On February 13 2011 16:28 Ver wrote:
Savior has influenced Zerg more than oov has Terran. oov has innovated much more than anyone yes, but the presence of Boxer/Nada/Midas/Flash have diluted the impact of oov's creations. Terran would still be awesome even without oov. With oov they are utter monsters. However, for Zerg, Savior completely changed everything.

Pre-Savior titles (2000-2005):

P: 8
T: 17
Z: 3

3/28 (11%)

Savior and Beyond (2005-Present):

P: 4
T: 6
Z: 15

15/25 (60%)

This is not 100% updated but I don't know when I did it and don't want to relook at everything. Suffice to say if you add a few more T titles and 1 or 2 more Z titles it still looks absurd.

Protoss hasn't really had any players of their caliber: the closest are Kingdom rA Reach and Stork but none are anywhere remotely comparable in ability or impact. I feel like the lack of such a dominant thinker has severely crippled Protoss evolution their entire history and is why they are so underrepresented title wise.

I'll just leave this here

hint hint

TheGlassface

United States612 Posts

August 04 2011 21:12 GMT

#988

part 2 go go go!

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

August 07 2011 08:43 GMT

#989

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I DREW U FACE NOW U PUBLISH. YOU PUBLISH NOW!

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Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

hadhubhi

30 Posts

August 09 2011 04:50 GMT

#990

The central principle that all of the maneuvering tactics are based around is simply having more, properly placed units at the right place at the right time. Despite being almost always outnumbered, Savior generally had the upper hand when the two sides came to a clash.

This is actually the essence of Napoleon's genius. Through clever (and bold) maneuvering, Napoleon would attack (and beat) much larger (think coalitions of multiple nations) armies by pinning one and attacking the other (even as early as 1796, see the battles of Lonato and Castiglione). And even in terms of grand tactics, this was a fundamental insight that he had. He would stretch out the enemy through careful flanking, enabling a strong attack on a weak 'hinge' of the battle lines. I think it says a lot about the beautiful depth and complexity of Starcraft that you can see a lot of this same strategic/tactical stuff evolving within it.

This TLFE is absolutely top-notch, and I'm very much looking forward to the next part.

JMave

Singapore1806 Posts

August 09 2011 09:18 GMT

#991

I never fully appreciated Savior's contributions and accomplishments until re-reading this article a few times. This article was more than a great job. Phenomenal job infact.

Can't wait for part 2.

ShinySleepy

Philippines80 Posts

August 12 2011 10:09 GMT

#992

When will Part 2 come out?

AnxiousHippo

Australia1451 Posts

August 13 2011 03:53 GMT

#993

Lol, poor Probe1. Put him out of his misery!

Zeevo

148 Posts

August 14 2011 08:55 GMT

#994

The world will never know of the immense potential that was Savior

nimdil

Poland3764 Posts

August 18 2011 12:34 GMT

#995

It's time for the Part 2. It takes Way too long for it to come out.

Kudos to (Z)

sAviOr

semantics

10040 Posts

August 20 2011 22:47 GMT

#996

I check back in final edits alias my hopes dashed for another month.

intrigue

Washington, D.C9935 Posts

August 21 2011 05:57 GMT

#997

same. part 2 pleaseeee

sabas123

Netherlands3122 Posts

August 24 2011 21:58 GMT

#998

great topic to learn his style even its standert know, they still dont know why and how to must do it!!:D great peice of information, cant wait on the second