ByuN is back! - Page 5

On August 20 2020 01:49 Fango wrote:

Making top 8 three times over two years and getting stomped in all of them isn't exactly deserving of the hype that's associated with him. Wrist issues or not he was basically invisible in 2018

On August 20 2020 04:55 arcane1129 wrote:


Well obviously, the reason for the hype has nothing to do with 2017-2018.

It goes far beyond his GSL and Blizzcon wins as well. Even as far back as 2011 (2012?), we all knew MVP was the king. Then MVP tells everyone that he isn't even the best terran, Byun is. Byun made a couple of Code S semis, but didn't live up to the hype in tourneys. However, MVP wouldn't say that unless he thought Byun was a championship caliber player.

After that, Byun went MIA and only played online. There, he had like a 90% winrate in every matchup and won like every online tourney. His criticism was that a lot of the top players weren't participating. After a while, top Koreans started entering these tourneys as well. Byun still did just as well. It was like 3 years of play at 80-90% winrate and a long time at the top of Aligulac. After this, he went on to his infamous tournament wins and got reapers nerfed as the only player without a team. To my knowledge, he started having wrist issues after that. He still did solidly, but not up to his previous standard, as mentioned. It's unfair to say his hype isn't deserved based off only 2017-2018, especially when even if he doesn't win anything a lot of people are hyped to see him back because his games are entertaining as hell.

As I already mentioned, in his last match before military he'd 8-3d Dark, the best ZvT player at the time. Considering he's been sitting at the top of KR GM recently while in the military and took out Dream and Cure in his first matches back, that's exciting.

On August 18 2020 17:08 ytherik wrote:


There is also the other question: Is he gonna single-handedly nerf Terran again?

On August 20 2020 04:55 arcane1129 wrote:


Well obviously, the reason for the hype has nothing to do with 2017-2018.

It goes far beyond his GSL and Blizzcon wins as well. Even as far back as 2011 (2012?), we all knew MVP was the king. Then MVP tells everyone that he isn't even the best terran, Byun is. Byun made a couple of Code S semis, but didn't live up to the hype in tourneys. However, MVP wouldn't say that unless he thought Byun was a championship caliber player.

After that, Byun went MIA and only played online. There, he had like a 90% winrate in every matchup and won like every online tourney. His criticism was that a lot of the top players weren't participating. After a while, top Koreans started entering these tourneys as well. Byun still did just as well. It was like 3 years of play at 80-90% winrate and a long time at the top of Aligulac. After this, he went on to his infamous tournament wins and got reapers nerfed as the only player without a team. To my knowledge, he started having wrist issues after that. He still did solidly, but not up to his previous standard, as mentioned. It's unfair to say his hype isn't deserved based off only 2017-2018, especially when even if he doesn't win anything a lot of people are hyped to see him back because his games are entertaining as hell.

As I already mentioned, in his last match before military he'd 8-3d Dark, the best ZvT player at the time. Considering he's been sitting at the top of KR GM recently while in the military and took out Dream and Cure in his first matches back, that's exciting.

On August 22 2020 14:47 keaneu wrote:
Here it is (scroll to comment to find exact times)':
http://v.afree.ca/ST/60667654