On May 25 2011 07:28 AsianEcksDragon wrote:
Why is that piece of trash still getting featured articles on TL? His record had been erased. He never played a game.

KT coach?What are you doing here?

Ryusei-R1

United States2106 Posts

May 25 2011 02:02 GMT

#402

Don't hate on Savior yo.

Also, I absolutely love FINAL EDITS just because they're so fucking well done and edited thoroughly. They're one of the few things I'll read all the way through with 100% attention.

chongu

Malaysia2593 Posts

May 25 2011 02:06 GMT

#403

MAAAESSSSSTTRRRROOOOOOOOOOO

Brilliant write-up and analysis!! The timing of the article is kinda good considering more people will be able to read these. Tons of equally good TLPDs be sure to check it out!!

KillerSOS

United States4207 Posts

May 25 2011 02:06 GMT

#404

Great read Ver. I enjoyed it greatly.

Djabanete

United States2786 Posts

May 25 2011 02:09 GMT

#405

Terrific article, thank you Ver! Always a pleasure reading your work. It's always nice to be reminded of what a deep game BW is and to be encouraged to look closer and see new things.

FILM

United States663 Posts

May 25 2011 02:10 GMT

#406

Incredible article, thorough and very enjoyable to read.

GTR

51507 Posts

May 25 2011 02:11 GMT

#407

Out of the years I've been on Teamliquid (seven or so), this is probably the best article done by anyone, that I've ever read on the website. My hat goes off to Ver, as he truly is a Brood War analytical genius (he's like all the Korean commentators thrown into one Western mind).

Can't wait for Part 2, my guess is that it will be on Savior's ZvP.

yawnoC

United States3704 Posts

May 25 2011 02:11 GMT

#408

I would frankly rather remember savior for everything you mentioned in the article opposed to the match fixing. Great right up I look forward to the your next article.

Dante08

Singapore4139 Posts

May 25 2011 02:19 GMT

#409

Amazing article! I wish my level of play was higher so that I can anaylze the small things progamers do. Makes bw such a deep strategical game that no other game has or will ever come close to. This article just made me realize SC2 still has a long log way to go in terms of gameplay if it wants to catch up to it's predecessor. Again, amazing article, and long live broodwar!!!

Synwave

United States2803 Posts

May 25 2011 02:22 GMT

#410

Exceptional article (and holy long pages batman!) and looking forward to part 2.
I used to be a huge albeit quiet Savior fan, after the scandal though I didn't know if I could really take any part of his record seriously.
How far back did his cheating tendencies go? What stats could really be believed? I'm not sure these questions can every really be answered for me. However this write up beautifully underlines why he changed the game and effected play on a number of levels and that can't be argued as possibly fake or faulty due to his unfortunate ethics.
Not many articles do I reread but I plan to for this one again tomorrow.

sirrobert5

United Kingdom62 Posts

May 25 2011 02:22 GMT

#411

Amazing stuff man, guy was clearly a genius tactician. LOVE the write up and looking forward to part 2!

DamageControL

United States4222 Posts

May 25 2011 02:24 GMT

#412

I came into BW right as Bisu defeated Savior. My little brother (always more curious about video games than I was) had discovered the proscene about a week before the finals. He told me about "Boxer" who was "considered the greatest ever". Then he was trying to tell me about the best player at the time. Some guy name Savior who was about to play a guy named bisu for "one of the biggest tournaments in the world". Savior was, he told me, the best player ever to play the game. I knew nothing but was very hyped anyways, but it was at an unreasonably late time anyways. The next morning I awoke to the biggest upset of all time. The first live reports I read were about this kid Bisu who crushed the greatest Zerg of all time. Since then I have been a Bisu and BW fan.

But without his dominance none of the above would have happened. I would never have read about the defeat of Savior. I would never have discovered any of this wonderful pro-scene or quickly lost interest anyways. So savior. Thank you. For all of this journey that has been my e-sports following.

GG.NoRe

Korea (South)1051 Posts

May 25 2011 02:24 GMT

#413

It's as if it was only yesterday...

SkyCrawler

United States69 Posts

May 25 2011 02:24 GMT

#414

Great article, loved posters and pictures, thanks for the great writeup!

eggs

1011 Posts

May 25 2011 02:24 GMT

#415

wow it's a shame such an incredibly written article was delayed from being posted for so long, but i'm glad it finally was.

read through every sentence of it, going back to watch the linked VODs when I can.

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

May 25 2011 02:26 GMT

#416

Motherfucker.... this is so epic. O_O Brilliant article. Ver, you are amazing! And so was Savior (

).

I'd absolutely love to see a Flash write-up by Ver.

Datum

United States371 Posts

May 25 2011 02:27 GMT

#417

Possibly the best post I've ever read. Thanks!

shinjin

United States398 Posts

May 25 2011 02:28 GMT

#418

ahhh i remember maestro was my favorite player for the longest time ) :
stupid bisu i still hate him for taking out savior >.<

i love the quote
"you dont play savior, savior plays you"

great write up as usual ver, i see a whole new dimension of tactics that i didnt realize existed
maybe thats why i cant get to C- still -.-

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

May 25 2011 02:28 GMT

#419

Reading this makes me fuckin sad. Savior was so damn good at this game and it was him and Bisu that got me into SC:BW and eSports in general. Fuck you Ma Jae Yoon. If only he didn't do such stupid things and kept innovating...I mean...THESE GAMES D: He was so dominating in his games in his prime it's not even funny.

Great article by Ver. Extremely well written and puts in in perspective. Love the pictures