• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 08:27
CET 14:27
KST 22:27
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory!12[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 26 - Nov 1): MaxPax, herO, Solar win0Weekly Cups (October 19-25): Clem triples first in 5.0.175Evil Geniuses - shutting down23ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier7Weekly Cups (October 12-18): 5.0.17 era begins1
StarCraft 2
General
No more SC2 streamers on team liquid? [D] Hacker peak in sc2 ? Liquibets sc2 season 30 Evil Geniuses - shutting down Weekly Cups (Oct 26 - Nov 1): MaxPax, herO, Solar win
Tourneys
SC4ALL: II Venue Change Announcement! Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WardiTV Mondays ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20)
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps Starcraft 2 Advance [D] the control group Simple Questions/Answers
External Content
Mutation # 550 Graveyard Shift The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 549 Endless Sparkles Mutation # 548 Shining Bright
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ sOs joins Best's team, Newcatsle University Rollback Netcode in Brood War SC4ALL: II Venue Change Announcement! [Megathread] Daily Funny Videos
Tourneys
[$1250] International ShieldBattery League [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
Strategy
50,000-Word Terran Builds Memo 2026-10-22 Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stratus: Battle for the sky now on steam Early acc Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Deus Ex 3!?
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Dating: How's your luck? Trading/Investing Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
Fan Club Resource Thread Reynor Fan Club The Flash Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Why I built Repalyzer (1.1.…
BlueStar
Innovate or Game Over?
TrAiDoS
ShieldBattery on Mac
Kraekkling
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7933 users

[Article] Best Terran's to never win a major. - Page 5

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next All
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-18 00:10:25
November 18 2014 00:09 GMT
#81
I hate Light but this list is pretty objective. Hard to come up with anyone more deserving.

Midas is for sure one of the most unfortunate players. Extremely skilled but he happened to coincide with Savior destroying everyone.

Leta never would've been able to make a deep run in an individual league - as evidenced by the fact that he has never done so. He was good at doing a few specific things, such as gimmicky 2port Wraith builds in maps that favored cheesy TvZ, but he would've been picked apart in a series by any competent individual league player of any race.

It's a stretch to say he's just a bit better than Really, but he's certainly no contender.

Do we really even need a Zerg list? A single name on it in big bold letters would suffice and we can go home >_>
TranslatorBaa!
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 18 2014 01:32 GMT
#82
On November 18 2014 09:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Leta never would've been able to make a deep run in an individual league - as evidenced by the fact that he has never done so. He was good at doing a few specific things, such as gimmicky 2port Wraith builds in maps that favored cheesy TvZ, but he would've been picked apart in a series by any competent individual league player of any race.

It's a stretch to say he's just a bit better than Really, but he's certainly no contender.

this is such bullshit
brood war for life, brood war forever
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 18 2014 01:42 GMT
#83
Leta was an A-class player whose best matchup was actually TvT. He rocked people with 2port Wraith in TvZ because he was the best in the world at it, but he was very good at standard TvZ as well. He made it to the quarterfinals of both the OSL and the MSL. I don't want to debate the semantics of what it means for someone to be a contender, but he was in the same tier as players like Calm or Luxury - i.e. good enough to win a title given slightly favorable circumstances.
brood war for life, brood war forever
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 18 2014 01:46 GMT
#84
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.
brood war for life, brood war forever
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
November 18 2014 02:14 GMT
#85
On November 18 2014 09:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I hate Light but this list is pretty objective. Hard to come up with anyone more deserving.

Midas is for sure one of the most unfortunate players. Extremely skilled but he happened to coincide with Savior destroying everyone.

Leta never would've been able to make a deep run in an individual league - as evidenced by the fact that he has never done so. He was good at doing a few specific things, such as gimmicky 2port Wraith builds in maps that favored cheesy TvZ, but he would've been picked apart in a series by any competent individual league player of any race.

It's a stretch to say he's just a bit better than Really, but he's certainly no contender.

Do we really even need a Zerg list? A single name on it in big bold letters would suffice and we can go home >_>


You're right. Neo.G Baller
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
November 18 2014 02:27 GMT
#86
On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.

He's the S-Class Test brother.

SHIN SANG MOON <3
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51710 Posts
November 18 2014 02:27 GMT
#87
On November 18 2014 11:14 L_Master wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 09:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I hate Light but this list is pretty objective. Hard to come up with anyone more deserving.

Midas is for sure one of the most unfortunate players. Extremely skilled but he happened to coincide with Savior destroying everyone.

Leta never would've been able to make a deep run in an individual league - as evidenced by the fact that he has never done so. He was good at doing a few specific things, such as gimmicky 2port Wraith builds in maps that favored cheesy TvZ, but he would've been picked apart in a series by any competent individual league player of any race.

It's a stretch to say he's just a bit better than Really, but he's certainly no contender.

Do we really even need a Zerg list? A single name on it in big bold letters would suffice and we can go home >_>


You're right. Neo.G Baller


you mean Neo.G Bonjwa
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
IloveFlaSh
Profile Joined November 2014
Russian Federation15 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-18 03:13:42
November 18 2014 03:10 GMT
#88

Do we really even need a Zerg list? A single name on it in big bold letters would suffice and we can go home >_>

KWANROLLLLLLLLLED?

+ Show Spoiler +
1) Yellow
2) Zero
3) H.O.T-Forever
4) ?
5) ?
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 18 2014 03:38 GMT
#89
On November 18 2014 11:27 icystorage wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.

He's the S-Class Test brother.

SHIN SANG MOON <3

[image loading]
we need to post more together
brood war for life, brood war forever
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
November 18 2014 03:56 GMT
#90
On November 18 2014 11:27 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 11:14 L_Master wrote:
On November 18 2014 09:09 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I hate Light but this list is pretty objective. Hard to come up with anyone more deserving.

Midas is for sure one of the most unfortunate players. Extremely skilled but he happened to coincide with Savior destroying everyone.

Leta never would've been able to make a deep run in an individual league - as evidenced by the fact that he has never done so. He was good at doing a few specific things, such as gimmicky 2port Wraith builds in maps that favored cheesy TvZ, but he would've been picked apart in a series by any competent individual league player of any race.

It's a stretch to say he's just a bit better than Really, but he's certainly no contender.

Do we really even need a Zerg list? A single name on it in big bold letters would suffice and we can go home >_>


You're right. Neo.G Baller


you mean Neo.G Bonjwa


I'd like to think so.

But there was that ONE game vs FlaSh...
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
traceurling
Profile Joined December 2012
United States1240 Posts
November 18 2014 04:47 GMT
#91
/srsface
How does one become a good writer :o
"Appreciate the things you have before they become the things you had."
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
November 18 2014 05:28 GMT
#92
poor Really got quite the spanking in this thread
but i'm gonna say like one fellow mentioned, he probably deserves to be somewhere in the top 10 at least
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-18 06:36:04
November 18 2014 06:31 GMT
#93
On November 18 2014 14:28 figq wrote:
poor Really got quite the spanking in this thread
but i'm gonna say like one fellow mentioned, he probably deserves to be somewhere in the top 10 at least


The five mentioned in OP, plus:

Leta
Hwasin
Baby
Skyhigh
Hiya
firebathero
Chrh
TheMarine
Silent_Control
Canata
Ruby

That's at least 15 players who were more relevant than Really was, plus the long list of Terran OSL/MSL winners, and I'm probably forgetting a bunch too.

On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.


I mean, there's a super long list of Terran MSL/OSL winners, plus five people here. When you're already reaching down 15+ slots, can you still be considered A-class lol.

S class is like the Boxer/Nada/oov/Flash etc. fantasy is like an A-class Terran. Are you really telling me Leta is one level below Flash and on par with fantasy?
TranslatorBaa!
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
November 18 2014 07:12 GMT
#94
On November 18 2014 15:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.

I mean, there's a super long list of Terran MSL/OSL winners, plus five people here. When you're already reaching down 15+ slots, can you still be considered A-class lol.

of course you can. that list covers the entire history of BW.

S class is like the Boxer/Nada/oov/Flash etc. fantasy is like an A-class Terran. Are you really telling me Leta is one level below Flash and on par with fantasy?

it's a spectrum. fantasy is A+ and Leta is A
brood war for life, brood war forever
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-18 09:39:01
November 18 2014 09:34 GMT
#95
I consider it more like Leta's
TvT - S-Class (can stand toe-to-toe with the top TvTers)
TvP - fucking garbage seriously
TvT - A (give or take)

You gotta also consider that he had a team composed mostly of match-fixers.

just my 2c tho!
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12071 Posts
November 18 2014 10:17 GMT
#96
On November 18 2014 16:12 Crunchums wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 15:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.

I mean, there's a super long list of Terran MSL/OSL winners, plus five people here. When you're already reaching down 15+ slots, can you still be considered A-class lol.

of course you can. that list covers the entire history of BW.
Show nested quote +

S class is like the Boxer/Nada/oov/Flash etc. fantasy is like an A-class Terran. Are you really telling me Leta is one level below Flash and on par with fantasy?

it's a spectrum. fantasy is A+ and Leta is A


Oov/Boxer/Flash = S+
Fantasy = S
Leta = like B.
FanTaSy's #1 Fan | STPL Caster/Organiser | SKT BEST KT | https://twitch.tv/stpl
Cheeseburgered
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States716 Posts
November 18 2014 10:30 GMT
#97
I haven't kept up with BW since 2012 so I voted protoss forgetting that Jangbi and Stork both won OSLs -_-

Foolish me
CJ Entusman #58 | Gogogo Stats
Elyvilon
Profile Joined August 2008
United States13143 Posts
November 18 2014 11:01 GMT
#98
On November 18 2014 19:17 Qikz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2014 16:12 Crunchums wrote:
On November 18 2014 15:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On November 18 2014 10:46 Crunchums wrote:
To be clear - I'm fine with him not being on this list (he's probably #6). But it tilts me to see people ignorantly trashing my favorite player. You want to rag on Leta's meh-TvP? Fine. You want to say his TvZ wasn't strong enough to compete with Jaedong? Sure. But if you think he was anything less than an A-class Terran then you are wrong.

I mean, there's a super long list of Terran MSL/OSL winners, plus five people here. When you're already reaching down 15+ slots, can you still be considered A-class lol.

of course you can. that list covers the entire history of BW.

S class is like the Boxer/Nada/oov/Flash etc. fantasy is like an A-class Terran. Are you really telling me Leta is one level below Flash and on par with fantasy?

it's a spectrum. fantasy is A+ and Leta is A


Oov/Boxer/Flash = S+
Fantasy = S
Leta = like B.

hahahaha

this would have been accurate in 2007 when Leta was garbage
Liquipedia
Fuchsteufelswild
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2028 Posts
November 18 2014 11:23 GMT
#99
On November 17 2014 09:05 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
As an aside, don't use apostrophes for plural. It should be Best Terrans To Never Win, not Best Terran's. because it's not possessive or a contraction <3

^ Most important comment in this thread so far.
I know that because I pressed Control+F and searched for "apost" and this was the only comment to be highlighted in five pages.
ZerO - FantaSy - Calm - Nal_rA - Jaedong - NaDa - EffOrt - Bisu - by.hero - StarDust - Welmu - Nerchio - Supernova - Solar - Squirtle - LosirA - Grubby - IntoTheRainbow - Golden... ~~~ Incredible Miracle and Woongjin Stars 화이팅!
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
November 18 2014 12:34 GMT
#100
How is Really even remotely relevant...? Was there ever a time when he was better than mediocre?
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=FLABREZU
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
IntoTheTV X SOOP
20:00
Premier - Quarterfinals
Clem vs MaxPax
herO vs Rogue
IntoTheiNu 995
CranKy Ducklings SOOP111
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
EnDerr 38
Codebar 35
Rex 25
ByuN (SOOP) 23
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 43788
Calm 4905
Rain 1927
Horang2 770
Mini 696
BeSt 667
FanTaSy 562
Hyun 206
ggaemo 166
actioN 162
[ Show more ]
Stork 112
Last 108
Pusan 62
White-Ra 59
sSak 53
Leta 51
hero 42
Creator 37
Free 31
sOs 30
Movie 24
scan(afreeca) 24
Classic 22
Bale 22
soO 22
Aegong 20
Sacsri 19
ajuk12(nOOB) 18
zelot 17
Rock 12
yabsab 10
Icarus 6
Dota 2
Dendi1206
XcaliburYe217
monkeys_forever97
qojqva4
Other Games
B2W.Neo1202
Lowko503
Fuzer 246
Mew2King95
NeuroSwarm50
Railgan24
Organizations
Other Games
ComeBackTV 263
Counter-Strike
PGL152
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Dystopia_ 1
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Laughngamez YouTube
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• ChaeLyn 8
• Michael_bg 6
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Other Games
• WagamamaTV307
Upcoming Events
IPSL
3h 33m
WorsT vs nOmaD
Dewalt vs andersOn
AI Arena Tournament
5h 33m
IntoTheTV X SOOP
21h 33m
IPSL
1d 3h
Azhi_Dahaki vs ggnore13
Double vs WIZARD
Replay Cast
1d 9h
Replay Cast
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Invitational
2 days
YoungYakov vs Lambo
SHIN vs TBD
Percival vs Shameless
Solar vs TBD
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
[ Show More ]
KCM Race Survival
4 days
WardiTV Invitational
4 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-11-05
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HCC Season 3

Ongoing

Acropolis #5
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
International ShieldBattery League
BSL Season 23
IPSL Winter 2026-27
Calamity Cup Div. A Season 8
IEM Beijing 2026
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026

Upcoming

Sector 951
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Underdog Cup 2026 Div 2-3
PGL Bucharest 2027
BLAST Bounty Winter 2027
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.