the terran (who I understand was heavily favored in the match) proxied rax in the middle of the map, and the protoss using 1 dragoon and a shield battery managed to hold it off and come out with a win

If anybody knows what game I'm thinking of, I'd appreciate it if you could post a link. It was pretty awesome to watch.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 30 2013 06:29 GMT

#588

On January 30 2013 09:13 n00b1n8R wrote:
Not sure if this is the thread to ask in but I'm trying to find a VOD I saw about a year ago. It was a PvT where:

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If anybody knows what game I'm thinking of, I'd appreciate it if you could post a link. It was pretty awesome to watch.

Game #25 in the OP (in the "Hall of Fame").

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

January 30 2013 08:10 GMT

#589

That Kingdom game is amazing lol. Mindcontrolling everything, defilers, critters, ultras, OLs, you name it lol

qrs

United States3637 Posts

February 08 2013 16:42 GMT

#590

Update

1. Ever since embedded videos began to load within spoilers, the OP of this thread had become nearly unloadable (unless your profile was set to not embed videos—which, btw, is a good idea since the spoiler change), so I changed the format of the OP to link to VODs rather than embed them, and updated all the old ones.

2. I updated the VODs that were in the main list of the OP and had stopped working. The problematic ones were VODs from the MSL: as a result of copyright takedown notices from MBC, all MSL VODs on the nevake account have been set to private. In most cases, I was able to find equivalent VODs on Youku. In the case of game #32 (Rainbow vs. Goodfriend on R-point in the Cyon MSL), I couldn't find another VOD for it, so I moved it back to the Games without VODs section.

3. To replace game #32, I added game #112 to the main list:
112. (Z)

HoeJJa vs

ZerO; Empire of the Sun; Proleague; 2010-11-10
VOD
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After one player blows a build-order advantage, he turns to some unorthodox play to try to get back into it. Very close, rather unusual game. + Show Spoiler [more revealing detail] +

2-base hive play in a ZvZ

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Poll: Is ZerO vs. HoeJJa on Empire of the Sun worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is ZerO vs. HoeJJa on Empire of the Sun worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

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On March 10 2011 02:40 hacklebeast wrote:
hive ZvZ
... (Z)

ZerO

HoeJJa Empire of the Sun

Watch it—it's a good one! (imho)

thezanursic

5500 Posts

February 20 2013 20:00 GMT

#591

There hasn't been a single game that I haven't enjoyed! It does make me a little sad that the kespa is gone. I mean the TLS and SOSPA are amazing, but with the limited practice I don't think we will see such map specific strategies in the future : /

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 06 2013 14:48 GMT

#592

Bump, because, while it's been a long time, these games stand the test of it—and there are still many, many more: games that haven't made it into the thread yet, and games in the thread that haven't made it into the OP yet. If people start voting in the OP again, I'll start updating it again.

Some stats, just for the heck of it. These were compiled from the 41 games in the "Hall of Fame" (i.e. games many people saw and many people liked).

'Most Unusual Maps'

1. Andromeda (3 appearances)
2-7. Aztec/Blue Storm/Heartbreak Ridge/Holy World/Monty Hall/Nemesis (2 appearances)

'Most Unusual Players'

1. Bisu (7 appearances)
2. Jaedong (5 appearances)
3-5. FanTaSy/Hiya/July (3 appearances)

6-13. boxer/free/iloveoov/Kal/sAviOr/Stork/YellOw/ZerO (2 appearances)

(If you want to count different versions of a map as one: add Byzantium/Byzantium 2 and Requiem/Neo Requiem)

thezanursic

5500 Posts

June 06 2013 15:24 GMT

#593

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On June 06 2013 23:48 qrs wrote:
Bump, because, while it's been a long time, these games stand the test of it—and there are still many, many more: games that haven't made it into the thread yet, and games in the thread that haven't made it into the OP yet. If people start voting in the OP again, I'll start updating it again.

Some stats, just for the heck of it. These were compiled from the 41 games in the "Hall of Fame" (i.e. games many people saw and many people liked).

'Most Unusual Maps'

1. Andromeda (3 appearances)
2-7. Aztec/Blue Storm/Heartbreak Ridge/Holy World/Monty Hall/Nemesis (2 appearances)

'Most Unusual Players'

Butt of the joke? Light... Hahahaha

Chef

10810 Posts

June 06 2013 16:56 GMT

#594

Thanks for the bump. Yeah, I'll start watching these again

I still sometimes link friends to it when they ask me what BW to watch.

julealgon

Brazil120 Posts

June 09 2013 03:09 GMT

#595

What a fantastic thread! I had just posted this today:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=416478#5

One of the first replies redirected me here and I'm in awe!

My first immediate suggestion (which actually relates to my thread) would be to create a "Lockdown" or "Ghost" category. Would that be feasible? I noticed there is a "Mind Control" category already (I know mind control is usually more of a game changer though).

Also, I always wondered if it would be possible to generalize this whole idea. Has anybody here ever thought about creating a database and registering the games there? When registering the game, things like those below could be associated with the game, and searching for specific things would be very cool:

which units were used
length of the game
races
players
date
related tournament (if any)
some dynamic field to describe general things (like some of the categories posted in the OP)

I know there is quite a few people here that track every Brood War game. It would be a simple matter of somebody who would be in charge of registering those games in this database.

Anyways, I will CERTAINLY watch most of the videos in the OP still. This thread is almost a dream come true to me, thanks a lot qrs!