This is the greatest writeup I've read. Thank you so much for this ! I didn't followed in live the sAviOr era, since I started to follow the pro-gaming scene in 2008. So it's really interesting. I didn't realised how much sAviOr was a monster.

Edit : oh, I wanted to write this in the Part 2 thread. Nevermind I'll write it in both :p

ShiniSama

United States103 Posts

March 28 2013 15:28 GMT

#1143

I re-read this since the second part is out and god damn it is such a good read. I understand why everyone doesn't like sAviOr but he was a genius that was on a COMPLETELY different level than everyone else. Its sad that he isn't allowed to play in any esports anymore, personally I think serving time in jail is punishment enough. Why deny us his (potentially) amazing play because he made a dumb mistake when he was younger. Everyone makes dumb mistakes, and very few actually get punished like he did for it.'

Great read, 10/10 will most likely read again sometime.

Deleted User 268575

146 Posts

April 03 2013 04:55 GMT

#1144

Why is the Luxury vs Leta game on Carthage private? T_T

Gene(S)is

Sweden419 Posts

April 04 2013 17:20 GMT

#1145

I saw a news post about part 2 of this article so I knew I had to read part 1 for my own intrest and im sure glad I did. This article was really intriuging, and I am finally able to grasp just how amazing Savior really was.

Garaman

United States556 Posts

April 07 2013 02:11 GMT

#1146

Despite Savior's scanda... he will always reside in my heart as one of the greatest. I started watching BW when Anytime walked the royal road... and soon thereafter, sAviOr rose to dominance. How he mangled terran was such a joy because too many times has terran denied protoss their glory!

He was a hero to all the races that weren't terran fans... And reading this article made me rewatch some of Jaedong's greatest games (jaedong vs flash Rush hour III)

phagga

Switzerland2194 Posts

May 28 2013 12:37 GMT

#1147

Many of the pictures in the article no longer load. Can you fix this?

Garnet

Vietnam9027 Posts

June 01 2013 02:31 GMT

#1148

wonder what he's doing now...

LightSpectra

United States1640 Posts

June 02 2013 19:13 GMT

#1149

I'd really like to see a write-up of his ZvP and ZvZ

GWdeathscythe

Brazil1091 Posts

July 30 2013 17:42 GMT

#1150

This is one of the writeup I have saved as favorite. When I want to remember the great times of BW I always check this thread, "the famous victories of Lee Jae Dong" and "MBCGame: In Memoriam".

Garaman

United States556 Posts

April 21 2014 18:23 GMT

#1151

On April 07 2013 11:11 Garaman wrote:
Despite Savior's scanda... he will always reside in my heart as one of the greatest. I started watching BW when Anytime walked the royal road... and soon thereafter, sAviOr rose to dominance. How he mangled terran was such a joy because too many times has terran denied protoss their glory!

He was a hero to all the races that weren't terran fans... And reading this article made me rewatch some of Jaedong's greatest games (jaedong vs flash Rush hour III)

Agreed 100%. I started watching the same exact time too as Anytime tore through the OSL in splendid fashion. When he lost to Nada in his second OSL, I was absolutely crushed. When Savior crushed Nada's soul, it was awesome. Despite the fact that he tarnished his legacy with match-fixing, there will always be a spot in my heart because of his pure dominance over the OP race that is terran. The only time I rooted against him was when Nal_ra would play against Savior. There is not a game I cheered on quite as much as Savior vs Nal_ra on Sin Peaks of Beak du (one of the most epic PvZ of all time)

God I miss the days of Anytime, Nal_ra, and Savior. Bisu came along and ruined it all! (It was great to watch Lecaf win their one proleague championship, and seeing Bisu vs Anytime's epic match on Nemesis).

Anyways, scumbag move on Savior, but can't really hate him for the years of joy he brought BW fans worldwide. We needed a villain/hero (depending on what race/who you rooted for), and he really did his job well.

ramon

Germany4842 Posts

May 15 2014 12:46 GMT

#1152

still one of the most beautiful things on tl, should read this at least once a year

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

June 14 2014 16:04 GMT

#1153

The French translation of this article is now finished and will be published at 7pm. You can find it on http://www.clandaerie.com (just click on the last part and at the bottom there is a link to googleDrive). And if that sound to much of advertisement to put the url of my clan website i can just put the googledrive link in the future.

I would like to thanks Ver again for his FANTASTIC article. I will be translating part2 starting next week. (i always cut it in part since it's too long for me to do in one time).

It always pains me that friends of mine that don't get a word of english missed those wonderfull works. So feel free to share French translation of this one to your friends that were dumbass at school :p (like mine).

Long live the maestro for what he was.

ANGELIAS1234

United States46 Posts

June 25 2014 06:10 GMT

#1154

sAviOr should be able to come back. he isnt the only one that did things like that and they came back an there not half as good as sAviOr it so annoying -.-

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

June 25 2014 09:17 GMT

#1155

On June 25 2014 15:10 ANGELIAS1234 wrote:
sAviOr should be able to come back. he isnt the only one that did things like that and they came back an there not half as good as sAviOr it so annoying -.-

You should read the entire story man. Because he is the only one who did things like that.