Jaedong, the guy whose games got me into competitive SC, and esports in general. My first and probably only e-sports idol. Thanks for all the awesomeness!

Jeremy Reimer

Canada963 Posts

June 25 2020 22:21 GMT

#70

Thank you for this article. I started watching Brood War just as Jaedong was on his rise, and I watched all of it in awe. To this day I remember him splitting an entire control group of mutas in less than a tenth of a second when one got irradiated. I remember watching him send over two scourge to the other side of the map that reached a muta egg PRECISELY as it hatched. I remember his JvZ, his battles with Flash, the whole thing. I remember his death stare, his L-L-W-W-W epic comebacks, everything.

He will always be my favorite Starcraft player. Forever.

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X10A

Canada9835 Posts

June 26 2020 06:45 GMT

#71

Serve well Jaedong! Been a pleasure following you all these years, thanks for all of the entertainment and for giving me a reason to be such a degenerate in middle/high school to stay up late and watch you!

Mo_tx

26 Posts

June 26 2020 07:42 GMT

#72

Sad to see Jaedong leave BW, althought it has been in the air for quite some time..
I was really impressed by his recent end of the World series against Bisu. Great games overall..
Good Luck JD!

machinus

United States236 Posts

June 26 2020 08:14 GMT

#73

I will always remember power outage.

asel

Germany1514 Posts

June 26 2020 12:28 GMT

#74

ByeBye Dong! See you soon!

RKC

1566 Posts

June 26 2020 14:07 GMT

#75

On June 26 2020 02:20 greenelve wrote:
I want to say thank you to Jaedong, for all the ups and downs that made him monster and human, for all the emotions and inspiration he brought to us.

For me, there is only one thing left to say for now:
+ Show Spoiler +

I always wondered, but keep forgetting to ask (or maybe I did previously and never got a satisfactory answer)...

How did the rainbow sheep come about?

nimdil

Poland3030 Posts

June 26 2020 16:32 GMT

#76

He made me hate Flash. What a string of heart brakes it was.

Shady Sands

United States4005 Posts

June 27 2020 04:39 GMT

#77

Jaedong! Nooooo

Beelzebub1

637 Posts

June 27 2020 13:59 GMT

#78

I remember me and my friends went to some little backwater tournament that had JD, Teaja, Pig Bunny and others in it, what a phenomenal honor to shake hands and speak to the Tyrant himself, as well as getting his autograph, one of my favorite memories! Life goes on JD and there is alot more to it then Stacraft, enjoy your service and then enjoy your life when you get out, we'll all be waiting for your stream :D

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X-Men-Pickle

United States59 Posts

June 27 2020 21:25 GMT

#79

Damn, this is hard to take in. Hope to see him back competing again in a couple of years.

Arrian

United States885 Posts

June 28 2020 21:16 GMT

#80

The greatest Zerg of all time. Wish him luck in the future.

BG1

Canada1550 Posts

June 29 2020 04:39 GMT

#81

A true legend and a Bonjwa no matter what they say!

So many late nights watching him and Savior play.Well worth!

I'm sure he will succeed and excel in whatever he chooses to do in the future.

polgas

Canada1500 Posts

June 29 2020 17:57 GMT

#82

He's not retiring, he's recharging.

ReOReOI

1 Post

July 01 2020 20:52 GMT

#83

I really love your work. And can I translate this article into Chinese and post to Chinese community?
I will link to the original article here

Wombat_NI

Northern Ireland13332 Posts

July 01 2020 21:36 GMT

#84

Makes me sad I was unaware of this fine site and the pro Brood War scene when his legend was being formed. Done plenty of looking back subsequently but feel I missed out on a hell of a lot.

Underrated as an SC2 player too, absolute legend and definitely up there as one of the greatest progamers ever.

sM.Zik

Canada2495 Posts

July 01 2020 22:26 GMT

#85

On July 02 2020 06:36 Wombat_NI wrote:
Makes me sad I was unaware of this fine site and the pro Brood War scene when his legend was being formed. Done plenty of looking back subsequently but feel I missed out on a hell of a lot.

Underrated as an SC2 player too, absolute legend and definitely up there as one of the greatest progamers ever.

Yeah people don't really mention that but Jaedong had a full year of great success in SC2. Something like five 2nd place in tournaments over a year including the biggest tournament (blizzcon), this is a really nice feat. Just shows how good he is at RTS, not just broodwar.