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Transparent
Profile Joined June 2011
42 Posts
August 27 2012 20:02 GMT
#61
What a great read and to greener pastures for the faded star
You can never be too precise!
dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
August 27 2012 20:05 GMT
#62
Great analysis. Next one NesTea?
Roggay
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland6320 Posts
August 27 2012 20:06 GMT
#63
Great writeup! Amazing read.

On a side note, I laughed so much when I saw Artosis in the booth in that last video ahah.
cywait
Profile Joined December 2010
United States10 Posts
August 27 2012 20:07 GMT
#64
FD is the main reason I started playing SC2. I'll never forget his brilliance.
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
August 27 2012 20:09 GMT
#65
Great read! Especially for someone who didn't know about GSL until season 2...
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
August 27 2012 20:11 GMT
#66
Is Fruitdealer still involved with Startale now that the Lol team has disbanded?

OT: Awesome article
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
RoninShogun
Profile Joined November 2010
United States315 Posts
August 27 2012 20:11 GMT
#67
Fruitdealer was simply amazingly crazy. 6 pool on Kulas? NOT BAD. How about a Nydus on the same map? Yeah, did that too. In the grand finals.
Good write up
Artosis: Yeah I was gonna probe rush but someone did that yesterday
Full.tilt
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom1709 Posts
August 27 2012 20:13 GMT
#68
I hadn't watched that Fruitdealer video for at least a month, thanks for the reminder :D

Nice article, the first should always be remembered
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
August 27 2012 20:13 GMT
#69
On August 28 2012 04:22 MrPuff wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2012 04:14 HolydaKing wrote:
The Traitor: He went to LoL

Ah just kidding, he just didn't play well anymore so it's understandable. Nice article! :D


I do not agree that "he just didn't play well anymore". As mention in the article, he had no will to adopt, and so he left to play somthing else. I thought the same about Idra (that he had no will to adopt, and he will stop playing) but he proved me wrong latley.


Not playing well anymore and not willing to adapt are the same thing.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
August 27 2012 20:14 GMT
#70
Against all odds:

Fruitdealer
banelings
intOx_HH
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States30 Posts
August 27 2012 20:15 GMT
#71
TL;DRM

drm-didn't read most ;D

User was warned for this post
There's no time, man!
Flonomenalz
Profile Joined May 2011
Nigeria3519 Posts
August 27 2012 20:16 GMT
#72
FRUITDEALER WILL ALWAYS BE MY GOD
I love crazymoving
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44210 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-27 20:18:35
August 27 2012 20:18 GMT
#73
I do miss him... him tearing apart Rainbow in the finals was just amazing back then *-*

Thanks for the write-up, guys!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Bamm
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden279 Posts
August 27 2012 20:19 GMT
#74
FruitDealer such a legend .... Nice write up , hope for more sometime!
Bamm and the dirt is gone!
enemy2010
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1972 Posts
August 27 2012 20:20 GMT
#75
Man, those were the times :D

lol, seems like decades have passed, but it's just two years ago...

:')
1on1 auf azze no he no flash no awp only holztor. | Ja, da meint der ich hätt' abgeschmatzt, aber dat is Quatsch, verstehste?
GrandMaster_07
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Peru52 Posts
August 27 2012 20:24 GMT
#76
This guy had very innovative play. He also dealt me some fruit.
I am owning.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32740 Posts
August 27 2012 20:24 GMT
#77
What a great article, really reflects the time invested on it. Sad seeing the fall of such a great player who simply refused to adapt, but we still have so much to respect and owe to FD.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-27 20:26:44
August 27 2012 20:26 GMT
#78
Fruit Dealer in a way was a Boxer of SC2. He showed that weakest race can be strongest if played properly(and Zerg at that time had much lower winnings than sad zealot/marine times). Its true that at that time his opponents didn't know how to counter inefficient nowadays style of "teching to everything". But his tactical plays made it possible. Kinda like Boxer used his dropships and micro tactics.

The way he foresaw HopeTorture's drop play and prepared roaches near gold base on Kulas Revine made my jaw drop. It was fun period in SC2.
Stork[gm]
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
August 27 2012 20:28 GMT
#79
Amazing how much the game has changed in so little time.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
August 27 2012 20:29 GMT
#80
Until Leenock won the recent MLG, Fruitdealer was still ranked top-10 in SC2 earnings.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
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