Can you write articles like this everyday plszszs?

I greatly enjoy watching the underdog make ling muta look like the answer to all problems almost.
Watching his Hatch placement was great, and how he created an unanswerable awkwardness for his opponent. The dudes only 17!!! and he won WCS. Truly phenomenal.

Anyways, thank you for the article was a great closer to 2014 WCS.

ETisME

12255 Posts

November 12 2014 05:38 GMT

#28

Glad for life but can't help to think Artosis curse should take some credit (jk)
So happy for life, I am once again impressed by his performance!

Keeemy

Finland7855 Posts

November 12 2014 05:47 GMT

#29

Nice write-up man

Apoteosis

Chile820 Posts

November 12 2014 05:51 GMT

#30

On November 12 2014 07:59 Zealously wrote:
Life's run will be immortal for all of these things, remembered as the tournament where Life rebounded and defeated all those that had overcome him in the past. As the tournament where The Tower stood tall, unmoved by all challenges.

Not only that... Lee Seung Hyun's run at Blizzcon 2014 is simply LEGENDARY.

There were three zergs at the RO16. Only one of them was considered widely as the best Zerg in the world. The other two, on the other hand, were the underdogs: nobody but the hardcore fanboys will place a bet on them two. In Life's case, it was worse: he faced the "best player of 2014", the one who made it, at least, to the RO8 in EVERY TOURNAMENT HE SIGNED IN. Life crushed Zest with a wonderful lesson of PvZ. Why is this match so important? Everyone agrees that, since Dear's marvelous run at the end of 2013, Protoss took the place as the dominant race. Every important tournament from there was dominated by the sons of Aiur. Blizzcon 2013, GSL 1 & 2, IEM WC. Especially at 2013 GSL S1, Zest wrecked soO. Since the end of 2013, Zerg race was on decline. Only the trickery of TRUE's play (and his corruptors) prevented Zest's back-to-back GSL Championships. And despite that, Life won. Not with 10 pools, not with proxy hatcheries: he defeated the best protoss of 2014 in his own game: no rush 10.

At the end of the carnage of the RO16, Life was the only zerg remaining. Jaedong, out. Soo, eliminated. And then, at the RO8, Life was placed against his nemesis, the author of the infamous SanGate, the man with the best record against Zerg and with an overwhelming positive record against Life: he was none other than ManZenith himself, yoeFWSan. Again, another PvZ. This time though, it was not the Zerg pride that was on the board; it was Life's own ghosts that haunted him. His worst matchup, against one of the few players that he had negative record. And he won. Convincingly. 3-0.

At the RO4, Life not only represented the hopes and dreams of 1/3 of the Starcraft fans, but he represented his own desire of overcome all odds, his own crave to be a champion once again. But, on the other side of the bracket, were crushing two titans of the Terran race: Innovation, GSL S3 Champion, and Taeja, the 11-Gold-Player. Two masters of the TvZ. And of both, the one who inflicted many painful losses to Life advanced to the RO4. At the RO16, Life fought for the Zerg race. At the RO8, Life fought against his recurrent obstacles. At the RO4, however, Life fought for recovering his lost prestige. Once upon a time, TvZ was Life's trademark matchup. After two years, a new game, a bunch of nerfs and buffs, Life's TvZ was on decline. He lost many times to Taeja himself; hell, he even lost against SjoW. And above that, he was placed against a guy that has the same aura of Mvp: Taeja, although awesome, does not have the monstrous macro of Innovation or Bomber; Taeja has good micro, but not astounding as Maru's or Marineking's micro; and he also have wrist issues. Taeja, just like Mvp, is good at winning. That is why that RO4 series was unforgettable, just like that finals in 2012: nail-biting until the last moment. But, Life won. And not only he just won, but he did it showcasing his trademark style of relentless aggression.

When Life reached the finals, he overcomed his personal ghosts, his underperforming race, and the burden of his past accomplishment. After such test, he was determined to win. That is why the finals was a walk in the park: merely a confirmation of an undisputed fact.

Lee Seung Huyn's run at Blizzcon resembles a similar run four years ago: There was a Zerg player, who fought from the depths of his underperforming race, against all odds and expectations, and facing the best players of his era. That player was the first Royal Roader, the winner of the first GSL ever. That player was Fruitdealer. His run was legendary, in the same way that Life's run was.

erby

464 Posts

November 12 2014 07:03 GMT

#31

YOU'RE STILL MY FAVORITE, TAEJA! Life really had some wicked builds to pull on TaeJa, and I think he realized that he could handle whoever came from the top bracket after he beat TaeJa and spared nothing for the finals.

Ahhhh, what a tournament. The Day 2 was a roller coaster of emotions, especially experiencing it live.

dsousa

United States1363 Posts

November 12 2014 07:55 GMT

#32

I have never picked against Life in a series.

While it makes it exciting that the "commentators" didn't pick him to win, the fact is those commentators are renown for being wrong. They always get so caught up in who is doing good in practice or who did good in PL, but the fact remains that big stage games are different. Life has ALWAYS excelled at them, which is why its no surprise he won. The kid is a winner, he bleeds win. How could you ever pick against that?

He's better than the rest because he knows that if he gets in a tough spot he can create turmoil in the game and then count on his superior responsiveness to win out. The Taeja series is a great example, when he felt Taeja was too strong for straight up play, he took the game to a weird place and then trusted he'd find the solution better than his opponent.

He didn't let pride, fear or ego get in the way, he decided what he needed to do to win, and he proxy hatched and got it done.

Some competitors just know how to win. Life has that in spades and he always has.

Picking against Life is silly.

But we knew this a long time ago. He won the firs HOTS MLG when Flash and Innovation were Hellbat roasting drones by the dozens. He won the GSL his first time there. He's still only 17.

TL:DR. Life can beat anyone. To act like it was a shock his won is a disservice to his greatness.

Olli

Austria24416 Posts

November 12 2014 08:20 GMT

#33

I blame KeSPA, as does a big part of the Korean community from what I hear ;o

Gwavajuice

France1810 Posts

November 12 2014 08:34 GMT

#34

Actually the really cool thing would be to have him keep in improving and not get into a slump phase again.

The 2012 Life was so amazing that, how good Life played at Blizzcon, I have the feeling it was not the best Life possible yet.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

November 12 2014 08:35 GMT

#35

I'm so mad that Zealously is happy

But I'm happy for Life, he's fucking cool.

Flonomenalz

Nigeria3519 Posts

November 12 2014 09:41 GMT

#36

The amazing thing about Life is that he can simply win at any time, against anyone.

That's awesome.

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

November 12 2014 09:59 GMT

#37

Hehe Life :D

On November 12 2014 17:20 DarkLordOlli wrote:
I blame KeSPA, as does a big part of the Korean community from what I hear ;o

Why?

Olli

Austria24416 Posts

November 12 2014 10:03 GMT

#38

On November 12 2014 18:59 OtherWorld wrote:

Show nested quote +

Why?

I heard that all Kespa players were flown in exactly one day before their Ro16 matches, which would leave any normal human being severely jetlagged or at least extremely uncomfortable. There were protests against it from players and coaches but to no avail. Then Zest and soO lost in the Ro16, and the KR community is putting a lot of the blame on KeSPA.

At least that's what I keep hearing.