When asked who my favorite BW pro was, I always say Savior. It is for this exact reason. He was the one hope against Terrans in an otherwise dark Era. Despite the match making scandal, he still was my favorite "player". Thank you very much for the nice write up.

goswser

United States3546 Posts

May 25 2011 00:40 GMT

#344

this article is beautiful

zyce

United States649 Posts

May 25 2011 00:41 GMT

#345

This just may be the best post I've ever read, on any forum. Hell, throw in all the newspaper articles I've read too. This takes the cake.

You sir, Mr. OP, are my only God.

wolfe

United States761 Posts

May 25 2011 00:46 GMT

#346

After reading this... dam. It's all too clear that SC2 players are nowhere near this caliber yet at least.

Tleaf

Canada181 Posts

May 25 2011 00:47 GMT

#347

moving piece of work! thank you so much

Dr.Sin

Canada1126 Posts

May 25 2011 00:48 GMT

#348

This is a fantastic piece of work.

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

May 25 2011 00:51 GMT

#349

Great article. Makes me sad what happened to Ma Bonjwa D:

Xiphos

Canada7507 Posts

May 25 2011 00:53 GMT

#350

I hope God of the Battlefield: Part 2 includes Bisu and explain his example for PvZ, and then afterward for part 3, we shall say something like "But his PvT isn't nearly as good as his PvZ" or "his PvT is the archilles heel" and then talk about Flash's TvP or Stork's PvT!

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

May 25 2011 00:54 GMT

#351

Oh Maestro.

I still love you the most.

On May 25 2011 09:38 Sheth wrote:
When asked who my favorite BW pro was, I always say Savior. It is for this exact reason. He was the one hope against Terrans in an otherwise dark Era. Despite the match making scandal, he still was my favorite "player". Thank you very much for the nice write up.

This is exactly it. I don't think new people realize how much Zerg rested on one player at that time, and then again during Jaedong's reign.

bN`

Slovenia504 Posts

May 25 2011 00:54 GMT

#352

Truly a fantastic read. Each time I watch savior vods from his dominating period I am amazed by his play.

Hinanawi

United States2250 Posts

May 25 2011 01:01 GMT

#353

I missed Savior's dominance, my first exposure to pro Brood War was the GOM Star Invitational and 2008 Bacchus OSL, which is probably why I'm a Flash fan. I wish I had gotten into watching BW earlier.

Here's the Bacchus 2008 opening, worth watching to laugh at Bisu's baywatch jog, but also features Savior looking like he just turned on invincibility hacks at 0:35:

(Also poor Flash didn't even get really shown up close in it, he's just doing flips in the background. I guess nobody really thought he'd win it)

Edit: And seeing the twins here makes me sad, too.

Tempest[OEC]

United States417 Posts

May 25 2011 01:02 GMT

#354

Oh my god... Bravo sir(s). Hail Brood War! More Brood War articles of this caliber!

kidd

United States2848 Posts

May 25 2011 01:04 GMT

#355

On May 25 2011 09:22 Release wrote:

Show nested quote +

3 consecutive dual finals is far harder. Two different things at the same time, not to mention the proleague finals, and the winners league finals, as well as being the ace player.

1 think at the same time. Not so hard once you look at flash.

Flash and Savior are entirely different players in different times/circumstances. No one doubts Flash is incredibly great, but this article is about Savior - there's no need to compare.

Incredible write up. Savior came around after my bw playing really went down, but I watched his whole dominating streak and remember a lot of the games thinking "Only savior could've come out of that situation alive AND ahead". It was like watching Art of War tactics perfectly displayed and being a nerd really into that kind of stuff; they were some of the greatest displays I've seen to this day. SaviOr fan for life.

ZeroVirus

United States68 Posts

May 25 2011 01:04 GMT

#356

Great write-up. Reading this made me see just how awesome the pro's were/are at BW. I can't wait to see what SC2 pro's will look like when they finally start to play to the game's fullest.

Tohron

United States135 Posts

May 25 2011 01:05 GMT

#357

One thing I noticed about this article is that most of Savior's tactical maneuvering seemed to rely on his opponent moving his army around in one giant ball. While he did evidently accommodate for opponents leaving units back to defend, your description of his style made him sound ill-prepared for harrassment attempts by opponents.

After all, the complex mindgames outlined rely on being able to dictate the development of the game through the movement of your own army in the center of the map - if your opponent drops one of your bases, then you may no longer have the units needed to keep your opponent reacting to you, especially if your defense hinges on the threat of counters with the absolute minimum of units needed to back it up. This interpretation would certainly fit with the effectiveness of Bisu-style tactics versus Savior.

I wasn't really following BW when Savior was in his prime, so I can't really say whether Savior tried to learn and employ Shine-style aggression when faced with harrassment-oriented styles or kept stubbornly sticking to control-the-center styles while his bases got torn up behind him - a response from a more informed BW observer would help give some more insight.

Turbo.Tactics

Germany675 Posts

May 25 2011 01:05 GMT

#358

Sick article for one of the sickest gamers of all time! Maybe you should do one of those for each of the great Broodwar players to refresh some memories and to make the SC2 generation aware of their roots.

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

May 25 2011 01:06 GMT

#359

That was beautiful man, one of the best starcraft articles I've read in years. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to dig through my old vod collection to be awed all over again by a legend.