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Road to BlizzCon #9 - mYi.jjakji - WCS 2014

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Road to BlizzCon #9 - mYi.jjakji - WCS 2014

Text byTL.net ESPORTS
Graphics byMeru, shiroiusagi
October 25th, 2014 18:08 GMT

Photo Credit: ESLTerran
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Jjakji

정지훈
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The Rebel

by stuchiu

If you look at the line up for Blizzcon you have Champions of every stripe. Some have proved their mettle by winning their regional WCS event. Others have won a GSL. Some like Taeja have proven their worth through the international circuit multiple times over. Even Jaedong has his legacy from BW and his 2013 performance to prove why he belongs here. All but one.

(T)jjakji stands alone. He has no legacy, no WCS victories, no premier titles this year. Even outside of the Blizzcon line-up, jjakji fits nowhere. He is an outcast, one whose career and play style are distinctly his own. Whose story is as much defined by its successes as it is its failures.

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Winrate

72% vs. Terran70% vs. Protoss74% vs. Zerg

Earnings

$27,918 USD in 2014

3475 WCS Points

Rank #12WCS EU Season 1 - 750 PointsDreamhack: Moscow - 500 PointsIEM World Championships - 400 Points
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If there is one moment that encapsulates jjakji's identity, it is game 4 of his GSL finals against Leenock. In that game, both players had been slowly fighting across the map, and just as jjakji was finally able to push himself past the halfway mark, Leenock went for the base trade. With no choice, jjakji rushed forward only to realize that Leenock had baneling trapped the entire map. jjakji rushed forward anyway trying to use as many scans as possible before Leenock could kill his orbital commands. And once they were destroyed and all hope was lost, jjakji tried to do the impossible: he guessed where the mines were, moved a marine onto them and then blasted his own marine with his siege tanks to set off the mines.



In that impossible moment when all was lost, when there was no recourse left, jjakji pushed forward with an intense tenacity and creativity to find a way to win. When jjakji is playing his best, when he is in his element, that trait of his is what pushes jjakji forward to new heights. That essence of jjakji is what makes his games electrifying, whether he is playing Leenock in one of the greatest (if not the greatest) finals of all time, losing against Parting and changing the entire way we look at PvT, or showcasing his talents in amazing series against both Revival and Hyun earlier this year. In his career, jjakji has brought forward new and exciting ways to play the game whether it be nukes, ravens, neosteel frame bunker rushes or overlord sniping tricks. If jjakji is on his game, no one can produce games quite like him in victory or defeat.

And yet we can’t talk about jjakji without naming his failures. He was never able to capitalize on his form at the end of 2011 or after his Parting series, was never able to make a real dent into Code S for the rest of WoL. On top of that, his old team NSHS year by year, month by month, day by day, slowly degraded. But jjakji, just like his in-game mentality suggested, was either too stubborn or too loyal to quit. All of the great players--San, Sage, Seal and Freaky--had either retired or moved away.

It became a one man team, with jjakji desperate to hold the team together. Even in his few interviews back then, all jjakji talked about was holding the team together. To try and single-handedly carry them through team leagues and inspire them to do better by getting into Code S. But unlike SlayerS, there was no swan song. No YugiOh rampage to mark the passing of their team. NSHoseo quietly and calmly disbanded despite all of jjakji’s efforts.

And for the first time since playing SC2, jjakji found himself alone. And he played some of the best Starcraft of his life as he went all the way to 6th in WCS KR S3 2013. He found a new team in mYinsanity, found a new home in Europe and found a new love in Dayshi. And now here we are nearly a year later. And once again jjakji has hit a slump. And once again we find ourselves wondering what chance does jjakji have at all of even doing well at Blizzcon?



He is the odd man out. We have champions of all kinds of tournaments here. Players with undying ambition like Jaedong, a desperate will to vindicate themselves like MMA or Classic, indomitable wills to be the best in the world like INnoVation and Zest. And Jjakji is among them. He does not have the burning passion for glory. What he does have is that quiet fortitude and acceptance of someone who reached the top, fell down and rose back up again. Despite that, he is once more on the edge of the cliff.

Make no mistake, among the 16 players at Blizzcon, jjakji is considered one of the weakest there. His recent form has been among the worst, he has no championship, he has no legacy and he has little fanfare. And yet I can’t help but remember that intense base trade in game 4 of his GSL Finals. I can’t help but remember game 1 when he had hidden a base behind the mineral line so that Leenock wouldn’t scout it. I remember when he nearly pulled a reverse all-kill against FXO in GSTL in a Bo9. And I remember when, during his GSL Finals, no one expected him to win. And I remember when we thought he was done after NSHS finally disbanded before he made his 6th place GSL run. jjakji is at the edge of the cliff. He has no outs. He has no hope. And yet I can’t help but think this is when Jjakji shines the most.


Jjakji: The Odd Terran Out


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Writer: stuchiuGraphics: shiroiusagi, MeruPhoto Credit: inven eSports, Fomos, GSL, itsjustatank, Dreamhack, Blizzard, GHOSTCLAW, Helena Kristiansson, ESLEditor: lichter
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Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
October 25 2014 18:10 GMT
#2
lets go jockg!
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
October 25 2014 18:15 GMT
#3
Well dang, now I really want him to win
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TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
October 25 2014 18:15 GMT
#4
This is such a stuchiu article haha, you could tell even without the name!
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
October 25 2014 18:16 GMT
#5
On October 26 2014 03:15 TheDwf wrote:
This is such a stuchiu article haha, you could tell even without the name!


that's a good thing right
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
October 25 2014 18:18 GMT
#6
don't ask us what jjakji's supposed to be because we don't know either
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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24417 Posts
October 25 2014 18:20 GMT
#7
He's totalbiscuit in a zoro mask, obviously
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
October 25 2014 18:20 GMT
#8
On October 26 2014 03:16 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2014 03:15 TheDwf wrote:
This is such a stuchiu article haha, you could tell even without the name!


that's a good thing right

Of course.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24194 Posts
October 25 2014 18:21 GMT
#9
Great read, makes you want to cheer for jjakji. I don't think the guy can advance more than one round though. He's got a tough bracket and is probably the weakest player with Jaedong based on recent results. But you never know...
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
October 25 2014 18:27 GMT
#10
GSL Champion!!
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banjoetheredskin
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
United States744 Posts
October 25 2014 18:29 GMT
#11
The rhetorical strategies are strong with this one
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25159 Posts
October 25 2014 18:30 GMT
#12
Beautiful, hope he brings his best to Blizzcon
Incidentally his win rates seem very high, what are they referring to?
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
October 25 2014 18:33 GMT
#13
On October 26 2014 03:16 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2014 03:15 TheDwf wrote:
This is such a stuchiu article haha, you could tell even without the name!


that's a good thing right

i wonder...what are you guys gonna do for San then....
also i totally forgot about game 4, i only ever remember how great game 1 was :D
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myxoma_strain
Profile Joined December 2013
United Kingdom371 Posts
October 25 2014 18:39 GMT
#14
I disagree that slayers had a swan song and NS hoseo didn't. Yugioh had a good run but then the team got all killed. NSHS managed to beat one of the strongest teams in the league in their last GSTL match.
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
October 25 2014 18:42 GMT
#15
from the jaedong article thread:
On October 25 2014 08:14 Wintex wrote:
love the article

I predict jjakji/san, polt, jjakji/san, taeja, hero, inno, soo, zest

1 down, 7 to go
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
October 25 2014 19:00 GMT
#16
On October 26 2014 03:42 Wintex wrote:
from the jaedong article thread:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2014 08:14 Wintex wrote:
love the article

I predict jjakji/san, polt, jjakji/san, taeja, hero, inno, soo, zest

1 down, 7 to go

Hmmmm… I actually 100% agree with you too huh
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LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
October 25 2014 19:04 GMT
#17
On October 26 2014 03:15 TheDwf wrote:
This is such a stuchiu article haha, you could tell even without the name!

Writing style so good =D
TC-14
Profile Joined February 2013
United Kingdom16 Posts
October 25 2014 19:21 GMT
#18
Last year sOs didn't have a single title to his name and he managed to take the whole thing while most of the spectators had their eyes on the likes of Dear, Jaedong, Maru and INnoVation.

While jjakji seems unlikely to win it's never an impossibility. Good article. Would be great to see him pull an upset on his side of the bracket.
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SFDuality
Profile Joined December 2012
United States1318 Posts
October 25 2014 19:26 GMT
#19
On October 26 2014 03:15 The_Templar wrote:
Well dang, now I really want him to win

No you don't. You want Taeja to win. And that's ok, I do too.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
October 25 2014 19:29 GMT
#20
On October 26 2014 04:26 SFDuality wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2014 03:15 The_Templar wrote:
Well dang, now I really want him to win

No you don't. You want Taeja to win. And that's ok, I do too.

Don't worry, I'll be going through this phase as I read every article until I get to TaeJa's. Then I just want TaeJa
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