Thorin Profile Blog Joined November 2009 544 Posts #1



Lee 'Jaedong' Jae Dong, legendary BW champion and "The Tyrant", is the star of the 15th episode of my '



, legendary BW champion and "The Tyrant", is the star of the 15th episode of my ' Reflections ' interview series. Time line of topics discussed:



00:39 Intro



00:43 Playing in the Courage tournament as a BW amateur.



01:20 Did he ever wonder if he wouldn't make it as a top BW pro?



02:30 The key moment when he felt he had reached the status of being a top player.



03:59 Beating Stork in his first OSL final, despite being considered weak in ZvP.



05:54 The first time Flash became his rival.



07:42 A statement he'd made about Flash being his friend in a past life.



08:50 Coming back from 0:2 to beat Fantasy in the Batoo OSL final.



10:06 The Lee Jae Dong score, losing map one and winning the next three in a row.



11:07 His ZvZ being 90% win-rate in BW.



12:17 The story of the NATE MSL final and Flash supposedly being unbeatable in it, but Jaedong overcoming him.



13:57 The story of Rekrul betting big money on Jaedong, vs. Flash fanboys on TL.



16:33 Bisu and Jaedong never meeting in a big OSL or MSL semi-final or final, despite being a dream match-up.



18:21 How Bisu was different from other Protoss in PvZ.



19:49 Struggling early on in SC2.



21:20 Did coming second so many times in SC2 give him a new perspective on people with "the silver curse" like YellOw, Stork and Fantasy?



22:38 How Jaedong thinks of himself.



24:08 Final words/Outro.

Don_Julio Profile Blog Joined June 2010 1181 Posts #2 Nice, I really like your League content. Gonna watch immediately.

Cele Profile Blog Joined December 2008 Germany 3826 Posts #3 thx for not posting this in the sc2 section. The majority of this interview really is about BW content, as Jaedong commited the most time in his carrier to BW. Broodwar for life!

JohnChoi Profile Blog Joined December 2007 1773 Posts #4 Omg this interview was so awesome thank you Thorin!!!

Maybe just me but I thought there were some times in the interview where Jaedong reflecting on his BW days almost made him tear up or something especially when he talked about Courage and about Flash. And the interview series is called "Reflections." :O aptly named! lol

I wish Jaedong expanded on some of his questions since quite a lot of his answers were pretty broad. Woulda loved to hear him talk about ZvZ micro or the popularization of late mech and how it impacted the ZvT matchup.

really really cool interview though thank you!

FyRe_DragOn Profile Blog Joined November 2006 Canada 1999 Posts #5 nice interview! i think jaedong mentioned confidence about 100x in that interview lol. i love his mentality aka DragOn[NaS]

StutteR Profile Blog Joined January 2010 United States 1900 Posts #6 Thanks for this :D `~` | effOrt Movie sKyHigh forever & SEn

EndingLife Profile Blog Joined December 2002 United States 1388 Posts #7 Watched the first 20 minutes, which was about BW. Great watch!

danl9rm Profile Blog Joined July 2009 United States 2728 Posts #8 That was awesome. "Science has so well established that the preborn baby in the womb is a living human being that most pro-choice activists have conceded the point. ..since the abortion proponents have lost the science argument, they are now advocating an existential one."

The_Red_Viper Profile Blog Joined August 2013 18784 Posts #9 On March 11 2014 09:55 EndingLife wrote:

Watched the first 20 minutes, which was about BW. Great watch!

So you seriously stopped as soon as sc2 was mentioned? much amaze! So you seriously stopped as soon as sc2 was mentioned? much amaze! BLΛƆKPIИK in your area | IU | SoHyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |

LaLuSh Profile Blog Joined April 2003 Sweden 2327 Posts Last Edited: 2014-03-11 01:12:57 #10 JD beat Bisu a lot in practice. Too humble there in his close 2-2 finals prediction.

tarpman Profile Joined February 2009 Canada 710 Posts #11 Great interview, thanks for this Thorin! I've gotten the idea before, from reading interviews, that he thinks his confidence and mentality make up his strongest attribute, and this really confirms that. It's also interesting that he doesn't have much to say about several of the things fans seem to spend a bunch of time thinking about and discussing (silver curse, etc)... he just plays the game and focuses on winning.



Funny that he called players by their names sometimes and by their IDs other times. I thought Koreans used players' real names pretty much exclusively... is that some evidence of his time around foreigners? Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time.

Rostam Profile Blog Joined December 2008 United States 2552 Posts #12 Nice, really good interview. Thanks for doing it. BW forever || Thall

BisuDagger Profile Blog Joined October 2009 Bisutopia 17617 Posts #13 On March 11 2014 10:12 LaLuSh wrote:

JD beat Bisu a lot in practice. Too humble there in his close 2-2 finals prediction.

Bisu's 12-8 record begs to differ. He's 7-1 since midway through 2009 against Jaedong. Hardly humble. I thought it was pretty damn accurate. Bisu's 12-8 record begs to differ. He's 7-1 since midway through 2009 against Jaedong. Hardly humble. I thought it was pretty damn accurate. Moderator Ofiicial Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2

fabiano Profile Blog Joined August 2009 Brazil 4640 Posts #14



Jaedong is the only zerg I appreciated. Just seeing him at the stage would give me this impression of confidence and power, something I've never perceived on Flash. Bisu 3-2Jaedong is the only zerg I appreciated. Just seeing him at the stage would give me this impression of confidence and power, something I've never perceived on Flash. "When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt

Xiphos Profile Blog Joined July 2009 Canada 7500 Posts #15 On March 11 2014 10:49 fabiano wrote:

Bisu 3-2



Jaedong is the only zerg I appreciated. Just seeing him at the stage would give me this impression of confidence and power, something I've never perceived on Flash. Bisu 3-2Jaedong is the only zerg I appreciated. Just seeing him at the stage would give me this impression of confidence and power, something I've never perceived on Flash.



Well JD have caught numerous of times w/ his pants down by Flash....



as much as I love the Zerg race...



Well JD have caught numerous of times w/ his pants down by Flash....as much as I love the Zerg race... 2014 - ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ Raise your bows brood warriors! ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ

Foolishness Profile Blog Joined May 2009 United States 3043 Posts #16 Great interview. Confidence is always the key to winning geript: "Foolishness's cases are persuasive and reasonable but leave you feeling dirty afterwards. Kinda like a whore." ---- Manager of the TL Mafia forum, come play!

Thorin Profile Blog Joined November 2009 544 Posts #17 On March 11 2014 10:12 LaLuSh wrote:

JD beat Bisu a lot in practice. Too humble there in his close 2-2 finals prediction.

Practice is practice. Bisu used to get in that ass in Proleague matches Practice is practice. Bisu used to get in that ass in Proleague matches

Salazarz Profile Blog Joined April 2012 Korea (South) 690 Posts #18 Is it just me or is he looking kinda chubby? :d

7mk Profile Blog Joined January 2009 Germany 10151 Posts Last Edited: 2014-03-11 02:58:07 #19



On March 11 2014 11:47 Thorin wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 11 2014 10:12 LaLuSh wrote:

JD beat Bisu a lot in practice. Too humble there in his close 2-2 finals prediction.

Practice is practice. Bisu used to get in that ass in Proleague matches Practice is practice. Bisu used to get in that ass in Proleague matches



exactly, proleague, not individual leagues :p

i remember that GOM finals that bisu and jd played, with the glorious hold position fail by bisu Really cool to see a westerner with strong BW knowledge interview a legend like Jaedong, thanks a lotexactly, proleague, not individual leagues :pi remember that GOM finals that bisu and jd played, with the glorious hold position fail by bisu beep boop

HyralGambit Profile Joined February 2014 2439 Posts #20 Great work as always Thorin! Passion overcomes corporate stupidity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX9hbbA-WP4#t=4h2m

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