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phyllis
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark41 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-25 22:47:16
May 25 2011 22:46 GMT
#761
Oh my god. This is the best article I've read for a long time. I have Always been a (Z)sAviOr fan. And I truly think that he is the best player ever. He managed to defeat the best terrans on imbalanced maps. (Z)sAviOr is the Maestro of zerg.

And this is a very good read to someone new to BW.
Bisu ♥
wristuzi
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom1168 Posts
May 25 2011 22:51 GMT
#762
great read, tyvm ^^
MarineKingPrime ¯\_(シ)_/¯ // Naniwa ¯\_(シ)_/¯ // Morrow
tobi9999
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1966 Posts
May 25 2011 22:59 GMT
#763
I've always respected Savior's play and I was well aware of all this before reading the article xD

However, I don't think any Zerg player can come close to what Jaedong is. Jaedong's 81% winrate in ZvZ is just unmatchable, not only was is his style but unable to copied no matter how much people try. Furthermore, Jaedong held a 70%~ win rate against protoss AFTER Bisu's PvZ revolution while savior just crumbled. I understand Savior was the master of tactics while Jaedong is more of a master of INSANE multitasking that makes many A class players that play him look like idiots, but I cannot help but like Jaedong's highlight videos better than savior's

Jaedong Highlights
"tobi is ur iq 9999? cuz i think it might be u so smart wowowow." -Artosis
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
May 25 2011 23:00 GMT
#764
There's absolutely no need to start any ''X is greater than Savior!''-stuff in this thread.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
May 25 2011 23:02 GMT
#765
On May 26 2011 07:46 Ack1027 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2011 07:40 semantics wrote:
Well i go back to it's much more impressive to be a big fish in a small pond then it is to be a big fish in a ocean. Undoubtedly current sc is much more competitive then it was in 2006 as that was true in 2004 an 2001 the scene changes over time and people get better. I bet in 2007 any person that could do C+ in iccup could beat any pro pre 2003, does that invalidate ppl like yellow, boxer, nada, july? during those times? Savior seemed much bigger i suppose the hype was much better back then relative to what is currently going on. With all gaming scene it's all about the hype and savior had it up the yahoo.


So it's more impressive to stand out in a pool of less people?
The first part about competitiveness is correct, but it does not invalidate people like Yellow, boxer, nada, july.

Yellow: If you like savior how can you not like Yellow. He stood as the one successful zerg against the odds for much longer than Savior. Maybe not the #1 champion but he was the only one challenging Terrans for a long time. He was the model for playing against the odds.

Boxer: Seriously don't think I need to explain why Boxer is invalid within your assumption.

Nada: Most successful ever for the longest ever. More succesful than Savior. Cannot be argued.

July: FIRST Zerg to win a starleague.That is beating the odds. Oh btw he won a golden mouse, something Savior doesn't have nor looked to be able to do if you follow his ridiculous slump.



You're misunderstanding everybody else and being blinded by your rage at him for the betting scandal, nobody is arguing that savior was more dominant than Flash, but Flash was dominant on amazing terran maps where the only other really really good top players were Jaedong, stork bisu and fantasy. While Savior was up against Midas, Oov, Nada, Iris, casy and more who were all just as good relative to their era as jaedong stork bisu and fantasy.

As for your argument about july and yellow, neither of them were DOMINANT, july was close but yellow certainly wasn't, savior however was.

Do not take this as me bashing those players, I'm simply saying you're not giving savior enough credit. What he did was amazing during its time.
If you're implying that Flash's competition would beat those people now, well yeah of course he would, flash is in his prime (a little past but still) while these players have all passed their respective primes.
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ArchDC
Profile Joined May 2011
Malaysia1996 Posts
May 25 2011 23:05 GMT
#766
Truly fantastic article, brings back memories.
Caos2
Profile Joined November 2008
United States1728 Posts
May 25 2011 23:09 GMT
#767
Excellent article, thanks!
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-25 23:17:32
May 25 2011 23:13 GMT
#768
On May 26 2011 07:46 Ack1027 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2011 07:40 semantics wrote:
Well i go back to it's much more impressive to be a big fish in a small pond then it is to be a big fish in a ocean. Undoubtedly current sc is much more competitive then it was in 2006 as that was true in 2004 an 2001 the scene changes over time and people get better. I bet in 2007 any person that could do C+ in iccup could beat any pro pre 2003, does that invalidate ppl like yellow, boxer, nada, july? during those times? Savior seemed much bigger i suppose the hype was much better back then relative to what is currently going on. With all gaming scene it's all about the hype and savior had it up the yahoo.

So it's more impressive to stand out in a pool of less people?
The first part about competitiveness is correct, but it does not invalidate people like Yellow, boxer, nada, july.

Yellow: If you like savior how can you not like Yellow. He stood as the one successful zerg against the odds for much longer than Savior. Maybe not the #1 champion but he was the only one challenging Terrans for a long time. He was the model for playing against the odds.

Boxer: Seriously don't think I need to explain why Boxer is invalid within your assumption.

Nada: Most successful ever for the longest ever. More succesful than Savior. Cannot be argued.

July: FIRST Zerg to win a starleague.That is beating the odds. Oh btw he won a golden mouse, something Savior doesn't have nor looked to be able to do if you follow his ridiculous slump.

july is an oddity he has short bursts of brilliance but he could never hold it months on end. Yellow has the nicknames like silver farmer and king of silver, which is what i used to call stork but apparently he's better now :D I like a lot of the old zerg's like Oversky and H.O.T-Forever are two of the fav's blackman, yellow, ynarc, savior, july, saint etc. I enjoy alot of the one hit wonders like casy or sync v-gundam because they had change how the game was played a bit in their own ways even if they couldn't keep up after their strategies were dismantled.

I was posing a question that was rhetorical the obvious answer was no it doesn't cheapen what people did during those times. Just like Babe Ruth's accomplishments aren't less because we use different balls bats or w.e and parts of the game has changed. All i was saying is that savior had a very very large fan base and his matches had a lot of build up. Which may not be the best player in stats ever but he was at that time all i said is that his hype was bigger then flash's which holds better in peoples memories.

When people talk about the best player of all time they talk about their influence to the sport what they brought to the table that no one else before them did and savior did that and then some. Not just stats because we all know the newer players watched and studied what people did in the past and once was deemed impressive is now standard so just to compare one or two things would always leave the older generations in the dust nostalgia will never allow.

I'm simply saying you're not giving savior enough credit. What he did was amazing during its time.
orangepie
Profile Joined March 2011
United States24 Posts
May 25 2011 23:19 GMT
#769
If there is one main thing i learned from this, it is that science vessels counter ultras, guardians, defilers, AND can kill all your drones in 2 seconds. Poor zergs...
Foxx1
Profile Joined April 2011
United States57 Posts
May 25 2011 23:27 GMT
#770
Any VoDS on the fixed games?
diehilde
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany1596 Posts
May 25 2011 23:41 GMT
#771
savior forever!! he made me wake up early to watch all of his games and Im damn glad I did it. He delivered the most epic moments of any sports i have ever watched and he did it constantly. I will remember that Iris game on Neo Arkanoid until I die, I seriously was sweating and had tears in my eyes when he finally pulled the win after like 20 situations where any other zerg would have been toast. You may argue that there are better people around nowadays, but to this day there hasnt been ANYONE coming even close to the level of entertainment he provided in his games imo.
Savior: "I will cheat everyone again in SC2!" - SCII Beta Tester
Zeborg
Profile Joined November 2010
107 Posts
May 25 2011 23:43 GMT
#772
Amazing. SC1 is such a tactical game.
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
May 25 2011 23:54 GMT
#773
On May 26 2011 07:59 tobi9999 wrote:
I've always respected Savior's play and I was well aware of all this before reading the article xD

However, I don't think any Zerg player can come close to what Jaedong is. Jaedong's 81% winrate in ZvZ is just unmatchable, not only was is his style but unable to copied no matter how much people try. Furthermore, Jaedong held a 70%~ win rate against protoss AFTER Bisu's PvZ revolution while savior just crumbled. I understand Savior was the master of tactics while Jaedong is more of a master of INSANE multitasking that makes many A class players that play him look like idiots, but I cannot help but like Jaedong's highlight videos better than savior's

Jaedong Highlights

But where is your jaedong = dictator hype vids.


who else could capture fans hearts like savior could
tGFuRy
Profile Joined September 2010
United States537 Posts
May 26 2011 00:11 GMT
#774
Wonderful article good job! I love the deep analysis of Savior and his play style and what he did to the game. It is really to bad he had to go and fix games. He did so much for starcraft why did he HAVE to cheat!? ;/
Always a Gamer
QuickSilver7
Profile Joined May 2011
Russian Federation69 Posts
May 26 2011 00:14 GMT
#775
What a fantastic article. I never played broodwar so it's a fun insight into the genius of a player who could put such an amazing record together.
mmdmmd
Profile Joined June 2007
722 Posts
May 26 2011 00:34 GMT
#776
In Chinese SC community, Savior is known as the grandfather of "delayed attack".
Murderotica
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Vatican City State2594 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-26 00:46:32
May 26 2011 00:42 GMT
#777
On May 26 2011 08:54 semantics wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2011 07:59 tobi9999 wrote:
I've always respected Savior's play and I was well aware of all this before reading the article xD

However, I don't think any Zerg player can come close to what Jaedong is. Jaedong's 81% winrate in ZvZ is just unmatchable, not only was is his style but unable to copied no matter how much people try. Furthermore, Jaedong held a 70%~ win rate against protoss AFTER Bisu's PvZ revolution while savior just crumbled. I understand Savior was the master of tactics while Jaedong is more of a master of INSANE multitasking that makes many A class players that play him look like idiots, but I cannot help but like Jaedong's highlight videos better than savior's

Jaedong Highlights

But where is your jaedong = dictator hype vids.



^ Eng sub of my favorite one of those videos
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Scooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States747 Posts
May 26 2011 00:44 GMT
#778
Came back from a year-long posting hiatus just to say that this is one of the best articles I've read not just on starcraft, but on gaming ever. Hats off to you matey~
My unblocks gets yo curleh mustache wet のωの
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8063 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-26 00:54:45
May 26 2011 00:54 GMT
#779
Really nice article.

It amuses me how much blind hate people really have for this guy, even though, in my opinion, wasn't really that bad. Its not like he was butchering babies.

I really wish they would let up his ban when his probation is over..if only to let us see one more amazing game.
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
May 26 2011 01:04 GMT
#780
On May 26 2011 09:54 Excludos wrote:
Really nice article.

It amuses me how much blind hate people really have for this guy, even though, in my opinion, wasn't really that bad. Its not like he was butchering babies.

I really wish they would let up his ban when his probation is over..if only to let us see one more amazing game.


What he did was indeed horrible, he potentially ruined the entire credibility of professional broodwar by convincing other pros to get into match fixing. HOWEVER it doesn't make his accomplishments and contributions any less.
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