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EffOrt - Farewell to a Monstrous Zerg - Page 2

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Jaeyun
Profile Joined June 2017
United States202 Posts
June 14 2019 17:19 GMT
#21
One of the most mechanically gifted and insane players of all time. Deeply saddened that we were unable to witness more of his greatness in the past couple years with multiple, unfortunate early exits but happy he got to showcase his talent by completing the most challenging road to a championship ever.

Best of luck to him and hope for his return!
www.twitch.tv/jaeyun
LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1532 Posts
June 14 2019 17:22 GMT
#22
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Will be missed... Its just what Zerg needs... The one person who CAN actually win... (and does sometimes...)

Oh well.. Time for other top Zergs to put more EffOrt in their game and step up to face the ever dominant Terrans and the rising Protoss superpowers!

ZERGS UNITE!
ko-fi.com/luckynoob
HerbMon
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States469 Posts
June 14 2019 18:10 GMT
#23
구소하셨습니다!
How we will win in the period ahead.
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3456 Posts
June 14 2019 18:44 GMT
#24
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TL vs GG,
Effort off-raced as terran
and played with us scrubs.
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A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
Proko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1022 Posts
June 14 2019 19:35 GMT
#25
The times are changing, yet again. Bye bye.
Caster duos should compliment each others' strengths. "You look very handsome today, Tasteless."
Psychonian
Profile Joined March 2012
United States2322 Posts
June 15 2019 13:07 GMT
#26
A shame, but he had a long and storied career. best of luck in future to one of the greatest Zergs of all time.
Trans Rights
RWLabs
Profile Joined March 2017
Korea (South)273 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-16 00:42:07
June 16 2019 00:40 GMT
#27
ASL 6 was the ultimate storytelling victory rivalling that of JangBi's. A former champion who, despite being named the biggest competitor in each tournament, never got past round of 16. Just when everyone begins to ridicule him as a pigeon (Effort's nickname 'Mae' means hawk), and he too loses hope, he decides to try just one more time. Then he beats the three strongest players in Last (recently won KSL), Rain (recently won ASL), and Flash to take the championship in a time where ZvT is less balanced than PvZ.

Farewell Effort indeed.
Aldaris was the good guy of Brood War.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4140 Posts
June 16 2019 02:18 GMT
#28
Farewell for now Effort, I'm sure you'll come back to spice things up in the BW scene again
Nukid
Profile Joined April 2010
United States240 Posts
June 16 2019 03:50 GMT
#29
see you soon Effort
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-16 12:19:54
June 16 2019 12:17 GMT
#30
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PS: Wow BigFan's back?
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1693 Posts
June 16 2019 13:13 GMT
#31
I tried really hard to copy this zerg.
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12027 Posts
June 16 2019 14:03 GMT
#32
Nothing beats the old proleague vods with effort where he was sat like 5ft under the desk. I still don't know how he played with that posture.
FanTaSy's #1 Fan | STPL Caster/Organiser | SKT BEST KT | https://twitch.tv/stpl
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
June 16 2019 16:51 GMT
#33
My favorite zerg. T_T Thanks for all the memories
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
v1
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Estonia800 Posts
June 16 2019 20:38 GMT
#34
On June 16 2019 21:17 JieXian wrote:
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PS: Wow BigFan's back?


nah, he was slacking for half of year
Graphics
aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
June 16 2019 22:05 GMT
#35
On June 16 2019 09:40 RWLabs wrote:
ASL 6 was the ultimate storytelling victory rivalling that of JangBi's. A former champion who, despite being named the biggest competitor in each tournament, never got past round of 16. Just when everyone begins to ridicule him as a pigeon (Effort's nickname 'Mae' means hawk), and he too loses hope, he decides to try just one more time. Then he beats the three strongest players in Last (recently won KSL), Rain (recently won ASL), and Flash to take the championship in a time where ZvT is less balanced than PvZ.

Farewell Effort indeed.


best asl ever i feel
can i get my estro logo back pls
s_k_911
Profile Joined August 2008
China362 Posts
June 17 2019 02:27 GMT
#36
effort was as known as "the man from mars" in China bw community.
fighting effort!
apm200 terran play for fun
[GiTM]-Ace
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4935 Posts
June 17 2019 10:52 GMT
#37
One of the best Zergs to ever do it. Sad day
I may not be the best player right now but I think I can beat any 'best' players. I'll beat all the best players and become the best player. Watch me. - Jju
mozzybw
Profile Joined February 2019
Canada24 Posts
June 17 2019 21:50 GMT
#38
Thank you Effort and BigFan!

Burrow!... but hopefully unburrow
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
June 19 2019 09:38 GMT
#39
On June 16 2019 22:13 iFU.pauline wrote:
I tried really hard to copy this zerg.

How did you try to do it? How did it go?
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
Opposition1
Profile Joined September 2017
14 Posts
June 19 2019 20:40 GMT
#40
My favorite player of all time. It's cathartic thinking back on the countless hours I've spent cheering him on from a couch or chair or just watching his games. Almost from the beginning he was my favorite Zerg player. Here's the game that got me on the effOrt train:

www.youtube.com

Truly great players use everything at their disposal, even the most minor overlooked resources. Especially after his ASL finals against Flash, I felt like effOrt really exemplified this ability more than other Zergs. From a description of the builds you'd think it was Shine playing five games on ladder. But the way effOrt played these games made me feel like he didn't even use a build order. He was just playing pure Starcraft, going as far as to shuffle drones on and off gas constantly to streamline his econ while blockading Flash's 12 o'clock main with lurkers.

One other thing I love to see about great Zergs is their ling micro. I won't say microing ranged units is easy, but microing melee units in BW is not just a-move-win. Even in the smallest inconsequential engagements effOrt always surrounds with his lings. There's an aesthetic to his unit control that I've always appreciated.

It's been said of countless past players that sometimes they play out of their minds and it looks like nobody could beat them, but they spend most of the time in human form. I could say the same of effOrt. Like ZerO, both of them seem to perform worse in tournament settings than their skillset would suggest. The ro16 curse in ASL was evidence of this. Especially effOrt's losses to other Zergs were painful, because we all *knew* he could beat Flash if he just go there. And get there he did, and play out of his mind he did.

The one thing I wish I could have seen effOrt do was to win a Code S or Blizzcon in SC2. Unless I'm mistaken, Rain and Soulkey are the only two players to hold highest titles in BW and SC2 (code S and ASL championships). But neither ever won an OSL. It would have been cool to see effOrt be the only player in history to win an OSL, a code S, and an ASL.

I'll be watching old effOrt VOD's back to back for the next few years if anyone needs me.
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