts

July 29 2009 16:04 GMT

#46

Awesome ret, I know exactly the Jaedong vs Bisu game on Destination you are talking about...

Empyrean

16938 Posts

July 29 2009 16:07 GMT

#47

Haha, coincidentally, I also quit in 2005 and came back in (late) 2008, so I never actually realized you had quit SC :D

renchak

209 Posts

July 29 2009 16:12 GMT

#48

Thanks for the blog ret! I hope you continue to stream more games and good luck versus Idra!

InToTheWannaB

United States4770 Posts

July 29 2009 16:13 GMT

#49

good read there ret

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

July 29 2009 16:28 GMT

#50

Ret, you should start a training camp and charge people to train :D either that or do it pro-bono

JIJIyO

Canada1957 Posts

July 29 2009 16:36 GMT

#51

Awesome read Ret, glad this didn't happen =] I'm assuming you winning Dreamhack was one of the reasons you didn't quit.

I didn't know the minute after mutas pop was the most important timing. Due to my not so great multitask, my mutas usually loaf around for a good 10 seconds. Guess I have to work on that.

DivinO

United States4796 Posts

July 29 2009 16:38 GMT

#52

No, ret. If anyone deserves to brag it's you. Good luck against IdrA.

Durak

Canada3684 Posts

July 29 2009 16:40 GMT

#53

Wow! I feel exactly as you did right now. My ZvT and TvZ can do fairly well at C level but I get raped ZvP because I'm not sure of my gameplan. Thanks for giving me hope. Ret fighting!

538

Hungary3932 Posts

July 29 2009 17:28 GMT

#54

Wonderful read, don't you worry about bragging, you deserve it

I'd love to hear more about those timing/other important nuances in other matchups as well.

DeathByMonkeys

United States742 Posts

July 29 2009 17:33 GMT

#55

Nice on the L2... I played that for about 2 years on Devainne

Zidane

United States1684 Posts

July 29 2009 18:04 GMT

#56

All you have to do is bot or buy adena and you could've kept playing SC and L2 rofl.

benjammin

United States2728 Posts

July 29 2009 18:15 GMT

#57

this is why everyone loves you :D

thanks for the great read!

DrTJEckleburg

United States1080 Posts

July 29 2009 18:35 GMT

#58

I loved the read, it's a shame that Lineage 2 did the same thing to you and Starcraft that WoW did to me and Counter-Strike. Glad you're back in form though.

King K. Rool

Canada4408 Posts

July 29 2009 18:52 GMT

#59

Very nice! Loved the bits about ZvT.

Smorrie

Netherlands2921 Posts

July 29 2009 18:52 GMT

#60

wTF?? I TAUGHT THIS KID ALL TRICKS HE KNOWS..

rly.

in 2001.

invited him into my organization, showed him who to deal with and who to stay away from.

ps. where is mick larry in this story?