EPTHe saved protoss during their darkest days
And during the recent age of swarm, where all the protoss fell and burned
He stood his ground and instilled a glimmer of hope for his race
Jaedong...meh?
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ProbeSaturation
Canada292 Posts
He saved protoss during their darkest days And during the recent age of swarm, where all the protoss fell and burned He stood his ground and instilled a glimmer of hope for his race Jaedong...meh? | ||
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MuffinDude
United States3837 Posts
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deL
Australia5540 Posts
On October 11 2009 12:46 TwoToneTerran wrote: I don't give one damn about what he thinks about Jaedong. I found the article misleading via the title, cliche via the content, disjointed via the topics, his criteria skewed via his comparisons, and that it'd be better found in Blogs instead of the Broodwar section. Get your head out of his ass if you don't think he's worthy of critique. Uh oh guys get the banstick out the title was a bit misleading and TTT got his hopes up. I think his points about JaeDong are reasonable enough from his criteria and I'd tend to agree with him so far as the three big names nowadays have a different aura compared to the BoxeRs and YellOws of old. You can make similar observations in many sports too, so why is it not valid - we are not here to criticise writing style in a non-constructive manner or relegate an article to blogs just because we don't agree with the format or how something was said. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
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red.venom
United States4651 Posts
I'll just throw this out there: The era from 00-05 or so had FAR fewer games played, in the last couple years its come to the point where you don't have to wait at all to see the top players do their thing. I used to seriously ANTICIPATE and look up the new weekly OSL match ups and later MSL when it was having a particularly exciting season. Then watch them either live at 1-5am depending on time of year or download them immediately on saturday morning while I made breakfast. It didn't really always matter what players were up to bat, I remember this Zerg player named MAX from oh, probably the 04-era. I mean he was around for a while but that was when he was in Starleague I think. He wasn't a particularly notable player in the long run but if you watched him come through Challenge league and then hit OSL he was PRETTY hot. He ran through several notables and then i believe had to play Boxer or Nada on this map called Alchemist. It was truly one of the worst maps ever but hella random and fun to watch.. Anyway he won and then I believe still didnt manage to get out of his group or something but shit like that happened ALL the time. The games were VERY exciting. I can't even explain why exactly but you had only a few platforms at a time to watch so it really made the games notable, I think. Imagine if Jaedong just played once every week or two instead of 3 times a week. His play would be much more mystical rather than "oh he does this every time vs Terran." I like to watch SC still but Im also at times an extremely hardcore player, its way more boring now to me so I can't even imagine what its like for the casual watcher who doesn't even play the game. As the pro scene expanded it felt awesome to be able to watch SC any night of the week and always have a lot of new games but when the old players moved on and KESPA came through homogenizing the map picking process and all their other political stuff, it really just sucked the life out of it and then the glut of games happened. It just needs to go back to being 1-2 singles leagues and a team league. 3 nights a week. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
I'm surprised you listed CaSy as a so-called "hero". If I remember correctly, he was quite the one-hit wonder, winning his OSL simply because it was mostly Zerg infested. He was simply a completely abyssal TvP player, a good TvT player, and an S-Class TvZ player known for his astonishing ability to micro marines...which is, as you mentioned, Boxer had already done three hundred times over. So, he hardly brought anything new to the table, had virtually no staying power, and to be honest, faded away the moment he won his OSL. I would like to see a reply to this post. How is Casy a hero? He was never a dominant player during a longer period of time and he didn't revolutionize the game in any way. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
Thanks to those who were constructive and respectful with their criticism | ||
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
I doubt anyone will be anything but kind for your two future pieces. | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
It's obvious you won't change your article (no reason you should really), but I feel a lot of people are justified in not only their disagreement but counter-arguments. Edit: Oh, and if you're writing an article about Upmagic i'd love to read it. Just be sure to say NOTHING but positive things ok? | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
I didn't realize how die-hard the jaedong fans were. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
On October 18 2009 15:19 DoctorHelvetica wrote: I just really feel that everyone missed the point of the article and I am annoyed that everyone focused on Jaedongs role which was a really minute part of it. I didn't realize how die-hard the jaedong fans were. You don't get that type die-hard fans if you're not a hero.  | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On October 18 2009 15:28 Holgerius wrote: You don't get that type die-hard fans if you're not a hero. I'm a die hard UpMagiC fan and he's nowhere near that status. | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9107 Posts
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
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0neder
United States3733 Posts
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
On October 18 2009 15:58 DoctorHelvetica wrote: The following message isn't meant to insult you:I'm not gonna lie, Casy isn't really a hero I just wanted to call attention to my favorite Plexa blog. Sigh, I'll remove him. Yeah, I think we all knew that was personal bias. Perfectly understandable. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On October 18 2009 16:08 domane wrote: The following message isn't meant to insult you: Yeah, I think we all knew that was personal bias. Perfectly understandable. Yep. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
love reads like these  | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On October 18 2009 15:19 DoctorHelvetica wrote: I just really feel that everyone missed the point of the article and I am annoyed that everyone focused on Jaedongs role which was a really minute part of it. I didn't realize how die-hard the jaedong fans were. You essentially listed a bunch of "Greats" of starcraft and said Jaedong didn't qualify. It's hard to see how that wouldn't bring backlash. | ||
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