thank you...like! like! like!... that group pic... so many pros :D

I remember back in the days that Bisu said that foru and Much builds gave huge insights to his build orders... thinking of they were at CJ by that time is beyond... foru played one of these builds first in proleague and everyone was like:"what is this?" I think he even lost that game...

masoka82

Spain594 Posts

December 19 2024 08:04 GMT

Thanks you very much!

Highgamer

1448 Posts

December 19 2024 10:06 GMT

Great video, what a deep-dive into that glorious time.

At the beginning of the intro I thought "man, that piano is corny", but with the video material this intro really hits hard. To think of what those guys went through to get to the top of their sport, no wonder they break down in tears as they win those big finals.

I consider myself lucky that I still got a glimpse at the late Kespa-era in 2011-12 at least, watching the last OSLs and Proleagues live online (as always, thanks, nanashin), but as I missed the whole decade that came before I really appreciate these videos with all the great material and explanations.

But: What really bothers me is that one of the two narrating voices pronounces Kim Taek Yong's nickname "Bizzoo", and not "Bee-Sue".
Or is this an accepted way to say his nickname (which I NEVER have heard before)?
I don't want to sound disparaging given all the great work that was put into this video, but this drives me crazy watching those segments. To me this is as if someone kept calling Messi "Missy" or something, lol

WombaT

Northern Ireland26265 Posts

December 19 2024 13:30 GMT

Goosebumps, and extremely well written and edited! Liked the little cuts synced to the music in the intro, and especially liked the overlays and translations of the Korean casters and what they were saying! I do love that Nony/Day9 cast of that match too, given it’s in my native tongue and they did a great job, but it’s nice getting that bit of extra flavour from the boys doing it live.

Has there ever been a final upset quite like it in Brood War? Sure there are other upsets, maybe the favourite has an off-day, maybe that newcomer is better than people think. But it’s rare to see one of the greats just blown away

Have there been other occasions where someone pockets a whole strategy and style and the first time you see it is in a grand final quite like that?

Yaqoob

Canada3351 Posts

December 19 2024 18:47 GMT

I used to watch the epic matches between Nal_rA and Savior so when Bisu beat Nal_rA in the MSL semi-finals, I was pretty angry because I thought that Nal_rA would be the only one who would have a fighting chance against Savior. I felt Bisu had no chance because he was relatively unknown and up against the powerhouse Savior who had an insane record in ZvP. Then Bisu changed everything with the 3-0 of Savior in the MSL finals.

GTR

51548 Posts

December 19 2024 22:04 GMT

On December 19 2024 22:30 WombaT wrote:
Has there ever been a final upset quite like it in Brood War? Sure there are other upsets, maybe the favourite has an off-day, maybe that newcomer is better than people think. But it’s rare to see one of the greats just blown away

Have there been other occasions where someone pockets a whole strategy and style and the first time you see it is in a grand final quite like that?

while there's no doubt that 3.3 is at the top of the list, some others from the top of my head

mind > bisu (gomtv s4 msl)
anytime > boxer (so1 osl)
forgg > jaedong (arena msl)

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17733 Posts

December 20 2024 02:21 GMT

For me even though everyone wanted Boxer to win I wouldn't say he was the favorite to win or that it was an upset that he lost. Tvp has always been his weakest mu.

TelecoM

United States10695 Posts

December 20 2024 06:00 GMT

#10

On December 19 2024 08:24 TT1 wrote:
straight to photoshoot after shower

LOL TT1 wins the thread by default

So epic though

M3t4PhYzX

Poland4235 Posts

December 20 2024 09:48 GMT

#11

That was awesome.

Epic storytelling. Great memories. Appreciated!

United States2921 Posts

December 20 2024 14:19 GMT

#12

Nice vid. I remember when this happened. It was truly revolutionary.

Kraekkling

618 Posts

December 20 2024 18:48 GMT

#13

It was so crazy to watch this happen live.

3.3. revolution never forget

Waxangel

United States33559 Posts

December 20 2024 22:20 GMT

#14

Nice vid, but I have to do a quick nitpick of the history.

A while back, I did some research/groundwork for a revolution/bisu article that didn't go anywhere.

I found it interesting how I had ended up buying into all the storymaking of the OGN & MBCGame over the years, but a look at historical games shows that Corsair-DT wasn't REALLY that novel a concept in 2007 (Anytime notably making effective use of it the before).

The 'revolution' was more about build order refinement and superior execution than the creation of a new concept. What Bisu did was still extremely impressive, but it's not quite as sexy as him inventing something completely new out of whole cloth. Namuwiki page for it actually has a pretty good overview of it now with some example games from 2005~2006.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32277 Posts

December 24 2024 16:39 GMT

#15

On December 20 2024 07:04 GTR wrote:

Show nested quote +

while there's no doubt that 3.3 is at the top of the list, some others from the top of my head

mind > bisu (gomtv s4 msl)
anytime > boxer (so1 osl)
forgg > jaedong (arena msl)

Not a finals, a semis... but Fantasy > GGPlay with a new mech strategy was kind of "out of the blue" and blew everyone away (credits to oov). Not sure if upset.

I guess GGPlay vs Iris was a good upset? Good comeback and GGPlay being an eternal Ro16er. Though he did play all ZvTs, making it easier to prepared for (since that OSL was so T stacked).