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Top 11: 3rd Edition (11 Terrans)

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disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
March 18 2010 02:20 GMT
#1
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Welcome everyone to the third edition of "Disciple's Top 11". For the unfamiliar with the concept, this is where I list various things, without putting them in a particular order. Just the Top 11 of stuff I find interesting. You can check the other two editions here:

Top 11 things,engineered, designed and created by man
Top 11 manliest games ever made

The theme of the current post will be

Top 11 terran players ever to play in the korean professional StarCraft scene


Professional StarCraft is in the zenith of its development. We are currently witnessing the peak of whats possible in this game and as we await for the coming of StarCraft 2, no one really knows what will happen to the game that pioneered the raise of the ESPORTS, but one things for sure - when SC:BW finally goes, some players will remain in the hearts of the fans forever. Here are the 11 terrans, I think will make it into the history books - some due to their pure skill and dominance, some because of their incredible story and personality.

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UpMagic

This guy is a total enigma. His all time win-loss record tells only half the story. UpMagic's raw talent for this game is unbelievable, the sad lesson is that he was never able to channel all this potential and become the player he was meant to be. UpMagic will remain one of the most entertaining terran players - the underdog, that always managed to upset the big favorites.

Iris

Terran is a mechanical, defense orientated race. Some will even say its boring and dull. But The Berserker is something else. Iris is the most aggressive and relentless player ever to pick the terran race. His remarkable concept of how to play the game won him a legion of fans and even thou he never won a major starleague, as a player he will always remain one of the symbols of his race.

Sea

Sea is MBC. He is the team spirit of the professional starcraft, and in my honest opinion, Sea is the one player that symbolizes Proleague. Its really sad to see him not being able to perform to his potential in the individual starleagues, but this actually became a defining feature of his progaming career. Teamliquid loves you, 염보성 ! Go win the WL for your team

iloveoov

oov is the most dominant figure in the professional StarCraft - he was the one that made watching the game uninteresting - the only question during his prime was, who is going to be raped next. But besides his remarkable performance, iloveoov will be remembered because of his incredible personality as well. Cocky and ignorant, he gave one of the best interviews both as a player and a coach.

Casy

Casy is my favorite terran player and I think he is the most charismatic player in general. The neo-emperors tvz bionic control is the best ever, his tvt style is dynamic and entertaining. And then we come to the infamous casy's tvp - its hopeless. But so what? Casy's weakness completed his remarkable progaming profile and his starleague run established him as the Cinderella of the scene.

Boxer

Enough has been said about Lim Yo Hwan and his enormous contributions to the ESPORTS scene. One things sure - if it wasnt Boxer, I was not going to list the top 11 korean terrans at the moment and TL most likely wouldnt even exist.

Flash

With Flash I think we reached the peak of the evolution. As the biggest Bisu fan in TL I have no problem calling Flash with the b-word, I think he is the last truly dominant player in StarCraft and I'm sorry jaedong fans, but Flash right now is a far better player than Jaedong ever was and most likely will ever be.

NaDa

Enough has been said about NaDa as well. He is Mr. StarCraft. I really hope the Genius Terran wins one last starleague to wrap up StarCraft 1. But if he doesnt, I will pray hard for him to remain alone on the top of the charts with his 6 badges.

Xellos

This guy is called the Perfect Terran for a reason. He is the symbol of terran and his playing style underlines the strengths of his race. Xellos revolutionized TvT and his trademark (-_-) face set the pattern for all CJ players.

ForGG

If there is something like bonjwa for a month, ForGG must be it. Unlike all other one league winners like Mind or GGplay, by the time ForGG won his only title, he looked absolutely unbeatable. The Pretender has easily the most amazing starleague run ever. The fact that he completely demolished the two best players in the world, Jaedong and Flash, won him a meme status in korea. Make no mistake, if ForGG manages to comeback and win another starleague he will accumulate more fans than Stork, Bisu, Jaedong and Flash combined.

firebathero

If all progamers were like FBH, the whole scene would've looked like a sad parody of WWE. Happily thou we have only firebathero. Love him or hate him, he is one of the best things to happen to the korean starcraft scene and without him the world was never going to be the same.



This was my Top 11 terran players ever to play in the korean professional StarCraft scene. I hope you enjoyed my write-up and feel free to discuss anything about it. I think some ppl might be disappointed that Leta, Hwasin, Midas and fantasy found no place on my list, but this how I see things

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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
March 18 2010 02:26 GMT
#2
Great write up. ForGG definitely is bonjwa for a month. I can't say I was around long enough to experience Xellos or Casy, but I remember the rest, and boy, was it good.
Amnesia
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3818 Posts
March 18 2010 02:27 GMT
#3
If all progamers were like FBH, the whole scene would've looked like a sad parody of WWE


made me chuckle. great article, thanks for sharing! 5/5.
Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
March 18 2010 02:38 GMT
#4
Nice list. I think some really early terrans are missing tho =[. Like gundam for ex.
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ii.blitzkrieg
Profile Joined November 2006
Canada1122 Posts
March 18 2010 02:41 GMT
#5
No midas and fantasy makes me sad

midas used to be sooo good really sucks he's a choker TT
iloveoov / Flash / Fantasy / Midas / Boxer -BW forever
Tenryu
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States565 Posts
March 18 2010 02:41 GMT
#6
On March 18 2010 11:20 disciple wrote:
If all progamers were like FBH, the whole scene would've looked like a sad parody of WWE.


Sadly if all progamers were like FBH, esports would be alot more bigger
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6775 Posts
March 18 2010 03:24 GMT
#7
I like these blogs man, keep it up!
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imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
March 18 2010 03:42 GMT
#8
get rid of forgg, and put in midas =D

good list though!
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eagle
Profile Joined April 2009
United States693 Posts
March 18 2010 03:45 GMT
#9
come on no fantasy?
wheres the vulture terrorist
onewingedmoogle
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada434 Posts
March 18 2010 04:14 GMT
#10
u should add some shadows or lighten some of the faces so they all look like they're in the same light
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
March 18 2010 04:41 GMT
#11
There's no way that (T)fOrGG, (T)UpMaGiC, and (T)Iris are all better than (T)fantasy.
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
March 18 2010 04:59 GMT
#12
On March 18 2010 13:41 jalstar wrote:
There's no way that (T)fOrGG, (T)UpMaGiC, and (T)Iris are all better than (T)fantasy.

It's not called "the 11 strongest terrans who are still playing today" for a reason.
NeoOmega
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States495 Posts
March 18 2010 05:26 GMT
#13
I'd like to point out that (T)Mind and (T)Sync have actually won starleagues while some people on this list have never made it past the round of 8. But whatever, I guess its not my list.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
March 18 2010 05:41 GMT
#14
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samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
March 18 2010 06:00 GMT
#15
On March 18 2010 13:59 Sadistx wrote:
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On March 18 2010 13:41 jalstar wrote:
There's no way that (T)fOrGG, (T)UpMaGiC, and (T)Iris are all better than (T)fantasy.

It's not called "the 11 strongest terrans who are still playing today" for a reason.


Upmagic was never better than Fantasy in the Incruit to Batoo era where he was raping the shit out of everyone and was undoubtedly the best Terran.

Is upmagic more creative? Yes.

But Fantasy revolutionized TvP and TvZ for a while there and controlled the metagame. Almost winning 2 SL vs some of the best vTers(JD in bo5s at least is the best ZvTer after Savior, and if you exclude ForGG he has a 100% winrate in BO5s vs Terrans) and Stork who is the best PvT player ever, he took them to game 5 and almost took it home. Anyways, what am I rambling about, Fantasy will take a league home this season, just wait and see.
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meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
March 18 2010 06:32 GMT
#16
Fantasy is actually better than some of the players on that list, although he does play like total crap sometimes.
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MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
March 18 2010 06:47 GMT
#17
I <3 Iris. He was my first ever pro-terran I ever witnessed. Iris Nal_Ra and Savior = responsible for my addiction to SC.
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
March 18 2010 06:51 GMT
#18
Midas
Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
March 18 2010 07:00 GMT
#19
I'm disappointed that there is no Canata. Yes, he was not a great Terran, and that he is considered a failure to carry on the SKT Terran Lineage, but I would've liked to see him on the list.

Survivor King fighting!
Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
March 18 2010 07:14 GMT
#20
On March 18 2010 14:41 krndandaman wrote:

we should see fantasy and hwasin at least.

if anything i'd replace any 3 of those with skyhigh.
he was the hero in the reverse all-kill, consistently good, and provides lots of interesting games.
i love his cheeses and defense against cheese


Iris >>> skyhigh no question. Skyhigh has achieved literally nothing besides 1 reverse all kill where JD gave him the first game and the rest were against absolute scrubs. Skyhigh is consistently underwhelming (a non entity in starleagues and frequents many an anti team in fpl). Light has already achieved more. Fantasy for upmagic and midas for forgg and it's a good list imo.
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