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Hirmu
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Finland850 Posts
May 25 2011 17:56 GMT
#701
On May 26 2011 02:40 zXk3 wrote:
I WILL ONLY SAY THIS ONCE, FUCK YOU!!! YOU KNOW IM WEAK TO MA JAE JOON

I miss you Savior, i really do

We are the same
Blackou
Profile Joined April 2010
France38 Posts
May 25 2011 17:57 GMT
#702
impressive work and very interesting read
mastalampe
Profile Joined March 2011
Switzerland3 Posts
May 25 2011 18:14 GMT
#703
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.
mastalampe
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-25 18:32:47
May 25 2011 18:19 GMT
#704
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.
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
razy
Profile Joined February 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
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?
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Forumite
Profile Joined February 2011
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.
:3
exog
Profile Joined April 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
May 25 2011 18:56 GMT
#709
great read.
Savior fan always
[~~The Impossible Leads To Invention~~] CJ Entusman #52 The problem with internet quotations is that they are hard to verify -Abraham Lincoln c.1863
CosmicHippo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States547 Posts
May 25 2011 18:57 GMT
#710
this is the best article i've read on teamliquid ever, by far
Yeah i've got your zerg riiiight here! *gulps beer*
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
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
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
cydereal
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
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
Profile Joined March 2011
United States928 Posts
May 25 2011 19:04 GMT
#713
On May 25 2011 21:06 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2011 20:42 Highways wrote:
Awesome article.

I remember downloading every sAviOr ZvT win during his peak. My favourite move from him was that double mind trick stop lurkers, where he only used stop lurkers below the ramp and placed two lurkers above the ramp. His opponent sent a scouting marine and saw two lurkers above the ramp and assumed it was safe and went into the hold lurkers below the ramp. It was vs an unknown player, cant remember who.

Also agree T>>>>>>>>>Z




My god that was brilliant <3 It's okay though I've replaced you in my heart with Nestea!
IMNestea's biggest fan.
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
May 25 2011 19:10 GMT
#714
Ma jae yoon, whyyyyyy

Some wounds will never heal
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
Byyk
Profile Joined December 2004
457 Posts
May 25 2011 19:12 GMT
#715
Savior, the greatest player this game will ever have.
Ma Jae Yoon, sAviOr, the greatest player of all time.
Semtext
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
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.
http://de.twitch.tv/semtext | FBH, Socke, WhiteRa, GoOdy, TLO
Avius
Profile Joined October 2007
Iraq1796 Posts
May 25 2011 19:21 GMT
#717
I miss him.

Great article!
aka. Samael
Mobius
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
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]
Entusman #51
timtwins
Profile Joined October 2010
United States49 Posts
May 25 2011 19:31 GMT
#719
wow, great article, thanks
Siniyas
Profile Joined January 2011
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
Let it rip
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