[Article] Leta: Levels of Awesomeness

Khevez

Poland5 Posts

April 25 2010 06:47 GMT

"...it was him; he had amazing Dropship control and Dropship play overall; yes, very nice." - besiger

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"Everyone is a rookie at some point" said old dude from Pokemon Silver.

Leta's first serious try for a Starlegue was in early 2006, when he lost 0-2 to (P)

wOOng. He spend the entire 2006 trying to qualify for either OSL or MSL, but paid the price of newcomer, despite scoring some notable results, like 2-1 against (P)

BackHo and 2-0 against (Z)

HyuN. The experience he gained allowed him to take the revenge on (P)

wOOng at Spring 2007 MSL Preliminaries. However, he was unlucky to meet very strong players at that period, and lost the Starleague opportunities to (P)

JangBi and (T)

iloveoov, both possesing monstrous 'vs T' matchup. The spring has ended, and the only asset Leta had was his Proleague debut, made on forgotten battlefield of (Wiki)

Geometry. Yes, losing to (T)

CuteAngel was a little upset, but this could hardly discourage Sparkyz coach from putting Leta into regular lineup of his team. Shin Sang Moon was so thankful, that he scored 1st PL win in his 2nd game; and he made it against (P)

Stork himself!

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Leta <Tau Cross> (P)

Stork

One of the earliest delightful displays of Leta's (Wiki)

Tau Cross' superiority. After rather unsuccessful timing attack, he uses 2 Dropships and minimal number of Tanks/Vultures to bring Protoss economy into crysis comparable with Great Depression. 100% of map layout abuse here: keep your eye on sneaky air force flying around Protoss camp; entertain yourself with blue goo squeezed from Dragoons by Spider Mines' splash; watch a beautiful win scored with risky Factory+Starport build!

(For some 'poor Stork' pictures, see spoiler below).

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"I wonder if it's gonna rain today..."

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"Uhhh... Vultures falling from the sky??"

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"Ah. Bad weather for Executors."

That was quite shocking performance, yet, despite decent entry, Leta kept struggling to deliver results in 2007. In a tight OSL competition, he destroyed three strong Zergs ( (Z)

great,

ChoJJa and (Z)

Kwanro) only to end up losing to fourth ( (Z)

YellOw[ArnC], his OGN teammate). In MSL Prelims, he fell victim to another relatively unknown player, who got much better recently ( (P)

Han). Leta also participated in 2007-2008 Minor League with some old B-Team companions, but he was clearily one step from being legitimate Sparkyz representative.

"He plays by the book, and he does it well." - FakeSteve

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Extreme concentration; that's how you climb on top.

In 2008's spring, Leta was still far from being successful in individual leagues: he dropped out from MSL after disappointing series against (Z)

hyvaa and got crushed by (T)

Mind's TvT only one step from Group phase of OSL. However, Sparkyz trouble with Terran lineup allowed Leta to play more and more games in the Proleague. Impatient to prove that OSL elimination was just a cause of bad day, Shin Sang Moon ended April with three TvT wins in a row; and his victims were (T)

HiyA,

BoxeR and

Goodfriend - all well-known names among progamers. That was a huge boost of confidence: over three next months, Leta scored victories against (T)

Light,

Kal (twice), (P)

Bisu,

sAviOr,

fOrGG and

BeSt, suddenly catapulting himself into elite of Terran players.

+ Show Spoiler +

Leta <Andromeda> (Z)

sAviOr

With cross-map positions on (Wiki)

Andromeda, Leta comes up with innovative wallin that isn't Ling-proof, but allows him to deny Drone scout and withdraw Marines without lifting off.. Not certain what's coming, Savior ends up going 3 Hatch Muta versus pretty standard Marine/Medic play. Suddenly, reckless Sunken break costs Maestro all his Mutas and the torture begins. Against Savior's impeccable Muta control, Terran throws decent Marine micro and insane unit production. Brave till the end, Leta uncorks one of the best anti-Lurker micro moves in record, never allowing Savior to really get out of his base. Watch Ma Bonjwa sweating!

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Savior: But... But, there were like 10 lurkers there!

This level of improvement was quickly recognized in Power Ranking:

On August 07 2008 14:41 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Leta is playing some of the finest StarCraft I've seen lately. If looking at his string of victories isn't enough for you, watch the games. He's seamless and powerful, smart and confident. Leta has become a very good player(...)

Very true. And not only that: by beating some of the finest players around, Leta gained incredible momentum; it seemed like the only thing kept him from winning earlier was lack of confidence. Now, all of the sudden, he wasn't only a player who performs well - he was also a Terran hope for the whole Proleague! It looked like (T)

Flash,

Hwasin,

FBH and friends have left some free space for another T by underperforming - and skinny Leta fit in that place at the right moment.

Leaping forward, Leta again met his ugly fate of individual league choker. (T)

fOrGG and

Iris kicked him out of the MSL and in OSL, he was forced to play tiebreakers despite going 2-1 in Group B. He lost two decisive games in unimpressive style and left the field wandering how he could be beaten by (Z)

hero, who earlier lost their 'regular' Group Match.

But things were about to change.

"Right now, Leta has it all. Fear him." - Manifesto7

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Leta: carrying the towel and never throwing it.

Six appearances in Power Ranking. An unofficial title of Ace Match Bonjwa. Impressive TvT record. Crap ton of enemy workers killed. Thousands of fans screaming in joy. Those were Leta's scalps in 2009. But to explain this nuclear bang of form, we must swing back into 2008/2009 MSL. That was truly impressive run of little Terran, who dismantled Zerg after Zerg and then went on to beat (T)

Flash in 1/8 Final. Then it was (Z)

Luxury, who popped out. "Just another Zerg". Maybe.

They called this dude "Baby-faced killer". Got the analogy?

Let me show my bias for a while: Leta was better player back then. If Luxury played straight-up games, he would probably die like 1-3 or 0-3. Yet, he went for unorthodox strats: 4-Pool, one game miraculously saved with Muta harass and one (beautiful, I admit) fake that might have been revealed if Leta put some more thought into that game. Luxury won by outsmarting Leta, but this doesn't neglect the fact that he played medicore games; frankly speaking, it's strange that he eventually won that tournament. Maybe because+ Show Spoiler +

...in that particular MSL, every player sucked?

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Leta <Byzantium 2> (Z)

Luxury

Byzantium is a map we can expect only one thing from. Cross map positions and a handbook macro game. Leta's standard play is strong enough to keep Luxury contained despite the distance between the bases. Extra points for Shin Sang Moon for pulling off firebathero in the end. Yes, firebathero. NOT (T)

firebathero!

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"Is something burnin'?"

Meanwhile, in the Proleague...

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Leta <Byzantium 2> (P)

GuemChi

The same map, the same race of his enemy. Pretty similiar strategy as against Stork, but this time applied in a desperate situation. Still, Protoss dude certainly hasn't done his homework. Let me use a quote again:

On February 02 2009 10:20 Manifesto7 wrote:

After getting his expo shoved back in his face, Leta used a single dropship, handful of vultures, and a swig of devil juice to harass Guemchi to little pieces.

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"Guemchi, YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL ~~PYLONS~~ PROBES!!"

...Leta was raping. It was like watching chess Grandmaster, who keeps examining lesser players by constantly applying the pressure till they can't take it anymore. Except that Starcraft isn't chess. It's a fast-paced game. And fast-paced games with Terran seizing the initiative and never relinquishing it - that's what we could watch as long as this guy was on fire.

(Below: list of Progamers beaten by Leta in 2008 SPL Ace Matches.)

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fOrGG (once more)
(P)

Reach

free (once more)
(T)

Mind (once more)

(Losses were to: (Z)

Calm,

JangBi,

Jaedong.)

NOTE: This excludes Ace Matches in Winners League:
1 win (hyvaa), 2 losses (free, Jaedong).

"The two Starport Wraith into bionic build is really ahead of its time." - UpMagic

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Multiply this x2. And then x4. And then substract some workers in your base.

On May 12 2009 03:27 Smix wrote:

Q: What do zerg have to do in order to block this?
A: They’ll just have to practice a lot in order to properly block it. (laughs)

Yeah, it easy to say that. But in fact, Leta did the unthinkable: he turned awkward "paper planes" into big-gun weapon. Maybe because he regrets he didn't picked Zerg as his main race. But as long as maps were good enough to play it, he kept 2-Porting The Swarm. When finally his era of dominance ended, all top-tier Zergs were already schooled how to deal with Wraiths. And those who weren't... They kept losing. Just as (Z)

ZerO: real hotshot Zerg of today:

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Leta <Outsider> (Z)

ZerO

Outsider requires special measures for TvZ, as Zerg can grab additional Gas easily and abuse their Overlord-drop abilities later in the game. But who cares about that if you have Gosu Wraith control and superior multitasking? Yeah, (Z)

Shark invented Muta stacking, but Leta re-invented Wraith stacking...

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Leta in Marine powersuit. Below, his another nickname.

And trust me: 2-Port is only for ballers. ONLY! Everytime, I tried to be as tricky as Leta with it, I got raped. This build is really for Gosus, so I can imagine how hard it was to master, even though Sang Moon hyung was preparing it for years. Talk about the difference between Progamers and us, mortals.

Now that this build was figured out by the Zerg, we were quickly approaching the sad curve...

"Recently when I fell into a slump I came to realize how valuable a win really is." - Leta

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Stoicism: Leta in a good mood despite the loss.

When it all went wrong? When Hite turned from PL silver medalist to average mid-table team?? Well, I'll tell you: it was the moment Leta stopped performing. Following his disappointing tracks, players like (Z)

HoGiL,

Horang2 and (Z)

YellOw[ArnC] went into slump, depriving Sparkyz from top league spots. But why Leta wasn't such a beast anymore? Simply speaking, the other teams kept sending Protoss against him. And TvP is his only major weakness: 48.28% of wins won't impress any other progamer, maybe with an exception of (T)

firebathero...

This image is self-explanatory.

And yes, Leta lost so much confidence, he suddenly started failing against Zerg! Losing OSL Quarterfinals to his teammate (Z)

type-b, being eliminated from Korean WCG Qualifiers by (Z)

Kwanro and getting smashed by Jaedong in both PL Matches and MSL group, where Leta also faced his another nemesis - (T)

fantasy.

The Failure Tendency continued in late 2009 and early 2010: but this time, it was different. You can't really blame Leta: his opponents were just plainly decent. Just look at this entertaining picture from EVER OSL 2009, where it was (P)

Pure, who stopped Hite Terran in a tight encounter:

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Leta <Heartbreak Ridge> (P)

Pure

A must-watch game. (Wiki)

Heartbreak Ridge as a venue of TvP madness, with both players giving their best and showing off pretty much everything their races have in arsenals. Even though the ending is anti-climatic, this fight deserves big recommendation.

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Quoting Pure: "I didn't even realized that I was Nuked. Suddenly, my 5 o'clock base has disappeared and I was like: WTF? I thought the Tanks raped it"

2010 saw Leta going out of both MSL and OSL against (Z)

hyvaa and

Hydra. Both series were truly interesting and full of surprising Zerg play, showing that Shin Sang Moon gets in trouble once things are going in strange direction. But let me say this as a fanboy: dealing with weird play is something you learn way easier than polishing your 'straight-up' skills. When Leta will learn from his mistakes, he will come back stronger than ever. And when he does...

"Leta drinks a lot. He always brags about how he never gets a blackout." - UpMagic

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Beauties? Hell yeah, let me have a photo with you. Goin' straight to my wallet...

...he will rape again. I BELIEVE! Yes, I am true fanboy. Let me explain you why: because Leta is awesome. He is rollin' with second-most-cool-Terran-in-Korea - (T)

UpMaGiC. He can drink more alcohol than me. He hangs out with cuties. And when he wants to pause a game, he types 'pp',, not giving a sh*t about dumb KeSPA rules. Sometimes, he is being accused of cheating. Sometimes, he loses by disqualification. I don't care. For God's sake, how one can not cheer for a dude, who is accidental hero of this interview:

On September 18 2009 08:01 l10f wrote:

Leta: I never was ashamed of being Upmagic's friend.
Upmagic: You're destroying my image once again.
Leta: That was the point of the statement.

And just to stres it: he still is capable of dominating after walking into the booth:

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Leta <Neo Moon Glaive> (T)

Flash

What can I say? This game was the sole reason Leta made it into last Power Rank. A revenge for previous defeat against Flash, that occured after dramatic turn of events. Yeah, maybe (Wiki)

Moon Glaive has some positional imbalance in it, but you can't deny that Leta did 110% in this game and in the match, delivering ALL-KILL!

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No, no picture here this time. Just four words:
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SHIN SANG MOON HWAITING!

UPDATE: Leta just won two sexy games against (Z)

great and

firebathero in Proleague. I'm telling you, he will comeback and destroy everyone with his ~~polished TvP skills~~ good TvZ and TvT plus some luck with avoiding Protoss...+ Show Spoiler +

...and *cough* (Z)

Jaedong *cough*

You just sit and watch!

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Thanks for Zatic, Baezzi, NeverGG, Konadora, p4NDemik;
Without you, this one would not be possible.

C'mon, give me a Beta Key ;-)
If you won't, I will keep writing huge articles till your servers explode kekeke...

But if you will... Well, I'll do the same.

FOR THE COMMUNITY!

Poll: Next Progamer to have his article?

Zero (Z) (203)

64%

Movie (P) (112)

36%

315 total votes

Your vote: Next Progamer to have his article?

(Vote): Zero (Z)
(Vote): Movie (P)

Frozz

Canada61 Posts

April 25 2010 06:51 GMT

Hot damn what an awesome first post
Your kind is what we want the most
From a new forum user
You're sure not a loser
To you I will offer a toast!

awu25

United States2003 Posts

April 25 2010 07:09 GMT

nice read
too bad he lost to jaedong

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

April 25 2010 07:12 GMT

Amazing first post, thanks for the great article! Cheers!

Zero next ^_^

Zona

40426 Posts

April 25 2010 07:14 GMT

Awesome read. A special comment for TL: Leta > Really forever - at least Leta has style. I do hope Leta will eventually raise his game to hang with the top players.

JadeFist

United States1225 Posts

April 25 2010 07:21 GMT

On April 25 2010 16:14 Zona wrote:
Awesome read. A special comment for TL: Leta > Really forever - at least Leta has style. I do hope Leta will eventually raise his game to hang with the top players.

Yeah, Leta is really really good. Artosis is just jealous. Starcraft is about winning, no matter how you do it. And you can't argue with Leta's results.

Plus, his game vs Calm on Outsider was insanely sick.

Also: Zona, have you actually made 1550 posts in the last week?

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

April 25 2010 07:26 GMT

Leta raped my FPL team

Tuke

Finland1666 Posts

April 25 2010 07:29 GMT

Great first post. I enjoyed reading it and I loved the mario pictures. Movie next

(ofc I'm CJ fanboy but there was this article about zero already :p)

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

April 25 2010 07:38 GMT

This was really good, EL REY DE PROLEAGUE FIGHTING!

yupyup

Philippines36 Posts

April 25 2010 08:25 GMT

#10

Great post! as im a leta fan also! :D
zero next pls :D

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts

April 25 2010 08:26 GMT

#11

Hot damn I great first post. Had to scroll down to say this first, but will be reading it now. Looks hella promising!
Welcome to TL!

Well, okay got it now.
Overall, very damn well written. I like the Mario themes introducing the new sections.
That lego probe: so cute~
Very detailed timeline, loved reading up on the history (some of it I didn't know :O)
Haha at the math bringing in the 2port wraith.

And finally:

This has to be one of the most... cough cough clever ways to ask for a Beta Key haha.

Either way, keep on writing these. TL could sure use a lot more people like you!

Somebody, frontpage this, go go.

Invictus

Singapore2697 Posts

April 25 2010 08:33 GMT

#12

LETA FOREVER

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

April 25 2010 08:33 GMT

#13

Fucking epic first post!

I hate Movie so hard, do not write about him plox.

Waxangel

United States33388 Posts

April 25 2010 08:34 GMT

#14

Very sexy new post.

But unfortunately, I'm one of those people who is cynical of Leta. Koreans call him the "S-Class test" with both respect and derision. He's the gatekeeper between good and great, capable of destroying average players, but struggling against the great players of his time.

Leta's style can be really flamboyant at times, but realistically he might not even be as good as Sea, Kal, or other team aces.

nerium

Philippines512 Posts

April 25 2010 08:36 GMT

#15

I think i just read the most epic first post ever. And it's in the form of this fucking awesome article!

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

April 25 2010 08:37 GMT

#16

Nice stuff.
Want to do one for Stork eventually? lol.

etch

Canada176 Posts

April 25 2010 08:38 GMT

#17

im a leta anti-fan and still enjoyed the article. great work!

also i love frozz/trozz

TheMunkey

Canada470 Posts

April 25 2010 08:51 GMT

#18

Big fan of Leta therefor also Hite Sparkz!

Good post!

mOojc

Australia460 Posts

April 25 2010 08:54 GMT

#19

Great fan of Leta, one of my favourite players to watch. Excellent post/article!

icystorage

Jollibee19347 Posts

April 25 2010 09:25 GMT

#20

very very nice honest article, i approve! damnit, ive been following leta after he raped guemchi in tau cross... been a leta fan boy ever since...

good job on the article! i hope leta fucks the haters/doubters

Realpenguin

8253 Posts

April 25 2010 09:27 GMT

#21

sick post bro, I'm sure your next one will be great too, I love Zero and Movie.

On April 25 2010 18:25 icystorage wrote:
ive been following leta after he raped guemchi in tau cross... been a leta fan boy ever since...

guemchi wasn't trying that game, obviously

Jaester88

United States143 Posts

April 25 2010 09:29 GMT

#22

Truly epic first post. I'm surprised it's not in the front page already.

Also, please do Zero next. He's so much more awesome than Movie.

Camlito

Australia4040 Posts

April 25 2010 09:33 GMT

#23

Awesome read, loved it.

Aesop

Hungary11291 Posts

April 25 2010 09:41 GMT

#24

If all first posts were great like this one!

Garnet

Vietnam9021 Posts

April 25 2010 09:48 GMT

#25

Leta is like A+ but never S.

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

April 25 2010 09:50 GMT

#26

always nice to see another leta fan

icystorage

Jollibee19347 Posts

April 25 2010 09:54 GMT

#27

On April 25 2010 18:27 Realpenguin wrote:
sick post bro, I'm sure your next one will be great too, I love Zero and Movie.

Show nested quote +

guemchi wasn't trying that game, obviously

nah... leta raped him

On April 25 2010 18:50 Crunchums wrote:
always nice to see another leta fan

yes it is nice

d_so

Korea (South)3262 Posts

April 25 2010 09:58 GMT

#28

what is it with leta that attracts so many well-intentioned and comprehensive OPs. i made one too back in the day

what's ironic is that i hate leta with a passion now. maybe it's just a phase of starcraft fanhood: you like leta, then you hate him

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

April 25 2010 10:08 GMT

#29

also every leta article should mention his 2-0 day vs Oz on 7/8/08 as that was when he truly took over hite's ace position and was a hella important match (just watch the celebration after he wins the ace match)

prosatan

Romania8045 Posts

April 25 2010 10:32 GMT

#30

On April 25 2010 18:48 Garnet wrote:
Leta is like A+ but never S.

I agree 100%
Great great post mate!
Congrats and welcome !

538

Hungary3932 Posts

April 25 2010 10:33 GMT

#31

Damn what a first post. Rock on man!

Catch]22

Sweden2683 Posts

April 25 2010 10:40 GMT

#32

Kinda jealous, I was thinking about writing a Leta article after my 1000th post, but this one was awesome! Good job, always loved Leta aswell.

Shatter

United States1401 Posts

April 25 2010 11:40 GMT

#33

Very nice article. I'm a fan of Leta despite all the negative rumors. That girl he was with in that picture looked a little on the man-ish side lol.

Armathai

1023 Posts

April 25 2010 11:59 GMT

#34

Great Article and legendary first post!

I really appreciated (T)

Leta as my favorite terran to root for when (T)

Flash wasn't playing, because he Always did awesome shit (god I love 2port wraith) and I hate (T)

fantasy. I think player-level wise he's pretty similar to (T)

Sea in defeating most opponents and playing mostly proleague, but dying to (Z)

Jaedong

konadora

Singapore66163 Posts

April 25 2010 12:05 GMT

#35

This must be the best first post ever in the history of TL.

Excellent article!

lowbright

308 Posts

April 25 2010 14:05 GMT

#36

nice article.

Jakalo

Latvia2350 Posts

April 25 2010 14:40 GMT

#37

QUICK ban him so we can have the sole perfect poster of TL!

ndralcasid

United States524 Posts

April 25 2010 14:58 GMT

#38

<3 Leta

Although I really hate to admit this, but I think his downfall really started during the PL playoffs. I think Skyhigh and Movie really ruined him. [I remember vividly being shocked those two nights, that Hite's Ace went 0-3 during the playoffs]

Scaramanga

Australia8090 Posts

April 25 2010 14:58 GMT

#39

Possibly the best first post ever, hats off to you good sir!

Nal_rAwr

United States2611 Posts

April 25 2010 14:59 GMT

#40

dang that was a good article man

InDaHouse

Sweden956 Posts

April 25 2010 15:01 GMT

#41

Really good article. All I can say: Fuck yeah Letaaa ! ! !

myfriendPlank

United States550 Posts

April 25 2010 15:12 GMT

#42

Great article, great read.

Xiphos

Canada7507 Posts

April 25 2010 15:25 GMT

#43

Leta: Lord of the Wraith!

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

April 25 2010 15:26 GMT

#44

On April 25 2010 17:34 Waxangel wrote:
Very sexy new post.

But unfortunately, I'm one of those people who is cynical of Leta. Koreans call him the "S-Class test" with both respect and derision. He's the gatekeeper between good and great, capable of destroying average players, but struggling against the great players of his time.

Leta's style can be really flamboyant at times, but realistically he might not even be as good as Sea, Kal, or other team aces.

not to mention the eye-hacking

dementus

Singapore1151 Posts

April 25 2010 15:28 GMT

#45

Leta's rise to prominence came when I was taking a break from all things BW, so this was a fantastic and informative read. Mad props!

plan3t

Canada75 Posts

April 25 2010 15:40 GMT

#46

I will always remember Leta for one thing: his attitude.

It was a TvT match played a year or two ago, when Leta was tearing it up. He was playing against one of the (other) top Terran players (maybe Flash) and it was destined to a good match. Leta fought hard and the two struggled on, neither gaining a large enough advantage to win it. It turned into one of those long TvT games. The point in the game where it came down to Battlecruisers vs Battlecruisers. The two armies eventually collided and a flash of Yamato Cannon blasts left Leta's forces completely gone. With the large Battlecruiser fleet heading into his main, Leta did the only thing he could; typed in GG. Now, Leta played very well. It was a great game, and an important one. Was he upset at losing? If he was, I sure couldn't tell. The cameras panned to his face after he gg'd. He sat there staring at his screen, his mouth cracked slightly open into a smile. In this moment I could tell exactly what Leta was thinking. His expression spoke to me in a voice reminiscent of Beavis and Butthead. It said: "Heh heh heh, Battlecruisers are cool."

qrs

United States3637 Posts

April 25 2010 15:46 GMT

#47

Nice description. That made me think: Leta is the David Janowski of Starcraft. Janowski was one of the world's best chess players in the early 20th century. According to Wikipedia, he was top 6 in the world in his prime. He had a very flamboyant style; he was especially known for his two-port bishop play, which could be not only flashy, but, in his hands, very dangerous. (Here's an example.) He had + scores against some of the best players in the world, but the S-class destroyed him (his score against Lasker: 4-25-7; against Capablanca 1-9-1).

hyst.eric.al

United States2332 Posts

April 25 2010 16:06 GMT

#48

LETAAAAAAAA

was going to write the article about him, but hats off to you.

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

April 25 2010 16:32 GMT

#49

Cannot wait til Leta gets good again, I started watching the BW scene when he was playing his best, so I remember his play fondly.

saritenite

Singapore1680 Posts

April 25 2010 17:20 GMT

#50

Leta is so good he's killing my FPL

And that girl taking a picture with Leta is sweet
Good Job!

Amnesia

United States3818 Posts

April 25 2010 17:24 GMT

#51

One of the best first posts I've seen in a looooooooong time.
It was nicely written!

I was a fan of Leta for awhile, especially when he started to become really strong (think summer 08 PL season).

EDIT:

That was a huge boost of confidence: over three next months, Leta scored victories against Light, Kal (twice), Bisu, sAviOr,fOrGG and BeSt, suddenly catapulting himself into elite of Terran players.

yeah it was this time when he caught my attention. Especially the second game vs Kal - EPIC!

StorrZerg

United States13919 Posts

April 25 2010 18:35 GMT

#52

nice first post

and great read as well

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

April 25 2010 18:54 GMT

#53

Very awesome, great read.

That thing about the "s-class test" is very interesting, Wax.

dani_caliKorea

730 Posts

April 25 2010 19:32 GMT

#54

Great read

Also there already was an article on Zero recently so do Movie~~

jax1492

United States1632 Posts

April 25 2010 22:28 GMT

#55

leta is a pimp

FakeSteve[TPR]

Valhalla18444 Posts

April 25 2010 22:38 GMT

#56

For the record, Leta has been reassigned to 'chump class' by the authority of FakeSteve. The days when he could play textbook and win against just about anyone are long gone, and his cheeses are becoming more and more mundane and impotent. I wouldn't even place him in the top 5 Terrans list.

QuickStriker

United States3694 Posts

April 25 2010 22:58 GMT

#57

That was a great read. I definitely applaud you for your first post to be one of the greatest yet!

And lol at FakeSteve. The sad thing is... + Show Spoiler +

I agree with him...

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

April 25 2010 22:59 GMT

#58

oh man a leta article
<3 his 2 star wraith was soo sexy back in the dayy

ggrrg

Bulgaria2716 Posts

April 25 2010 23:22 GMT

#59

This is a great first post. Keep it up!

blahman3344

United States2015 Posts

April 26 2010 00:38 GMT

#60

wow that was a great article man (and first post too)!

im not much of a fan of leta, but this article really puts him in the spotlight. Ive learned things about him that ive never known before.

JDforever

China69 Posts

April 26 2010 01:23 GMT

#61

Nice writeup~

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

April 26 2010 01:51 GMT

#62

The S-class test is a rather accurate term for him I think.

AtTheFuneral

United States137 Posts

April 26 2010 01:57 GMT

#63

awesome article thanks Leta is so awesome from watching nal_ra ep. 4 he seems like such an awesome dude to chill with.

peidongyang

Canada2084 Posts

April 26 2010 01:57 GMT

#64

FoieGras

Canada270 Posts

April 26 2010 02:05 GMT

#65

Sick first post, was a good read =)

Doughboy

United States721 Posts

April 27 2010 00:59 GMT

#66

Great read, Leta, ZerO, and PianO are my 3 favorite players because of their baller status.

TheMunkey

Canada470 Posts

April 27 2010 01:11 GMT

#67

On April 26 2010 00:40 plan3t wrote:
I will always remember Leta for one thing: his attitude.

It was a TvT match played a year or two ago, when Leta was tearing it up. He was playing against one of the (other) top Terran players (maybe Flash) and it was destined to a good match. Leta fought hard and the two struggled on, neither gaining a large enough advantage to win it. It turned into one of those long TvT games. The point in the game where it came down to Battlecruisers vs Battlecruisers. The two armies eventually collided and a flash of Yamato Cannon blasts left Leta's forces completely gone. With the large Battlecruiser fleet heading into his main, Leta did the only thing he could; typed in GG. Now, Leta played very well. It was a great game, and an important one. Was he upset at losing? If he was, I sure couldn't tell. The cameras panned to his face after he gg'd. He sat there staring at his screen, his mouth cracked slightly open into a smile. In this moment I could tell exactly what Leta was thinking. His expression spoke to me in a voice reminiscent of Beavis and Butthead. It said: "Heh heh heh, Battlecruisers are cool."

Thats what i thought also. And thats why he is my number one. Gotta love their personality even though little is shown =(.

TurbulentTurtle

Canada230 Posts

April 27 2010 13:08 GMT

#68

Remember when Luxury 5-pooled Leta in that MSL? All Leta did afterwards was giggle about it.
Leta...~~~ <33

nttea

Sweden4353 Posts

April 27 2010 13:40 GMT

#69

awesome! give him a key before it's too late!

goldenkrnboi

United States3104 Posts

April 27 2010 13:44 GMT

#70

your grammar can get a little painful to read through sometimes, but otherwise very nice article!

o[twist]

United States4903 Posts

April 27 2010 15:25 GMT

#71

awesome article. leta is great

wiesel

Germany727 Posts

April 27 2010 15:54 GMT

#72

Great Read, thank you !

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

April 28 2010 00:10 GMT

#73

who is this girl
she's cuteee

De4ngus

United States6533 Posts

April 28 2010 00:25 GMT

#74

On April 28 2010 09:10 DreaM)XeRO wrote:
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who is this girl
she's cuteee

Jong Mi the ex progamer. Her nose is weird.

BlackMagister

United States5834 Posts

April 28 2010 00:37 GMT

#75

On April 27 2010 10:11 TheMunkey wrote:

Show nested quote +

Thats what i thought also. And thats why he is my number one. Gotta love their personality even though little is shown =(.

Leta is a crybaby though

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

April 28 2010 00:39 GMT

#76

On April 28 2010 09:25 De4ngus wrote:

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Jong Mi the ex progamer. Her nose is weird.

who cares. she's tan, great bod and..

cute

HaruHaru

United States988 Posts

April 28 2010 00:51 GMT

#77

great article! that girl kinda looks like a guy with long hair...

Doughboy

United States721 Posts

April 28 2010 02:48 GMT

#78

definitely looks guyish

Tobi

United States1 Post

April 28 2010 02:51 GMT

#79

On April 28 2010 09:25 De4ngus wrote:

Show nested quote +

Jong Mi the ex progamer. Her nose is weird.

woah. didn't recognize her O_O

TallMax

United States131 Posts

April 28 2010 03:47 GMT

#80

Vote for Movie!

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

April 28 2010 03:56 GMT

#81

Sick first post dude, awesome article. I was going to say this should be spotlighted, but it appears it already is

SilverSkyLark

Philippines8437 Posts

May 02 2010 13:04 GMT

#82

Write Movie next..please..:D

Mojawi)SoJu

Korea (South)259 Posts

May 02 2010 13:13 GMT

#83

Nice read! funny!

sYz-Adrenaline

United States1850 Posts

May 04 2010 22:05 GMT

#84

Again awesome first post it takes a lot to make me read something non protoss

r-eye

Canada20 Posts

May 04 2010 22:22 GMT

#85

Tl;DR

hyst.eric.al

United States2332 Posts

May 04 2010 22:29 GMT

#86

On May 05 2010 07:22 r-eye wrote:
Tl;DR

nobody cares if you did not want to read it. if you did not, dont scream it to the world. nobody gives a shit about your twenty worthless posts, and learn how to post before you do so.

the guy has two posts and there are countless things you can learn from him.