Cool and Unusual Starcraft

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You do not have to use this template to post a recommendation in this thread. I will update this OP with every recommendation posted in this thread, regardless of format. I made this template mostly for my own use, in transferring recommendations.
The only essential information to include in your post is the names of the players and the map. If you don't include all of those, I'll still add the game to the OP, but it will probably go in the "insufficiently identified" section.
The above said, if you'd like to use this template, by all means do: it makes my job easier.
It's not all or nothing: you can use the template without filling out all of the fields--that still makes my job easier.

To use the template:

Replace ALL-CAPS TEXT with correct information if known and "?" or a blank if unknown/not applicable.
Re player's names: if the game is unusual because of one player's unorthodox play, name that player first; otherwise list the names in either order.
Re "ROUND (NTH game)", include that info if it's an individual league (since it's nice to know how much was at stake); for proleague it's not necessary.
For the date, I prefer the format 20**-**-** just because it's what I've been using and things look prettier when they are consistent, but this is not a huge deal.
For "What makes this unusual", the goal should be one or two sentences that tell people what sets this game apart, without spoiling more than necessary.
For the poll: please mention the names of the players and the map in the question of the poll. The reason for that is that is so that it's clear from the poll itself which game it refers to, to avoid possible confusion (e.g. if someone mistypes a poll number).

Template

PLAYER vs. PLAYER; MAP; [url=LIVE REPORT OF GAME]LEAGUE, ROUND (NTH game)[/url]; [url=TLPD ENTRY]DATE[/url]
[url=VOD'S URL]VOD[/url]
[spoiler=What makes this unusual?][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Worth watching? (Poll)][poll]POLL NUMBER[/poll][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Comments from the thread]FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP[/spoiler]

Categories

Note: italicized numbers refer to games in the "might be worth watching" list. Bold numbers refer to games in the Hall of Fame. Also note: except for the race match-up categories, category listings are most likelynot exhaustive (i.e. there are probably games that fit each category that haven't been listed, as nobody's systemically gone through these games assigning categories).
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4, 23, 28-29, 58, 91, 93, 96, 105, 107, 119

1, 5, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 32, 37, 39, 41, 46, 47, 52, 56, 67, 72, 76, 81, 82, 86, 88, 94-95, 100, 111, 115, 121, 124

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3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 33-35, 38, 40, 42, 43, 48, 50, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68, 71, 77-78, 85, 90, 92, 97, 98-99, 101, 102, 104, 108, 116, 117, 120, 122

+ Show Spoiler [PvP] +

19, 22, 24, 44, 45, 51, 54, 80, 87, 106, 109-110

+ Show Spoiler [PvZ, ZvP] +

2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 18, 20, 26, 30, 31, 36, 53, 65, 66, 69, 75, 83-84, 89, 103, 109, 113-114, 118, 123

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49, 57, 64, 70, 73-74, 79, 112

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1, 2, 8, 16, 102, 111

+ Show Spoiler [Base trade] +

19, 22, 23, 26, 29, 45, 46, 51, 87, 109, 111, 113, 115, 121

+ Show Spoiler [In your face] +

Players getting adventurous in their opponent's territory:
24, 27, 33-35, 65, 67, 84, 88, 101, 111, 115, 118

+ Show Spoiler [Map abuse] +

4, 7, 20, 43, 66, 103, 106, 108, 118

+ Show Spoiler [Low-economy] +

122

+ Show Spoiler [Mind Control] +

1, 11, 21, 44, 69

+ Show Spoiler [Guardians] +

114

+ Show Spoiler [Nuclear Warfare] +

37, 47, 62, 121

+ Show Spoiler [Off-racing] +

1 (sort of), 40, 42

+ Show Spoiler [Playing Random] +

+ Show Spoiler [Draw] +

44, 72, 91, 119

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4 (subtitled translation of Korean commentators), 5 (Cholera), 11 (Moletrap/CombatEX), 16 (Cholera), 17 (Diggity), 18 (Diggity/Klazart), 21 (RanshinDA), 24 (Cholera; NukeTheStars), 25 (Cholera/Rise), 37 (Cholera), 38 (Cholera), 43 (Diggity), 45 (WCG commentators), 49 (Moletrap), 52 (Cholera), 56 (Rise/Moletrap), 67 (Cholera), 73-74 (RanshinDA), 78 (Moletrap), 79 (RanshinDA), 81 (Klazart; Diggity; RanshinDA), 87 (Moletrap), 89 (Tasteless/SuperDanielMan), 100 (Diggity), 101 (Klazart), 104 (Diggity), 110 (Moletrap), 111 (Cholera), 113 (Tasteless/lilsusie), 114 (Diggity)

+ Show Spoiler [Down to the wire] +

23, 26, 29, 50, 57, 61, 113

+ Show Spoiler [Facepalm] +

56, 68, 96

+ Show Spoiler [Hive tech in ZvZ] +

64, 70, 79, 112
Note: Not so long ago, hive-tech ZvZs were so rare as to be amazing every time they happened, regardless of the game's intrinsic quality. That's started to change, though, with (Z)

great in particular leading the way towards mainstreaming hive-tech ZvZ, I'm not sure that hive-tech on its own makes a game unusual enough to be worth watching nowadays, especially if a whole bunch of them are all dumped together into the "unusual games" thread.

Reaching hive-tech is still a good sign that a game is interesting, of course, and besides, I don't want to start making unilateral decisions about what counts as "unusual" or "worth watching", even if I had watched all of these myself, which I haven't. What I'll do is intersperse these games throughout the thread, so if you're watching in order, at least, you won't be hit with a rash of hives, As for whether they're worth watching, I'll leave that to the polls as usual, on an individual basis: you decide.

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Offensive sunkens, offensive cannons, offensive Command Centers: the lot.
21, 80, 82, 111, 115, 116

+ Show Spoiler [1-base] +

Playing most of a game off one base.
99, 120

+ Show Spoiler [Comeback] +

103, 120

+ Show Spoiler [Miniatures] +

Games under 10 minutes in length:
2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12-sort of (the game was long, the video is a highlight clip), 13, 14, 16, 25, 28, 33-35 (counted individually), 39, 42, 49, 55, 60, 65, 68, 74, 78, 80, 82, 85, 90, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 105, 107, 109, 111, 115, 118, 123, 124

+ Show Spoiler [10 Years Star Age] +

Vods from the television retrospective 10 Years Star Age, "an extensive series covering great moments in 10 years of Starcraft".
1, 41

+ Show Spoiler [Your vote matters!] +

Games for which one or two votes could be enough to change or cement which list they are placed in. If you'd like to directly/immediately affect the OP with your vote, watch one of these games (that you haven't voted on yet) and cast your vote!
15, 23, 33-35, 37, 41, 45, 48, 57, 60, 66, 74, 90, 91, 92, 103

Using this thread

Just grab any game that looks interesting and watch it!
After watching one of the games here, please take a second to vote in the attached poll as to whether you thought it was worth watching.
Don't worry about whether other people with different taste would like the game or if it was a "good game" but not as unusual as the thread led you to expect, or any other qualifications. Simply say whether, coming to the game from this thread, you found the game worth the watch or were disappointed.
Vote on the game, not the video. IOW, don't vote "No" just because a video's quality is bad or in a language that you don't prefer. The reason you shouldn't do that is that a better video of the same game might become available. Instead, in a case like that, the most helpful thing to do is to post in the thread about it, ideally with a better video if you can find one.
There ought to be enough games in the main list of the OP to keep you occupied for a while, but if you want to see more, there's also the list of "games that might be worth watching, at the bottom of the post. There's nothing wrong with these games--a lot of people thought they were worth the watch--there just wasn't enough consensus to put them in the main list. If you think that one of these is worth watching, make sure to vote it up--if the consensus on the poll shifts, it will be restored to the main list.
If all that still isn't enough for you, there are many more games in the thread that haven't been transferred to the OP yet.
If you're looking for a specific sort of game, check out the category lists above. I'll add more categories as time goes on.

Formatting

As far as the format of games in the OP goes, most of it is fairly self-explanatory, but here are a couple of points you may not have noticed:

The numbers of the games have nothing to do with ranking, chronological order, or anything else. They're there for easy reference and to help you keep track of what games you have already watched, if you are going through them systematically. For that reason, games will never be renumbered.
The link over the dates of most of these games goes to their TLPD pages.
The link over the venue (e.g. "Proleague") of some games (for the most part, games from 2009 and onward) goes directly to the LR thread of those games.
For the most part, the first player listed is the one who did something unorthodox. Of course, in some of these games, both players played unorthodoxly, or something else about the game was unusual. (It's also possible that in a couple of cases I accidentally listed the wrong player first.)
For the most part the VODs linked are from YouTube, but in a few cases there was no video available on youtube and the VOD is from Youku. VODs from Youku sometimes take a long time to load for some people, so it may be worth it to let them buffer for a while before starting to watch the game.
If you want to know who recommended a game, look at the "Comments from the thread" section--the first person listed there is always the first commenter (unless I added the game on my own, but there are are only a few of those).
The "Comments from the thread" section is also a good way to get an overview of how many people found the game worth commenting on (often these people recommended the same game independently, which is always a good sign). Occasionally there will be dissenting opinions, too.

Avoiding spoilers

This is a little tricky in a thread like this. After all, the focus of this thread is on cool and unusual play, rather than on nail-biting games where you don't know who wins until the finish. Also, many times the outcome of these games are famous. I don't personally think that "spoilers" actually spoil the appeal of most of these games that much, but if you want to try and avoid them where you can, here's what to do:

Your best bet, if you want to minimize spoilers as much as possible, is to go straight to the VOD without opening the spoilers about "What makes this game unusual?" or "Comments from the thread". You'll still probably have a sense about who wins it, since for the most part people like watching strange play when it actually works out, but that's not a given--in a few of the games here, the unorthodox player ends up losing. Also, of course, there are games in which there is no single "unorthodox" player.
If you're not sure whether you want to watch a game, and you're willing to take a chance on spoilers, open the "What makes this game unusual" tag. The goal of the description there is to tell you what makes this game unusual and worth watching, without spoiling more than necessary. In practice, there's a lot of variance: some descriptions spoil almost nothing at all; others tell you exactly who won and how.
Only read the "Comments from the thread" if you don't care about being spoiled at all.

Contributing to this thread

If you'd like to contribute, there are a number of ways to do that.

Vote: This is the easiest thing to do (assuming you're watching the VOD anyway), but it is tremendously appreciated. People's tastes differ, and without people casting their votes, this could sprawl into a hard-to-sort-through collection of everyone's favorite games. The votes help discriminate between the don't-miss games and the games that are just good.

In terms of how to vote, it's simple: you've watched a game in this thread, expecting something unusual, or amazing or whatever you expect from a game in this thread. Were you satisfied? Vote "Yes" in the poll. Were you disappointed? Vote "No" in the poll.

Vote on the game, not the video. IOW, don't vote "No" just because a video's quality is bad or in a language that you don't prefer. The reason you shouldn't do that is that a better video of the same game might become available. Instead, in a case like that, the most helpful thing to do is to post in the thread about it, ideally with a better video if you can find one.
Suggest unusual games that you remember: The most important things to remember about them are the players and the map (otherwise, the game will probably go into the "insufficiently identified" section. Whatever you remember, though, post it in the thread--maybe someone else can remember more details. You don't need to worry about duplicating someone else's post (unless you are putting a lot of effort into formatting, in which case for your own sake it's probably worth it to make sure the work hasn't been done before). When I put a game into the OP, I'll give credit to everyone who posted about it in the thread.

I'd suggest not suggesting games that just happened--let's say, wait at least a month. The reason for that is that a lot of times a game seems really neat when it's just happened, but it's not so amazing that you'd want to watch it long afterwards.
Format posts: your own or someone else's. There's a template in the OP: the closer the format of a post is to that template, the less work I have to do when I transfer it. You don't actually have to do this, but it makes my life easier.
Track down VODs/Identify games from the lists of games missing VODs or insufficiently identified: This is really helpful.
Categorize games: The category section of this thread is rather undeveloped: there aren't enough categories, and most of them aren't fleshed out. If you've watched a game, and it occurs to you that it would fit well in X category (whether said category exists yet or not), that's a very helpful thing to post. If the categories become more thorough, they may eventually become a very useful tool for finding a game you are in the mood to watch.
Post any comment at all: whether you're seconding a recommendation, commenting on the game, disagreeing with something, or anything else. My long-term goal is to incorporate every piece of input into the OP, so don't think that your post is wasted.

Games

With the list of recommended games so large already (and growing larger), it was growing unwieldy, so I've broken it further into sections.+ Show Spoiler [About the different sections] +

The Hall of Fame contains games that received at least 20 votes and were liked by a significant majority of voters.
The main (unspoilered) list consists of games that fewer people have seen (or at least voted on) thus far.
"Games without VODs"/"Games without VODs or TLPD entries" are as before, and fairly self-explanatory. Note that VODs may be available for these games, on Youku or elsewhere: it's simply that no VOD for them has been posted.
Games insufficiently identified are recommendations/requests that people posted in the thread without enough information to immediately identify a specific game. Sometimes these are specific games that someone remembered vaguely without remembering all the basic identifying details (players, map). Sometimes, they are general enough to describe two or more games.
"Games that might be worth watching are games that were recommended, and often got many "Yes" votes, but also got a significant number of "No" votes. (If the proportion of "Yes" votes gets bigger, these games are moved back off this list.)

NOTE: As the main list of games continues to grow, I've decided to cap its size at 50, that it not be too overwhelming. All contributions to the thread are still gratefully appreciated; new games will be added to the OP as space is freed up by older games being moved to the Hall of Fame or to "Games that might be worth watching." (In other words, if you'd like to see more games added to the OP, you can facilitate that simply by voting for one of the games that's already there. [It doesn't matter whether your vote is "yes" or "no": when a game gets enough votes I archive it.] Please don't vote for a game twice, though. .)

HALL OF FAME

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Here is a YouTube playlist of most or all games in the archived section, courtesy of Chef. Where possible, the playlist contains the versions with Korean commentary.

1. (P)

RainBOw vs. (T)

[Oops]ClouD; Jim Raynor's Memory J; MBC Survivor 2nd, 2003-10-06
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Probe rush--and that's just the beginning.

+ Show Spoiler [Comments from this thread] +

Poll: Is ClouD vs RainBOw on Jim Raynor's Memory worth watching?

Yes (84)

91%

No (8)

9%

92 total votes

Your vote: Is ClouD vs RainBOw on Jim Raynor's Memory worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 01:49 StuBob wrote:
woa, game 1 is EPIC

On March 02 2011 02:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Howcome there is no mention of the other more famous RainbOw vs. cloud game where rainbow MCs an SCV and then pushes cloud with a zealot vulture tank army.

On March 02 2011 02:40 gryffindor wrote:

It is the first game in the op....

On March 02 2011 02:51 qrs wrote:

Because it's actually the same game. Yes, it's that epic.

On March 02 2011 14:41 SilverJohnny wrote:
oh god I don't remember who it was against, but there was a game from a while back where RainbOw MC'd an scv and built up a huge vult/tank force in addition to his normal army, that was pretty damn silly.

On March 02 2011 14:46 forgotten0ne wrote:

Did you even read the thread? It's been mentioned MULTIPLE times.

On March 02 2011 14:51 SilverJohnny wrote:

settle down yo, I thought the game in the OP was a different one, my bad.

On March 02 2011 16:22 feaynnewedd wrote:
Rainbow should have BC rushed!

On March 03 2011 05:23 Frobert wrote:
RainBOw vs. ClouD is conclusive evidence that Brood War is a far better spectator game than its sequel. BW is beautiful.

On March 03 2011 09:52 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
there was a game where P won vs T by mind controlling an SCV and turning it into a TvT
cant remember its details now, but it was epic

July vs.

BeSt; Troy; EVER2008 OSL finals (2nd game); 2008-07-12
VOD
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Drone drill in OSL finals.

Poll: Is BeSt vs July on Troy worth watching?

Yes (93)

92%

No (8)

8%

101 total votes

Your vote: Is BeSt vs July on Troy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 16:26 xxpack09 wrote:
wow, I never knew July v Best @ Troy was the origin of the Bisu face

LOL

On March 02 2011 16:37 KezseN wrote:

Fantasy; Holy World SE; Bacchus2009 OSL semi-finals (3rd game); 2009-08-14
VOD
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HAHAHA I just found that out too.

Jaedong vs. (T)

4-pool, in high-stakes OSL game; only gets dicier once Terran gets a bunker up.

Poll: Is Fantasy vs Jaedong on Holy World worth watching?

Yes (71)

90%

No (8)

10%

79 total votes

Your vote: Is Fantasy vs Jaedong on Holy World worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

With subtitled translation of Korean commentary
Slightly higher-quality version on Youku, sans subtitles

On March 02 2011 03:23 KinosJourney2 wrote:
Number 3 and 4 were awesome

On March 02 2011 18:39 Baerinho wrote:
i got very very late in SC:BW, maybe 2008 started watchign vods on youtube, #3 on the list was the first event i watched a livestream and god was that tense and awesome.

Still would say that was one of the games that maade me totally fall in love with SC

BoxeR vs.

HiyA; Blue Storm; 2007 Proleague; 2007-12-16
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Years past his prime, in a rare proleague appearance, Boxer deploys a bizarre strategy (might be summarized as "fail a bunker rush-->build supply depots all over the map") that has the commentators as well as his opponent completely baffled. Halfway through the game, however, it becomes clear that Boxer has seen deeper than everyone, and the seeming randomness of his opening was actually part of a calculated plan, tailored to the map. The VOD above includes a subtitled translation of the Korean commentary, courtesy of the wonderful FConnectionUK and co. and well worth reading, imho.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs HiyA on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (232)

100%

No (1)

0%

233 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs HiyA on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 03:23 KinosJourney2 wrote:
Number 3 and 4 were awesome but 4 was my favorite. Holy shit such an amazing game :D

On March 02 2011 11:34 iSometric wrote:
Boxer game is epic.

Memory vs. (P)

Bisu; Byzantium; MBC Survivor 15th; 2007-08-08
VOD (English commentary by Cholera)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 02:09 Kau wrote:
Double proxy elimination race

Poll: Is Memory vs Bisu on Byzantium worth watching?

Yes (48)

94%

No (3)

6%

51 total votes

Your vote: Is Memory vs Bisu on Byzantium worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 02:09 Kau wrote:
Double proxy elimination race

On March 02 2011 02:40 gryffindor wrote:
Kau's game is so epic
talk about mindgames from memory, and bisu's micro is so good... I really recommend that one.

Casy vs.

July; Reverse Temple; Shinhan Bank OSL (3), round of 16 (3rd game); 2007-02-02
VOD
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On March 02 2011 23:02 SchOOl_VicTIm wrote:
Casy brilliantly fakes fast expansion by transferring scvs to the natural to gather minerals... without ever building a cc! July's overlord sees the scvs, thinks it's a fe build, prepares inadequate defenses to stop the 2 rax fast mmf attack and the game ends right there.

Poll: Is Casy vs July on Reverse Temple worth watching?

Yes (54)

92%

No (5)

8%

59 total votes

Your vote: Is Casy vs July on Reverse Temple worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kal; Holy World; Bacchus2009 OSL round of 36, Winner's match (game 1); 2009-05-08
VOD
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On March 02 2011 02:09 Aquafresh wrote:
My favorite weird game was that one where Casy beat July by faking an expand and then busting his front.

He kept his overlord just outside of his natural with marines then sent a bunch of scvs to mine from the patches to make July think he'd taken it. Then he goes for a sunken break and just makes July look silly. I think he had like 1 sunken done in time haha.

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE.

On March 02 2011 23:02 SchOOl_VicTIm wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/3159_Casy_vs_July/vod

Casy vs. July on Reverse Lost Temple

Casy brilliantly fakes fast expansion by transferring scvs to the natural to gather minerals... without ever building a cc! July's overlord sees the scvs, thinks it's a fe build, prepares inadequate defenses to stop the 2 rax fast mmf attack and the game ends right there.

Pimpest Play 2007 (write-up)

7. (Z)

ZerO vs.

Infested Terrans (in a ZvP).

Poll: Is Kal vs Zero on Holy World worth watching?

Yes (44)

76%

No (14)

24%

58 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Zero on Holy World worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 02:13 Kipsate wrote:
Not my favorite, but very interesting. Holy world was a map which temporarily (I believe they removed it later, or destroyed ASAP) had an neutral command center in the middle. ZerO took the opportunity to make infested terrans out of this not-so-neutral command center later on. Using infested terran drops on Kal.

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
Also basically any of (Z)

ZerO's games on Holy World

On March 03 2011 11:29 qrs wrote:

One of Zero's games on Holy World is in the OP already; it got demoted to "Games that might be worth watching" because not enough people liked it. If you think it's worth watching, go vote it up!

On March 03 2011 12:27 tedster wrote:
Haha how the fuck could people vote down ZerO vs. Kal with infested Terrans, that's basically the most unique game of the entire bunch and hilarious to boot.

On March 03 2011 13:06 qrs wrote:

Midas; Dante's Peak; PDPop MSL, round of 16 (1st game); 2011-01-06
VOD
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On the other hand, that map was kind of begging for infested Terrans in ZvP. It was less a piece of inspired creativity than just granting the map's request.

Jaedong vs. (T)

Not your standard 12-hatch vs. 14-CC.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Midas on Dante's Peak worth watching?

Yes (39)

76%

No (12)

24%

51 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Midas on Dante's Peak worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 02:26 Kipsate wrote:
Jaedong can allin twice, np

Jaedong vs. (P)

Stork; Katrina; EVER2007 OSL, finals (2nd game); 2007-12-22
VOD
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On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor wrote:
That Jaedong vs. Stork game on Katrina

This is the famous "EE HAN TIMING" game. Jaedong goes mutalisks against corsairs, with only the narrowest of timing windows before a critical mass of corsairs counters the mutas to oblivion.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Stork on Katrina worth watching?

Yes (42)

82%

No (9)

18%

51 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Stork on Katrina worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Korean commentary
English commentary by Moletrap/CombatEX

On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor wrote:
That Jaedong vs. Stork game on Katrina

On March 02 2011 12:49 yumichang wrote:
EE han timing

Pimpest Play 2007 (write-up)

11. (P)

Stork vs.

GGPlay; Andromeda; Shinhan08 Proleague; 2008-06-18
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 02:07 Kibibit wrote:
Both players played TERRIBLY but they were creative about it, and by god is it absolutely amazing. I also think mind controlled defilers, mass archon/dark archon, and pretty much every Zerg and protoss unit making an appearance to be sufficiently unusual.

This game regularly tops "best game of BW ever" lists. Warning: it's nearly an hour-and-a-half in length.

Poll: Is GGPlay vs Stork on Andromeda worth watching?

Yes (49)

91%

No (5)

9%

54 total votes

Your vote: Is GGPlay vs Stork on Andromeda worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

12.

SiR@SoNi vs. (T)

ChunSang on Lost Temple
highlight reel (No VOD to be found, unfortunately, but a short, edited clip of the exciting part is here. See What makes this unusual? for more.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor wrote:
I also remember a game where Sir@soni, in ZvT, used dark swarm to get gas for 2 scourge ..epic

Poll: Is SiR@SoNi vs ChunSang (highlight clip) worth watching?

Yes (18)

95%

No (1)

5%

19 total votes

Your vote: Is SiR@SoNi vs ChunSang (highlight clip) worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor wrote:
I also remember a game where Sir@soni, in ZvT, used dark swarm to get gas for 2 scourge ..epic

On March 02 2011 03:12 gryffindor wrote:-sidenote, the guy he was playing there is the guy who lost to boxer in that epic TvT that everyone was raving about when replays first came out.

Pimpest Play 2002 (write-up and link to replay file)

14. (T)

iloveoov vs. (P)

Zeus; Requiem; Gillette OSL, round of 8 (1st game); 2004-06-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Clutch tactical decision ends the game almost as abruptly as a power outage.

Poll: Is iloveoov vs ZeuS on Requiem worth watching?

Yes (28)

90%

No (3)

10%

31 total votes

Your vote: Is iloveoov vs ZeuS on Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 05:25 ii.blitzkrieg wrote:
iloveoov vs. Zeus @ Requiem

On March 02 2011 05:46 qrs wrote:

I swear, I was just editing the OP with that very game as you posted this. Yes, that's another great one; short but very sweet.

On March 02 2011 07:42 ketomai wrote:
Random off topic: In the iloveoov vs. Zeus game, young YumBoSung makes a cameo @ 4:50 haha.

15.

go.go vs.

Pure; Blue Storm; Proleague 08; 2008-05-28
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 05:50 Jonvvv wrote:
Harvester massacre

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (20)

74%

No (7)

26%

27 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Korean commentary
English commentary by Cholera

On March 02 2011 05:50 Jonvvv wrote:
(T)

go.go vs.

Pure, Proleague 08, Blue Storm
...+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Harvester massacre

16.

Kwanro vs. (T)

Really; Othello; Proleague '08; 2008-05-31
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 03:16 imperfect wrote:
Kwanro vs. Really!

Poll: Is Kwanro vs Really on Othello worth watching?

Yes (48)

94%

No (3)

6%

51 total votes

Your vote: Is Kwanro vs Really on Othello worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 03:16 imperfect wrote:
Kwanro vs. Really!

On March 02 2011 05:39 hacklebeast wrote:
I am using my 1000th post to say that that kwanro game is absolutely awesome, and may be the sole reason I am a fan of his.

On March 02 2011 18:33 Treeplant wrote:

This just got me hooked into old BW VODs again :p

On March 03 2011 00:02 garbanzo wrote:

I just watched this and now I'm sad. I miss Cholera

That was an awesome game though. It's like ultimate Kwanro. Doesn't even wait for lings!

17.

Kal vs.

fOrGG; Colosseum; Arena MSL Ro8 (1st game); 08-06-19
VOD (English commentary by Diggity)
+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? (Poll)] +

Poll: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

yes (36)

92%

no (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

Korean commentary
English commentary by Diggity/Klazart]

On March 02 2011 06:26 hacklebeast wrote:
oh duh, this one qualifies:

(P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG Colosseum Arena MSL Ro8 08-06-19
...+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Scouts? Not just a money sink/bm?

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
I'm glad I could see that Kal-scouts on Colloseum, I was looking for it... TY

On September 15 2011 17:23 Elyvilon wrote:
I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
[VODS]
+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

Note: Elyvilon recommends watching game #100 (which can currently be found in the main list) as a follow-up to this one.

18. (P)

Bisu vs

Jaedong; Andromeda; Shinhan 08 Proleague, 2008-06-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 04:15 Selth wrote:
Bisu + Carriers is generally lol (or facepalm depending how you feel about Bisu). Wait a second, this is a PvZ.

Stats; Bloody Ridge; 2010-11 Shinhan Bank Winner's League; 2011-01-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Poll: Is Bisu vs Jaedong on Andromeda worth watching?

Yes (25)

86%

No (4)

14%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Jaedong on Andromeda worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

19.

Flying vs. (P)

On March 02 2011 08:29 Renkaoru wrote:
Base trade into draw? But no, winner finds a winning move and checkmates. Epic pylon is epic.

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching?] +

Poll from the original live report thread:

Poll: Would you recommend game 1?

Yes (133)

97%

No (4)

3%

137 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend game 1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

20.

great vs.

free; Neo Medusa; Proleague; 2009-04-11
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:58 AssuredVacancy wrote:
Proxy hatch to mass sunken/spore contain, protoss counters by using mass shuttles

Poll: Is free vs great on Neo Medusa worth watching?

Yes (22)

79%

No (6)

21%

28 total votes

Your vote: Is free vs great on Neo Medusa worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

free; Triathlon; Hana Daetoo MSL, round of 8 (4th game); 2010-05-08
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Great vs. Bisu (also Free) on Medusa (both PL): Proxy hatchery, mass sunkens and lurkers to starve the Protoss out.

On March 02 2011 08:58 AssuredVacancy wrote:
SPL free vs. great 2009-04-11 @ Neo Medusa
[FORMATTED POST]
Proxy hatch to mass sunken/spore contain, protoss counters by using mass shuttles

On March 02 2011 09:34 a7choi wrote:
wasn't there a pvz on neo medusa? i THINK great and kal? not too sure.
but i remember the zerg made a hatch for creep outside the protoss's base and made a ton of sunks/spores/lurks and the protoss couldn't break through.. anyone know what game i'm referring to? ><
edit: nevermind. it was free vs. great and it's in the list ^^

21.

HiyA vs.

Korean commentary (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by RanshinDA

On March 02 2011 04:18 MrMoose wrote:
3 port cloaked wraith opening TvP doing better than anyone could have expected!

Poll: Is Hiya vs free on Triathlon worth watching?

Yes (53)

98%

No (1)

2%

54 total votes

Your vote: Is Hiya vs free on Triathlon worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

SangHo; Heartbreak Ridge; STX Masters 2009; 2009-08-10
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 04:18 MrMoose wrote:
This list needs to include [HiyA vs. free]
...
3 port cloaked wraith opening TvP doing better than anyone could have expected!

On March 02 2011 04:39 gryffindor wrote:
game above was definitely unusual...+ Show Spoiler +

but hiya lost, so it makes it cute rather than epic

On March 02 2011 07:01 Kuzmorgo wrote:
I can't possibly imagine free vs. HiyA hasn't been posted yet..
2010 Hana Daetoo MSL (P)

free vs.

HiyA 2010-05-08 @ Triathlon
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual] +

Hiya uses units, you almost (T)

Never see in a TvP. But free doesn't fall short in innovation either. In short: a very funky game by Magikarp!!!

22.

GuemChi vs. (P)

Gives new meaning to the term "base trade".

Poll: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

Yes (30)

100%

No (0)

0%

30 total votes

Your vote: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 06:42 MangoTango wrote:
What about that PvP on HBR where the players swapped mains? That was an odd game.

On March 02 2011 07:09 Goragoth wrote:

Yeah I was thinking this game should be in the list.
(P)

Sea.GuemChi vs. (P)

SangHo[Shield] on HBR, Game 4 at STX Masters 2009.

On March 02 2011 07:18 hacklebeast wrote:

There we go, ugh, I spent the last 10 minutes looking for it after that guy suggested it.

I was thinking Hmm, "HBR, and pvp, and I seem to remember that the two players were support players players..." My search list consisted of flying, jaehoon, and horang2, and was about to try movie. Glad I looked back to see if someone else was faster.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Base trade that comes down to one player running out of money for scarabs.

23.

Midas vs.

Hwasin; Andromeda 08 proleague 2008-04-30
VOD (VOD originally located by kag)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 05:39 hacklebeast wrote:
very low resource battle. Specific instance of weirdness is using a barrack to hide a goliath from a wraith

Poll: Is Midas vs hwasin worth watching?

yes (17)

74%

no (6)

26%

23 total votes

Your vote: Is Midas vs hwasin worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

Korean commentary
English commentary by Cholera
English commentary by NukeTheStars

On March 02 2011 05:39 hacklebeast wrote:
[Midas vs. Hwasin]
...
very low resource battle. Specific instance of weirdness is using a barrack to hide a goliath from a wraith

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Hmm, I can't remember exactly who the players were, but I believe it was a 2008 PL game on Andromeda, a TvT where both players did some weird kinda cheesy opening. It ended up as a base trade, and eventually 1 goliath hiding underneath a floated rax against 1-2 wraiths. I wanna say... Hwasin vs. Midas???

24.

Bisu vs.

PokJu; Sin Peaks of Baekdu; Proleague; 2007-06-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 11:23 Jragon wrote:
Your base is belong to me?

Poll: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

Yes (36)

92%

No (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 11:23 Jragon wrote:
Excellent thread. Never seen this play anywhere else:
[FORMATTED POST]
Your base is belong to me?

On March 02 2011 11:32 Grobyc wrote:

What makes it more unusual is that Pokju retired after losing that game lol

On March 02 2011 11:34 Release wrote:

Light; Byzantium 2; MBC Survivor 16th; 2009-01-03
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

In all honesty, it's funny, but it's the best if you haven't seen it before.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Bisu vs. Pokju, Sin Peaks of Baekdu:
[VOD]
...
[One] of the greatest cheeses ever.

On January 24 2012 12:37 LightningStrike wrote:
i found another english commentary for bisu vs. pokju it by cholerasc
[VOD]
This is the funniest englsih commentary version of the game i ever watched

(Un)pimpest Play 2007 (write-up)

25. (P)

Tempest vs. (T)

Korean commentary (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by Cholera/Rise

life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery

Poll: Is Light vs Tempest worth watching?

Yes (46)

98%

No (1)

2%

47 total votes

Your vote: Is Light vs Tempest worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 05:55 Kipsate wrote:
So after browsing and thinking over, I can only think of 1 more game which dropped my jaw
[Tempest vs. Light]
+ Show Spoiler +

BBS vs. Goon+shield battery=32kills goon?

A true classic of course, prolly most people know it already.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Yeah I know a lot of these are in the "best game" thread, because they're cool and whatnot.

+ Show Spoiler [might not be unusual I guess] +

Tempest vs. Light, Byzantium:
[VOD]
Dragoon > cheese.

On March 03 2011 01:03 ShatterZer0 wrote:
I forgot who Tempest was playing, but that one game where he held off like 20 marines with the only "ManGoon" ever to exist.

On March 03 2011 01:20 garbanzo wrote:

TT; Neo Requiem; Shinhan08-09 Proleague; 2008-11-03
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

It was Light. Hikko made the post.

26.

sAviOr vs. (P)

On March 02 2011 06:25 Biff The Understudy wrote:
One base vs. one base ZvP; ends up in an incredibly close elimination race, a matter of seconds. + Show Spoiler +

ends up eliminated. I would have hanged myself.

Poll: Is sAviOr vs TT on Neo Requiem worth watching?

Yes (27)

93%

No (2)

7%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is sAviOr vs TT on Neo Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 06:25 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Savior vs. TT on Neo Requiem :-)
...
One base vs. one base ZvP; ends up in an incredibly close elimination race, a matter of seconds. + Show Spoiler +

ends up eliminated. I would have hanged myself.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Savior vs. TT, Neo Requiem:
[VOD]
Elimination race.

On March 02 2011 17:02 SultanVinegar wrote:
Also I remember when i was in korea seeing a really epic basetrade game on tv between a Zerg and a Protoss where nobody actually GG'd and the game ended due to elimination. I'm not sure exactly when it was but I know the map was from before my time (Before 2009 at some point).

28.

Baby vs.

Fantasy; Aztec; Proleague; 2010-11-29
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 19:51 popzags wrote:
Crazy TvT rush against 14 CC resulting with hilarious Bunker wars.

Poll: Baby vs Fantasy worth watching?

Yes (29)

97%

No (1)

3%

30 total votes

Your vote: Baby vs Fantasy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Mind; Polaris Rhapsody, Proleague; 2010-05-09
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 19:51 popzags wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]

29.

Light vs.

On March 02 2011 23:13 Bwenjarin Raffrack wrote:
For the last fifteen minutes neither player has a base. Their BC fleets circle (and circle) around the map desperately trying to eliminate the other player first.

Poll: Is Light vs Mind on Polaris Rhapsody worth watching?

Yes (20)

95%

No (1)

5%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is Light vs Mind on Polaris Rhapsody worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 23:13 Bwenjarin Raffrack wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]

33-35.

BoxeR vs.

YellOw; Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury; EVER2004 OSL; 04-11-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

For many, many years, (T)

BoxeR vs.

YellOw was the most storied rivalry in the history of Starcraft (and therefore of all e-sports). Widely regarded in their heyday as the best two players in Starcraft, the two met each other in countless high-stakes matches. Each took games off the other, but Boxer was seen as having the edge when it came to winning the games that mattered.

The last major tournament that saw the two face off against each other in a high-stakes match was the Ever OSL in 2004. Owing to both the iconic status of each of these players, and their long and storied history against each other, their semi-final meeting was anticipated and hyped to almost delirious levels. The match was expected to be nothing short of "epic". However, Boxer, who throughout his career has delighted in defying expectations, had other plans. The ensuing match was one of the most brutal and short-lived in OSL semi-final history; certainly the most polarizing and controversial.

In RPS circles, they call this sort of tactic the avalanche.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

Yes (21)

72%

No (8)

28%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Bisu; Heartbreak Ridge; Proleague; 2009-06-20
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE.

36.

YellOw vs. (P)

AtomicPeace wrote:
It's 2009. YellOw has gone two years without winning a KeSPA officiated match. Bisu is clearly a top if not the top Protoss. At the time Heartbreak Ridge favored Protoss in ZvP. YellOw brings back some amazing old school BW tactics in an epic showdown.

Poll: Is Bisu vs Yellow worth watching?

Yes (56)

93%

No (4)

7%

60 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Yellow worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 11:16 KezseN wrote:
Should include yellow vs. Bisu, Old drop tactic worked against the revolutionist. Ah the crowd applause was just chilling.

On March 02 2011 17:08 [Atomic]Peace wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]
It's 2009. YellOw has gone two years without winning a KeSPA officiated match. Bisu is clearly a top if not the top Protoss. At the time Heartbreak Ridge favored Protoss in ZvP. YellOw brings back some amazing old school BW tactics in an epic showdown.

On March 06 2011 23:55 Crabman123 wrote:
The Yellow vs. Bisu game may be the most awesome game I have ever seen. The crowd is just going crazy the entire time.

+ Show Spoiler +

Any game that features slow drops gets my approval

37.

BoxeR vs. Terr@n-[Nes]; Lost Temple; ?
VOD (English commentary by Cholera)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Boxer nuke rushes a no-name Protoss. (Bear in mind that this game dates back to the early days of Starcraft, before there was a "proscene" like we know today. Nearly everyone could be considered a "no-name", and the ones who weren't--like Boxer--made their names with games like this.) This game was one of the original "Pimpest Plays" of 2002: Click here for a more in-depth description and a link to a replay.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Terr@n-[Nes] on Lost Temple worth watching?

Yes (15)

71%

No (6)

29%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Terr@n-[Nes] on Lost Temple worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Korean version
English commentary by Cholera

On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor who wrote:
Boxer blinding observers vs. that jobber protoss, and nuking him

38.

H.O.T-Forever vs. (T)

NaDa; Isles of Siren; GhemTV Specials; 2002-11-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Not one, but both of the two moments that tied for the #1 spot of Pimpest Plays 2003 came from this game. Click here for the much more extensive write-up on Starcraft Legacy

Poll: Is H.O.T-Forever vs NaDa on Isles of Siren worth watching?

Yes (16)

80%

No (4)

20%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is H.O.T-Forever vs NaDa on Isles of Siren worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
1h game with tons of scourge killing nadas bc army

Pimpest Plays 2003 (write-up)

39. (T)

Flash vs.

Bisu; Monty Hall; 2007 Daum OSL, Round of 8, game 2; 2007-06-29
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 04 2011 01:33 mnesthes wrote:
You never really know the definition of cheese until you've seen this game.

Poll: Would you recommend Flash vs Bisu?

Yes (36)

86%

No (6)

14%

42 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend Flash vs Bisu?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

First recommended on March 02 2011 02:40 by Antoine, who wrote:
how about monty hall, flash vs. bisu? although i'm hesitant to list it because the map plays to unusual games so hard

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Flash vs. Bisu, Monty Hall:
[VOD]
...
[One] of the greatest cheeses ever.

On March 04 2011 01:33 mnesthes wrote:
You never really know the definition of cheese until you've seen this game.

On March 04 2011 15:45 Sigh wrote:
Awesome thread, I was looking for that Flash vs. Bisu game on monty python for ages!

Pimpest Play 2007 (shared)

40. (T)

sAviOr vs. (Z)

Gorush; Desperado; GOMTV MSL S2, group stages; 2007-05-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

In his prime, Savior was one of the best Zergs of all time, but in this MSL game he chose to go Terran. Not to be outdone, his opponent shows off his style by going queen/muta/guardian.

Poll: Is GoRush vs sAviOr on Desperado worth watching?

Yes (18)

86%

No (3)

14%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is GoRush vs sAviOr on Desperado worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 02:28, [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
savior switching to terran playing against gorush cause he lost confidence in his zvz and getting totally owned -.-

42.

July vs.

ChoJJa; Neo Guillotine; Proleague; 2004-06-30
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

A progamer randoming in a serious game? You don't see that any more.

Poll: Is July vs ChoJJa on Neo Guillotine worth watching?

Yes (20)

91%

No (2)

9%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is July vs ChoJJa on Neo Guillotine worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 02:40 gryffindor wrote:
July going [sic--he actually randomed] Terran, and sunken busting Chojja

sparks rush at its finest

44.

Chalrenge vs. (P)

Rock; Nemesis; Proleague. 2007-06-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-TGxS-N8w&t=0m28s

On March 02 2011 04:05 gryffindor wrote:
Rock vs. Chalrenge where the rock has 9000 minerals, and chalrenge has like 120

guess the outcome

Poll: Is Chalrenge vs TheRock on Nemesis worth watching?

Yes (23)

100%

No (0)

0%

23 total votes

Your vote: Is Chalrenge vs TheRock on Nemesis worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 04:05 gryffindor wrote:
Rock vs. Chalrenge where the rock has 9000 minerals, and chalrenge has like 120

guess the outcome

On March 02 2011 04:50 .Aar wrote:

That was a pretty hilarious game, but so long..

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
TheRock v. Chalrange on Nemesis
how has this not been mentioned? DRAW PvP

On March 02 2011 07:55 Roffles wrote:

Rock vs. Chalrenge was not amazing .... Chalrenge just turtled into a draw, and Rock just sat there trying everything he could to break it lol.

On March 02 2011 10:38 bearbuddy wrote:
[FORMATTED VOD]
Chalrenge forces a tie with theRock by turtling on one base and mind controlling units as they come.

On March 03 2011 19:38 luckybeni2 wrote:
Rock vs. Chalrenge? Can't get weirder than a pvp 10 base vs. maybe 3 and one guy staying alive by mind controlling himself an army

On September 15 2011 16:53 Elyvilon wrote:
(P)

Rock vs.

Chalrenge on Nemesis
[FORMATTED POST]
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

After falling behind in the midgame, chalrenge turtles up behind cannons, DAs, HTs, arbiters, and archons in one corner while Rock tries to break in with his own arbiters. + Show Spoiler [SS] +

Pimpest Play 2007 Honorable Mention (write-up)

46. (T)

UpMaGiC vs. (P)

Nal_rA; Nemesis; Proleague; 2007-05-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 09:40 Comeh wrote:
UpMagiC opens up bio against protoss...for 25 minutes!

Poll: Is UpMagic vs Nal_Ra on Nemesis worth watching?

Yes (23)

100%

No (0)

0%

23 total votes

Your vote: Is UpMagic vs Nal_Ra on Nemesis worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Hyuk; Match Point; MBC Survivor 19th, Group 2 (Winner's match); 2010-02-11
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 04:58 zerglingsfolife wrote:
Nal_Ra vs. UpMagiC on Nemesis
...
Bio vs. Protoss

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
Up_Magic v. (P)

Nal_rA on Nemesis
brilliant deep-6 usage, transitions into both players lose their mains.

On March 03 2011 09:40 Comeh wrote:
I hope someone else has posted this, but this is one of my favorite games of all time

UpMagiC vs. Nal_rA
Map - Nemesis
Summary - + Show Spoiler +

UpMagiC opens up bio against protoss...for 25 minutes!

...
Edit: oh, it was posted twice.
WATCH IT AGAIN ANYWAYS.

49.

ZerO vs.

Korean commentary
English commentary by Moletrap

Proxy hatchery.

Poll: Is Zero vs Hyuk on Match Point worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is Zero vs Hyuk on Match Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 03:35 awu25 wrote:
i forgot who he played, but the one where Zero did a proxy hatch in the guy's main base and built zerglings
i think it almost came out to be a slight base race

On March 02 2011 05:47 mikeymoo wrote:

It was on Match Point.

On March 02 2011 06:26 hacklebeast wrote:

The game (i think) you are thinking of is zero vs. hyuk on matchpoint

once again, the vod i'm looking for is gone

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Also check out Hyuk vs. Zero on Match Point for more proxy hatches. Om nom nom

50.

iloveoov vs. (Z)

YellOw; U-Boat; MSL, finals (3rd game); 2003-11-30
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
Game gets reduced to oov trying to micro out of 1 dropship to stop Yellow from mining with his last few drones, which are protected by lurkers everywhere.

Poll: Is iloveoov vs Yellow on U-Boat worth watching?

Yes (19)

95%

No (1)

5%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is iloveoov vs Yellow on U-Boat worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Korean commentary
English commentary by Cholera

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
(T)

iloveoov v. (Z)

YellOw U-Boat MSL finals
Game gets reduced to oov trying to micro out of 1 dropship to stop Yellow from mining with his last few drones, which are protected by lurkers everywhere

52.

ChRh vs.

Bisu; Monty Hall; Proleague; 2007-05-06
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

A very old-school player brings back ghosts, against one of the best players of the modern era.

Poll: Would you Recomend ChRh Vs Bisu in 2007 Prolueage?

Yes! (22)

92%

No! (2)

8%

24 total votes

Your vote: Would you Recomend ChRh Vs Bisu in 2007 Prolueage?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

On March 02 2011 07:47 LightningStrike wrote:
(T)

ChRh vs.

Bisu on Monty Hall 2007 Proleague
...
Reason
ChRh locks down a few dragoons in a epic game of the old champ [sic] vs. the new champ of those days

On March 02 2011 10:15 sushiman wrote:
ChRh vs. Bisu on Monty Hall
[VOD]
+ Show Spoiler +

Bonus game with excellent slow-pushing at the end!

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

The game itself isn't all that weird. The context and outcome is however.
This was at the time when Bisu was considered probably the best player in the world (just two months after beating Savior in the MSL and only two months before taking his second gold against Stork). He was going up against ChRh, who had stopped playing in 2004, but joined ACE when it was formed while doing his time in the army, and had subsequently gone without winning a game for over 3 years.
Needless to say, not many expected the outcome.

On February 05 2012 09:59 LightningStrike wrote:
Here is a english commentary of (T)

ChRh vs.

Bisu on monty hall by Cholera
[VOD]

54.

Much vs.

Bisu ; Plasma ; Incruit 2008 OSL, round of 16; 2008-09-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

(Non-BM) scouts in a game--and that's not even what made it weird.

Poll: Worth watching Much vs Bisu?

Yes (19)

86%

No (3)

14%

22 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching Much vs Bisu?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

HiyA; Roadrunner; SWL 2009-2010; 2010-01-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 17:45 gchan wrote:
[Much vs. Bisu]
...
1 base carriers in a PvP--and it's pretty effective

On September 15 2011 09:52 qrs wrote:
For those who care: Artosis sighting at 3:08 of game #54 (Much vs. Bisu in the Incruit OSL). This was before he achieved his current height of fame and fortune. And is that a young IdrA next to him?

On January 14 2012 20:03 WerderBremen wrote:
i want to mention in

54. (P)Much vs. (P)Bisu ; Plasma ; Incruit 2008 OSL, round of 16; 2008-09-12

at 3:09 you can see Idra and Artosis Their faces are just priceless <3

Screenshot:
+ Show Spoiler +

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

55.

HoeJJa vs. (T)

On March 04 2011 15:12 ]343[ wrote:
Bunker rush accompanied by 8+ scvs succeeds... but Hoejja responds in a jaw-dropping fashion.

Poll: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

Yes (28)

97%

No (1)

3%

29 total votes

Your vote: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

firebathero; Eye of the Storm; 2009 EVER OSL, Group G (1st game); 2009-10-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Yeah I know a lot of these are in the "best game" thread, because they're cool and whatnot.
...
Hoejja vs. Hiya, Roadrunner:
[VOD]
Bunker rush succeeds... then Hiya dies to drones.

On March 02 2011 13:47 Kenpachi wrote:
LOL AT HIYA vs. HOEJJA. man i need to read the LR thread for that

On March 04 2011 15:12 ]343[ wrote:
Hoejja vs. Hiya, Roadrunner, SWL 2009-2010:
...Bunker rush accompanied by 8+ scvs succeeds... but Hoejja responds in a jaw-dropping fashion.

56.

Jaehoon vs. (T)

Korean commentary
English commentary by Rise and Moletrap

On March 07 2011 07:07 saint_fu wrote:
What seems to be a standard game becomes out of the ordinary by blunders from both players.

Poll: Is Jaehoon vs firebathero on Eye of the Storm worth watching?

Yes (23)

92%

No (2)

8%

25 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaehoon vs firebathero on Eye of the Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Destination; Winner's League; 2009-02-14
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 11:09 Frigo wrote:
What, no FireBatHero vs. Jaehoon on Eye of The Storm?

On March 07 2011 07:07 saint_fu wrote:
(P)

Jaehoon vs. (T)

firebathero
...
What seems to be a standard game becomes out of the ordinary by blunders from both players.

60.

sKyHigh vs. (Z)

Jaedong;

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

Poll: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

Yes (17)

77%

No (5)

23%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

yeOngJae; Aztec; Shinhan10-11 Proleague; 2010-12-19
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Skyhigh vs. Jaedong on Destination (PL): Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Skyhigh vs. Jaedong, Destination:
[VOD]
[One] of the greatest cheeses ever.

61.

ggaemo vs. (T)

Back and forth action down to a single Science Vessel

Poll: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

Yes (25)

93%

No (2)

7%

27 total votes

Your vote: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 09:53 durza wrote:
(Z)

ggaemo v

yeOngJae SPL 2010-2011 @ Aztec
...
Why this game should be on the list..+ Show Spoiler +

This game is amazing, features not one base race, but two, the main armies of both players, really never engage through out the game. The Korean commentators are at their best, and the game has a great ending.

On March 02 2011 11:38 Zariel wrote:
That SKT vs. ACE game, jyj vs. ggaemo on aztec.

Might not be s-class play, but it kept me on the edge of my seat

On March 02 2011 13:05 MountainDewJunkie wrote:

But what about all of the games that are unusual AND amazing?

Ex: (T)

JyJ vs.

ggaemo

On March 07 2011 23:27 konadora wrote:
Wait wow, seriously? NO ONE recommended this game?
[VOD]
ONE VESSELLLLLLLL.

On March 09 2011 07:16 Soap wrote:

Wow once I saw the thread I immediately went looking for that game, the climax of probably the best series I saw in proleague.

[FORMATTED POST]

On March 09 2011 08:12 garbanzo wrote:

Iris; Sin Chupung-Ryeong; Winners League; 2009-03-28
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Just watched that game. I still can't decide of it's actually all that unusual, but I think it's definitely worth watching.

63.

Jaedong vs. (T)

Jaedong wields two control groups of mutalisks like they're his right and left hands. It's been nearly two years since this game was played, but I've never seen anything like it since.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Iris on Sin Chupung-Ryeong worth watching?

Yes (29)

100%

No (0)

0%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Iris on Sin Chupung-Ryeong worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 09:59 Grobyc wrote:
Jaedong vs. Iris on Chupung Ryeong

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11572_Iris_vs_Jaedong/vod

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

Jaedong beats Iris with control 2 groups of stacked mutalisks microd SIMULTANEOUSLY. Iris literally died to pure mutalisks, even though he managed to squeeze out some science vessels. Insaneeeeeeeeeeee

On March 02 2011 10:02 qrs wrote:

How could I have forgotten about this one?! Yes, this was amazing.

On March 02 2011 23:33 zipz0p wrote:
(Z)

Jaedong 2-stack mutas against (T)

Iris in Winners League:

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11572_Iris_vs_Jaedong/vod

My jaw dropped when I realized it was two control-groups of mutas.

68.

Fantasy vs. (Z)

Action; Judgement Day; Proleague; 2010-05-11
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
Action 4-pools Fantasy on pretty much the worst possible map for it. As expected Fantasy holds it off easily with a marine behind a simple 2 rax wall-in.

This is where it gets unusual read: hilarious. Spoilers incoming.

Action makes no more drones and instead starts hiding lings at his 3rd while dancing his surviving lings at Fantasy's wall. He actively denies scouting with his revealed lings causing Fantasy not to realize how all-in he truly is and move out with a control group of marines! Fantasy doesn't realize his mistake until it's too late and gets flanked by the hidden lings and loses his whole force. Action then goes to town on the Barracks forcing them to lift or die and runs into Fanta's nat, who is forced to make an SCV + 1medic/2firebat wall while he lands his Barracks in his main; getting off a clutch repair to prevent them from burning down. Action tries to poke through the wall by sending in lings to kill the SCVs out of the medics heal range one by one but with only 3 drones left he is forced to gg once he sees the lights on Fanta's Barracks start flashing again.

Pay special attention to Oov's outbursts of frustration with Fantasy and Actions "aww fuck it" body language.

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (27)

93%

No (2)

7%

29 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 11:16 Release wrote:
I dont see Fantasy vs. Action

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
Surprised no one has done this one yet as it is fairly recent.
[FORMATTED POST]
Action 4-pools Fantasy on pretty much the worst possible map for it. As expected Fantasy holds it off easily with a marine behind a simple 2 rax wall-in.

This is where it gets unusual read: hilarious. Spoilers incoming.

Action makes no more drones and instead starts hiding lings at his 3rd while dancing his surviving lings at Fantasy's wall. He actively denies scouting with his revealed lings causing Fantasy not to realize how all-in he truly is and move out with a control group of marines! Fantasy doesn't realize his mistake until it's too late and gets flanked by the hidden lings and loses his whole force. Action then goes to town on the Barracks forcing them to lift or die and runs into Fanta's nat, who is forced to make an SCV + 1medic/2firebat wall while he lands his Barracks in his main; getting off a clutch repair to prevent them from burning down. Action tries to poke through the wall by sending in lings to kill the SCVs out of the medics heal range one by one but with only 3 drones left he is forced to gg once he sees the lights on Fanta's Barracks start flashing again.

Pay special attention to Oov's outbursts of frustration with Fantasy and Actions "aww fuck it" body language.

On March 03 2011 12:08 nataziel wrote:

FUCKING LOL @ Oov's face, like "COME ON! wtf is this shit!"

On March 03 2011 12:37 Aquafresh wrote:

Totally justified too. Fantasy did everything he possibly could to throw that away. I'd estimate Fantasy's boneheaded bio play has taken about 2-3 years off each of his teammates lives due to stress related reasons alone.

72.

Flash vs.

JangBi; Blue Storm; Proleague; 2008-07-07
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Draw.

Poll: Is Flash vs Jangbi on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (20)

100%

No (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Jangbi on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 10 2011 02:40 hacklebeast wrote:
here is the actual list of them
draws:

78.

OversKy vs. (T)

Freedom; Katrina; Proleague; 07-12-08
VOD (English commentary by Moletrap)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 27 2011 21:14 LightningStrike wrote:
Proxy sunkens against old WC3 legend Freedom

Poll: Is OversKy vs Freedom on Katrina worth watching?

Yes! (20)

100%

No! (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is OversKy vs Freedom on Katrina worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

go.go; Heartbreak Ridge; EVER OSL, round of 16 (group stage); 2009-11-27
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Oversky vs. some guy on Katrina: Another fun proxy hatchery game. Proxy hatches are just great all-around.

On March 27 2011 21:14 LightningStrike wrote:
I found #11 on games with no little date. It is
(Z)

OversKy vs. (T)

Freedom in proleague on 12/7/07 on the map Katrina
[VOD]
+ Show Spoiler [Reason] +

Proxy sunekns agianst a old WC3 legend Freedom

...

82.

Movie vs.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
A proxy gateway, followed by a cannon rush, followed by targeting the proxy gateway with the cannon. Yeah that's right. [Note: it was not a misclick. It was an incredibly pimp play (its effect on the game was minor, but real). Not giving any more away.]

Poll: Is Movie vs. go.go on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

Yes (17)

85%

No (3)

15%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is Movie vs. go.go on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Movie vs. go.go on Heartbreak Ridge (EVER 09 OSL group stages, I think?): A proxy gateway, followed by a cannon rush, followed by targeting the proxy gateway with the cannon. Yeah that's right.

87.

Chalrenge vs. (P)

LuCifer; Blue Storm; Proleague; 2007-10-30
VOD (English commentary by Moletrap)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 23:26 LightningStrike wrote:
...elimination race for the ages...

Poll: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (19)

95%

No (1)

5%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 03 2011 23:26 LightningStrike wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]
This is a elmliation race for the ages in pvp

On March 16 2011 03:35 pieisamazing wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Base race into Lucifer frantically trying to find his opponent's last buildings while Chalrenge attempts to micro his last few Dark Templar and kill Lucifer's probe and cannons which are the only thing keeping him in the game.

Commentary by moletrap, hopefully that doesn't turn anyone away. It's a pretty entertaining game. Then again, I'm a pretty big fan of Chalrenge.

On March 16 2011 06:47 LightningStrike wrote:

I made a post on that game on page 11 i think it was but i second it

90.

BoxeR vs.

Cool[fOu] (FruitDealer); Geometry; Proleague; 2007-04-30
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 11:15 LightningStrike wrote:
Boxer does a crazy rush vs. the now known sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Poll: Would you recomend Boxer Vs Cool in 2007 SPL

Yes! (15)

71%

No! (6)

29%

21 total votes

Your vote: Would you recomend Boxer Vs Cool in 2007 SPL

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

On March 02 2011 11:15 LightningStrike wrote:
Boxer vs. Cool in 2007 SPL
[FORMATTED POST]
Boxer does a crazy rush vs. the now known sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

92.

BoxeR vs. a blind guy; ?; 2001?
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Found by hoanglz:
http://www.56.com/u28/v_MTU2NTQwNzM.html

This was a show match in which Boxer played against a blind guy who somehow had taught himself to play Starcraft. Boxer's handicap? He had to play with a blindfold himself for the first couple minutes of the game.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs a blind guy worth watching?

Yes (19)

70%

No (8)

30%

27 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs a blind guy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
boxer playing against that blind guy where he almost lost because he had to play blind himself for the first 2 minutes

96.

RuBy vs.

Flash; Circuit Breaker; Proleague; 2010-10-26
VOD (no need to watch past the end of the game: a discussion by the Kespa refs follows, but their decision is to let the result stand)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Shortest Kespa-ranked game ever.

Poll: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

Yes (15)

68%

No (7)

32%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 12 2011 13:20 Antoine wrote:

lol this isn't the one you're talking about but it is the fastest tvt i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/47711_Flash_vs_RuBy

On March 12 2011 23:52 hacklebeast wrote:

Fastest modern TvT

[VOD]

On March 13 2011 00:48 LightningStrike wrote:

Killer; Tornado; Proleague; 2009-10-25
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

LOL wow i love how fast the game was ^^

98.

BoxeR vs.

Boxer brings his A-(bomb) game.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Killer on Tornado worth watching?

Yes (20)

100%

No (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Killer on Tornado worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Boxer vs. Killer, Tornado:
[VOD]
BOXER WITH NUKES

101.

Silver vs. (T)

Shine[Name] on Monty Hall, Shinhan Proleague 07 round 1; 2007-06-26
VOD (English commentary by Klazart)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Weird maps lead to weird strats—and occasionally the immortalization of otherwise forgettable players. His play against Terran on Monty Hall—as exemplified in this game and another against SlayerS_`BoxeR`, remains the only thing that otherwise-obscure Brood War player Silver is remembered for.

Poll: Is Silver vs Shine on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is Silver vs Shine on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 14:30 Titusmaster6 wrote:
This might not be exactly "unusual," but when Silver came up with that specific zerg build (hatcheries down the middle with offensive sunken colonies) on that RIDICULOUS map Monty Hall, I thought it was pretty sick and haven't forgotten it since.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

On March 03 2011 09:39 imperfect wrote:

i dont think anyone answered; if they did sorry. i did skim the thread though;

here's a VOD of the build. hatchery in natural into sunken into guardiansssss. pretty baller!
[VOD]

On March 10 2011 05:00 tedster wrote:
Silver's classic monty haul game:

(Z)

Silver vs. Shine

[VOD]

On September 16 2011 09:41 Elyvilon wrote:
(Z)

Silver vs. (T)

Shine[Name] on Monty Hall, Shinhan Proleague 07 round 1; 2007-06-25
...
+ Show Spoiler [Why to watch?] +

Silver, known for his weak ZvT, comes up with a crazy build for the Zerg graveyard of Monty Hall.

Pimpest Play 2007 (write-up)

102. (T)

BoxeR vs.

YellOw; Sauron; KPGA Winner's Championship; 2003-03-22
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

A legendarily abusive installment of the classic rivalry.

Poll: Is Boxer's SCV rush against Yellow worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer's SCV rush against Yellow worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

BeSt; Jade; Proleague; 2012-02-19
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 14:31 Kazzabiss wrote:
Really? No one posted this yet?
[VOD]

"The" SCV Rush

against YelloW

115.

Flash vs.

Think you know what a bunker rush is? Watch and learn.

Poll: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

Yes (22)

85%

No (4)

15%

26 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On February 20 2012 08:40 qrs wrote:
OMG, anybody who is remotely interested in the sort of games contained in this thread, you have got to see Flash vs. Best from the recent KT vs. SKT match.
[VOD]
I don't even know what to say about this one. I mean, in a way it's sort of the logical culmination of the playstyle that Flash has been using since the season began, but in another way, you've really got to see it to believe it.

To recommend this game from a different angle, if this bears any weight with you, I was getting tired of the games in this thread. As unusual as they may have been, gather them all together in one place and even these games started looking the same, most of them. Proxies, uncommon units, uncommon abilities, I'd seen it all.

I'd never seen a game like this one.

This game could have been theorycrafted by a six-year-old. It took Flash to play it.
Go watch it already!

On February 20 2012 09:34 LightningStrike wrote:
This game is indeed unusal due to the fact that flash 8 rax bunker rush 1 gate core to hell and sucessed on winning without a factory and only 1 rax of rines :o

On February 20 2012 09:42 iSometric wrote:
Flash just had excellent game sense and practice so he can just fuck over whoever 90% of the time.

On February 20 2012 09:45 qrs wrote:

Yes, from the amount of "no" votes in this poll and the one in the LR thread, it seems clear that lots of people didn't like this game, but I don't see how anyone could deny that this one is unusual. This game is to bunker rushing what the Jaedong vs. Iris game (#63) is to mutalisk harassment.

On February 20 2012 10:28 LightningStrike wrote:

Flash; Neo Electric Circuit; Tving OSL Quarterfinals (3rd game); 2012-06-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

What you just said is very true it bugged me because i accualy thought it was a funny game and rec'd the game but alot people hate it due to extreme cheese and also makes me wonder how flash manged to just use 1 rax rines and still destory best as he shoulda made another rax so more rines can come and reinforce :\ but still amazing game play from flash+ Show Spoiler +

Best got unlucky overall but still funny game

116.

Shine vs.

Offensive Nydus

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On June 28 2012 00:42 Agrajag wrote:
I'm sure most Broodwar fans have already watched this game, but it deserves to be in this thread, and this thread deserves a bump.
[Formatted post]

On June 28 2012 04:40 _Quasar_ wrote:
Yeah, I thought about this thread too.

41.

fOru vs.

NaDa; River of Flames; KPGA 2nd Tour; 2002-05-16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Full game, hosted on Youku
VOD hosted on YouTube that skips approximately the first 10 minutes of the game (the VOD is from the television retrospective 10 Years Star Age, and starts at what the producers considered the interesting part)

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs. nada

Although, according to the video description, it's "only" 40 gateways.

Poll: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

yes (10)

71%

no (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs. nada

On March 04 2011 07:17 ZBiR wrote:

I believe it's this game:
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4987_fOru_vs_NaDa
there's no vod, but a replay exists:
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/replays/77
and it was just 50 gateways, not 59.

On March 04 2011 14:21 garbanzo wrote:

Yup, that's the game. I've made the formatting and I've found a compilation VOD "10 Years Star Age," some other ridiculous games in there too. I know I've watched all those episodes, but I can't remember the games exactly. The description on the video is basically like this thread.
...
Edit:
I would actually recommend people, who are really interested and haven't seen it yet, watch all of the episodes of "10 Years Star Age." Here's the playlist on the nevake account.

43.

815 vs.

Really; Great Barrier Reef; '10 Korean Air OSL, round of 36; 2010-02-17
VOD (English commentary by Diggity)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

An innovative if cheesy opening gets the game off to a wild start, and the slugfest begins from there. Entertaining, despite some sloppiness.

Poll: Is 815 vs Really on Great Barrier Reef worth watching?

Yes (14)

93%

No (1)

7%

15 total votes

Your vote: Is 815 vs Really on Great Barrier Reef worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 03:32 gryffindor wrote:
Really vs. 815, '10 korean air osl
...
proxy sunkens

45.

Kal vs.

Lx; Outsider SE; WCG 2010 Los Angeles; 2010-10-01
VOD (English commentary by WCG commentators)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this game unusual?] +

On March 04 2011 16:32 Selth wrote:
Base trade into a race to rebuild.

Poll: Is Kal vs Lx on Outsider SE worth watching?

Yes (10)

71%

No (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Lx on Outsider SE worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 04 2011 16:32 Selth wrote:
Here's another one I just remembered: [Kal vs. Lx

...Base trade into a race to rebuild.

51.

Kingdom vs. (P)

Rage; Arizona; Proleague; 2004-10-10
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Who needs a nexus?

Poll: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

Yes (13)

100%

No (0)

0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
(P)

Kingdom loses the Nexus in his main and can't rebuild it, on Arizona (I think, that map where the 3rd gas expo was sealed-off by half the resources of the expansion)
Will he be able to defeat his enemy with a nadful of probes and about 4 dragoons, versus DT's, lots and cannons?

On March 02 2011 07:55 Roffles wrote:

Man, Kingdom vs. Zeus [sic] was amazing. Goon micro for ages.

On March 04 2011 23:35 c3rberUs wrote:
There was that pvp game where Kingdom had his base cleared by a dt rush then w/ observers kills the dt's and goes for his enemy's base with everything not nailed down.

On March 05 2011 05:51 Southlight wrote:
Kingdom vs. Rage

Reason:
+ Show Spoiler +

Vod:
+ Show Spoiler +

http://v.mofile.com/show/G34PLAJQ.shtml

Poll:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Took me a bit to find it, but there it is.

On March 10 2011 18:13 ilovesin wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]
Pretty standard PvP until Rage manages to get DTs in to Kingdoms base from his hidden Tech and manages to kill Kingdoms Nexus seconds before he gets an Observer out. Kingdom takes all his Probes and Goon Zeal army and attacks. An intense Micro battle follows

On March 10 2011 18:29 popzags wrote:

It's already up: game 51 in the OP.

53.

July vs.

Rock; Pelennor; EVER2004 OSL, group stages; 2004-08-27
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:22 Harem wrote:
It's Rock

(Note: this is not the famous "Sauron Zerg" game between July and Rock.)

Poll: Is July vs Rock on Pelennor worth watching?

Yes (10)

83%

No (2)

17%

12 total votes

Your vote: Is July vs Rock on Pelennor worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

ZerO; Aztec; Bacchus OSL 2010, Ro36 (game 3); 2010-11-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:22 Harem wrote:
[July vs. Rock]
Reason
+ Show Spoiler +

It's Rock

57.

HoGiL vs.

On March 08 2011 20:22 popzags wrote:
One player ends up having slightly more Mutas but no economy or Drones. His opponent has one Drone protected by Spore Colonies and 54 minerals. Epic enough, isn't it?

Poll: Hogil vs Zero worth watching?

Yes (19)

100%

No (0)

0%

19 total votes

Your vote: Hogil vs Zero worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

sKyHigh; Fighting Spirit; Proleague; 2009-11-03
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 08 2011 20:22 popzags wrote:
About ZvZ suggestions...

(Z)

HoGiL vs.

ZerO
...One player ends up having slightly more Mutas but no economy or Drones. His opponent has one Drone protected by Spore Colonies and 54 minerals. Epic enough, isn't it?

58.

RuBy vs.

Mass wraiths.

Poll: Is Ruby vs SkyHigh on Fighting Spirit worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Ruby vs SkyHigh on Fighting Spirit worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:30 AssuredVacancy wrote:
I can't remember one of the players, but it was a proleague game a year(or might be in 2009), between Ruby and another terran, where Ruby was so ahead he started making like 20 starports pumping out wraiths. Can anyone remember this one?

edit: it was on fighting spirit

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:

This is against Skyhigh.

62.

Casy vs.

Jy; Troy; OSC 2008 Season 1; 2008-02-11
VOD (French commentary, sorry)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 07 2011 13:50 thedeadhaji wrote:
Nuke rush the opponent into retirement.

Poll: Is Casy vs Jy on Troy worth watching?

Yes (10)

83%

No (2)

17%

12 total votes

Your vote: Is Casy vs Jy on Troy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 09:21 RowdierBob wrote:
Casy vs. Jy on Troy. It appears the vod doesn't exist anymore but Casy nuke rushes Jy's nat sunkens and cleans him up with MnMs after.

edit: Oh I found it (in French!).
[VOD]

On March 07 2011 13:50 thedeadhaji wrote:
Casy vs. Jy on Troy.

Nuke rush the opponent into retirement.

On March 07 2011 23:27 konadora wrote:

one of my favourites as well

On March 08 2011 07:37 Pyrthas wrote:

Oh god yes, that game was incredible. I can only find it with French commentary on youtube, but here it is, in multiple parts:

Casy vs. Jy, Troy, OSC 2008 Season 1: Set 1

I don't suppose there's a way to change the word "Set" in vodplayer, is there?

Edit: To this day, it hurts me to see Casy not finish that hatch off. Killing all those drones later with the ghost is small consolation.

64.

great vs.

ZerO; Triathlon; Bigfile MSL, round of 32 (Winner's match); 2010-07-15
VOD (hosted on Youku. Game starts at 6:30.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

The poll from the LR thread:
[image loading]

See comment under "Hive-tech ZvZ" category.

Poll: Is great vs Zero on Triathlon (Bigfile MSL) worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is great vs Zero on Triathlon (Bigfile MSL) worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
A whole bunch of ZvZs involving Great.

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

ZerO Triathlon

67.

Horang2 vs. (T)

Light; Destination; MBC Survivor 17th; 2009-05-14
VOD (English commentary by Cholera)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Horang2 vs. Light on Destination (PL): Send one of your first Probes into the opponent's main. Let it sit there for 5 minutes before proxying a gateway. Profit! Also includes an MVP performance by Ursadon/Pandabearguy.

Poll: Is Horang2 vs Light on Destination worth watching?

Yes (14)

100%

No (0)

0%

14 total votes

Your vote: Is Horang2 vs Light on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 03 2011 09:42 imperfect wrote:
light vs. horang2 @ destination

a proxy in your opponent's main.
[VOD]
only from horang2

69.

Kingdom vs. (Z)

JJu; Luna; YATGK MSL, Losers' bracket, round of 8 (1st game); 2004-12-16
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

An hour-long PvZ, in the course of which the Protoss player uses nearly every unit available, including scouts, carriers, dark archons, overlords, guardians, queens, defilers, ultralisks, and a kakaru.

Poll: Is Kingdom vs Jju on Luna worth watching?

Yes (8)

80%

No (2)

20%

10 total votes

Your vote: Is Kingdom vs Jju on Luna worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 11:16 mR.bONG789 wrote:
Kingdom vs. jju, you are the golfking msl i think, dont know date
[VOD]
kingdom mindcontrols EVERYTHING, he mc guardian, he mc overlord, he mc ultralisk, he even mcs a neutral critter. scouts and carriers also make an appearance

On March 03 2011 17:52 mR.bONG789 wrote:

just bumping my kingdom game cos i really think it deserves to be watched. my post seems to have been overlooked completely =(

On March 03 2011 19:21 Amanebak wrote:

RorO; Polaris Rhapsody; Proleague; 2010-07-04
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Wow, what a great game!
+ Show Spoiler +

I wonder if the mind controlled critter cost supply or if it is free.. Don't you know?

70.

ZerO vs.

Hive-tech ZvZ (see comment under "Hive-tech ZvZ" category).

Poll: Is ZerO vs RorO on Polaris Rhapsody worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is ZerO vs RorO on Polaris Rhapsody worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

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

Calm; Carthage 3; Avalon MSL, Finals (1st game); 2009-08-30
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

RorO
...

73-74: + Show Spoiler [What makes these games unusual?] +

I'm recommending these games as a pair. The similarities are striking. Each is a high-stakes MSL game. Each is a ZvZ involving (Z)

Calm. In each, Calm opens 12-hatch. In each, Calm's opponent selects the same seemingly hard counter. In one game, this opponent is (Z)

Kwanro; in one, it is (Z)

Jaedong. And, precisely there, the similarities end.

Kwanro vs. (Z)

Korean commentary (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by RanshinDA

Scissors cuts rock.

Poll: Is Kwanro vs Calm on Carthage 3 worth watching?

Yes (12)

92%

No (1)

8%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Kwanro vs Calm on Carthage 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Calm; Odd-Eye 2; Hana Daetoo MSL, Semi-finals (2nd game); 2010-05-20
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Jaedong vs. (Z)

Korean commentary (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by RanshinDA

Jaedong goes balls to the wall in a high-stakes MSL game. Although this game was exciting at the time, it has more interest as a counterpoint to the previous game (Kwanro vs. Calm) than as a stand-alone game, so watch that first.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Calm on Odd-Eye 2 worth watching?

Yes (10)

77%

No (3)

23%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Calm on Odd-Eye 2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

76.

Nal_rA vs. (T)

Goodfriend; Parallel Lines 3; SPRIS MSL, Quarterfinals (2nd game); 2004-08-05
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

ARBITTUUU!!

Poll: Is Nal_rA vs Goodfriend on Parallel Lines 3 worth watching?

Yes (7)

88%

No (1)

13%

8 total votes

Your vote: Is Nal_rA vs Goodfriend on Parallel Lines 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 13 2011 01:40 MageKirby wrote:
[VOD]
I thought this would be one of the first things on the list. lol

On March 14 2011 07:00 qrs wrote:

Yeah, the list is still nowhere near complete. Both of those first two games you mention were games I would have added down the line.

79.

ZerO vs.

type-b; Match Point; NATE MSL, round of 32 (Losers' match); 09-12-10
VOD (English commentary by RanshinDA)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Hive-tech ZvZ (see comment under "Hive-tech ZvZ" category).

Poll: Is Zero vs type-b on Match Point worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Zero vs type-b on Match Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

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

Snow; Heartbreak Ridge; Proleague playoffs; 09-08-01
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

type-b Match Point

80.

BackHo vs. (P)

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Cannon rush, PvP? Yes please.

Poll: Is Backho vs Snow on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

Yes (5)

83%

No (1)

17%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is Backho vs Snow on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Backho vs. Snow on Heartbreak Ridge (PL playoffs): Cannon rush, PvP? Yes please.

81.

Bisu vs.

Iris; Byzantium 3; Avalon MSL, Quarterfinals (5th game); 2009-08-04
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Korean version (hosted on Youku; begins 5:22 into game)
English commentary by Klazart
English commentary by Diggity
English commentary by Ranshin DA

On March 20 2011 03:44 Xeofreestyler wrote:
Early game will have you on the edge of your seat, rest of the game will make you wonder if it's really tvp you're watching.

On March 20 2011 03:44 Xeofreestyler wrote:
Iris vs. Bisu on byzantium 3!

Early game will have you on the edge of your seat, rest of the game will make you wonder if it's really tvp you're watching.
[VOD]

Poll: Is Bisu vs Iris on Byzantium 3 worth watching?

Yes (16)

94%

No (1)

6%

17 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Iris on Byzantium 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

EffOrt; New Heartbreak Ridge; Proleague; 2010-01-05
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 09:50 PlaguedArchon wrote:
Can anyone find a PvT Im looking for.
I think its
Stork [sic] vs. Iris
On byzantium
Stork [sic] proxies a robo in the middle of the map and does reaver harass and an elevator.

On March 12 2011 10:08 ZeroChrome wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Proxy reaver+ elevator rush, and that's just the beginning

EDIT: this is the game mentioned in #10 of the 'Games insufficiently identified' group.

+ Show Spoiler +

10. "Can anyone find a PvT Im looking for. I think its Stork vs. Iris On byzantium Stork proxies a robo in the middle of the map and does reaver harass and an elevator.": PlaguedArchon

83.

Flying vs. (Z)

Dark Archons and Arbiters in PvZ.

Poll: Is Flying vs Effort on New Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Flying vs Effort on New Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Jaedong; Central Plains; Proleague (Ace match); 2010-11-06
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Flying vs. EffOrt on Heartbreak Ridge (PL): An Arbiter kills a hatchery. Later, a Dark Archon maelstroms an Ultra drop. Just another PvZ for Flying.

On March 02 2011 17:02 SultanVinegar wrote:
How about the game where Flying used arbiters against a zerg.

84.

Stork vs.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
3 gateways in the Zerg natural is just how Stork rolls.

Poll: Is Stork vs Jaedong on Central Plains worth watching?

Yes (11)

85%

No (2)

15%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Stork vs Jaedong on Central Plains worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Really; Neo Medusa; Proleague; 2009-05-03
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Stork vs. Jaedong on Central Plains (PL ace match): More people cheesing the Dong -_-. 3 gateways in the Zerg natural is just how Stork rolls.

86.

DaezanG vs. (T)

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
An ACE veteran taking out one of the best TvPers at the time with a hero Reaver.

Poll: Is Daezang vs Really on Neo Medusa worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Daezang vs Really on Neo Medusa worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Daezang vs. Really on Medusa (PL): An ACE veteran taking out one of the best TvPers at the time with a hero Reaver.

88.

NaDa vs.

Horang2; Heartbreak Ridge; Avalon MSL, round of 32, first match; 2009-07-02
VOD (hosted on Youku. Game starts at 1:25.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

In-base proxy gates to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

Poll: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 03 2011 04:23 dRaW wrote:
You guys are missing one of the most epic cheese games

Horang2 vs. Nada on Heartbreak ridge.

Horang2 goes for his usual cheesy tactics by manner pylon followed my 2 gates in nada's mineral line. Then proceeds by proxing a cybernetics core and making a SECOND cybernetics core in his main. He hides his dark templar tech with his first cyber core and nada scouts horang2's main only to see the second core just finishing (followed by +1 air wep). The game turns into a macrofest.

On April 01 2011 15:33 dRaW wrote:
horang2 vs. nada on HBR in MSL I think, someone needs to link it should be here

On April 05 2011 02:22 dRaW wrote:

[VOD]
+ Show Spoiler +

Game is epic, goes from horror gates PvT to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

On April 05 2011 05:07 Chef wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]

91.

Hwasin vs. (T)

Sea; Blue Storm; Proleague; 2008-05-14
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Draw

Poll: Is Hwasin vs Sea on Blue Storm worth watching?

No (3)

75%

Yes (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs Sea on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 10 2011 02:40 hacklebeast wrote:

93.

Sea vs.

BoxeR; 815 III; Proleague; 2006-07-29
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 12:41 SnowFantasy wrote:
bio TvT

Poll: Is Sea vs Boxer on 815 III worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Sea vs Boxer on 815 III worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 12:41 SnowFantasy wrote:
Well, looks like no one needs to watch my stream anymore for unusual strats. People thought I actually made this stuff up on my own lol

I guess I'll add some bio TvT

[VOD]

94.

Kal vs.

fOrGG; Tiamat; Arena MSL, Ro32 group C (1st game); 2008-05-17
VOD (hosted on Youku. Game starts at 5:25.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 12:44 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
ForGG goes 1 fact 7 rax bio-mech vs. Kal's goon-reaver-lot

Amazing micro, tension, and goodness!

Poll: Is Kal vs fOrGG on Tiamat worth watching?

Yes (8)

100%

No (0)

0%

8 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs fOrGG on Tiamat worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 12:44 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Here's another unusual (P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG game:

Arena MSL Ro32 Group A @ Tiamat
[VOD]
ForGG goes 1 fact 7 rax bio-mech vs. Kal's goon-reaver-lot

Amazing micro, tension, and goodness!

95.

Classic vs. (P)

BeSt; Tornado; Proleague; 2009-10-13
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 12:44 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Best goes for his typical 2-base arbiter, but Classic goes a more bizarre deep-six using firebats!

Poll: Is Classic vs BeSt on Tornado worth watching?

Yes (6)

100%

No (0)

0%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is Classic vs BeSt on Tornado worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 12:44 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
How about this:

Best vs. (T)

Classic, 2009-2010 SPL @ Tornado
[VOD]
Best goes for his typical 2-base arbiter, but Classic goes a more bizarre deep-six using firebats!

99.

Shark vs.

Goodfriend; Sin Pioneer Period; Proleague; 2006-07-15
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

1-hatch

Poll: Is Shark vs Goodfriend on Sin Pioneer Period worth watching?

Yes (13)

100%

No (0)

0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Shark vs Goodfriend on Sin Pioneer Period worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 13:42 RowdierBob wrote:
Haha, this one is best:
Shark vs. Goodfriend on Sin Pioneer Period.
Shark wins a TvZ with a 1 hatch ling+slow hydra rush
[VOD]

17 & 100: Another set of games that are best watched as a pair. (The first one had initially been recommended on its own, accounting for the discrepancy in numbering.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes these games unusual?] +

This thread features many unusual games, some of which are more memorable than others, but one of the games that has managed to endure in people's memories throughout the years is "that Kal against Forgg game on Colosseum". The particular intersection of strategies in that game, and the way that they played out created the Starcraft equivalent of a blue moon: not merely an entertaining rarity, like a hive-tech ZvZ or proxy buildings in the opponent's natural, but a strategy that--while apparently valid--appears to have been a once-in-a-lifetime event. It is perhaps best comparable to game #6 of this thread: a particular strategy, tailored towards a particular situation, that is the subject of occasional Theorycraft but seems to have no reality in the world of professional Starcraft. Like the Loch Ness monster, it is a mythic creature, whose unexpected, unforgettable sighting is glimpsed with disbelief--but remembered forever. If you were there, you know it, and even now, years later, after one too many beers at the bar, those old-timers who were there at the time can be heard to mumble into their cups, "Remember that game, Kal vs. Forgg, on Colosseum? He used--" and if the fellow that they're talking to happens to be an old-timer himself, he'll cut them off with an impatient twitch of the hand. "Remember? How could I forget?" It's that sort of game.

Which is why most people can be forgiven for forgetting that there were actually two of them.

It's easier than it sounds to forget things like that. Memories blur together, and so, even more so, does myth. Two games, of about the same length, with the same strategies, on the same map, between the same players, in the same round of the same Starleague, on the same day: it's easy for the mind to merge them. The Game transcends its context, so much so that people can forget that context: that it was a pivotal game, even a decisive one, that it took place in the Quarterfinal round of a Starleague much remembered for the shocking upsets that would follow, that the winner of this match would go on to stun the mighty (Z)

Jaedong himself in a final whose outcome virtually no one saw coming--even that it was not one game, but two.

But this is the way of things. The Wheels of Starleagues turn, and champions come and pass, leaving only memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and myth preserves only the heart of things. Was there one game or two: does it even matter? Yet two games they were--and what two games! In the bare span of a couple hours on one distant June afternoon, they posed point and tantalizing counterpoint to one of the last imponderables in the philosophy of Brood War.

Scout for yourself.

Kal vs.

fOrGG Colosseum Arena MSL Ro8 (1st game); 08-06-19
VOD (English commentary by Diggity)
+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? (Poll)] +

Poll: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

yes (36)

92%

no (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

On March 02 2011 06:26 hacklebeast wrote:
oh duh, this one qualifies:

(P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG Colosseum Arena MSL Ro8 08-06-19
...+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Scouts? Not just a money sink/bm?

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
I'm glad I could see that Kal-scouts on Colloseum, I was looking for it... TY

On September 15 2011 17:23 Elyvilon wrote:
I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
[VODS]
+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

Kal vs.

fOrGG Colosseum Arena MSL Ro8 (5th game); 08-06-19
VOD (English commentary by Diggity)
+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? (Poll)] +

Poll: Is Kal vs Forgg on Colosseum; MSL Ro8 FIFTH set worth watching?

Yes (11)

85%

No (2)

15%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Forgg on Colosseum; MSL Ro8 FIFTH set worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Destination; Winner's League; 2009-03-08
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On September 15 2011 17:23 Elyvilon wrote:
I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs.

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
[VODS]
+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

103.

GGPlay vs. (P)

Kal;

Destination has always been fertile ground for tricky play.

Poll: Is Kal vs GGplay on Destination worth watching?

Yes (4)

50%

No (4)

50%

8 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs GGplay on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 15:23 Ideas wrote:
(P)

Kal vs.

GGPlay @ destination:
[VOD]
the best way to comeback from getting your back mineral entrance mined out is to mine out THEIR back mineral!

104.

Luxury vs. (T)

UpMaGiC; Outsider; Proleague; 2009-10-10
VOD (English commentary by Diggity)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 15:23 Ideas wrote:
FE valks into mass dropship mech vs. a really good ZvTer.

Poll: Is Luxury vs Upmagic on Outsider worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Luxury vs Upmagic on Outsider worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Sheis; Arcadia 2; 4th CJ Superfight; 2007-01-27
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 15:23 Ideas wrote:
(Z)

Luxury vs. (T)

UpMaGiC @ outsider:

[VOD]

FE valks into mass dropship mech vs. a really good ZvTer.

105.

BoxeR vs.

The Emperor's new base.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Sheis worth watching?

Yes (13)

100%

No (0)

0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Sheis worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Jaehoon; New Heartbreak Ridge; Proleague; 2009-12-08
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 16:22 feaynnewedd wrote:
Also, SCLegacy have done Pimpest Plays of every year since 2002 I think.

+ Show Spoiler +

http://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pphttp://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pp

Worthwhile checking out.

On April 05 2011 01:10 Chef wrote:
Now beginning add legendary BoxeR VODs to this thread initiative
...
[FORMATTED POST]

Pimpest Play 2007 (write-up)

106. (P)

Tazza vs.

A double proxy leads into an unusual game of guerilla warfare: featuring cannon pushes, cannon contains, pylon sniping, double shield batteries, and more.

Poll: Is Tazza vs Jaehoon on New Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

Yes (9)

100%

No (0)

0%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Tazza vs Jaehoon on New Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 17:51 Goragoth wrote:
I swear Protoss makes for the most weird/unusual games. The number of bizarre PvPs I've seen...
(P)

Tazza vs.

Jaehoon on HBR was pretty funny too. Damn HBR was a great map for unusual games.

107.

BoxeR vs.

iloveoov; Requiem; Ever OSL 2004, final round (4th game); 2004-11-20
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 18:29 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Oov is 2-1 down in the finals against BoxeR and decides to bio rush him. BoxeR loses horribly in the initial clash, still turns it into a close game.

Poll: BoxeR vs Oov worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: BoxeR vs Oov worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 18:29 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
BoxeR vs. Oov ; Ever OSL 2004 Finals
[FORMATTED POST]

108.

Nal_rA vs. (Z)

JulyZerg; Monty Hall; GomTV MSL S2, round of 16 (2nd game); 2007-06-07
VOD (This VOD contains two games; the game in question is the first.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Proxy action and generally unorthodox play on Monty Hall. Some clever use of the map features: + Show Spoiler +

cannons behind minerals, gateway in front

Poll: Is Nal_rA vs JulyZerg on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Nal_rA vs JulyZerg on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Pusan; New Heartbreak Ridge; Proleague Playoffs, Round of 6 (3rd game); 2010-07-17
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 19:53 c3rberUs wrote:
Has anyone mentioned this?

[VOD]

+ Show Spoiler +

This game is just crazy with the strangest yet extremely effective play I've seen from nal_ra.

109.

Pure vs.

Performing: powerful Pure, presiding over the proud Protoss, plays puissant Protoss Premier Pusan in the Proleague Playoffs. Pusan proactively posts his preliminary probe to put up a proxy. Provoked, Pure parries proxy with proxy, and play proceeds with predictable precision. Positively, this paragraph grows protracted, so without prolonging my peroration, let me simply add that it is my pleasure to present: the paradigmatic PvP.

Poll: Is Pure vs Pusan on New Heartbreak ridge worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Pure vs Pusan on New Heartbreak ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Violet, Bloody Ridge; Winners League, game 4; 2011-01-17
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 22:15 sixfour wrote:
Just read the first page, how about that PvP in the proleague playoffs last year between Pure and someone who I forget right now (will look it up in a second) where they both end up going with proxy gates and one of them wins as he's taken the other guys main?

edit - against pusan

110.

HiyA vs.

Korean version
English commentary by Moletrap

On March 02 2011 23:46 telamascope wrote:
Hiya builds 4 barracks in response to 2 base carriers

Poll: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 23:46 telamascope wrote:
[FORMATTED POST]

On March 03 2011 03:28 Djagulingu wrote:

This, and don't forget that:

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HiyA cancels second factory before starting 4 barracks

111. "Use Your Illusion"
[image loading]

KIROFF vs. [image loading]

Tapoto_kopele; Lost Temple; casual game; circa 2001-10-03
VOD (English commentary by Cholera; however, I'd almost suggest that you mute the VOD or download the replay, just so you can watch the game unfold for yourself.)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

This game is unusual even for this thread: nearly every game here was played in a professional league, but the two Bulgarians who played this game owe their place in Starcraft history to this game and this game alone.

Oh, just go watch it already. It's very short. I guarantee you won't regret it.

Poll: Is KIROFF vs. Tapoto_kopele on Lost Temple worth watching?

Yes (20)

100%

No (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is KIROFF vs. Tapoto_kopele on Lost Temple worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

ZerO; Empire of the Sun; Proleague; 2010-11-10
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 02:21 RaiZ wrote:
Kiroff vs. tapoto_kopele was really the greatest, too bad it's not a "pro" game, but it made me laugh for 5 minutes straight. I just couldn't believe how sharp they were thinking when they played this game.

Pimpest Play 2002 (write-up and link to replay file)

112. (Z)

HoeJJa vs. (Z)

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

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

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

free; Neo Requiem; GOM Classic Season 2, Ro32 (2nd game); 2008-11-16
VOD
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HoeJJa Empire of the Sun

113.

sAviOr vs. (P)

One player launches an early attack, the other counter-attacks, and before you can spit three times, sAviOr is trading bases with a Protoss on Neo Requiem. Again. (cf. game #26)

Poll: Is Savior vs. Free on Neo Requiem worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs. Free on Neo Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

free; Zodiac; GOMTV MSL S3, Quarterfinals (4th game); 2007-10-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 03 2011 04:42 Iplaythings wrote:
Pretty vs. Savior neo requiem Gomtv ro32 season 2 I think?

http://www.gomtv.net/classics2/vod/451

Here we go, crazy game

114.

sAviOr vs. (P)

Korean version (hosted on YouTube)
Alternate Korean version (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by Diggity

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
5 gas Muta/Sunken.

[Note: Savior was only actually mining from 5 gases at once for a short time, but this is certainly an excellent example of Savior's famous macro style.]

Poll: Is Savior vs. Free on Zodiac worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs. Free on Zodiac worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

hyvaa; Holy World; 2009 Bacchus OSL, Ro36; 2009-05-20
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Savior vs. Free on Zodiac: 5 gas Muta/Sunken.

117.

Hwasin vs. (Z)

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:
Factory before depot, baby!

Poll: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:

Bisu; Blue Storm; EVER2007 OSL, Quarterfinals (1st game); 2007-11-23
VOD
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Seconding this. Factory before depot, baby! Hwasin did it again against hyvaa on Holy World in Bacchus2009. Not sure if you want to include both, or neither, or just one, or whatever, but here are the videos:
[VODs]

118.

sAviOr vs. (P)

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Proxy Hatchery Hydra!? The Proxy hatchery is critical...

Poll: Is Savior vs. Bisu on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (6)

86%

No (1)

14%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs. Bisu on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Canata; Carthage 2; MBC Survivor 17th, Group 1 (Winner's game); 2009-04-16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Savior vs. Bisu on Blue Storm: Proxy Hatchery Hydra!? The Proxy hatchery is critical in supplying an overlord to handle Bisu's last ditch DTs.

[TLPD link]

119.

Shine[Name] vs. (T)

Hosted on YouTube
Hosted on Youku. VOD contains 2 games; game in question is the first.

Draw

Poll: Is Shine[Name] vs. Canata on Carthage 2 worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Shine[Name] vs. Canata on Carthage 2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 10 2011 02:40 hacklebeast wrote:

YellOw[ArnC]; Andromeda; Shinhan 2009 Winners League (Ace match); 2009-03-02
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

120.

Flash vs.

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Allin Muta/ling vs desperate 1 base Terran.

Poll: Is Flash vs. YellOw[ArnC] on Andromeda worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs. YellOw[ArnC] on Andromeda worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

BeSt; Ultimatum; 2009-2010 NATE MSL, round of 16 (1st game); 2009-12-17
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Flash vs Yarnc on Andromeda: Allin Muta/ling vs desperate 1 base Terran.

121.

Canata vs. (P)

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Base trade into tank/goliath turtle with nukes.

Poll: Is Canata vs. BeSt on Ultimatum worth watching?

Yes (1)

100%

No (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is Canata vs. BeSt on Ultimatum worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Luxury; Destination; 2009 Lost Saga MSL, round of 16 (1st game); 2009-02-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
Canata vs Best on Ultimatum: Base trade into tank/goliath turtle with nukes.

122.

Hwasin vs. (Z)

On March 03 2011 09:25 koreasilver wrote:
40 minutes of frantic low-econ TvZ. Zerg doesn't start hive until 26 minutes in and Terran is always hungry for resources, not running more than 2 bases ever.

Poll: Is Hwasin vs. Luxury on Destination worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs. Luxury on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

YellOw; R-Point; 2005 So1 OSL, group stages; 2005-08-19
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 09:25 koreasilver wrote:
Hwasin vs. Luxury on Destination
Ever since I saw this game it's remained as one of my favourite BW games. 40 minutes of frantic low-econ TvZ. Zerg doesn't start hive until 26 minutes in and Terran is always hungry for resources, not running more than 2 bases ever.

[TLPD link]

123.

Anytime vs. (Z)

Going virtually pure dark templar to take on a Zerg?! A risky play anytime, but at least he's not yellow...

Poll: Is Anytime vs. YellOw on R-Point worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Anytime vs. YellOw on R-Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

815; 2005 So1 OSL, Semi-finals (4th game); 2005-10-28
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 03 2011 10:36 Mortality wrote:
Hmmm...

Why is it that this op doesn't have any games from Anytime's SO1 OSL run listed?

I can think of at least two games from that which deserve mention: Anytime's infamous 3 gate DT timing attack against Yellow on R-Point. [VOD]
And... damn, I forget who he played, but he did a strange ... build on 815...nevermind, it was Oov in the semifinals!.... [VOD]

By the time he got to the finals everyone was wondering what he would think of next...

Pimpest Play 2005 (write-up)

124. (P)

Anytime vs. (T)

iloveoov;

Anytime goes triple speed shuttle against one of the greatest macro masters of all time.

Poll: Is Anytime vs. iloveoov on 815 worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Anytime vs. iloveoov on 815 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

+ Show Spoiler [Games that might be worth watching] +

On March 03 2011 10:36 Mortality wrote:
Hmmm...

Why is it that this op doesn't have any games from Anytime's SO1 OSL run listed?

I can think of at least two games from that which deserve mention: Anytime ... against Yellow on R-Point. [VOD]
And... damn, I forget who he played, but he did a strange reaver build on 815...nevermind, it was Oov in the semifinals! Anytime did a 2 robotics facility timing drop attack with 3 shuttles containing 3 reavers and 3 goons. [VOD]

By the time he got to the finals everyone was wondering what he would think of next. FFS, he psyched out Oov of all people!

This section is for games that are mentioned in the thread, but that a significant number of people (as reflected in the attached poll) thought were not worth watching. If you think that one of these games should be in the main list, you can help redeem it by voting "yes" in its poll!

10. (Z)

EffOrt vs. (P)

Kal; Match Point; Proleague; 10-06-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 03:26 prototype. wrote:
3hatch spire -> 6hatch (instead of 5hatch), skips hydra den. Majority of the game consists of mass zergling usage.

Poll: Is EffOrt vs Kal on Match Point worth watching?

Yes (12)

55%

No (10)

45%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is EffOrt vs Kal on Match Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

13.

Stork vs.

HiyA; Pathfinder; Bacchus2010 OSL, round of 8 (1st game); 2010-12-31
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 03:53 Hikko wrote:
Stork defeats HiyA with Reaver drops...and only loses 3 units. [Sic. According to a later poster, he actually lost 4 or 5] No cheese, no rushing, just plain skill.

Poll: Is HiyA vs Stork on Pathfinder worth watching?

Yes (22)

58%

No (16)

42%

38 total votes

Your vote: Is HiyA vs Stork on Pathfinder worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 03:53 Hikko wrote:
Stork defeats HiyA with Reaver drops...and only loses 3 units. No cheese, no rushing, just plain skill.

On March 09 2011 15:30 red_hq wrote:
Just saying the Stork vs. Hiya match, Stork actually lost 4 units (1 Zealot, 2 Dragoons, 1 probe) or five (extra Dragoon) (based on what I heard), that games was still filled with some of the most awesome stuff I have ever seen.

27.

Garimto vs. [image loading]

St Eagle on Silent Vortex; 2001 SKY OSL; 2001-12-14
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 16:59 gfunkdaddy wrote:
Garimto goes for ballsy proxy reavers, in Eagle's natural.

Poll: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

No (5)

56%

Yes (4)

44%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

47.

Leta vs.

Pure; Heartbreak Ridge; EVER2009 OSL, r. of 36, winner's (3rd game); 2009-11-04
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 04:58 zerglingsfolife wrote:
Crazy game all around, nukes, lockdown, arbiters+ carriers etc.

Poll: Is Leta vs Pure on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

Yes (7)

58%

No (5)

42%

12 total votes

Your vote: Is Leta vs Pure on Heartbreak Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 04:58 zerglingsfolife wrote:
Leta vs. Pure on Heartbreak Ridge
...
Crazy game all around, nukes, lockdown, arbiters+ carriers etc.

On March 02 2011 05:11 gryffindor wrote:
i knew someone would post that leta game
+ Show Spoiler +

yet again, someone being cute, and losing... totally not epic! it was a good game, but the creative guy lost, I hate that!

On March 02 2011 05:17 zerglingsfolife wrote:

Light; Triathlon; Bigfile MSL, semi-final (4th game); 2010-08-21
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Yeah, he was behind from the very beginning, but almost made an awesome comeback.

On March 02 2011 05:23 gryffindor wrote:
not really.. i remember watching that game live... he came nowhere near making a comeback

48.

Jaedong vs. (T)

On March 02 2011 05:37 MageKirby wrote:
Double CC steal ;D

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Light on Triathlon worth watching?

Yes (20)

69%

No (9)

31%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Light on Triathlon worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 05:37 MageKirby wrote:
JD vs. Ligh on Triathlon. Double CC steal ;D

59.

Suny vs.

Shine; Pathfinder; Bacchus2010 OSL, round of 36; 2010-11-24
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Suny pulls off a brilliant vulture+marine+scv drop and conducts something like an 8-minute bunker rush.

Poll: Is Suny vs Shine on Pathfinder worth watching?

No (5)

71%

Yes (2)

29%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Suny vs Shine on Pathfinder worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Suny vs. Shine on Gladiator (Bacchus 2010 OSL): Suny pulls off a brilliant vulture+marine+scv drop and conducts something like an 8-minute bunker rush.

65.

Nal_rA vs. (Z)

ZergMaN; Rush Hour 3; Proleague; 2006-05-05
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 10:23 Qatol wrote:
Cannon/proxy gateways vs. proxy hatch/sunken push

Poll: Is Nal_rA vs ZergMaN on Rush Hour 3 worth watching?

Yes (5)

50%

No (5)

50%

10 total votes

Your vote: Is Nal_rA vs ZergMaN on Rush Hour 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Bisu; Neo Medusa; Proleague; 2009-04-22
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 10:23 Qatol wrote:
Nal_rA vs. Zergman on Rush Hour 3 from Shinhan 1
[VOD]
+ Show Spoiler +

Cannon/proxy gateways vs. proxy hatch/sunken push

66.

great vs.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Great vs. Bisu (also Free [cf. game #20]) on Medusa (both PL): Proxy hatchery, mass sunkens and lurkers to starve the Protoss out.

Poll: Is great vs Bisu on Neo Medusa worth watching?

Yes (11)

69%

No (5)

31%

16 total votes

Your vote: Is great vs Bisu on Neo Medusa worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Great vs. Bisu (also Free) on Medusa (both PL): Proxy hatchery, mass sunkens and lurkers to starve the Protoss out.

On March 02 2011 09:57 Elyvilon wrote:

Jaedong; Odd Eye 3; Bigfile MSL, finals (2nd game); 2010-08-28
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

This was great vs. Bisu

71.

Flash vs.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
A +1 armor Goliath timing push. What?

Poll: Is Flash vs Jaedong on Odd Eye 3 worth watching?

Yes (5)

50%

No (5)

50%

10 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Jaedong on Odd Eye 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Neo.G_Soulkey; Benzene; Proleague; 2010-12-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Flash vs. Jaedong on one of the Odd-Eye editions (Hana MSL, I think [sic]): A +1 armor Goliath timing push. What?

75.

Stork vs.

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Worth watching for an interesting opening, but nothing super wacky. Stork does a PvZ opening that he later states "is simply unbeatable".

Poll: Is Stork vs SoulKey on Benzene worth watching?

No (6)

75%

Yes (2)

25%

8 total votes

Your vote: Is Stork vs SoulKey on Benzene worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Stork vs. SoulKey on Benzene (PL): Worth watching for an interesting opening, but nothing super wacky. Stork does a PvZ opening that he later states "is simply unbeatable".

77.

Hwasin vs. (Z)

Jaedong; Blue Storm; Proleague; 2008-06-24
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:
Factory before depot, baby!

Poll: Is Hwasin vs Jaedong on Blue Storm worth watching?

No (6)

67%

Yes (3)

33%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs Jaedong on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Hwasin vs. Jaedong on Blue Storm (PL): Another nice cheese build. Terrans love cheesing JD.

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:

Really; Judgment Day; Winners League; 2010-02-07
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

85.

Jaedong vs. (T)

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Another Terran cheesing JD, move along... actually nvm, JD decides he's had enough of it and pulls off a ridiculous defense.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Really on Judgment Day worth watching?

Yes (8)

62%

No (5)

38%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Really on Judgment Day worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Really vs. Jaedong on Judgment Day (WL): Another Terran cheesing JD, move along... actually nvm, JD decides he's had enough of it and pulls off a ridiculous defense. GTFO terran imba.

89.

Much vs.

Sacsri; God's Garden; GOM Classic Season 3, round of 64 (3rd game); 2009-04-28
VOD (English commentary by Tasteless and SuperDanielMan)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 11:15 GTR wrote:
It wasn't the game itself that was unusual, but the commentary.

+ Show Spoiler +

MONKEY MILK

Poll: Is Much vs Sacsri on God's Garden worth watching?

No (5)

71%

Yes (2)

29%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Much vs Sacsri on God's Garden worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Calm; Outsider; Proleague; 2009-07-06
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 11:15 GTR wrote:
Much vs. Sacsri on God's Garden, TG-Sambo Intel Classic Season 3.

It wasn't the game itself that was unusual, but the commentary.

+ Show Spoiler +

MONKEY MILK

97.

Flash vs.

On March 02 2011 13:16 Impervious wrote:
How often do you see a game where the outcome can come down to a single hit on a single unit, at several times in the game, and the game itself only lasts like 8 minutes?

Poll: Is Flash vs Calm on Outsider worth watching?

Yes (8)

57%

No (6)

43%

14 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Calm on Outsider worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

+ Show Spoiler [Games without VODs] +

On March 02 2011 13:16 Impervious wrote:
Flash vs. Calm in the SPL
[VOD]
+ Show Spoiler +

How often do you see a game where the outcome can come down to a single hit on a single unit, at several times in the game, and the game itself only lasts like 8 minutes?

30.

ChoJJa vs. (P)

TerAtO; Bifrost 3; Gamevil OCL; 2004-09-14
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

None known.

Sunken rush.

Only vote if you've actually seen the game, please.

Poll: Is ChoJJa vs TerAtO on Bifrost 3 worth watching?

Yes (1)

100%

No (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is ChoJJa vs TerAtO on Bifrost 3 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

32.

RainBOw vs. (T)

Goodfriend; R-Point; CYON MSL (group stages); 2005-10-27
VOD (set to private)
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

Poll: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

Yes (5)

83%

No (1)

17%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

+ Show Spoiler [Games without VODs or TLPD entries] +

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

31.

ChoJJa vs. (P)

Reach;

Bifrost; ?; ?
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

None known.

Sunken rush.

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
[ChoJJa does the] same [sunken rush as he did to Reach] vs. terato on bifrost although terato walled of main and backdoor entrance with gate and cybercore (funny game)

1. [Lx13]TuSH vs. Rush_Season-; Lost Temple; ?; ?
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

None known.

Probes for the win.

Pimpest Play 2002 (write-up and link to replay file)

On March 02 2011 17:31 FoFo wrote:
i remember seeing one game between two protoss, that turned into an insane micro game where neither had a nexus, or enough money to build one and they had to keep their probes alive to kill the opponents buildings lol
i'm sure it's a really old game and it's a pimpest play, but i can't find a VOD anywhere T_T

edit: they both went mass reaver or something lol

+ Show Spoiler [Games insufficiently identified] +

~~1. "The game where Yellow used overlords to soak muta hits": gryffindor.~~ Identified by Hyperionn.
~~2. "Boxer blinding observers vs. that jobber protoss, and nuking him": gryffindor~~ Identified by EquilasH.
3. ~~"forU's 59 gateways vs. nada": [WoH]-RAGE.~~ Identified by ZBiR; VOD found by garbanzo.
4. "if i remember correctly a game between fisheye and boxer that started as a pvt and ended in a battlecruiser vs. battlecruiser fight ?! or just some bc or fisheye owning the rest of boxer maybe someone can remember that correctly.": [WoH]-RAGE.
5. "I also remember a really good game between BratTsunami and Sven@bs": gryffindor
6. "i forgot who he played, but the one where Zero did a proxy hatch in the guy's main base and built zerglings
i think it almost came out to be a slight base race": awu25 Identified by mikeymoo/hacklebeast and Kerotan.
7. "Where is the zvz draw?": MageKirby (There are several of these)
8. "And any of the 10ish hive ZvZs qualify, along with the 6ish draws fit under this topic.": hacklebeast Hacklebeast posted a whole list of both of these later in the thread.
~~9. "A whole bunch of ZvZs involving Great.": kyuukyuu~~ [kyuukyuu was probably thinking mainly of Great's hive-tech games: see above.]
~~10. "Can anyone find a PvT Im looking for. I think its Stork vs. Iris On byzantium Stork proxies a robo in the middle of the map and does reaver harass and an elevator.": PlaguedArchon~~ Identified by ZeroChrome.
~~11. "Oversky vs. some guy on Katrina: Another fun proxy hatchery game.": kyuukyuu~~ Identified by LightningStrike (see game #78).
~~12. "I am terrible with remembering names but it was a ZvZ during proleague which was a macro ZvZ complete with guardians, hydras and maybe queens and devourers (can't remember exactly).~~ This is too general to identify a specific game; see the "Hive tech in ZvZ" category.
13. "hmm what about Babys game? where he goes double port wraith?": L3g3nd I'm sure that there's more than one game where Baby's gone 2-port wraith. In any case, that's a fun opening to watch, but not all that unusual, as the suggester himself points out. This one's probably not worth trying to track down.
14.

On March 02 2011 17:31 FoFo wrote:
does anyone have the vod of the ZvZ between jaedong and (i think) zero, it was a match of the week on liquipedia and it was just mass muta into more muta's and hyve tech
shouldn't be too long ago

15.

On March 02 2011 20:11 Man.Magic wrote:
Fantasy vs. Up.Magic - cutthroat TvT

16.

On March 02 2011 20:11 Man.Magic wrote:
Really vs. ??? Protoss on Matchpoint - Really went Optical Flare

17.

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
basically any of (Z)

ZerO's games on Holy World

Insufficiently identified in the sense that this description applies to multiple games—well, 4, to be exact, all of them from the 2009 Bacchus OSL. One of them is included in this post as game 7; the others may be added later..

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On March 02 2011 05:09 krazymunky wrote:
thanks for the amazing thread. havent watch bw vods in a while :p

On March 02 2011 05:13 Mortician wrote:
I feel like a huge nerd for having seen all of those except one or two :/

On March 02 2011 05:43 Caos2 wrote:
This is a great thread, thanks!

On March 02 2011 06:59 BlackMesa wrote:
this thread is awesome

On March 02 2011 07:05 Renkaoru wrote:
I love unusual games too. Thanks for this epic thread.
Hope it becomes a great compilation over time.

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
This seems like it will become an awesome thread!

On March 02 2011 07:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
This is an amazing thread! So many of these games are awesome! Thanks for these VODs!

On March 02 2011 07:42 ketomai wrote:
Thanks for the VODS, I"ll contribute after class.
[Editor's note: He never posted again]

On March 02 2011 08:38 Shiladie wrote:
I love this thread!
I'll be watching these games over the next few days.
A majority I've seen, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a second watch to remind me of how awesome BW is.

On March 02 2011 09:23 arcticStorm wrote:
Awesome thread and awesome games!

On March 02 2011 09:46 indigoawareness wrote:
I like this thread.

On March 02 2011 09:47 0mgVitaminE wrote:
Awesome thread, I feel the same way about old games especially if the quality of the video is low. I've only watched the boxer/hiya game so far, planning on way more

On March 02 2011 10:24 Brycks7 wrote:
This is such a great compilation of memorable games. Thanks!

On March 02 2011 10:50 RoosterSamurai wrote:
I love this thread.

On March 02 2011 11:23 Jragon wrote:
Excellent thread.

On March 02 2011 12:31 Dubz wrote:
This is a great thread, great op, great responses. Totally enjoying these vods : ) thank you

On March 02 2011 12:41 meegrean wrote:
This thread brings back some good old memories. Thanks!

On March 02 2011 12:50 mrdx wrote:
This thread is awesome, could some mod please spotlight it please?

On March 02 2011 13:04 Manifesto7 wrote:
Spotlighted

On March 02 2011 13:15 garlicface wrote:
Beautiful thread. This is definitely going to keep my up tonight.

On March 02 2011 14:47 JerKy wrote:
I nerdgasmed when I saw all the sexy names, especially with all the vods just sitting there, waiting to get watched.

On March 02 2011 19:00 Tru_m4n wrote:
I have to say this is a great initiative, I love to watch all these crazy videos ^^

On March 02 2011 23:39 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
great thread , went instant to bookmark.- thanks!

On March 03 2011 00:37 Arnstein wrote:
Once again, thanks! Gonna watch some games while I eat :D

On March 03 2011 02:21 RaiZ wrote:
...very solid thread, Thank you very much for bringing nostalgia ! Can't get tired of it.

On March 03 2011 03:22 GreatFall wrote:
This thread is a great idea! Nice job OP.

On March 03 2011 03:41 Renkaoru wrote:
This thread pawns! Again, thanks man! :D

On March 03 2011 08:28 Steel wrote:
Great thread I'm having so much fun watching these.

On March 03 2011 10:57 CheAse wrote:
This thread totally rekindled my love for bw. Time to watch bw again instead of sc2

+ Show Spoiler [suggestions and criticism] +

On March 02 2011 09:34 Hesmyrr wrote:
Hello, I'm sorry to bother you about this but can you include Battle Reports for the games in the OP? Really would love to see live reactions of TLers to these awesome games. I know I could definitely do it by just clicking through TLPD few times, but it would be convenient

On March 02 2011 09:44 qrs wrote:

I actually thought about doing that, because I also like going back and reading the live reactions, but then I wasn't sure how many people actually cared. I did start linking to TLPD pages, which makes the live reports just two clicks away, but I'll put direct links to the LR on my to-do list now.

DONE✔

On March 02 2011 10:05 prototype. wrote:
I think people are starting to confuse unusual with amazing.

On March 02 2011 13:00 awu25 wrote:

yea, there are already threads for amazing games
i hope this thread stays on track and stays away from the amazing games and focuses on the unusual aka bizarre strategies

On March 02 2011 13:05 MountainDewJunkie wrote:

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But what about all of the games that are unusual AND amazing?

Ex: (T)

JyJ vs.

ggaemo

On March 02 2011 16:22 feaynnewedd wrote:
SCLegacy have done Pimpest Plays of every year since 2002 I think.

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http://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pphttp://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pp

Worthwhile checking out.

IN PROGRESS

Over various posts, qrs wrote:
I'd just like to say thanks to every one of you contributing to this thread: this has grown so much faster than I thought it would! So many great games out there... Especial thanks to those of you taking the time to format your posts nicely so that I can basically paste them straight into the OP.

I hope this doesn't get to be a problem, although in a worst-case scenario, I'd settle for watching an "amazing" game

. I will say that there is some overlap, IMO: for instance the Jaedong vs. Iris game that grobyc mentioned a couple posts before prototype's was certainly amazing, but I'd say that 2-control-group mutalisk micro qualifies it for "unusual" too. In other words, anything so amazing that you can't remember the last time you've seen it (or maybe I should say that you do remember every time you've seen it) qualifies as unusual for my purposes. Which games were you thinking of with your post, prototype?

You do raise an important point, though. I deliberately tried to make the scope of this thread a bit narrower than other "best game" threads so that variations of taste would be less of an issue, and I think that the "What makes this game unusual" field goes a long way towards keeping it focused, but with so many people suggesting so many games, we could still run into problems like you mention. For example, a number of people have recommended Chrh vs. Bisu, but that's exactly the sort of game I personally don't consider unusual enough to watch again--super cool and exciting at the time because of the context (it was a massive upset) but not worth watching as a game, apart from that context.

However, I don't want to make myself the arbiter of what's "unusual" and what's not, so here's what I'll say: if there's a game in the OP that you think is a disappointing watch for someone who comes to the thread hoping to find an "unusual" game, vote "No" on the poll that asks if it's worth watching. If a game gets a significant amount/percentage of "No" votes, I'll move it to a separate section of the OP, to cull the main list.

I do hope to keep improving the OP (for instance there are getting to be so many games, that I think it's worth categorizing them: e.g. "base trades", "miniatures", "dongalisks", etc.) but it will take time. Bear with me! My eventual goal is to incorporate all useful posts from this thread into the OP, so even if it takes time, don't think your posts are wasted! (In the meanwhile there's the thread itself for people to read, so they're not wasted anyway, of course, but the OP naturally gets the most exposure, and everyone's input will make it in there if I can help it.)

Thanks, Manifesto!

The thread is getting big enough that it takes some effort to read through it completely, which is why I'm continuing to update the OP. In my opinion, it's all right if people don't read the thread before posting--in fact, I actually like that, because if multiple people recommend the same game, that's often a good reason to watch it. As I said above, I would like to eventually include all of your input, including second and third opinions, so please don't stop leaving it!

Thanks in particular for this, garbanzo. If any of you guys haven't realized, it takes me much less time to transfer a game to the OP if it's already formatted nicely, so I do it much faster. (It takes me around 15 minutes to go from the names of two players and a map to the formatted version, believe it or not [maybe I'm just slow].) Garbanzo even added the link to the TLPD page, which I'd only started doing towards the end, thanks for noticing that, garbanzo!

Lots of sources are worth checking out; Pimpest Plays is absolutely one of the best. Lots of earlier "best game" threads are worth looking at as well (only problem being that they tend not to have much description of the game, so one usually has to actually watch [or have watched] them to see if they qualify as unusual). Heck, even I have games I remember that I plan to post here (e.g. Kwanro vs. Calm and Jaedong vs. Calm, a pair of 5-pool vs. Calm-12-hatch MSL games with very different outcomes). It just takes time...

As for the question about English casters, well it's true that TLers tend to prefer the Korean versions.

People usually follow the same path, I believe: if they're relatively new to high-level BW (whether as a player or a spectator), then they like English casters because they help explain what's going on at a basic level. Meanwhile (even for skilled BW players) if they're new to watching VODs of games and don't speak Korean/Chinese/whatever, then constant screaming in a foreign language is annoying and distracting. As they get used to watching VODs, this reverses: on the one hand, once somebody knows something about the game, the usually-shallow and frequently-mistaken commentary of most English casters starts to annoy them, whereas on the other hand, they learn to tune out the foreign commentary and even to hear it as a soothing, familiar part of the background. I guess like anything else, it's what you're used to. (Not a few people even like Korean commentary but hate when it's overdubbed with Chinese--even though they don't speak either language!)

For this thread, since most TLers do prefer Korean (also those VODs are often better-quality), I prefer linking Korean VODs, but that's just a plus--if you can't find a Korean VOD to link to, link to an English one, absolutely! Actually, after getting this and similar feedback, I think I'm going to put links to both Korean and English versions, where possible, on my long-term to-do list for the OP.

One more point--there are some quality English casters out there, whom I think many people do enjoy listening to. Basically, to be a good commentator, you need to be articulate, it helps to be funny, and it's essential to have a good knowledge of the game--the deeper the better. It's that last quality that many commentators lack, but the ones who have it are great to listen to. Day[9] is the name that will come to nearly everybody's mind, of course--and he is wonderful (although I don't find his silliness as hysterical as lots of other people listen to), and I like Artosis even better (his one flaw being that he tends to overhype players that he knows personally). Lots of people like Tasteless; I see him as a fantastic play-by-play guy, but only a middling commentator (teaming him with Artosis was a great move on the part of GOMTV).

Of the YouTube commentators, most of them are not worth mentioning (although if only Diggity had a deeper knowledge of the game!--he has the best casting voice I've ever heard in my life, not excluding professional TV/radio broadcasters) (and NukeTheStars is wasted as a caster, he has real [as in amazing] talent in other areas, like video editing, and music) but you happen to have mentioned the one who imo is the best: CholeraSC is the only English BW caster on YouTube whom I enjoy listening to. His knowledge of the game is not as deep as that of, say, Day[9] or Artosis (both of whom played competitive BW on the highest of foreigner levels), so the really hard-core players at TL tend to eschew him too, but it's still pretty good, and imo plenty good enough for the average guy (like me) who knows more about the game from spectating than from playing it. Definitely, if you're linking an English VOD from YouTube, a Cholera VOD is better by far than the alternatives.

Wow, this post alone took me like an hour to write... I guess you can see why the OP doesn't instantly reflect everyone's feedback, although I read it all and value absolutely all of it. For now, maybe I'll just paste some of this post into the OP--some of it is relevant in general.

All right, I've decided to just keep it simple and go through the thread page by page. Your recommendation will be processed in the order that it was received and all that. In the meantime, people can find it here in the thread, along with a lot of other great games that have not made it to the OP yet.

Under permanent construction...

Daliniues

Canada117 Posts

March 01 2011 16:25 GMT

I'm not sure this should be in the general forum. For suggestions though, I really liked some of the funday monday stuff day[9] had players do. Really quirky and strange play.

Giwoon

Korea (South)431 Posts

March 01 2011 16:30 GMT

EDIT: nvm this is sc1

`Zapdos

United States935 Posts

March 01 2011 16:31 GMT

On March 02 2011 01:25 Daliniues wrote:
I'm not sure this should be in the general forum. For suggestions though, I really liked some of the funday monday stuff day[9] had players do. Really quirky and strange play.

He's talking about broodwar if you read the thread, though it seems like you just like cheese rushes, Its hard to get a feel for what you want us to recommended when all you post is cheese openings :o

StuBob

United States373 Posts

March 01 2011 16:49 GMT

woa, game 1 is EPIC

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 16:49 GMT

a couple of suggestions, from my recollection:

That Jaedong vs Stork game on Katrina
The game where Yellow used overlords to soak muta hits
Boxer blinding observers vs that jobber protoss, and nuking him
I also remember a game where Sir@soni, in ZvT, used dark swarm to get gas for 2 scourge ..epic

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 01 2011 17:02 GMT

On March 02 2011 01:25 Daliniues wrote:
I'm not sure this should be in the general forum.

Darn it, you're right; that was an accident. I had meant to post this in BW General. Hopefully a moderator will come along and move the thread, which will also clear up the ambiguity about "Starcraft".

On March 02 2011 01:31 `Zapdos wrote:He's talking about broodwar if you read the thread, though it seems like you just like cheese rushes, Its hard to get a feel for what you want us to recommended when all you post is cheese openings :o

Well, your recommendations don't have to be aimed at me specifically. My main criterion for this thread is just that they be unusual--i.e., some aspect of them is something that you seldom see in BW games.

I like non-standard games. Often those do tend to begin with the sort of thing you could categorize as cheese, but not always. The three games I recommended for a start were just the first three that occurred to me. I'll add one or two others that have less cheesy openings.

Kibibit

United States1551 Posts

March 01 2011 17:07 GMT

Stork vs GGPlay. Both players played TERRIBLY but they were creative about it, and by god is it absolutely amazing. I also think mind controlled defilers, mass archon/dark archon, and pretty much every Zerg and protoss unit making an appearance to be sufficiently unusual.

Aquafresh

United States824 Posts

March 01 2011 17:09 GMT

Casy vs July; Reverse Temple; 2006-07 Shinhan Bank OSL
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Casy beats July by faking an expand and then busting his front.

He keeps his overlord just outside of his natural with marines then sends a bunch of scvs to mine from the patches to make July think he'd taken it. Then he goes for a sunken break and just makes July look silly. I think he had like 1 sunken done in time haha.

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (7)

88%

No (1)

13%

8 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

EDIT: Formatting. Sorry.

Kau

Canada3500 Posts

March 01 2011 17:09 GMT

#10

Moved to broodwar

4. Memory vs Bisu; Byzantium; MBC Survivor 15th, 2007-08-08
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Double proxy elimination race

Poll: Is Memory vs Bisu on Byzantium worth watching?

Yes (48)

94%

No (3)

6%

51 total votes

Your vote: Is Memory vs Bisu on Byzantium worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

March 01 2011 17:13 GMT

#11

Not my favorite, but very interesting.
+ Show Spoiler +

Kal vs Zero, Holy world was a map which temporarily(I believe they removed it later, or destroyed ASAP) had an neutral command center in the middle. ZerO took the oppertunity to make infested terrans out of this not so neutral command center later on. Using infested terran drops on Kal.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 01 2011 17:18 GMT

#12

Thanks to everyone contributing. Might take me a bit of time, but I will add all recommendations to the OP. Particular thanks to Kau for moving this thread to the proper forum and for formatting his recommendation like the OP (making it that much easier for me to transfer).

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

March 01 2011 17:26 GMT

#13

I ought to add this 1 too, its quite recent, Midas VS Jaedong MSL

Jaedong can allin twice, np

[WoH]-RAGE

Germany173 Posts

March 01 2011 17:28 GMT

#14

chojja sunken rushing reach on bifrost in a zvp
same vs terato on bifrost although terato walled of main and backdoor entrance with gate and cybercore (funny game)
rainbow vs goodfriend on r-point epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with econemy harrass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)
ofcourse boxers 3 times bunker rush vs yellow
boxer playing against that blind guy where he almost lost because he had to play blind himself for the first 2 minutes
adamas vs july faking an expo due to sending some scvs to his nat mining.
forUs 59 gateways vs nada
nada vs hot on isles of siren (1h game with tons of scourge killing nadas bc army)
savior switching to terran playing against gorush cause he lost confidence in his zvz and getting totally owned -.-
and if i remember correctly a game between fisheye and boxer that started as a pvt and ended in a battlecruiser vs battlecruiser fight ?! or just some bc or fisheye owning the rest of boxer maybe someone can remeber that correctly.
actually there are so much more i can remember.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts

March 01 2011 17:31 GMT

#15

Howcome there is no mention of the other more famous RainbOw vs cloud game where rainbow MCs an SCV and then pushes cloud with a zealot vulture tank army.

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

March 01 2011 17:40 GMT

#16

how about monty hall, flash vs bisu? although i'm hesitant to list it because the map plays to unusual games so hard

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 17:40 GMT

#17

Kau's game is so epic
talk about mindgames from memory, and bisu's micro is so good... I really recommend that one.

On March 02 2011 02:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Howcome there is no mention of the other more famous RainbOw vs cloud game where rainbow MCs an SCV and then pushes cloud with a zealot vulture tank army.

It is the first game in the op....

July going Terran, and sunken busting Chojja

sparks rush at its finest

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 01 2011 17:51 GMT

#18

On March 02 2011 02:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Howcome there is no mention of the other more famous RainbOw vs cloud game where rainbow MCs an SCV and then pushes cloud with a zealot vulture tank army.

Because it's actually the same game. Yes, it's that epic.

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 18:12 GMT

#19

@1:52 is the Sir@soni "trail of tears"

-sidenote, the guy he was playing there is the guy who lost to boxer in that epic TvT that everyone was raving about when replays first came out.

I also remember a really good game between BratTsunami and Sven@bs

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

March 01 2011 18:16 GMT

#20

Kwanro vs Really!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5PonVaahTQ

KinosJourney2

Sweden1811 Posts

March 01 2011 18:23 GMT

#21

Number 3 and 4 were awesome, but 4 was my favorite. Holy shit such an amazing game :D

prototype.

Canada4202 Posts

March 01 2011 18:26 GMT

#22

EffOrt vs

Kal; Match Point; 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague, 10-06-26
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+ Show Spoiler [vod part 2] +

3hatch spire -> 6hatch (instead of 5hatch), skips hydra den. Majority of the game consists of mass zergling usage.

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 18:32 GMT

#23

Really vs 815, '10 korean air osl

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+ Show Spoiler [what makes this awesome?] +

proxy sunkens

awu25

United States2003 Posts

March 01 2011 18:35 GMT

#24

i forgot who he played, but the one where Zero did a proxy hatch in the guy's main base and built zerglings
i think it almost came out to be a slight base race

Hikko

United States1126 Posts

March 01 2011 18:53 GMT

#25

Stork defeats HiyA with Reaver drops...and only loses 3 units. No cheese, no rushing, just plain skill.

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 19:05 GMT

#26

Rock vs Chalrenge where the rock has 9000 minerals, and chalrenge has like 120

guess the outcome

Selth

United States469 Posts

March 01 2011 19:15 GMT

#27

Bisu vs

Jaedong; Andromeda; Shinhan 08 Proleague, 2008-06-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Bisu + Carriers is generally lol (or facepalm depending how you feel about Bisu). Wait a second, this is a PvZ.

Poll: Is Bisu vs Jaedong on Andromeda worth watching?

Yes (25)

86%

No (4)

14%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Jaedong on Andromeda worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Edit: Put in video and description.

MrMoose

Canada176 Posts

March 01 2011 19:18 GMT

#28

This list needs to include:

Why?
+ Show Spoiler +

3 port cloaked wraith opening TvP doing better than anyone could have expected!

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 19:39 GMT

#29

game above was definitely unusual...+ Show Spoiler +

but hiya lost, so it makes it cute rather than epic

.Aar

2177 Posts

March 01 2011 19:50 GMT

#30

On March 02 2011 04:05 gryffindor wrote:
Rock vs Chalrenge where the rock has 9000 minerals, and chalrenge has like 120

guess the outcome

That was a pretty hilarious game, but so long..

zerglingsfolife

United States1694 Posts

March 01 2011 19:58 GMT

#31

Nal_Ra vs UpMagiC on Nemesis

Bio vs Protoss

Leta vs Pure on Heartbreak Ridge

Crazy game all around, nukes, lockdown, arbiters+ carriers etc.

krazymunky

United States727 Posts

March 01 2011 20:09 GMT

#32

thanks for the amazing thread. havent watch bw vods in a while :p

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 20:11 GMT

#33

i knew someone would post that leta game
+ Show Spoiler +

yet again, someone being cute, and losing... totally not epic! it was a good game, but the creative guy lost, I hate that!

Mortician

Bulgaria2332 Posts

March 01 2011 20:13 GMT

#34

I feel like a huge nerd for having seen all of those except one or two :/

zerglingsfolife

United States1694 Posts

March 01 2011 20:17 GMT

#35

On March 02 2011 05:11 gryffindor wrote:
i knew someone would post that leta game
+ Show Spoiler +

yet again, someone being cute, and losing... totally not epic! it was a good game, but the creative guy lost, I hate that!

Yeah, he was behind from the very beginning, but almost made an awesome comeback.

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 01 2011 20:23 GMT

#36

not really.. i remember watching that game live... he came nowhere near making a comeback

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

March 01 2011 20:25 GMT

#37

iloveoov vs Zeus @ Requiem

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzj1KfrtBY

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

March 01 2011 20:37 GMT

#38

Where is the zvz draw?

And JD vs Ligh on Triathlon. Double CC steal ;D

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 01 2011 20:39 GMT

#39

I am using my 1000th post to say that that kwanro game is absolutely awesome, and may be the sole reason I am a fan of his.

as for contributing from the thread:

1. (T)

Midas vs

Hwasin Andromeda 08 proleauge 08-04-30
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

gone for now

very low resource battle. Specific instance of weirdness is using a barrack to hide a goliath from a wraith

Poll: Is Midas vs hwasin worth watching?

yes (17)

74%

no (6)

26%

23 total votes

Your vote: Is Midas vs hwasin worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

Caos2

United States1728 Posts

March 01 2011 20:43 GMT

#40

This is a great thread, thanks!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 01 2011 20:46 GMT

#41

On March 02 2011 05:25 ii.blitzkrieg wrote:
iloveoov vs Zeus @ Requiem

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzj1KfrtBY

I swear, I was just editing the OP with that very game as you posted this. Yes, that's another great one; short but very sweet.

Where is ____?

Patience! I promise to update the OP with every game people post here (that I can find), but adding them takes time. Meanwhile, if you don't see a game mentioned in the thread, post it yourself! The closer your post is to the format of the OP, the faster it will be added there. At the least, try to remember who the players were of the game(s) you recommend--otherwise, it's much harder to find them.

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

March 01 2011 20:47 GMT

#42

On March 02 2011 03:35 awu25 wrote:
i forgot who he played, but the one where Zero did a proxy hatch in the guy's main base and built zerglings
i think it almost came out to be a slight base race

It was on Match Point.

EDIT: Oops didn't see it.

barkles

United States285 Posts

March 01 2011 20:48 GMT

#43

EDIT: nvm, game i wanted was on page two and i just missed it the first time ><

Jonvvv

Norway1530 Posts

March 01 2011 20:50 GMT

#44

go.go vs

Pure, Proleague 08, Blue Storm
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Harvester massacre

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (20)

74%

No (7)

26%

27 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

March 01 2011 20:55 GMT

#45

So after browsing and thinking over, I can only think of 1 more game which dropped my jaw

BBS vs Goon+shield battery=32kills goon?

A true classic ofcourse, prolly most people know it already.

Biff The Understudy

France7890 Posts

March 01 2011 21:25 GMT

#46

Savior vs TT on Neo Requiem :-)
+ Show Spoiler +

TT vs Savior

One base vs one bas ZvP; ends up in an incredibly close elimination race, a matter of seconds. TT ends up eliminated. I would have hanged myself.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 01 2011 21:26 GMT

#47

On March 02 2011 05:47 mikeymoo wrote:

It was on Match Point.

EDIT: Oops didn't see it.

The game (i think) you are thinking of is zero vs hyuk on matchpoint

once again, the vod i'm looking for is gone

And any of the 10ish hive ZvZs qualify, along with the 6ish draws fit under this topic.

oh duh, this one qualifies:

(P)

Kal vs

fOrGG Colosseum Arena MSL Ro8 08-06-19
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Scouts? Not just a money sink/bm?

+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual] +

Poll: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

yes (36)

92%

no (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Forgg worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

March 01 2011 21:42 GMT

#48

What about that PvP on HBR where the players swapped mains? That was an odd game.

BlackMesa

Kenya338 Posts

March 01 2011 21:59 GMT

#49

this thread is awesome

Kuzmorgo

Hungary1058 Posts

March 01 2011 22:01 GMT

#50

I can't possibly imagine free vs HiyA hasn't been posted yet..
2010 Hana Daetoo MSL (P)

free vs

HiyA 2010-05-08 @ Triathlon
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnA7Q3AjUg

Hiya uses units, you almost (T)

Never see in a TvP. But free doesn't fall short in innovation either. In short: a very funky game by Magikarp!!!

Poll: Would you recommend this game?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend this game?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

EDIT1: IM so noob in embedding videos:S trying to figure out right now
EDIT2: :O it was much easier than I thought

Renkaoru

390 Posts

March 01 2011 22:05 GMT

#51

I love unusual games too. Thanks for this epic thread.
Hope it becomes a great compilation over time.

Goragoth

New Zealand1065 Posts

March 01 2011 22:09 GMT

#52

On March 02 2011 06:42 MangoTango wrote:
What about that PvP on HBR where the players swapped mains? That was an odd game.

Yeah I was thinking this game should be in the list.
(P)

Sea.GuemChi vs. (P)

SangHo[Shield] on HBR, Game 4 at STX Masters 2009.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 01 2011 22:18 GMT

#53

On March 02 2011 07:09 Goragoth wrote:

Yeah I was thinking this game should be in the list.
(P)

Sea.GuemChi vs. (P)

SangHo[Shield] on HBR, Game 4 at STX Masters 2009.

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

March 01 2011 22:33 GMT

#54

This seems like it will become an awesome thread!
I'm really guilty about this but I know it won't be for my own good to write it up all nice now (4000-word essay due in 41 hours)

TheRock v. Chalrange on Nemesis
how has this not been mentioned? DRAW PvP

Up_Magic v. (P)

Nal_rA on Nemesis
brilliant deep-6 usage, transitions into both players loose their mains.

(T)

iloveoov v. (Z)

YellOw U-Boat MSL finals
Game gets reduced to oov trying to micro out of 1 dropship to stop Yellow from mining with his last few drones, which are protected by lurkers everywhere

Kingdom looses the Nexus in his main and can't rebuild it, on Arizona (I think, that map where the 3rd gas expo was sealed-off by half the resources of the expansion)
Will he be able to defeat his enemy with a nadful of probes and about 4 dragoons, versus DT's, lots and cannons?

AH there're so many, I DON't have the time QQTT

I'm glad I could see that Kal-scouts on Colloseum, I was looking for it... TY

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44334 Posts

March 01 2011 22:39 GMT

#55

This is an amazing thread! So many of these games are awesome! Thanks for these VODs!

ketomai

United States2789 Posts

March 01 2011 22:42 GMT

#56

Thanks for the VODS, I"ll contribute after class.

Random off topic: In the iloveoov vs Zeus game, young YumBoSung makes a cameo @ 4:50 haha.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 01 2011 22:47 GMT

#57

ChRh Vs

Bisu on Monty Hall 2007 Proleague
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVw5uLPSnY up till like 30:00

Reason
+ Show Spoiler +

ChRh locks down a few dragoons in a epic game of the old champ vs the new champ of those days

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/2447_July_vs_Rock/vod

Reason
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Would you Recomend ChRh Vs Bisu in 2007 Prolueage?

Yes! (22)

92%

No! (2)

8%

24 total votes

Your vote: Would you Recomend ChRh Vs Bisu in 2007 Prolueage?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

March 01 2011 22:55 GMT

#58

On March 02 2011 07:33 bITt.mAN wrote:
This seems like it will become an awesome thread!
I'm really guilty about this but I know it won't be for my own good to write it up all nice now (4000-word essay due in 41 hours)

TheRock v. Chalrange on Nemesis
how has this not been mentioned? DRAW PvP

Up_Magic v. (P)

Nal_rA on Nemesis
brilliant deep-6 usage, transitions into both players loose their mains.

(T)

iloveoov v. (Z)

YellOw U-Boat MSL finals
Game gets reduced to oov trying to micro out of 1 dropship to stop Yellow from mining with his last few drones, which are protected by lurkers everywhere

Man, Kingdom vs Zeus was amazing. Goon micro for ages.

Rock vs Chalrenge was not amazing however. Chalrenge just turtled into a draw, and Rock just sat there trying everything he could to break it lol.

yeti

United States258 Posts

March 01 2011 23:09 GMT

#59

edit: i'm an idiot

Harem

United States11390 Posts

March 01 2011 23:22 GMT

#60

It's Rock

Renkaoru

390 Posts

March 01 2011 23:29 GMT

#61

This just in recently.
Solid proof that SCBW is just as capable of producing epic games now as it was 10 years ago.

(P)

Flying vs

Stats - Bloody Ridge - 2011 Shinhan Bank Winner's League 11-01-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Base trade into draw? But no, winner finds a winning move and checkmates. Epic pylon is epic.

On January 26 2011 10:01 Finale wrote:
Standard game that turned into so much more.
Ignore any 'No' votes seen below and watch the game.

Poll: Would you recommend game 1?

Yes (133)

97%

No (4)

3%

137 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend game 1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

AssuredVacancy

United States1167 Posts

March 01 2011 23:30 GMT

#62

I can't remember one of the players, but it was a proleague game a year(or might be in 2009), between Ruby and another terran, where Ruby was so ahead he started making like 20 starports pumping out wraiths. Can anyone remember this one?

edit: it was on fighting spirit

Shiladie

Canada1631 Posts

March 01 2011 23:38 GMT

#63

I love this thread!
I'll be watching these games over the next few days.
A majority I've seen, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a second watch to remind me of how awesome BW is.

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

March 01 2011 23:45 GMT

#64

Hmm, I can't remember exactly who the players were, but I believe it was a 2008 PL game on Andromeda, a TvT where both players did some weird kinda cheesy opening. It ended up as a base trade, and eventually 1 goliath hiding underneath a floated rax against 1-2 wraiths. I wanna say... Hwasin vs. Midas???

This is against Skyhigh.

edit: Other interesting games/builds off the top of my head:

Suny vs. Shine on Gladiator (Bacchus 2010 OSL): Suny pulls off a brilliant vulture+marine+scv drop and conducts something like an 8-minute bunker rush.

Guemchi vs. Sangho on Heartbreak Ridge (PL): Base trade that comes down to one player running out of money for scarabs.

A whole bunch of ZvZs involving Great.

Skyhigh vs. Jaedong on Destination (PL): Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

Horang2 vs. Light on Destination (PL): Send one of your first Probes into the opponent's main. Let it sit there for 5 minutes before proxying a gateway. Profit! Also includes an MVP performance by Ursadon/Pandabearguy.

Flash vs. Jaedong on one of the Odd-Eye editions (Hana MSL, I think): A +1 armor Goliath timing push. What?

Great vs. Bisu (also Free) on Medusa (both PL): Proxy hatchery, mass sunkens and lurkers to starve the Protoss out.

Oversky vs. some guy on Katrina: Another fun proxy hatchery game. Proxy hatches are just great all-around. Also check out Hyuk vs. Zero on Match Point for more proxy hatches. Om nom nom,

Stork vs. SoulKey on Benzene (PL): Worth watching for an interesting opening, but nothing super wacky. Stork does a PvZ opening that he later states "is simply unbeatable".

Hwasin vs. Jaedong on Blue Storm (PL): Another nice cheese build. Terrans love cheesing JD.

Backho vs. Snow on Heartbreak Ridge (PL playoffs): Cannon rush, PvP? Yes please.

Movie vs. go.go on Heartbreak Ridge (EVER 09 OSL group stages, I think?): A proxy gateway, followed by a cannon rush, followed by targeting the proxy gateway with the cannon. Yeah that's right.

Flying vs. EffOrt on Heartbreak Ridge (PL): An Arbiter kills a hatchery. Later, a Dark Archon maelstroms an Ultra drop. Just another PvZ for Flying.

Stork vs. Jaedong on Central Plains (PL ace match): More people cheesing the Dong -_-. 3 gateways in the Zerg natural is just how Stork rolls.

Really vs. Jaedong on Judgment Day (WL): Another Terran cheesing JD, move along... actually nvm, JD decides he's had enough of it and pulls off a ridiculous defense. GTFO terran imba.

Daezang vs. Really on Medusa (PL): An ACE veteran taking out one of the best TvPers at the time with a hero Reaver.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 01 2011 23:47 GMT

#65

This is against Skyhigh.

Yes, hacklebeast mentioned that one earlier in the thread. Thanks for all the recommendations, everyone: I can't keep up with them, but keep them coming! They'll all make it into the OP eventually.

AssuredVacancy

United States1167 Posts

March 01 2011 23:58 GMT

#66

SPL free vs great 2009-04-11 @ Neo Medusa
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Proxy hatch to mass sunken/spore contain, protoss counters by using mass shuttles

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (0)

0%

No (0)

0%

0 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

March 01 2011 23:59 GMT

#67

Ah my bad, I didn't think someone would get that one so I didn't read through the thread first

. Hopefully some of the other games I listed aren't repeats though lol

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 00:03 GMT

#68

On March 02 2011 08:59 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Ah my bad, I didn't think someone would get that one so I didn't read through the thread first

. Hopefully some of the other games I listed aren't repeats though lol

Ha, nice edit! It will take me a while to get through all those... Also, fwiw, nothing wrong with seconding a recommendation someone else mentioned first.

RowdierBob

Australia13007 Posts

March 02 2011 00:21 GMT

#69

Casy vs Jy on Troy. It appears the vod doesn't exist anymore but Casy nuke rushes Jy's nat sunkens and cleans him up with MnMs after.

edit: Oh I found it (in French!).

arcticStorm

United States295 Posts

March 02 2011 00:23 GMT

#70

Awesome thread and awesome games!

The VOD for this game (P)

Flying vs

Stats was only the first half. Base trade situation occurs at the beginning of the second half, linked here:
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

a7choi

United States1664 Posts

March 02 2011 00:34 GMT

#71

wasn't there a pvz on neo medusa? i THINK great and kal? not too sure.
but i remember the zerg made a hatch for creep outside the protoss's base and made a ton of sunks/spores/lurks and the protoss couldn't break through.. anyone know what game i'm referring to? ><
edit: nevermind. it was free vs great and it's in the list ^^

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

March 02 2011 00:34 GMT

#72

Hello, I'm sorry to bother you about this but can you include Battle Reports for the games in the OP? Really would love to see live reactions of TLers to these awesome games. I know I could definitely do it by just clicking through TLPD few times, but it would be convenient

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 00:44 GMT

#73

indigoawareness

Slovakia273 Posts

March 02 2011 00:46 GMT

#74

I like this thread.

0mgVitaminE

United States1278 Posts

March 02 2011 00:47 GMT

#75

Awesome thread, I feel the same way about old games especially if the quality of the video is low. I've only watched the boxer/hiya game so far, planning on way more

PlaguedArchon

Canada6 Posts

March 02 2011 00:50 GMT

#76

Can anyone find a PvT Im looking for.
I think its
Stork vs Iris
On byzantium
Stork proxies a robo in the middle of the map and does reaver harass and an elevator.

durza

United States667 Posts

March 02 2011 00:53 GMT

#77

ggaemo v

yeOngJae SPL 2010-2011 @ Aztec
Vod- + Show Spoiler +

Why this game should be on the list..+ Show Spoiler +

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

March 02 2011 00:57 GMT

#78

This was great vs Bisu

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

March 02 2011 00:59 GMT

#79

Jaedong vs Iris on Chupung Ryeong

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11572_Iris_vs_Jaedong/vod

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 01:02 GMT

#80

On March 02 2011 09:59 Grobyc wrote:
Jaedong vs Iris on Chupung Ryeong

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11572_Iris_vs_Jaedong/vod

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

How could I have forgotten about this one?! Yes, this was amazing.

prototype.

Canada4202 Posts

March 02 2011 01:05 GMT

#81

I think people are starting to confuse unusual with amazing.

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

March 02 2011 01:06 GMT

#82

On March 02 2011 09:44 qrs wrote:

Thanks, your effort is appreciated. Good luck with your thread~

sushiman

Sweden2691 Posts

March 02 2011 01:15 GMT

#83

ChRh vs Bisu on Monty Hall

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVw5uLPSnY

Bonus game with excellent slow-pushing at the end!

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

Qatol

United States3165 Posts

March 02 2011 01:23 GMT

#84

Nal_rA vs. Zergman on Rush Hour 3 from Shinhan 1

Cannon/proxy gateways vs. proxy hatch/sunken push

Brycks7

Peru183 Posts

March 02 2011 01:24 GMT

#85

This is such a great compilation of memorable games. Thanks!

bearbuddy

3442 Posts

March 02 2011 01:38 GMT

#86

Chalrenge vs (P)

Rock; Nemesis; 2007 Proleague. 2007-06-26:
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-TGxS-N8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m5Q8KoeLM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-E3_SZUMY4］

Chalrenge forces a tie with theRock by turtling on one base and mind controlling units as they come.

RoosterSamurai

Japan2108 Posts

March 02 2011 01:50 GMT

#87

I love this thread.

Frigo

Hungary1023 Posts

March 02 2011 02:09 GMT

#88

What, no FireBatHero vs Jaehoon on Eye of The Storm?

GTR

51451 Posts

March 02 2011 02:15 GMT

#89

Much vs Sacsri on God's Garden, TG-Sambo Intel Classic Season 3.

It wasn't the game itself that was unusual, but the commentary.

+ Show Spoiler +

MONKEY MILK

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 02 2011 02:15 GMT

#90

On March 02 2011 10:15 sushiman wrote:
ChRh vs Bisu on Monty Hall

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVw5uLPSnY

Bonus game with excellent slow-pushing at the end!

Why it's unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

I second this and already had a post on that game ^^ and Boxer vs Cool in 2007 SPL
+ Show Spoiler +

Boxer does a crazy rush vs the now known sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Poll: Would you recomend Boxer Vs Cool in 2007 SPL

Yes! (15)

71%

No! (6)

29%

21 total votes

Your vote: Would you recomend Boxer Vs Cool in 2007 SPL

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Release

United States4397 Posts

March 02 2011 02:16 GMT

#91

I dont see Fantasy vs Action

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

March 02 2011 02:16 GMT

#92

Should include yellow Vs Bisu, Old drop tactic worked against the revolutionist. Ah the crowd applause was just chilling.

EMPaThy789

New Zealand878 Posts

March 02 2011 02:16 GMT

#93

Kingdom vs jju, you are the golfking msl i think, dont know date

kingdom mindcontrols EVERYTHING, he mc guardian, he mc overlord, he mc ultralisk, he even mcs a neutral critter. scouts and carriers also make an appearance

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

March 02 2011 02:23 GMT

#94

Excellent thread. Never seen this play anywhere else:

Pokju vs Bisu; Sin Peaks of Baekdu; 6/25/2007
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Your base is belong to me?

Poll: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

Yes (36)

92%

No (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

March 02 2011 02:32 GMT

#95

On March 02 2011 11:23 Jragon wrote:
Excellent thread. Never seen this play anywhere else:

Pokju vs Bisu; Sin Peaks of Baekdu; 6/25/2007
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1nP4YOCok

Your base is belong to me?

Poll: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

Yes (36)

92%

No (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

What makes it more unusual is that Pokju retired after losing that game lol

iSometric

2221 Posts

March 02 2011 02:34 GMT

#96

Boxer game is epic.

Release

United States4397 Posts

March 02 2011 02:34 GMT

#97

On March 02 2011 11:23 Jragon wrote:
Excellent thread. Never seen this play anywhere else:

Pokju vs Bisu; Sin Peaks of Baekdu; 6/25/2007
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1nP4YOCok

Your base is belong to me?

Poll: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

Yes (36)

92%

No (3)

8%

39 total votes

Your vote: Is Pokju v Bisu worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

In all honesty, it's funny, but it's the best if you haven't seen it before.

Zariel

Australia1285 Posts

March 02 2011 02:38 GMT

#98

That SKT vs ACE game, jyj vs ggaemo on aztec.

Might not be s-class play, but it kept me on the edge of my seat

Hikko

United States1126 Posts

March 02 2011 02:47 GMT

#99

Light vs

Tempest Byzantium II; Unknown League, 2009-01-03
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Tempest recovers from Light's 2 Barracks cheese using a shield battery and 1 dragoon with range upgrade. In the end, Tempest wins, and his hero dragoon has 33 kills.

Poll: Is Light vs Tempest worth watching?

Yes (46)

98%

No (1)

2%

47 total votes

Your vote: Is Light vs Tempest worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Gak2

Canada418 Posts

March 02 2011 02:57 GMT

#100

sAviOr vs

TT; Neo Requiem; Shinhan08-09 Proleague; 2008-11-03
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

TT goes 2gate opening and walls in savior. savior takes hidden base. Game ends up with base trade and a dramatic finish.

Poll: Is sAviOr vs TT on Neo Requiem worth watching?

Yes (27)

93%

No (2)

7%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is sAviOr vs TT on Neo Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Dubz

United States242 Posts

March 02 2011 03:31 GMT

#101

This is a great thread, great op, great responses. Totally enjoying these vods : ) thank you

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

March 02 2011 03:41 GMT

#102

This thread brings back some good old memories. Thanks!

SnowFantasy

4173 Posts

March 02 2011 03:41 GMT

#103

Well, looks like no one needs to watch my stream anymore for unusual strats. People thought I actually made this stuff up on my own lol

I guess I'll add some bio TvT

MountainDewJunkie

United States10341 Posts

March 02 2011 03:44 GMT

#104

Here's another unusual (P)

Kal vs

fOrGG game:

Arena MSL Ro32 Group A @ Tiamat

ForGG goes 1 fact 7 rax bio-mech vs Kal's goon-reaver-lot

Amazing micro, tension, and goodness!

EDIT:

How about this:

Best vs (T)

Classic, 2009-2010 SPL @ Tornado

Best goes for his typical 2-base arbiter, but Classic goes a more bizarre deep-six using firebats!

yumichang

Philippines11 Posts

March 02 2011 03:49 GMT

#105

EE han timing

mrdx

Vietnam1555 Posts

March 02 2011 03:50 GMT

#106

This thread is awesome, could some mod please spotlight it please?

awu25

United States2003 Posts

March 02 2011 04:00 GMT

#107

On March 02 2011 10:05 prototype. wrote:
I think people are starting to confuse unusual with amazing.

yea, there are already threads for amazing games
i hope this thread stays on track and stays away from the amazing games and focuses on the unusual aka bizarre strategies

Manifesto7

Osaka27149 Posts

March 02 2011 04:04 GMT

#108

Spotlighted

MountainDewJunkie

United States10341 Posts

March 02 2011 04:05 GMT

#109

On March 02 2011 13:00 awu25 wrote:

yea, there are already threads for amazing games
i hope this thread stays on track and stays away from the amazing games and focuses on the unusual aka bizarre strategies

But what about all of the games that are unusual AND amazing?

Ex: (T)

JyJ vs

ggaemo

garlicface

Canada4196 Posts

March 02 2011 04:15 GMT

#110

Beautiful thread. This is definitely going to keep my up tonight.

Impervious

Canada4200 Posts

March 02 2011 04:16 GMT

#111

Flash vs Calm in the SPL

How often do you see a game where the outcome can come down to a single hit on a single unit, at several times in the game, and the game itself only lasts like 8 minutes?

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 02 2011 04:28 GMT

#112

Yeah I know a lot of these are in the "best game" thread, because they're cool and whatnot.

+ Show Spoiler [might not be unusual I guess] +

Tempest vs Light, Byzantium:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG1U25luMOA
Dragoon > cheese.

Hoejja vs Hiya, Roadrunner:

Bunker rush succeeds... then Hiya dies to drones.

Flash vs Bisu, Monty Hall:

Bisu vs Pokju, Sin Peaks of Baekdu:

Skyhigh vs Jaedong, Destination:

Three of the greatest cheeses ever.

Savior vs TT, Neo Requiem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF4K-LXD5jY
Elimination race.

Boxer vs Killer, Tornado:

BOXER WITH NUKES

RowdierBob

Australia13007 Posts

March 02 2011 04:42 GMT

#113

Haha, this one is best:
Shark vs Goodfriend on Sin Pioneer Period.
+ Show Spoiler +

Shark wins a TvZ with a 1 hatch ling+slow hydra rush

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

March 02 2011 04:47 GMT

#114

LOL AT HIYA VS HOEJJA. man i need to read the LR thread for that

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

March 02 2011 05:30 GMT

#115

This might not be exactly "unusual," but when Silver came up with that specific zerg build (hatcheries down the middle with offensive sunken colonies) on that RIDICULOUS map Monty Hall, I thought it was pretty sick and haven't forgotten it since.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Kazzabiss

1006 Posts

March 02 2011 05:31 GMT

#116

Really? No one posted this yet?

"The" SCV Rush

against YelloW

Pyrthas

United States3196 Posts

March 02 2011 05:34 GMT

#117

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Hwasin vs. Jaedong on Blue Storm (PL): Another nice cheese build. Terrans love cheesing JD.

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

March 02 2011 05:41 GMT

#118

oh god I don't remember who it was against, but there was a game from a while back where RainbOw MC'd an scv and built up a huge vult/tank force in addition to his normal army, that was pretty damn silly.

DaBears57

United States300 Posts

March 02 2011 05:46 GMT

#119

I am terrible with remembering names but it was a ZvZ during proleague which was a macro ZvZ complete with guardians, hydras and maybe queens and devourers (can't remember exactly).

forgotten0ne

United States951 Posts

March 02 2011 05:46 GMT

#120

Did you even read the thread? It's been mentioned MULTIPLE times.

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

March 02 2011 05:47 GMT

#121

I nerdgasmed when I saw all the sexy names, especially with all the vods just sitting there, waiting to get watched

GoodRamen

United States713 Posts

March 02 2011 05:48 GMT

#122

On March 02 2011 14:46 DaBears57 wrote:
I am terrible with remembering names but it was a ZvZ during proleague which was a macro ZvZ complete with corruptors, hydras and maybe queens.

corruptors? u mean devourers?

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

March 02 2011 05:51 GMT

#123

On March 02 2011 14:46 forgotten0ne wrote:

Did you even read the thread? It's been mentioned MULTIPLE times.

settle down yo, I thought the game in the OP was a different one, my bad.

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

March 02 2011 05:51 GMT

#124

hmm what about Babys game? where he goes double port wraith?

not strictly unusual, unless you class someone so young with insane wraith micro as unusual

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 02 2011 05:52 GMT

#125

Hmm...I'll search for this if nobody can come up with it off the top of their head, but there was one PvP on Heartbreak Ridge that ended up being a base trade. Basically mirror builds with mirror timings except for the fact that they took different lanes when they attacked so the armies missed each other.

I'll give time for someone to tell me what game I'm talking about. A cursory search didn't yield too much and I'm about to go to bed.

Edit 1:
Looks like someone beat me to it:

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Guemchi vs. Sangho on Heartbreak Ridge (PL): Base trade that comes down to one player running out of money for scarabs.

I guess I'll echo their recommendation.

Edit 2:
I just did this before I went to bed:

(P)

GuemChi vs. (P)

SangHo; Heartbreak Ridge; STX Masters 2009, 2009-08-10
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Base trade that comes down to one player running out of money for scarabs.

+ Show Spoiler [ why so unusual] +

Poll: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

Yes (30)

100%

No (0)

0%

30 total votes

Your vote: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Ideas

United States8100 Posts

March 02 2011 06:23 GMT

#126

Kal vs

GGPlay @ destination:
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

the best way to comeback from getting your back mineral entrance mined out is to mine out THEIR back mineral!

Luxury vs

UpMaGiC @ outsider:

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [ why so unusual] +

FE valks into mass dropship mech vs a really good ZvTer.

feaynnewedd

Germany41 Posts

March 02 2011 07:22 GMT

#127

Oh my god, thank you so much for this thread! I will see if I can add anything to that.

+ Show Spoiler +

Rainbow should have BC rushed!

This reminds me why I love Brood War... It is not dead yet!
Also, SCLegacy have done Pimpest Plays of every year since 2002 I think.

+ Show Spoiler +

http://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pphttp://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pp

Worthwhile checking out. Unfortunately, I find myself unable to find Korean casted VODS of stuff like Reach's Lockdown, Boxer's Paratrooper rush and so on... CholeraSC has done English casts of these games, but I think it in TL it is frowned upon to recommend English BW casters...

xxpack09

United States2160 Posts

March 02 2011 07:26 GMT

#128

wow, I never knew July v Best @ Troy was the origin of the Bisu face

LOL

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

March 02 2011 07:37 GMT

#129

On March 02 2011 16:26 xxpack09 wrote:
wow, I never knew July v Best @ Troy was the origin of the Bisu face

LOL

HAHAHA I just found that out too.

gfunkdaddy

United States12 Posts

March 02 2011 07:59 GMT

#130

Garimto vs [image loading]

St Eagle on Silent Vortex; 2001 SKY OSL

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Why it's unique] +

Garimto goes for ballsy proxy reavers, in Eagle's natural.

Poll: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

No (5)

56%

Yes (4)

44%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

SultanVinegar

United States372 Posts

March 02 2011 08:02 GMT

#131

How about the game where Flying used arbiters against a zerg.

Edit: Also I remember when i was in korea seeing a really epic basetrade game on tv between a Zerg and a Protoss where nobody actually GG'd and the game ended due to elimination. I'm not sure exactly when it was but I know the map was from before my time (Before 2009 at some point).

Sorry I can't be of more help right now . .. maybe I'll find those games when i'm done with work tomorrow.

[Atomic]Peace

United States451 Posts

March 02 2011 08:08 GMT

#132

Bisu vs

YellOw ; Heartbreak Ridge ; Shinhan 08-09 Proleague ; 2009-06-20
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Poll: Is Bisu vs Yellow worth watching?

Yes (56)

93%

No (4)

7%

60 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Yellow worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FoFo

Netherlands207 Posts

March 02 2011 08:31 GMT

#133

i remember seeing one game between two protoss, that turned into an insane micro game where neither had a nexus, or enough money to build one and they had to keep their probes alive to kill the opponents buildings lol
i'm sure it's a really old game and it's a pimpest play, but i can't find a VOD anywhere T_T

edit: they both went mass reaver or something lol

2nd edit: also, does anyone have the vod of the ZvZ between jaedong and (i think) zero, it was a match of the week on liquipedia and it was just mass muta into more muta's and hyve tech
shouldn't be too long ago

gchan

United States654 Posts

March 02 2011 08:45 GMT

#134

Much vs

Bisu ; Plasma ; Incruit 2008 OSL ; 2008-09-12

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

1 base carriers in a PvP--and it's pretty effective

Poll: Worth watching Much vs Bisu?

Yes (19)

86%

No (3)

14%

22 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching Much vs Bisu?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Goragoth

New Zealand1065 Posts

March 02 2011 08:51 GMT

#135

I swear Protoss makes for the most weird/unusual games. The number of bizarre PvPs I've seen...
(P)

Tazza vs

Jaehoon on HBR was pretty funny too. Damn HBR was a great map for unusual games.

HwangjaeTerran

Finland5967 Posts

March 02 2011 09:29 GMT

#136

BoxeR vs Oov ; Ever OSL 2004 Finals
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Oov is 2-1 down in the finals against BoxeR and decides to bio rush him. BoxeR loses horribly in the initial clash, still turns it into a close game.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzMwNjg4ODQ

Poll: BoxeR vs Oov worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: BoxeR vs Oov worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Treeplant

United States214 Posts

March 02 2011 09:33 GMT

#137

On March 02 2011 03:16 imperfect wrote:
Kwanro vs Really!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5PonVaahTQ

This just got me hooked into old BW VODs again :p

Baerinho

Germany257 Posts

March 02 2011 09:39 GMT

#138

i got very very late in SC:BW, maybe 2008 started watchign vods on youtube, #3 on the list was the first event i watched a livestream and god was that tense and awesome.

Still would say that was one of the games that maade me totally fall in love with SC

Tru_m4n

162 Posts

March 02 2011 10:00 GMT

#139

Is there any way the Bisu vs Jaedong game (#18 in the list) can be watched with korean casters instead of english? Been trying to find it on youtube but either I just suck at searching, or there is no such video.

Other than that I have to say this is a great initiative, I love to watch all these crazy videos ^^

moopie

12605 Posts

March 02 2011 10:14 GMT

#140

On March 02 2011 19:00 Tru_m4n wrote:
Is there any way the Bisu vs Jaedong game (#18 in the list) can be watched with korean casters instead of english? Been trying to find it on youtube but either I just suck at searching, or there is no such video.

popzags

Poland604 Posts

March 02 2011 10:51 GMT

#141

Baby vs

Fantasy; Aztec; Proleague, 5 Set, 2010-11-29
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? Poll:] +

Crazy TvT rush against 14 CC resulting with hilarious Bunker wars.

Poll: Baby vs Fantasy worth watching?

Yes (29)

97%

No (1)

3%

30 total votes

Your vote: Baby vs Fantasy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

March 02 2011 10:53 GMT

#142

Has anyone mentioned this?

This game is just crazy with the strangest yet extremely effective play I've seen from nal_ra.

Tru_m4n

162 Posts

March 02 2011 11:08 GMT

#143

On March 02 2011 19:14 moopie wrote:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzMwNjg4ODQ

You're a hero, thanks!

Man.Magic

United States178 Posts

March 02 2011 11:11 GMT

#144

Fantasy vs Up.Magic - cutthroat TvT
Really vs ??? Protoss on Matchpoint - Really went Optical Flare

sixfour

England11061 Posts

March 02 2011 13:15 GMT

#145

Just read the first page, how about that PvP in the proleague playoffs last year between Pure and someone who I forget right now (will look it up in a second) where they both end up going with proxy gates and one of them wins as he's taken the other guys main?

edit - against pusan

SchOOl_VicTIm

Greece2394 Posts

March 02 2011 14:02 GMT

#146

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/3159_Casy_vs_July/vod

Casy vs July on Reverse Lost Temple

Casy brilliantly fakes fast expansion by transferring scvs to the natural to gather minerals... without ever building a cc! July's overlord sees the scvs, thinks it's a fe build, prepares inadequate defenses to stop the 2 rax fast mmf attack and the game ends right there.

Bwenjarin Raffrack

United States322 Posts

March 02 2011 14:13 GMT

#147

Light vs.

Mind, Polaris Rhapsody, Proleague, Set 2, 2010-05-09
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTcxODE4MzQ0.html

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? Poll:] +

For the last fifteen minutes neither player has a base. Their BC fleets circle (and circle) around the map desperately trying to eliminate the other player first.

On May 09 2010 14:31 Musoeun wrote:
attn: Blizzard.

This game is why "is being revealed" sucks.

Sincerely,

Musoeun.

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

zipz0p

United States123 Posts

March 02 2011 14:33 GMT

#148

Jaedong 2-stack mutas against (T)

Iris in Winners League:

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11572_Iris_vs_Jaedong/vod

My jaw dropped when I realized it was two control-groups of mutas.

Kleinmuuhg

Vanuatu4091 Posts

March 02 2011 14:39 GMT

#149

great thread , went instant to bookmark.- thanks!

telamascope

United States310 Posts

March 02 2011 14:46 GMT

#150

HiyA vs

Violet, Bloody Ridge, Winners League, Set 4, 2011-01-17

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Can't find the VOD w/o commentary

Hiya goes builds 4 barracks in response to 2 base carriers

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 02 2011 15:02 GMT

#151

On March 02 2011 18:33 Treeplant wrote:

This just got me hooked into old BW VODs again :p

I just watched this and now I'm sad. I miss Cholera

That was an awesome game though. It's like ultimate Kwanro. Doesn't even wait for lings!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 15:15 GMT

#152

I'd just like to say thanks to every one of you contributing to this thread: this has grown so much faster than I thought it would! So many great games out there... Especial thanks to those of you taking the time to format your posts nicely so that I can basically paste them straight into the OP.

On March 02 2011 10:05 prototype. wrote:
I think people are starting to confuse unusual with amazing.

On March 02 2011 13:00 awu25 wrote:

yea, there are already threads for amazing games
i hope this thread stays on track and stays away from the amazing games and focuses on the unusual aka bizarre strategies

I hope this doesn't get to be a problem, although in a worst-case scenario, I'd settle for watching an "amazing" game

On March 02 2011 13:04 Manifesto7 wrote:
Spotlighted

Thanks, Manifesto!

On March 02 2011 14:46 forgotten0ne wrote:

Did you even read the thread? It's been mentioned MULTIPLE times.

On March 02 2011 14:52 garbanzo wrote:
Hmm...I'll search for this if nobody can come up with it off the top of their head, but there was one PvP on Heartbreak Ridge that ended up being a base trade. Basically mirror builds with mirror timings except for the fact that they took different lanes when they attacked so the armies missed each other.

I'll give time for someone to tell me what game I'm talking about. A cursory search didn't yield too much and I'm about to go to bed.

Edit 1:
Looks like someone beat me to it:

I guess I'll echo their recommendation.

Edit 2:
I just did this before I went to bed:

(P)

GuemChi vs. (P)

SangHo; Heartbreak Ridge; STX Masters 2009, 2009-08-10
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjvnwUmu95I

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Base trade that comes down to one player running out of money for scarabs.

Poll: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

Yes (30)

100%

No (0)

0%

30 total votes

Your vote: Is Guemchi vs. Sangho worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 16:22 feaynnewedd wrote:
Oh my god, thank you so much for this thread! I will see if I can add anything to that.

+ Show Spoiler +

Rainbow should have BC rushed!

This reminds me why I love Brood War... It is not dead yet!
Also, SCLegacy have done Pimpest Plays of every year since 2002 I think.

+ Show Spoiler +

http://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pphttp://sclegacy.com/feature/4-pp

Lots of sources are worth checking out; Pimpest Plays is absolutely one of the best. Lots of earlier "best game" threads are worth looking at as well (only problem being that they tend not to have much description of the game, so one usually has to actually watch [or have watched] them to see if they qualify as unusual). Heck, even I have games I remember that I plan to post here (e.g. Kwanro vs Calm and Jaedong vs Calm, a pair of 5-pool vs. Calm-12-hatch MSL games with very different outcomes). It just takes time...

As for the question about English casters, well it's true that TLers tend to prefer the Korean versions.

Arnstein

Norway3381 Posts

March 02 2011 15:37 GMT

#153

Once again, thanks! Gonna watch some games while I eat :D

ShatterZer0

United States1843 Posts

March 02 2011 16:03 GMT

#154

I forgot who Tempest was playing, but that one game where he held off like 20 marines with the only "ManGoon" ever to exist.

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 02 2011 16:20 GMT

#155

On March 03 2011 01:03 ShatterZer0 wrote:
I forgot who Tempest was playing, but that one game where he held off like 20 marines with the only "ManGoon" ever to exist.

It was Light. Hikko made the post.

I would like to nominate this also. Not sure why the OP hasn't added it yet, the post is in the correct format.

Edit:

On March 03 2011 00:15 qrs wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9qCvZdbKD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PvVWFEuIk

It's no problem dude! It's the least I could do. And certainly I did not set the precedent for following your format. Other people did the same (e.g., Hikko's post linked above).

RaiZ

2813 Posts

March 02 2011 17:21 GMT

#156

Kiroff vs tapoto_kopele was really the greatest, too bad it's not a "pro" game, but it made me laugh for 5 minutes straight. I just couldn't believe how sharp they were thinking when they played this game.
But very solid thread, Thank you very much for bringing nostalgia ! Can't get tired of it.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 17:33 GMT

#157

On March 02 2011 16:59 gfunkdaddy wrote:
[image loading]

Garimto vs [image loading]

St Eagle on Silent Vortex; 2001 SKY OSL

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Why it's unique] +

Garimto goes for ballsy proxy reavers, in Eagle's natural.

Poll: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

No (5)

56%

Yes (4)

44%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Garimto vs. St.Eagle on Silent Vortex worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Thanks for putting the effort into that post. You should check out the TLPD-ize/Un-TLPD-ize buttons (the hydralisk and crossed-out hydralisk): they aren't perfect, but 9 times out of 10, they can save you a lot of effort. To use them, highlight the name of a player, map, or anything else with an entry in TLPD and click the hydra. To undo it, highlight the whole thing the hydra produced and click the crossed-out hydra.

You can also use these on your whole post by clicking them without highlighting anything, but that's not a (T)

Really good idea for a number of reasons.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 02 2011 17:47 GMT

#158

On March 03 2011 01:20 garbanzo wrote:

It was Light. Hikko made the post.

I would like to nominate this also. Not sure why the OP hasn't added it yet, the post is in the correct format.

OK, I've gone through the thread and added all the ones that were in perfect or near-perfect format so far, but I'd just like to reiterate that, a) I plan to eventually add all the recommendations, whatever format they're posted in, and b) the OP is going to lag behind the thread as a whole, no matter what. Please don't view it as if a post in the thread is not "official" until it gets to the OP. Think of the thread as the main attraction here, and the OP as an under-construction digest of the thread.

The reason I added your post earlier than some that were posted before it is that that game had already been recommended by quite a number of people. (Yours was just the first post to format it conveniently.)

GreatFall

United States1061 Posts

March 02 2011 18:22 GMT

#159

This thread is a great idea! Nice job OP. I'd love to see HuK~'s mothership rush! Even though it failed it's famous and worth a look I think.

Djagulingu

Germany3605 Posts

March 02 2011 18:28 GMT

#160

On March 02 2011 23:46 telamascope wrote:
(T)

HiyA vs

Violet, Bloody Ridge, Winners League, Set 4, 2011-01-17

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Can't find the VOD w/o commentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mBoSy425M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hzYeSmXy0

Hiya goes builds 4 barracks in response to 2 base carriers

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This, and don't forget that:

+ Show Spoiler +

HiyA cancels second factory before starting 4 barracks

On March 03 2011 03:22 GreatFall wrote:
This thread is a great idea! Nice job OP. I'd love to see HuK~'s mothership rush! Even though it failed it's famous and worth a look I think.

Uh, Sc2 forum is a little above.

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 02 2011 18:33 GMT

#161

you need to put up that 815 vs really game with proxy sunkens behind really's natural
i put it on an earlier page

gfunkdaddy

United States12 Posts

March 02 2011 18:33 GMT

#162

On March 03 2011 02:33 qrs wrote:

Really good idea for a number of reasons.

Thanks man, been a while since I posted so didn't know about that.

Renkaoru

390 Posts

March 02 2011 18:41 GMT

#163

This thread pawns! Again, thanks man! :D

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

March 02 2011 19:23 GMT

#164

You guys are missing one of the most epic cheese games

Horang2 vs Nada on Heartbreak ridge.

Horang2 goes for his usual cheesy tactics by manner pylon followed my 2 gates in nada's mineral line. Then proceeds by proxing a cybernetics core and making a SECOND cybernetics core in his main. He hides his dark templar tech with his first cyber core and nada scouts horang2's main only to see the second core just finishing (followed by +1 air wep). The game turns into a macrofest.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

March 02 2011 19:42 GMT

#165

Pretty vs Savior neo requiem Gomtv ro32 season 2 I think?

http://www.gomtv.net/classics2/vod/451

Here we go, crazy game

Frobert

Canada113 Posts

March 02 2011 20:23 GMT

#166

RainBOw vs ClouD is conclusive evidence that Brood War is a far better spectator game than its sequel. BW is beautiful.

Ver

United States2186 Posts

March 02 2011 23:03 GMT

#167

Savior vs Bisu on Blue Storm: Proxy Hatchery Hydra!? The Proxy hatchery is critical in supplying an overlord to handle Bisu's last ditch DTs.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/8110_Bisu_vs_sAviOr

Savior vs Free on Zodiac: 5 gas Muta/Sunken.
+ Show Spoiler [vods] +

Flash vs Yarnc on Andromeda: Allin Muta/ling vs desperate 1 base Terran.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11452_Flash_vs_YellOw[ArnC]

Canata vs Best on Ultimatum: Base trade into tank/goliath turtle with nukes.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/34826_BeSt_vs_Canata

Steel

Japan2283 Posts

March 02 2011 23:28 GMT

#168

Great thread I'm having so much fun watching these.

koreasilver

9109 Posts

March 03 2011 00:25 GMT

#169

Hwasin vs. Luxury on Destination
Ever since I saw this game it's remained as one of my favourite BW games. 40 minutes of frantic low-econ TvZ. Zerg doesn't start hive until 26 minutes in and Terran is always hungry for resources, not running more than 2 bases ever.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/11238_Hwasin_vs_Luxury/vod

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

March 03 2011 00:39 GMT

#170

i dont think anyone answered; if they did sorry. i did skim the thread though;

here's a VOD of the build. hatchery in natural into sunken into guardiansssss. pretty baller!

Comeh

United States18918 Posts

March 03 2011 00:40 GMT

#171

I hope someone else has posted this, but this is one of my favorite games of all time

UpMagiC vs Nal_rA
Map - Nemesis
Summary - + Show Spoiler +

UpMagiC opens up bio against protoss...for 25 minutes!

VOD - + Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywJw3Lvc4xI&feature=player_embedded

Edit: oh, it was posted twice.
WATCH IT AGAIN ANYWAYS.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

March 03 2011 00:42 GMT

#172

light vs horang2 @ destination

a proxy in your opponent's main.

only from horang2

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

March 03 2011 00:52 GMT

#173

there was a game where P won vs T by mind controlling an SCV and turning it into a TvT
cant remember its details now, but it was epic

StuBob

United States373 Posts

March 03 2011 01:06 GMT

#174

wasn't there a zvz somewhat recently that ended in a draw?

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

March 03 2011 01:36 GMT

#175

Hmmm...

Why is it that this op doesn't have any games from Anytime's SO1 OSL run listed?

I can think of at least two games from that which deserve mention: Anytime's infamous 3 gate DT timing attack against Yellow on R-Point. VOD:

And... damn, I forget who he played, but he did a strange reaver build on 815...nevermind, it was Oov in the semifinals! Anytime did a 2 robotics facility timing drop attack with 3 shuttles containing 3 reavers and 3 goons. VOD:

By the time he got to the finals everyone was wondering what he would think of next. FFS, he psyched out Oov of all people!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 03 2011 01:43 GMT

#176

On March 03 2011 03:33 gryffindor wrote:
you need to put up that 815 vs really game with proxy sunkens behind really's natural
i put it on an earlier page

CheAse

Canada919 Posts

March 03 2011 01:57 GMT

#177

This thread totally rekindled my love for bw. Time to watch bw again instead of sc2

Aquafresh

United States824 Posts

March 03 2011 02:04 GMT

#178

Surprised no one has done this one yet as it is fairly recent.

(T)

Fantasy vs (Z)

Action; Judgement Day; 2010-05-11 Proleague
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Action 4-pools Fantasy on pretty much the worst possible map for it. As expected Fantasy holds it off easily with a marine behind a simple 2 rax wall-in.

This is where it gets unusual read: hilarious. Spoilers incoming.

Action makes no more drones and instead starts hiding lings at his 3rd while dancing his surviving lings at Fantasy's wall. He actively denies scouting with his revealed lings causing Fantasy not to realize how all-in he truly is and move out with a control group of marines! Fantasy doesn't realize his mistake until it's too late and gets flanked by the hidden lings and loses his whole force. Action then goes to town on the Barracks forcing them to lift or die and runs into Fanta's nat, who is forced to make an SCV + 1medic/2firebat wall while he lands his Barracks in his main; getting off a clutch repair to prevent them from burning down. Action tries to poke through the wall by sending in lings to kill the SCVs out of the medics heal range one by one but with only 3 drones left he is forced to gg once he sees the lights on Fanta's Barracks start flashing again.

Pay special attention to Oov's outbursts of frustration with Fantasy and Actions "aww fuck it" body language.

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (27)

93%

No (2)

7%

29 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

EDIT: Also basically any of (Z)

ZerO's games on Holy World

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 03 2011 02:29 GMT

#179

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
EDIT: Also basically any of (Z)

ZerO's games on Holy World

One of Zero's games on Holy World is in the OP already; it got demoted to "Games that might be worth watching" because not enough people liked it. If you think it's worth watching, go vote it up!

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

March 03 2011 03:08 GMT

#180

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
(T)

Fantasy vs (Z)

Action; Judgement Day; 2010-05-11 Proleague

FUCKING LOL @ Oov's face, like "COME ON! wtf is this shit!"

tedster

984 Posts

March 03 2011 03:27 GMT

#181

Haha how the fuck could people vote down ZerO vs. Kal with infested Terrans, that's basically the most unique game of the entire bunch and hilarious to boot.

Aquafresh

United States824 Posts

March 03 2011 03:37 GMT

#182

On March 03 2011 12:08 nataziel wrote:

FUCKING LOL @ Oov's face, like "COME ON! wtf is this shit!"

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 03 2011 04:06 GMT

#183

On March 03 2011 12:27 tedster wrote:
Haha how the fuck could people vote down ZerO vs. Kal with infested Terrans, that's basically the most unique game of the entire bunch and hilarious to boot.

On the other hand, that map was kind of begging for infested Terrans in ZvP. It was less a piece of inspired creativity than just granting the map's request.

TheDominator

New Zealand336 Posts

March 03 2011 04:48 GMT

#184

IdrA vs Nony was one hell of an unusual game. On Tornado I think, TSL 2, Ro8.
Nony wins using a probe harass.Epic.
Thanks for this thread.

mizU

United States12125 Posts

March 03 2011 05:17 GMT

#185

@Game 2, July vs Best, Bisu's reaction states the game... W... T... F...
@Game 3, nuts, Jaedong pulling some pretty sick micro and timing
@Game 4, Boxer... soo.... goood...

AND Game 14
I basically just watched the whole last part with my jaw dropped. Oh my oov.

mizU

United States12125 Posts

March 03 2011 05:38 GMT

#186

On March 03 2011 12:08 nataziel wrote:

FUCKING LOL @ Oov's face, like "COME ON! wtf is this shit!"

LOL I didn't know what you were talking about till I watched it.
At first I was like O.o
But the I :D lold

EquilasH

Denmark2142 Posts

March 03 2011 06:21 GMT

#187

On March 02 2011 01:49 gryffindor wrote:
Boxer blinding observers vs that jobber protoss, and nuking him
..epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fLvu3XZSw

You mean this?

_Quasar_

Russian Federation4405 Posts

March 03 2011 07:08 GMT

#188

Maybe add a link to the draw thread into this topic?
I mean, games which ended in a draw (like this season's Hogil-Zero) are automatically called unusual :D

DrivE

United States2554 Posts

March 03 2011 08:34 GMT

#189

On March 03 2011 15:21 EquilasH wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fLvu3XZSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLSMvhQv5mk

You mean this?

Is that a pro starcraft game or did they just play that for fun?

chongu

Malaysia2585 Posts

March 03 2011 08:37 GMT

#190

Don't know if this was posted before but..... I scarcely remember this TvP on destination.... where it was a Double elimination.
the situation was protoss had lost his nexus but had a reaver and a shuttle.... but terran still had his CC, some scvs, 1 tank ad vultures. Can't remember the names tho : S

EMPaThy789

New Zealand878 Posts

March 03 2011 08:52 GMT

#191

On March 02 2011 11:16 mR.bONG789 wrote:
Kingdom vs jju, you are the golfking msl i think, dont know date

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjMaaXB9xgU
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

kingdom mindcontrols EVERYTHING, he mc guardian, he mc overlord, he mc ultralisk, he even mcs a neutral critter. scouts and carriers also make an appearance

just bumping my kingdom game cos i really think it deserves to be watched. my post seems to have been overlooked completely =(

vectorix108

United States4633 Posts

March 03 2011 08:56 GMT

#192

Iris vs.

Shine 2008-11-16 @ Harmony

One of my favorite games from my favorite player. Having lost his early marines to a zergling break and mutalisks about to descend upon his base, Iris builds a bunch of firebats and sends them drone hunting. What resulted was an incredibly entertaining game (with a 18kill firebat). The commentators(esp. nal_ra) gets extremely excited in this game. Must watch!

RoyaleBrainSlug

United States295 Posts

March 03 2011 10:05 GMT

#193

Stork vs

GGPlay on Andromeda

This game is unusual for various reasons, long game time and lots of rarely seen units, are reasons that spring to mind..

EDIT: this is the only vod I could find of this game.

SirGlinG

Sweden933 Posts

March 03 2011 10:10 GMT

#194

I can't come up with the names of the players but I believe the terran was light.

A PvT, toss spawns 7, T10 on a blueish map.
The T does a 2rax proxy, scv rushes. The Toss gets out one dragoon and his goon range finishes seconds before it goes down.
The goon ends up getting 42 kills, it's ridicilously ridicilous and awesome.

If anyone can come up with the player names, I think this deserves to be added to the list!!!

Amanebak

Czech Republic528 Posts

March 03 2011 10:21 GMT

#195

On March 03 2011 17:52 mR.bONG789 wrote:

just bumping my kingdom game cos i really think it deserves to be watched. my post seems to have been overlooked completely =(

Wow, what a great game!
+ Show Spoiler +

I wonder if the mind controlled critter cost supply or if it is free.. Don't you know?

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 03 2011 10:24 GMT

#196

On March 03 2011 19:10 SirGlinG wrote:
I can't come up with the names of the players but I believe the terran was light.

A PvT, toss spawns 7, T10 on a blueish map.
The T does a 2rax proxy, scv rushes. The Toss gets out one dragoon and his goon range finishes seconds before it goes down.
The goon ends up getting 42 kills, it's ridicilously ridicilous and awesome.

If anyone can come up with the player names, I think this deserves to be added to the list!!!

I'm answering this again apparently. It's #25 Tempest vs. Light.

It's nice that there are multiple recommendations for a game, but I think it'd be a good idea to make those recommendations more clear. A useful thing to do is to just hit the "All" button so you see all the posts and then search for the player name or map name that you know. Searching for "Light" would lead to this game. Then you can just vote on the poll and use your post to instead explain to others how awesome the game is.

Sorry to quote you and use your post as an example but it bothers me a lot when people don't at least attempt to search through a thread for duplicate information. I did this earlier too, but I was quick to remedy it.

luckybeni2

Germany1065 Posts

March 03 2011 10:38 GMT

#197

Rock vs Chalrenge? Can't get wierder than a pvp 10 base vs maybe 3 and one guy staying alive by mind controlling himself an army

Imagist

Australia484 Posts

March 03 2011 11:58 GMT

#198

Oversky vs. Freedom on Katrina

Freedom (T) walls in and expands just like every Terran does on Katrina. Oversky takes advantage of the map in order to employ a rare strategy in response.

popzags

Poland604 Posts

March 03 2011 13:13 GMT

#199

On March 03 2011 19:21 Amanebak wrote:
I wonder if the mind controlled critter cost supply or if it is free.. Don't you know?

It's free: the only thing more epic is to Parasite critters to get vision of opponents' base.

(Props to my bro who used this to own me in ZvT when were complete noobs).

KissKiss

United Kingdom136 Posts

March 03 2011 14:06 GMT

#200

Wow, Western Starcraft really needs more screaming fangirls. Watching JD 4pool with all that noise from the ground...So awesome.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 03 2011 14:26 GMT

#201

Lucifer vs Chalrenge on Blue Storm in 2007 Proleague
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

part 1

part 2

This is a elmliation race for the ages in pvp

Poll: Would you recomend Lucifer vs Chalrenge?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Would you recomend Lucifer vs Chalrenge?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kamille

Monaco1035 Posts

March 03 2011 15:40 GMT

#202

Bisu vs PokJu?

Scaramanga

Australia8090 Posts

March 03 2011 16:33 GMT

#203

July vs Chojja on Neo Guillotine in SKY2004 Proleague R1

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Worth Watching] +

I don't know the exact details but im pretty sure there used to be a rule in proleauge that if you came out twice in the same match you needed to play a different race, as july had previously played zerg in the 2v2, he decided to go terran to play vs chojja.

July ops for a sparks terran, sync style, getting +1 amour for his marines. Chojja scouts this and prepares with 8 sunkens in a perfect concave, along with ling support. July scans, shows his balls of steel and attacks with his control group and a half of marines. With some really impressive micro, july breaks a sunken line that shouldn't be broken and wins the game.

Poll: Would you recommend July vs Chojja?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend July vs Chojja?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

mnesthes

5433 Posts

March 03 2011 16:33 GMT

#204

Flash vs Bisu; Monty Hall; 2007 Daum OSL, Round of 8, Set 2; 2007-06-29

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

You never really know the definition of cheese until you've seen this game.

+ Show Spoiler [Reason why this is unusual] +

Poll: Would you recommend Flash vs Bisu?

Yes (36)

86%

No (6)

14%

42 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend Flash vs Bisu?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

CCGaunt

United States417 Posts

March 03 2011 17:16 GMT

#205

This thread is so amazing.
Thank you so much for pooling all these together!

Aurious

Canada1772 Posts

March 03 2011 17:50 GMT

#206

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/10872_Light_vs_Tempest/vod

Tempest(protoss) vs Light(Terran)
Byzantium 2
+ Show Spoiler +

Amazing defense

Kuzmorgo

Hungary1058 Posts

March 03 2011 18:05 GMT

#207

I just remembered a game, a PvP, where one player went reavers, and it turned out to be a base trade, and the player with the reavers built a hidden pylon, and the other player was loosing his main, but had less dragoons, so he couldn't defend, and the reaver was defending the pylon, and the other guy saw the reaver, and gg'ed. And the observers showed, that he actually had 0 scarabs, and that it was just a bluff, cause he didn't have enough money to build scarabs.

EDIT: + Show Spoiler +

I found it!! Although its not precisely as I remembered, its still funny.

Fiel

United States587 Posts

March 03 2011 20:54 GMT

#208

Jaedong vs (Z)

YellOw @ Match Point

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Hive tech in ZvZ is always incredibly unusual, especially when its not forced. Massive Muta/Devourer armies combined with roaming defilers that can cause thousands of damage with one spell makes for a fantastic, unforgettable, nail-biting game.

+ Show Spoiler [Recommend watching Jaedong vs YellOw?] +

Poll: Jaedong vs YellOw @ Match Point worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Jaedong vs YellOw @ Match Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Surprised no one mentioned it yet.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

March 03 2011 21:39 GMT

#209

What about the one boxer game, where he floated raxes into his opponents main and started spamming firebats? That always gives me a smile when I think about it. ^^

Phiru

United States9 Posts

March 03 2011 21:43 GMT

#210

That game where nal ra proxies everything but the kitchen sink in his opponents natural.

That game where really used medics to blind observers so his opponent couldn't kill his mines.

That game where a DT killed an entire terran army as he was walking over a minefield. (something similar happened in another game with probes)

That Avalon MSL 5th set match between (T)

Iris and

Bisu + Show Spoiler +

where iris puts up the most clutch defense in the world.

The game where boxer beats a guy on an island map by killing all of his shuttles after hes mined out.

ZBiR

Poland1092 Posts

March 03 2011 22:17 GMT

#211

"forU's 59 gateways vs nada": [WoH]-RAGE.

Poll: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

yes (10)

71%

no (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

On March 04 2011 06:43 Phiru wrote:
The game where boxer beats a guy on an island map by killing all of his shuttles after hes mined out.

BoxeR vs

JoyO on Paradoxxx

Although I think it was Joyo's storm that killed his last shuttle.

Poll: Boxer vs Joyo - worth watching?

yes (7)

88%

no (1)

13%

8 total votes

Your vote: Boxer vs Joyo - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

iSometric

2221 Posts

March 04 2011 02:37 GMT

#212

21. HiyA vs free; Triathlon; Hana Daetoo MSL, round of 8 (4th set); 2010-05-08
at 17:50 EPIC LOCKDOWN!

JWD

United States12607 Posts

March 04 2011 03:04 GMT

#213

This thread is really cool guys. Great idea and execution OP.

NathanSC

United States620 Posts

March 04 2011 03:11 GMT

#214

BoxeR vs.

sAviOr on Monty Hall SE.

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Game is unusual because ~~it's Boxer and he's incapable of playing standard~~ Boxer spends the entire game going mass goliath versus Savior.

Oh, and it actually works.

Poll: Would you recommend Boxer vs Savior?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend Boxer vs Savior?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 04 2011 12:04 JWD wrote:
This thread is really cool guys. Great idea and execution OP.

This thread is arguably one of the best/most entertaining on TL right now. It's also very nostalgic.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

March 04 2011 03:34 GMT

#215

pretty sure this hasnt been posted

probably the best cannon rush ever by non other than nal_ra

nosliw

United States2716 Posts

March 04 2011 04:05 GMT

#216

This thread is awesome!!

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 04 2011 05:21 GMT

#217

On March 04 2011 07:17 ZBiR wrote:

fOru vs

NaDa; River of Flames; KPGA 2nd Tour; 2002-05-16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs nada

Although, according to the video description, it's "only" 40 gateways.

Poll: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

yes (10)

71%

no (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Edit:
I would actually recommend people, who are really interested and haven't seen it yet, watch all of the episodes of "10 Years Star Age." Here's the playlist on the nevake account.

Antisocialmunky

United States5912 Posts

March 04 2011 05:42 GMT

#218

There was that one game with the Luxury/Fake Yellow twins where they went the exact same builds into a 30 minute ZvZ.

Foolishness

United States3044 Posts

March 04 2011 05:57 GMT

#219

How about that (Z)

ZerO vs

HoGiL game where they got a draw? I certainly never expected to see a draw in a ZvZ, and doubt there will ever be one again.

]343[

United States10328 Posts

March 04 2011 06:12 GMT

#220

Ok, I'll repost these in the right format I guess?

Hoejja vs Hiya, Roadrunner, SWL 2009-2010:
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ych17HS0770

Bunker rush accompanied by 8+ scvs succeeds... but Hoejja responds in a jaw-dropping fashion.

Poll: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

Yes (28)

97%

No (1)

3%

29 total votes

Your vote: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Skyhigh vs Jaedong, Destination:
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwsnHY9FIT0

Who even knew this was possible??

Poll: Would you recommend Skyhigh vs Jaedong?

Yes (3)

75%

No (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend Skyhigh vs Jaedong?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Sigh

Canada2433 Posts

March 04 2011 06:45 GMT

#221

Awesome thread, I was looking for that Flash vs Bisu game on monty python for ages!

Selth

United States469 Posts

March 04 2011 07:32 GMT

#222

Here's another one I just remembered:

(P)

Kal vs

Lx; Outsider SE; WCG 2010 Los Angeles; 2010-10-01
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Base trade into a race to rebuild

Poll: Is Kal vs Lx on Outsider SE worth watching?

Yes (10)

71%

No (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Is Kal vs Lx on Outsider SE worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

moopie

12605 Posts

March 04 2011 07:36 GMT

#223

Ah yes I remember that game. Terrible commentary, but entertaining.

bluetrolls

United States139 Posts

March 04 2011 07:41 GMT

#224

On March 04 2011 15:45 Sigh wrote:
Awesome thread, I was looking for that Flash vs Bisu game on monty python for ages!

We need more Flash vs. Bisu. WCG 2009.

+ Show Spoiler +

You never really know the definition of micro until you've seen this game.

letian

Germany4221 Posts

March 04 2011 09:32 GMT

#225

Why u guys just don't make a torrent pack out of this??? So everybody could download all the beauty in one go.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

March 04 2011 10:06 GMT

#226

On March 04 2011 15:12 ]343[ wrote:
Ok, I'll repost these in the right format I guess?

Hoejja vs Hiya, Roadrunner, SWL 2009-2010:
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ych17HS0770

Bunker rush accompanied by 8+ scvs succeeds... but Hoejja responds in a jaw-dropping fashion.

Poll: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

Yes (28)

97%

No (1)

3%

29 total votes

Your vote: Hoejja vs Hiya: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Skyhigh vs Jaedong, Destination:
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwsnHY9FIT0

Who even knew this was possible??

Poll: Would you recommend Skyhigh vs Jaedong?

Yes (3)

75%

No (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend Skyhigh vs Jaedong?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

skyhigh vs jaedong

great game but can you make the description a little more...
i dont know, i like to watch these videos at lease expecting what is going to happen, i was figuring that i'll watch it anyway

thestool91

672 Posts

March 04 2011 13:04 GMT

#227

thanks everyone!

aupstar

Australia912 Posts

March 04 2011 13:44 GMT

#228

Skyhigh vs Young
Reason:
+ Show Spoiler +

Epic scv play in do or die game of winners league finals...so clutch!

Vod:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Recommend?

Yes (2)

67%

No (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Recommend?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

aupstar

Australia912 Posts

March 04 2011 14:19 GMT

#229

Bisu vs Fantasy

Reason:
+ Show Spoiler +

Inbase proxy..teamkill

Vod:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Bisu vs Fantasy

Yes (2)

67%

No (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Bisu vs Fantasy

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

There was this other game on outsider...2fac vs proxy gates into dt..don't remember the game..

it was epic though! If anyone remembers please post!

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

March 04 2011 14:35 GMT

#230

There was that pvp game where Kingdom had his base cleared by a dt rush then w/ observers kills the dt's and goes for his enemy's base with everything not nailed down.

popzags

Poland604 Posts

March 04 2011 15:03 GMT

#231

I remember a TvZ on Ousider where Terran proxied Factory right in Zerg main at 9 o'clock. It was hilarious when Zerg saw Vultures and started to check for proxy buildings with Overlords, but the Factory lifted off and flew up his ramp to a place, where it was just barely, barely missed by Zerg...

Found it! (T)

Leta vs

Hero on Outsider

VOD here

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 04 2011 15:52 GMT

#232

Hey, guys, thanks for continuing to contribute, and making this thread so much better than it would have been if it was just me. Also, thanks to everyone taking the time to format their recommendations like the OP--makes it so much easier for me to transfer. Particular props to garbanzo

On March 04 2011 14:21 garbanzo wrote:

fOru vs

NaDa; River of Flames; KPGA 2nd Tour; 2002-05-16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTO09NDOzsQ#t=2m21s

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs nada

Although, according to the video description, it's "only" 40 gateways.

Poll: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

yes (10)

71%

no (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

for a) taking the time to format someone else's recommendation, b) getting all the tiny details right--even taking out the new-lines between spoilers and adding a quoted description of the game. It's such a pleasure to see a post like this, that I can literally copy/paste into the OP without changing anything at all.

I've been going through the thread from the beginning--I just finished adding all the posts from the first page of the thread--but I might interrupt to add the recent posts that people have done the formatting for already. In any case, as I've said, the OP is going to lag way behind the thread, but every post here is appreciated, every post will make it into the OP in some way if I can help it, and in the meantime, your posts will be seen by people browsing the thread, so even before they get into the OP it's not like they go to waste.

Also, thanks to everyone who posted stuff like "nice thread"; that makes me happy.

Kerotan

England2109 Posts

March 04 2011 19:34 GMT

#233

Games that have been insufficient identified number 6:
Zero proxy hatch on Polaris Rhapsody from proleague

timtwins

United States49 Posts

March 04 2011 19:49 GMT

#234

That first game on river was a great game

Southlight

United States11767 Posts

March 04 2011 20:51 GMT

#235

Kingdom vs Rage

Reason:
+ Show Spoiler +

Vod:
+ Show Spoiler +

http://v.mofile.com/show/G34PLAJQ.shtml

Poll:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Kingdom vs Rage on Arizona worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Took me a bit to find it, but there it is.

MorningMusume11

United States3490 Posts

March 04 2011 20:54 GMT

#236

Man the vod on YT isnt there anymore

Anyways Canata vs Roro on Destination
People in the LR thread going WTF

repomaniak

Poland324 Posts

March 04 2011 21:32 GMT

#237

2010 Korean Air OSL

ZerO vs PerfectMan 2010-03-19 @ Fighting Spirit

Vod:
+ Show Spoiler +

Reason:
+ Show Spoiler +

zero vs perfectman zero's special strategy

Poll:
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Is ZerO vs PerfectMan worth watching?

yes (1)

100%

no (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is ZerO vs PerfectMan worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

phyren

United States1067 Posts

March 04 2011 23:36 GMT

#238

JulyZerg vs FireBatHero on Sin Chupong Reyong (spelling?)

July gets pretty much every zerg tech and play his usual super aggressive style. Gaurdian micro ftw.

nurle

Norway308 Posts

March 05 2011 00:24 GMT

#239

OSL 2006 Quarterfinals

JJu vs yellowarnc @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu

Tippany

United States765 Posts

March 05 2011 00:43 GMT

#240

On March 03 2011 11:04 Aquafresh wrote:
Surprised no one has done this one yet as it is fairly recent.

(T)

Fantasy vs (Z)

Action; Judgement Day; 2010-05-11 Proleague
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-XhuyBTOA

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (27)

93%

No (2)

7%

29 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

EDIT: Also basically any of (Z)

ZerO's games on Holy World

This needs to be placed in the OP. One of my favorite matches ever!

gryffindor

United States524 Posts

March 05 2011 00:49 GMT

#241

It wasn't on fs

darktreb

United States3016 Posts

March 05 2011 02:40 GMT

#242

Aww come on, just because Savior's gone now doesn't mean we have to forget his good days. He didn't play GoRush just because of ZvZ, he also said did it to get people excited about the game. There's an interview translation somewhere where he talks about how it falls on the best players to keep people interested in SC, and he intended to do that by switching races. As hard as it may be believe in light of match fixing, Savior did really understand his obligation as a top player to promote the game. Maybe that makes it hurt that much more.

GoTuNk!

Chile4591 Posts

March 05 2011 03:12 GMT

#243

hiya vs boxer on blue storm was absolutely insane

nurle

Norway308 Posts

March 05 2011 03:47 GMT

#244

On March 05 2011 11:40 darktreb wrote:
Aww come on, just because Savior's gone now doesn't mean we have to forget his good days. He didn't play GoRush just because of ZvZ, he also said did it to get people excited about the game. There's an interview translation somewhere where he talks about how it falls on the best players to keep people interested in SC, and he intended to do that by switching races. As hard as it may be believe in light of match fixing, Savior did really understand his obligation as a top player to promote the game. Maybe that makes it hurt that much more.

i couldn't agree more

even tho i don't like what he did, i'm still a huuuuge fan of savior the amazing zerg player!

Hyperionnn

Turkey4968 Posts

March 05 2011 10:05 GMT

#245

1. "The game where Yellow used overlords to soak muta hits": gryffindor.

this is july vs yellow on bifrost i think

edit: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/5437_July_vs_YellOw

niteReloaded

Croatia5281 Posts

March 05 2011 12:04 GMT

#246

Sick thread qrs, nice job!

Corvi

Germany1406 Posts

March 05 2011 13:55 GMT

#247

excellent thread

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

March 05 2011 14:31 GMT

#248

Where is that ZvZ draw lol

Also:

sixfour

England11061 Posts

March 05 2011 14:37 GMT

#249

Has anyone posted that game between Zero and Hyuk, think it was on Match Point in one of the individual leagues, where Zero proxy hatches in Hyuk's main and wins through all-in lings?

SecondChance

Australia603 Posts

March 05 2011 14:45 GMT

#250

Great thread. Thanks for going to the effort, I'll definitely be checking out some of these vids.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 05 2011 14:46 GMT

#251

iloveoov vs (Z)

ZerO in 2009 winners league
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

iloveoov was just coming out of retirement and showed a build that would change the way tvz is played

Poll: Is iloveoov vs Zero worth watching

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is iloveoov vs Zero worth watching

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

ShcShc

Canada912 Posts

March 05 2011 23:38 GMT

#252

On March 05 2011 09:43 moose162 wrote:

This needs to be placed in the OP. One of my favorite matches ever!

Did OOV say BABO? Aka STUPID?? LOL

TheGlassface

United States612 Posts

March 06 2011 03:25 GMT

#253

Luxury V Effort. I can't remember when.

Effort uses zerglings to fight mutas for a lot longer than should.
At one point he splits 6 zerglings and I don't understand how he did with 5 fingers only.

Release

United States4397 Posts

March 06 2011 06:17 GMT

#254

I watched savior vs TT, and why did TT move a ton of zealot to the base with one hatchery, while only attacking the main with a single zealot? Match looks partially fixed to me.

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

March 06 2011 07:06 GMT

#255

While we're on Luxury, what was that game on Outsider where Luxury sunken d with guardians on top and then busts about with guardian ultralisk? I forgot who he played

shucklesors

Singapore1176 Posts

March 06 2011 08:40 GMT

#256

there was one game where jaedong beat down a protoss so brutally there was no actual army confrontation in an about 18 minute long game and pure was forced to GG. was it pure or something? cant really remember
and there were devourers
im just not sure if a brutal beatdown counts as an unusual game?

Hunterai

Thailand842 Posts

March 06 2011 08:45 GMT

#257

I just started watching eSport since SC2 Beta HDH King of the Beta, so naturally this is the first time I'm exposed to these amazing games.

Just want to thank TL.NET community for being the best

PS: that first game is CRAZY!!!!
PSS: but maybe should list in the VOD spoiler section that the game starts around 33:00 minutes in that youtube video

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 06 2011 13:36 GMT

#258

On March 06 2011 17:40 shucklesors wrote:
there was one game where jaedong beat down a protoss so brutally there was no actual army confrontation in an about 18 minute long game and pure was forced to GG. was it pure or something? cant really remember
and there were devourers
im just not sure if a brutal beatdown counts as an unusual game?

Well, I can always list it and people can vote on that. It will take me a while to get to yours, though (I'm only up to like page 3 of this thread in terms of the OP), especially if no one identifies the game.

On March 06 2011 17:45 Hunterai wrote:
I just started watching eSport since SC2 Beta HDH King of the Beta, so naturally this is the first time I'm exposed to these amazing games.

Just want to thank TL.NET community for being the best

PS: that first game is CRAZY!!!!
PSS: but maybe should list in the VOD spoiler section that the game starts around 33:00 minutes in that youtube video

If you click play on the VOD embedded in the thread it starts where the game starts, you know, which is why I didn't think of mentioning that separately, but I guess it can't hurt to say it too.

Reuental

United States457 Posts

March 06 2011 14:55 GMT

#259

The Yellow vs Bisu game may be the most awesome game I have ever seen. The crowd is just going crazy the entire time.

+ Show Spoiler +

Any game that features slow drops gets my approval

koreasilver

9109 Posts

March 06 2011 15:43 GMT

#260

On March 06 2011 16:06 MageKirby wrote:
While while're on Luxury, what was that game on Outsider where Luxury sunken d with guardians on top and then busts about with guardian ultralisk? I forgot who he played

That was like how every TvZ looked on Outsider for a long period of time. The build might be really unusual, but in the context of the map it was very normal.

Bwenjarin Raffrack

United States322 Posts

March 06 2011 16:33 GMT

#261

On March 06 2011 22:36 qrs wrote:

He's probably referring to this game between Jaedong and Pure on Grand Line SE.

And yes, the beatdown is as cruel as he describes. Absolutely nothing goes Pure's way. An effortless zergling run-by kills several probes, his zealot attacks are casually deflected while Jaedong gets a fourth base, his archon gets surrounded and sniped by zerglings, he loses most of his corsairs to scourge. Jaedong builds mutalisks and takes down another archon with them easily, denies the attempt at DT harass, and destroys Pure's expansions with just zerglings while morphing devourers and guardians. Before any armies clash, Jaedong picks off Pure's shuttle with scourge right by Pure's cannons, and Pure can only nod and type gg early.

It's bad when something goes wrong and the player shakes his head. It's cruel when everything goes wrong and he's forced to nod in submission of it before resigning.

Well, whether standard-play beatdowns count as unusual is a little hazy. The Stork vs. Hiya game, for example, didn't score well at the polls.

On a totally different subject, you might want to write a short note about VODs on youku to advise the watcher to let them buffer and load completely before trying to watch them. It can be frustrating otherwise.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 06 2011 18:45 GMT

#262

^Thanks for identifying the game. I've put a note about VODs on Youku and similar sites in the "Using the thread" section.

saint_fu

Canada61 Posts

March 06 2011 19:04 GMT

#263

So are we allowed to post games where both players played horribly, but the atrocious play made the game hilarious?

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 06 2011 19:13 GMT

#264

Post any game that you think is out of the ordinary and worth watching. If people disagree, they can vote "No" in the poll.

Release

United States4397 Posts

March 06 2011 20:08 GMT

#265

On March 07 2011 04:04 saint_fu wrote:
So are we allowed to post games where both players played horribly, but the atrocious play made the game hilarious?

Stork vs GGplay (i think this is the game) was full of horrible play, but is one of the greatest of all time

saint_fu

Canada61 Posts

March 06 2011 22:07 GMT

#266

Jaehoon vs (T)

firebathero; Eye of the Storm; 2009 EVER OSL, Group G (1st set); 2009-10-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

What seems to be a standard game becomes out of the ordinary by blunders from both players.

Poll: Is Jaehoon vs firebathero on Eye of the Storm worth watching?

Yes (23)

92%

No (2)

8%

25 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaehoon vs firebathero on Eye of the Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 07 2011 04:18 GMT

#267

I absolutely love this thread, and I remembered that I clicked on the link thinking "oh god another one of these threads, ahh, oh well." But you structured it right so that not only is it easy to see all of the games, but also managed to get a list of games that most other threads miss, and I enjoyed a lot (I don't know how I had never seen oov vs zeus).

Lot's of credit to your OP.

The only thing it is missing (other than more games obv) is a kick ass banner. I might try my hand at graphic design during spring break if no one else makes one.

Smix

United States4549 Posts

March 07 2011 04:24 GMT

#268

On March 07 2011 13:18 hacklebeast wrote:
I absolutely love this thread, and I remembered that I clicked on the link thinking "oh god another one of these threads, ahh, oh well." But you structured it right so that not only is it easy to see all of the games, but also managed to get a list of games that most other threads miss, and I enjoyed a lot (I don't know how I had never seen oov vs zeus).

Lot's of credit to your OP.

The only thing it is missing (other than more games obv) is a kick ass banner. I might try my hand at graphic design during spring break if no one else makes one.

What he said! What a beast thread. Thank you so much

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

March 07 2011 04:50 GMT

#269

Casy vs Jy on Troy.

Nuke rush the opponent into retirement.

OminouS

Sweden1343 Posts

March 07 2011 08:48 GMT

#270

With the

GanZi vs

HayprO games fresh in mind, this game felt kind of relevant.

(T)

GanZi vs

Jaedong; Byzantium III; MSL(MST), Ro64; 2009-04-23
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Ganzi tech switches like a Z and outplays one of the greatest Zergs of all time

Poll: Is this game worth watching?

Yes (12)

92%

No (1)

8%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is this game worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

rickybobby

United States405 Posts

March 07 2011 08:57 GMT

#271

this thread is awesome 'weird games' are the best games

konadora

Singapore66163 Posts

March 07 2011 14:27 GMT

#272

Wait wow, seriously? NO ONE recommended this game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIFVRvd8N4

ONE VESSELLLLLLLL.

On March 07 2011 13:50 thedeadhaji wrote:
Casy vs Jy on Troy.

Nuke rush the opponent into retirement.

one of my favourites as well

jpak

United States5045 Posts

March 07 2011 14:48 GMT

#273

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet!!!

(Z)

ZerO vs

HoGiL; Aztec; Bacchus OSL 2010, Ro36 (3th set)
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

The first ZvZ draw ever!!

Poll: Is Zero vs Hogil worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Zero vs Hogil worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 07 2011 17:18 GMT

#274

On March 07 2011 13:24 Smix wrote:

+ Show Spoiler [Why is it unusual?] +

What he said! What a beast thread. Thank you so much

Thanks very much for the posts; I appreciate them a lot (along with all the other similar posts in the thread).

About the banner...not a priority of course, but it crossed my mind too. If anyone does decide to make one, which would be cool, I'd been thinking that, instead of the thread's current, boring, if descriptive title, the title I'd put on the banner would be something like, "Cool and Unusual Punishment". (I don't know how well that works...not all of the games in the thread are one-sided, although many are. I thought about "Cool and Unusual Starcraft" instead, but that dilutes the pun.)

raga4ka

Bulgaria5679 Posts

March 07 2011 17:36 GMT

#275

Nada vs July that drone rush counter by July .

Semtext

Germany287 Posts

March 07 2011 18:45 GMT

#276

OP, Y U NO firebathero? I am disappoint!

MSL Round of 8, Bracket B, June 24th 2007
Game1: sAviOr vs FBH @ Python
+ Show Spoiler +

sick game going 1 hour, including tons of battlecruisers and 2 failed tries to nuke saviors main.

Part 1:

Part 2:

in the end, savior loses only because he is mined out, not because FBH is that much better.

Ah wait, screw the above, I got this: FBH vs. Jaedong @ Harmony

VOD:
+ Show Spoiler +

Why its awesome:
+ Show Spoiler +

Jaedong loses so hard that he is DRIPPING SWEAT shortly before and as he gg's.
And a failed Proxy Factory attempt which is spotted so early it doesn't even matter, but FBH pulls it through. Then, after displaying really good Marine and Vessel micro, FBH just sacks a bunch of those really casually in not paying attention at fucking all, and chooses to lose round about 8 CCs during the whole game.

Also, BCs. And an SCV taking out an Ultralisk.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

March 07 2011 19:11 GMT

#277

jaedong vs lucifer

how to handle a proxy with a 12hatch loooooool

Pyrthas

United States3196 Posts

March 07 2011 22:37 GMT

#278

On March 07 2011 13:50 thedeadhaji wrote:
Casy vs Jy on Troy.

Nuke rush the opponent into retirement.

Oh god yes, that game was incredible. I can only find it with French commentary on youtube, but here it is, in multiple parts:

Casy vs Jy, Troy, OSC 2008 Season 1: Set 1

sjschmidt93

United States2518 Posts

March 08 2011 00:21 GMT

#279

I did not follow BW, but when talking about Infestors on Weapon of Choice Chill mentioned a game where a Zerg built tanks. Anyone got that?

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 08 2011 00:28 GMT

#280

On March 08 2011 09:21 sjschmidt93 wrote:
I did not follow BW, but when talking about Infestors on Weapon of Choice Chill mentioned a game where a Zerg built tanks. Anyone got that?

You are going to have to either clarify or provide context, because that can't happen as you have it written. Maybe it was protoss that built the tank? Or perhaps a more generic "making terran units" (which could happen in the context of infested cc/terran).

Edit: Or maybe a zerg player was off racing? (all three of these have happend and are already in the OP BTW)

jpak

United States5045 Posts

March 08 2011 02:17 GMT

#281

Flash vs

BeSt on Fortress 12-15-10

Flash thinks he's playing TvT... but he wins anyways.

Too_MuchZerg

Finland2818 Posts

March 08 2011 02:40 GMT

#282

Calm vs Fantasy
Match Point
Hana Daetoo MSL ROUND 16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Calm playing mind games vs Fantasy. Makes 6 lings and somehow Fantasy thinks that rush is coming. Then fakes muta build and Lurker build to make mass hatcheries (expansions). Finally making mass lurkers to defend after Fantasy noticed what was going on

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

March 08 2011 02:45 GMT

#283

Bisu vs Jaedong on Andromeda?

Never before has this sort of PvZ been reenacted

Bisu vs Jaedong

BLAH, i couldve sworn i didnt see dat, sorry

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 08 2011 02:51 GMT

#284

^#18 in the OP (archived).

Thanks to everyone posting recommendations; they will make it into the OP when I reach them (I'm only up to page 4...).

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

March 08 2011 04:27 GMT

#285

Dunno if this was already recommended.

Jaedong vs Turn on EoS

Turtle zerg from Jaedong?

JD vs Turn

popzags

Poland604 Posts

March 08 2011 11:22 GMT

#286

About ZvZ suggestions...

(Z)

HoGiL vs

ZerO; Aztec; Bacchus OSL 2010, Ro36 (3 Set); 2010-11-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqteGtH-ag

One player ends up having slightly more Mutas but no economy or Drones. His opponent has one Drone protected by Spore Colonies and 54 minerals. Epic enough, isn't it?

Poll: Hogil vs Zero worth watching?

Yes (19)

100%

No (0)

0%

19 total votes

Your vote: Hogil vs Zero worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

>None yet<

oBlade

United States5585 Posts

March 08 2011 13:08 GMT

#287

Much[gm] vs (P)

TerAtO; "The Siege of Blitz"; 9th MST 2set; 2006-10-10
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Both players employ lots of tech and unusual strategies to try to secure the last base (island) on Blitz.

Poll: Much[gm] vs TerAto on Blitz worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Much[gm] vs TerAto on Blitz worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

yeOngJae; Aztec; Shinhan10-11 Proleague; 2010-12-19
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

oo_xerox

United States852 Posts

March 08 2011 20:27 GMT

#288

bookmarked

Soap

Brazil1546 Posts

March 08 2011 22:16 GMT

#289

On March 07 2011 23:27 konadora wrote:
Wait wow, seriously? NO ONE recommended this game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIFVRvd8N4

ONE VESSELLLLLLLL.

Wow once I saw the thread I immediately went looking for that game, the climax of probably the best series I saw in proleague.

(Z)

ggaemo vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIFVRvd8N4

Back and forth action down to a single Science Vessel

Poll: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

Yes (25)

93%

No (2)

7%

27 total votes

Your vote: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

March 08 2011 23:12 GMT

#290

On March 09 2011 07:16 Soap wrote:

yeOngJae; Aztec; Shinhan10-11 Proleague; 2010-12-19
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Wow once I saw the thread I immediately went looking for that game, the climax of probably the best series I saw in proleague.

(Z)

ggaemo vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIFVRvd8N4

Back and forth action down to a single Science Vessel

yeOngJae; Aztec; Shinhan10-11 Proleague; 2010-12-19
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Poll: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

Yes (25)

93%

No (2)

7%

27 total votes

Your vote: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Just watched that game. I still can't decide of it's actually all that unusual, but I think it's definitely worth watching.

OminouS

Sweden1343 Posts

March 09 2011 02:56 GMT

#291

Suny vs. Shine on Gladiator (Bacchus 2010 OSL): Suny pulls off a brilliant vulture+marine+scv drop and conducts something like an 8-minute bunker rush.

I'm pretty sure that vod in the OP is the wrong one, cuz I never saw any drops or bunkers in that game.

Edit: Nevermind, it was during the 'Playback' during the first two minutes, silly me skipped a few minutes in to the game. The map is wrong though, should be Pathfinder, not Gladiator.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 09 2011 04:51 GMT

#292

^Sorry about that--put the game in before actually watching it. I've corrected it now.

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

March 09 2011 04:54 GMT

#293

qrs, on the really vs 815 game, it is not on fighting spirit
it was on the twilight remake of el nino, whatever that was called
i would also like to add in the "what makes this unusual" the fact that before he proxy hatcheries that he rubs his drones to skip over minerals and uses the minerals as a wall... it's a weird map

hayata2.0

Canada655 Posts

March 09 2011 05:20 GMT

#294

RorO vs

Canata on New Tornado, Shinhan09-10 Proleague; 2009-12-19

Super fail build.

+ Show Spoiler +

Pretty much it went: Proxy Rax -> Get gas -> In-base Proxy Fact -> SCV gets killed by first 2 zerglings just before factory finishes -> GG.

Pretty much only one unit died the entire game.

Can't find a VOD for it :/

r3z3nd3

Brazil522 Posts

March 09 2011 05:57 GMT

#295

can i just post here to say this thread is awesome?

(and to bookmark it? =P )

red_hq

Canada450 Posts

March 09 2011 06:30 GMT

#296

Just saying the Stork vs Hiya match, Stork actually lost 4 units (1 Zealot, 2 Dragoons, 1 probe) or five (extra Dragoon) (based on what I heard), that games was still filled with some of the most awesome stuff I have ever seen.

Keep up the good work OP.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 09 2011 17:10 GMT

#297

On March 09 2011 13:54 Bill Murray wrote:
qrs, on the really vs 815 game, it is not on fighting spirit
it was on the twilight remake of el nino, whatever that was called
i would also like to add in the "what makes this unusual" the fact that before he proxy hatcheries that he rubs his drones to skip over minerals and uses the minerals as a wall... it's a weird map

Thanks for the correction, Bill; I've fixed it now. That one was my mistake. One vote was lost when I fixed the poll for that one, so whoever voted for 815 vs Really, you'll have to cast your vote again, sorry.

On March 09 2011 14:57 r3z3nd3 wrote:
can i just post here to say this thread is awesome?

(and to bookmark it? =P )

Of course: I like posts like that!

On March 09 2011 15:30 red_hq wrote:
Just saying the Stork vs Hiya match, Stork actually lost 4 units (1 Zealot, 2 Dragoons, 1 probe) or five (extra Dragoon) (based on what I heard), that games was still filled with some of the most awesome stuff I have ever seen.

Keep up the good work OP.

Updated description with your comment. Thanks.

On March 09 2011 07:16 Soap wrote:
Wow once I saw the thread I immediately went looking for that game, the climax of probably the best series I saw in proleague.

(Z)

ggaemo vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIFVRvd8N4

Back and forth action down to a single Science Vessel

Poll: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

Yes (25)

93%

No (2)

7%

27 total votes

Your vote: Is ggaemo vs yeOngJae on Aztec worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Actually, a lot of people had recommended this game, but I hadn't gotten to it yet. The OP is only up to page 4 of this thread, for the most part--adding games takes time. I added this one now, though, because Soap's post did almost all the work of formatting for me. (Moral of the story, I guess: if you want your recommendation to jump the queue, pre-format it. I'll eventually get to them all, though.)

As a general note to anyone watching games from the OP: please cast a vote when you're done! That's the best way to make sure that the post doesn't get cluttered with mediocre games. (Updated OP with this appeal now.)

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 09 2011 17:40 GMT

#298

I just kinda droped the draws and hive zvz a while ago, but here is the actual list of them
draws:

On November 15 2010 04:13 Bifur wrote:
Draws in pro SC:
(P)

Chalrenge vs (P)

Rock (26.06.2007) VODs: Part 1 Part 2
(T)

Flash vs

JangBi (07.07.2008) VOD
(T)

Sea vs

Hwasin (14.05.2008) VOD
(T)

Shine vs

Canata (16.04.2009) VOD
(Z)

HoGiL vs

ZerO URL

BackHo vs

Sync URL

Credits to: Ampleaf "Draws in pro SC"

hive ZvZ

RorO Polaris Rhapsody
(Z)

type-b Match Point
(Z)

HoeJJa Empire of the Sun
(Z)

ZerO Triatholon
(Z)

ZerO Triatholon (again)
(Z)

Neo.G_Soulkey Grand Line SE
(Z)

Neo.G_Soulkey Circuit Breaker
(Z)

Jaedong

great Medusa
(Z)

YellOw

GGPlay 815
(Z)

Hydra

great Dante's Peak
(Z)

YellOw vs

Jaedong Match Point

(sorry to just dump these on you, i cant format them all right now, but if you want help, send me a pm)

edit: forgot the other triathalon game, and stupid other soulkey. what did he ever do for the game that mkes him so inportant? + Show Spoiler +

that was super sarcastic

tedster

984 Posts

March 09 2011 20:00 GMT

#299

Silver's classic monty haul game:

(Z)

Silver vs Shine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxjlwhSFKk

Assymptotic

United States552 Posts

March 09 2011 20:23 GMT

#300

Bisu vs. Leta on Destination in 2009.

+ Show Spoiler +

Bisu mind games Leta, HARD by pretending to mis-micro his zealot and reveal a 'cheese.' Leta ends up frantically building a second CC+add-on (still in his first base!) in order to scan for a cheese that never comes. In order to help with the context on why Bisu's deception was so effective, you should probably watch their game on Heartbreak Ridge (which was also a very entertaining game).

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 10 2011 05:27 GMT

#301

lol, you need an archive

I thought of another one

(P)

By.Sun vs

Shuttle Central Plains proleague 2010-11-13;
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

cannons

Poll: is the game worth watching?

yes (1)

50%

no (1)

50%

2 total votes

Your vote: is the game worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

saint_fu

Canada61 Posts

March 10 2011 06:58 GMT

#302

Much vs

firebathero; Othello; 2008 Arena MSL, Round of 16 (3rd set); 2008-06-05
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Much gets some sweet revenge using some hilarious bad manner, as well as ripping apart firebathero.

Poll: Is Much vs firebathero on Othello worth watching?

Yes (3)

75%

No (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Much vs firebathero on Othello worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

luckystriker

Thailand21 Posts

March 10 2011 08:51 GMT

#303

This thread rules them all. Thanks to everyone.

ilovesin

Germany92 Posts

March 10 2011 09:13 GMT

#304

Kingdom vs (P)

Rage Arizona Date: 2004-10-10 League: KT-KTF2004 League

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4805_Kingdom_vs_Rage/vod

Pretty standart PvP until Rage manages to get DTs in to Kingdoms base from his hidden Tech and manages to kill Kingdoms Nexus seconds before he gets an Observer out. Kingdom takes all his Probes and Goon Zeal army and attacks. An intensen Micro battle follows

Poll: Worth Watching Kingdom vs. Rage?

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popzags

Poland604 Posts

March 10 2011 09:29 GMT

#305

On March 10 2011 18:13 ilovesin wrote:
(P)

Kingdom vs (P)

Rage Arizona Date: 2004-10-10 League: KT-KTF2004 League

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4805_Kingdom_vs_Rage/vod

Poll: Worth Watching Kingdom vs. Rage?

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Your vote: Worth Watching Kingdom vs. Rage?

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It's already up: game 51 in the OP.

tedster

984 Posts

March 10 2011 21:54 GMT

#306

Man, this thread is so good it should be stickied

Deep_SiX

United States20 Posts

March 11 2011 03:35 GMT

#307

I'm inexperienced with the whole spoiler posting thing but here's a game I didn't see posted between flash and bisu, where flash does some brilliant cheese that abuses a clift overhang in medusa and a mining trick to sneak his scvs there.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 11 2011 06:29 GMT

#308

^39 in the OP (in the spoiler marked "archived").

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 11 2011 15:04 GMT

#309

what game when reach took few high and darck archons and maelstormed and killed tons of devourers. carriers and corsairs and mutas were also involved

KTF_CloaK

Netherlands1338 Posts

March 11 2011 15:20 GMT

#310

On March 12 2011 00:04 naneri wrote:
what game when reach took few high and darck archons and maelstormed and killed tons of devourers. carriers and corsairs and mutas were also involved

Reach vs chojja, epic epic game :D

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 11 2011 15:33 GMT

#311

Reach vs Chojja 2005 UZOO MSL semi finals
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Very epic game but the end move was somthing you would not see in any games today

Poll: Is Reach Vs Chojja worth watching

Yes! (3)

75%

No! (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Reach Vs Chojja worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Deep_SiX

United States20 Posts

March 11 2011 16:43 GMT

#312

qrs United States. March 11 2011 15:29. Posts 2074 PM Profile Blog Report Quote #
^39 in the OP (in the spoiler marked "archived").

I believe that game is on monty hall, While the game I'm talking about was played on Medusa...But I'm wrong sometimes, so clarifly please.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 11 2011 17:09 GMT

#313

On March 12 2011 01:43 Deep_SiX wrote:

I believe that game is on monty hall, While the game I'm talking about was played on Medusa...But I'm wrong sometimes, so clarifly please.

You're right--my mistake. Sorry.

(I'll add your game when I get to this page of the thread, if not before (I'm only on page 4, now, so might be a bit of time...).)

Agrajag

Sweden38 Posts

March 11 2011 23:16 GMT

#314

Just wanted to say that this thread is awesome! I tend to enjoy unorthodox play the most, so this is golden. I've watched about 20 of these games so far, and almost all of them were either incredible or very good!

Having said that, there's an old game I remember, but I couldn't find the replay. It was a cheesy play in a TvT. Player A rushed, and player B responded by floating his buildings to player A's base and walling it off. I think I saw it on Cholera's channel years ago, but I couldn't find it again. I think it wasn't even a progame, but some random replay that was sent to him. I also recall him talking about it as a "pimpest play", in his opinion, but it's not in his pimpest play list, so I could be wrong. I remember it as a pretty awesome game, but again, I was new to the scene at the time... Does this game sound familiar to anyone?

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 12 2011 00:13 GMT

#315

On March 12 2011 08:16 Agrajag wrote:
Just wanted to say that this thread is awesome! I tend to enjoy unorthodox play the most, so this is golden. I've watched about 20 of these games so far, and almost all of them were either incredible or very good!

Having said that, there's an old game I remember, but I couldn't find the replay. It was a cheesy play in a TvT. Player A rushed, and player B responded by floating his buildings to player A's base and walling it off. I think I saw it on Cholera's channel years ago, but I couldn't find it again. I think it wasn't even a progame, but some random replay that was sent to him. I also recall him talking about it as a "pimpest play", in his opinion, but it's not in his pimpest play list, so I could be wrong. I remember it as a pretty awesome game, but again, I was new to the scene at the time... Does this game sound familiar to anyone?

I think that you confusing the match up it was probally Tvp Kiroff vs Tapoto_Kopele on Lost Temple

that the only game i know of floating buildings to a enemies base but hopfully i found the right match up and play it was

Agrajag

Sweden38 Posts

March 12 2011 00:47 GMT

#316

I think that you confusing the match up it was probally Tvp Kiroff vs Tapoto_Kopele on Lost Temple

Yeah, that's the one, for sure. Thanks!

I saw this game in the playlist, but I didn't think to watch it, since as Cholera also points out, the description is quite bizarre, it has nothing to do with the game...

As for the game, it's a pretty slick counter, although the micro is not very good. Still worth a watch imo, especially since it's only 5 minutes long.

Murderotica

Vatican City State2594 Posts

March 12 2011 00:48 GMT

#317

#63. Jaedong vs. Iris

Funniest part IMO is the outtake on Savior's face for a split second and he has such a serious face on and then he blinks probably from not being able to take his face off the screen because the play is so ridiculous. Seriously, LOL. Definite upvote on this game.

File this game under "rape so brutal you can't look away"

Biff The Understudy

France7890 Posts

March 12 2011 00:59 GMT

#318

BoxeR vs

Nal_rA @ Nemesis

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4094_BoxeR_vs_Nal_rA/vod

Reason

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Ridiculous Cheese by (T)

BoxeR, bringing a whole Control group of worker with Marine medics against (P)

Nal_rA's 12 Nexus on Nemesis. Makes Ra look like a newbie.

edit: lol tlpd.

ZeroChrome

Canada1001 Posts

March 12 2011 01:08 GMT

#319

Bisu vs

Iris; Byzantium; Avalon MSL, Ro.8 5set;

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0NZam1V3L0

Proxy reaver+ elevator rush, and that's just the beginning

EDIT: this is the game mentioned in #10 of the 'Games insufficiently identified' group.

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10. "Can anyone find a PvT Im looking for. I think its Stork vs Iris On byzantium Stork proxies a robo in the middle of the map and does reaver harass and an elevator.": PlaguedArchon

R2D2C3PO

Canada105 Posts

March 12 2011 02:55 GMT

#320

Movie vs

Jaedong

Movie does a weird timing push with dragoons.

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

March 12 2011 03:43 GMT

#321

TerAtO vs

Much on Blitz from MBC Survivor 9th 10/10/2006

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/3472_Much_vs_TerAtO/vod

A passive macro game on Blitz quickly evolves into a tug of war battle over the lone expansion unoccupied on the map, a small island in between either main.

Poll: Is TerAto vs Much on Blitz worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is TerAto vs Much on Blitz worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

DocSeverinsen

Germany86 Posts

March 12 2011 03:49 GMT

#322

Wow... i didnt play scbw, but this thread, i mean....

THIS IS ART

Conversion

United States3308 Posts

March 12 2011 04:10 GMT

#323

wasn't there a PL game between ruby and barracks (i think it was barracks?) that was the fastest modern TvT?

i think it was proxy rax or fact vs 14 cc.

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

March 12 2011 04:20 GMT

#324

On March 12 2011 13:10 Conversion wrote:
wasn't there a PL game between ruby and barracks (i think it was barracks?) that was the fastest modern TvT?

i think it was proxy rax or fact vs 14 cc.

lol this isn't the one you're talking about but it is the fastest tvt i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/47711_Flash_vs_RuBy

Greenworld

93 Posts

March 12 2011 04:27 GMT

#325

Pringles MSL BoxeR vs ChoJJa
VOD
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part 1 :

part 2 :

What makes this games special
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The insane timing with multiple drops at the same time that demolish a 4 base z instantly

Worth watching
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Poll: Boxer vs Chojja worth watching

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Boxer vs Chojja worth watching

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

oBlade

United States5585 Posts

March 12 2011 05:38 GMT

#326

On March 12 2011 12:43 SoMuchBetter wrote:
(P)

TerAtO vs

Much on Blitz from MBC Survivor 9th 10/10/2006

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/3472_Much_vs_TerAtO/vod

A passive macro game on Blitz quickly evolves into a tug of war battle over the lone expansion unoccupied on the map, a small island in between either main.

Poll: Is TerAto vs Much on Blitz worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is TerAto vs Much on Blitz worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

I put this on page 15. :\

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 12 2011 05:49 GMT

#327

wasn't there a PL game between ruby and barracks (i think it was barracks?) that was the fastest modern TvT?

Maybe really versus ruby on tornado when really killed ruby in 2 or 3 minutes?

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 12 2011 05:52 GMT

#328

also i remember fun game with canata vs some zerg on tornado when canata failed to do inbase proxy factory before supply build and instantly quited. That was the stupidest thing that i saw )).

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

March 12 2011 08:51 GMT

#329

On March 12 2011 14:38 oBlade wrote:

I put this on page 15. :\

oh, my bad. It didn't come up when I ran a search for terato.
Still an awesome game though, so much so that it deserves to be posted twice.

Ideas

United States8100 Posts

March 12 2011 09:05 GMT

#330

this thread has given me a lot of really good unique games that I haven't seen before, but it has so quickly devolved from "usual games" to just "usually good standard games".

I really wish the polls for each game werent "was this game worth watching?" but rather "was this game unusual enough?" lol.

I mean boxer vs hiya @ blue storm is one of the craziest, unorthodox TvTs ever. Right above that in the OP though, you just have the JD vs fantasy 4pool game. that game was awesome yes, but nothing too unusual about it (at least in terms of 4pools).

although i guess the truly unusual games run dry pretty fast lol.

still though, the OP is so beautiful i feel like crap for complaining about a lot of games not really being unusual lol. keep up the good work qrs

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 12 2011 13:58 GMT

#331

I mean boxer vs hiya @ blue storm is one of the craziest, unorthodox TvTs ever. Right above that in the OP though, you just have the JD vs fantasy 4pool game. that game was awesome yes, but nothing too unusual about it (at least in terms of 4pools).

I also think so
Looks like you mean that such a game like fantasy versus jaedong has a chance to be played again, but a game like boxer versus hiya is impossible to be played on TV matches

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 12 2011 14:42 GMT

#332

On March 12 2011 13:10 Conversion wrote:
wasn't there a PL game between ruby and barracks (i think it was barracks?) that was the fastest modern TvT?

i think it was proxy rax or fact vs 14 cc.

I think it was Ruby vs Bogus in Proleague

It wasn't the Fastest modern TvT but it is pretty short

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 12 2011 14:52 GMT

#333

On March 12 2011 23:42 LightningStrike wrote:

I think it was Ruby vs Bogus in Proleague
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkMdW_0P4zY

It wasn't the Fastest modern TvT but it is pretty short

Fastest modern TvT

edit: Umm, shouldn't some magic happen that makes my link into a video?

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 12 2011 15:48 GMT

#334

On March 12 2011 23:52 hacklebeast wrote:

Fastest modern TvT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rovlBASKrEA&feature=player_embedded#t=337s

edit: Umm, shouldn't some magic happen that makes my link into a video?

LOL wow i love how fast the game was ^^

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

March 12 2011 16:40 GMT

#335

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXchJwNYNj8

Ensare!! Too bad I can't find one without English Dub. lol

I thought this would be one of the first things on the list. lol

More action-packed than a ZvZ lol

saint_fu

Canada61 Posts

March 13 2011 14:56 GMT

#336

Last night's game of Flash vs Stork is really worth watching. Stork does some sort of fast expand, and Flash does a bunker rush, taking full advantage of the map. Flash sets up the contain at Storks natural, then Stork begins to ferry units out of his base using shuttles.

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

March 13 2011 15:46 GMT

#337

How about Jaedong vs Fantasy on Sin-chupung-ryeong? Perfect use of ensnare against bio with defiler, lurker/ling.

Edit: Also Really vs i think Kal? Goes ghosts for lockdown on arbs and nukes.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 13 2011 16:59 GMT

#338

On March 14 2011 00:46 infinity2k9 wrote:
How about Jaedong vs Fantasy on Sin-chupung-ryeong? Perfect use of ensnare against bio with defiler, lurker/ling.

Edit: Also Really vs i think Kal? Goes ghosts for lockdown on arbs and nukes.

unless there was a second one, nukes and lockdown was hiya vs free

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 13 2011 20:28 GMT

#339

On March 14 2011 01:59 hacklebeast wrote:

unless there was a second one, nukes and lockdown was hiya vs free

No, I remember the one he's talking about, although, I don't remember who Really was playing.

RLTY

United States965 Posts

March 13 2011 20:58 GMT

#340

Reminded me of a lot of good games. Nice

corumjhaelen

France6884 Posts

March 13 2011 21:03 GMT

#341

On March 14 2011 05:28 qrs wrote:

No, I remember the one he's talking about, although, I don't remember who Really was playing.

Leta vs Pure @ heratbreak ridge ?
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/31999_Leta_vs_Pure/vod

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 13 2011 22:00 GMT

#342

On March 14 2011 06:03 corumjhaelen wrote:

Leta vs Pure @ heratbreak ridge ?
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/31999_Leta_vs_Pure/vod

No, that's #47 in the OP.

On March 13 2011 01:40 MageKirby wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXchJwNYNj8

Ensare!! Too bad I can't find one without English Dub. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRaupPwaFSE&feature=channel_video_title

I thought this would be one of the first things on the list. lol

Yeah, the list is still nowhere near complete. Both of those first two games you mention were games I would have added down the line, but I haven't even added all the games mentioned in the thread yet.

mgoblue

United States3 Posts

March 13 2011 22:24 GMT

#343

How about this one:
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4241_BoxeR_vs_Control

Some of it is at 10:28 of the Boxer highlight video.

I've never actually seen the full game, but it seems like a long TvT that ends up with a split map, BCs, and nukes. I assume there is no VoD anymore, but if anyone knows of one, that would be awesome.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 14 2011 15:32 GMT

#344

On March 12 2011 18:05 Ideas wrote:
this thread has given me a lot of really good unique games that I haven't seen before, but it has so quickly devolved from "usual games" to just "usually good standard games".

I really wish the polls for each game werent "was this game worth watching?" but rather "was this game unusual enough?" lol.

I mean boxer vs hiya @ blue storm is one of the craziest, unorthodox TvTs ever. Right above that in the OP though, you just have the JD vs fantasy 4pool game. that game was awesome yes, but nothing too unusual about it (at least in terms of 4pools).

although i guess the truly unusual games run dry pretty fast lol.

still though, the OP is so beautiful i feel like crap for complaining about a lot of games not really being unusual lol. keep up the good work qrs

Please, feel free to complain about anything. I welcome criticism, honestly. Thanks for the compliment on the OP.

About your concern: you are not the first to raise it. Here is my earlier response. In the OP, I try to address this concern:

In terms of how to vote, it's simple: you've watched a game in this thread, expecting something unusual, or amazing or whatever you expect from a game in this thread. Were you satisfied? Vote "Yes" in the poll. Were you disappointed? Vote "No" in the poll.

I should note, by the way, that the JD vs Fantasy game you mention was one of the three games that were in the very first edition of the OP, so if that doesn't count as an "unusual game", then you can't even say that the thread devolved--it was never as restricted as you expected in the first place. For what it's worth, what I thought made the game unusual was a) the strategy used in the first place and b) the way it played out. Your mileage may vary, but after all that's what the polls are for.

sixfour

England11061 Posts

March 14 2011 17:38 GMT

#345

Horang2 vs (P)

Pure, MST Survivor

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+ Show Spoiler [Is the game worth watching? (Poll)] +

Proxy gateways.

Poll: Is the game worth watching?

No (4)

100%

Yes (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is the game worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Couldn't believe that there's only one Horang2 suggestion so far, unless I missed any. Worth watching just to see his face about 20 seconds into the game.

pieisamazing

United States1234 Posts

March 15 2011 18:35 GMT

#346

Chalrenge vs Lucifer; Blue Storm; Proleague, OGN vs KTF (2nd set); 2007-10-30
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxlMLqNJso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tepqPCEe29E

Poll: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (19)

95%

No (1)

5%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Commentary by moletrap, hopefully that doesn't turn anyone away. It's a pretty entertaining game. Then again, I'm a pretty big fan of Chalrenge.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 15 2011 21:47 GMT

#347

On March 16 2011 03:35 pieisamazing wrote:
Chalrenge vs Lucifer; Blue Storm; Proleague, OGN vs KTF (2nd set); 2007-10-30
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxlMLqNJso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tepqPCEe29E

Poll: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

Yes (19)

95%

No (1)

5%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is Chalrenge vs Lucifer on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Commentary by moletrap, hopefully that doesn't turn anyone away. It's a pretty entertaining game. Then again, I'm a pretty big fan of Chalrenge.

I made a post on that game on page 11 i think it was but i second it

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

March 18 2011 01:29 GMT

#348

On March 09 2011 14:20 hayata2.0 wrote:
(Z)

RorO vs

Canata on New Tornado, Shinhan09-10 Proleague; 2009-12-19

Super fail build.

+ Show Spoiler +

Pretty much it went: Proxy Rax -> Get gas -> In-base Proxy Fact -> SCV gets killed by first 2 zerglings just before factory finishes -> GG.

Pretty much only one unit died the entire game.

Can't find a VOD for it :/

lol im glad someone referenced that
it was the funniest proleague game ive ever seen, and im a big skt1 fan

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 18 2011 16:41 GMT

#349

On March 13 2011 23:56 saint_fu wrote:
Last night's game of Flash vs Stork is really worth watching. Stork does some sort of fast expand, and Flash does a bunker rush, taking full advantage of the map. Flash sets up the contain at Storks natural, then Stork begins to ferry units out of his base using shuttles.

OK, so this is the one rule I think we should make for recommendations in this thread: try to stick to games that are at least a couple of months old. Reason being, there's a big difference between games that are exciting/fun to watch when they first come out, and games that are still worth watching long after they were played. A game loses excitement when it's not relevant to anything anymore, so for someone to still recommend it at that point means that the game itself must have been particularly memorable.

I'm not saying that the game you reference is not worth watching, but say, repost the recommendation in a couple months, if you still remember it.

(As far as the OP goes, btw, for anyone who has posted a game here and wants to know why it wasn't added, don't worry, but be patient. I'm still updating the OP, I still intend to incorporate everybody's input, the OP is up to game #75, aaand, I'm still not even done with page 4. So, yeah. Slow but steady. Keep watching; keep voting! Thanks.)

yrag89

Malaysia315 Posts

March 19 2011 05:11 GMT

#350

Stork vs Flash 3rd place match for Daum OSL.

Game 2, Stork loses base, relocated, countered with well microed reaver, and brought in the 'scout' to save the day. Commentators are very excited when the scout appeared.

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

March 19 2011 06:04 GMT

#351

above game was good, very tense to have watched it

o3.power91

Bahrain5288 Posts

March 19 2011 06:09 GMT

#352

Chalrenge vs Free on Blue Storm. Best cheese ever.

Too bad I can't find the VOD

sixfour

England11061 Posts

March 19 2011 11:02 GMT

#353

op - you fell into the tlpd soulkey trap in game 75

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 19 2011 12:27 GMT

#354

what was the game on colosseum when guy played 3 hatchery and put proxy spire on another expo where stays neutral sunken and hydra den in his main and tricked protoss?

dangots0ul

United States919 Posts

March 19 2011 13:30 GMT

#355

Those ones where flash loses are unusual to me

Arkqn

France589 Posts

March 19 2011 13:41 GMT

#356

The iloveoov vs Zeus match was frustrating. Zeus could have easily won with his last 4 goons if he had just runby the bunker, micro would have done the rest since iloveoov didn't have range for his rines...

Ideas

United States8100 Posts

March 19 2011 15:28 GMT

#357

On March 19 2011 21:27 naneri wrote:
what was the game on colosseum when guy played 3 hatchery and put proxy spire on another expo where stays neutral sunken and hydra den in his main and tricked protoss?

I think it was great vs best or someone vs jangbi (ithink great or jangbi was in the game lol). I remember that game! So funny because the hidden spire totally didn't help at all (protoss still defending mutas just fine lol).

dangots0ul

United States919 Posts

March 19 2011 15:42 GMT

#358

The game where Kwanro gets proxied... pulls 10 drones and... attacks?

Xiphos

Canada7507 Posts

March 19 2011 15:48 GMT

#359

On March 20 2011 00:42 dangots0ul wrote:
The game where Kwanro gets proxied... pulls 10 drones and... attacks?

Kwanro vs Really, or YouTube "Art of Defense".

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

March 19 2011 17:41 GMT

#360

On March 20 2011 00:42 dangots0ul wrote:
The game where Kwanro gets proxied... pulls 10 drones and... attacks?

#16, I love that game too

and op: there is one of the "nemesis" tlpd that picked some sc2 player rather than the map

Chef

10810 Posts

March 19 2011 17:44 GMT

#361

I love you qrs.

CCa1ss1e

Canada3231 Posts

March 19 2011 17:51 GMT

#362

great thread, voted on a couple.. loved that new vessel ggaemo one.. watched it live..

XD

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6771 Posts

March 19 2011 18:44 GMT

#363

Iris vs Bisu on byzantium 3!

Early game will have you on the edge of your seat, rest of the game will make you wonder if it's really tvp you're watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0NZam1V3L0

Kacas

Brazil3143 Posts

March 21 2011 03:22 GMT

#364

what was the name of that 2v2 map where there were tons of scv rushing?

ZeroChrome

Canada1001 Posts

March 21 2011 03:25 GMT

#365

On March 20 2011 03:44 Xeofreestyler wrote:
Iris vs Bisu on byzantium 3!

Early game will have you on the edge of your seat, rest of the game will make you wonder if it's really tvp you're watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0NZam1V3L0

I already posted this.

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

March 21 2011 04:41 GMT

#366

On March 21 2011 12:22 Kacas wrote:
what was the name of that 2v2 map where there were tons of scv rushing?

DMZ?

cabarkapa

United States1011 Posts

March 24 2011 04:37 GMT

#367

Brave vs

GoRush on Match Point

Brave does a forge wall-in at the zergs base

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 27 2011 12:14 GMT

#368

I found #11 on games with no little date. It is
(Z)

OversKy vs (T)

Freedom in proleague on 12/7/07 on the map Katrina
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

Proxy sunekns agianst a old WC3 legend Freedom

Poll: Is OversKy vs Freedom on Katrina worth watching?

Yes! (20)

100%

No! (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is OversKy vs Freedom on Katrina worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 29 2011 12:30 GMT

#369

mind versus anytime on bluestorm gomtv game3. Gas steal with responce of building a second barrack and pushing the toss who builds cannons to survive oO

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 29 2011 12:36 GMT

#370

mind versus flash arena msl ro16 i think on tiamat. Marine wars in the middle of the map.

naneri

Kyrgyzstan165 Posts

March 29 2011 12:43 GMT

#371

mind vs hyvaa on neo_requiem SPL set 3. Awesome game with comebacks and intrigue.

Release

United States4397 Posts

March 31 2011 06:11 GMT

#372

Stork vs GGplay is honestly full of the worst play i've ever seen in progaming.
It's the best game of starcraft i've ever seen.

puppykiller

United States3128 Posts

March 31 2011 07:27 GMT

#373

ok i remember a tvt on a jungle map that turned out really wierd. At one point a player ended up using firebats. It was within the last 2 years.

I cant find it but I remember seeing it in a thread that talked about the best games of that year for each matchup. The tvz one was Fantasy vs Jaedong in the proleuge finals so i guess this game was from some time in 2009

lac29

United States1485 Posts

March 31 2011 07:32 GMT

#374

Are there any games from this year, 2011, that are interesting enough to be put up here?

puppykiller

United States3128 Posts

March 31 2011 09:47 GMT

#375

On March 31 2011 16:32 lac29 wrote:
Are there any games from this year, 2011, that are interesting enough to be put up here?

lol one is happening this night+ Show Spoiler +

leta vs pure

pvzvt

Israel2097 Posts

March 31 2011 09:52 GMT

#376

one of the weirdest games ever lol
leta vs pure
somehow pure and leta always give crazy long games
not the first time

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

March 31 2011 10:00 GMT

#377

On March 31 2011 18:52 pvzvt wrote:
one of the weirdest games ever lol
leta vs pure
somehow pure and leta always give crazy long games
not the first time

gets my vote too. never seen a game like that

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 31 2011 18:23 GMT

#378

Flash vs

BeSt in KTF SKT1 Rival Battle

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Part1:

Part2:

How often you see a opposite match up of both their main races?

Poll: Is Flash(P) vs BeSt(T) worth watching?

Yes! (3)

100%

No! (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash(P) vs BeSt(T) worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

April 01 2011 06:33 GMT

#379

horang2 vs nada on HBR in MSL I think, someone needs to link it should be here

Chef

10810 Posts

April 02 2011 15:34 GMT

#380

Reach vs

ChoJJa Rush Hour III; UZOO MSL, ro4; 2005-07-21
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Reach's Amazing "Lockdown." Super long PvZ.

Poll: Is Reach vs Chojja worth watching?

Yes (1)

100%

No (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is Reach vs Chojja worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

I was wondering why there are only two Boxer games up there... Then I was wondering why there's not really any Reach games either. Then I realised I've been totally lazy and contributed nothing so far. It makes me realise how painful it was to lose Jon747 all over again... Finding VODs is hard without him. But here's one for the ages.

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

April 02 2011 15:55 GMT

#381

On March 31 2011 19:00 rabidch wrote:

aQua; Arcadia; SKY2006 Proleague R2; 2006-09-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

gets my vote too. never seen a game like that

Thirded, Watched the whole thing and it was just so ... wierd

qrs

United States3637 Posts

April 04 2011 15:38 GMT

#382

Updated the OP through page 4 of the thread.

Chef

10810 Posts

April 04 2011 16:10 GMT

#383

Now beginning add legendary BoxeR VODs to this thread initiative.

(T)

BoxeR vs

Boxer being Boxer. He starts with a bunker contain, and then decides to just build all of his tech at the natural of his Zerg opponent. If you never got to see BoxeR when he was good, watch this game.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs aQua worth watching?

Yes (6)

86%

No (1)

14%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs aQua worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Nal_rA; Monty Hall; Shinhan07 Proleague R1; 2007-05-22
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

BoxeR vs

A great game which has some very stylish lockdown vs carrier action.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Nal_rA worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Nal_rA worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

BoxeR vs

July; Sin 815; ShinHan2005 OSL, Week 4; 2005-12-29
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Classic BoxeR cheese, which takes advantage of map architecture, then adds insult to injury.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs July worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs July worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

BoxeR vs

ChoJJa; 815 III; Pringles-1 MSL; ?; 2006-05-04
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJh7rNTYqk
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rtlp9IiNo

A boy and his dropships. A well executed triple drop causes a strong looking Chojja to completely crumble.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs ChoJJa worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs ChoJJa worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Ever)T(Sheis; Arcadia; 4th CJ Superfight; 2007-01-27
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

BoxeR vs

BoxeR's mind games destroy Sheis and make him think he is in a base he is not, dealying Sheis' attack by a lot.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Sheis worth watching?

Yes (13)

100%

No (0)

0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Sheis worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

April 04 2011 17:22 GMT

#384

On April 01 2011 15:33 dRaW wrote:
horang2 vs nada on HBR in MSL I think, someone needs to link it should be here

Game is epic, goes from horror gates PvT to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

April 04 2011 19:24 GMT

#385

#68. Fantasy vs Action.

Worth it, if for NOTHING else, the scv on the left moonwalking at 2:42 xD

Chef

10810 Posts

April 04 2011 20:07 GMT

#386

On April 05 2011 02:22 dRaW wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6MWWxOJb0&feature=player_embedded

Horang2; Heartbreak Ridge; Avalon MSL; 2009-07-02
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Game is epic, goes from horror gates PvT to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

NaDa vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6MWWxOJb0

Game is epic, goes from horror gates PvT to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

Poll: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Gorush; Match Point; 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague; 2010-01-12
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

On March 24 2011 13:37 cabarkapa wrote:
(P)

Brave vs

GoRush on Match Point

Brave does a forge wall-in at the zergs base

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VswAmnrGmI#t=10m05s

Brave vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VswAmnrGmI

Brave does a forge wall-in at the zergs base.

Poll: Is Brave vs GoRush worth watching?

Yes (2)

50%

No (2)

50%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Brave vs GoRush worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

On March 31 2011 19:00 rabidch wrote:

Pure; Circuit Breaker; MBC Survivor 22nd; 2011-03-31
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

gets my vote too. never seen a game like that

Leta vs

Big macro into low econ into precarious situation which results in a peculiar end.

Poll: Is Leta vs Pure worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Leta vs Pure worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

sKyHigh; Byzantium 2; MBC Survivor 16th; 2009-01-01
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Jaedong vs (T)

Terrible English commentary sorry

Jaedong brings in the new year with ensnare.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Skyhigh worth watching?

Yes (1)

50%

No (1)

50%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Skyhigh worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

April 05 2011 04:07 GMT

#387

I redoing a game i recomended earlier in the thread
(T)

BoxeR vs

Cool SPL 2007(don't know the date =()
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

Boxer goes a weird rush agianst the now known Sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Poll: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

Yes! (2)

67%

No! (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Release

United States4397 Posts

April 05 2011 05:55 GMT

#388

Violet vs

Canata
Great game from the proleague finals 09-10
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

3 kinds of cheese are included with this VOD

Poll: Do you recommend watching this game

No (4)

67%

Yes (2)

33%

6 total votes

Your vote: Do you recommend watching this game

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

April 05 2011 07:06 GMT

#389

On April 05 2011 05:07 Chef wrote:

Horang2; Heartbreak Ridge; Avalon MSL; 2009-07-02
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

NaDa vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6MWWxOJb0

Game is epic, goes from horror gates PvT to proxy tech to some crazy shit and then standard game

Poll: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is NaDa vs Horang2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Gorush; Match Point; 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague; 2010-01-12
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Brave vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VswAmnrGmI

Brave does a forge wall-in at the zergs base.

Poll: Is Brave vs GoRush worth watching?

Yes (2)

50%

No (2)

50%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Brave vs GoRush worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Pure; Circuit Breaker; MBC Survivor 22nd; 2011-03-31
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Leta vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znKkCGTzAnk

Big macro into low econ into precarious situation which results in a peculiar end.

Poll: Is Leta vs Pure worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Leta vs Pure worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

sKyHigh; Byzantium 2; MBC Survivor 16th; 2009-01-01
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Jaedong vs (T)

Terrible English commentary sorry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpQ_ueLWddw

Jaedong brings in the new year with ensnare.

Poll: Is Jaedong vs Skyhigh worth watching?

Yes (1)

50%

No (1)

50%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong vs Skyhigh worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

thnx very much chef

qrs

United States3637 Posts

April 06 2011 18:48 GMT

#390

OP is now up to date through page 5 of this thread (it includes lots of posts from later in the thread too, but every game-related post through page 5 is now covered). Thanks to everyone who continues to post in this thread. Particular thanks to Chef for formatting his posts so nicely (including games recommended by others, that he took the time to reformat to make life easier for me). All of your posts are 100% appreciated.

However, I've decided to temporarily stop moving games to the OP. My reason is simply that with so many games to watch there, adding even more games makes it ever more likely that some will just get lost in the crowd. This wouldn't be a big deal, except that I'd really like to encourage people to vote for the games in the OP: it's the voting more than anything else that helps sort out the really classic, must-watch games from games that might not be required viewing. I capped the list at 50 games, which is a nice round number.

I should make it clear that the suspension of adding games to the OP is only temporary: as the existing games get more votes, in either direction, they will be shuffled off to the OP's version of Paradise and Purgatory, clearing space for new games to join the main list. Meanwhile, if you (somehow) have watched every game in the main list, the archives, and the "Games that might be worth watching" sublist and your lust for Starcraft still isn't satiated, feel free to go through the thread yourself, of course.

Chef

10810 Posts

April 06 2011 19:11 GMT

#391

I am trying to go through the main list to give votes, but I really don't like watching VODs with English commentary and sadly that is what many of them are. It's also sub-optimal to use hour long 10 Years Star Age videos for 15 minute games....

Is it possible that you could update the main list to 50, but only include optimal Korean VODs in the main list? English commentary is really niche and I feel it will scare people away from watching the VODs and voting (at least, it has done so for me). I think the niche English VODs should stay in a separate spoiler and stay there haha... for those brave enough to listen to them.

edit: ah, it's not as bad as I thought... just the first 10 or so entries in the main list.

On April 05 2011 14:55 Release wrote:
(P)

Violet vs

Canata
Great game from the proleague finals 09-10
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEv3WKdC9kM

3 kinds of cheese are included with this VOD

Canata; Heartbreak Ridge; Shinhan09-10 Proleague; 2010-08-07;
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

Poll: Do you recommend watching this game

No (4)

67%

Yes (2)

33%

6 total votes

Your vote: Do you recommend watching this game

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Violet vs

Korean Starts 51:35

English by NukeTheStars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEv3WKdC9kM

3 kinds of cheese are included with this VOD

Poll: Do you recommend watching this game

No (4)

67%

Yes (2)

33%

6 total votes

Your vote: Do you recommend watching this game

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

On April 05 2011 13:07 LightningStrike wrote:
I redoing a game i recomended earlier in the thread
(T)

BoxeR vs

Cool SPL 2007(don't know the date =()
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-E3_SZUMY4

Boxer goes a weird rush agianst the now known Sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Cool; Geometry; Shinhan07 Proleague R1; 2007-04-30
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

Poll: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

Yes! (2)

67%

No! (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

BoxeR vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-E3_SZUMY4

Boxer goes a weird rush agianst the now known Sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Poll: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

Yes! (2)

67%

No! (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

qrs

United States3637 Posts

April 06 2011 20:07 GMT

#392

On April 07 2011 04:11 Chef wrote:
I am trying to go through the main list to give votes, but I really don't like watching VODs with English commentary and sadly that is what many of them are.

Really? I only have 8/92 games for the whole thread listed as having English commentary, and only 6 of those are in the main list right now. (There's another in French.) I might have missed a couple, but surely these are only a minority of games.

I did try to link to Korean versions wherever available; the ones with only English VODs didn't have Korean VODs up on YouTube as far as I could tell. Ideally, I'd like to link to two VODs for every game if possible: one in English and one in Korean. It's on the (very) long-term list of things to do in the OP. The only one I've done that for so far is Stork vs. GGPlay, which Jonvvv uploaded in Korean to YouTube after it was posted in English in this thread.

Personally, although I prefer Korean VODs to English commentators who don't know much about the game, I'd still rather watch an English VOD than nothing at all, and in the case of commentators who have at least decent game knowledge (i.e. Cholera, as far as YouTube SC1 commentators go, anyway), I actually prefer English VODs slightly. It's kind of like watching with a friend, you know? Also, people new to watching a game usually prefer English commentary, to help them pick up the basics--it may be niche but I suspect it's a bigger niche than you realize, considering the influx of newcomers to TL since Starcraft 2 came out.

Meanwhile, I don't see why English commentary should scare people like you away from watching any VODs. I know you like to be thorough, but if you don't like those, just skip them. I'll try to do a better job of marking which VODs are in English.

It's also sub-optimal to use hour long 10 Years Star Age videos for 15 minute games....

I actually don't see what the big deal is here. It is definitely annoying when the game starts half an hour in and you have to find where it starts--for those VODs I tried to make sure the embedded video started at the right time--but does it really matter so much if the VOD goes on after the game ends? If you're actually watching the game, you'll know when it ends, and you can stop watching then. I suppose there would be a little unnecessary bandwidth overhead. Does that make a big difference to some people?

Cool; Geometry; Shinhan07 Proleague R1; 2007-04-30
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

BoxeR vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-E3_SZUMY4

Boxer goes a weird rush agianst the now known Sc2 player Fruitdealer aka Cool

Poll: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

Yes! (2)

67%

No! (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs Cool worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Flash; Heartbreak Ridge; WCG2009 Korea, 2009-08-27
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

This one I added already, from page 5. (game #90).

gn0m

Sweden302 Posts

April 06 2011 20:32 GMT

#393

Bisu vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMH_q6jQbOo]

Epic micro battle between two S-class players

Poll: Is Bisu vs Flash worth watching?

Yes! (4)

100%

No. (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Bisu vs Flash worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No.

Hyuk

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

April 10 2011 11:48 GMT

#394

EffOrt vs

14:55

Poll: Is Eff0rt vs Hyuk worth watching?

Yes (3)

75%

No (1)

25%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Eff0rt vs Hyuk worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Kiante

Australia7069 Posts

April 10 2011 13:28 GMT

#395

Shuttle vs (P)

By.Sun; Central Plains; SPL 2010/2011, SKT vs STX, ROUND 1(maybe?) (1st set); 2010-11-13
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxhjkWU-1Q

Shuttle opens with a cannon contain and attempts to hold it for the whole game

Poll: Is Shuttle vs By.Sun worth watching?

Yes (1)

50%

No (1)

50%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Shuttle vs By.Sun worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

daffodil

Australia109 Posts

April 14 2011 12:19 GMT

#396

HiyA vs. free was awesome

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

April 14 2011 13:23 GMT

#397

Nal_ra vs July at Monty Hall was a great game.

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQIhQ4h9EE&feature=player_embedded

Wrongspeedy

United States1655 Posts

April 14 2011 17:14 GMT

#398

BW Noob here. I was only really into BW when I was like 10-14. Only played really at other peoples houses (usually for hours at a time because I was sooo freakin addicted at one point). Anyways I really just wanted to point out that this is my favorite thread in possibly all of TL, the sheer amount of awesomeness contained within this thread shouldn't be allowed.

Gann1

United States1575 Posts

April 20 2011 16:35 GMT

#399

took a quick look through the OP, didn't see this game

Stork vs GoRush, Neo Requiem, 2005 SKY Proleague finals, 1set

this game has almost every zerg/protoss unit, and almost every spell is used. it's even got red (plague) purple (acid spores) and green (ensnare) at the same time!

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts

April 20 2011 17:01 GMT

#400

Leta Vs

great:La Mancha;ABC Mart MSL 2011,Ro32 Group B,4/16/2011
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [worth watching? (Poll)] +

14CC>4 pool

Poll: worth watching Leta vs great on La Mancha?

Yes (2)

67%

No (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: worth watching Leta vs great on La Mancha?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Amnesia

United States3818 Posts

April 30 2011 21:39 GMT

#401

Hwasin vs

hyvaa, Bacchus OSL 2009, 2009-5-20
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfBnSRXla8M

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? (Poll) ] +

Fastest vulture ever?

Poll: Hwasin vs hyvaa worth watching?

Yes (5)

71%

No (2)

29%

7 total votes

Your vote: Hwasin vs hyvaa worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Djagulingu

Germany3605 Posts

May 07 2011 10:05 GMT

#402

7th of May 2011, ABC Mart MSL Ro16 (T)

Reality vs (Z)

Jaedong game 2. Definitely.

+ Show Spoiler +

proxy 7rax into vulture harass into 1 port wraith into valkonic timing attack? WTF?

qrs

United States3637 Posts

May 08 2011 02:27 GMT

#403

^I'd add game 3 as well.

No0n

United States355 Posts

May 08 2011 03:59 GMT

#404

Shinhan 2010 Winners League Really vs JangBi
+ Show Spoiler +

VOD

+ Show Spoiler +

Medic Blind in a TvP

What is unusual about this game.

+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Really vs. Jangbi worth watching?

Yes (2)

67%

No (1)

33%

3 total votes

Your vote: Really vs. Jangbi worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Worth Watching? Poll

_Quasar_

Russian Federation4405 Posts

May 08 2011 05:53 GMT

#405

On May 07 2011 19:05 Djagulingu wrote:
7th of May 2011, ABC Mart MSL Ro16 (T)

Reality vs (Z)

Jaedong game 2. Definitely.

+ Show Spoiler +

proxy 7rax into vulture harass into 1 port wraith into valkonic timing attack? WTF?

i second this
add a poll probably, I'm sure there will be like X-0 yes-no recommendation ratio. Really ficking unusual build and tactics lol.

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

May 08 2011 10:20 GMT

#406

^+ Show Spoiler [What is Unusual about this game?] +

Reality is down 0-1 against the best player in the world, on a Zerg favored map. It's up to him to knock Jaedong out of the MSL. How will he try to do it?

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

EDIT:
+ Show Spoiler [Reccomend?] +

Poll: Recomend Reality v JAedong on Monte Cristo

YES! (10)

91%

What's Starcraft? Never heard of it (1)

9%

11 total votes

Your vote: Recomend Reality v JAedong on Monte Cristo

(Vote): YES!
(Vote): What's Starcraft? Never heard of it

qrs

United States3637 Posts

May 08 2011 11:24 GMT

#407

^I haven't updated the OP in a while, since there are over 50 games in the OP already and voting has dried up, but if I ever do get to getting the OP with the above game I'll have to include a new poll, you know. Games that have just happened do tend to be more exciting, but the poll's options should still be unbiased.

Ineffability~

84 Posts

June 14 2011 14:13 GMT

#408

BUMP!

WE WANT MOAR!

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

June 14 2011 14:48 GMT

#409

I guess Perfectman vs Peace @ alternative from the last Air Force ACE vs Hwaseung OZ would count?

+ Show Spoiler +

Peace blocks Perfectmans little choke with a manner hatch, cancels it, Perfectman blocks Peaces choke with cannonwall.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

June 14 2011 14:59 GMT

#410

Actually Iris vs Shy of the last Hwaseung OZ vs Airforce Ace is a rather interesting play aswell, ill add the vod when it comes available but:

+ Show Spoiler +

6 SPEED SHUTTLE DROP PLAY BITCHES

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

June 14 2011 15:17 GMT

#411

On June 14 2011 23:59 Kipsate wrote:
Actually Iris vs Shy of the last Hwaseung OZ vs Airforce Ace is a rather interesting play aswell, ill add the vod when it comes available but:

+ Show Spoiler +

6 SPEED SHUTTLE DROP PLAY BITCHES

Oh yeah forgot about that one. + Show Spoiler +

PvT in TvT style!

. Also weird & unusual from that series would also be JD breaking his + Show Spoiler +

loss streak

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

June 14 2011 17:14 GMT

#412

VODs are up for those two games so:

Shy vs Iris @ Icarus

+ Show Spoiler +

Perfectman vs Peace @ Alternative

+ Show Spoiler +

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 17 2011 16:11 GMT

#413

On June 14 2011 23:13 Ineffability~ wrote:
BUMP!

WE WANT MOAR!

Then vote!

On June 15 2011 00:17 Rustymike wrote:

Oh yeah forgot about that one. + Show Spoiler +

PvT in TvT style!

Also weird & unusual from that series would also be JD breaking his + Show Spoiler +

loss streak

I haven't watched a lot of games really, but I did watch that one. I have to say, there wasn't much weird and unusual about the game itself. Things that are exciting because of context at the time are usually not very exciting to watch months later. That's why I'd like to suggest that people only recommend games that they remember from some time ago: it's the best way to ensure quality, IMO.

Also, Jaedong ending a string of losses is not unusual at all. If anything, it was the previous game (his 5th loss in a row) that was the unprecedented thing, but does anyone actually care to watch that one?

RaLakedaimon

United States1564 Posts

June 17 2011 16:56 GMT

#414

Awesome thread, thanks for making a list that's easy to navigate as well. Once I have more time I'll sit down and try to cram as many as I can and then comment on them. Thanks for all the vods and lolz everyone! :D

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

June 17 2011 17:36 GMT

#415

On June 18 2011 01:11 qrs wrote:

Then vote!

Also weird & unusual from that series would also be JD breaking his + Show Spoiler +

loss streak

Also, Jaedong ending a string of losses is not unusual at all. If anything, it was the previous game (his 5th loss in a row) that was the unprecedented thing, but does anyone actually care to watch that one?

Oh no no no. What I meant was JD breaking his loss streak record, not JD ending his loss streak. Sorry my bad choice of words.

Necosarius

Sweden4042 Posts

June 17 2011 17:50 GMT

#416

Don't know if these are posted, just skimmed the last 3 pages.

(T)

HiyA vs

free; Triathlon; Hana Daetoo MSL Ro 8
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Comments from the thread.] +

3 port wraith and nukes in TvP.

On May 08 2010 17:54 StylishVODs wrote:
3 STARPORTS!!!

On May 08 2010 18:07 GTR wrote:
this game is that awesome the commentator used the words 'supply depot' and 'sexy' in one sentence

On May 08 2010 18:07 alffla wrote:
HOLY SHITTT LOCKDOWN

On May 08 2010 18:07 konadora wrote:
HOLY SHIT LOCKDOWN

On May 08 2010 18:07 Itachii wrote:
LLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

On May 08 2010 18:11 On_Slaught wrote:
Hiya lost the game but he won our hearts.

This game was amazing on so many levels.

All the way from Hiyas 3port into Nukes strat to Frees MCed SCV to build a CC. LOL! WIN

HiyA vs

Violet; Bloody Ridge; 2011 Shinhan Bank Winners League, 2011-01-17
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM4MDI5MDc2.html

MnM response to carriers.

Poll: Would you recommend game 4?

Yes (104)

98%

No (2)

2%

Check it out if you have time. (0)

0%

106 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend game 4?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Check it out if you have time.

On January 17 2011 19:46 n.DieJokes wrote:
HIYYAAAAAAAA, saving me from depression

On January 17 2011 19:42 Apex wrote:
4 barracks going up for Hiya now? Interesting move. Violet's going 2 base carrier too

On January 17 2011 19:42 Jackal03 wrote:
wow, hiya going marines against carriers

what a baller

On January 17 2011 19:42 Taosu wrote:
Hiya cancels his 3rd factory and builds 4 RAX!

Edit: didn't see the archives, Hiya vs free is already there

Haven't spotted Hiya vs Violet though.

Djagulingu

Germany3605 Posts

June 17 2011 19:41 GMT

#417

Bisu vs Hyvaa g1 would also qualify for this, but I don't think we'd get our hands on the VOD. I'll post a more relevant thing when we get the VOD of the game. Or rather IF we get the VOD of the game.

DekkuM

United States149 Posts

June 17 2011 21:56 GMT

#418

Game 90

BoxeR vs Cool should be replaced by Proleague 08-09 Finals Ace match vs (T)

Fantasy and (Z)

Jaedong. Same strat, better execution, larger stage.

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts

June 18 2011 01:55 GMT

#419

Yeah, but there's no Boxer in that game.

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

June 19 2011 16:21 GMT

#420

On June 18 2011 04:41 Djagulingu wrote:
Bisu vs Hyvaa g1 would also qualify for this, but I don't think we'd get our hands on the VOD. I'll post a more relevant thing when we get the VOD of the game. Or rather IF we get the VOD of the game.

I read also from the OSL Preliminaries thread "hyvaa revolutionizing zvp". Could someone describe briefly what happened?

_Quasar_

Russian Federation4405 Posts

June 19 2011 16:30 GMT

#421

lol what? hyvaa basically 5 pooled bisu, did enough damage and transitioned into normal game.

next game he 3 hatch hydra, was in good position but lost due to one majorly fucked up battle

3rd game was standard and hyvaa won.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 19 2011 16:55 GMT

#422

OK, I'm making it official: ONLY recommend games from at least a month ago, please. Sooo many games that seem cool when they happen don't pass the test of time.

edit: well, maybe not "official" but at least a strong recommendation.

Also please vote!

Also thanks for all the recommendations and other useful posts in this thread!

agarangu

Chile274 Posts

June 19 2011 19:06 GMT

#423

MSL Final, Flash vs Zero @ La Mancha

+ Show Spoiler [why is this interesting?] +

Late game TvZ without Vessels!

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

June 19 2011 21:47 GMT

#424

Ehh I wouldn't call it that unusual. He transitioned in to mech, so vessels aren't nearly as useful compared to a late game bio game. There's already a handful of games that play out in that fashion.

agarangu

Chile274 Posts

June 19 2011 22:08 GMT

#425

I believe you.

Emon_

3925 Posts

June 20 2011 22:11 GMT

#426

2010 SPL Finals, (T)

Canata vs. (P)

Violet
VOD - http://www.youtube.com/nevake#p/search/2/o1Tl0tzCQBY

Canata rarely cheeses. This video shows why. The amount of fail is hard to comprehend.

Release

United States4397 Posts

June 20 2011 23:04 GMT

#427

On June 21 2011 07:11 Emon_ wrote:
2010 SPL Finals, (T)

Canata vs. (P)

Violet
VOD - http://www.youtube.com/nevake#p/search/2/o1Tl0tzCQBY

Canata rarely cheeses. This video shows why. The amount of fail is hard to comprehend.

i think the reason should be something like "the best follow up to cheese is more cheese"

we need a TvP with ForGG not going for 2 fact in here.

Ideas

United States8100 Posts

June 21 2011 00:41 GMT

#428

HoeJJa vs

Kal @ Bloody Ridge
SPL 2011

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

MIND GAMES

beenizzle

United States141 Posts

June 22 2011 02:34 GMT

#429

shark vs best @ destination
shark goes for proxy hatch sunks behind best's natural and goes 1 hat lair

Rickly

United States18 Posts

June 22 2011 04:04 GMT

#430

Firstly, this is a GREAT thread that has provided me with much entertainment!

Child vs Bogus; Tau Cross?; Averatec-Intel Classic Season3 (gomtv), 132 (1st set);
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.gomtv.net/classics3/vod/597

ZvT: All Mutas vs All Goliaths!
And great commentary by Tasteless and SDM as usual. I miss that combo

saltywet

Hong Kong1316 Posts

June 22 2011 04:42 GMT

#431

perfectman iris on byzantium i believe

perfect reaver micro

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

June 28 2011 03:17 GMT

#432

I can't believe you forgot this game in the op

(T)

NaDa vs

YellOw Blizcon 2005 game 2 in semi finals

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

No vod but a glimpse of it at the start of the video

Nada is behind 1-0 aganist Yellow and they on a semi island map so Nada used a trick with a barracks and hopped his units over to Yelows main

Poll: Is Nada vs Yellow worth watching

Yes! (5)

100%

No! (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Nada vs Yellow worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

TheNessman

United States4158 Posts

June 28 2011 05:05 GMT

#433

glad this thread resurfaced

Chef

10810 Posts

July 03 2011 03:46 GMT

#434

On June 18 2011 02:50 Necosarius wrote:
Don't know if these are posted, just skimmed the last 3 pages.

(T)

HiyA vs

free; Triathlon; Hana Daetoo MSL Ro 8
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://youtu.be/oNamLEWpBiM

+ Show Spoiler [Comments from the thread.] +

3 port wraith and nukes in TvP.

On May 08 2010 17:54 StylishVODs wrote:
3 STARPORTS!!!

On May 08 2010 18:07 GTR wrote:
this game is that awesome the commentator used the words 'supply depot' and 'sexy' in one sentence

On May 08 2010 18:07 alffla wrote:
HOLY SHITTT LOCKDOWN

On May 08 2010 18:07 konadora wrote:
HOLY SHIT LOCKDOWN

On May 08 2010 18:07 Itachii wrote:
LLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

HiyA vs

Violet; Bloody Ridge; 2011 Shinhan Bank Winners League, 2011-01-17
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM4MDI5MDc2.html

MnM response to carriers.

Poll: Would you recommend game 4?

Yes (104)

98%

No (2)

2%

Check it out if you have time. (0)

0%

106 total votes

Your vote: Would you recommend game 4?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Check it out if you have time.

On January 17 2011 19:46 n.DieJokes wrote:
HIYYAAAAAAAA, saving me from depression

On January 17 2011 19:42 Apex wrote:
4 barracks going up for Hiya now? Interesting move. Violet's going 2 base carrier too

On January 17 2011 19:42 Jackal03 wrote:
wow, hiya going marines against carriers

what a baller

On January 17 2011 19:42 Taosu wrote:
Hiya cancels his 3rd factory and builds 4 RAX!

Edit: didn't see the archives, Hiya vs free is already there

Haven't spotted Hiya vs Violet though.

I just watched a huge waste of time that didn't have 3port wraiths or nukes or lockdown... T.T way to link the wrong vod jerk!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

July 03 2011 04:10 GMT

#435

On July 03 2011 12:46 Chef wrote:

I just watched a huge waste of time that didn't have 3port wraiths or nukes or lockdown... T.T way to link the wrong vod jerk!

Did he link to the wrong one? The right one's already in the OP anyway; it's in the archives, which means a lot of people liked it.

konadora

Singapore66163 Posts

July 03 2011 04:41 GMT

#436

idk if it got suggested, but nal_ra vs iris on reverse temple, i think blizzcon? that game was so smart play by iris.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

July 03 2011 16:12 GMT

#437

The OP is finally being updated again.

A number of games in the main list gathered enough votes (or enough "No" votes) to move them off of that list. I added 4 more games to the OP to fill the gap they left.

I added a new category for games where one or two votes could affect their placement, so if you want to have a quick impact on the OP, you can watch/vote-on one of those.

As always, thanks for contributing!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

July 04 2011 17:12 GMT

#438

On March 02 2011 09:44 qrs wrote:
I actually thought about doing that, because I also like going back and reading the live reactions, but then I wasn't sure how many people actually cared. I did start linking to TLPD pages, which makes the live reports just two clicks away, but I'll put direct links to the LR on my to-do list now.

On March 02 2011 10:06 Hesmyrr wrote:
Thanks, your effort is appreciated. Good luck with your thread~

Done.

edc

United States666 Posts

July 09 2011 23:04 GMT

#439

Could someone please explain to me why on game 82 Movie targeted his Gateway with his Cannon?

Rustymike

Finland327 Posts

July 09 2011 23:34 GMT

#440

On July 10 2011 08:04 edc wrote:
Could someone please explain to me why on game 82 Movie targeted his Gateway with his Cannon?

To hide his cannon from Terrans vision and preventing the cannon from taking any unnecessary damage.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

August 21 2011 16:47 GMT

#441

Some games need to be moved due to how many votes on them (example #52) and

(Z)

YellOw vs

Jaedong SPL 6-28-10
+ Show Spoiler [Vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtJNG-Bzpo

Years past his prime (Z)

YellOw faced off againist (Z)

Jaedong in a proleauge match during (Z)

Jaedong's Peak of ZvZ era and takes out (Z)

Jaedong in Hive Tech ZvZ

Poll: Is Jaedong Vs Yellow worth watching?

Yes! (12)

100%

No! (0)

0%

12 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaedong Vs Yellow worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

August 21 2011 18:09 GMT

#442

On August 22 2011 01:47 LightningStrike wrote:
Some games need to be moved due to how many votes on them (example #52)

The voting pretty much dried up in this thread, which is why the lists in the OP have been stagnant for so long. The admittedly arbitrary cut-off point for archiving a game is 20 votes: some of the games in the main list are close to that, but none have reached it.

Because of your post, I looked through the lists again and added two games (61 and 90) to the "Your vote matters" spoiler.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

August 31 2011 17:12 GMT

#443

this thread needs a bump to get all the good games that are in the list the viewing they deserve

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

September 14 2011 16:27 GMT

#444

BoxeR vs

JinSu on Gauntlet 2003 during Stout 2003 MSL
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Boxer doing a Cloaked Wraith + Optical Flare drop

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 14 2011 18:11 GMT

#445

Thanks for the post.

I've updated the main list a little bit now: moving a few games between lists. The reason that there haven't been any new games added to it in a while is that the voting dried to a trickle, and I figure there's no point in replacing games if people haven't seen the old ones yet. A few more votes on a few of the games, though, and I'll archive them and add new ones.

Jonvvv

Norway1530 Posts

September 14 2011 18:37 GMT

#446

32.

RainBOw vs (T)

Goodfriend; R-Point; ?; ?
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

None known.

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

Only vote if you've actually seen the game, please.

Poll: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

Yes (5)

83%

No (1)

17%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

Here is the TLPD entry for this game:
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/4859_Goodfriend_vs_RainBOw

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 14 2011 18:56 GMT

#447

32.

RainBOw vs (T)

Goodfriend; R-Point; CYON MSL (group stages); 2005-10-27
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJubBLnAI3E

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

Poll: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

Yes (5)

83%

No (1)

17%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is RainBOw vs Goodfriend on R-Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Chalrenge on Nemesis, Pantech vs OGN ace match , Shinhan07 Proleague round 1; 2007-06-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(2 parts)] +

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE, who wrote:
epic MUST see game where rainbow won the game only with economy harass in 3 bases (reaver and storm drops nonstop)

Thanks; added.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 00:52 GMT

#448

For those who care: Artosis sighting at 3:08 of game #54 (Much vs Bisu in the Incruit OSL). This was before he achieved his current height of fame and fortune. And is that a young IdrA next to him?

Bisu-Fan

Russian Federation3329 Posts

September 15 2011 01:55 GMT

#449

Oh my gosh, #56 is sooo EPIC!!!!! I was laughing sooo much watching it... I love starcraft...

Oh you have to add Flash vs Leta.... It was the most recent playoff games~

SOOO AWESOME!!!!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 02:02 GMT

#450

On September 15 2011 10:55 Bisu-Fan wrote:
Oh my gosh, #56 is sooo EPIC!!!!! I was laughing sooo much watching it... I love starcraft...

Did you vote?

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 07:10 GMT

#451

I spent some time updating the OP. In particular, I expanded the category of "English commentary available" and I created a new category for "miniatures", or games that are under 10 minutes long. Not all of the categories are thoroughly covered, but these two are now.

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 15 2011 07:53 GMT

#452

Rock vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-TGxS-N8w&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m5Q8KoeLM&feature=player_embedded

+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

After falling behind in the midgame, chalrenge turtles up behind cannons, DAs, HTs, arbiters, and archons in one corner while Rock tries to break in with his own arbiters. + Show Spoiler [SS] +

sixfour

England11061 Posts

September 15 2011 07:58 GMT

#453

Heading out in a second, forgot about this thread, has the draw between I think it was Leta and Tempest a few months back been posted? It was in a LR thread I made if that helps finding it

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 15 2011 08:04 GMT

#454

On September 15 2011 16:58 sixfour wrote:
Heading out in a second, forgot about this thread, has the draw between I think it was Leta and Tempest a few months back been posted? It was in a LR thread I made if that helps finding it

I think you're talking about Leta vs Pure, and it wasn't. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/62770_Leta_vs_Pure. I haven't seen this one, so not going to write anything on it.

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 15 2011 08:23 GMT

#455

I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
+ Show Spoiler [vods(english only)] +

+ Show Spoiler [set 1] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7TZvLEqLg&feature=player_embedded

+ Show Spoiler [set 5] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 08:53 GMT

#456

On September 15 2011 16:53 Elyvilon wrote:
(P)

Rock vs

Chalrenge on Nemesis, Pantech vs OGN ace match , Shinhan07 Proleague round 1; 2007-06-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(2 parts)] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-TGxS-N8w&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m5Q8KoeLM&feature=player_embedded

After falling behind in the midgame, chalrenge turtles up behind cannons, DAs, HTs, arbiters, and archons in one corner while Rock tries to break in with his own arbiters. + Show Spoiler [SS] +

#44 in the OP (in the archives, which means it was popular).

On September 15 2011 17:04 Elyvilon wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cp2AGLeC3xs

I think you're talking about Leta vs Pure, and it wasn't. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/62770_Leta_vs_Pure. I haven't seen this one, so not going to write anything on it.

In the thread, but not the OP.

On September 15 2011 17:23 Elyvilon wrote:
I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
+ Show Spoiler [vods(english only)] +

+ Show Spoiler [set 1] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7TZvLEqLg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDUd4MzXRBI&feature=watch_response

+ Show Spoiler [set 5] +

+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

~~In the OP separately, as #94 and #17, respectively. I'll follow your advice and group them.~~ edit: spoke too hastily--only the fifth one is there, as #17. #94 was from an earlier round in the same MSL.

Thanks for putting the time in to post and format these games, even if some were already mentioned. Don't feel like your effort was wasted--I copy all of the relevant posts into the "comments from the thread" sections. The more people independently recommend the same game, the more likely it is to be good.

For the most part, I've been going through the thread in order, and the OP does not even cover through the first six pages, so it would have been a while before I got to your post, but since one of your recommendations is of a game that is linked to one already in the thread, I'll make that the next one I add.

Aphasie

Norway474 Posts

September 15 2011 11:22 GMT

#457

I couldn't find ToT)Xiaozi( (China/Canada) v Play.Satanik (Greece) in the list. Its not a korean pro game, but was played by some of the top foreigners of the time. A 50-minute ZvZ that has everything. If i remember it correctly it has every zerg unit, although i cant remember if there were Ultras. Was voted pimpest play 2006 and is easily my favorite ZvZ of all time.

I could only find a 5-piece version commented by Cholera on youtube I really wanna see it again, as i haven't done it in like 4 years.

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

September 15 2011 12:24 GMT

#458

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJvQJWTEL9w

Grrr vs ZergLee

Aphasie

Norway474 Posts

September 15 2011 12:30 GMT

#459

On September 15 2011 21:24 Bill Murray wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJvQJWTEL9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7fU-gk-KsI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhKbagOBI9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ltghk1E8U

Grrr vs ZergLee

Thats also a kick ass game! One of the top PvZ's of all time. God i miss blade storm

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 15 2011 14:58 GMT

#460

On September 15 2011 17:53 qrs wrote:

#44 in the OP (in the archives, which means it was popular).

In the thread, but not the OP.

Oh, I missed the archive section. I feel moderately silly now, even if it was still marginally helpful.

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 15 2011 15:57 GMT

#461

BoxeR vs

iloveoov on Requiem, game 4 EVER2004 OSL finals; 2004-11-20
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? poll] +

Down 2-1 in the OSL finals, Boxer does a 2-rax stim rush. In TvT.

Poll: Is Boxer vs iloveoov on Requiem worth watching?

Yes (7)

78%

No (2)

22%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs iloveoov on Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

sixfour

England11061 Posts

September 15 2011 19:00 GMT

#462

On September 15 2011 17:04 Elyvilon wrote:

I think you're talking about Leta vs Pure,

Nope, that one went to late game, the one I'm thinking of was drawn fairly early

edit - found it, was Tempest against Tiny in May in proleague

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 21:05 GMT

#463

On September 15 2011 23:58 Elyvilon wrote:

Chalrenge on Nemesis, Pantech vs OGN ace match , Shinhan07 Proleague round 1; 2007-06-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(2 parts)] +

On September 15 2011 17:53 qrs wrote:

On September 15 2011 16:53 Elyvilon wrote:
(P)

Rock vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-TGxS-N8w&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_m5Q8KoeLM&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cp2AGLeC3xs

After falling behind in the midgame, chalrenge turtles up behind cannons, DAs, HTs, arbiters, and archons in one corner while Rock tries to break in with his own arbiters. + Show Spoiler [SS] +

#44 in the OP (in the archives, which means it was popular).

On September 15 2011 17:04 Elyvilon wrote:

I think you're talking about Leta vs Pure, and it wasn't. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/62770_Leta_vs_Pure. I haven't seen this one, so not going to write anything on it.

In the thread, but not the OP.

On September 15 2011 17:23 Elyvilon wrote:
I'm grouping these games together because they are very similar and I feel like game 5 becomes more interesting after watching game 1.

(P)

Kal vs

fOrGG on Colosseum, Arena MSL quarterfinal C, games 1 and 5
+ Show Spoiler [vods(english only)] +

+ Show Spoiler [set 1] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7TZvLEqLg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDUd4MzXRBI&feature=watch_response

+ Show Spoiler [set 5] +

+ Show Spoiler [why to watch] +

Scouts! And not just for humiliation!

Oh, I missed the archive section. I feel moderately silly now, even if it was still marginally helpful.

Well, the archive section is deliberately inconspicuous. I wanted people to give some attention to newer additions, and vote on them, rather than sticking to the only the ones that have stood the test of time.

In general, I'd say that if you want to suggest a game here, by all means post it without checking to see if it's been posted before. It's a good thing when people double-recommend: it tells us something. If you're going to go to some effort to track down dates and VODs and format your post, then it's worthwhile to first click All and then search to see if someone has posted a formatted version of the game before you or if it has been added to the OP already.

Meanwhile, your last suggestion actually turned out to be very helpful. There had been some confusion about those games, and the one that was already in the OP had been mislabeled as the other. I hadn't actually watched either game myself, and I hadn't even realized that there were two such similar games out there. After your post, I watched both games, and I agree with you that they are not only worth watching but worth watching together. I've added them as a pair now, to the bottom of the OP. I included a long, melodramatic write-up, as well. I'm afraid I got carried away...

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 15 2011 21:08 GMT

#464

On September 16 2011 00:57 Elyvilon wrote:
(T)

BoxeR vs

iloveoov on Requiem, game 4 EVER2004 OSL finals; 2004-11-20
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4HdKAq6XA&feature=player_embedded

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching? poll] +

Down 2-1 in the OSL finals, Boxer does a 2-rax stim rush. In TvT.

Poll: Is Boxer vs iloveoov on Requiem worth watching?

Yes (7)

78%

No (2)

22%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs iloveoov on Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Wow, I was sure someone would have mentioned this one already, but it seems like you're the first. So many games out there...

On September 16 2011 04:00 sixfour wrote:

Nope, that one went to late game, the one I'm thinking of was drawn fairly early

edit - found it, was Tempest against Tiny in May in proleague

Cool, thanks for tracking it down. It sounds like a great addition to the thread.

As for the OP, judging by the current pace, I may get to both of your suggestions in around twenty years or so. The last addition has brought us to game #100, though! Cheers!

CDRdude

United States5625 Posts

September 16 2011 00:09 GMT

#465

Flower vs

Shuttle; Zodiac; MBC Survivor 14 loser's match; 2008-2-14
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

I think it vanished with the rest of the Baezzi VODs

Flower's strategy is very unsual, and very ineffective. Massive facepalm.

Poll: Flower vs Shuttle worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Flower vs Shuttle worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On February 14 2008 15:15 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
killed his extractor to hide speed upgrade, then showed he had speed upgrade by chasing the probe anyway?

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 16 2011 00:41 GMT

#466

Kal vs

fOrGG on Othello, Arena MSL quarterfinal C game 4, 08-06-19
+ Show Spoiler [vod(english only)] +

What happens when a DT drop meets a vulture drop? All(well, almost all) the workers die.

+ Show Spoiler [why to watch?] +

Poll: Is fOrgg vs Kal on Othello worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is fOrgg vs Kal on Othello worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

fOrGG vs

Stork on Troy, WCG Korea 2008 quarterfinals game 2; 2008-08-14
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

Stork goes hidden base, double proxy stargate carriers. Also, later he builds corsairs and attacks his own carriers deliberately and for a good reason.

Poll: Is Stork vs fOrGG on Troy worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Stork vs fOrGG on Troy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Silver vs

Shine[Name] on Monty Hall, Shinhan Proleague 07 round 1; 2007-06-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(English)] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxjlwhSFKk&feature=player_embedded

Silver, known for his weak ZvT, comes up with a crazy build for the zerg graveyard of Monty Hall.

Poll: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (6)

86%

No (1)

14%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This one is kind of borderline, I think:
(T)

Leta vs

Luxury on Destination, Lost Saga MSL; 2009-01-22

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

Leta comes up with an abusive build that abuses several properties of the map.

Oops; Hannibal; ShinHan 08 Proleague; 2008-04-15
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Poll: Is Luxury vs Leta on Destination worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Luxury vs Leta on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

CDRdude

United States5625 Posts

September 16 2011 00:55 GMT

#467

BackHo/

tOsKy vs

ZergBong/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6bMtUalsY

The famous BackHo 1v2 victory, and one of the victims is a zerg who eventually changes his ID and wins a couple of GSL's

Poll: BackHo/tOsKy vs ZergBong/Oops

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: BackHo/tOsKy vs ZergBong/Oops

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

September 16 2011 01:08 GMT

#468

On September 16 2011 09:09 CDRdude wrote:
(Z)

Flower vs

Shuttle; Zodiac; MBC Survivor 14 loser's match; 2008-2-14
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

I think it vanished with the rest of the Baezzi VODs

Flower's strategy is very unsual, and very ineffective. Massive facepalm.

Poll: Flower vs Shuttle worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Flower vs Shuttle worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On February 14 2008 15:15 ToT)MidiaN( wrote:
killed his extractor to hide speed upgrade, then showed he had speed upgrade by chasing the probe anyway?

Since the vod has vanished, to elaborate:
+ Show Spoiler +

Flower goes for early speedlings, then he kills his extractor so his opponent won't notice. Then he chases a probe with speedlings.

Release

United States4397 Posts

September 16 2011 01:10 GMT

#469

On September 16 2011 09:41 Elyvilon wrote:
(P)

Kal vs

fOrGG on Othello, Arena MSL quarterfinal C game 4, 08-06-19
+ Show Spoiler [vod(english only)] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S83BTowy9s&feature=player_embedded

What happens when a DT drop meets a vulture drop? All(well, almost all) the workers die.

+ Show Spoiler [why to watch?] +

Poll: Is fOrgg vs Kal on Othello worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is fOrgg vs Kal on Othello worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

fOrGG vs

Stork on Troy, WCG Korea 2008 quarterfinals game 2; 2008-08-14
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BGG4smj4VY&feature=player_embedded

Stork goes hidden base, double proxy stargate carriers. Also, later he builds corsairs and attacks his own carriers deliberately and for a good reason.

Poll: Is Stork vs fOrGG on Troy worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Stork vs fOrGG on Troy worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Silver vs

Shine[Name] on Monty Hall, Shinhan Proleague 07 round 1; 2007-06-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(English)] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxjlwhSFKk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6b4ZK1URA&feature=related

Silver, known for his weak ZvT, comes up with a crazy build for the zerg graveyard of Monty Hall.

Poll: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (6)

86%

No (1)

14%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This one is kind of borderline, I think:
(T)

Leta vs

Luxury on Destination, Lost Saga MSL; 2009-01-22

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkq0iWOy02U&feature=player_embedded

Leta comes up with an abusive build that abuses several properties of the map.

Poll: Is Luxury vs Leta on Destination worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Luxury vs Leta on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

very nice games

On September 16 2011 10:08 Elyvilon wrote:

Since the vod has vanished, to elaborate:
+ Show Spoiler +

Flower goes for early speedlings, then he kills his extractor so his opponent won't notice. Then he chases a probe with speedlings.

Ingenius. I wish i had thought of that.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 16 2011 01:11 GMT

#470

On September 16 2011 09:41 Elyvilon wrote:
(Z)

Silver vs

Shine[Name] on Monty Hall, Shinhan Proleague 07 round 1; 2007-06-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD(English)] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxjlwhSFKk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6b4ZK1URA&feature=related

Silver, known for his weak ZvT, comes up with a crazy build for the zerg graveyard of Monty Hall.

Poll: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (6)

86%

No (1)

14%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Silver vs Shine[Name] on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

By coincidence, I had added this game to the OP shortly before you posted it. I've updated it with your comment. If anyone wants their vote for this game to be visible beyond this page of the thread, they should probably go vote in the poll that's in the OP.

I hadn't noticed earlier that TLPD had converted the name "Shine" into the wrong player, I borrowed your formatted version to correct that; thanks. Your date seems to be off by one, though.

The OP is "full" again, by the way, so I won't be adding any more games to it until some of the current games on the list get a few votes one way or the other.

MattBarry

United States4006 Posts

September 16 2011 22:18 GMT

#471

This is a really cool list of BW games. I started out watching SC2 but this is really entertaining stuff. I look forward to watching the OSL. Awesome gateway drug into BW e-Sports.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 18 2011 01:30 GMT

#472

On September 16 2011 10:11 qrs wrote:

I notice there are already 4 votes in this poll. Go vote in the OP, if you want your votes to count!
edit: the poll from the OP:

Poll: Is Silver vs Shine on Monty Hall worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Is Silver vs Shine on Monty Hall worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

(vote for other games too!)

On September 17 2011 07:18 MattBarry wrote:
This is a really cool list of BW games. I started out watching SC2 but this is really entertaining stuff. I look forward to watching the OSL. Awesome gateway drug into BW e-Sports.

Thanks!

Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

October 03 2011 13:18 GMT

#473

Kwanro - The Game of Drones

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 03 2011 18:03 GMT

#474

On October 03 2011 22:18 Bill Murray wrote:
Kwanro - The Game of Drones

You're probably talking about game #16 (archived).

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

October 03 2011 19:34 GMT

#475

RainBOw vs (T)

Midas on Tucson
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dEpxRvpUFw

Trademark Rainbow

Poll: Is Rainbow vs Midas worth watching?

Yes (0)

0%

No (0)

0%

0 total votes

Your vote: Is Rainbow vs Midas worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This is cool and unusual, but incredibly subtle.
(P)

Pusan vs

BoxeR on Rush Hour
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

What is the most interesting thing about this game is that Boxer never scouted Pusan's build. Not once. He had no idea what Pusan was doing - but countered it perfectly. Using a build that had super fast scans he was easily able to dispatch of a 14nex -> dt build.

Seriously, this is the Gamesense of the Emperor. Nothing else comes close

Poll: Is Boxer vs Pusan on Rush Hour worth watching?

No (1)

100%

Yes (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs Pusan on Rush Hour worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Dno if we're allowed to post savior games but
(Z)

sAviOr vs

DaezanG on Peaks
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WboKfyyIg3E&feature=player_embedded

To this day I don't know how Savior defended

Poll: Is Savior vs Daezang on Peaks worth watching?

Yes (1)

100%

No (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs Daezang on Peaks worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Sea vs

Reach on Hitchhiker
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BkUVFVBpsQ&feature=player_embedded

Just watch; some of the craziest defense you'll see anywhere. Impossible Scenarios in an ODT group

Poll: Is Reach vs Sea on Hitchhiker worth watching?

Yes (1)

100%

No (0)

0%

1 total votes

Your vote: Is Reach vs Sea on Hitchhiker worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

sigamari/

CuteBOy vs (Z)

CCoMa/

SoO at IronCurtain
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwFZSKvsnqc&feature=player_embedded

Best 2v2 game ever played. Features offensive nydus unloading mass hydras, matrixed defilers vs carriers etc. This game is fucking nuts

Poll: Is Sigamari/Cuteboy vs CComa/Soo on Iron Curtainworth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Sigamari/Cuteboy vs CComa/Soo on Iron Curtainworth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Don't know how you can mention Kwanro's counter without Julys

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

I will remember kwanro for his abuse on Bluestorm

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

Still trying to find the vod I was looking for though T_T.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 03 2011 20:11 GMT

#476

On October 04 2011 04:34 Plexa wrote:
(P)

RainBOw vs (T)

Midas on Tucson
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dEpxRvpUFw

Trademark Rainbow

Poll: Is Rainbow vs Midas worth watching?

Yes (0)

0%

No (0)

0%

0 total votes

Your vote: Is Rainbow vs Midas worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Don't know how you can mention Kwanro's counter without Julys

+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNmt35PIPUg

Oh, it's been mentioned. The list of games in the OP is just full for now. There are probably hundreds of games recommended in the thread that haven't been added to the OP yet.

corumjhaelen

France6884 Posts

October 04 2011 00:37 GMT

#477

On October 04 2011 04:34 Plexa wrote:
(Z)

sigamari/

CuteBOy vs (Z)

CCoMa/

SoO at IronCurtain
+ Show Spoiler [vod] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwFZSKvsnqc&feature=player_embedded

Best 2v2 game ever played. Features offensive nydus unloading mass hydras, matrixed defilers vs carriers etc. This game is fucking nuts

http://www.gomtv.net/classics3/vod/732

Poll: Is Sigamari/Cuteboy vs CComa/Soo on Iron Curtainworth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Sigamari/Cuteboy vs CComa/Soo on Iron Curtainworth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Ok, just watched that, and I must have made the Bisu face 5 times at least despite reading the "why watch". Just fucking awesome/incredible/hilarious etc !
Definitely recommended. And <3 Iron Curtain !

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

October 05 2011 00:45 GMT

#478

after some quick searching I couldn't find it, but I recall hearing someone talk about (maybe on TL attack?) a game where boxer sent an early scv to wall at a different location than the one he spawned at. does this game exist, because I would love to see it.

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

October 05 2011 02:07 GMT

#479

Decades of entertainment.

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

October 05 2011 02:14 GMT

#480

On October 05 2011 09:45 SilverJohnny wrote:
after some quick searching I couldn't find it, but I recall hearing someone talk about (maybe on TL attack?) a game where boxer sent an early scv to wall at a different location than the one he spawned at. does this game exist, because I would love to see it.

this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkRwDtTrhTQ

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 31 2011 14:32 GMT

#481

Updated OP again: see update log for details.

Kal_rA

United States2925 Posts

November 01 2011 19:04 GMT

#482

On March 02 2011 14:51 L3g3nd_ wrote:
hmm What about Babys game? where he goes double port wraith?

not strictly unusual, unless you class someone so young insane wraith micro as unusual

Found it! RO32 Baby vs Modesty Game 2 of the 2009 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3.
TL thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=93175#1
Vod link in OP dead so: http://www.gomtv.net/classics3/vod/732

(T)

BaBy vs

Modesty on God's Garden
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Crazy insane wraith micro on Baby's part, some of the best seen in Starcraft!

Uh.. you make it when you add it to the OP

XenOsky

Chile2270 Posts

November 01 2011 19:39 GMT

#483

how did i miss this topic for so long... omg great work finding these games.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

December 03 2011 11:43 GMT

#484

Bumping just because this thread is epic. (well not only, I recently watched X vods too)

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

December 23 2011 10:29 GMT

#485

I cant find firebathero vs sAviOr (I dont remember on what map) epic restoration on BC's

anybody has it ?

KTF_CloaK

Netherlands1338 Posts

December 23 2011 10:48 GMT

#486

On December 23 2011 19:29 Sinedd wrote:
I cant find firebathero vs sAviOr (I dont remember on what map) epic restoration on BC's

anybody has it ?

It's on python, I think klazart had a 2-part video about it.

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

December 23 2011 12:55 GMT

#487

On December 23 2011 19:29 Sinedd wrote:
I cant find firebathero vs sAviOr (I dont remember on what map) epic restoration on BC's

anybody has it ?

uh oh this game is wild

qrs

United States3637 Posts

December 23 2011 14:01 GMT

#488

On December 23 2011 19:48 KTF_CloaK wrote:

It's on python, I think klazart had a 2-part video about it.

It's in the thread.

In other news, I see that TL's redesign has broken the banner in the OP.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

December 23 2011 14:05 GMT

#489

I centered it!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

December 23 2011 14:19 GMT

#490

On December 23 2011 23:05 IntoTheWow wrote:
I centered it!

Thanks. Actually, I'd tried that myself, but I thought it was only a slight improvement: the gaps at the side still look bad, even when it's centered.

Not to worry; it's fixed now.

pyrogenetix

China5094 Posts

December 23 2011 15:07 GMT

#491

legenDARY games here

qrs

United States3637 Posts

December 27 2011 20:47 GMT

#492

Zero played a pretty cool game against Leta last night.

(Z)

ZerO vs

Leta; Electric Circuit; Proleague; 2011-12-27
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Zero decides to party like it's 1999.

Honestly, I didn't think this style of Zerg play was even playable in 2011. It's been obsolete for a good decade, at least.

(Also the game starts with a worker rush, but that's just gravy.)

Poll: Is Zero vs Leta on Electric Circuit worth watching?

Yes (4)

67%

No (2)

33%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is Zero vs Leta on Electric Circuit worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

TelecoM

United States10673 Posts

December 27 2011 21:20 GMT

#493

Wow that Zero vs Leta game was EPIC! qrs, thanks for that ! Really enjoyed watching that omg

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

January 02 2012 11:56 GMT

#494

On December 28 2011 05:47 qrs wrote:
Zero played a pretty cool game against Leta last night.

(Z)

ZerO vs

Leta; Electric Circuit; Proleague; 2011-12-27
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uNtM7coSc0

Poll: Is Zero vs Leta on Electric Circuit worth watching?

Yes (4)

67%

No (2)

33%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is Zero vs Leta on Electric Circuit worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

this game was really, really fun!

+ Show Spoiler +

could anyone shed some light on what the commentators were saying about halfway through, sounds like 'gas multi' something or other. i assume they're commenting on the fact that zero took two mineral only expansions, was this all there was to it? i almost feel like, because zero had around 2k mins to ~200 gas when hitting hive tech, he wasn't as far ahead as his amount of bases suggested

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

January 02 2012 13:12 GMT

#495

What about Firebathero vs Sheis on Geometry, cant find it.

+ Show Spoiler +

edited :2 fact vultures vultures from FBH with sexy opponents natural rax block into nuke fatality. + the whole circumstance of Kespa restarting the game (because their pinged map).

TLPD Link

edit: I failed,thats what you get from trying to remember the games, i just rewatched it, got it backwards. Not sure if it counts as enough unusual game to put on list

vndestiny

Singapore3440 Posts

January 02 2012 15:15 GMT

#496

Oh god how did I miss this thread

. So many games to watch ^^ and I really think this deserve sticky ( for ppl like me who miss it )

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

January 07 2012 07:11 GMT

#497

I am proud to present a first in Brood War History

(T)

Canata vs

Jaedong <Ground Zero> SK Planet Proleague, January 7, 2011.

What makes this unusual?

+ Show Spoiler +

Canata vs

Jaedong in 2012. Let that sink in. Canata pulls out a quirky, ballsy, and unusual air control tactic.
But does it work out?

Longest TvZ game involving valks.
Longest TvZ game involving 0 vessals
First TvZ game with +3 air attack
First TvZ game involving 0 ebay. (excluding pool rushes)
First TvZ game involving +65 OL Kills (commentator supported)

P.S. - also remembered as the day when (Z)

Hyuk,

Canata, and (Z)

great spontaneously all won. 2012 is truly here.

VOD

+ Show Spoiler +

Bleak

Turkey3059 Posts

January 07 2012 17:49 GMT

#498

Not sure if it was unusual or not but I remember a VOD of Bisu slaughtering a Zerg with multi prong attacks, like 4-5 places at a time while moving around the map with his corsairs killing ovies and scourges. He followed it up with a push and ended the game I think. It was crazy. Someone gave me the link long time ago but I forgot it. It was really, really impressive to see. Does anyone know the game?

I don't know the name of the map but the texture was the space tile. That's what I remember.

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

January 07 2012 18:06 GMT

#499

On January 08 2012 02:49 Bleak wrote:
Not sure if it was unusual or not but I remember a VOD of Bisu slaughtering a Zerg with multi prong attacks, like 4-5 places at a time while moving around the map with his corsairs killing ovies and scourges. He followed it up with a push and ended the game I think. It was crazy. Someone gave me the link long time ago but I forgot it. It was really, really impressive to see. Does anyone know the game?

I don't know the name of the map but the texture was the space tile. That's what I remember.

Did the game have reavers? Then it's most likely Bisu vs Yellow[arnc]...
But i don't find the game unusual - just classical bisu.

Bleak

Turkey3059 Posts

January 07 2012 18:45 GMT

#500

On January 08 2012 03:06 Taekwon wrote:

Did the game have reavers? Then it's most likely Bisu vs Yellow[arnc]...
But i don't find the game unusual - just classical bisu.

Ahh that sounds familiar...I think that was it I'll check that up right now.

It wasn't unusual? Then I think for me the classical Bisu is really crazy and amazing, so maybe it's unusual because of that :D

EDIT: I found the entire match from Youtube, and definitely it was this game. The video I remember was shorter though, and edited to show Bisu's multitasking.

WerderBremen

Germany1070 Posts

January 14 2012 11:03 GMT

#501

Hey, first of all i want to say thanks for this awesome thread.

I watched quiete a lot of these games, and i want to mention in

54. (P)Much vs (P)Bisu ; Plasma ; Incruit 2008 OSL, round of 16; 2008-09-12

at 3:09 you can see Idra and Artosis Their faces are just priceless <3

Screenshot:
+ Show Spoiler +

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 15 2012 05:57 GMT

#502

Jaehoon vs (P)

Horang2 SPL on Jade
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Draw pvp from both jaehoon and horang2 went dt rushes and no one could kill cannons :O into hell for one player guess who

Poll: Is Jaehoon vs Horang2 worth watching?

Yes! (11)

100%

No! (0)

0%

11 total votes

Your vote: Is Jaehoon vs Horang2 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Vod finally came up so i edited my post to put the video in

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 15 2012 06:03 GMT

#503

On January 14 2012 20:03 WerderBremen wrote:
Hey, first of all i want to say thanks for this awesome thread.

I watched quiete a lot of these games, and i want to mention in

54. (P)Much vs (P)Bisu ; Plasma ; Incruit 2008 OSL, round of 16; 2008-09-12

at 3:09 you can see Idra and Artosis Their faces are just priceless <3

Screenshot:
+ Show Spoiler +

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

You're welcome for the thread.

On September 15 2011 09:52 qrs wrote:
For those who care: Artosis sighting at 3:08 of game #54 (Much vs Bisu in the Incruit OSL). This was before he achieved his current height of fame and fortune. And is that a young IdrA next to him?

but for some reason I never moved that comment into the "comments from the thread" section of that game in the OP, so I can't blame you for missing it. Also I didn't take a screenshot.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 15 2012 18:07 GMT

#504

We need more games to put in the list but we need people to vote! :o

Amanebak

Czech Republic528 Posts

January 15 2012 18:12 GMT

#505

Great, I am going to watch some games tonight and won't forget to vote.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 15 2012 18:51 GMT

#506

On January 16 2012 03:12 Amanebak wrote:
Great, I am going to watch some games tonight and won't forget to vote.

You will enjoy the love of bw

WerderBremen

Germany1070 Posts

January 15 2012 19:04 GMT

#507

That Jaehoon vs Horang2 game is awesome xD. Nice catch!

but for some reason I never moved that comment into the "comments from the thread" section of that game in the OP, so I can't blame you for missing it. Also I didn't take a screenshot.

No problem sir and again thanks for this thread, almost every game is a great pleasure to watch

DYEAlabaster

Canada1009 Posts

January 15 2012 20:31 GMT

#508

Someone needs to show Naniwa the BoxeR vs. Yellow game. But this is a really awesome thread! thanks for all the games!

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 16 2012 00:34 GMT

#509

On January 16 2012 05:31 DYEAlabaster wrote:
Someone needs to show Naniwa the BoxeR vs. Yellow game. But this is a really awesome thread! thanks for all the games!

More like every sc2 pro :O
on a side note
Nada vs Gorush YATGK MSL finals set 4
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiXshDSkKnY]

Nada was going to lose a expansion to pure ultra ling but he used a medic wall to stop the attack from doing alot of damage which is listed in the pinpest play list 2005 also guardians are used too :D

+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual] +

Poll: Is Nada vs Gorush set4 of YATGK MSL worth watching

Yes! (3)

100%

No! (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Nada vs Gorush set4 of YATGK MSL worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

]

Falling

Canada11350 Posts

January 18 2012 21:40 GMT

#510

I don't think I can see it on the list and I can't find the right one. But there was a showmatch between Bisu and Flash where they pretended to be playing their actual race, but had really switched and were off-racing. Bisu's vulture harasses were pretty crazy, but then Flash pulled out some godly Carrier micro and told him "this is how you micro carriers."

Does anyone know which one that was? Because I think that one could qualify for both cool and unusual.

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

January 18 2012 21:55 GMT

#511

On January 19 2012 06:40 Falling wrote:
I don't think I can see it on the list and I can't find the right one. But there was a showmatch between Bisu and Flash where they pretended to be playing their actual race, but had really switched and were off-racing. Bisu's vulture harasses were pretty crazy, but then Flash pulled out some godly Carrier micro and told him "this is how you micro carriers."

Does anyone know which one that was? Because I think that one could qualify for both cool and unusual.

I suddenly want to watch this...

NOW !

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 18 2012 22:47 GMT

#512

That was bisu vs flash @proleague allstars

Here the vod

Zariel

Australia1285 Posts

January 19 2012 00:47 GMT

#513

The recent Bogus vs Stats game on Ground Zero (sorry, my link thing doesnt work on my browser or something)

Stats casts Stasis Field on some units including a Kakaru!!!

Dunno if it makes it to the cool n unusual SC:BW, but the commentator's reactions were gold.

Falling

Canada11350 Posts

January 19 2012 03:46 GMT

#514

Edit.

Oops. Somehow double posted.

Falling

Canada11350 Posts

January 19 2012 03:47 GMT

#515

Thank you Lightening. It's such a fun game seeing how their strengths translate when off-racing. I just wish there were captions on what they were typing back and forth.

Alright, so in the proper format:

(P)

Bisu vs

Flash; Benzene; Proleague All-Stars 2010, ROUND (NTH set); 2011-04-17
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXG0Mk1aetA&feature=player_embedded

PvT game Bisu vs Flash in an all star match starts normal enough, until about the 12 minute mark where it is revealed that Flash is playing Protoss and Bisu was the Terran. Flash later switches to Carrier and unveils some excellent carrier micro. At which point, Flash comments that "Hyung, this is how you use carriers."

Poll: Was the Bisu vs Flash on Benzene worth watching?

Yes! (7)

100%

No. (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Was the Bisu vs Flash on Benzene worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No.

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

The LR comments start at page 109. It's pretty fun reading them as there are complaints about it simply being a standard game with no-offracing... until the big reveal and the thread just explodes.

Zariel

Australia1285 Posts

January 19 2012 04:13 GMT

#516

I remember Flash was saying to Bisu "Hey Bisu! This is how you use Carriers!"

Phelix

1931 Posts

January 19 2012 04:28 GMT

#517

On January 16 2012 09:34 LightningStrike wrote:

More like every sc2 pro :O
on a side note
Nada vs Gorush YATGK MSL finals set 4
+ Show Spoiler [Reason] +

Poll: Is Nada vs Gorush set4 of YATGK MSL worth watching

Yes! (3)

100%

No! (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Nada vs Gorush set4 of YATGK MSL worth watching

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

]

I totally forgot about this game, and this should be recommended as well.
+ Show Spoiler [Another Reason] +

Infamous PLAYGU game!

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 19 2012 05:31 GMT

#518

On January 19 2012 13:28 Phelix wrote:

I totally forgot about this game, and this should be recommended as well.
+ Show Spoiler [Another Reason] +

Infamous PLAYGU game!

Man i forgot about that the playguu :o nice find

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 22 2012 21:59 GMT

#519

Fantasy vs (P)

JangBi

2011 Jin Air OSL Finals Set 5
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Jangbi was on a verge to losing to Fantasy but ended up getting the most amazing come back game in the osl finals history and the entire series is unusaly because no psi storm was ever used in it but this set was most notable though since Jangbi stopped Fantasy on every last effort to win the OSL

+ Show Spoiler [Pol] +

Poll: Is Fantasy vs Jangbi worth watching?

Yes! (4)

100%

No! (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Fantasy vs Jangbi worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 23 2012 18:01 GMT

#520

Hey guys, thanks for continuing to vote on the games in the OP! A few games have finally passed the threshold to be taken off the main list (I archive after 20 votes and demote if a game has at least 5 and a substantial percentage of "no" votes), so there will be some turnover in the OP at last. I've taken three games off the list already, and when I get a bit more time, I'll add three new ones to take their place.

Thanks again for the continuing interest!

WerderBremen

Germany1070 Posts

January 23 2012 19:05 GMT

#521

Hey, i just remembered a game in which i think it was Boxer managed to win surprisingly. Surprisingly because it was a very hard map for terran, because you couldn't build turrets on it.
If someone could help me at least with the map (i hope there is not a big number of maps you can't build turrets on), then i would manage to find it by myself and add it here

FlyingToilet

United States840 Posts

January 23 2012 20:23 GMT

#522

I just played a 2v2 on starcraft 2 where my teammate left at 8 minutes because he wanted to 3rr and i pretty much told him to fuck off so he raged. And i won the game without him, diamond league the toss and zerg i was playing were terribad but i beat a 30 min game with nothing but mmm micro and drops all over the map.

I have never seen so much rage in one ladder game, but it was so fun!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 23 2012 20:49 GMT

#523

On January 24 2012 05:23 FlyingToilet wrote:
I just played a 2v2 on starcraft 2 where my teammate left at 8 minutes because he wanted to 3rr and i pretty much told him to fuck off so he raged. And i won the game without him, diamond league the toss and zerg i was playing were terribad but i beat a 30 min game with nothing but mmm micro and drops all over the map.

I have never seen so much rage in one ladder game, but it was so fun!

Not really what this thread is about (original title was, "Most Unusual Pro Starcraft Games" and it's in the Brood War forum) but congratulations.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 24 2012 03:37 GMT

#524

i found another english commentary for bisu vs pokju it by cholerasc

This is the funniest englsih commentary version of the game i ever watched and
(P)

Grrrr... vs (Z)

sigamari MSL prelims set 2 i believe (somone check which set it was) on Blade Storm
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Part 1

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7fU-gk-KsI&feature=watch_response
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhKbagOBI9g&feature=watch_response
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ltghk1E8U&feature=watch_response

This was during Grrr's time as progamer where he had to play sigamari and had to used billions of maelstrom to destory sigamari's forces for ever battle

Poll: Is Grrr vs Sigamari worth watching?

Yes! (3)

100%

No! (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Grrr vs Sigamari worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 24 2012 18:12 GMT

#525

On January 24 2012 12:37 LightningStrike wrote:
i found another english commentary for bisu vs pokju it by cholerasc

Thanks! I've updated the OP with that and a couple of other things, including a new game, at last (Boxer vs. Sheis, a game from Boxer's Air Force days.)

pylonsalad

Canada649 Posts

January 25 2012 07:49 GMT

#526

Savior's defence against Daezang's 4-gate slowlots deserves a mention.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 25 2012 14:09 GMT

#527

On January 25 2012 16:49 pylonsalad wrote:
Savior's defence against Daezang's 4-gate slowlots deserves a mention.

You mean this one?

I don't know how savior defended this build before reliseing what it was tbh he only had seconds to react due to not knowing the build was coming

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 25 2012 16:49 GMT

#528

Added 2 more games to the OP. The main list is now closed again until further voting.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 25 2012 23:02 GMT

#529

I found a korean commentary vod for bisu vs pokju since i saw that the one you got in the op is on google vod so here it goes ^_^

Also another game although i think somone mentioned it so just to rebring it back
Great vs Leta ABC MART MSL group stages

+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHUiz87UnHA

First time 14 CC holding off a 4 pool since gods knows when also the lr thread makes the game funnier

Poll: Is Leta vs Great worth watching?

Yes! (3)

100%

No! (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Leta vs Great worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Had to fix link of vod >.>

Fojji

United Kingdom217 Posts

January 26 2012 09:27 GMT

#530

Amazing thread here, I had just recently dl'd BW to check out some old replays, well this thread meant I didn't even need to, thanks for the effort from everyone.

+ Show Spoiler +

Quick question; in the Jaedong vs Calm game after Kwanro tried what he did to Calm, Jaedong just owned him, I'm wondering if anyone knows a vod of Jaedong being 5 pooled like that? I guess alot of people must've tried it considering his ZvZ record?

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 26 2012 12:40 GMT

#531

On January 26 2012 18:27 Fojji wrote:
Amazing thread here, I had just recently dl'd BW to check out some old replays, well this thread meant I didn't even need to, thanks for the effort from everyone.

+ Show Spoiler +

Almost no one ever tries 4- or 5-pool in any match-up except once in a long while as a gimmick. There might be a game of Jaedong being 5-pooled out there, but if there is, I can't remember it.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 26 2012 14:48 GMT

#532

On January 26 2012 08:02 LightningStrike wrote:
I found a korean commentary vod for bisu vs pokju since i saw that the one you got in the op is on google vod

Thanks; added.

Rookie6

Brazil583 Posts

January 26 2012 15:16 GMT

#533

This is pretty much the best thread ever.

b0lt

United States790 Posts

January 26 2012 15:22 GMT

#534

On January 26 2012 21:40 qrs wrote:
Almost no one ever tries 4- or 5-pool in any match-up except once in a long while as a gimmick. There might be a game of Jaedong being 5-pooled out there, but if there is, I can't remember it.

Jaedong 4pooled Flash twice in a row in the Korean Air OSL S2 finals

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 26 2012 17:12 GMT

#535

On January 27 2012 00:22 b0lt wrote:

Jaedong 4pooled Flash twice in a row in the Korean Air OSL S2 finals

Yeah, I remember that. Jaedong's done it more than most in important games like that. This doesn't contradict my point, though, does it?

On January 27 2012 00:16 Nightmare-br wrote:
This is pretty much the best thread ever.

Thanks!

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

January 28 2012 06:00 GMT

#536

Jaedong vs Flying; Outlier; Proleague 11-12 S1, ROUND 2 (5th set); 2011-1-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 28 2012 06:10 GMT

#537

On January 28 2012 15:00 Jragon wrote:
Jaedong vs Flying; Outlier; Proleague 11-12 S1, ROUND 2 (5th set); 2011-1-28
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

That picture needs some words to help people figure out what was happening :o

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

January 28 2012 07:25 GMT

#538

On January 28 2012 15:10 LightningStrike wrote:

That picture needs some words to help people figure out what was happening :o

I don't know, I kind of like the simplicity of the image that allows people's imaginations to create the scenario. If it needs an explanation, perhaps 'self-handicap' is apt.

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

January 28 2012 07:55 GMT

#539

On January 28 2012 16:25 Jragon wrote:

I don't know, I kind of like the simplicity of the image that allows people's imaginations to create the scenario. If it needs an explanation, perhaps 'self-handicap' is apt.

I fully endorse this statement and game.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

January 28 2012 08:45 GMT

#540

On January 28 2012 15:10 LightningStrike wrote:

That picture needs some words to help people figure out what was happening :o

That's why they watch the game

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 29 2012 00:33 GMT

#541

On January 28 2012 17:45 Dakkas wrote:

That's why they watch the game

I agree with LightningStrike: the picture alone wouldn't be enough to intrigue me. Clusters of hydras are not all that unusual or interesting on their own. "Self-handicap" might be enough to get me interested, though. (Speaking as someone who hasn't seen this game yet, by the way.)

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

January 29 2012 02:19 GMT

#542

On January 29 2012 09:33 qrs wrote:

Your thread, your call. I've updated the post to include the VOD, watch it and see what you think is more fitting (you won't regret it

). As an alternative image, someone was gonna put troll faces on those drones, I'm not sure whether that's been done.

Edit:
+ Show Spoiler [Found it] +

Edit 2:
+ Show Spoiler [Gives away the result] +

Lots of gifs and quotes to choose from here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=307043

Personally I like:
-"This game is artistic humour" (lol)
-JD wants us to watch it!

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 29 2012 18:57 GMT

#543

On January 29 2012 11:19 Jragon wrote:

Your thread, your call. I've updated the post to include the VOD, watch it and see what you think is more fitting (you won't regret it

). As an alternative image, someone was gonna put troll faces on those drones, I'm not sure whether that's been done.

Edit:
+ Show Spoiler [Found it] +

Edit 2:
+ Show Spoiler [Gives away the result] +

Lots of gifs and quotes to choose from here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=307043

Personally I like:
-"This game is artistic humour" (lol)
-JD wants us to watch it!

I may have started the thread, but it's your post. I wasn't speaking as the "threadmaster"; just as a guy who hadn't seen the game. To people who have already watched the game, that picture is worth a thousand words, but to someone who hasn't seen it, it doesn't convey particularly much: just a group of hydras, lings and a few drones. An animated gif of the scene would do a little more, by showing that the drones were blocking the hydras, but even that wouldn't show the tension of this going on for an enormous chunk of the game.

Anyway, I've watched the game now, and personally, didn't find it all that entertaining: just an example of some shockingly sloppy play. That doesn't mean that others won't like it, or that it's not a worthwhile post in this thread: it's certainly unusual (especially given who the Zerg was), and I'm sure that there are lots of people who like games like this one. (There's even "facepalm" category in the OP just for games of this sort.) Thanks for the post!

For my part, I prefer the previous game in that series (Soulkey vs Sea on Sniper Ridge): a nice example of an unusual strat that is tried only very rarely and succeeds even more rarely, shown off to perfection.
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

+ Show Spoiler [Worth watching?] +

A nice example of an unusual strat + Show Spoiler +

burrowed ling ambush

that is rarely tried and succeeds even more rarely, shown off to perfection.

Poll: Is Soulkey vs Sea on Sniper Ridge worth watching?

Yes (4)

100%

No (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Is Soulkey vs Sea on Sniper Ridge worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

vndestiny

Singapore3440 Posts

January 30 2012 17:54 GMT

#544

I would like to recommend a game between our belove progamers, currently missing from the scene, Hiya & Violet

VOD
+ Show Spoiler +

Why this is unusual
+ Show Spoiler +

Hiya responded to Carriers? Put down 5 rax. Violet tried to counter bio with dt

Is this worth watching
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching ?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching ?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 04 2012 01:32 GMT

#545

On January 31 2012 02:54 vndestiny wrote:
I would like to recommend a game between our belove progamers, currently missing from the scene, Hiya & Violet

VOD
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szVkMeXrIE8&feature=BFa&list=WLA459103544CD1936&lf=plpp_video

Why this is unusual
+ Show Spoiler +

Hiya responded to Carriers? Put down 5 rax. Violet tried to counter bio with dt

Is this worth watching
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching ?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Hiya vs Violet on Bloody Ridge worth watching ?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

I think somone recomended this game earlier in the thread but it not in the op that's all

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 05 2012 00:59 GMT

#546

Here is a english commentary of (T)

ChRh vs

Bisu on monty hall by Cholera

parts 1-3

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 12 2012 21:09 GMT

#547

Hmm no one been looking at this thread other then me so i guess it time to bump this thread :O and please add more games when you cane qrs!

Percutio

United States1672 Posts

February 12 2012 21:29 GMT

#548

...Or some of us have already seen this thread and only check it when it gets bumped by a new game that we might have missed.

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

February 12 2012 22:32 GMT

#549

On February 13 2012 06:29 Percutio wrote:
...Or some of us have already seen this thread and only check it when it gets bumped by a new game that we might have missed.

indeed

there are so many games to watch..

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

February 12 2012 22:42 GMT

#550

Anyone but me that has watched every single game in this thread? Yeah, it's cool to have done it - so join the bragfest.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

February 12 2012 23:05 GMT

#551

On February 05 2012 09:59 LightningStrike wrote:
Here is a english commentary of (T)

ChRh vs

Bisu on monty hall by Cholera

Thanks. I missed this post when you first made it, but I've added that VOD to the OP now.

About adding more VODs to the OP... I don't know. I'd figured that as it is, not too many people have watched the ones that are there already (judging by the vote counts in the polls), so why bother adding more. On the other hand, voting has slowed to a trickle compared to the early days of the thread. I've thought about asking Manifesto to spotlight it again, but it seems a bit crass to ask for that.

Hmm, it's almost the thread's anniversary, though. Maybe for that...

qrs

United States3637 Posts

February 19 2012 23:40 GMT

#552

OMG, anybody who is remotely interested in the sort of games contained in this thread, you have got to see Flash vs Best from the recent KT vs SKT match.
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

I don't even know what to say about this one. I mean, in a way it's sort of the logical culmination of the playstyle that Flash has been using since the season began, but in another way, you've really got to see it to believe it.

To recommend this game from a different angle, if this bears any weight with you, I was getting tired of the games in this thread. As unusual as they may have been, gather them all together in one place and even these games started looking the same, most of them. Proxies, uncommon units, uncommon abilities, I'd seen it all.

I'd never seen a game like this one.

This game could have been theorycrafted by a six-year-old. It took Flash to play it.
Go watch it already!

Poll: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

Yes (22)

85%

No (4)

15%

26 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 20 2012 00:34 GMT

#553

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMX7_A99cys#t=2m20s

Poll: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

Yes (22)

85%

No (4)

15%

26 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

This game is indeed unusal due to the fact that flash 8 rax bunker rush 1 gate core to hell and sucessed on winning without a factory and only 1 rax of rines :o

iSometric

2221 Posts

February 20 2012 00:42 GMT

#554

Flash just had excellent game sense and practice so he can just fuck over whoever 90% of the time.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

February 20 2012 00:45 GMT

#555

On February 20 2012 09:34 LightningStrike wrote:

This game is indeed unusal due to the fact that flash 8 rax bunker rush 1 gate core to hell and sucessed on winning without a factory and only 1 rax of rines :o

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 20 2012 01:28 GMT

#556

On February 20 2012 09:45 qrs wrote:

Best got unlucky overall but still funny game

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 19 2012 13:17 GMT

#557

Hydra; Neo Chain Reaction; Proleague playoffs, Round 1, Day 2 (6th game); 2012-03-18
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Wooki vs

Hydra

from Day 2 of KT vs CJ in the Proleague playoffs a couple of nights ago deserves a place in this thread, imo. An unusual rush from one of the players takes the game out of standard territory from the first, leading to a short but tense game that hinges on micro and on-the-spot decision making. At different moments it seems like each player is going to win.

(P)

Wooki vs

An unusual rush from one of the players takes the game out of standard territory from the first., leading to a short but tense game that hinges on micro and on-the-spot decision making. At different moments it seems like each player is going to win.

Poll: Is Wooki vs Hydra on Neo Chain Reaction worth watching?

Yes (10)

91%

No (1)

9%

11 total votes

Your vote: Is Wooki vs Hydra on Neo Chain Reaction worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Shine on Neo Electric Circuit
Tving OSL Round of 8 Group C, game 3
2012-06-26
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

March 19 2012 21:54 GMT

#558

Thank god this thread been bumped i missed it so much

Release

United States4397 Posts

April 12 2012 06:13 GMT

#559

No events on the BW calendar. Deserves a bump.

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

May 17 2012 07:57 GMT

#560

Here's a game that I think really deserves to be in this thread, that maybe some people missed. From SKPlanet Proleague Season 1

(Z)

ZerO vs.

Hydra on Neo Outlier
+ Show Spoiler +

What makes it unusual?
+ Show Spoiler +

A great misdirect by one player leads to assured victory

Worth watching?
+ Show Spoiler +

Poll: Worth Watching?

Yes (2)

67%

No (1)

33%

If you have time (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time

Agrajag

Sweden38 Posts

June 27 2012 15:42 GMT

#561

I'm sure most Broodwar fans have already watched this game, but it deserves to be in this thread, and this thread deserves a bump.

(T)

Flash vs

Offensive Nydus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qmgMA5JdE

Poll: Worth watching?

Yes (21)

100%

No (0)

0%

21 total votes

Your vote: Worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

_Quasar_

Russian Federation4405 Posts

June 27 2012 19:40 GMT

#562

Yeah, I thought about this thread too.

TheShimmy

United States1808 Posts

June 27 2012 20:33 GMT

#563

Check out the thread for the Chinese Team League. Just about all those games are unusual.

Also, Pro-2v2 Games <3

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

June 30 2012 09:54 GMT

#564

Looking for a vod where really blind the protoss opponent observer with medic and proceed to own the player . Can anyone kindly link me to that vod ?

NicksonReyes

Philippines4431 Posts

June 30 2012 11:16 GMT

#565

On June 30 2012 18:54 Sawamura wrote:
Looking for a vod where really blind the protoss opponent observer with medic and proceed to own the player . Can anyone kindly link me to that vod ?

Sawamura

Malaysia7602 Posts

June 30 2012 11:17 GMT

#566

On June 30 2012 20:16 NicksonReyes wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qmgMA5JdE

thanks dude !

]343[

United States10328 Posts

August 22 2012 07:56 GMT

#567

Jaedong vs (T)

Light; Triathlon; Bigfile MSL Semifinal B, Set 4; 2010-08-21
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqS68D2TH0

Jaedong uses queens (as he faces elimination) to completely break Light.

Light; Triathlon; Bigfile MSL Semifinal B, Set 4; 2010-08-21
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Poll: Light vs Jaedong, Triathlon, Bigfile MSL Set4

Worth watching (4)

100%

Not worth watching (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Light vs Jaedong, Triathlon, Bigfile MSL Set4

(Vote): Worth watching
(Vote): Not worth watching

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 04 2012 22:13 GMT

#568

On August 22 2012 16:56 ]343[ wrote:
(Z)

Jaedong vs (T)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqS68D2TH0

Jaedong uses queens (as he faces elimination) to completely break Light.

Flash; Circuit Breaker; Proleague; 2010-10-26
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Poll: Light vs Jaedong, Triathlon, Bigfile MSL Set4

Worth watching (4)

100%

Not worth watching (0)

0%

4 total votes

Your vote: Light vs Jaedong, Triathlon, Bigfile MSL Set4

(Vote): Worth watching
(Vote): Not worth watching

#48 in the OP. Currently it's in the "Games that might be worth watching" list, because a number of people didn't think it was worth the watch, so if you want it bumped back to the "Hall of Fame" section, vote "Yes" in the original poll.

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

September 05 2012 08:13 GMT

#569

this thread is just absolutely 100% platinium !!!!!!

Ive just watched some of those games and I had A L O T of fun

awesome

WerderBremen

Germany1070 Posts

October 19 2012 09:00 GMT

#570

I finally found the game I was so hard looking for, earlier post from myself:

On January 24 2012 04:05 WerderBremen wrote:
Hey, i just remembered a game in which i think it was Boxer managed to win surprisingly. Surprisingly because it was a very hard map for terran, because you couldn't build turrets on it.
If someone could help me at least with the map (i hope there is not a big number of maps you can't build turrets on), then i would manage to find it by myself and add it here

The game itself is actually not as cool and unusual as I was hoping it to be. But I just wanted to leave the information in this thread. The map is actually "Silent Vortex", and the game is between Boxer and Garimto in 2001 OSL Finals

Boxer vs Garimto on Silent Vortex, 2001 OSL Finals Set 3 part 1
Boxer vs Garimto on Silent Vortex, 2001 OSL Finals Set 3 part 2
+ Show Spoiler +

From Gosugamers:
Also, BoxeR competed in another StarLeague, SKY 2001. He played against the Protoss Player GARIMTO. In 5 Epic battles, BoxeR unfortunately lost 3-2. But what was actually amazing is that BoxeR won on the Ice Map, Silent Vortex, which was known for its horrible imbalance of TvP because of the Ice Vortex where you cannot build turrets on the ice and push out of your base. This victory on Vortex by BoxeR amazed lots of people, and he became more praised.

Gamegene

United States8308 Posts

November 28 2012 11:34 GMT

#571

I'm trying to find a game. I remember it was BoxeR doing some insane dropship harass and completely focusing on it, letting his resources climb into 4 digets.

konadora

Singapore66163 Posts

November 28 2012 12:58 GMT

#572

On November 28 2012 20:34 Gamegene wrote:
I'm trying to find a game. I remember it was BoxeR doing some insane dropship harass and completely focusing on it, letting his resources climb into 4 digets.

well, that's a lot of games lol.

Chef

10810 Posts

November 28 2012 13:23 GMT

#573

Most famous one is Boxer vs July on 815, I guess.

Gamegene

United States8308 Posts

November 28 2012 23:50 GMT

#574

hmmm to be more specific it was a much much later games (around 2010) where it was vs a newer player. and the resource count was something completely ridiculous like 4000-5000.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 27 2013 04:36 GMT

#575

Although this thread has nearly dried up, a handful of votes continued to trickle in, so I've updated the OP for the first time in a long time. The following game was demoted to "Games that might be worth watching":

96. (T)

RuBy vs

Shortest Kespa-ranked game ever.

Poll: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

Yes (15)

68%

No (7)

32%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 12 2011 13:20 Antoine wrote:

lol this isn't the one you're talking about but it is the fastest tvt i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/47711_Flash_vs_RuBy

On March 12 2011 23:52 hacklebeast wrote:

Fastest modern TvT

[VOD]

On March 13 2011 00:48 LightningStrike wrote:

LOL wow i love how fast the game was ^^

and the following new game was added to the OP:

111. "Use Your Illusion"
[image loading]

KIROFF vs

Tapoto_kopele; Lost Temple; casual game; circa 2001-10-03
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

English commentary by Cholera (however, I'd almost suggest that you mute the VOD, just so you can watch the game unfold for yourself)

This game is unusual even for this thread: nearly every game in this thread was played in a professional league, but the two Bulgarians who played this game owe their place in Starcraft history to this game and this game alone.

What makes it unusual? Oh, just go watch it already. It's very short. I guarantee you won't regret it.

Poll: Is KIROFF vs. Tapoto_kopele on Lost Temple worth watching?

Yes (20)

100%

No (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Is KIROFF vs. Tapoto_kopele on Lost Temple worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

+ Show Spoiler [What makes this game unusual] +

On March 03 2011 02:21 RaiZ wrote:
Kiroff vs tapoto_kopele was really the greatest, too bad it's not a "pro" game, but it made me laugh for 5 minutes straight. I just couldn't believe how sharp they were thinking when they played this game.

Pimpest Play 2002 (write-up and link to replay file)

Personally, I think that both are well worth watching. Admittedly, the first game does not contain any moments of mind-blowing genius, but it was still a historic game, and it's so short that what do you have to lose by watching it? The second game does contain moments of mind-blowing genius.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 27 2013 05:24 GMT

#576

The KIROFF vs Taptoto_kopele game was so funny to watch it just kept me wanting to watch it again and again ^_^. A+ game right there for anyone wanting to watch the game and btw you could get the replay of it on sclegacy's website

traceurling

United States1240 Posts

January 27 2013 05:40 GMT

#577

What happened in flash vs ruby? I couldn't understand what they were saying

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 27 2013 05:47 GMT

#578

On January 27 2013 14:40 traceurling wrote:
What happened in flash vs ruby? I couldn't understand what they were saying

Presumably by accident, Ruby left the game before it started. After some discussion, Kespa ruled that the loss stood.

KristofferAG

Norway25712 Posts

January 27 2013 09:04 GMT

#579

Can't believe I'd forgotten this thread completely. Guess I have smething to dotomorrw :>

Ciryandor

United States3735 Posts

January 27 2013 11:07 GMT

#580

Canata vs

Jaedong at Ground Zero

Why should this be here? Because Valkyries. +3 Valkyries. Against a Zerg.

Jukado

805 Posts

January 27 2013 13:15 GMT

#581

Leta vs Tyson on Neo Jade

Reason its unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

Lockdown TvP

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

January 27 2013 17:49 GMT

#582

On January 27 2013 22:15 CardinalAllin wrote:
(T)

Leta vs

Tyson on Neo Jade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGI1l0nYVcY

Reason its unusual:
+ Show Spoiler +

Lockdown TvP

If we add every TvP with lockdowns then I suggest we add (T)

BoxeR vs

free on Othello 2008 SPL
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Lock Downs and Boxer was in a losing streak at the time when he faced free and showed up as a destoryer XD

Poll: Is Boxer vs free worth watching?

Yes! (11)

100%

No! (0)

0%

11 total votes

Your vote: Is Boxer vs free worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

Andre

Slovenia3523 Posts

January 27 2013 18:32 GMT

#583

Everything Boxer, is worth watching ~D

That game was awesome. He really utilized lockdown a lot more than anyone else ~~

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

January 27 2013 23:52 GMT

#584

ZerO; Empire of the Sun; Proleague; 2010-11-10
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Boxer's anti reaver micro in that game vs free is really nice too

traceurling

United States1240 Posts

January 28 2013 02:56 GMT

#585

I dunno about yu guys but I think a lot of the pro 2v2s have had pretty pitched battles...

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

January 29 2013 13:36 GMT

#586

I knew it was worth it to keep this thread bookmarked!

n00b1n8R

Australia45 Posts

January 30 2013 00:13 GMT

#587

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:

+ Show Spoiler +

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:

+ Show Spoiler +

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

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

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

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

HoeJJa Empire of the Sun

Watch it—it's a good one! (imho)

thezanursic

5484 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

5484 Posts

June 06 2013 15:24 GMT

#593

free; Neo Requiem; GOM Classic Season 2, Ro32 (2nd game); 2008-11-16
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

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!

HeatEXTEND

Netherlands836 Posts

June 10 2013 02:02 GMT

#596

Thanks for all the work here, sweet thread.

edit: to the poster above me, your thread got me here too :p

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

June 10 2013 07:40 GMT

#597

2008-10-05
SPL (P)

Lucifer vs (T)

UpMaGiC @ Neo Requiem

~18 min
Intense micro and dropship play in TvP
+ Show Spoiler +

UpMaGiC playing on Neo Requiem

vndestiny

Singapore3440 Posts

June 10 2013 08:20 GMT

#598

Just catch up some of the VODs that I missed in this thread and did a bunch of voting

. Must say the OP did a superb job, in both implementing the idea for this thread and updating it too.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

June 10 2013 20:42 GMT

#599

This is such an awesome thread.
So many awesome games^^

Elyvilon

United States13143 Posts

June 11 2013 00:52 GMT

#600

The VOD for #5 is private.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 11 2013 06:38 GMT

#601

On June 09 2013 12:09 julealgon wrote:
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).
...
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!

You're welcome: glad you enjoyed.

The categories are somewhat haphazard: there's no reason there shouldn't be a "Lockdown" or "Ghost" category except that I never added it. If you could give me the numbers of a few videos in the OP that fit one of those categories, I'd be happy to add the category to the OP.

On June 11 2013 09:52 Elyvilon wrote:
The VOD for #5 is private.

Thanks, I'd missed that one (all the MBC-owned VODs on the Nevake account were set to private after MBC lodged a complaint). I've replaced it with an English commentary version by Cholera.

Thanks for the renewed interest and votes, everyone! As a result, I've moved two games out of the main list in the OP. I'll add a couple more to take their places, but it's getting late here, so I'll do that later.

Edit: added game #113:
113. (Z)

sAviOr vs

One player launches an early attack, the other counter-attacks, and before you can spit three times, sAviOr is trading bases with a Protoss on Neo Requiem. Again. (cf. game #26)

Poll: Is Savior vs. Free on Neo Requiem worth watching?

Yes (7)

100%

No (0)

0%

7 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs. Free on Neo Requiem worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Edit 2: and for counterpoint, an earlier game between these two in a GOM-sponsored event, recommended by the great Ver, himself.
114. (Z)

sAviOr vs

free; Zodiac; GOMTV MSL 3, Quarterfinals (4th game); 2007-10-25
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Korean version (hosted on Youku)
English commentary by Diggity

On March 03 2011 08:03 Ver wrote:
5 gas Muta/Sunken.

Poll: Is Savior vs. Free on Zodiac worth watching?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Is Savior vs. Free on Zodiac worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 14 2013 04:57 GMT

#602

If you've watched most of the games in the OP and you're looking for more: let me put in a plug for the "games that might be worth watching list". While the games there were not as universally liked as the others, they were all nominated by at least one person, and several of them are very close to the (essentially arbitrary) cutoff point for putting a game in the "Hall of Fame" archive.

Even the games that got mostly "No" votes might be better than they seem. I just watched game #77, which had only 1 "yes" votes to five "no" votes until just now—but in fact the game is much more interesting than the vote would indicate. I blame the negative vote on the original, uninformative description, combined with the fact that the novelty of this game is subtle enough that it's easy to miss if you're not watching the opening carefully, but IMHO, the innovative opening is enough on its own to justify a watch—and it doesn't hurt that the other player in the game is one of the best of all time.
77. (T)

Hwasin vs

Jaedong; Blue Storm; Proleague; 2008-06-24
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:
Factory before depot, baby!

Poll: Is Hwasin vs Jaedong on Blue Storm worth watching?

No (6)

67%

Yes (3)

33%

9 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs Jaedong on Blue Storm worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Hwasin vs. Jaedong on Blue Storm (PL): Another nice cheese build. Terrans love cheesing JD.

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:

Another VOD in the "Games that might be worth watching" section that is definitely worth watching, IMO, is game #96, Ruby vs Flash. Yes, it may not be the sort of thing you're expecting when you click on it, but isn't that what this thread is all about? Besides, it's a unique footnote in Starcraft history, and it takes so little of your time, how could it not be worth the watch?
96. (T)

RuBy vs

Shortest Kespa-ranked game ever.

Poll: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

Yes (15)

68%

No (7)

32%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Ruby vs Flash on Circuit Breaker worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 12 2011 13:20 Antoine wrote:

lol this isn't the one you're talking about but it is the fastest tvt i can think of: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/47711_Flash_vs_RuBy

On March 12 2011 23:52 hacklebeast wrote:

Fastest modern TvT

[VOD]

On March 13 2011 00:48 LightningStrike wrote:

BeSt; Jade; Proleague; 2012-02-19
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

LOL wow i love how fast the game was ^^

Finally, I've added one more game to the OP: game #115. This one went straight to the "Hall of Fame" because it had already garnered over 20 votes in its poll.
115. (T)

Flash vs

Think you know what a bunker rush is? Watch and learn.

Poll: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

Yes (22)

85%

No (4)

15%

26 total votes

Your vote: Is Flash vs Best on Jade worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On February 20 2012 08:40 qrs wrote:
OMG, anybody who is remotely interested in the sort of games contained in this thread, you have got to see Flash vs Best from the recent KT vs SKT match.
[VOD]
I don't even know what to say about this one. I mean, in a way it's sort of the logical culmination of the playstyle that Flash has been using since the season began, but in another way, you've really got to see it to believe it.

To recommend this game from a different angle, if this bears any weight with you, I was getting tired of the games in this thread. As unusual as they may have been, gather them all together in one place and even these games started looking the same, most of them. Proxies, uncommon units, uncommon abilities, I'd seen it all.

I'd never seen a game like this one.

This game could have been theorycrafted by a six-year-old. It took Flash to play it.
Go watch it already!

On February 20 2012 09:42 iSometric wrote:
Flash just had excellent game sense and practice so he can just fuck over whoever 90% of the time.

On February 20 2012 09:45 qrs wrote:

On February 20 2012 10:28 LightningStrike wrote:

Best got unlucky overall but still funny game

Chef

10810 Posts

June 14 2013 14:02 GMT

#603

+ Show Spoiler [77] +

77 is a well thought out opening (I've seen fac before depot once or twice on Aztec, but this one is probably better). I think it gets downvotes for being kind of a slow-death for Jaedong. He hangs on miraculously for awhile, but he never seems in a position to swing the pendulum back, isn't able to put real pressure back on his opponent after forcing him to cancel one CC, and eventually just wastes away. It doesn't help that the video resolution is a little bad. Not super unusual and not super action packed, but a well executed cheese which Hwansin holds the advantage of right through to the end. Not super sure how I want to vote on it.

+ Show Spoiler [97] +

97 is fine. It's not interesting because of the game, but it's worth having in the OP as a joke. I don't feel strongly about it, but I'll give it a yes because this is a database of weird stuff.

+ Show Spoiler [115] +

I don't even need to open the VOD because I know what game this is and it is great lol.Yes vote of course.

Figgy

Canada1788 Posts

June 14 2013 14:45 GMT

#604

Game 1 is private. What the hell <_<

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 14 2013 16:37 GMT

#605

On June 14 2013 23:02 Chef wrote:
+ Show Spoiler [77] +

Well, one thing I'd like to say is that people should vote based on the game quality, not the video quality, because another video may be (or become) available. As for the game: I agree that after the opening, it was not particularly unusual, but I had never seen an opening like this one before, and I thought it was worth watching for that alone. You say you've seen it a couple of times on Aztec: is there something about that map or Blue Storm that conduces to this opening? I suppose easy walling-off is one necessary factor; is there anything else?

BTW, it's fine by me if you vote "no" on the game: I reposted it to expose it to people who might have overlooked it, not to influence their votes.

+ Show Spoiler [97] +

97 is fine. It's not interesting because of the game, but it's worth having in the OP as a joke. I don't feel strongly about it, but I'll give it a yes because this is a database of weird stuff.

It's back in the main list now, owing to recent voting.

+ Show Spoiler [115] +

I don't even need to open the VOD because I know what game this is and it is great lol.Yes vote of course.

Ah, thanks for drawing my attention to that poll: I see I messed up and accidentally made a new one for that game. I've replaced it with the original poll now (which means that your vote was lost; sorry!).

On June 14 2013 23:45 Figgy wrote:
Game 1 is private. What the hell <_<

Do you think I'm constantly going through every VOD linked in the OP to see whether it's been taken down? When people tell me about something, I fix it. I've replaced the VOD for game 1 now.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19239 Posts

June 14 2013 16:45 GMT

#606

I'm going to start casting these tonight since the sonic matches from today weren't available and I already have a calender event listed. I'm thinking Base Trades would be a fun one to start with.

Chef

10810 Posts

June 14 2013 18:54 GMT

#607

On June 15 2013 01:37 qrs wrote:

I didn't vote because I'm not sure how interesting it is. I think when someone sees a game in hall of fame in this thread, it should definitely be worth watching. This one is iffy because there are a lot of far better games.

+ Show Spoiler +

The proxy location is good on blue storm, and unless zerg had the practice to send a drone to that landing location when the fac goes down, he is unlikely to see it. I'm not sure if a second overlord gets to see it in good time. It's normally a very Zerg map, so you can give the Terran credit for getting a fact there so early. Probably Zergs are checking for a later proxy timing there. 7fac is not brand new tho, just not seen too often in pro games. Of course the reason that map is good for zerg is the mutalisk harass, which Jaedong never got to do. It's a straight loss if Zerg does drone scout or 9pool or anything. On a map like that tho, and against a player of that caliber, you might as well pull out the 1-time only cheese.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19239 Posts

June 15 2013 03:45 GMT

#608

Casted 5 hall of fame base trade games tonight. It was tons of fun. Here's the channel to watch the vods: http://www.twitch.tv/bisudagger

Qrs I showered you with love on my stream, but thanks again for this thread.

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

June 15 2013 06:45 GMT

#609

On June 15 2013 12:45 BisuDagger wrote:
Casted 5 hall of fame base trade games tonight. It was tons of fun. Here's the channel to watch the vods: http://www.twitch.tv/bisudagger

Qrs I showered you with love on my stream, but thanks again for this thread.

time to watch some amazing games !!!

hellyeaaaah

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 17 2013 13:02 GMT

#610

You're welcome, and thanks for mentioning me. ♥ you too. BTW, if those games are going to stay up on your Twitch account, I could link to them as English commentary VODs for those games.

In other news, I added game #116 to the Hall of Fame, and with that I'm probably done updating this thread for a while.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19239 Posts

June 17 2013 18:26 GMT

#611

On June 17 2013 22:02 qrs wrote:

Yeah I can add em to youtube too if that's preferable.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

June 26 2013 23:43 GMT

#612

I dont know if this is the right way to do it, but i'd like to point out that the vod with game #21 is private.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

June 26 2013 23:52 GMT

#613

On June 27 2013 08:43 Yorbon wrote:
I dont know if this is the right way to do it, but i'd like to point out that the vod with game #21 is private.

I think you're posting it in the right place based on this post on the same page.

qrs wrote:

Do you think I'm constantly going through every VOD linked in the OP to see whether it's been taken down? When people tell me about something, I fix it. I've replaced the VOD for game 1 now.

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

June 27 2013 01:16 GMT

#614

I'm sure I've said it somewhere in here before, but this is a fantastic thread.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 28 2013 03:17 GMT

#615

^Thanks!

On June 27 2013 08:43 Yorbon wrote:
I dont know if this is the right way to do it, but i'd like to point out that the vod with game #21 is private.

OK, I updated the VOD for that one, and also for game #25. (All of the MSL/MBC VODs on nevake were taken private. I think I fixed them in the main list, but never went through the archives to do the same.) Then I noticed that the youtube API is somehow broken: the linked playlists are no longer working (they play the first video, then stop). Too tired to fix this now; I guess I'll do it sometime in the next few days.

And G

Germany491 Posts

August 19 2013 01:57 GMT

#616

I just found a higher quality VOD of the Boxer vs Hiya game: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM5MDc1MzI=.html

Also I think it deserves to be #1. :-)

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

September 01 2013 18:19 GMT

#617

Found the league for the Boxer vs Yellow SCV rush video was from and it was indeed in the finals http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/leagues/259_02-03_KPGA_Winners_Championship/main
The map was Sauron

thezanursic

5484 Posts

September 01 2013 18:25 GMT

#618

I'm curious if SOSPA will ever produce any games that belong in here considering that the SOSPA players tend to play as orthodox and standard as possible

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

September 06 2013 15:13 GMT

#619

On September 02 2013 03:25 thezanursic wrote:
I'm curious if SOSPA will ever produce any games that belong in here considering that the SOSPA players tend to play as orthodox and standard as possible

I hope they do to be honest and this thread needs a bump once in a while

aztrorisk

United States896 Posts

September 10 2013 03:17 GMT

#620

Does anybody have a link to the PvT or PvP video where a pro player cheeses his opponent by building a pylon and two gateways right next to the opponents mineral field in specific position where it is hard for the opponent kill the pylon and gatway in time. I can't remember what this legendary cheese is called.

If somebody can remember the name of that rush, you'll be a lifesaver.

Ciryandor

United States3735 Posts

September 10 2013 04:37 GMT

#621

On September 10 2013 12:17 aztrorisk wrote:
Does anybody have a link to the PvT or PvP video where a pro player cheeses his opponent by building a pylon and two gateways right next to the opponents mineral field in specific position where it is hard for the opponent kill the pylon and gatway in time. I can't remember what this legendary cheese is called.

If somebody can remember the name of that rush, you'll be a lifesaver.

PvP?!

Of course we know what game it is; the guy that did it just retired!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIs5HS_oMxU#t=1m30s

Bisu vs Pokju at Sin Peaks of Baekdu, June 25, 2007 - Game 24 on the list

Ciryandor

United States3735 Posts

September 10 2013 04:52 GMT

#622

Jaedong vs Canata; Ground Zero;
2011-2012 SKPlanet ProLeague S1 R2 Wk1, KeSPA Team 8 vs Air Force Ace, Game 4
January 7, 2011 TLPD VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Canata takes the unusual step of not going for Science Vessels vs Jaedong and opts for novel option

Poll: Is Canata vs Jaedong worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Canata vs Jaedong worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

hyvaa; Holy World; 2009 Bacchus OSL, Ro36; 2009-05-20
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

LOLWHAT VALKYRIES?

Even in the twilight of Proleague, players could still bring out the strangest strategies and succeed.

RainmanMP

United States1698 Posts

September 10 2013 06:06 GMT

#623

Man these are fun to watch. Brings back memories of the glory days of BW when there were 12 teams and everything. And pre match fixing scandal, kind of lost the passion for SC after that hit.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

September 10 2013 07:02 GMT

#624

On August 19 2013 10:57 And G wrote:
I just found a higher quality VOD of the Boxer vs Hiya game: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM5MDc1MzI=.html

Are you sure that VOD is higher quality? Looks about the same to me (- the subtitles). I guess I can add a link to that VOD if you want.

Also I think it deserves to be #1. :-)

The numbering reflects the order in which games were added to the thread, not some sort of ranking. Going by the votes, that game is #1 by a large margin.

On September 02 2013 03:19 LightningStrike wrote:
Found the league for the Boxer vs Yellow SCV rush video was from and it was indeed in the finals http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/leagues/259_02-03_KPGA_Winners_Championship/main
The map was Sauron

Thanks for the info! I've updated that game with it.

In the meantime, a few more votes had trickled in, so I moved some games around. Game #72 was archived, so I added game #117 to the main list:
117. (T)

Hwasin vs

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:
Factory before depot, baby!

Poll: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:

Destination; Winner's League; 2009-02-14
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Then I noticed that game #60 had gotten some more "yes" votes, so I moved it from "Games that might be worth watching" back into the main list.
60. (T)

sKyHigh vs (Z)

Jaedong;

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

Poll: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

Yes (17)

77%

No (5)

23%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Skyhigh vs. Jaedong on Destination (PL): Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Skyhigh vs Jaedong, Destination:
[VOD]
[One] of the greatest cheeses ever.

aztrorisk

United States896 Posts

September 11 2013 06:38 GMT

#625

On September 10 2013 13:37 Ciryandor wrote:

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. I spent over an hour trying to look it up on google.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

September 11 2013 06:43 GMT

#626

On September 11 2013 15:38 aztrorisk wrote:

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. I spent over an hour trying to look it up on google.

For the record, most people around here call that cheese "the horror gates".

DinoToss

Poland507 Posts

September 11 2013 07:39 GMT

#627

I think the Horang2 cheese vs Nada is taking the Bisu concept to the outer space.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTAyNjM5OTE2.html
Brilliance does not cut it, this is madness.

+ Show Spoiler +

manner pylon, manner gate, into proxy cybernetic core, into fake in-base cybernetic core, into DT, into normal game FUCK)

And G

Germany491 Posts

September 12 2013 23:52 GMT

#628

On September 10 2013 16:02 qrs wrote:

Are you sure that VOD is higher quality? Looks about the same to me (- the subtitles). I guess I can add a link to that VOD if you want.

It's definitely higher quality, although not much. Most importantly it's less blurry which makes it much easier to see cloaked wraiths, plus the image isn't squished.

RainmanMP

United States1698 Posts

September 13 2013 05:18 GMT

#629

How is Oversky vs GGPlay not on here?
+ Show Spoiler +

5 pool sunken rush in a ZvZ on a 4 player map!

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

September 13 2013 06:56 GMT

#630

On September 10 2013 13:37 Ciryandor wrote:

wow ouch. Poor Pokju. Bisu so cruel if Pokju indeed retired although I have to give him props for finding that crazy good location to proxy his 2 gates.

thezanursic

5484 Posts

September 13 2013 08:49 GMT

#631

On September 10 2013 13:52 Ciryandor wrote:
Jaedong vs Canata; Ground Zero;
2011-2012 SKPlanet ProLeague S1 R2 Wk1, KeSPA Team 8 vs Air Force Ace, Game 4
January 7, 2011 TLPD VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Canata takes the unusual step of not going for Science Vessels vs Jaedong and opts for novel option

Poll: Is Canata vs Jaedong worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Canata vs Jaedong worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

LOLWHAT VALKYRIES?

Even in the twilight of Proleague, players could still bring out the strangest strategies and succeed.

The game that made Sayle, me and everybody who watched the game a canata fan!

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

October 05 2013 02:59 GMT

#632

On September 13 2013 17:49 thezanursic wrote:

+ Show Spoiler [worth watching?] +

The game that made Sayle, me and everybody who watched the game a canata fan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf4lnmRA3ds

This game made me facepalm on jaedong a lot but this game needs to be on the list :O

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

October 05 2013 03:50 GMT

#633

Kinda Surprised this isn't here yet!

SPL Tempest vs Tiny 2011-05-23 @ Beltway
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [what makes this unusual?] +

DT cheese into + Show Spoiler +

regame - which is actually pretty good!

Poll: Worth Watching Tiny vs Tempest?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching Tiny vs Tempest?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

+ Show Spoiler [worth watching?] +

On May 23 2011 18:25 Hyde wrote:
hahahahhahaha goon tries the other side and cannot reach

Tempest starts to laugh
paused again

KT team all having a laugh

On May 23 2011 18:22 okum wrote:
Can Tempest bore his opponent to death?

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

October 05 2013 03:58 GMT

#634

On October 05 2013 12:50 SilverJohnny wrote:
Kinda Surprised this isn't here yet!

SPL Tempest vs Tiny 2011-05-23 @ Beltway
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [what makes this unusual?] +

DT cheese into + Show Spoiler +

regame - which is actually pretty good!

Poll: Worth Watching Tiny vs Tempest?

Yes (3)

100%

No (0)

0%

3 total votes

Your vote: Worth Watching Tiny vs Tempest?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On May 23 2011 18:25 Hyde wrote:
hahahahhahaha goon tries the other side and cannot reach

Tempest starts to laugh
paused again

KT team all having a laugh

On May 23 2011 18:22 okum wrote:
Can Tempest bore his opponent to death?

This game was epic indeed

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

October 05 2013 07:05 GMT

#635

On September 10 2013 16:02 qrs wrote:

Are you sure that VOD is higher quality? Looks about the same to me (- the subtitles). I guess I can add a link to that VOD if you want.

The numbering reflects the order in which games were added to the thread, not some sort of ranking. Going by the votes, that game is #1 by a large margin.

hyvaa; Holy World; 2009 Bacchus OSL, Ro36; 2009-05-20
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Hwasin vs

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:
Factory before depot, baby!

Poll: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Hwasin vs. hyvaa on Holy World worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 14:34 Pyrthas wrote:

Destination; Winner's League; 2009-02-14
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Then I noticed that game #60 had gotten some more "yes" votes, so I moved it from "Games that might be worth watching" back into the main list.
60. (T)

sKyHigh vs (Z)

Jaedong;

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

Poll: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

Yes (17)

77%

No (5)

23%

22 total votes

Your vote: Is Skyhigh vs Jaedong on Destination worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 02 2011 08:45 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Skyhigh vs. Jaedong on Destination (PL): Beautifully tailored snipe/cheese build, very creatively done.

On March 02 2011 13:28 ]343[ wrote:
Skyhigh vs Jaedong, Destination:
[VOD]
[One] of the greatest cheeses ever.

that Skyhigh vs Jaedong game, brilliant! These are the types of games I like to watch. Lots of planning, execution etc... good stuff! :D

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 07 2013 14:13 GMT

#636

On October 05 2013 16:05 BigFan wrote:
that Skyhigh vs Jaedong game, brilliant! These are the types of games I like to watch. Lots of planning, execution etc... good stuff! :D

Your spotlighting that one brought in a couple more votes, so it has now been retired to the Hall of Fame. In its place, I've added game #118, a miniature on Blue Storm that you might like for similar reasons: careful planning, good execution, a pretty decent reaction from the opponent and a bloody fight to the finish!

I also added "Categorize games" to the list of ways you can contribute to this thread, if you'd like to. If you've watched a game, and it occurs to you that it would fit well in X category (whether said category exists yet or not), that's a very helpful thing to post.

Finally, continuing to plug the "Games that might be worth watching" section: just because a game is in that section doesn't mean it's not worth a watch. Several of the games there are just on the (arbitrary) border of inclusion in the main list/hall of fame. For example: games 33-35, a classic installment in the famous Boxer-Yellow rivalry.
33-35. (T)

BoxeR vs

YellOw; Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury; EVER2004 OSL; 04-11-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

For many, many years, (T)

BoxeR vs.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

Yes (21)

72%

No (8)

28%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

October 08 2013 15:11 GMT

#637

On October 07 2013 23:13 qrs wrote:

BoxeR vs

YellOw; Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury; EVER2004 OSL; 04-11-12
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

For many, many years, (T)

BoxeR vs.

Poll: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

Yes (21)

72%

No (8)

28%

29 total votes

Your vote: Is BoxeR vs Yellow on Pelennor/Requiem/Mercury worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Recommended on March 02 2011 02:28 by [WoH]-RAGE.

Yellow played it perfect in game 1 and games 2 and 3 were facepalm reactions from him -.- but netherless it was a big surprised series
Edit: The Sir@Soni game was on Lost Temple for your information

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 24 2013 17:49 GMT

#638

A couple more votes trickled in and I finally moved game #38 to the Hall of Fame. I replaced it with game #119.

That left game #41 at the top of the main list. I would have moved that to "Games that might be worth watching", since it has been on the list for a long time without being appreciated or watched much, but I noticed that there had never been a full video of that game up. I was able to find one on Youku, so now, for the first time, fOru vs. NaDa has a full VOD up. Watch it if you want—and if you do, cast a vote!

41. (P)

fOru vs

NaDa; River of Flames; KPGA 2nd Tour; 2002-05-16
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs nada

Although, according to the video description, it's "only" 40 gateways.

Poll: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

yes (10)

71%

no (4)

29%

14 total votes

Your vote: Nada vs Foru - worth watching?

(Vote): yes
(Vote): no

On March 02 2011 02:28 [WoH]-RAGE wrote:
forUs 59 gateways vs nada

On March 04 2011 07:17 ZBiR wrote:

On March 04 2011 14:21 garbanzo wrote:

+ Show Spoiler [What Makes This Unusal] +

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

November 21 2013 11:58 GMT

#639

Hi people,

I'm looking for the Boxer vs Skel-ton game where he blinded observers. I saw a guick glimps of it in a pimpest play video but i can't find it in this thread.

Does everyone know where to find it ? It's from the third Game-Q Starleague on Outpost ?

Oh lol someone reposted the Pokju game. What did he become ?

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

December 01 2013 01:07 GMT

#640

i was just thinking of this thread because i watched this game. cool to see it still active

On November 21 2013 20:58 FFW_Rude wrote:
Hi people,

I'm looking for the Boxer vs Skel-ton game where he blinded observers. I saw a guick glimps of it in a pimpest play video but i can't find it in this thread.

Does everyone know where to find it ? It's from the third Game-Q Starleague on Outpost ?

Oh lol someone reposted the Pokju game. What did he become ?

iirc pokju retired after that game (just like how Jy retired after this game? which reminded me of this game)

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

December 01 2013 01:20 GMT

#641

I don't know how anyone not linked the korean version of Casy vs Jy :O here the vod

qrs

United States3637 Posts

October 31 2014 18:33 GMT

#642

This thread seems to have dropped off everyone's radar: even the votes stopped trickling in. Still, enough "no" votes did finally make it in to take the "monkey milk" game (#89) off the main list. It really wasn't anything special; just a pair of announcers blathering about random things because the game wasn't interesting enough to talk about.

In its place, I added game #120: Flash vs. Fake Yellow on Andromeda. To be honest, that one doesn't really enthrall me either: definitely showcases good play from the winner, but then, the winner was a good player. The game was recommended by Ver who was (is?) a very knowledgeable connoisseur of Starcraft; frankly, his taste is probably more sophisticated than mine. Anyway, maybe you'll like it; either way, go check it out, and vote!

Chef

10810 Posts

October 31 2014 19:03 GMT

#643

Thanks for continuing to maintain this thread!

We probably need a section for Afreeca games, or a new thread, to see continued activity. There's a recommended games thread for it, but it doesn't have the same spirit and the games recommended have a much lower standard. "Cool and Unusual" seems to get people on the game wave-length more often tho, aka special cheeses or unusual end-games.

JieXian

Malaysia4677 Posts

November 01 2014 08:28 GMT

#644

I've just watched 10 games and voted on them! Thanks!

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

November 01 2014 14:36 GMT

#645

I watched Shine[Name] vs Canata because I like draws. What the hell did I just watch

koreasilver

9109 Posts

November 01 2014 17:41 GMT

#646

When I have really bad insomnia and have difficulty sleeping, I search Canata TvT games. I've been doing this for the past 7 years and it still works.

No joke.

8882

2718 Posts

November 09 2014 22:09 GMT

#647

Is the TvZ game where both players sold it (played to lose) on the list?
I remember that my teeth hurt when I was watching the game (I think it was a "failed" rush vs a "failed" early pool) and after the years it turned out that both players bet against themselves.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

November 09 2014 22:15 GMT

#648

On November 10 2014 07:09 8882 wrote:
Is the TvZ game where both players sold it (played to lose) on the list?
I remember that my teeth hurt when I was watching the game (I think it was a "failed" rush vs a "failed" early pool) and after the years it turned out that both players bet against themselves.

That was Hwasin vs Luxury in the 2009-2010 proleague season on New Tornado and here is the vod:

JSH

United States4109 Posts

November 10 2014 00:21 GMT

#649

I really think this one should be on the list:

Think Leta was trying to secret proxy rax, so he tried sneaking in, but it failed
Then hyvaa with the fancy hatch move to trick the scv

Hyvaa really pulled the wool over Leta that game
Even Leta at the end knew and smiled haha

I had so much fun when I saw it live

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

November 14 2014 03:05 GMT

#650

July vs

Rock 2005 ShinHan OSL 06-02-03 on Ride of Valkyries
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Sauron Zerg Game in a pro game :O

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/263_ChoJJa_vs_Reach/vod

Poll: Is July vs Rock on Ride of Valkyries worth watching?

Yes! (6)

100%

No! (0)

0%

6 total votes

Your vote: Is July vs Rock on Ride of Valkyries worth watching?

(Vote): Yes!
(Vote): No!

zimp

Hungary951 Posts

November 14 2014 13:05 GMT

#651

On November 02 2014 02:41 koreasilver wrote:
When I have really bad insomnia and have difficulty sleeping, I search Canata TvT games. I've been doing this for the past 7 years and it still works.

No joke.

LOL

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

November 14 2014 17:26 GMT

#652

I can't believe that these games aren't in here:

(P)

Kingdom vs (P)

Reach 815 Pringles-1 MSL

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

One of the most famous PvPs ever played.

ChoJJa vs

Reach Rush Hour 2005 UZOO MSL

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

The famous maelstrom on a ton of Devourers game.

Kingdom vs (T)

TheMarine Into The Darkness SPRIS 2004 MSL (I'm too much of a Kingdom fan not to mention these games ^_^)

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

Pylons.

sAviOr vs

firebathero Python 2007 GomTV MSL S2
VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

This game has everything from devourers and BCs to Infested CCs and nuclear silos.

BoxeR vs

Nal_rA Jim Raynor's Memory J 2003 Stout MSL

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

BoxeR outmaneuvers Nal_rA early forcing him to play catch-up with carriers. BoxeR answers with his trademark counter.

ZeuS vs

Nal_rA Charity 2003 Stout MSL

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

The mother of all rushes, 1 base carrier courtesy of the Dreamer

Also I accidentally ran into the full VOD of (P)

Kingdom vs (P)

Rage Arizona 2004 here:
+ Show Spoiler +

edit - fixed Reach vs ChoJJa VOD as noted below.

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

November 16 2014 17:07 GMT

#653

The Reach vs Chojja game was amazing to watch! It got everything in it for a PvZ.

conor1230

United States3 Posts

November 22 2014 13:56 GMT

#654

--- Nuked ---

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17727 Posts

November 22 2014 16:49 GMT

#655

I've got to try this now.

JieXian

Malaysia4677 Posts

November 26 2014 17:22 GMT

#656

thanks

On November 15 2014 02:26 c3rberUs wrote:

(Z)

ChoJJa vs

Reach Rush Hour 2005 UZOO MSL

VOD: + Show Spoiler +

Reason: + Show Spoiler +

The famous maelstrom on a ton of Devourers game.

wrong game link :/

Sleet

United States139 Posts

January 13 2015 05:11 GMT

#657

Been catching up on the StarCraft I missed, so will start on these soon :D

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

January 20 2015 07:37 GMT

#658

is there a thread like this one for "bw moments" (not complete games, just significant instances)?

Ex: Chalrenge typing curse words in the chat, FBH dance, any time tears of pain were shed

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 23 2015 16:39 GMT

#659

I just added another Canata game to the list in the main post: game #121. It's not a TvT, but I think it might answer nonetheless.

On November 01 2014 04:03 Chef wrote:
Thanks for continuing to maintain this thread!

It's all right, I think. There's enough of a backlog in this thread alone to keep updating it for decades at the current trickle. I'm happy enough leaving it in this semi-dormant state. It's not the most active thread in the world anymore, but it's still around, and every once in a while someone might stumble onto it and see something amazing. Kind of like Brood War itself!

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

January 24 2015 01:26 GMT

#660

Deleted. It's on the list already

But i strongly recommend Casy vs July on reverse temple. In my opinion one of the most genius strategic moves ever in bw.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19239 Posts

January 24 2015 03:08 GMT

#661

Sunny vs JD. Saw this on the classic stream. One of the most insane games I've witnessed. It's a sin to not have seen this.

GreenWillow

50 Posts

January 24 2015 09:58 GMT

#662

Good game, but is it really that unusual?

Probemicro

3708 Posts

January 24 2015 11:12 GMT

#663

epic game but its not really unusual. despite losing his nat first time round JD was still in it with 3 bases to sunny's 2 and defended extremely well from then on (with the help of some sunny muckups),
JD never looked to be in danger throughout the match.

rest of it is just standard 2009 monster JD performance which even a sweating Sunny couldn't handle.

i wish this JD would come back to BW

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

January 24 2015 11:19 GMT

#664

Didn't know where to ask this I'll just ask here; At "the end" of BW I remember a TL thread with like top 50 best games or something. I've searched far and wide to find threads with "best" games of bw era but I haven't found any good, simple VOD lists... Halp anybody?

Cryoc

Germany909 Posts

January 24 2015 12:35 GMT

#665

On January 24 2015 20:19 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Didn't know where to ask this I'll just ask here; At "the end" of BW I remember a TL thread with like top 50 best games or something. I've searched far and wide to find threads with "best" games of bw era but I haven't found any good, simple VOD lists... Halp anybody?

Do you mean http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/190074-vods-broodwar-legacy-2001-2010 by any chance?

Piste

6177 Posts

January 24 2015 13:20 GMT

#666

On January 24 2015 12:08 BisuDagger wrote:
Sunny vs JD. Saw this on the classic stream. One of the most insane games I've witnessed. It's a sin to not have seen this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsrDJBwf_rs

it was a nice game, but to be honest there were nothing unusual... Like someone above said, JD was still on 3 bases.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

January 24 2015 14:46 GMT

#667

On January 24 2015 21:35 Cryoc wrote:

The OP of this thread has a bunch of links that might help.

Do you mean http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/190074-vods-broodwar-legacy-2001-2010 by any chance?

Sorry that's not it, but atleast it's a list.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 25 2015 03:00 GMT

#668

Added game #122 to the list (Hwasin vs. Luxury, as it happens, though not the one that was discussed in this thread one page ago.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 25 2015 03:04 GMT

#669

qrs

United States3637 Posts

January 27 2015 17:25 GMT

#670

Added a pair of games from Anytime's OSL run nearly 10 years ago:

123. (P)

Anytime vs. (Z)

YellOw; R-Point; 2005 So1 OSL, group stages; 2005-08-19
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Going virtually pure dark templar to take on a Zerg?! A risky play anytime, but at least he's not yellow...

Poll: Is Anytime vs. YellOw on R-Point worth watching?

Yes (5)

100%

No (0)

0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Is Anytime vs. YellOw on R-Point worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

815; 2005 So1 OSL, Semi-finals (4TH game); 2005-10-28
VOD
+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual?] +

Pimpest Play 2005 (write-up)

124. (P)

Anytime vs. (T)

iloveoov;

Anytime goes triple speed shuttle against one of the greatest macro masters of all time.

Poll: Is Anytime vs. iloveoov on 815 worth watching?

Yes (2)

100%

No (0)

0%

2 total votes

Your vote: Is Anytime vs. iloveoov on 815 worth watching?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

On March 03 2011 10:36 Mortality wrote:
Hmmm...

Why is it that this op doesn't have any games from Anytime's SO1 OSL run listed?

I can think of at least two games from that which deserve mention: Anytime ... against Yellow on R-Point. [VOD]
And... damn, I forget who he played, but he did a strange reaver build on 815...nevermind, it was Oov in the semifinals! Anytime did a 2 robotics facility timing drop attack with 3 shuttles containing 3 reavers and 3 goons. [VOD]

By the time he got to the finals everyone was wondering what he would think of next. FFS, he psyched out Oov of all people!

This brings the OP abreast of page 9 of the thread!

Currently there are 48 games in the main list of the OP, so I'll probably add a couple more sometime this week to bring the total back up to 50 then I'll leave this thread (and TL) alone again for a while. If you watch any of them, please remember to vote! Don't worry about whether other people would agree or disagree with your opinion; just vote on whether you enjoyed watching it or whether it wasn't really worth bothering.

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

January 30 2015 06:30 GMT

#671

About #114 (Savior vs Free on Zodiac): Savior was mining from 5 gases for about a minute and a half before his natural got destroyed. Before that, though, he was on 4 gases for quite a long time.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

January 30 2015 09:50 GMT

#672

I know i already asked but i can't find it on my HDD.

Does someone have the Kingdom vs July From... WGT ? or is it WCG ? i think ? When Kingdom trapped his zealot between his game while proxying ?

I think it was on a weird map but i can't remember the name. It was a "space station" map

kogeT

Poland2038 Posts

January 30 2015 11:13 GMT

#673

On January 30 2015 18:50 FFW_Rude wrote:
I know i already asked but i can't find it on my HDD.

Does someone have the Kingdom vs July From... WGT ? or is it WCG ? i think ? When Kingdom trapped his zealot between his game while proxying ?

I think it was on a weird map but i can't remember the name. It was a "space station" map

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Korhal_of_Ceres

You have it listed in the "Notable games" section.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

January 30 2015 11:48 GMT

#674

On January 30 2015 20:13 kogeT wrote:

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Korhal_of_Ceres

You have it listed in the "Notable games" section.

OH thank you ! Do you know how to download the VOD on this website ? i like to keep my BW videos.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

February 03 2015 04:03 GMT

#675

On January 30 2015 15:30 29 fps wrote:
About #114 (Savior vs Free on Zodiac): Savior was mining from 5 gases for about a minute and a half before his natural got destroyed. Before that, though, he was on 4 gases for quite a long time.

Thanks. Updated that note.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

February 10 2015 07:16 GMT

#676

On January 25 2015 12:04 qrs wrote:

The OP of this thread has a bunch of links that might help.

Oh yeaaah the links are indeed helpful, how lazy am I to not spot those. Thanks! And happy birthday!

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21243 Posts

February 10 2015 15:15 GMT

#677

We did a top 25 MSL games when MBC shut down - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/307766-mbcgame-in-memoriam

KiboWi

Denmark1 Post

February 11 2015 16:54 GMT

#678

Hey guys, this is kinda off-topic. But searched the forum and couldn't see anything related

Is there anyone still playing Starcraft Vanilla? And if so Channels?

And for Brood War, Whats channels do you use? Both europe and East.

Ty in advance

regards.

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

February 20 2015 06:41 GMT

#679

Just saw this one: Great vs Best on Flight-Dreamliner. Korean Air S2 2010 Ro36.

5-pool into slow drops. It wasn't too exciting, but it was unusual.

MorowZ

Canada56 Posts

February 20 2015 17:46 GMT

#680

Last v Zero on Destination:+ Show Spoiler +

Why?
+ Show Spoiler +

Last on 1 base for the whole 18 minute game, into exciting base race/trade

GreenWillow

50 Posts

February 20 2015 18:52 GMT

#681

Low economy games are best. Were there any nice low eco pvp pvt?

ii.blitzkrieg

Canada1122 Posts

February 21 2015 03:00 GMT

#682

I was looking for oov's "ghost ceremony" game vs jju but the vod isn't on tlpd. But I stumbled on this game instead: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/452_iloveoov_vs_JJu/vod

The ghost ceremony game I believe is: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/440_iloveoov_vs_JJu

Would be cool if someone has the vod

Kau

Canada3500 Posts

February 21 2015 03:37 GMT

#683

On February 21 2015 03:52 GreenWillow wrote:
Low economy games are best. Were there any nice low eco pvp pvt?

#5!

GreenWillow

50 Posts

February 21 2015 08:07 GMT

#684

Just WOW! What a great game

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

February 21 2015 08:55 GMT

#685

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpI1L8YOTY8

Just recently played. I think it's worthy of the list. 41Tv's Game 3 of the bo5 series between Zero(Z) and Last(T) on Destination. A really nice game

Starecat

938 Posts

February 23 2015 17:14 GMT

#686

What happened to the facepalm games?

jimminy_kriket

Canada5502 Posts

February 23 2015 19:43 GMT

#687

Bisu's been playing with scouts pvz and corsairs pvt for the last couple games on his stream. Pretty fun to watch.

crbox

Canada1180 Posts

February 23 2015 23:07 GMT

#688

On February 21 2015 17:55 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpI1L8YOTY8

Just recently played. I think it's worthy of the list. 41Tv's Game 3 of the bo5 series between Zero(Z) and Last(T) on Destination. A really nice game

wow pretty clutch ending. Really nice refreshing low econ game

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

February 23 2015 23:09 GMT

#689

On February 24 2015 04:43 jimminy_kriket wrote:
Bisu's been playing with scouts pvz and corsairs pvt for the last couple games on his stream. Pretty fun to watch.

Any chance I could see a vod of those?

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

February 25 2015 13:14 GMT

#690

the #1 game with Cloud and Rainbow VOD links to "googleapis" give me a security warning and i can'"t open it. Found it here for people that want to see it or update the OP

(it was on TLPD)

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

March 02 2015 02:54 GMT

#691

Arena MSL Ro32
UpMagic vs (T)

Canata on Tiamat

Bunker leapfrogging in TvT

qrs

United States3637 Posts

March 08 2015 11:26 GMT

#692

On February 25 2015 22:14 FFW_Rude wrote:
the #1 game with Cloud and Rainbow VOD links to "googleapis" give me a security warning and i can'"t open it. Found it here for people that want to see it or update the OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BtKp4U1_1w

(it was on TLPD)

Fixed the broken googleapis links.

Chef

10810 Posts

November 28 2015 17:09 GMT

#693

A lot of polls broke. 43 for example. Everything in hall of fame. Unfortunately some change to polling or some problem with TL's DB, I guess.

By the way 43 is a pretty great

118 is a pretty good example of worth watching not meaning the same thing as cool and unusual. Tense game, but nothing weird about it.

I hope this thread will stay healthy. It's a really good resource when you want to remember what was so great about SC1 / get inspired to fire up the old BW.

duke91

Germany1458 Posts

July 22 2016 08:13 GMT

#694

Does anyone have Gorush vs Hwasin on sin pioneer period, where gorush goes 1 hatch burrow and then proceeds to burrow the choke of Hwasin, then blocks scan from being built with a burrowed ling and 1 base lurker rushes.

Have been looking for a vod for ages

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6590 Posts

July 22 2016 09:30 GMT

#695

On July 22 2016 17:13 duke91 wrote:
Does anyone have Gorush vs Hwasin on sin pioneer period, where gorush goes 1 hatch burrow and then proceeds to burrow the choke of Hwasin, then blocks scan from being built with a burrowed ling and 1 base lurker rushes.

Have been looking for a vod for ages

are you sure about the burrow block ? if terran make scan the ling unburrow.

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6635 Posts

July 22 2016 11:41 GMT

#696

On July 22 2016 18:30 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:

are you sure about the burrow block ? if terran make scan the ling unburrow.

I just tested it, terran can make the scan but the ling doesn't unburrow

duke91

Germany1458 Posts

July 22 2016 11:45 GMT

#697

On July 22 2016 20:41 jello_biafra wrote:

I just tested it, terran can make the scan but the ling doesn't unburrow

wait really? I don't remember the game that well, but I think Hwasin didn't have scan when lurkers came, which is either due to ling harass or due to scan build being blocked.

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6590 Posts

July 22 2016 11:55 GMT

#698

On July 22 2016 20:41 jello_biafra wrote:

I just tested it, terran can make the scan but the ling doesn't unburrow

you tested it vs other player ? i saw effort trying it and the ling just unburrow :D

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6635 Posts

July 22 2016 12:00 GMT

#699

On July 22 2016 20:55 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:

you tested it vs other player ? i saw effort trying it and the ling just unburrow :D

I just tested it in single player, maybe it does work differently against another player

KatjaKean

Hungary59 Posts

July 22 2016 20:09 GMT

#700

I tested it playing against myself on LAN on two PCs, and like jello_biafra said, the scan can be built, and the lings just stay under it, they don't unburrow.

This is unfortunate, it would have been such a cool thing to pull off.

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6590 Posts

July 22 2016 20:16 GMT

#701

On July 23 2016 05:09 KatjaKean wrote:
I tested it playing against myself on LAN on two PCs, and like jello_biafra said, the scan can be built, and the lings just stay under it, they don't unburrow.

This is unfortunate, it would have been such a cool thing to pull off.

thx,then mb effort just unborrow it manually

Vivi57

United States6599 Posts

July 23 2016 23:06 GMT

#702

ZerO vs

GuemChi, COSL finals played a couple days ago: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY1NDc1MTE5Mg==.html

Don't know if the game counts as cool, but it definitely counts as interesting.

+ Show Spoiler +

proxy hatchery into a sunken push

Piratezerg

54 Posts

March 10 2017 21:31 GMT

#703

Silver vs. (T)

BoxeR; Monty Hall; Shinhan07 Proleague R1; 2007-07-08

Silver's OTHER Monty Hall game,against Boxer no less, related to game 101

Silver vs. Boxer on Monty Hall

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

[spoiler]

Piratezerg

54 Posts

March 10 2017 21:35 GMT

#704

Great vs.

Bisu; MAP; Shinhan08-09 Proleague; 2009-04-22

Great's other Neo Medusa, proxy Hatch contain, related to game #20

Great vs. Bisu at Neo Medusa

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

Piratezerg

54 Posts

March 10 2017 21:45 GMT

#705

I saw a game once, and I am sure it's not yet in this thread, where a deep six goes against a 2 base carrier rush with hilariously quick ending. Jungle tile map I think, can't recall any of the players. Does that ring a bell for anyone?

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

March 10 2017 22:52 GMT

#706

On March 11 2017 06:45 Piratezerg wrote:
I saw a game once, and I am sure it's not yet in this thread, where a deep six goes against a 2 base carrier rush with hilariously quick ending. Jungle tile map I think, can't recall any of the players. Does that ring a bell for anyone?

Not sure if it was deep six but Hiya vs Violet on HBR was bio vs carriers+storm or something along those lines

Cryoc

Germany909 Posts

March 10 2017 23:47 GMT

#707

On March 11 2017 07:52 BigFan wrote:

Not sure if it was deep six but Hiya vs Violet on HBR was bio vs carriers+storm or something along those lines

It was on Bloody Ridge. It was 2 fac into M&M if I recall correctly.

shall_burn

252 Posts

March 11 2017 07:09 GMT

#708

here's the vod
+ Show Spoiler +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szVkMeXrIE8

Piratezerg

54 Posts

March 27 2017 18:10 GMT

#709

On March 11 2017 16:09 shall_burn wrote:
here's the vod
+ Show Spoiler +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szVkMeXrIE8

Awesome, going to watch at work with the sound off right now, lol.

There was another game I have no idea how to find. The protoss player recalled his carriers, but the interceptors were out and all the interceptors had to fly the entire length of the map.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

March 27 2017 18:19 GMT

#710

^It was a game on FS I believe, don't remember players or when it was played though.

On March 11 2017 08:47 Cryoc wrote:

It was on Bloody Ridge. It was 2 fac into M&M if I recall correctly.

right, it was bloody ridge, my bad.

Piratezerg

54 Posts

March 27 2017 19:02 GMT

#711

Much vs.

Bisu; MAP; Troy: 2008 EVER OSL, 2008-05-23

Much uses the map artifacts to trap most of Bisu's army in a corner of the map

Much vs. Bisu at Troy

+ Show Spoiler [What makes this unusual] +

FOR INTERNAL USE OF THE OP

EndingLife

United States1594 Posts

March 29 2017 21:23 GMT

#712

User was warned for this post

LightningStrike

United States14277 Posts

February 20 2018 22:55 GMT

#713

I bumping this because I started to look at old games and see if any of them are on the list I am surprised this game isn't on the list:
(T)

BoxeR vs

JoyO on Paradoxxx MyCube OSL idk what round it was. 8-15-03
+ Show Spoiler [VOD] +

Boxer keeps losing his 3rd base to Joyo's carrier fleet but do you think he would give up? No he was able to tear apart the carriers and whatever shuttles joyo had to come back and win the game due to joyo not having any shuttle or air units.