I voted for Ace (FBH, I'm a fanboy, not a rational choice), but I wish I could have seen type-b play more, he was just starting to get really good when he was banned (legitimately and rightly).

A lot of those players, however, are pretty memorable, and I suppose I would give honorable mention to Sea.

Masheyoon

United States781 Posts

May 16 2011 16:55 GMT

#242

You should've added Yellow anyway -- he probably would've finished 2nd as well. /burn

My vote goes to Jangbi. He was perhaps the most talented out of all those to have never won gold. Well, at least until late 2010, where he suffered a ridiculous 14-game loss streak. His slump is probably worse than Savior's ever was, but at least we've gotten to see a few glimpses of his former self with his recent victories over Sea and Sacsri.

In terms of consistency, I'd have to go with Sea, but Jangbi was such a monster back in his prime.

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

May 16 2011 17:11 GMT

#243

Poor Sea just keeps getting run over by S-class players

VGhost

United States3621 Posts

May 16 2011 17:13 GMT

#244

Of these, Sea by a couple miles. Light's close. Of all of them I'd say ZerO/Leta have the biggest upside still (aka are most likely to actually win one eventually).

I think free probably had the best skill peak (2008-ish) of any of the older non-SL winners, but I've got no read on where he really is these days. There was that amazing OSL run but otherwise it's been pretty much nothing lately.

sCriv

United Kingdom90 Posts

May 16 2011 19:16 GMT

#245

On May 16 2011 10:58 Keone wrote:

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Sigh... please read post properly before posting... especially the big bolded all-caps sections T_T

Still Yellow o.o

KlaCkoN

Sweden1661 Posts

May 16 2011 20:27 GMT

#246

With the Kong being inelegible it has to be Kal

Oh Kal

Zamkis

Canada114 Posts

May 16 2011 21:54 GMT

#247

I'm pretty sure it's Midas. I mean, being the only one that could challenge the Maestro at his peak sure deserves some credit.

d(O.o)a

Canada5066 Posts

May 16 2011 21:54 GMT

#248

On May 17 2011 05:27 KlaCkoN wrote:
With the Kong being inelegible it has to be Kal

Oh Kal

that guy is so deserving!

Pads

England3228 Posts

May 16 2011 22:32 GMT

#249

Gotta be Iris. Dude went toe to toe in bo5 with sAviOr in his bonjwa days, as well as many other achievments. One of the most fun to watch/agressive terrans too. The last time I closely followed a starleague I think was the one where he lost to Flash in the semi's and Flash went on to win it all, he put so much into that run. Infact now I think of it, wasn't he in 2 semi's at the same time and lost both? Sorry I can't be more specific ^_^.

Vasoline73

United States8082 Posts

May 17 2011 00:39 GMT

#250

Midas without a doubt really.

raviy

Australia207 Posts

May 17 2011 04:57 GMT

#251

On May 17 2011 01:04 MageKirby wrote:

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I'm pretty sure Yellow is still playing o-o Just that he's not good enough anymore ;x

I know you just went to read OP again... but... read it one more time, especially ALL the bold, caps, and underlined parts.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

May 17 2011 05:53 GMT

#252

I'm surprised Sea is winning this poll. To me when you answer the question 'who is the best to never win a starleague,' you think of players who came close but couldn't get over the hump. Players who you can say 'they would have won a starleage if only...' Midas would have won a starleage if only Savior didn't exist. Best would have won a starleague if only he didn't suck at PvZ. Sea never even made a semifinal so it's not like he was ever really close.

Release

United States4397 Posts

May 17 2011 06:12 GMT

#253

On May 17 2011 14:53 red4ce wrote:
I'm surprised Sea is winning this poll. To me when you answer the question 'who is the best to never win a starleague,' you think of players who came close but couldn't get over the hump. Players who you can say 'they would have won a starleage if only...' Midas would have won a starleage if only Savior didn't exist. Best would have won a starleague if only he didn't suck at PvZ. Sea never even made a semifinal so it's not like he was ever really close.

Sea would've won the korean air osl s2 if only he didnt have to face stork (great PvT at the time), then Jaedong and then Flash
Sea would've won the bigfile too if only he didn't have to play jaedong, light (who's light?), then flash.

If TBLS didn't exist, Sea may as well have been a dual finalist.

lone_hydra

Canada1460 Posts

May 17 2011 06:19 GMT

#254

Baby. The only person who could take on TBLS and people would give him a fair shot at winning. You put Sea in there, and I don't think many people would give him as much credit. Zero would also be a good choice.

Tianx

United States1196 Posts

May 17 2011 06:26 GMT

#255

I'm wondering how much of Sea's vote comes from being first on the poll. My bet is at least 1/3.

Ubersturmfuhrer

Finland206 Posts

May 17 2011 07:40 GMT

#256

I think Sea gets a lot of votes because:
1) he gets sympathy for being put into the group of Death
2) currently he's propably the best player on the list with 60% win rate
3) He seems to be a very humble and nice guy
4) You can understand the question to be about who is the best player at the moment to not have won a starleague. That would be Sea very likely.

Btw, why is yellow not on the list. I don't understand the reasoning here:

READ: You'll notice I purposely left out one very important person. This is because I cannot bear to let this person become #1 on a poll, which I know will happen. And as an eternal SCBW fan, I can't let that happen, can I?

Is the op confusing him with Savior? Or is he too obvious #1 choice for the list or what?

Edit: ok.. now I get it lol.

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

May 17 2011 07:50 GMT

#257

On May 17 2011 13:57 raviy wrote:

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I know you just went to read OP again... but... read it one more time, especially ALL the bold, caps, and underlined parts.

Oh. Man, you guys don't trust us? Of course we'll make sure he gets 2nd again.

Alex)

Scotland263 Posts

May 17 2011 08:02 GMT

#258

zero, hes a fucking excellent macro zerg i feel like he always get knocked out by some ZvZ or some other problem. I can understand team liquid voting for Sea though

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

May 17 2011 08:14 GMT

#259

I voted Zero because out of everyone on this list he's the only one I see as good enough to eventually win a starleague as well as being damn good for awhile and making pretty deep starleague runs. Also it seems over the last 3 years that any above average zerg can snatch a title (Calm, Hydra, Luxury, Effort but he is clearly better than the other three by a large margin).Otherwise it's clearly Jangbi, the only silver surfer left. Iris is a close third because he only got stopped by Savior and GGplay who had to go and redefine ZvT as we know it to beat him.