EPTedit: just in case you nick pick, Stork was mentioned once (once!).
Becoming God - Page 2
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19368 Posts
edit: just in case you nick pick, Stork was mentioned once (once!). | ||
Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2220 Posts
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nimdil
Poland3767 Posts
The road to Brood War greatness went through four legends: BoxeR, NaDa, iloveoov, and sAviOr.9 Three-time champion BoxeR was included for his status as the original Brood War superstar, with his immense popularity being the catalyst behind the modern esports revolution that started in Korea. As for the other three, they were revered for their sheer dominance and overwhelming weight of accomplishments. Of all the progamers to have ever played, they were the only ones to have won four or more major championships. Strictly speaking - incorrect. By the time Flash started his miracle run at the start of 2009, Jaedong already had 4 golds and golden mouse. He also had 5th gold merely week after Flash's 2nd gold. | ||
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nimdil
Poland3767 Posts
On March 22 2016 02:17 BisuDagger wrote: Bisu still holds the record for most wins in a season. And his accomplishments as a protoss player far exceed any accomplishment by any player of any other race. Just saying, did you see any other protoss player mentioned? edit: just in case you nick pick, Stork was mentioned once (once!). There are 3 protosses with 2 golds so not so far from Bisu: GARIMTO who - in retrospect - denied Boxer Golden Mouse, completely irrelevant to the story. Then Nal_Ra who was strong enough to justify saying that sAviOr's ZvP wasn't just statistics but actual quality. And JangBi who dominated Brood War when Flash perhaps didn't care anymore. Also Stork was also mentioned but he really was a Bomber of the era. | ||
FlaShFTW
United States10499 Posts
One thing I'd like to mention, it would have been nice to tell everyone how HARD WORKING FlaSh was and put a lot of emphasis on it. No doubt, every progamer is an extremely hard working player, but I'd put FlaSh in the lights of someone like Kobe Bryant, no real gifted abilities, just straight hard work and determination. Think about how hard he worked to bring himself out of that hole where most players would have been forgotten, but he climbed the steep slopes and clawed he way harder and faster than his peers on his way to the top. Beautiful article, thanks again. | ||
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looknohands119
United States815 Posts
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nimdil
Poland3767 Posts
He led Hwaesung Oz to Proleague championship 2008-01-27 or 2008-02-16. This lasted until next champion was crowned so until October. http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/2007_Shinhan_Bank_Proleague_Round_2 and http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/2007_Shinhan_Proleague_Grand_Final Then Jaedong won 2007 EVER OSL on 2007-12-22. Next champion was crowned on 15th March 2008 http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/EVER2007_OSL Finally Jaedong won MSL on 8th March http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/2008_GOMTV_MSL_Season_4 So between 8th March and 14th March he was holder of the title of current champion in all three competitions even if he was sure to not defend his OSL title in this period. | ||
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iSiN
United States1075 Posts
 this was a great trip down memory lane though. | ||
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Silvana
3713 Posts
Still, I have difficulties painting the picture of Flash in God mode. The Flash I know is predictable, stubborn, and makes the most painful wrong calls... I wish I was around here during that time to watch it live -.- | ||
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quirinus
Croatia2489 Posts
On March 22 2016 02:03 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: daily reminder http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/62621-flash-vs-intermind Great article. As a Flash/Terran hater it's just disgusting how good he was. haha that thread I remember watching the game where flash cheesed bisu, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, since bisu beat my boy savior. | ||
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Topdoller
United Kingdom3860 Posts
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
Even though I mostly follow SC2 I recently got interested in watching BW again and I feel like the entertainment value in it is still really high and it's really awesome that he streams. Reading a piece like this really makes me wish BW was as big as in the day | ||
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BeStFAN
483 Posts
real shame he had to switch to SC2, the last OSL might have looked different if he wasn't practicing for Hybrid Proleague | ||
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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
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usopsama
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On March 22 2016 01:55 Elentos wrote: But what about the other steps? MarineKing had step 1 down and look what became of him. Step 2. Build 2 armory Step 3. Never move out if you're not maxed out. Step 4. Forget turrets | ||
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CrayonPopChoa
Canada761 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33647 Posts
On March 22 2016 02:26 nimdil wrote: Strictly speaking - incorrect. By the time Flash started his miracle run at the start of 2009, Jaedong already had 4 golds and golden mouse. He also had 5th gold merely week after Flash's 2nd gold. I state later on in the article that Jaedong had four championships before Flash. There's two main reasons I didn't write about Jaedong in the specific section you quoted. 1: Even with fourth and fifth titles, Jaedong never achieved consensus bonjwa status (which partially contributed to bonjwa theory falling apart). I really wanted to avoid going on a long tangent about bonjwa theory and the furious debate over whether or not Jaedong qualified. 2: I wanted to keep the narrative focused on Flash. Flash and JD are inextricably intertwined, and perhaps the best way to tell either of their stories is as a pairing.. But for the sake of this article, where conciseness was one of my key concerns, I chose to tunnel-vision somewhat on Flash. | ||
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Poopi
France12972 Posts
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lastride
2390 Posts
Too bad he didnt try out lotv for a year or two- considering his perfomance in the last couple of months in hots. I will never forgive him for abandoning us | ||
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