epic writeup of a legendary finals. I agree, this belongs in the class of the finest match reporting.

SC is amazing how it keeps changing, showing us new. Some amazing all time moments even after so many years. july's transcendent unit control, the huge corsair vs muta/scourge clash, the templar storms, the ultralisk stampede. They could make a movie out of this set

Sinedd

Poland7052 Posts

July 14 2008 19:43 GMT

#42

thats a NIIICE article !!! And very loong 2 :D Well maybe im a protoss player , but JulyZerg just deserved to win ! And he winned ! WOHOO ! :D

Sr18

Netherlands1141 Posts

July 14 2008 19:47 GMT

#43

Great writeup for a great final.

I disagree on the BackHo = OneHitWonder and Best = Best Protoss. I don't think there is much between the two at the moment. Best got really lucky in the semi-final against Luxury, while BackHo just reached another semi-final in the GSL.

Pacer

Canada38 Posts

July 14 2008 20:00 GMT

#44

I don't get the BackHo hate. He's performing very well, and seems to have a high level of comfort when the pressure is on. He just walked over stork in the GSL to make another semi-final...

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

July 14 2008 20:41 GMT

#45

"the flair of Bisu"
I doubht best has it. He still needs some work and intuitions.

In game 3 the lurkers are absolutely amazing, you should give them more credits.

nofAcedAgent

United States952 Posts

July 14 2008 21:15 GMT

#46

nice battle reports plexa, my only gripe is the use of the word "miracle" in the opening. July took this with merciless, cold hard skill. No divine powers here friend..

Cheers

- to another great OSL - Brood war is alive and well..indeed.

EDIT: 'wow ur names all red and stuff =D' - well deserved.
Oh, and for the record, I didnt "feel" for best. (>

)

RushWifDietCoke

United States488 Posts

July 14 2008 21:18 GMT

#47

Thanks Plexa, great article!

On July 14 2008 23:07 Metallingus wrote:
Great read! Captures the whole essence of the series. And yeah, can't help but feel for BeSt when he took his second place check. Hopefully he can bounce back from his losses and become even better. Flash and Jaedong are definitely going to be his biggest challenges next season.

I couldn't agree more.

funkie

Venezuela9374 Posts

July 14 2008 21:18 GMT

#48

HELL YEAH.

GO TUSHIN.

WOOOOOOOOOOOJA

sqwert

United States781 Posts

July 14 2008 21:31 GMT

#49

u need an editor

Wizard

Poland5055 Posts

July 14 2008 21:42 GMT

#50

excellent write-up Plexa, your articles were wonderful the entire seasons!

and thanks to all staff who make such awesome coverage possible! : ]

Kuja900

United States3564 Posts

July 14 2008 21:55 GMT

#51

im on a trip for college credit atm so couldnt watch this live but anyone whos seen me post at all knows im the biggest july fan your ever going to find and i actually drowned in a sea of my own juices watching this series, great write up plexa this has been my dream since the july v rock game got me into SC, and to do it in game 3 with macro sauron style to boot i feel soooo satisfied its rediculous omg

Illuvatar

254 Posts

July 14 2008 22:14 GMT

#52

First thank you very much for this extremely well done write-up!

and then

WOW!!! July did it, it's so overwhelming to see this player, who already got me in total awe when he was first rising, win the golden mouse! This actually got me back into watching SC .
Park Jung Sun fighting forever and just rolling over his enemies!

ScarFace

United States1175 Posts

July 14 2008 23:50 GMT

#53

I don't agree with a few things on here. I don't think for a second that Best has the best pvz as of now, that is clearly Kal's territory. Nor do I think Best lost because he wasn't prepared for Julys ferociousness. I mean, thats what July is known for. Obviously he took this into account. If he didn't, hes a fool. If he did, and ended up losing, its because he wasn't good enough. Thats like saying xx lost to OOV because they weren't prepared for his macro, xx lost to flash because they weren't prepared for his fully upgraded push, and so on.

Best could not cope with Julys early game push, because Best just aint that good in pvz. We saw it against Luxury as well. Best has great macro, and great pvp and pvt, but like Stork, falls short in pvz. I think by next season he will turn it around- he looks better than stork ever has, to be honest- but considering how strong his other match ups are....his pvz is just kind of 'meh'.

Otherwise a very well written article, I enjoyed it. Man did July look good! :o

eazo

United States530 Posts

July 14 2008 23:59 GMT

#54

Great writeup, even after watching the games twice, it was still very interesting! Good stuff

disciple

9070 Posts

July 15 2008 00:09 GMT

#55

the PvZ is completely different thing from the PvT and PvP ... its more likely for a protoss to have strong vT and vP but to sucks in the MU vs zerg. Thats why Bisu is the greatest out there and will be the greatest that will ever be, simply because he can beat any opponent in every MU... I hate to say it but a day will come when the ppl will talk about BeSt "Remember the best-guy ?- yeah, sure he had kickass PvT and PvP but sucked in the PvZ just like...how was his name? Jangbi? No, dude, stork".... I hope, I really hope Best proves that I'm wrong

Sigrun

United States1654 Posts

July 15 2008 00:54 GMT

#56

Awesome write-up!

passby20

United States47 Posts

July 15 2008 01:51 GMT

#57

LOL@Bisu- "penisgoeswhere??"

InfeSteD

United States4658 Posts

July 15 2008 02:07 GMT

#58

I like it alot plexa ! thank you..

I am having a hard time with the screen and the pictures being too big.. how can you modify that? so everything fits in normal screen? I dunno if u understand what im saying -_-