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blacksheepwall
Profile Joined June 2011
China1530 Posts
July 20 2014 17:01 GMT
#101
Solar played so well this tournament, really impressed by him.

Taeja played amazingly well at the start of the finals but his micro started to slip a tiny bit as the series went on. Hope his wrists aren't messing with him too much, because he is the best in the world when he's playing at the top of his game.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ // </3 Taeja
Eliv
Profile Joined March 2014
Czech Republic32 Posts
July 20 2014 17:07 GMT
#102
He should probably take a break from SC2 though, let his wrist heal up (I heard it takes like 6 months at least to fully heal). But he is supposed to do his military service soon or something?
Green_25
Profile Joined June 2013
Great Britain696 Posts
July 20 2014 17:09 GMT
#103
On July 21 2014 02:07 Eliv wrote:
He should probably take a break from SC2 though, let his wrist heal up (I heard it takes like 6 months at least to fully heal). But he is supposed to do his military service soon or something?

He's doing military service at the end of the year, so this is the last year for Taeja as a programmer. He wants to study and become a social sciences teacher afterward.
bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
July 20 2014 17:12 GMT
#104
Damn Taeja so good. Taeja will go down as the most Consistent SC2 player I believe. Shame he never won a Code S I'd definitely call him the greatest.
https://soundcloud.com/bbols
ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
July 20 2014 17:17 GMT
#105
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.
Don't mind me
RandomPlayer
Profile Joined April 2012
Russian Federation384 Posts
July 20 2014 17:22 GMT
#106
this IEM kinda passed away so quietly, never noticed neither a stream nor a post about it. and boom, the finals are over + we get the spoiler which makes rewatching unwaanted.. hm..
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
July 20 2014 17:22 GMT
#107
On July 21 2014 02:17 ptbl wrote:
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.


There isn't a single player out there that deserves the Bonjwa title as far as I know.

If we define Bonjwa as a player who is a good head and shoulders above everyone else, alone.
maru lover forever
phantomfive
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)404 Posts
July 20 2014 17:40 GMT
#108
On July 21 2014 00:45 Vaftrudner wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 00:21 Tenda wrote:
When are we allowed to call taeja the fist sc2 bonjwa?

If he wins a couple of Korean tournaments. Some people will always doubt him while he doesn't have GSL or OSL pins. And I don't even know if he's the best player right now, there are other candidates.

Who is better? Zest? Doesn't look like it. Innovation? Do you remember this epic series (especially the last game)? Jaedong?
To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own - Lincoln
Kevn23
Profile Joined December 2011
United States80 Posts
July 20 2014 17:41 GMT
#109
"that's preparation vs skill for you"

This!
phantomfive
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)404 Posts
July 20 2014 17:41 GMT
#110
On July 21 2014 02:17 ptbl wrote:
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.

A true bonjwa demonstrates it by winning. He doesn't need the title assigned to him.
To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own - Lincoln
Kevn23
Profile Joined December 2011
United States80 Posts
July 20 2014 17:43 GMT
#111
On July 21 2014 02:01 blacksheepwall wrote:
Solar played so well this tournament, really impressed by him.

Taeja played amazingly well at the start of the finals but his micro started to slip a tiny bit as the series went on. Hope his wrists aren't messing with him too much, because he is the best in the world when he's playing at the top of his game.


I am not sure how much better you can micro when you are trading 1:2 in cost vs. an opponent.
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
July 20 2014 17:49 GMT
#112
On July 21 2014 02:22 Incognoto wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 02:17 ptbl wrote:
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.


There isn't a single player out there that deserves the Bonjwa title as far as I know.

If we define Bonjwa as a player who is a good head and shoulders above everyone else, alone.


Mvp was definitly the king of wings.
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
July 20 2014 17:50 GMT
#113
Jaedong why do you do this? T_T
No church in the wild --- @tzhang0126
ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
July 20 2014 17:54 GMT
#114
On July 21 2014 02:41 phantomfive wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 02:17 ptbl wrote:
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.

A true bonjwa demonstrates it by winning. He doesn't need the title assigned to him.


According to Liquipedia: Bonjwa is a term used to describe a player who dominates the StarCraft scene for a long period of time. A bonjwa has a very high winning percentage and successive title wins. However, a bonjwa is not defined by his statistics or records. Rather, a general consensus is reached that he is the most dominant progamer of his era.
...
Taeja has won 8 premier tournaments in the HotS era. The next person to win as many is Polt at 3.
Don't mind me
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
July 20 2014 18:19 GMT
#115
no news about Sacsri winning DH?
ESPORTS ILLUMINATI
VArsovskiSC
Profile Joined July 2010
Macedonia563 Posts
July 20 2014 18:33 GMT
#116
It's about time that JD goes back to Korea again.. The foreign soil has softened him too much IMO

Gratz to Taeja though (getting bored to say that )
Another world, another place, another universe, won the race.. :) ;) :P
Morbidius
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil3449 Posts
July 20 2014 18:33 GMT
#117
On July 21 2014 02:49 Faust852 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 02:22 Incognoto wrote:
On July 21 2014 02:17 ptbl wrote:
We need someone like Boxer to claim Taeja as a bonjwa. It's been long overdue and I think Boxer is the only one who can pull it off. Taeja and boxer were on the same team and I think the community would rally around Boxer's decision.


There isn't a single player out there that deserves the Bonjwa title as far as I know.

If we define Bonjwa as a player who is a good head and shoulders above everyone else, alone.


Mvp was definitly the king of wings.

He would have dominated wings much harder if it wasn't for his wrist/ the broodlord infestor debacle.
Has foreign StarCraft hit rock bottom?
TW
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland255 Posts
July 20 2014 19:04 GMT
#118
Wow, remove the marine from the game and this Kid still finds the way to win.
And all of that when any other T hardly reaches ro16 of tournaments.

3 premier tournaments wins when his race is said to the weakest one, none of other players can be compared to him!
OminouS
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden1343 Posts
July 20 2014 19:21 GMT
#119
Taeja is so consistant it's scary. Bonjwa is hard to call with so many tournaments around be he is probably the closest to a SC2 one we ever had.
On the 6th day JF made Reavers and on the 7th day JF put his opponent to rest
meshfusion
Profile Joined June 2014
Russian Federation232 Posts
July 20 2014 19:22 GMT
#120
I stayed up all night and morning to watch it all live. I fell asleep during game 4 and woke up when it was 2-2, was completely awake when Taeja was down 3-2 and just watched it until it went 4-3. It was truly an epic final.
I am so happy Taeja won.. but at the same time, he's the ONLY terran that can win lol. He's not human :D
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