I actually was looking at some of his old vods on tlpd when he was known as ipxzerg. You can write a book on just his tactics alone. For example in this game from 2005
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/1754_Rhythm_vs_sAviOr/vod
at 40:20, Savior sees rhythm move out so he sends his mutas to rhythm's main to catch his attention and has stop lurkers on the path rhythm will take. At the moment rhythm's attention is on the mutas in his base, Savior attacks with his stop lurkers making sure rhythm's reaction was slower than if he didn't send his mutas. You can see just how well he timed it in the game. Its the little things like this Savior always did which threw his opponents off.

Savior's games are really what helped me approach and look at the game in another way.

razy

Russian Federation899 Posts

May 25 2011 18:20 GMT

#705

On May 26 2011 03:14 mastalampe wrote:
good read
life sentence for matchfixing is way to harsh i think. Considering how young that guy is a five year ban would be more than sufficient.

five year ban is as bad as a life sentence because 24-25 years is the like the most old u can get as a progamer (and u usually start to really suck at about 23). And savior was already close to that age iirc.

Also Koreans said that it is the matter of principle for them.

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

May 25 2011 18:24 GMT

#706

my friend started playing broodwar competitively on iccup a couple months back; he plays zerg, and sometimes we watch old savior VODs together.. and we always wonder

you were so good savior, so good. why'd you throw it all away?

Forumite

Sweden3280 Posts

May 25 2011 18:27 GMT

#707

Very impressive write-up, worthy of a great player.

There are a actually a few low-quality videos of Savior trying SC2, just search on youtube, but I wish he´d try for real.

exog

Norway279 Posts

May 25 2011 18:53 GMT

#708

Tho i know the name, i didnt know much about the man. A good read. And in my personal opinion id love to see him in SC2 and i dont care the least about his past.

Mykill

Canada3402 Posts

May 25 2011 18:56 GMT

#709

great read.
Savior fan always

CosmicHippo

United States547 Posts

May 25 2011 18:57 GMT

#710

this is the best article i've read on teamliquid ever, by far

Sanguinarius

United States3427 Posts

May 25 2011 19:03 GMT

#711

That was an amazing article. Thank you so much for posting it! I am looking forward to part 2

cydereal

United States193 Posts

May 25 2011 19:03 GMT

#712

I was privileged enough to meet Savior at Blizzcon a few years ago, along with Effort and Skyhigh. He was a big part of why my interest in Brood War was rekindled. Even though his downfall was of his own design, I do feel bad that he will never again compete.

Very much like Pete Rose in baseball. Epic talent overshadowed by bad decisions.

Flowjo

United States928 Posts

May 25 2011 19:04 GMT

#713

On May 25 2011 21:06 GTR wrote:

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My god that was brilliant <3 It's okay though I've replaced you in my heart with Nestea!

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

May 25 2011 19:10 GMT

#714

Ma jae yoon, whyyyyyy

Some wounds will never heal

Byyk

457 Posts

May 25 2011 19:12 GMT

#715

Savior, the greatest player this game will ever have.

Semtext

Germany287 Posts

May 25 2011 19:15 GMT

#716

even though i didnt like zerg and i still dont like zerg, i have never learnt as much about BW zerg play as from reading only half of this article. a goddamn great writeup. reminds me of the firebathero article, which turned me into a FBH fan. not that this one could turn me to the swarm, but i definetly like them creepflingers more now that i am starting to get a grasp of what it is about.

Avius

Iraq1796 Posts

May 25 2011 19:21 GMT

#717

I miss him.

Great article!

Mobius

Canada1268 Posts

May 25 2011 19:29 GMT

#718

I liked majaeyoon more than broodwar im pretty sure lol
still do too. i think its stupid that people hate him now and think that he owed them something.. :S

My favourite game from him was vs nada on arkanoid [game 2 cj superfight 3]

timtwins

United States49 Posts

May 25 2011 19:31 GMT

#719

wow, great article, thanks

Siniyas

Germany66 Posts

May 25 2011 19:33 GMT

#720

Greatest article of all times. Man i remember when zulu posted saviors 3 hatch build. I immiedietly adapated it. I had guardians and defilers, before the terran could even blink. But i still barely won because my defiler control sucked so much

When i saw a game of savior vs someone, i didnt think," Is he going to win or lose?", i always thought
"How is he going to rape his opponent this time?".

Also his run through OSL was sooooooOO awesome. Facing terran after terran on these disgusting maps. Greatest feat in history