taeja showed many really great games. i will miss him. good times.
but as it seems he will play the following gsl saison?! im looking forward how he will do

last saison he was one of the best players...

SpunXtain20

Australia554 Posts

June 05 2016 22:13 GMT

#42

Loved Taeja b4 he was cool. Esv weeklies never 4get

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45925 Posts

June 06 2016 00:04 GMT

#43

An awesome write-up

Taeja was amazing... surely in the top three SC2 Terrans of all time, with Mvp and Innovation.

Taf the Ghost

United States11751 Posts

June 06 2016 01:18 GMT

#44

Innovation vs Taeja on Newkirk was one of the most insane games to watch in real-time. It was just that damn awesome.

Qwyn

United States2779 Posts

June 06 2016 01:42 GMT

#45

Taeja is one of those rare few players that time and time again inspired me to pick up the game and keep playing. The best players have that affect on people

. They inspire with truly boundless depth of play.

Unreflecting

Canada16 Posts

June 06 2016 04:19 GMT

#46

This article gave me goosebumps. Will miss Taeja. Love

Korakys

New Zealand272 Posts

June 06 2016 04:25 GMT

#47

Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in, Irish pronunciation: [sˠaunʲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. --Wikipedia.

Makro

France16890 Posts

June 06 2016 05:24 GMT

#48

it reminds me the pleasure that was to witness taeja at his peak

Phredxor

New Zealand15076 Posts

June 06 2016 05:51 GMT

#49

Nice article. Not a very bold call to say that nobody will ever match his domination of international events though.. Seeing as there is no international events any more

Antonidas

United States105 Posts

June 06 2016 06:24 GMT

#50

Taeja was a beast in HoTs. If my memory serves me correct, during that Blizzcon, the final matches should have between Life and Taeja.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

June 06 2016 06:30 GMT

#51

On June 06 2016 15:24 Antonidas wrote:
Taeja was a beast in HoTs. If my memory serves me correct, during that Blizzcon, the final matches should have between Life and Taeja.

Yep, made the recent GSL finalists look like a pair of jabronies.

xAdra

Singapore1858 Posts

June 06 2016 14:32 GMT

#52

Where can I get a VOD for that Lerilak crest game vs Zest?
EDIT: nvm I'm a fool

SpaceJam

United States116 Posts

June 06 2016 14:51 GMT

#53

I'll never forget that game on Newkirk Precinct. You hit the nail on the head about his style being unable to reproduce.. He was always the best at Terran maxed out army controls, I always wanted to see what his hotkeys were and how he used them. His style was so out of the norm and difficult to replicate that it honestly made me a worse player for trying to copy his styles and builds. I wasn't good enough to macro well and play "defensively" until the late game and then press 1at2a3eeea4ddaa5dd6vv7s8s9s

DSK

England1110 Posts

June 06 2016 18:38 GMT

#54

On June 06 2016 13:25 Korakys wrote:
Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in, Irish pronunciation: [sˠaunʲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. --Wikipedia.

I honestly thought it was a Korean word. A cookie for you, my good fellow!

Kyir

United States1047 Posts

June 06 2016 18:55 GMT

#55

Watching Taeja play was always such a pleasure.

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

June 07 2016 00:03 GMT

#56

ESV season 1 made me a believer

MrCon

France29748 Posts

June 07 2016 01:02 GMT

#57

One of a few player whose name is a noun now, aka "He got taeja'ed" aka game was close or even lost then suddenly he outmicroes you into GG.

Kitai

United States880 Posts

June 07 2016 01:06 GMT

#58

But, but, but... He never won a tournament in Korea! Liquid bias! Scrub terran!

Am I doing this right?

For real though, thanks for a fitting tribute to my favorite player ever.

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

June 07 2016 04:55 GMT

#59

On June 07 2016 10:06 Kitai wrote:
But, but, but... He never won a tournament in Korea!

Doesn't matter since his sponsor is kind enough to classify Homestory Cups and Dreamhacks as being equally as premier.

^^damn that's pretty negative for a retirement thread post, I've enjoyed every Taeja game I've seen even when rooting against him and will miss him now that he's gone (if this is the "For real" retirement)