See BW Reminiscence thread for other articles: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=389458 Au contraire sir, I find that BeSt is probably one of the most under appreciated players in recent memory, to truly understand why, just think about these facts: BeSt , despite being one of the infamous FBB ( BeSt ) trio on SKT, does not have a single community nick name to his credit. And is routinely overshadowed by the other two. BeSt 's most recent claim to fame is as a meme regarding one of his, that many people didn't even know about! BeSt 's historical claim to fame in the community's eye include:, and... that's about it.To truly understand why BeSt is underappreciated in the modern scene, we have to take a trip back in memory lane, to 2006. BeSt first emerged onto the scene in WCG 2006 (a very unusually breaking out point to be sure), qualifying through the WCG and playing his first televised series posting a 1-2 against Midas (who posted a 64.1% win rate against protoss in 2006 and a 55% against protoss) and a 2-1 against a fOru past his prime. His first appearances with SKT was during the 2007 Shinhan proleague Round 1, Fantasy wasn't a standard A-teamer on SKT yet (playing only twice during the entire season, and Bisu was still playing on MBCGame Hero. No one took much notice of Best, who only boasted a 3-4 record during round 1.During round 2, people started noticing Best's strange tendencies of winning against protoss and losing against zergs, taking down a then strong Pusan , and JangBi , yet losing to the likes of 815 and Jy , a trend that would continue through out his career.During the 2008 Bacchus OSL, he made an impressive run with wins over sAviOr , and Sea , no easy task by any imagination given his reputation for only being a PvP sniper, before losing to a dominant Stork who would go on to make it to the finals of the tournament. Again his performance was vastly overshadowed by other protoss' during the era, Stork for winning the Bacchus OSL, Bisu for starting a revolution , and Jangbi for finals appearances.During the era of the six dragons, Best shined brightly carrying an insaneoverall win rate in 2008, and aagainst protoss'. Against the hardest competition possible:What went unnoticed beyond this already titanic feat, is awin rate against terran,With everything set out for Best to make the break into BW super stardom, and making it into the finals of the 2008 EVER OSL, it seemed like Best was unstoppable and would solidify himself as one of the greatest protoss players ever. And here's where I hang a big warning label on the screen flashing

TRAGEDY STRIKING IN 3, 2, 1...

Best finds himself in a finals against surprise finalist July who has done nothing of note since 2006, some alarm bells were set off when July won 6-1 over two protoss' in the Ro8 and Ro4 to make it to the finals, however they were against the likes of Rock and BackHo . Where as Best had just come back from a 0-2 deficit to 3-2 heavy favorite Luxury (a feat NEVER yet reproduced, the closest being Jangbi coming back from a 1-2 deficit against Zero in 2012 OSL Semi's).The result? I will let the games speak for themselves.

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Coming off an amazing record in PvP, Best suffered a 4-10 in 2009, losing to the likes of Shuttle , and Pure , whom despite being competent opponents was no where near the caliber of players he encountered during his 16 win streak. His PvZ continued to dip below 50%. The only saving grace was his PvT, still boasting a 65% record before heading into the Nate MSL, being one of the only people in the league who has a perfect record (3-0!) against then major contender Flash . Hopes were high that Best, whose signature methodical macro style has been able to defeat Flash in 3 base macro games at the post 20 minute mark would be able to recreate the feat and snipe the ultimate weapon.The result?Game 1.Game 2.Game 3. BeSt astounded every one in the start of the 2011-12 proleague season, netting wins over the most insane line up ofBut this was quickly forgotten and overshadowed by the emergence of Jangbi vs Fantasy rivalry that emerged in the twilight of BW, and Best never truly got the recognition that he deserved for making such an amazing run in his weakest match up.The ultimate irony is that BeSt 's strengths became his weaknesses, his spectacular early on PvP career lend his play to be, so much so that any loss' even against the strongest of Protoss opponents, multiple OSL/MSL winners and runner ups such as Stork / Jangbi, recieved the booing of fans every where. His amazing PvT play of almost immaculate macro and greedy methodical play would have earned any other protoss the admiration that Bisu or Stork would have gotten for their distinct brand of PvZ and PvP, yet was down played as. His longer presence and continued contribution to SKT before the rise of Fantasy and the transfer of Bisu only earned him increased scrutiny and criticism. Even his heavy gate way play has been vastly outshined in popularity byNone of this is highlighted more than in the 2010-11 proleague finals.

Where is my Bisu vs. Flash Ace match?!!!!

why not bisu whyy

did january hijack SKT?

what's going on

oh god, y send the hardest choker in sc history for the super ace?

ZZZ I stayed all the way up for a Best vs Flash?

Flash , who is also notorious for his greedy methodical macro play that bored the living hell out of anyone cheering against or even for him that has gained him prolonged periods of lolturtlenoob status, is vastly more popular than BeSt for the sole reason of championship results.With all the slumps and streaks that BeSt 's been through, it may be surprising that he still sports a 62.16% win rate againstterran and a 60% win rate againstprotoss, and a 56.39% overall. Let me just repeat that. 56.39% overall, even with his sub 50% zerg win rate at only 47.71% which constitute over 35% of his total games played. This puts him in the upper echelon of players with a 55%+ win rate and he was definitely S-class material in PvZ and PvP. Yet he ranks considerably lower than other comparable players in terms of popularity and has been left out of most polls and hall of fame mentions.As of now Best's SC2 career is nothing short of average and forgettable, with the imminent competition between kespa and esf / foreign players, can he ever recapture the spotlight and regain his 2008 glory?