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Jaedong - Farewell to the Tyrant

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 25 2020 17:25 GMT
#66
Best of luck JD, what a legend!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
June 25 2020 18:15 GMT
#67
Saw this and had a huge nostalgia wave. Missing those BW days.
Pufftrees Everyday>its like a rifter that just used X-Factor/Liquid'Nony: I hope no one lip read XD/Holyflare>it's like policy lynching but better/Resident Los Angeles bachelor
itsdaniel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Austria334 Posts
June 25 2020 21:06 GMT
#68
I will miss you Jaedong! Legend!!!
OFFICIAL #1 STORK FAN // Stork:"This past week, there's a foreign fan named Daniel who got caught on the camera a few times. He came from Vienna in Austria to come and see me, and he wanted to be mentioned in one of my interviews."
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
June 25 2020 22:17 GMT
#69
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!
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Jeremy Reimer
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada968 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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"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." -- Carl Sagan
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X10A
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada9837 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!
CJ/T8 Fighting//#1 STX and Bisu anti <3//YES X10A is based off the Freedom Gundam
Mo_tx
Profile Joined November 2019
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
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
June 26 2020 08:14 GMT
#73
I will always remember power outage.
asel
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Germany1599 Posts
June 26 2020 12:28 GMT
#74
ByeBye Dong! See you soon!
eSTRO for life | #3 Sea.Really fan! | GGoliath! | aeterna societas honoris | cbta~ | Flash makes Terran look like Toss | aka RevaL
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 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 +
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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?
gg no re thx
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3748 Posts
June 26 2020 16:32 GMT
#76
He made me hate Flash. What a string of heart brakes it was.
Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
June 27 2020 04:39 GMT
#77
Jaedong! Nooooo
Что?
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-27 13:59:33
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

edited for spelling
X-Men-Pickle
Profile Joined May 2006
United States60 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.
aka Ireland
Arrian
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States889 Posts
June 28 2020 21:16 GMT
#80
The greatest Zerg of all time. Wish him luck in the future.
Writersator arepo tenet opera rotas
BG1
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
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.

There was once a dream that was Esports. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... Now is the time to make that dream a reality!
polgas
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1752 Posts
June 29 2020 17:57 GMT
#82
He's not retiring, he's recharging.
Leee Jaee Doong
ReOReOI
Profile Joined July 2020
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
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25081 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.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2547 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-07-01 22:26:35
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.
Jaedong Fighting! | youtube.com/ZikGaming
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