BackHo has no particular style or personality but a history of eliminating fan favorites and then proceeding to embarrass himself in subsequent matches. See EVER08 OSL, where he beat Casy, Jaedong, Much, Bisu, and JangBi and then went on to play one of the worst semifinals in OSL history against July, losing 1-3 in a map pool that included Troy.

Keep in mind that there's a distinction between hate and friendly prodding, and I'd say that the difference between FBH and BackHo is that more people at TL actually hate FBH (most people who appear as BackHo "haters" are merely poking fun at him because it's so easy - he has to be one of the goofiest, dumbest progamers around). BackHo is just the type of player who will make you whack your forehead in disbelief on a regular basis.

He was the only person who took a game off July like OSL. Okay, Yarnc did too, but July already qualified for Ro8 and Yarnc was going to be disqualified anyways, so that game didn't matter.
Scary thought.

SerpentFlame

418 Posts

December 29 2008 04:11 GMT

#523

On December 29 2008 12:52 Avidkeystamper wrote:

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Come on, Backho did a 9/9 gateway into a 12pool->FE. Sure, he won, and it wasn't a complete BO win, but punishing July for an attempted pool threehatch with like 5+ zealots isn't really a display of skill. Watch any of the other games and the excellent TL writeups that correspond with them, and you'll see the true face of Backho (They're really really funny).

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

December 29 2008 04:13 GMT

#524

Wow.
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I can't believe BackHo beat Stork. That is fucked up.

Deleted User 31060

3788 Posts

December 29 2008 04:15 GMT

#525

Players BackHo has eliminated from starleagues recently:

Stork x 2
Midas
Jangbi
Bisu
Jaedong
Casy
Nada (WCG, doesn't really count)
Mind (MST)
Kal

... that's a lot of fans to get angry

zimz

United States510 Posts

December 29 2008 04:28 GMT

#526

backho has alot of talent and very good mechanics. stop hating on him just cuz he owns ur heros. backho the hero-killer.

GTR

51695 Posts

December 29 2008 04:52 GMT

#527

On December 29 2008 12:46 Frits wrote:

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This brings up my next question actually, why do people like Casy? Have I been living under a rock the last 2 years? When has casy ever done something noticable, or played in a way that distinguishes himself as a terran from people like pepe/frozean/lomo/go.go.

I enjoy Casy because his vT and vZ were so 'boxer-esque' (which is why he was dubbed Neo Emperor) Unfortunately for him, he also inherited Boxer's awful vP skills (which pretty much worse more and more he played).

baubo

China3370 Posts

December 29 2008 06:22 GMT

#528

On December 29 2008 13:15 Sunyveil wrote:
Players BackHo has eliminated from starleagues recently:

Stork x 2
Midas
Jangbi
Bisu
Jaedong
Casy
Nada (WCG, doesn't really count)
Mind (MST)
Kal

... that's a lot of fans to get angry

The problem is that then he'd do things like losing to TT(the Khan old 2v2 player) TWICE in the proleagues, and other things like doing a zealot rush where he'd leave the zealot hanging around doing nothing.

Backho can play very well, and he did show some great play against Stork last night. But he also produces some of the most god awful games that make you question why he's a progamer.