Some days ago a new game was found that succeeded to reach the top 10. The game was so good that it shared the first place with the former #1. The two #1s are two games between Nada and H.O.T-Forever. I made a little collection from this year's PP.
| Place: | Name: | Player 1 | Player 2 | Info
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| #10 | Boxer's SCV Rush | Boxer | YellOw | Info
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| #9. | Ghosts and the Shells | Igor[pG] | z7-devaztaYta | Info
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| #8. | Yellow Swarm | YellOw | Korean gamer | Info
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| #7. | Frosting | Elky | BeastyZerg | Info
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| #6. | Oddysay's Manner Rax | EsSay_kr | sOOv' | Info
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| #5. | ForU Web Slinging | ForU | blaze.s-power | Info
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| #4. | L'Drone's Pylon Prison | L.Drone | sexygirl | Info
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| #3. | Giyom's Maelstroms | Grrrr... | ZergLee | Info
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| #2. | Boxer's Base Move | Boxer | Yellow | Info
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| #1. | Nada's Amazing Maze | Nada | H.O.T | Info
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| #1. | H.O.T's Divine Wind | H.O.T | Nada | Info
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This time there were three games that did not place in top 10, but SCLegacy wanted to show those games anyway.
| Name: | Player 1 | Player 2 | Info
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| Rekrul Barricade | Rekrul[pG] | Hero77 | Info
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| Million Man March | EchoOfRain | (='.')o~DoO~ | Info
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| Nada's BBQ | Nada | iSt- | Info
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| #10 Boxer's SCV Rush - Eriador's Comment |
"What makes this game special is the fact that it was done in a huge tourney which really really mattered, and against Yellow. In addition, there's no doubt in my mind Boxer was at least 90% certain the rush would work, which he saw entirely based on his opponent's build order. I'm not even sure if it was something he had planned on doing pregame.
In addition, the execution is flawless. The reason why it's not higher is that quite honestly, almost every good Terran has at some point used the same or a very similar rush with success. It's not really innovative or anything, but I admire his confidence."
No replay available. This game was played in Korean TV
| #9 Ghosts and the Shells - Eriador's Comment | "Not picked just so much because of the ghosts on the island, but because of the general strategy used, with both M&M, Vessels, Tanks, Ghosts, a really sweet nuke, EMP, DMatrix, Lockdown and Blind are all used."
| #8 Yellow Swarm - Eriador's Comment | "This is one of the most insane comebacks ever, Yellow being one third of the Terran's supply at several stages of the game, and coming back to win. Unfortunately I was feeling that Yellow didn't win purely because he was playing amazing (although he was), but more because the Terran kept losing units. I guess coming back from 62 vs 180 supply is pretty much impossible unless the Terran fucks up though. Some very cute moments like when Yellow's Defiler is attacked by Wraiths and saves itself with 6 hp left by throwing a Dark Swarm on top of itself. Would have been higher, but Terran could have ended the game whenever he wanted between 15 and 20 minutes."
(1.09)
| #7 Frosting - Eriador's Comment | "I'm not sure if calling it the Elky wallin is correct or whatever, simply because I think someone else did it before him. I'm not certain of that though, but I think it's the case. Either way though, the lifted barrack has been copied by all Terran players on bifrost, and has given very many easy victories against unsuspecting opponents. In addition, cool moves like blocking Beast's wallin with an unfinished depot and then coming with Vultures from behind and then when units move to kill that Vulture, he comes with Vultures from the front, make this game stand out. The only problem is that nobody who has played Bifrost before loses against the floated Barracks anymore."
| #6 Oddysay's Manner Rax - Eriador's Comment | "Apart from the first Use Your Illusion, this one has some really nice micro in it. However it also looks even more staged. The ending is really really cool, with the protoss having one Probe WITH minerals trapped behind a Barracks, 42 minerals in the bank (thus if the Probe had returned it's cargo, he would have money for more), the Terran having one SCV at the island, and then the Probe's death. Unfortunately this defeat could have been avoided by the Protoss, which is never cool. Letting his probe mine one of the mineral fields it could get trapped in was such a bad move it moves this one down from the very top of my list. Still, it's definitely a really cool game. =] "
| #5 ForU Web Slinging - Eriador's Comment | No comment given from Eriador.
| #4 L'Drone's Pylon Prison - Eriador's Comment | "I feel this move is the best move I've ever made that I have a replay of (anything better was done 4+ years ago and might have been enhanced by my memory). When Eriador's Zealot arrives in sexygirl's base, the two players are fairly even. However, due to the Pylon block making the Goon unable to help the poor Probes, after the Zealot is dead Eriador has a 12 supply advantage. However, the best part of this move is that it is doable against every Protoss who makes Gate Core Goon while skipping Zealot, which is a fairly common opening (well, okay, if they have their gate right next to their ramp making it impossible to make a Pylon there, no, but that would be stupid in most other ways. And, it's game deciding. The rest of the game isn't very good, but that's due to the Pylon wall winning the game. "
| #3 Giyom's Maelstroms - Eriador's Comment | "What can I say. Protoss players have been struggling with fully upgraded Ultra Ling for years now. Here Grrrr not only shows how to beat it, he shows how to beat it with style. [In] every battle he Maelstroms the Ultras, making the Lings easy victims for his forces when the Ultralisks aren't able to soak up damage. And then when the Maelstrom is gone, the Ultras are able to soak up damage quite nicely, but the lings, who are supposed to deal it, are long gone.
This game just rapes in general, with very solid micro from Grrr. And it's quite apparent, at least to me, that he has an idea of how he thinks the game's outcome will be after the first half is complete. "
(1.09)
| #2 Boxer's Base Move - Eriador's Comment | "The #1 Pimpest Play on my list is in fact a strategy which failed. What can I say. It's the one strategy so insanely innovative that I've never even thought about doing anything similar. And Boxer does it with tons of money on the line, facing none other than Yellow. Surely he must have practiced it like 50 times to get the timing down, but nonetheless, even thinking out a strat like that (which is totally map-dependant mind you, that would not work anywhere else then on Blade Storm) gets my respect like nothing else could.
Boxer is the number one pimp in my eyes."
No replay available. This game was played in Korean TV
| #1 Nada's Amazing Maze - Eriador's Comment | No comment given from Eriador.
No replay available. This game was played in Korean TV
| #1 H.O.T's Divine Wind - Eriador's Comment | No comment given from Eriador.
No replay available. This game was played in Korean TV
| Rekrul Barricade - Eriador's Comment | No comment given from Eriador.
| Million Man March - Eriador's Comment | No comment given from Eriador.
| Nada's BBQ - Eriador's Comment | Dropping the Firebat there and surrounding it with Medics in such a fashion that the amount of Lings capable of attacking it is not enough to kill it while it is constantly healed by the Medics, is really good. But after all, it's just 30 Lings, and the Zerg didn't have to lose them; he lost them because he attacked when he didn't have to. This makes it less pimp than most of the next games on the list.
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