EPTGod of the Battlefield: Part 1 - Page 41
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gamapg
Philippines189 Posts
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Kraugy
United States7 Posts
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DamenPulse
United States37 Posts
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aiyeeta
United States199 Posts
Thanks for the great write up Ver | ||
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Qwyn
United States2779 Posts
I'm so proud, and yet my heart is torn in two. For all the ingenuity he has brought to this game, my heart struggles to look past his corrupt, darker side. | ||
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zergnewb
United States816 Posts
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On May 26 2011 14:30 tomatriedes wrote: Savior vs Oov on Ride of the Valkyries and Savior vs Iris on Neo-Arkanoid are two of my all-time favorite Broodwar games. Both games were so epic. Don't forget Savior vs Nada on Luna! | ||
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freeloader625
United States180 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
i hope it's about savior vs nal_ra such epic series | ||
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EricCartman
Canada306 Posts
Sad to see some really talented players falling into the wrong hands  | ||
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-Sky-
Bulgaria284 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:52 sluggaslamoo wrote: Not really, it was Savior that created a revolution in Zerg play and rolled Oov and caused his decline much like how Bisu rolled Savior. Nada who peaked after Oov still was also consistently winning grand finals. Both were very much in their prime. You also simply can't say they were past their prime. Then Terrans were smashing Zergs with incredibly high win rates, what's amazing is their win-rate against other Zerg would be less than their loss rate against Savior. Olso if im not mistaken when that superfight vs Nada occurred Nada's TvZ was considered as the best in the world!!! | ||
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Sueco
Sweden283 Posts
This is such a teary-eyed rose-tinted homage, it sounds ridiculous. | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
On May 26 2011 15:58 Sueco wrote: I may be wrong here, I'm just an uneducated latecomer to BW, but isn't Jaedong the Zerg superstar? This is such a teary-eyed rose-tinted homage, it sounds ridiculous. Savior was a tactical and strategic genius, if they peaked at the same time, Savior would have been the more dominant player in ZvT/ZvP even with half the mechanics. Savior to Effort was Oov to Fantasy. A lot of the brains behind Efforts style came from Savior. But Savior was still much better at it. Just look at how Effort dismantled Flash in the OSL Grand Final even though a week later Flash 3:0'd Jaedong with ease in the MSL Grand Final. Actually just look at how many times Effort has completely outsmarted Flash, completely outsmarting the supposed strategic genius is a crazy feat. The same thing happened when Savior was in his peak. Oov was the "cheater terran" a strategic mastermind, and Nada "the genius terran", and Savior just picked them apart at their own game. Many of Saviors strategies have been copied by other Zergs, including Jaedong. Saviors amazing feat stems from being a god in a period of the Zerg dark ages. Jaedong came after this, where several Zergs were doing well anyway. Not to take any thing away from Jaedong though, but Jaedong is the complete opposite player, a mechanical aggressive beast. I don't know much about Tennis but maybe you could compare Savior to Federer, and Jaedong to Nadal? Savior won with finesse, where as Jaedong won with technique. | ||
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9I3bI4HuK
Russian Federation41 Posts
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Rapier
United States13 Posts
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Plaaguu
United States406 Posts
On May 26 2011 16:11 sluggaslamoo wrote: Savior was a tactical and strategic genius, if they peaked at the same time, Savior would have been the more dominant player in ZvT/ZvP even with half the mechanics. Savior to Effort was Oov to Fantasy. A lot of the brains behind Efforts style came from Savior. But Savior was still much better at it. Just look at how Effort dismantled Flash in the OSL Grand Final even though a week later Flash 3:0'd Jaedong with ease in the MSL Grand Final. Actually just look at how many times Effort has completely outsmarted Flash, completely outsmarting the supposed strategic genius is a crazy feat. The same thing happened when Savior was in his peak. Oov was the "cheater terran" a strategic mastermind, and Nada "the genius terran", and Savior just picked them apart at their own game. Many of Saviors strategies have been copied by other Zergs, including Jaedong. Saviors amazing feat stems from being a god in a period of the Zerg dark ages. Jaedong came after this, where several Zergs were doing well anyway. Not to take any thing away from Jaedong though, but Jaedong is the complete opposite player, a mechanical aggressive beast. I don't know much about Tennis but maybe you could compare Savior to Federer, and Jaedong to Nadal? Savior won with finesse, where as Jaedong won with technique. That's actually a great comparison. I wasn't around during Savior's time, but watching him dismantle Nada/oov is exactly like how Federer just slapped around everyone. Then the Nadal/Jaedong just being pure athleticism/mechanics is spot on haha | ||
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RushWifDietCoke
United States488 Posts
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pyrogenetix
United Arab Emirates5090 Posts
Being a rather biased protoss fan, if you asked me who was the best sc player ever, I wish I could say Nalra or Reach or Stork or Bisu, but I would be lying. Savior in his prime was absolutely terrifying. I never understood exactly what was happening but I knew that when I saw him play, something amazing was going on. What was mind boggling was his low 250 apm yet still he was 3 seconds ahead of everyone at every curve and every fight and every timing. Nearly every game he would send his overlord the right direction and it was just unreal watching him play all the top players. That was the time when if Savior played it wasn't a matter of IF Savior would win but HOW Savior would win. So very sad that he did what he did, but like the article said, let's keep that topic separate from his skill in the game. Very big thanks for this write-up. I am really looking forward to part 2. | ||
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=65738 The video in that post still makes me teary :'( | ||
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