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Kommander
Profile Joined March 2011
Philippines4950 Posts
June 23 2018 09:45 GMT
#441
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.
sc-darkness
Profile Joined August 2017
856 Posts
June 23 2018 09:46 GMT
#442
You don't become a bonjwa for being good for half a year. Back in the days it took more than that.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33505 Posts
June 23 2018 09:46 GMT
#443
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
June 23 2018 09:50 GMT
#444
On June 23 2018 18:46 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.

Jaedong also beat Flash a couple times, but it's clear who was more succesful overall that year. You don't have to win every match to be a bonjwa. Right now it's pretty clear that Maru has no equal.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 23 2018 09:52 GMT
#445
On June 23 2018 18:50 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:46 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.

Jaedong also beat Flash a couple times, but it's clear who was more succesful overall that year. You don't have to win every match to be a bonjwa. Right now it's pretty clear that Maru has no equal.

Has The Fango become a Brood War expert too? Truly, his limiters have been taken off.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
June 23 2018 09:53 GMT
#446
On June 23 2018 18:52 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:50 Fango wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:46 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.

Jaedong also beat Flash a couple times, but it's clear who was more succesful overall that year. You don't have to win every match to be a bonjwa. Right now it's pretty clear that Maru has no equal.

Has The Fango become a Brood War expert too? Truly, his limiters have been taken off.


Ultra Instinct Fango.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 23 2018 09:53 GMT
#447
On June 23 2018 18:50 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:46 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.

Jaedong also beat Flash a couple times, but it's clear who was more succesful overall that year. You don't have to win every match to be a bonjwa. Right now it's pretty clear that Maru has no equal.

I mean he only narrowly beat Rogue 3-2 so Rogue is definitely close to him.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Tyrhanius
Profile Joined April 2011
France947 Posts
June 23 2018 09:54 GMT
#448
5/7 GSL were won by Terrans on LOTV and each time we heard "Byun is a god", "Gumiho is best", "Innovation best players of the world", now it's just Maru's turn.

Maru could have dominated the scene from the start of LOTV if he was really above every players. He did not.

It's just the meta right now favors his agressive playstyle, and probably the other kor play worst due to region lock/kespa team disbands.
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
June 23 2018 09:54 GMT
#449
the problem of "bonjwa" term is you guys can't reach a same agreement.Without a standard arguing about this is pointless.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
June 23 2018 09:55 GMT
#450
On June 23 2018 18:52 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:50 Fango wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:46 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:45 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:42 Waxangel wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:38 Kommander wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:37 Charoisaur wrote:
too early for the b- word?


Maru winning at least the next GSL and perhaps Blizzcon seals it for me. Others might have higher standards and require having Maru dominate next year too.


Bonjwa is the stupidest thing the Korean BW community ever made and I hate it.

But if I had to entertain the idea for a second, if the community didn't allow Jaedong the title for his 2009~2010 run, then Maru doesn't deserve it for his first-half 2018 performances.


I get what you're saying, but Maru doesn't have an equal right now it seems, as opposed to Jaedong who had Flash. Rogue is the closest, probably, but not on an equal footing the way Jaedong and Flash were at that point.


And Rogue crushed him at IEM? You don't get to do this off a 3 month window. Anyway I'm going to stop here, since I've already said I hate bonjwa talk.

Jaedong also beat Flash a couple times, but it's clear who was more succesful overall that year. You don't have to win every match to be a bonjwa. Right now it's pretty clear that Maru has no equal.

Has The Fango become a Brood War expert too? Truly, his limiters have been taken off.

TIL you have to be an expert to say that Flash did better than Jaedong during his era
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 23 2018 09:55 GMT
#451
On June 23 2018 18:54 Tyrhanius wrote:
5/7 GSL were won by Terrans on LOTV and each time we heard "Byun is a god", "Gumiho is best", "Innovation best players of the world", now it's just Maru's turn.

Maru could have dominated the scene from the start of LOTV if he was really above every players. He did not.

It's just the meta right now favors his agressive playstyle, and probably the other kor play worst due to region lock/kespa team disbands.

Great theory but he said he practices much harder this year than before so I guess that's the reason for his results.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 23 2018 09:57 GMT
#452
On June 23 2018 18:54 seemsgood wrote:
the problem of "bonjwa" term is you guys can't reach a same agreement.Without a standard arguing about this is pointless.

Right but I think it's pretty cool that we have a player good enough that there's discussion about it.
We don't have that often in SC2.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-23 10:02:35
June 23 2018 10:00 GMT
#453
On June 23 2018 18:54 Tyrhanius wrote:
5/7 GSL were won by Terrans on LOTV and each time we heard "Byun is a god", "Gumiho is best", "Innovation best players of the world", now it's just Maru's turn.

Maru could have dominated the scene from the start of LOTV if he was really above every players. He did not.

It's just the meta right now favors his agressive playstyle, and probably the other kor play worst due to region lock/kespa team disbands.

That's what happens. Metas change, patches change, maps change, the reigning best player in the world also changes.

Maru did worse last year than he did now. Just like nhow INno did trash the first year of LoTV, or how ByuN has done much worse in the last year. Or how Zest won the first GSL in LoTV and was borderline irrelevent the next year etc etc
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33505 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-23 10:01:59
June 23 2018 10:01 GMT
#454
On June 23 2018 18:57 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:54 seemsgood wrote:
the problem of "bonjwa" term is you guys can't reach a same agreement.Without a standard arguing about this is pointless.

Right but I think it's pretty cool that we have a player good enough that there's discussion about it.
We don't have that often in SC2.


no it's actually incredibly lame that the foreign community obsesses over it when people stopped taking it seriously in Korea once the fad passed in 2010~2011
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50601 Posts
June 23 2018 10:02 GMT
#455
zest is not best
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 23 2018 10:03 GMT
#456
No Bonjwa confirmed, Zest is just bad



Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50601 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-23 10:06:53
June 23 2018 10:04 GMT
#457
On June 23 2018 19:01 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:57 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:54 seemsgood wrote:
the problem of "bonjwa" term is you guys can't reach a same agreement.Without a standard arguing about this is pointless.

Right but I think it's pretty cool that we have a player good enough that there's discussion about it.
We don't have that often in SC2.


no it's actually incredibly lame that the foreign community obsesses over it when people stopped taking it seriously in Korea once the fad passed in 2010~2011


bonjwa is old meta, now its GOAT meta.

On June 23 2018 19:03 Charoisaur wrote:
No Bonjwa confirmed, Zest is just bad

https://twitter.com/avilosc2/status/1010455994651107328



"Wack" - Hannibal Buress
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
June 23 2018 10:06 GMT
#458
On June 23 2018 18:55 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:54 Tyrhanius wrote:
5/7 GSL were won by Terrans on LOTV and each time we heard "Byun is a god", "Gumiho is best", "Innovation best players of the world", now it's just Maru's turn.

Maru could have dominated the scene from the start of LOTV if he was really above every players. He did not.

It's just the meta right now favors his agressive playstyle, and probably the other kor play worst due to region lock/kespa team disbands.

Great theory but he said he practices much harder this year than before so I guess that's the reason for his results.

you wouldn't see this kind of result in final if SKT,KT...ect.. were still a thing.i really dislike thier disbanding decision for a reason
JA players don't simply become good for no reason you know
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
June 23 2018 10:10 GMT
#459
On June 23 2018 19:06 seemsgood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2018 18:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 23 2018 18:54 Tyrhanius wrote:
5/7 GSL were won by Terrans on LOTV and each time we heard "Byun is a god", "Gumiho is best", "Innovation best players of the world", now it's just Maru's turn.

Maru could have dominated the scene from the start of LOTV if he was really above every players. He did not.

It's just the meta right now favors his agressive playstyle, and probably the other kor play worst due to region lock/kespa team disbands.

Great theory but he said he practices much harder this year than before so I guess that's the reason for his results.

you wouldn't see this kind of result in final if SKT,KT...ect.. were still a thing.i really dislike thier disbanding decision for a reason
JA players don't simply become good for no reason you know


sOs Trap Cure Creator arent overperforming, Maru/Rogue weren't too good in 2017 ( except Rogue in the last half of the year ).
TL+ Member
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 23 2018 10:11 GMT
#460
If I'm correct Maru has also narrowly surpassed Jaedong as Starcrafts top earner
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
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