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On November 19 2009 00:50 [no]ob.toss wrote:
Topic name says mostly what I wanna know. Where did he get that nickname from?
When I hear commentators talk about him, it sounds to me like its a running gag like he was the "Chuck Norris" of ProGaming who just "crushes everything which moves".
Amirite or what?
probs to all the aiur protectors :-D - the [no]ob.toss aka WILD_Weasel
this was in 2002 or 2001.
it all started when in OSL Reach and Garimto were the only protoss players against the then sick field of Terrans and Zergs, including yellow, boxer, jinnam, hot, chojja, sync, the marine, etc....
Garimto was a huge thing, and Reach was well ,,, some toss.... basically nobody knew who he was. at least I didn't.
The field of Ts and Zs was so powerful Garimto got clobbered 0-3 in the 1st round, leaving Reach as the only protoss in the entire tournament against 14 T and Z. Reach being well, the underdog, the who the hell is this guy, this guy is gonna get his ass handed to him, etc....
So Reach stormed all of them including Yellow (the 2nd huge favorite to win) in the Semifinals and in the finals he basically kicked Boxer's ass so badly in the finals, even winning against him in two island maps that were heavely T favored ...... I don't remember the name, was it Forbidden zone ?....anyway that was unthinkable at that time.... a P winning vs a T in an island map that is.
so well, Reach became The Man, hence Mantoss.
a bit less known, for accomplishing all of this he was also nicknamed as Herotoss.
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United States20661 Posts
Koreans don't call him Mantoss
It's a foreigner thing.
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On November 19 2009 01:17 [no]ob.toss wrote:
y I figured it out on myself after failing in first try. thx anyway. but btw, where did u lost ur humor?
sry kick me now if u need to but this is just ridicilous.
Assuming "ridicilous" is a mix of ridiculous and delicious?
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It was Forbidden Zone, a semi-island map.
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Belgium9949 Posts
Didn't manifesto start "Mantoss"?
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United States20661 Posts
Yes, I think it was Manifesto's contribution.
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On November 19 2009 01:17 [no]ob.toss wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 01:08 fanatacist wrote:On November 19 2009 01:06 [no]ob.toss wrote:
fail Don't make posts like this either, if you want to stay for a while at TL. Also, you can edit previous posts. Leave the [ QUOTE ] tags where they need to be after pressing quote. y I figured it out on myself after failing in first try. thx anyway. but btw, where did u lost ur humor? sry kick me now if u need to but this is just ridicilous.
Just saying "fail" in a post is not humorous. Period. I'm not a moderator or anything, I was just giving you advice on how to lengthen your stay at TL by practicing good posting. I'm not going to kick you or whatever, and I doubt anyone else will.
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On November 19 2009 01:29 lightman wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 00:50 [no]ob.toss wrote:
Topic name says mostly what I wanna know. Where did he get that nickname from?
When I hear commentators talk about him, it sounds to me like its a running gag like he was the "Chuck Norris" of ProGaming who just "crushes everything which moves".
Amirite or what?
probs to all the aiur protectors :-D - the [no]ob.toss aka WILD_Weasel this was in 2002 or 2001. it all started when in OSL Reach and Garimto were the only protoss players against the then sick field of Terrans and Zergs, including yellow, boxer, jinnam, hot, chojja, sync, the marine, etc.... Garimto got clobbered 0-3 in the 1st round, leaving Reach as the only protoss in the entire tournament against 14 T and Z. So Reach stormed all of them including Yellow (the 2nd huge favorite to win) in the Semifinals and in the finals he basically kicked Boxer's ass so badly in the finals, even winning against him in two island maps that were heavely T favored ...... I don't remember the name, was it Forbidden zone ?....anyway that was unthinkable at that time.... a P winning vs a T in an island map that is. so well, Reach became The Man, hence Mantoss. a bit less known, for accomplishing all of this he was also nicknamed as Herotoss.
The series came down to 3-2 iirc in favor of Reach, last game being on Neo Forbidden Zone. Great game.
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I'm quite sure that Reach won that OSL 3-1, not 3-2. with two games on that island map.
btw just curious are you really from Angola ?
Garimto was a huge thing, and Reach was well ,,, some toss.... basically nobody knew who he was. at least I didn't.
to put it in todays context, imagine that if the OSL today would have a bunch of flash, jaedongs, fantasys, yellow amc, ....... and there were only 2 protoss: Bisu and some other guy you've never heard before.
as the OSL progresses, Bisu gets his ass handed to him 0-3, leaving the unknown guy as the only P. and he defeats Jaedong and Flash in the semifinals and finals. in Z and T heavly favoured maps.
that's pretty much what Reach did back in the day.
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On November 19 2009 01:15 BloodDrunK wrote:
simple.he's a man and plays toss.
that means 50 percent of iccup and b.net are MANTOSS
unless they are like 11 years old, then i guess KIDTOSS :O
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On November 19 2009 01:39 lightman wrote:
I'm quite sure that Reach won that OSL 3-1, not 3-2. with two games on that island map.
btw just curious are you really from Angola ?
It's possible, I just remember the series being VERY intense so I assumed the pressure came from the fact that it was the last match. It in fact is 3-1 as you said.
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/4323_BoxeR_vs_Reach/vod
^ Go here for the NFZ game and epic Mantossness.
Yes. I am the only person with internet in my city.
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Im quite sure this is the reason why they call him Man Toss
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/LastRomantic/Reach/x2.jpg)
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On November 19 2009 02:00 Tekin wrote:Im quite sure this is the reason why they call him Man Toss
Yeah, it seems like most people have forgotten the original reason he was called Mantoss and that was due to his muscular build, which is rather uncommon among progamers. His nicknames related to his gameplay are Spirit Toss (beacuse of the mass suiciding Zealots) and Shaman Toss (due to his impeccable use of Storms).
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On November 19 2009 02:06 Tom Phoenix wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 02:00 Tekin wrote:Im quite sure this is the reason why they call him Man Toss Yeah, it seems like most people have forgotten the original reason he was called Mantoss and that was due to his muscular build, which is rather uncommon among progamers. His nicknames related to his gameplay are Spirit Toss (beacuse of the mass suiciding Zealots) and Shaman Toss (due to his impeccable use of Storms).
Spirit is Pusan.
Reach also has a quote along the lines of "A true man's pride is in his Zealots" or something. Too lazy to look it up, someone will probably post it soon.
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He was the only Protoss user to get shit done, that and he looks manly. His face has sharp cuts and is framed well, he is also pretty big and built.
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Pusan is Spirit Toss, he was the one with like 20+ zealots charge in.
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Belgium6774 Posts
iirc reach is Mudang Toss or Hero toss
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Sweden33719 Posts
On November 19 2009 01:36 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 01:29 lightman wrote:On November 19 2009 00:50 [no]ob.toss wrote:
Topic name says mostly what I wanna know. Where did he get that nickname from?
When I hear commentators talk about him, it sounds to me like its a running gag like he was the "Chuck Norris" of ProGaming who just "crushes everything which moves".
Amirite or what?
probs to all the aiur protectors :-D - the [no]ob.toss aka WILD_Weasel this was in 2002 or 2001. it all started when in OSL Reach and Garimto were the only protoss players against the then sick field of Terrans and Zergs, including yellow, boxer, jinnam, hot, chojja, sync, the marine, etc.... Garimto got clobbered 0-3 in the 1st round, leaving Reach as the only protoss in the entire tournament against 14 T and Z. So Reach stormed all of them including Yellow (the 2nd huge favorite to win) in the Semifinals and in the finals he basically kicked Boxer's ass so badly in the finals, even winning against him in two island maps that were heavely T favored ...... I don't remember the name, was it Forbidden zone ?....anyway that was unthinkable at that time.... a P winning vs a T in an island map that is. so well, Reach became The Man, hence Mantoss. a bit less known, for accomplishing all of this he was also nicknamed as Herotoss. The series came down to 3-2 iirc in favor of Reach, last game being on Neo Forbidden Zone. Great game.
Forbidden Zone is DEFINITELY not T favoured PvT ;P
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Man, Toss wasn't gay before now it is 
But who cares! Mantoss FIGHTING!
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