EPTNo ace matches is a bit of a piss-off, too.
The fact that Hyuk may never play proleague again is a frightening thought to me.
Power Rank Discussion Thread - Page 6
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Gescom
Canada3511 Posts
No ace matches is a bit of a piss-off, too. The fact that Hyuk may never play proleague again is a frightening thought to me. | ||
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
On December 14 2011 21:05 Iplaythings wrote: Remove Mind and Soo, move down horang2. Then I'd agree Easy to say 2 weeks later with new games. | ||
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awwnuts07
United States621 Posts
On December 15 2011 10:49 Gescom wrote: I wish OSL would start soon. It's too tough to judge right now with so few games being played. Only one game in the last few months for Fantasy and Leta...? X_X No ace matches is a bit of a piss-off, too. The fact that Hyuk may never play proleague again is a frightening thought to me. When does OSL start? Does it run concurrent with Proleague? | ||
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Gann1
United States1575 Posts
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
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Seraphic
United States3849 Posts
On December 14 2011 18:41 Crisium wrote: Right! 3 games played by all teams so far. I'm gonna put out a feeler for a ranking. Let's get some discussion with round 1 nearly half done! Actual rank is extremely iffy, of course. However, right now these are the 10 guys I'm really feeling. 1.  Flash - No discussion required.2.  Hydra - Still the best ZvZer. Sure, Brave failed badly, but part of that was due to Hydra capitalizing on a weaker player's mistakes, not everyone can do this.3. Jaedong - Greed against Best cost him the game, but his second ZvP where he sat on 3 bases for a while showed he learned his lesson (2 base toss PvZ is strong this season). Oh, and he's still the best ZvTer, just ask Mind what happens when 3 base Guardian and Ultra into Defiler comes your way.4. Neo.G_Soulkey - ZerO out, SK in. Godlike Lurker-Defiler anti-mech? Check. Supreme contain against 2 base toss? Check. Still good at ZvZ? Yup. If anything he has a great argument against surpassing the Zergs ahead of him, we shall see.5.  Bisu - Beesuit.6. JangBi - Jangbang. Shuttle-Reaver control wrecked Light. Amazing PvP comeback due to micro. Fail 2 Gate vs Effort, but time shall tell if he learned his lesson.7. BeSt - Good PvZ? We'll see. Awesome late game PvT? As usual. A lot of people were favouring Light before gosu mine drags, storms, recall, and general awesomeness.8. Stork - I still love the split Zealot distraction against ZerO. Good harassment in that game and also in his PvP vs Movie, showing this old dragon (and Neo King) can still multitask. Hero still had good ZvP last season, so Stork handling him pretty handily is not to be overlooked.9. EffOrt - 3-0 in all 3 matchups. While this is the first PR in a few months and thus it is easier to get a high rank out of nowhere, 400 days off is a lot to make up for. He could easily go up with dominating play in the rest of the round, of course. Queen switch against Iris didn't look so hot, so I want to see his ZvT again.10. Fantasy - Really, this guy could be anywhere on the list, don't worry about the number. M&M looking good just like last year. Like Effort, he will prove himself as the round continues.CBNC: BaBy, Horang2Keeping an eye (or 2) on: FBH, by.Sun, Light, Leta (1 game? CJ doesn't even need a Terran this good??), shy, free, RorO, ZerO Those guys aren't CBNC in my book yet, but since there's still plenty of games to go, I want to see how they do and they certainly have a shot at making the list. Discuss! Ignore my post and make your own insights, or respond, or whatever. But let's see some PR talk. =) I would sort of put Bisu up by 1 and drop SK down. Flash Hydra JD Bisu Jangbi Effort SoulKey Best Fantasy Stork. Though Bisu lost to Free just like today so I'm not sure about that. I honestly don't think SK should be that high because he hasn't really done anything. This month would be a bit interesting. I think Bisu has time to put himself up a bit higher. As well as Fantasy and Stork considering how well they are doing. This month will be very tough. Good luck with that really. I'm curious on the end result. | ||
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
A friend once said this to me, while I read PR. Long live the PR. It's a great heads up display. I'll see you next month. [: | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On December 15 2011 10:22 Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: There should be a spoilered section in the OP containing the actual updated Power Rank so that we dont have to go to another link An excellent suggestion. I will make sure to do so. | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=291961¤tpage=52#1032 Main point I want to bring up is about SK: he has never won a ZvZ series in his life, not even in prelims. I found this interesting because statistically SK's ZvZ looks really strong if you are just looking at standard league play. I'm not saying that SK should be barred from higher places on the PR, but I think he has more to prove than most of the other guys near the top. On the subject of Zero, I think he is a better player than SK but he isn't producing results right now, so of course he will have to drop. At this point he can still earn a low PR spot if he produces some stellar results between now and the next ranking, but he needs some really big wins to do it. I hope individuals start soon. I am very disappointed that it looks like we won't have one last MSL. | ||
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telamascope
United States310 Posts
I would also like to bring people's attention to sHy. He's a 3-1 taking down established Proleague players (Sea, Shuttle, and Soo) and a consistent number of his games involve some sort of flashy micro or strategy. Seriously, taking down Sea with hallucinated arbiters and raw multitask is something special. | ||
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
 His two TvPs have been absolutely majestic.Both Stork and SK are looking sick as well, with their perfect 4-0 records and really impressive game-play. It's still quite hard to get a good overview of what the entire Top 10 should look like though. | ||
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stork4ever
United States1036 Posts
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DarkMatter_
Canada1774 Posts
Flash JD Soulkey Baby Stork Bisu Best Fantasy Hydra Stats CBNC: Shy, Effort | ||
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Crisium
United States1618 Posts
There's so many players that have a great argument for the top 10. At least we have 3 more games to go for each team. Hopefully all the big dogs get to play - having Fantasy and Leta already sitting out 2 games is no fun. DarkMatter, don't forget JangBi! Both JangBi and Jaedong have to prove themselves versus Z. We haven't seen JD do it yet this season, and JangBi has to show his crappy 2 Gate was a fluke. | ||
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Hero.SP
Chile711 Posts
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
Considering the last OSL, Jangbi and Fantasy should be locks. Flash is a lock for #1, or else he must have just lost to Bisu, Jaedong, or Stork Even being a Bisu-fanboy, to sort out TBLS, you'd honestly have to do it like this: Flash JD Stork Bisu What I propose, however, is replacing one Khan toss with the other. Jangbang just won an OSL, guys. Flash JD Jangbi Bisu Stork That looks good to me Don't forget Fantasy, coming off his OSL defeat Flash JD Jangbi Bisu Stork Where Bisu has just lost 2 PvPs, you can sort of justify dropping him a bit. Simply replace him with Fantasy, and the T1 fanboys won't be as dismayed... like so: Flash JD Jangbi Fantasy Stork Bisu + Show Spoiler + everybody loves offline qualifiers, right?+ Show Spoiler + RIGHT? You can even be like "well, stork just beat bisu, wait until next month and we'll see ^^" Everybody likes easy excuse! Now, you have to do the A class players who didn't just play in a finals Hydra, Soulkey, Zero, Sea, Baby, Stats, Bogus, Killer, or someone on a tear like Shy This is where you can have a little fun. Do you like logical macro players like BeSt, or someone with flowing mid-late game micro like Sea? It's up to you. Hydra just got to the semifinals, and has been in great form. You have to be looking to place him inside somewhere. Perhaps at #5, right above Stork, but under Fantasy. I would hesitate to put anyone else in there I'm going to cut this a little short, but as an added tidbit, I am disappointed we are not on the right sidebar | ||
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China13814 Posts
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TheNessman
United States4158 Posts
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