Goes from liquipedia. Blackman is definitely one of the best zerg that times. An impressive player!

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This was the first ever English commentary I saw of a Starcraft game. It is still the only commentary I have seen by [pG]Korn and one of the only Blackman games. I would love it if anyone knows if there is more of either of them out there.

lol! the commentating was awesome i dont know what you guys are talking about, the best laugh ive had in a while

I loved the commentating. From the biased views to the complete shock to the biased crowed and all.

Thank you so much for that, i'm glad that it was translated in this game..

classic game and always enjoy watching this!

I miss Blackman. He's one of those heroes of yesteryear whose name has quickly become legend.

great video!! gotta love boxer! =D

I miss Boxer. back when I play brood war daily all anyone talked about was Boxer and how much he owned. this is the first time ive ever seen any of his videos tho. he has the best M&M uber micro ive ever seen. damn!

holy crap... why did no one think about this?!! the commentators are giving everything away!!

Agreed, Boxer's micromanagement will always be impressive, but his macro (as was everyone's) was sorely lacking back in these days.

DUDE I LOVE THAT FRIGEN ANNOUNCER! 6:17 was funny as shit. "i dont really know whats so special about it anyway".

MAN THIS GUY IS BRUTAL "i should be biased cuz the audience is biased" "its a good move to use a scouting drone...oh its not a scouting drone" "he might try a cheap trick...of using a dropship" -_- boxer was just toying with him the entire game.

'That could be a scouting drone?' 'I think that is a scouting drone actually!' 'Oh no, it's a hatchery' 'Ok he is getting his spawning po- Oh no he is not...what a weird build' This guys should do Stand up Comedy for Starcraft commentary

thanks ^_^

Boxer is obviously listening to the commentators as he responds to the exact positions of all of Blackmans expansions when they come up.

lol "I've never seen such a small amount of marines do so much damage!" Yep thats Boxer

all time classic video with godly mnm micro

The commentary was hilarious IMO (almost as entertaining as Boxer's micro).

"since everyone is biased against Blackman I will be biased against Boxer"

LMFAO... 4:25 I don't think I have ever laughed so hard that I cried while watching a SC game...Kudos to the commentator!

What use are the glass boxes they are sitting in? Are they soundproofed or something?

The time when best of 3 was not yet discovered.

"Ooooh, hez dropping zere, Boxer is prepared, Boxer is prepared and, oooooh zhe overlord diehzeh. Whe Boxer was weally well prepared with free tanks " >_> What a great commentator.

Amazing moves by Boxer, respect!

I may not be able to understand those other asian commentators but at least you know when somethings going on and gets you pumped to watch.

aww man,.. none of blackman's true potential came out in that game! :( Loved the "The crowd is screaming, but i don't why. It's just a common move. At the start."

Yea thanks guys for clearing that up. I feel much better about boxer now.

i didn't get the command center interceptor trick, did interceptors die everytime he landed? nice vid

1-st of all Blackman has all mu respect and he is, in my view the real, and only winner of the match. He played vs the favorite contestant, in a foreign country, surrounded by HIS fans, while the game was beeing commentated upon by HIS countrymen, who were SHAMELESSLY HELPING HIM AND OFFERING HIM CLUES ABOUT BLACKMANS EVERY MOVE (the comentator himself mentions this in a game which is supposed to be impartial but is NOTHING OF THAT SORT).

Well, to be fair, this was five years ago, so the protocols of professional starcraft play were perhaps not as widely known at the time. There was also, as he noted, an incident in a counterstrike tournament around that time where the players *could* hear the commentators, so it could have been a justifiable concern.

The reason there is such a big difference in level of gaming between korean and non-korean progamers is that in Korea, first of all it's so much easier to play alot of highlevel games when you're starting to play, at internet cafes or whatever. Also, the knowledge about the game is much higher all in all.

@FishTurd69 what about positioning, he got any medivacs?

"Obviously the audience is REALLY annoying me. They should just shut up, I guess." LOL I love this commentator! =D

The world's best Terran Player and one of the best Micro-players in the world. He is known as "the emperor" and is the holder of the highest win record in the world. In short, he is considered the best Starcraft player here.

Micromanagement is skillfully controlling many units on one screen, like in the middle of a battle. So, if there were two dragoons versus two seige tanks (in tank mode), the drags would normally win. Boxer has a trick involving jumping to and from a dropship, which is a Micro mngmt. solution to that. The opposite is Macromanagement, which is efficiently keeping track of all your bases and outposts, tech, etc.

What the commentator does not seem to understand is that Boxer is a Micro specialist and the small amount of units actually plays to his advantage because he doesn't use a lot of units. Also, the Terran has the advantage of having the base unit having a set damage with both and and ground attack.

Boxer has been one of the best for more like 6 years He has not been considered the best player for the last couple of years though, but probably the funniest and most original. This game was from 2002 btw, and blackman pretty much is no more now.

@ehnogi please refer to the description box. VioleTAK is not the person that's commentating.

1 engineering bay takes 60secs. then a turret is 30secs. then to get anti-air ,you need factory of 80 seconds. then a starport of 70 seconds. then 60secs per Wraith. Wraith=210 seconds. 40 secs for control tower. 80 seconds for armory. 60secs for valk to be built. Valkyrie=390 secs. 80 secs for science facility. 80secs for vessel. Science Vessel=370secs. Don't forget supply depots and the vast resourses to make all of these

thats what i called well played, nice micro...

arent they playing in a soundproof booths?

also, i have a question...what was boxer doing while he was in blackman's base? i guess macro+micro didnt happen..just micro

Why did blackman use dark swarm at around 20 mins? Doesn't that only stop flying units?

i'm here for the nostalgia. commented on this 14 years ago

Great video. Is there any championship videos where a Zerg wins? All I see is terrans beating the living daylights out of Zergs all the time

i love how he says "Blackman is the looser!" instead of "Boxer is the winner" x)

The boxes are soundproof GOOD RIDDENCE :D

wow one of the best

The commentator was pretty good, way better than 99 percent of other commentators. As for the gameplay, black seemed to have been a bit nervous? His micro was a bit rusty albeit better than mine.

amazing game

Now, it's true that the commentator is saying somewhat abrasive things occasionally. But you have to understand, Boxer's patrols on those island expansions were maintaining some Godly level of success. It does indeed look a little like Boxer knows everything on the map. Also, at the beginning, he's right to be annoyed with the crowd too. Even though the players can't hear the crowd, it's pretty biased against anyone whose not Korean.

wow this commentator is so funny. id watch a few more games with this guy just for laughs hahah

THE COMMENTATOR DOES NOT THINK. "I hope boxer does not hear the commentator, because it wouldn't be fair" HE'S IN A FUCKING BOX!!!

I remember Klazart telling us that we don't have e-sports in american because we never had any player as entertaining as Boxer. Actually, no. It's because at the begining of SC, we had only this crappy commentator :p Long life to new commentators on VioletAK. Keep up the good work :p

Boxer is really good at specialized micros. I think they are both very good players

@RixdorferWurstmusik thanks

The commentator clearly underestimate boxer's marine control, we don't call boxer The Lord of Rines for nothing. All hail the Emperor!

and the link??

funniest commentary i've ever heard in my life lmfao

How does boxer always know where the other guy's expos are and stuff? Dont get me wrong i am a HUGE boxer fan, but does he use comast station and the commentators dont catch it or something? just curious

bunker takes 30 seconds to build. in which time the drones can kill the SCV. althought the SCV has 60 hp compared to the 40 of a drone. a drone has a ranged attack so theoretically, up to 10 drones can attack a SCV at once. 10*5 of drone attack=50 damage right there. there is a pause of 2 seconds per drone fire. so if zerg responds fast enough the bunker will be 16% completed. Academy takes 80 secs.+1 firebat is 24 secs.+ the time it needs to get to the bunker which is about 16 sec. 2 mins total

How can I watch tornaments taking place at real time and are there any little league starcraft tornaments for 15 year olds? Ill be glad if anyone can tell me because ever since i was 9 I've was so drag into the storyline and the video game, I even hae it for nintindo

It sounded like he was saying "We're just waiting for the commentators to finish they're nonsense."

The commentator speaks English, and that is awesome!

@FishTurd69 well, a half surround enables the marine to micro backwards while they shoot, so usually at high level play, zerg players always run their speedlings around the marines and surround them.

this commentator ROCKS. Funniest guy EVER

Concerning the commentator; please keep in mind that Starcraft ain't exactly a mainstream sport like football yet. Keeping the commentating at a basic level is of course good for all those who aren't into Brood War so much.

lmao im surprised how no one is commenting on the hilarious commentator

I like how the commentator keeps pointing out the obvious

Man, boxer just harassed that guy to death! With amazing micro, as is to be expected from boxer.

The best thing is that Blackman in 2002 didn't have internet connection at home.

@RixdorferWurstmusik thx :)

@ehnogi read the description. He's not the one that's commentating.

oh cool!! i didn't know sacha cohen's bruno character did commentating for starcraft games!!

i agree with what you say about the commentator, he did bring up some good (if rudimentary) strategy points which i found interesting but he clearly wasnt ready for the experience of watching a game in korea. why would the audience be there if they werent going to cheer and pick a favorite player and what a surprise that its someone of their own race. Ever watched the Olympics buddy?

Boxer didn't macro at all. He totally sleepwalked through that game.

i like how he explains why he transfers drones lol

When this guy said he wished the audience would shut up, everyone watching in TV was probably yelling STFU

Poszukaj wywiadów z nim. Gra z kompem i zegarkiem (bo nie miał chyba nawet stopera). Obliczanie timingów i doprowadzanie ich do perfekcji. Kafejki komputerowe. Tylko w tych kafejkach trudno raczej było spotkać kogoś "równego" ;]

@luke8294 Yes they are so they can't hear the crowd screaming when something important is built or whatever.

Wow, this could have been such a great vid had there been a commentator that wasn't so clueless.

does anyone actually know if the players can actually hear the commentators???

it was 2002. Many zergs also used hydras for more firepower at that time. it turned out that it's useless with dark swarm, so that's why people started to use lings.

of course they are both wearing earbuds inside of headphones in a sound proof booth to ensure a fair match

@PackardHenry Read the description please...

please read the description guys. VioleTAK is not commentating

Almost felt like Boxer was toying with him.

@florida12341000 why is boxer's name boxer when he isn't a boxer?

we as in who?

I don't think the commentator is that biased, I thought he was actually quite neutral. The "can he hear the commentators" was caused by Boxer finding his expansions very quickly, AND probably because (the commentator said it) there was a rematch at CS because the players could hear the commentators.

I wonder how many people have no idea that the commentator ([pG]Korn) was one of the founders, and is the only one remaining of the initial crew, of a big online poker school. He's a millionaire today and probably wouldn't give a flying fuck about what you think of his accent. :P

Crazy how pros can still put up a fight after getting hit so hard.

@PackardHenry not clear? don't you think blackman would've complained way beforehand if he could hear anything..

which one is blackman??

No, micro was pretty decent even back then. Micro has improved marginally in most areas, dramatically in a few. In modern games macro-heavy tends to win more than micro-heavy play.

Blackman was pretty good. The only problem was that he faced one of the top pros in the contry that accounted for almost half of all Starcraft copies sold in the world. I mean. With that many people laying the ones who are good are REALLY good.

who the hell expands that early!

Yeah he acts like this is a golf game lol