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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 21:25:18
November 26 2009 21:22 GMT
#1
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Banner by ME, woo

The Messiah of Zerg: Kim Jung Woo
A Short Article by DoctorHelvetica
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son (John 3:16)

As the presence of our sAviOr, Ma Jae Yoon, began to fade from the world of e-sports, there was a void. Who would lead the swarm to salvation. While Lee Jae Dong was a leader of the zerg, there was nothing holy in his play. His aggressive style crushed the opposition brutally, it tempted the terran man into greed and destroyed them for it. Jaedong punished man for their sin, hell reigned on earth.

There was once a young boy named Kim Jung Woo, who was eliminated in the first GOM tournament by fOrGG. He was soon forgotten, still not ready to live up to his destiny. sAviOr had chosen him, to lead a new era of the management style zerg. His lategame army and midgame defense would push the limit of what was thought possible.

Slowly, EffOrt became recognized by the public as a force in e-sports. He tossed aside weaker opponents, cleansing them of their sins. The zerg race was saved and EffOrt was worshipped.

"In case you haven't visited Brood War lately: Effort's record in the current SC season (PL R5, GOM S3, Avalon MSL, Bacchus OSL) is 25-3 — a ridiculous mark that is by far the best in progaming and amongst the most impressive hot streaks of all time. Since May's Power Rank, Effort has lost one game while reaching the Ro16 in all three Starleagues and averaging more than one win per CJ Entus Proleague match. Wait, what?



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Image by TwoEightSix

In the past month Effort has edged both of last season's most feared ZvZers, completed July's precipitous fall from OSL grace, and made everyone who picked a certain seven-point T1 player for their by.Fantasy Proleague team look pathetically uninformed. Though (unlike most other members of this rank) he's thus far avoided all four of the world's most-feared Terrans, satisfyingly straight-up wins over both Stork and Jaedong should be enough to convince even TL's most vicious skeptics that Effort is capable of destroying well-established members of StarCraft's elite. Given that he is dismantling every A-class player he faces with a perfect combination of surgical precision and Maestro-esque flair, Effort's eventual Starleague series opponents should desperately hope he's lying when he says "I think my games turn out better when I face top-class players".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa-j1birhlk


EffOrt is the zerg messiah, the son of our lord Ma Jae Yoon. Perhaps he will never know an OSL Victory, or an MSL finals. Will he save us like Ma Bonjwa did? The maps in the OSL look good for his race. He is destined to bring it all the way, to win a championship, to cleanse the world of its sin. EffOrt is the successor not to a man, but to a god, and as such will become a god himself. Be warned, you might beat him, you might kill his confidence, but this is not a human. He will rise again, stronger than ever, and save us all
4000th Post! Let the EffOrt hype commence!
RIP Aaliyah
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
November 26 2009 21:26 GMT
#2
It's about time.

Effort for MSL and OSL winner.
lgd-haze
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden547 Posts
November 26 2009 21:27 GMT
#3
Good read!
Flying Tushin!!
Tuke
Profile Joined January 2009
Finland1666 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 21:31:07
November 26 2009 21:30 GMT
#4
I love you DoctorHelvetica. That was well used 4000th post.
edit: yay I got ling
TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #42
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
November 26 2009 21:30 GMT
#5
with calm being killed by clam

effort is the second best zerg, soon to be THE best
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 21:34:53
November 26 2009 21:34 GMT
#6
Savior isn't totally gone, he's still hanging around.
But let us worship at the feet of the Messiah: he who was, is and is yet to come.
EFFORT BONJWA
Sullifam
Fraidnot
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States824 Posts
November 26 2009 21:36 GMT
#7
Let him win a tournament first before you start calling him Messiah.
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 26 2009 21:37 GMT
#8
On November 27 2009 06:36 Fraidnot wrote:
Let him win a tournament first before you start calling him Messiah.


Should we let Hwasin win an OSL before we start calling him the red sniper?

It's his nickname. That, and Hawkeye. It has more to do with his relationship to "savior" than anything.
RIP Aaliyah
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
November 26 2009 21:37 GMT
#9
very well written.

Ty!
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 21:37:31
November 26 2009 21:37 GMT
#10
...
Please change the CJ logo in your profile to something else.
Sullifam
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 26 2009 21:38 GMT
#11
Also, I can't believe how unbelievably sick the new CJ jackets are. Even sKyHigh looks sexy in them. Are they leather or just a leather like material?
RIP Aaliyah
zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
November 26 2009 21:38 GMT
#12
You'd have to be blind and deaf to not recognize Effort as a force to be reckoned.
In a Zerg dominated world, it's easy to overlook one of the most promising and rising players in the scene.

One could say Jaedong has already reached his peak as a BW player. But can anyone say the same thing about Effort? I'd bet all my money he'll be the one leading the Zerg race in months to come. Not Calm, and - hell no - not Hyuk or Kwanro or Shine. It's Effort.
"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10341 Posts
November 26 2009 21:40 GMT
#13
I know his nickname is due to the fact he's associated with Ma Jae-Yoon, but zergs have been doing well in the post-sAviOr era, so we don't really need a zerg "Messiah," am I right?
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 26 2009 21:41 GMT
#14
On November 27 2009 06:38 zazen wrote:
You'd have to be blind and deaf to not recognize Effort as a force to be reckoned.
In a Zerg dominated world, it's easy to overlook one of the most promising and rising players in the scene.

One could say Jaedong has already reached his peak as a BW player. But can anyone say the same thing about Effort? I'd bet all my money he'll be the one leading the Zerg race in months to come. Not Calm, and - hell no - not Hyuk or Kwanro or Shine. It's Effort.


I'd say ZerO would be a strong contender for such a title.
RIP Aaliyah
FranzF1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile1710 Posts
November 26 2009 21:41 GMT
#15
Yeah effort is good but for me Zero > Effort... its just me, I cant see on effort the aura of the best zergs (yellow, savior and jaedong) I see effort like July... a awesome player and probably one of the best zergs ever, maybe he wins more titles than jaedong or savior but my love for him isnt going to be the same.

Nice read ;D
Member #99999^99 of the fanclub of Grape, Reality and TurN
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
November 26 2009 21:42 GMT
#16
Well written but very biased.

I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 26 2009 21:44 GMT
#17
On November 27 2009 06:42 Holgerius wrote:
Well written but very biased.



It's just a hype article, bias is to be expected.
RIP Aaliyah
Tuke
Profile Joined January 2009
Finland1666 Posts
November 26 2009 21:46 GMT
#18
On November 27 2009 06:38 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Also, I can't believe how unbelievably sick the new CJ jackets are. Even sKyHigh looks sexy in them. Are they leather or just a leather like material?

I must agree here, they look so sexy.
TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #42
zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
November 26 2009 21:46 GMT
#19
I overlooked Zero in my post, but I can't agree with Zero > Effort by any means. Zero is up there with Hyuk, Shine and Kwanro - he can probably be considered more stable than any of these players too - but I still think of him as someone who's a level below Calm, Effort and Jaedong.
"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
lone_hydra
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada1460 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 21:51:17
November 26 2009 21:49 GMT
#20
Just throwing this out there, but Effort is 0-3 vs. Bisu and 1-6 vs. Flash. Nd if you don't count GOM, Jaedong is 5-1 vs. Effort. I think Effort's Leta. Can't beat anyone better than him but crushes everyone worse than him. Effort is an S- player along with fantasy and Stork. S class is still outta reach.
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