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Russian Federation4447 Posts
On October 26 2009 10:56 KristianJS wrote:
oov's 27-0 v Z is the sickest record in progaming no doubt, I mean seriously how is that even possible?
TvZ before Savior was "imbalanced". Just like PvZ before Bisu was a complete nightmare.
Zergs had no idea how to play. There were no "standard" builds, because any standard zerg build had an standard Terran build that would counter it easily.
I would say it took a complete evolution in mutalisk micro + defiler usage to even the matchup.
Without those 2 skills, zergs wouldn't be able to win a game off Terran.
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Great article. Thanks Ver, ive never seen oov in this light before.
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iloveoov's wife is prettay fine
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I don't agree with the premise that although Oov's genius is harder to discern than Boxer's that it's greater. I think the more compelling the genius, the easier it is for a casual fan to recognize it. But that's semantics - they're both amazing. You can't argue that Oov wasn't an amazing competitor.
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I always wondered why this wasn't a FE.
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Oh wow I never saw this thread until now either. Great read 
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Ver is the best poster on TL
I would pay money to read Savior/Flash articles by you Ver, are you still planning on writing them? =)
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Thank you Ver! I started to follow the proscene closely since Oov's early prime days but never understood his games well. This article is such an eye-opener with very sharp analysis.
I'm surprised this article hasn't been added to Final Edits or Featured Threads at least? Personally I like to read articles with solid analysis like this than the fancy writing ones.
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United States17042 Posts
On October 26 2009 13:45 cascades wrote:
I always wondered why this wasn't a FE.
it really should be, although fe's are kind of the place where threads go to die 
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For the sake of posterity, this needs another bump.
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Nice, thanks for the bump. I hadn't seen this before, but it puts things into perspective with all this discussion about Flash's streak.
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Haha, I love the bus picture. :D
oov <3
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On October 26 2009 10:56 KristianJS wrote:
oov's 27-0 v Z is the sickest record in progaming no doubt, I mean seriously how is that even possible?
People should stop saying it was 27-0, it wasn't it was 27-3
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Oh man, this is great. Oov is like the least acknowledged amongst the four Bonjwas. Boxer is a legend amongst legends. Nada is the most successful of all time. Savior is the most recent - hence the greatest of TL following. Oov seems to be the underdog. I knew nothing about his career except that he turned Starcraft into the modern (and some may say boring) macrofest.
This article is very enlightening.
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On October 26 2009 11:26 Tien wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2009 10:56 KristianJS wrote:
oov's 27-0 v Z is the sickest record in progaming no doubt, I mean seriously how is that even possible? TvZ before Savior was "imbalanced". Just like PvZ before Bisu was a complete nightmare. Zergs had no idea how to play. There were no "standard" builds, because any standard zerg build had an standard Terran build that would counter it easily. I would say it took a complete evolution in mutalisk micro + defiler usage to even the matchup. Without those 2 skills, zergs wouldn't be able to win a game off Terran. Really, thats weird, cause I can think of a lot of builds that are completely valid even now a days that are pre savior.
Edit: but it was completely imbalanced, yes.
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On December 16 2009 07:58 Gangrel wrote:
this thread is amazing can't believe I missed it the first time around
Ver ---> best poster in TL.net history?
vgl-cow would laugh
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nice bump, i missed reading this
read it again
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That picture with his win ratios is appalling. 78% overall?!
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On December 16 2009 07:58 Gangrel wrote:
this thread is amazing can't believe I missed it the first time around
Ver ---> best poster in TL.net history?
Yes, and as much as I love funny Belgian cows, VGL YOU GOT OWNED.
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EPT
