I think this was one of the biggest moral boosts that BW could have seen. It was because of this series that i didn't lose all my faith in BW. seriously, do you think a majority of BW fans would have stayed and continued fighting for this game had lets say fanta won in 3-0 and jangbi didn't even pull up a fight? No. Every single one of these games were pure brilliance (except maybe game 2).

BW FIGHTING!!! GOGOGO FlaSh. Rape everyone next OSL!

Finskie

Sweden412 Posts

October 05 2011 00:14 GMT

#42

I recived a single text after the OSL-finals was done. I wont say who it was from but it contained the following message:

"LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO"

Heo Yeong Moo fighting~

bearbuddy

3442 Posts

October 05 2011 00:15 GMT

#43

On October 05 2011 09:05 Seraphic wrote:
Bisu is still in the MSL. (If or when it starts.) As everyone else big are in MSL aside from Stork. (If I remember correctly Bisu knocked Stork out???) Flash is there, Fantasy, Jangbi too I believe, and JD?

MSL is going to be great. When/if it starts.

Edit: Nope Stork is still there. So ya this MSL is looking very nice at the moment.

Wait. What?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=240452

TBone-

United States2309 Posts

October 05 2011 00:16 GMT

#44

i looooooove you bw

saltywet

Hong Kong1316 Posts

October 05 2011 00:22 GMT

#45

battle report 1: only an avid SKT fan could think that fantasy could win with marines, especially against protoss

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

October 05 2011 00:26 GMT

#46

TeamLiquid should start selling ESPORTS-branded tissues. I know I need some right now after reading this.

Also, wait, there were soO fans? You'd never guess from the vs. JangBi preview and LR threads.

VGhost

United States3606 Posts

October 05 2011 00:28 GMT

#47

On October 05 2011 08:43 whatusername wrote:

Show nested quote +

that part was a joke

Then I supposed I have fulfilled a vital part of TL's healthy posting for the day...

...being the guy who falls for the troll.

stork4ever

United States1036 Posts

October 05 2011 00:53 GMT

#48

Bisu....please win....jangbi has showed you the way, go fucking carriers

Existential

Australia2107 Posts

October 05 2011 00:58 GMT

#49

Great write up and thanks! I've missed BW write ups

MuffinDude

United States3837 Posts

October 05 2011 00:59 GMT

#50

Yay, the write up is finally out. And it seems like someone needs to take a chill pill >.>

Canadium

Canada171 Posts

October 05 2011 01:01 GMT

#51

This OSL finals was historic. BW is magic.... Great write up. <3 you guys.

phyren

United States1067 Posts

October 05 2011 01:10 GMT

#52

All while reading this I was basically thinking exactly what the last segment said. OSL is the pinnacle. Everything from the intros to the reaction shots to the story lines.

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

October 05 2011 01:11 GMT

#53

JangBi appeared to be incapable of PvT.

oh you had to...

The incoming season has ALL potential to be one of the best seasons skill-wise in modern BW, when Flash returns after surgury, Jaedong fixes his zvz, Bisu dont die in preliminaries and will probably rock PL, Jangbi holds his current shape, Stork quits cellphone games(;D) the list goes on: Fantasy, Hydra, Killer, BaBy ...

Yes there are some bad things happening, but i think over-all the best stays: players. New sponsons will invigorate teams and players. Rumours of dream-team as replacement of OZ/Fox/mbc(?) seem to be just a lesser evil but in reality it could improve general skill alocation in teams.

After this finals there is no possibilites that BW can die, sponsors realized that, and we realized. Its beautiful.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

October 05 2011 01:24 GMT

#54

Awesome writeup guys. Jangbi is the only progamer other than Flash I have ever cried for when he finally won a starleague.

Oh and BW 4 LYFE!

NationInArms

United States1553 Posts

October 05 2011 01:29 GMT

#55

"Mandate of Heaven" also reminds me of Ender's Shadow. XD

BW for live!

UTL_Unlimited

Korea (South)353 Posts

October 05 2011 01:52 GMT

#56

To me one of the sickest moment of that entire series with jangbi vs fantasy was when the commentators announced just before the final gg how the wind was blowing once more, and in alignment with the legend of the fall, it's as if God really was pushing Jangbi to win.

I don't know, just a small little thing that gave me so much nerd chills and tears

Kraznaya

United States3711 Posts

October 05 2011 01:56 GMT

#57

lol kwark please be more biased in your match report

jangbi winning is not "frustrating" for the vast majority of the community, ty

No player captured the hearts and minds of players quite like soO did in his inspirational Royal Road run. Given his consistently awe-inspiring play, it’s not hard to understand how he became everyone's underdog favorite. soO quickly became a hero for Zerg and SKT fans alike, two fan bases tragically deprived of top players to rally around these days.

lolololol as if any real zerg fans were actually rooting for soO over killer. what a joke.

corumjhaelen

France6884 Posts

October 05 2011 02:03 GMT

#58

Thank fucking god for Kwark bringing a bit of sense back to TL. I'm just not really sure about your analysis of game 3, and you might be a bit too nice with Fanta in game 5, and not enough with Jangbi (but to think some people thought of it as the best game 5 ever... one will need a few more restrictions to make that work).
And I'm also not that sure as Flash being the best player of the tournament, as his last 2 games were unimpressive. I'm not exactly sure about what he showed before though, so you might be right. And I'm not considering his injury...
The soO joke was excellent too, and the overall write-up very good. Pretty incredible even. Cheers !

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

October 05 2011 02:05 GMT

#59

Even after all that, some people still don't believe. That's fine with me.
Thanks for the writeup.

a176

Canada6688 Posts

October 05 2011 02:07 GMT

#60

Jangbi's entire journey through the OSL is a story for the ages.

Even beginning at the preliminaries, he was facing certain elimination going 0-2 against soo; only to have to fight through both Zero and Leta (and classic) to win a wildcard spot. He did breeze through ODT, but was again facing elimination in the Ro16, and again had to go a tie breaker, coming out victorious over Baby and Calm.

His fight was not yet over, after drawing Flash of all people in the next bracket.
And even at the semis, he had to face the one player who nearly eliminated him out of the tournament many months ago, soo.

And then the finals ... going carriers versus terran, and not even a storm was cast that day.

It just leaves you in awe.