In 2011, the rising Protoss superstar GuemChi packed his keyboard and mouse, left his teammates behind and boarded a shuttle to venture afar in search of secret superpowers.
Dropped by the shuttle at a desolate site in India, the young Protoss followed the advice given to him by Master Yoon. He climbed over the Himalayas and reached the ancient Temple of Sonjjang. For four days, GuemChi kneeled before the temple until, finally, an old man stepped out.
“Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?" the man inquired.
"Are you he whom they call Great-Souled Son?”
“I have many names, and none of them matter. Names are not important. To speak is to name names, but to speak is not important. A thing happens once that has never happened before. Seeing it, a man looks upon reality. He cannot tell others what he has seen. Others wish to know, however, so they question him saying, 'What is it like, this thing you have seen?' So he tries to tell them. Perhaps he has seen the very first fire in the world. He tells them, 'It is red, like a poppy, but through it dance other colors. It has no form, like water, flowing everywhere. It is warm, like the sun of summer, only warmer. It exists for a time upon a piece of wood, and then the wood is gone, as though it were eaten, leaving behind that which is black and can be sifted like sand. When the wood is gone, it too is gone.' Therefore, the hearers must think reality is like a poppy, like water, like the sun, like that which eats and excretes. They think it is like to anything that they are told it is like by the man who has known it. But they have not looked upon fire. They cannot really know it. They can only know of it. But fire comes again into the world, many times. More men look upon fire. After a time, fire is as common as grass and clouds and the air they breathe. They see that, while it is like a poppy, it is not a poppy, while it is like water, it is not water, while it is like the sun, it is not the sun, and while it is like that which eats and passes wastes, it is not that which eats and passes wastes, but something different from each of these apart or all of these together. So they look upon this new thing and they make a new word to call it. They call it 'fire.' If they come upon one who still has not seen it and they speak to him of fire, he does not know what they mean. So they, in turn, fall back upon telling him what fire is like. As they do so, they know from their own experience that what they are telling him is not the truth, but only part of it. They know that this man will never know reality from their words, though all the words in the world are theirs to use. He must look upon the fire, smell of it, warm his hands by it, stare into its heart, or remain forever ignorant. Therefore, 'fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matter. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming. The thing that has never happened before is still happening. It is still a miracle. The great burning blossom squats, flowing, upon the limb of the world, excreting the ash of the world, and being none of these things I have named and at the same time all of them, and this is reality-the Nameless.” ― Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
Great-Souled Son had spoken and simply stared at the Protoss warrior. GuemChi stared back and the two remained silent for two days and two nights. The old man then turned around and GuemChi followed him inside the temple. Whatever happened in there will forever remain a mystery.
With his passion revived and superpowers activated, GuemChi finally returned to his homeland only to find out that his fight had been stripped away from him. None of the fans seemed interested in bloody fights anymore. Instead, people gathered on the streets to cheer on cute rabbits.
Under circumstances darker then anyone would have belived, the hopeful warrior wandered his homeland for two years, until one day, he packed his things and left again, this time in search of a new goal.
GuemChi's arrival at the mysterious afreecan realms was a rather quiet one but he wasn't lacking the balls. Soon enough, he started making a name for himself, putting his secret superpowers to good use in the various afreecan fighting events. In spite of the many people doubting and mocking him, he was the first one to slay four opponents in a row, even disposing of the Protoss slayer hero without a single scratch.
At the same time, a former fan favorite was announcing his comeback into the afreecan scene. Fans rejoyced as ZerO let them in on his practice sessions, but doubting himself more than anyone else, the warrior seemed to suffer from severe lack of confidence and a clear goal. The afreecan scene was still healthy then but it fell from its former glory as well.
With fans gathering around the broken fan favorite, the scene seemed to be regaining some momentum though. ZerO's life dream was to win the famous Starleague title and when the Starleague was announced to be making a comeback, something clicked in the warrior's hexagonal head. Out of nowhere, ZerO went on a heavy practice regime and the EffOrt soon showed as he started slaying the current superstars left and right, dominating all the various rankings and giving his fans an epic show in the process.
Here we are then, with the two former underdogs making it all the way into the finals of Love's Sponleague. This may not be the event the two live their lives for, but it is the perfect opportunity to send the other warrior a bloody message.
Who is ready for what's to come in a matter of days?
On December 19 2014 21:57 c3rberUs wrote: Jaehoon with a really dangerous attack at Mind's nat. Fortunately for Mind, enough goons melt and Jaehoon goes away.
On December 19 2014 21:57 c3rberUs wrote: Jaehoon with a really dangerous attack at Mind's nat. Fortunately for Mind, enough goons melt and Jaehoon goes away.
FINALS EXAMS ARE OVER! LIVE FROM FIGHTING SPIRIT WITH YOUR LR, AMAZINGXKCD
ITS A GOOD START HERE AT FIGHTING SPIRIT, WE GOT A QUICK SPAWNING POOL BUILD FROM ZERO WHILE GSHIZ GOES FOR THE STANDARD FORGE EXPAND. GSHIZ TRIES TO BLOCK THE 3RD OF ZERO (CLOSE 3RD) WITH A PYLON, THAT'LL BE TAKEN DOWN QUICKLY BY LINGS
AHHH GSHIZ GOT HIS ZEALOT IN THE BACK MINERAL LINE, FORCING A GOOD ENGAGEMENT FOR HIM. TRADES HIMSELF FOR A COUPLE OF LINGS. MORE ZEALOTS BEING MADE AS STARGATE IS FINISHED AND PUMPING SAIRS. A QUICK TEMPLAR ARCHIVES IS DONE TOO WHILE ZERO IS DOING THE STANDARD 3 HATCH SPIRE TO 5 HATCH .
ZERO ALREADY MAKING COLONIES IN HIS EXPANSISIONS, SCOURGES CHASING SAIRS AWAY WHILE THE DT MAKES THE WAY TO THE 3RD. NOTHING GOOD FOR HIM, SUNKEN ALREADY DOWN
+1 WEPS SPINNING FOR GSHIZ WHILE SCOURGES SCOUT THE MAIN BASE OF TOSS. 4 GATES AND GSHIZ IS PRIMING FOR A 3RD BASE (CLOSE 3RD). NO HYDRA DEN YET THOUGH
IM GETTING WORD FROM THE PRODUCERS THAT KATRINA IS THE NEXT MAP. G SHIZZLE IS GOING HAVE TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO COME BACK FROM THAT EMBARRASSING FIRST GAME. AS A PROTOSS PLAYER, YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR TEMPLARS AT ALL COST OTHERWISE YOU CANT HOLD OFF ANY AMOUNT OF HYDRAS
ZEALOT MOVING ACROSS THE MAP, LINGS WILL BE OUT IN TIME. OH SNAP, GSHIZZLE GLITCHED HIS PROBE INTO THE BACK MINERAL LINE. ZEALOT ARRIVES JUST IN TIME TO MEET MY 6 LITTLE FIRENDS. ROB, BOB, JERRY, DAN, TYLER AND PERRY
OK THIS IS GAY TOSS PLAY. 2ND ZEALOT IN THE MIX, TOSS STOPPING MINING ON COUPLE PATCHES WITH THE PROBE, 3 LINGS IN GSHIZZLE'S BASE HARRASSING WHAT THEY CAN!! BUT WAIT!! BOTH PLAYERS LOSING WORKERS!!?>!?!!
GSHIZZLE TRYING TO GET CANON IN MAIN BASE, GOES UP FINALLY BUT STILL LINGS IN THERE. ZERO STILL MAKING MORE LINGS, CUTS DRONES FROM GAS, SPEEDLING ALLIN? ALREADY HARRASSING PROBES AT THE EXPO
GOOD CATCH BY MY HOMEBOY C3RBERUS. +1 AIR WEPS FOR G SHIZZLE. IS THIS A META GAME AGAINST ZERO'S MUTA PLAY? FIRST SAIR OUT FOR G SHIZZLE, CITADAL GOING DOWN
FIRST PAIR OF SCORGES OUT, SCOUTS THE ARCHIVES. WE SHOULD BE SEEING DTS. SAIR CLOUD KILLS THEM FAST. MORE LINGS BEING MADE. SIM SITY STARTING TO WORK AT THE 3RD. ZEALOT GROUP GOING IN
FIRST HYDRA BLOB MOVES OUT WITH OVIE SPEED. TO CATCH DTS. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHUTTLE COMING OUT I WAS RIGHT!!! PICKS UP THE DT!!!! AND ITS SCOUTTTTTEEEEEEDDDDDDDD
LOOKS LIKE THE HARRASSING TIME IS OVER, ZERO GETS HIS 4TH STARTED IN MIDDLE TOP LEFT. LINGS CATCHES SOME TEMPLAR.S HOLY SHIT BALLS THATS A LOT OF TEMPLARS. G SHIZLE LEARNING FROM GAME 1 ABOUT TEMPLARS.
G SHISZZLE NOW MOVING ACROSS THE MAP WITH HIS ARMY, DANCING IN THE MID. ZERO GOING HAM WITH THE MUYTAS, SNIPES A WHOLE LOAD OF TEMPLARS!! HE'S STILL GOING HAM!!! ONLY 1 TEMPLAR LIVES!!! WOW!!!!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE PLAY BY ZERO, G SHIZZLE FORCED TO GO BAKC TO DEFEND, MUTAS NOW HARRASSSING THE NATURAL.!!! EMERGENCY CANONS GOING UP BUT NOW REALLY HELPING
ZERO MAKING LURKERS AT BOTTOM RIGHT TO HOLD TOSS OFF THERE. OBSERVERS SEES IT THOUGH, G SHIZZLE MOVING INTO TO KILL THAT. LURKERS NOW CAMPING THE 5TH. OH SNAP!!!!
ZERO ADDING SUNKENS TO THE 5TH. G SHIZZLE TRIES TO POKE AGAIN WITH STORMS. DOOM DROP ARMADA COMING ALONG THE TOP OF THE MAP!!! DROPS INTO THE NATURAL!!!!!!!!!!
G SHIZZLE POSING TO ATTACK THE 5TH WHILE FLYING WITH MORE SHUTTLES. DT DROP IN THE MAIN, BUT THERES A SUNKEN. STORM DROPPPPPPP AT THE 4TH!! ACTUALLY KILLS DRONE THIS TIME!!! REAVERS HARRASSING THE 5TH NOW WITH THE SIEGES. FORCED TO FALL BACK WITH A GOOD PLAGUUU BY ZERO
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WE GOT A BATTLE AT ZERO'S 6TH BOT 6 CLOCK. WE GOT EVERYTHING STORMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSSS RIBBBUBUBBBUBUB SWARMMMMM PREGGRUUUUUUUUUUU AH SSSSIBAALLLLL LINGS. DARK ARCHON DARK ARCON!!!!
ZERO WITH THE WINNER OF THAT BATTLE PRESSES INTO G SHIZZLE'S 4TH!!!! REAVERS DOING A SHIT LOAD OF DAMAGE TO HOLD THE ATTACK OFF. BUT ZERO DOING A LOT OF DAMAGE. LINGS DOING WORK OVER THERE
ZERO MAKING A WALL OF UNITS AT THE OLD 4TH BASE OF G SHIZZLE, MIGHT BE EXPANDING THERE? G SIHZZLE GOING FOR THE WRAP AROUND ATTACK INTO ZERO'S 6TH BUT UNITS ALREADY IN POSITION
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