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October 30 2008 09:37 GMT
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*The return of iloveoov to progaming deserves at the very least one more article about the mental master. I very strongly encourage anyone who hasn't to check out Plexa's incredible works done already in the spoiler below. Since Plexa already covered so much so well, I don't want to be repeating any of his work and will instead focus on the other aspects of oov. I assume that anyone who reads this also read his articles, since otherwise you might be quite lost*

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http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67171

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67579


"When you play, you have to start off with a mind to turn the game into a rape"

-iloveoov




Long before the reign of Savior, iloveoov was the evil boss of progaming. He was the original person to hate, besides Mumuyung of course. He refused to rob Yellow of a silver, made Boxer cry, and emptied stadiums faster than Firebathero in a swimsuit. Go back and look at old live report threads, it's astounding how much hate he got. The games ended long before the threads finished, but the rest of the posts mostly consisted of complaints/hate against oov. His play was misunderstood, he was treated as a boring robot, but in reality he was the greatest genius in broodwar history. Now attitudes towards him have softened considerably, but I want to bring to the forefront the harder to see parts of oov.

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The boss, surrounded by challengers


+ Show Spoiler [Reference] +
After oov won against Boxer in the Ever OSL finals most of the crowd immediately left. And I don't know if FBH's half-naked ceremony made people leave but it fit well.


Pure Clutch and Dominance


iloveoov, rightly called the most dominating player in history, also became synonymous with boring, safe play that characterized the future generations of terran players. oov was blamed as the split between the Boxer style of flashy micro terran and the cold, calculating macro terrans that reigned afterwards. But unlike the many terrans that followed him such as goodfriend, Bifrost, FBH, or hwasin, oov was the smartest player in sc history, and totally unlike midas or iris, iloveoov was the also the most clutch player in history. While Nada (and only Nada) has accomplished more, you cannot argue with a 5-0 history in OGN/MBC finals.



There is an easy answer to the question of: If you had to pick someone to play for your life, who would you choose? In the highest pressure scenario possible, OSL/MSL finals, oov was unmatched.

iloveoov 3-0 Yellow Trigem MSL
iloveoov 3-2 Nada Hanafos MSL
iloveoov 3-2 Kingdom Spris MSL
iloveoov 3-2 Boxer Ever 04 OSL
iloveoov 3-0 Julyzerg Shinhan Bank OSL


+ Show Spoiler [Vs Nada] +
It may have been 3-2, but oov went from being down 2-1 to utterly dominating the flabbergasted Nada in games 4 and 5.


+ Show Spoiler [Vs Boxer] +
Note that he won against Boxer even after losing against the incredible game 4 build and looking visibily disturbed. And it was a series that he "force[d] himself to win."


Here's how other popular choices would fare:
+ Show Spoiler [Comparison] +


(Z)JulyZerg 3/0 *In July only. Clearly watermelon power.
(P)GARIMTO 2/0
Bisubuild 1/0 *It may have only won once, but it captured the heart and mouth of Klazart forever.
TL.net 1/0 *Soon to be 2-0
(Z)sAviOr 4/2 *Pre-2009.
(P)Bisu 2/1
(Z)Jaedong 2/1 *He still lost to CUTEANGEL.
(Z)JulyZerg 3/2 *Overall
NaDa 6/4
(P)rA 2/2
(T)BoxeR 3/4
(P)Reach 1/3
(Z)ChoJJa 1/3 *Sorry Tfeign, his Kespa ranking doesn't matter here.
(Z)YellOw 0/5 *Yellow is the REAL Silver medalist. Take that (P)Stork.
(P)Stork 0/3 *Wait (P)Stork got 2nd place in Silver medal count. Who is it!? Will the real Mr. Silver please stand up?
(Z)Silver 0/1 *Someone called? Did I make Power Rank yet?
GG.Net 0/1
(T)Midas 0/0 *JUST KIDDING. And you were up 2-1 too!
(T)ToSsGirL 0/0
Blackman 0/0 *Only if you're Polish.




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The only way to beat oov


However, iloveoov was not just a Nada, who dominated single leagues but didn't hold his massive weight in teamleagues. Back when all kill leagues were around, iloveoov was the only ingredient needed. With a 13-2 record overall in the MBCGAME teamleague and putting up performances like this, It's not exactly hard to see how 4U won despite having a lineup similar to KTF last season.

Loser's bracket finals 4U vs GO

1: Xellos(GO) defeated Kos(4U) on Enter the Dragon
2: Xellos(GO) defeated IntoTheRainbow(4U) on Detonation_Xnote
3: ILoveoov(4U) defeated Xellos(GO) on JR's Memory
4: ILoveoov(4U) defeated ForU(GO) on Parallellines
5: ILoveoov(4U) defeated Nal_rA(GO) on Enter the Dragon
6: ILoveoov(4U) defeated Eros~Rage(GO) on Detonation_Xnote
4Union 4 : 2 GO


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This is not someone you wanted to face


It was not just older teamleagues where he pulled miracles: oov still holds (the tied) record for most proleague victories at 17. Up until Boxer's retirement, oov was the team ace. It may have been team Boxer, but oov long was the guy you could always count on to win.

This is just how good he was in prime form, which he considered up to his Spris MSL win:

+ Show Spoiler [Stats] +

oov up until facing Julyzerg 03/04/05-04/07/01. Nearly 15 months.

77-20 Overall (79%)
32-15 TvT (68%)
27-0 TvZ (100%)
18-5 TvP (78%)


oov start of career to ever osl victory 03/04/05-04/11/20. 19 1/2 months.

114-48 Overall (70%)
45-28 TvT (62%)
37-9 TvZ (80%)
32-11 TvP (74%)


Brilliance


The primary charge leveled against oov was that he was safe, standard, and boring. But was that really true? Boxer was beloved because his play was risky and art, but oov was hated, because he was a machine. But oov was risky, oov was cutesy, oov is the smartest player in SC history, but oov's brilliance is much harder to detect, because it is far deeper and harder to understand.

A great example of this is EVER '04 finals. This series was one, if not the best series ever, and the most popular/spoken of game of the series is Boxer's m&m rush game 4 on Requiem, for very good reason. Ironically none of the other games are ever spoken of even though it is one of the most loved series and all the games are very very deep. The risk Boxer made in game 4was huge, the margin of error infinitely small, and above all he pulled it off in 1-2 situation.

Now consider game 3 on Mercury. iloveoov does a 1 fact 1 port tank/vult into wraith without addon build while boxer walls off and goes 2 port wraiths with addon. This is what's called a build order loss, and it's not luck, it's because Boxer is really smart too. Boxer's cloaked wraiths rape all of oov's wraiths without taking any damage and proceeds to take potshots at his scvs, who are frantically making an armory/acad, and gets many kills. Meanwhile oov counter's boxer with his tanks, but Boxer is able to easily repel them with tank/scv/wraith and almost no losses. At oov's base he is only able to live because he mass repairs his first goliath, and even then he is in a desperate situation with having no turrets, very limited scan, and only a paltry force that is being contained and continually sniped by Boxer.

And what does oov do while he is being nearly killed? Defend and stabilize? Counter? Nope, he expands. A hidden expansion at 3's main, which singlehandedly wins him the game. -Ironically Boxer almost gets himself back in the game with two hidden expansions of his own, but oov's early-mid game lead was too much to overcome.- Furthermore he does not get turrets, which would prevent Boxer from harassing him completely but instead invites the harass and keeps Boxer focused on harassing him while saving money at the same time. It may not be as flashy as Boxer's m&m rush, but it was every bit as impressive and seriously attests to iloveoov's psychological understanding.

Look at it from Boxer's POV: you nearly killed him, he still doesn't have turrets so you can harass him further. Would, oh I need to check for his hidden expansion, possibly come to mind at this time? No, of course not. Even knowing oov and his hidden expansion tendencies inside out, Boxer still didn't consider it; that's how strong of a play it was.

+ Show Spoiler [Luck?] +

People dismissed it as luck because Boxer's wraiths flew so close later on, but that was more of Boxer sending his wraiths away from oov's base than actively scouting for expos, for his wraiths didn't even scout the expo properly and did not attempt to scout any others. He sent out a deliberate scouting scv later which discovered it, so it would've been more luck that Boxer found it when he was not intending to.


oov's explanation to critics of his 'lucky' hidden expansion play"That's undeserved. I always think "the opponent would be unaware if I expand now" in my practice. It's all about timing. It's my strategy that I make a feint of defence, and expand at the very time that others think I won't. But recently other players did very well in scouting, therefore this strategy didn't work out. And the countermeasure is to pretend training units when rivals are scouting. He goes aways, then I expand."


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Not even the Emperor could stop the busdriver.


iloveoov was anything besides a safe, boring player; if you know what to look for.

It was Nada who is the epitome of the safe terran, who ran his opponents over with impeccable macro and micro. oov did not have that ability to outplay them with mechanics, he needed to gain advantages with builds and game flow. Why did Nada never had any difficulty defeating July and oov did? oov was certainly more skilled at defense overall but his gameplan relied at gaining an early economic advantage, and while other zergs could not exploit the timing window of oov's first form, July could. Nada's safe play on the other hand was impervious to July's early aggression, and as July could only win zvt by aggressive play and doing early damage, it is not surprising that Nada is 8-2 vs July overall and was able to 3-0 him with ease in finals. I attribute the ease to the imbalanced positions Nada got; given their history, it wouldn't have made too much of a difference though.

+ Show Spoiler [Sidetrack Boxer and Safety] +
Ironically, Boxer, who immediately comes to mind as the most aggressive and risky terran without question, and certainly was, played far more economically safely than oov. Consider Boxer's original innovation: 1 base harass. The most striking thing about it was how long Boxer took to expand. Usually he would only expand as his main minerals were running dry, although he often would only expand after his main ran out and just float his cc to the nat. While this build requires you to forego a cc until a fair amount of harassment is done and SV tech+ 3 rax is reached, there is little reason to not expand unless the enemy was near breaking point from the harass. The 8 marines sacrificed in making the CC are more than made up a few minutes later. Their loss is completely insignificant unless the battle is continually active and any loss in production for either side would spell their loss; which is true sometimes, but not always, and not for how long it takes for the main to run out.

Having played this build almost exclusively up until '06 or so, I realized how strong defensively strong this build was. You would march/fly around the map shutting down zerg expansions and disrupting their econ/tech. And of course, when they couldn't stop you from doing this, they would try to counter. And these counters would never succeed, because you are running off of 1 base, and short of defilers, which zerg could never reach in peace, there was no way they were successfully countering a 1 base terran.

One can argue that this is also due to Boxer and the trend started by him simply believing that aggressive play can accomplish the job well enough and the overall neglect for economics. However, ask yourself why Boxer still sticks to 1 base builds to this day. Why did Boxer stick with this style even after Nada pushed an expansion much earlier (though much later than oov would)? It's because Boxer can create a game flow where the battles are decided with small unit aggression, where he reigns supreme. Any earlier attempt at expanding would put him in peril to zerg counters, and it would not be necessary to do this if he could control the gameflow.



This is also one of the reasons why July/oov was so exciting to watch. oov was aggressive economically, July aggressive offensively. Economic aggression has never been fully appreciated/examined, and this lack of understanding is one of the reasons that oov was so hatable until Nostalgia set in.

Look at the gamechanging, very similar to Bisu vs Savior, game of oov vs July on Nostalgia (1st set): "The game that broke the streak." The only reason oov died to that attack was because he was projecting the illusion of force with his initial group that got killed and July hit in a timing window where no zerg had done. oov was taking very considerable risk doing this, for not only did he expand early when Zergs were accustomed to being more aggressive rather than mass expoing, but he also was using his initial m&m to 'threaten' July when he was actually in no position to do any damage to July. oov's mental play backfired; July was too new for him, and undercut his old timing and thoughts completely. Boxer would not have lost that way. Nada would not have lost that way.

One of the best examples of oov's economic aggression is the, much underloved, oov vs Nada HanaFos MSL finals. While the only vod remaining is game 4 on Detonation, it still shows a lot about oov. On Detonation and up 2-1, Nada double proxy raxed oov and bunker rushed, while oov lifted off his rax while playing standard factory rush. oov somehow manages to hold off the intial rush, and tries to counterattack but is blocked while Nada lifts the raxes into oov's main and continues the harass. Nada's expo is nearly done when oov just started his, and is clearly ahead. oov, despite having lower troop count, immediately pressures Nada's nat, while double expanding after getting his nat mining. Nada is forced to react to oov's early pressure, and by the time he has enough troops to break oov's contain, oov's economic advantage has already kicked in and rolls him over. If that's not perfect play in a must-win situation, I don't know what is.

Game 5 was apparently a more extreme version of game 4 with Nada not gaining that early advantage to keep it reasonably close, but alas it along with the TG MSL LB finals vods no longer exist. It is quite a shame, because oov/nada is by far the best TvT rivalry in history, despite how one-sided it was. It was the ultimate example of intelligence vs raw skill.

Psychological understanding was why oov was so dominant. It is the reason why him and Savior were totally uncheesable, and while part of that was because they rightly share the title for "Best Defense," they also were so psychologically dominant that they were prepared for it at the right times. Just as it takes someone as smart as Boxer or Flash to cheese at the right times, it takes someone as smart as oov or Savior to see it coming every single time. For examples, look no further than rA vs oov on Requiem or Kingdom vs oov's whole final series. Similarly, oov's hidden expansions did not succeed because of luck, they worked because he outthought his opponents.

But oov's psychological play was certainly not limited to in-game strategy. It was his cocky, abrasive attitude that originally attracted the hate bandwagon, but this was just a mental ploy.


oov a response to a question on his cocky and confident attitude"Yes, on purpose, so does in interviews. E-sports is Mind-sports. Practice is important, while some factors outside the stage weigh much as well. As a progamer, I should be polite to media and fans, but I don't want to show the impression of weakness to people. I'm always confident of winning, so I express my confidence, which is helpful to the matches in my opinion."


oov vs July Shinhan finals is another great example of the wonders of mental preparation. Only one of two finals ever won on pure mental domination, the other being Flash vs Stork Bacchus, oov trounced his old enemy July in 3 mostly one-sided games.

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The real reason for oov's victory over July. Outeating him by stealing Midas's food.


oov's use of interviews"I always used interviews strategically. That’s why I would mock my opponents, or pretend to be strong. I thought all of that was momentum, and I would even ask my fans to post things on message boards like “ILoveoov is really good” etc. When I played JulyZerg in the Starleague final, I thought mentality was particularly important. Honestly, I was scared and nervous. After I admitted he was a strong opponent and said honestly what I felt, I was able to go into the game with confidence and get a good result."


Many people blamed oov's victory on maps, but that was nothing of the sort. oov won on what people believed to be the imbalanced Cultivation Period; although July said he had found an answer and oov felt that the maps "had many zerg favoring aspects," with a sparks rush, designed to set the tone for the rest of the series and pre-empt whatever strategy July had planned. And set the tone he did. July's post-game interview shows exactly how big of an effect this was:

"I had practiced immensely for the match but after I lost the first game disappointingly I couldn't show what I had prepared. The reason I lost is because I never managed to do what I had in mind...I had come with a strategy I had prepared tearing my hair out. After I had lost the first game so shamefully I felt numb from there on even in the second game."


And oov agrees in a response to the outcome of the 2nd game:

"The second game would’ve been very difficult. I was able to win with both the psychological advantage and momentum I gained from winning the first game."


It is quite likely that this mental destabilization was the cause of July's uncustomary mistake in game 2 and poor army positioning in game 3, although game 3 oov also did a very intelligent upgrade rush to counter July's intelligent counter to fast expansion play. The effect of oov's bitter lesson to July is quite pronounced. In July's next finals vs Best, two and a half years later, July opens with a 5 pool to set the stage.


End of an Era


oov to me was the triumph of intelligence over mechanics. His apm was under 250, his micro often sloppy, his macro mechanics/multitasking good but not exceptional. If you want proof of that, just check out oov vs Yellow game 3. oov gains an amazing lead, and then nearly throws it away with the worst micro ever seen in a final. Only oov could get away with this. Of course he had solid micro at times, and his marine spread vs July on IntotheDarkness was one of the best pimpest plays ever, but in general, oov did not rely on his micro at all. If he microed well, great, but it was not essential for him to win.

Even after his Shinhan OSL and WCG '06 win, oov still managed to show some of the old brilliance. While the old master no longer had the motivation to put out the dominating success as in his past, he nevertheless was able to show it in isolated incidents. Check the vods list at the end for links to games vs FBH and DarkElf.

Above all else, this is reason for oov's success:

"The way I play is to create a pattern where I have an advantage, and then crush my opponents with momentum. That way my opponent can’t play with 100% of his skill. That’s why I think mind-games are more important than skill."



The true Gorilla


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How Gorillas celebrate.


While oov originally got his gorilla nickname for his long stature and lanky build, I have discovered long forgotten evidence that proves he really is a Gorilla.

"Yes, I am a cheapskate. I don't buy my teammates a drink or something usually. There are only 3 times I paid the bill. The first time I treated them some bananas and milk..."


Yes you read that right, bananas and milk. oov does not treat to expensive dinners, oov treats to bananas. Is there any doubt that oov is a gorilla now? If there is, just look at this:

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give oov banana. oov macro. oov win. You know the deal.



If you still have doubt, this will solve all questions. Ok not really, but oov is the master of hilarious faces.

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The oov face, need I say more?




Putting his gorilla nature aside, there are even more interesting aspects to oov. Bonjwa is not the only exclusive group that oov belongs to; he is also one of the very few progamers to be married. oov's uniqueness clearly shows here, for he never veered into the "path of night," and was able to maintain a relationship throughout his entire career as a pro.

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iloveoov's exceptional path



iloveoov, Coach and Prophet


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When oov retired in early 2008, people were noticeably disappointed that they would no longer get to see him work his magic. But for oov, coaching was just another way to showcase his brilliance.

"When I thought about being a coach, I thought I would be making build-orders myself, and teaching them to other players. I figured I would still be a trend-setter, just that I wouldn’t be on TV anymore"


Note that this interview was taken shortly after he became a coach back in Feburary. In 7 or so months, oov has invented a strategy that threatens to overturn modern tvz. When people had been doubting if there was anything left to innovate, oov comes back to prove them silly. Rather than saying anything here about 'the strat,' I will point you to this amazing article by Day.

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=80595


This is all the more striking because TvZ is one of the most stable matchups in history. Look at the previous TvZ trends: Boxer- 1 base fast tech with constant harass; oov- 2 rax expand; Boxer- Bunker rush; and now, oov- 1 base vulture drop into FE valkyrie+mech. Of course there are smaller ones, like Sync's 3 rax +1 sunk break or Flash's map specific mech, but these are the overall builds that have transformed the matchup completely and can be used even if your opponent knows its coming.

As a sidenote, can anyone possibly doubt that if these two played any other race, that race would be the most dominant in SC history? Yes, including random.

"I told all the terrans on the team that I want to train a winner, and make terran an important part of the team again. If there are no prospects, then I’ll have to find some new ones. Right now, Fantasy has the most potential. His strength is that he absorbs things very quickly, but his weakness is that he is too introverted. But we can change that."


How amusing this is when looking at the present situation. Fantasy, having completely demolished GGplay with oov's build, is looking at the finals with the heir of Yellow. In just 8 months, complete transformation from a nobody to an almost royal roader. And you're looking at the reason right here.

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He's back!



Stork before the OSL Finals said "I will think of the finals as a match not only against Fantasy but also Coach Choi, which will push me to prepare even harder."


Has any coach ever had this effect? What other coach is practiced and thought against extensively by opponents? Has any coach been credited with a build that may turn a very stable matchup up on its head? There is no question that nobody understands the mental situation of the finals better than oov. And when people say that this is just because oov is a former, elite pro, I will point you in the direction of Kingdom. Hey Kingdom, you still around? Haven't heard a word about you since you've become a coach.

The changes to SKT1 since oov has become coach have become quite noticeable. The departure of Boxer in 2006, slump of Midas, and loss of motivation for oov spelled doom for the team in 2007. It shows in their record: in r1, they were a paltry 8th at 9-13. In r2, they upped that by going 9th at 8-14. For the most successful team that proleague had ever seen, this was an unthinkinable low.

And the difference was striking. The very first season oov was coach, SKT1 zoomed up to 2nd place at the exact opposite record, 14-8, and if not for Bisu randomly sucking in his best matchup, they would've been in the finals. While they are not doing too hot so far this current season due to zerg favoring maps and their zergs going for the longest losing streak possible (0-10 so far), the team is far more motivated and from their interviews, I doubt they will have any problem fixing it.

oov is back now, his motivation is here, especially with Boxer returning, it would be hardly surprising to see oov own again, even at a lesser scale. While some may dismiss him as going the path of Garimto, I believe that as long as he can overcome his wrist, oov will return again. This is one person who lives up to his goals, no matter what the pressure on him. And his goals are high.

"I wanted to make a team that Boxer wouldn’t be ashamed of. So when I signed my contract, I didn’t even look at the money. I just left that to the team. There’s about a year and a half left, and I want to enter the army as someone I can be proud of."
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Ver
Profile Joined October 2008
United States2186 Posts
October 30 2008 09:38 GMT
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+ Show Spoiler [Vods] +


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs Yellow U-Boat] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/5485_iloveoov_vs_YellOw


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs rA Requiem] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/221_iloveoov_vs_rA/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs Zeus Requiem The REAL FIREBATHERO] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/3599_iloveoov_vs_Zeus/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs Boxer Mercury] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/4211_BoxeR_vs_iloveoov/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs DarkElf Monty Hall] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/8006_DarkElf_vs_iloveoov/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs Nada Detonation] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/2165_iloveoov_vs_NaDa/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs July Nostalgia 1] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/1123_iloveoov_vs_July/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs July 815] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/1035_iloveoov_vs_July/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs July FPVOD IntotheDarkness] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/1129_iloveoov_vs_July


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs Reach Mercury 5] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/280_iloveoov_vs_Reach/vod


+ Show Spoiler [oov vs FBH Python] +
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/games/321_firebathero_vs_iloveoov




Note that I wanted to initially put the longer spoiler parts in sidebars, but I am very bad at using the code and had no idea how to make it work.

Any constructive criticism/advice/input very much appreciated. This is my first time doing anything like this so I'm sure there's plenty of things to improve on.

If this gets good reception then I will do at least two more articles on the others most similar to oov: Savior and Flash.
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StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-30 09:40:49
October 30 2008 09:40 GMT
#3
whoa, great ill read it after stork vs kal!
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
October 30 2008 09:41 GMT
#4
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Elsi
Profile Joined October 2002
United Kingdom8173 Posts
October 30 2008 09:42 GMT
#5
Nice article!
MuShu
Profile Joined March 2005
United States3223 Posts
October 30 2008 09:49 GMT
#6
very nice! very long but good read
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 30 2008 09:52 GMT
#7
EPIC
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
dongfeng
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
731 Posts
October 30 2008 09:52 GMT
#8
brilliant article on my fav progamer
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
October 30 2008 09:56 GMT
#9
omg. you deserve to be a FE writer.

NICE READDDDD!

Wow that was very very good.
#1 Sea.Really Fan / #1 Nesh Fan / Terran Forever~
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
October 30 2008 10:00 GMT
#10
Great read!
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
October 30 2008 10:29 GMT
#11
Final Edit please, haha. Great Read.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Felagund
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Philippines504 Posts
October 30 2008 10:30 GMT
#12
Now this is a fan.
TL CJ Entusman #5 "now she is unarmed, u shall go gather ur army, siege ur tanks and her choke and send some vessels to spot her lurkers, at this time she may have defilers so, if u spot some, unsiege and bring fbs" -Ki_Do
Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
October 30 2008 10:48 GMT
#13
Gorrilla Terran ftw!
Firebathero is still the best!
GodsDevil[5thF]
Profile Joined February 2006
Romania622 Posts
October 30 2008 10:48 GMT
#14
well oov was my first favorit player, but after sAviOr owned him so bad i change my race to zerg and sAviOr will by my idol for ever. But oov is still my favorit terran player.
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
October 30 2008 10:52 GMT
#15
Midas looks like a kid stolen of his candy, God he's thin, haha.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
General Nuke Em
Profile Joined March 2008
United States680 Posts
October 30 2008 10:59 GMT
#16
Absolutely awesome article!
sigma_x
Profile Joined March 2008
Australia285 Posts
October 30 2008 11:12 GMT
#17
This is a phenomenal article. Well done :D
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
October 30 2008 11:24 GMT
#18
That was amazing.
Hi.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10828 Posts
October 30 2008 11:36 GMT
#19
monster article
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foodontable
Profile Joined June 2006
China341 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-30 11:46:51
October 30 2008 11:46 GMT
#20
This article was a great read! Would read again.
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