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EG.Jaedong: Greatness Defined - Page 3

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Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7595 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-02 04:50:36
November 02 2016 04:49 GMT
#41
Goodbye JD....my favorite player of all time. Best of luck in life, I can only hope to see him again streaming BW. Sad day

Talking about the 2007 MSL but not including the signature EE HAN TIMING!
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RaFox17
Profile Joined May 2013
Finland4581 Posts
November 02 2016 04:56 GMT
#42
Jaedong will always be the number 1 zerg. Thanks for everything!
baiesradu
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Romania150 Posts
November 02 2016 05:07 GMT
#43
Thanks to SC2 I met brood war legend Jaedong at a dreamhack in Bucharest. I have his autograph framed on the left wall from my desk. I hope he has a happy life whatever he decides to do. As long as I will remember starcraft I will remember him.
I love Starcraft .
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States880 Posts
November 02 2016 05:23 GMT
#44
An awesome person behind an awesome legacy. I'm glad he has no regrets.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18624 Posts
November 02 2016 06:21 GMT
#45
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend
Weryeery
Profile Joined June 2008
288 Posts
November 02 2016 06:33 GMT
#46
"In one of the most controversial decisions in StarCraft history"
Only hardcore Flash fans think the power outage decision is controversial

Welcolme back in BW JD
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16062 Posts
November 02 2016 06:49 GMT
#47
On November 02 2016 15:21 sharkie wrote:
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend

Flash was regarded by many as the best SC2 player after his IEM Toronto win.
probably even more so than Jaedong, when was Jaedong considered the best?
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18624 Posts
November 02 2016 07:00 GMT
#48
On November 02 2016 15:49 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2016 15:21 sharkie wrote:
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend

Flash was regarded by many as the best SC2 player after his IEM Toronto win.
probably even more so than Jaedong, when was Jaedong considered the best?


When he beat Dear and Maru.

Who thought Flash is the best after his Toronto win? lol Flash fanboys haha
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16062 Posts
November 02 2016 07:18 GMT
#49
On November 02 2016 16:00 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2016 15:49 Charoisaur wrote:
On November 02 2016 15:21 sharkie wrote:
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend

Flash was regarded by many as the best SC2 player after his IEM Toronto win.
probably even more so than Jaedong, when was Jaedong considered the best?


When he beat Dear and Maru.

Who thought Flash is the best after his Toronto win? lol Flash fanboys haha

right after he lost to sOs so sOs was regarded as the best player.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18624 Posts
November 02 2016 07:32 GMT
#50
On November 02 2016 16:18 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2016 16:00 sharkie wrote:
On November 02 2016 15:49 Charoisaur wrote:
On November 02 2016 15:21 sharkie wrote:
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend

Flash was regarded by many as the best SC2 player after his IEM Toronto win.
probably even more so than Jaedong, when was Jaedong considered the best?


When he beat Dear and Maru.

Who thought Flash is the best after his Toronto win? lol Flash fanboys haha

right after he lost to sOs so sOs was regarded as the best player.


obviously but for a short time he was considered the best
lastride
Profile Joined April 2014
2390 Posts
November 02 2016 09:33 GMT
#51
JD vs Flash was the greatest rivarly in SC!
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55570 Posts
November 02 2016 09:36 GMT
#52
On November 02 2016 16:32 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2016 16:18 Charoisaur wrote:
On November 02 2016 16:00 sharkie wrote:
On November 02 2016 15:49 Charoisaur wrote:
On November 02 2016 15:21 sharkie wrote:
The only player who at one point in time was regarded the best player in both SC1 and SC2.

A legend

Flash was regarded by many as the best SC2 player after his IEM Toronto win.
probably even more so than Jaedong, when was Jaedong considered the best?


When he beat Dear and Maru.

Who thought Flash is the best after his Toronto win? lol Flash fanboys haha

right after he lost to sOs so sOs was regarded as the best player.


obviously but for a short time he was considered the best

Less than a day. So basically never.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
blunderfulguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2016
United States1415 Posts
November 02 2016 11:03 GMT
#53
Fantastic article. I remember watching random Brood War videos at three in the morning and finding these crazy games from Jaedong and thinking "there's no way someone can be this good at StarCraft!" A really inspiring player. GGs.
Blunder Man doing everything thing a blunder can.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
November 02 2016 11:05 GMT
#54
Not JD nor Flash were considered the best in sc2, they actually were very disappointing. JD made a lot of money with sponsors and foreign tourneys tho.

I did not know he wasn't officially retired, wasn't he already streaming BW etc?
WriterMaru
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55570 Posts
November 02 2016 11:07 GMT
#55
On November 02 2016 20:05 Poopi wrote:
Not JD nor Flash were considered the best in sc2, they actually were very disappointing. JD made a lot of money with sponsors and foreign tourneys tho.

I did not know he wasn't officially retired, wasn't he already streaming BW etc?

Nope, never streamed a thing. There were just suspicions that a high ranking Zerg on Fish was JD.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
November 02 2016 11:11 GMT
#56
On November 02 2016 20:05 Poopi wrote:
Not JD nor Flash were considered the best in sc2, they actually were very disappointing. JD made a lot of money with sponsors and foreign tourneys tho.

I did not know he wasn't officially retired, wasn't he already streaming BW etc?

Nope, we didn't see anything from him after his Code A match, apart from a Heroes showmatch.

Since he was still on EG, he probably was not allowed to do something like streaming BW on afreeca, since EG = Amazon = Twitch.

How EG got any ROI from JD this year is something nobody knows, really weird tbh.

Hopefully he can start streaming BW now, although he will surely not do it immediately, just like Flash.

Btw I think Jaedong was considered the best zerg for a while, or at least tied first place, but never the best player. Still a huge achievement to do that in both StarCrafts.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Divine-Sneaker
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1225 Posts
November 02 2016 11:19 GMT
#57
Great article. Great interview. Legendary player.

I knew exactly what game that first clip was going to be. Rewatching it still gives me nerdchills, Heres to hoping we'll see more final edits, they're always amazing.

Good luck onwards Jaedong.

Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
November 02 2016 11:29 GMT
#58
Man, the interview makes it sound like he's done playing Starcraft altogether
I think esports is pretty nice.
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-02 13:11:23
November 02 2016 13:07 GMT
#59
On November 02 2016 10:10 Kag wrote:
"StarCraft 2 was getting smaller"
At which point did SC2 start loosing popularity in Korea?
With premier BW tournaments coming back Is BW taking over SC2 in Korea or what??


You guys keep forgetting that at no point in time was SC2 more popular in Korea than BW in terms of player numbers. It just managed to be somewhat equal sometimes.

I just hope Jaedong will find his niche and can start a lucrative career somewhere. I'm a little worried about all the programers starting streaming on Afreeca etc as I'm pretty sure 20 years down the road they can't do that anymore.

So yeah, just all the best to him.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
November 02 2016 15:48 GMT
#60
Ah the nostalgia
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
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