Bonjwa
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Bonjwa is a term used to describe a player who dominates the StarCraft scene for a long period of time. A bonjwa has a very high winning percentage and successive title wins. However, a bonjwa is not defined by his statistics or records. Rather, a general consensus is reached that he is the most dominant progamer of his era.
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[edit] Origin
"Bonjwa" 본좌 in Korean was originally the self-raising first-person pronoun, used to distinguish oneself.
In Starcraft, the name "bonjwa" was first used as a nickname for July, even though he was not "a" bonjwa. As a term to name a particularly dominant player, it was established during the sAviOr-era.[1]
[edit] Visual History
Below are graphs of the Glicko-2 ratings (an improvement on Elo) of each bonjwa during their respective careers.[2]
[edit] Notes
- Though arguably the most dominant of the five, Flash is referred to as "God" within Korea. The difference between Flash and the other bonjwas is accentuated by the era of TaekBangLeeSsang that distances him from his predecessors.
- In the current era of StarCraft there have been two near-bonjwa players: Bisu and Jaedong. Both were stopped by their peers from completely dominating the scene.
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