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Letmelose
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Korea (South)3227 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-18 17:53:49
October 18 2016 02:48 GMT
#41
On October 18 2016 10:36 darktreb wrote:
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On October 18 2016 06:57 Assault_1 wrote:
On October 18 2016 05:26 L_Master wrote:
On October 18 2016 05:00 Assault_1 wrote:
Wasn't soulkey even better than jaedong? This is good news! Though he hasn't played in such a long time, I wouldn't be surprised if he's around trutac's level now


I'm the biggest SK fanboy out there, but to say he was better than JD would be a stretch. His ZvMech near the end was arguably as good as anyone, but to say overall he was as good as JD would be an overstatement.

Arguably the second best zerg for that last year of BW, excluding the hyrid PL stuff.

I remember he had a higher score/rank than jaedong in the end, though I don't remember the specifics.


Did there ever exist a stretch where he was maybe playing better than Jaedong? Sure, but that's actually true for a lot of Zergs. There were Terrans who were better than Flash at times too. Even the greatest pros weren't in peak form 100% of the time.

That's usually not what people mean by "better than X" though.

Using any reasonable time frame, there's no comparison between Soulkey and Jaedong though. That's not a knock against Soulkey, who was a top 5 Zerg for the last year or two of BW, but he's still a guy who never made a BW final. Jaedong is by any measure the greatest Zerg ever, had the highest peak skill, and highest peak performance of any Zerg player.


I think the point is that SoulKey was on the upswing, and was widely regarded as the next big zerg superstar. Him, BoGus, and By.Sun were all highly hyped, and while they had yet to make much of their promising talent, who knows what kind of legacy they would have created had the professional Brood War scene not been truncated.

Nobody is trying to put down Jaedong here. His place in history is safe. However, SoulKey had a better grasp of how to play versus late mechanic than Jaedong did during the final moments of professional Brood War in my opinion, and it is an opinion that is quite common.
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FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
October 18 2016 06:33 GMT
#42
We used to have snipealot restrooms of afreeca. What ever happened to those? Afreeca has never worked for me in the past.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10684 Posts
October 18 2016 07:09 GMT
#43
On October 18 2016 10:58 eviltomahawk wrote:
I thought Soulkey was growing as a player and would've definitely had a top spot in the next generation of Zerg players once Jaedong had peaked and declined. I felt that players like Soulkey, P7GAB, and By.Sun had potential to take over given more time.

Couldn't agree more here.
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duke91
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany1458 Posts
October 18 2016 11:53 GMT
#44
On October 18 2016 15:33 FabledIntegral wrote:
We used to have snipealot restrooms of afreeca. What ever happened to those? Afreeca has never worked for me in the past.


someone reported snipealot if I remember correctly. I wonder who that was...
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[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6782 Posts
October 18 2016 12:05 GMT
#45
soulkey vs rush bo3, 1 game was pretty good,very nice defiler control
duke91
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany1458 Posts
October 18 2016 16:02 GMT
#46
Soulkey's very lategame ZvT is a thing of beauty.
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Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
October 18 2016 16:08 GMT
#47
Wow, that 50 min ZvT vs mech.
duke91
Profile Joined April 2014
Germany1458 Posts
October 18 2016 18:29 GMT
#48
that game vs sharp on CB... looked good until the 40 minute zerg frustration kicked in. ZvT is nowadays a mental struggle
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Tripcho
Profile Joined December 2010
Bulgaria31 Posts
October 18 2016 20:09 GMT
#49
can someone to post that games?
HaN-
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
France1920 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-20 12:35:29
October 19 2016 15:01 GMT
#50
I only watched 1 game from Soulkey stream, a ZvT vs (T)Light, but I was very impressed by his flawless drop play vs mech.

starts around 05:12:30
http://vod.afreecatv.com/PLAYER/STATION/14207091
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XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2288 Posts
October 19 2016 15:20 GMT
#51
On October 17 2016 20:28 Chris_Havoc wrote:
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On October 17 2016 20:18 Shuffleblade wrote:
On October 17 2016 20:10 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On October 17 2016 20:06 Maks wrote:
Is he coming back to bw or is he playing for fun?

why not both?

The question is will he play professional matches or not, the answer cannot be that he both will and won't =P


Only Soulkey can answer that. Honestly I'm more curious if Nal_rA will start competing again.


really unlikely, nal_ra's level of play is really low compared to new schoolers
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onlystar
Profile Joined March 2015
United States971 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-19 20:58:36
October 19 2016 20:56 GMT
#52
effort jaedong soulkey shine zero hero... the list goes on

zerglovers eat your heart out

soulkey is so much potential i expect big things from this guy
Dark_A
Profile Joined August 2015
Lithuania5 Posts
October 20 2016 08:20 GMT
#53
GARIMTO was playing a game ( funny apm ) he was guest to Nal_rA . they had a very nice time .
iu1nguoi0iuminh
Profile Joined April 2016
Vietnam44 Posts
October 20 2016 08:56 GMT
#54
Soulkey was very strong in his race but Flash who was against him. How to play of soulkey was cruel Zerg race.

anyway I thank a lot of Soulkey come back to StarCraft BW.
I have played the starcraft bw since 2003
Wrath
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
3174 Posts
October 20 2016 09:46 GMT
#55
On October 18 2016 20:53 duke91 wrote:
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On October 18 2016 15:33 FabledIntegral wrote:
We used to have snipealot restrooms of afreeca. What ever happened to those? Afreeca has never worked for me in the past.


someone reported snipealot if I remember correctly. I wonder who that was...


Wasn't it because of the EURO season? Some progamers streamed it for their fans and as a result EURO was on twitch thus twitch closed it?
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
October 20 2016 11:48 GMT
#56
Soulkey with his 230 APM doesn't need 400+ Effort APM to crush TvZ monster Light. After watching couple games it looks like he doesn't give a fuck, he just sauroning his way into enemy's base.
sunbeams are never made like me...
sickkungen
Profile Joined July 2012
Sweden179 Posts
October 20 2016 13:17 GMT
#57
Wouldn't call Light a TvZ monster. He was getting crushed lately by Larva (0:3), Zero and Hero
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