Terra1 Profile Joined June 2018 Philippines 283 Posts #2 $O$ will do good here, I believe. It's Blizzcon! But if sOs doesn't win it, there a chance 1 of the 2 JAGW players can do it: Rogue and of course, Maru.

Charoisaur Profile Joined August 2014 Germany 13375 Posts #3 as far as Dreamhack no one holds a candle to TaeJa

Not even Solar? Not even Solar? INnoVation

Rodya Profile Joined January 2018 527 Posts #4 lol I feel like every one of these Korean featured articles is overwhelmingly negative. Even Maru's was negative. Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!

brickrd Profile Blog Joined March 2014 United States 4894 Posts #5 On October 24 2018 21:34 Rodya wrote:

lol I feel like every one of these Korean featured articles is overwhelmingly negative. Even Maru's was negative.

????? how is it overall negative? there are whole passages about all the tournaments he's won and his periods of dominance, and at the end it basically says that he owns blizzcon



the more titanic the player, the more interesting a "dark" narrative is. of course theyre going to dramatize the event by making it seem like all the korean players have problems to overcome, that's how these previews generally work... idk what people expect from sports journalism sometimes ????? how is it overall negative? there are whole passages about all the tournaments he's won and his periods of dominance, and at the end it basically says that he owns blizzconthe more titanic the player, the more interesting a "dark" narrative is. of course theyre going to dramatize the event by making it seem like all the korean players have problems to overcome, that's how these previews generally work... idk what people expect from sports journalism sometimes

fronkschnonk Profile Joined November 2011 Germany 616 Posts #6 On October 24 2018 21:34 Rodya wrote:

lol I feel like every one of these Korean featured articles is overwhelmingly negative. Even Maru's was negative.

Well, that's just due to the nature of things. All the players have long prodigies and literally none of them was able to stay at the very top throughout all the time. Some needed much time to get out of mediocrity, some are chasing former glory, some are barely not winning championships again and again and some lived through all of those phases. Those times are often the most defining for the greatest players, because they had to overcome them to achieve such greatness. Well, that's just due to the nature of things. All the players have long prodigies and literally none of them was able to stay at the very top throughout all the time. Some needed much time to get out of mediocrity, some are chasing former glory, some are barely not winning championships again and again and some lived through all of those phases. Those times are often the most defining for the greatest players, because they had to overcome them to achieve such greatness. Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.

Ptolemaios Profile Joined December 2014 France 2 Posts Last Edited: 2018-10-25 04:40:33 #7

This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under StarCraft II according to Liquipedia . And best ratio among the top 10 winners.This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. L'une des seules positions philosophiques cohérentes, c'est la révolte.

Terra1 Profile Joined June 2018 Philippines 283 Posts #8 On October 24 2018 22:20 Ptolemaios wrote:

One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II

This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II according to Liquipedia . And best ratio among the top 10 winners.This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league.



Agreed. He's also done some all-kills and reverse all-kills, like the one he did vs KT in 2015. He's always cursed to lose in all GSL and GSL-related events. Poor guy. I hope he redeems himself this Blizzcon. Agreed. He's also done some all-kills and reverse all-kills, like the one he did vs KT in 2015. He's always cursed to lose in all GSL and GSL-related events. Poor guy. I hope he redeems himself this Blizzcon.

Fango Profile Joined July 2016 United Kingdom 7762 Posts #9 People didn't appreciate how brilliant some of sOs' wins were at the time. The finals against Jaedong, herO, and MKP were strokes of genius as far as sc2 strategy goes.



Unfortunately all of them were massive fan favourites at the time, and protoss cheese was (admittedly appropriately) disliked by most viewers. It wasn't until he beat Life at blizzcon 2015 that people seemed to actually support him.



He's kinda lost the title of clutchest player in LotV, so I don't really expect him to win here. Or even make it out of his group tbh. But there have been glimpses of his former glory at least, so maybe. Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs

Fango Profile Joined July 2016 United Kingdom 7762 Posts #10 On October 24 2018 22:20 Ptolemaios wrote:

One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II

This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II according to Liquipedia . And best ratio among the top 10 winners.This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league.

That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill. That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill. Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs

Argonauta Profile Joined July 2016 Spain 2869 Posts #11 I still remember that clutch sOs decision during a basetrade against Myungsik in GSL when he send the observer out of the army to protect it from being sniped by Myungsik phoenix during a fight, then Myungsik enganges and dives with the phoenix which get killed and he though he had kill the observer during the fight and sent the last dts to clear sOs army and thats when the observer finallly appears to force a GG of Myungsik. It was beautiful Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap

Ptolemaios Profile Joined December 2014 France 2 Posts #12 On October 24 2018 22:31 Fango wrote:

Show nested quote +

On October 24 2018 22:20 Ptolemaios wrote:

One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II

This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II according to Liquipedia . And best ratio among the top 10 winners.This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league.

That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill. That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill.



This is probably because the SPL did not count the playoffs in its win records because they were in allkill format. This is probably because the SPL did not count the playoffs in its win records because they were in allkill format. L'une des seules positions philosophiques cohérentes, c'est la révolte.

EzioAs Profile Joined September 2017 177 Posts #13 Very well written piece. Really glad to see sOs returning to BlizzCon. As far as I'm concerned, this years BlizzCon is going to be much, MUCH more interesting compared to last year (though I do love seeing SpeCial's shocking play last year). 花は桜木人は武士

Bagration Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 18142 Posts #14 Hot take time: IF sOs wins this Blizzcon, he's the greatest Protoss of SC2 Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever

EzioAs Profile Joined September 2017 177 Posts #15 On October 25 2018 00:05 Bagration wrote:

Hot take time: IF sOs wins this Blizzcon, he's the greatest Protoss of SC2



We'll never get the majority of people to agree but who cares right? We'll never get the majority of people to agree but who cares right? 花は桜木人は武士

Kurao Profile Joined April 2018 215 Posts #16 On October 25 2018 00:05 Bagration wrote:

Hot take time: IF sOs wins this Blizzcon, he's the greatest Protoss of SC2

I think people don't exactly jump to sOs being the greatest Protoss of SC2 because of his lack of a GSL win, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be out of question at all to say he is the best. I mean, 3 BlizzCons? That's unheard of. I think people don't exactly jump to sOs being the greatest Protoss of SC2 because of his lack of a GSL win, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be out of question at all to say he is the best. I mean, 3 BlizzCons? That's unheard of.

Kurao Profile Joined April 2018 215 Posts #17 YESSS! The dungeon wizard of builds, the one and only 4th race of SC2.



I would be so stoked to see him sneak into the finals and win it all after being out of the limelight which the Maru vs Serral hype has gathered for itself.

Yonnua Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United Kingdom 2310 Posts #18 sOs will win Blizzcon. LRSL 2014 Finalist! PartinG | Mvp | Bomber | Creator | NaNiwa | herO

Fango Profile Joined July 2016 United Kingdom 7762 Posts #19 On October 24 2018 22:47 Ptolemaios wrote:

Show nested quote +

On October 24 2018 22:31 Fango wrote:

On October 24 2018 22:20 Ptolemaios wrote:

One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II

This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league. One thing that is never mentioned about sOs is his Proleague record : most Proleague wins under Starcraft II according to Liquipedia . And best ratio among the top 10 winners.This guy is not only a triple world champion and triple GSL finalist, he was also at the top of the hardest SC2 team league.

That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill. That page isn't really accurate btw. For some bizarre reason it doesn't include playoff results. If you include them then other players surpass him in win %. But he still has the most sheer wins and the only reverse allkill.



This is probably because the SPL did not count the playoffs in its win records because they were in allkill format. This is probably because the SPL did not count the playoffs in its win records because they were in allkill format.

Which is a shame because the playoffs were arguably the most important part of the season where players had to really step it up. Which is a shame because the playoffs were arguably the most important part of the season where players had to really step it up. Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs

FrostedMiniWheats Profile Joined August 2010 United States 30729 Posts #20 He's coming for #3 NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever

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