Wonderful article, Ver; absolutely brilliant. The analysis was just so spot on, and everything you described about savior's tactics were so easily seen after you described them. Honestly, I'm at a loss for words, because this article was just so mind-blowing. Fantastic job, Ver. You sir, are one of the most brilliant analytical minds, if not the most, I've seen on this site. =D

TheRealNanMan

United States1471 Posts

May 25 2011 02:34 GMT

#422

Thank you for this Ver! This is with out a doubt one of the BEST BW articles ever written! I'm so glad you were able to bring this bit of history to everyone!

blankspace

United States292 Posts

May 25 2011 02:36 GMT

#423

This is a fantastic article and brings back many good memories. When I first got into bw it was when savior was at his peak. I remember watching his big bo5 against iris live, that was intense. And then bisu and ugh fbh (fuck fbh) and the occasional hope that he would come back to dominance. Although I don't watch bw anymore (and not sc2) it was great time.

bovi

Japan208 Posts

May 25 2011 02:43 GMT

#424

thanks so much for writing this. I've always wondered what made savior such a good player/champion since i wasnt into sc then.

Jaddzilla

United States111 Posts

May 25 2011 02:43 GMT

#425

I grew up cheering for Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine. I cheered for both Mark Maquire and Barry Bonds when they were Bonjwa in baseball. And I cheered for Savior and his amazing style of play, my favorite zerg since Yellow and ogogo emerged.

But still, after a year, I still have a bitter taste in my mouth when I think the scandal.

Incredible article, and honestly, I look forward to part two.

Still, I haven't forgotten the complete disappointment I felt when I found out he was involved. Hopefully time will change that eventually.

Thereisnosaurus

Australia1822 Posts

May 25 2011 02:46 GMT

#426

incredible article, reminds me once again just how deep and hot the spirit of BW runs through the community. This wouldn't be out of place in one of the best analytical sports publications

pieisamazing

United States1234 Posts

May 25 2011 02:47 GMT

#427

Oh my... it just keeps going... and going.... and going

thanks a ton for this

johanngrunt

Hong Kong1555 Posts

May 25 2011 02:48 GMT

#428

Took me about an hour to read. OMG. Didn't know BW was AS deep as that.

RaLakedaimon

United States1564 Posts

May 25 2011 02:49 GMT

#429

Wish I had been around the competitive BW scene when Savior was kicking butt and sadly wasn't, thank you for this excellent article filling me in on some blanks as to why he was such a great player! :D

ayababa

Australia347 Posts

May 25 2011 02:49 GMT

#430

excellent article. it was great to get an in depth look at this game play.

I dont think he should be banned from playing sc2, yes its the sequel to SCBW.. but in truth its a completely different game.. it would be like a rugby league player getting kicked out of the game. then simply just moving to rugby union... another example would be soccer to galic football.

my 2 cents.

ReaperX

Hong Kong1758 Posts

May 25 2011 02:49 GMT

#431

mis sAvior, would be cool if they lifted the ban off gsl

akomatic

156 Posts

May 25 2011 02:51 GMT

#432

The Savior-Iris bo5 in ShinHan Bank OSL 2006 Season 3 hooked me on pro BW.

This was a great read, thank you!

zappa372

Chile365 Posts

May 25 2011 02:51 GMT

#433

This article is just the best thing I ever read in this site. Period

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

May 25 2011 02:52 GMT

#434

this is probably one of the best articles I've read on TL in quite some time. Very very well done I'm still reading it...

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

May 25 2011 02:55 GMT

#435

freaking SICK writeup
And yeah, I think one reason it was so big (besides the fact it was cheating) is that a big name like Savior had been involved
Savior may have done some bad things, but was he one sick player or what

wurm

Philippines2296 Posts

May 25 2011 02:56 GMT

#436

Man Savior. You are the reason why I play Zerg. I miss the Maestro. T_T

Excellent article. I nostalgia'd hard.

skullhoof

Korea (North)835 Posts

May 25 2011 02:56 GMT

#437

This epic genius end his career in the worst possible way, I almost want to cry when I think of that.

hmmm...

632 Posts

May 25 2011 02:57 GMT

#438

reading this article made me realize just how complex and beautiful BW is...

i really feel it's the players who determine the balance: blizzard shouldn't have taken out/nerfed so many things in sc2 to oblivion which only lessens the complexity of the game.

Dont-Panic

Germany567 Posts

May 25 2011 02:59 GMT

#439

What a great article. I love how you get into the tactical and strategical nuances to explain explicitly what made him so good and why he was ahead of his time.

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

May 25 2011 03:00 GMT

#440

wow its been 1 year already

sick article