Fanta vs Flash, MSL semifinal and SPL final for TvT. for ZvT - FBH vs Jeadong with hillarious BC humilation. for ZvZ, i guess its any hive ZvZ for ZvP Zero vs Bisu with queens XD for PvP...I dont know. for TvP there were too many good games to choose the best.
Also, the most hillarious rivalry: Fantasy vs Calm.
On July 03 2014 09:08 ghrur wrote: Has nobody linked Iris vs GGPlay yet? The whole series was amazing, and game 5 was my favorite game, like, ever. I love GGPlay <3.
Great swarms from GGPlay and exellent marine micro from Iris, yet this game is painfull reminder that Terrans didnt know how to play late TvZ back in 2007.
On July 02 2014 21:57 Kare wrote: July vs BeSt 3 set @ Andromeda
On July 02 2014 22:40 GolemMadness wrote: I got into pro BW from Boxer highlight videos, but I think the first game that I remember thinking was truly great was July vs Best OSL finals 2 set.
I've always known pro BW existed in Korea since the early 2000s, but I played BW only for playing fastest maps.(backstabbing allies were pretty fun ) Once youtube started coming around, I came across some pro vods here and there, but I didn't really follow it enough to know who the strong player is or anything about the structure of Korean BW scene with regards to how many tournaments there were, how many teams there were, etc. I just watched to see a game of starcraft.
I would just go to youtube, go to wifebeat222 and jon747's channel, and randomly click any vid and enjoy the game. That all changed with July vs Best OSL final.
I always got excited whenever Zerg 4 or 5 pool'ed, so game 1 hooked me, but game 2...oh man... drone drilling, something I've never seen (didn't even know it was possible), into destroying the starting nexus? I was like "THIS ZERG... what a player!". And then game 3. Seeing 20~25 ultras into a dominating victory won me over.
I did some research into pro Korean BW, found out about who July was, who Best is, and how Best was supposed to manhandle July, the hype behind the final, found the triple commentary of the final by Klazart, Moletrap, and Cholera, and most importantly, Teamliquid and desire to play 1v1 BW.
On July 03 2014 09:08 ghrur wrote: Has nobody linked Iris vs GGPlay yet? The whole series was amazing, and game 5 was my favorite game, like, ever. I love GGPlay <3.
Great swarms from GGPlay and exellent marine micro from Iris, yet this game is painfull reminder that Terrans didnt know how to play late TvZ back in 2007.
Transitioning to Late mechanic in python is pretty hard considering the open layout of the map. GGPlay had superb late game zvt at that time, and Iris, well... his skterran was not as good.
On July 02 2014 23:06 GTR wrote: As someone who's watched at least over half the professional games played on Korean TV since 2003...
The screaming at the end of the game for me draws parallel to the ending of the 1999 Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munchen... everyone was going nuts because nobody believed what they just saw.
Yes this game is one of my favorites as well.
Also the Boxer TvT with 7 Battlecruiser Lockdown. This move made me pick Terran but I think it was an online match and not televised.
Also a game with Anytime where for the first time I saw a recall into a minefield. I think it was in the finals vs Boxer or NaDa but I can't remember =D
I think I saw a few replays that were more impresive than progames. Boxer zvp vs intotherain with burrow tricks. W_Paul_II or something like that in zvz win with 4 lings vs 1 muta. Some guys from 7-color team had amazing games also beating pros.
But from actual Proleague... Bufff. Still cant think of anything that totally rolls over the great games we had.
It's difficult to narrow them down, but the 3 best games I've ever seen (in no particular order) are probably:
1) Stork vs. Gorush @ Requiem (2005 Proleague final) - Begins with a no rush 20 situation where both players split the map and tech up. From there it becomes an insane strategic battle featuring just about every protoss and zerg unit. I'm fairly sure Gorush mined out at least 9 bases in this game.
2) Ra vs. Savior @ Peaks - Normally I hate using the word "epic" but this was an epic game befitting two legends.
3) Oov vs. Yellow @ U-Boat - A low-econ game for the ages with everything on the line.
These games might not be "best game ever" material, but I want to mention them anyway due to their uniqueness: Rainbow vs. Goodfriend @ Ride of Valkyries and R-Point. Goodfriend was no stranger to excruciating losses, but nothing can quite match this series. Harass, harass, harass...the only word in Rainbow's vocabulary.
Also, I think consideration should be given to the best series ever, not just the best games.
Not sure if mentioned, but two games that I remember made me emotional are:
1) That "one time timing" game with jaedongs mutas vs some toss (bisu?). Dont remember the map, but Jaedong was top against a toss on the left, and he attacked with mutas just before he got too many corsairs etc. I'm a lot of you know which one I am talking about! Epic!
2) That game with savior against some up and comming terran (fantasy I think), where savior had him beat, but he went to an island and started builing BCs, and then won with the BCs, finally sending savior into the final slump... Made me so sad... (I hope that was not one of the fixed games!!! :o :o That would be... umm.. crappy? )
On July 04 2014 16:26 Cascade wrote: Not sure if mentioned, but two games that I remember made me emotional are:
1) That "one time timing" game with jaedongs mutas vs some toss (bisu?). Dont remember the map, but Jaedong was top against a toss on the left, and he attacked with mutas just before he got too many corsairs etc. I'm a lot of you know which one I am talking about! Epic!
Jaedong vs Stork, EVER 2007 OSL finals game 2 on I think Katrina
2) That game with savior against some up and comming terran (fantasy I think), where savior had him beat, but he went to an island and started builing BCs, and then won with the BCs, finally sending savior into the final slump... Made me so sad... (I hope that was not one of the fixed games!!! :o :o That would be... umm.. crappy? )
Sounds like sAviOr vs firebathero game 1 on Python in their MSL series, though FBH didn't turtle on an island, he turtled in another main.
On July 04 2014 05:01 iloveav wrote: I think I saw a few replays that were more impresive than progames. Boxer zvp vs intotherain with burrow tricks. W_Paul_II or something like that in zvz win with 4 lings vs 1 muta. Some guys from 7-color team had amazing games also beating pros.
But from actual Proleague... Bufff. Still cant think of anything that totally rolls over the great games we had.
On July 04 2014 05:01 iloveav wrote: I think I saw a few replays that were more impresive than progames. Boxer zvp vs intotherain with burrow tricks. W_Paul_II or something like that in zvz win with 4 lings vs 1 muta. Some guys from 7-color team had amazing games also beating pros.
But from actual Proleague... Bufff. Still cant think of anything that totally rolls over the great games we had.
In the pimpest play there is a non korean game with the guy that save one drone with DS and ovies to get gaz to build a scourge to kill the last unit of a terran. A wraith. The Z have ONE drone and nothing that shoots up. (oh and the wraith pop out of the starport one hit before the ultra kills the starport).