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TornadoSteve
Profile Joined March 2018
1101 Posts
September 04 2018 06:25 GMT
#21
Movie 28 AINEC
sc19980331
Profile Joined March 2017
China1609 Posts
September 04 2018 06:30 GMT
#22
Time to calculate ASL+KSL ELO ranking, plus KRS, like KeSPA era :-)
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10012 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-04 08:16:54
September 04 2018 08:00 GMT
#23
On September 04 2018 14:25 FlaShFTW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2018 12:30 TT1 wrote:
EffOrt should easily be in the top 10 over Horang2, other 9 players are fine tho.

Effort is a known choker now and definitely over the hump. idk anyone could go in that 10th place and no one would be satisfied. I based it off overall performance in that last KSL mostly :/


Then why is Larva #6 when he couldn't even qualify for KSL? Online EffOrt has been the best performing Zerg (by far) prior to ASL 6, he's also a proven offline vet (OSL/SSL champion etc.).

When you have a championship calibre player performing extremely well online putting him in the top 10 of a PR is pretty much a no brainer.. instead Horang2 is #10?

FlaSh's sponbbang winrate vs zergs since last month:

김정우 3:3 김민철 17:3 임홍규 10:3 이제동 5:2 김성대 3:0 배병우 1:0

3-3 vs EffOrt, 17-3 vs SK, 10-3 vs Larva, 5-2 vs JD, 3-0 vs Action

EffOrt's sponbbang WR since last month:
4 김정우 Z 96 65 31 67.7% 1255.7
4th in overall ELO // 65-31 // 67.7% WR // 1255.7 ELO

So yea.. i doubt the highest ELO zerg is "over the hump". On top of that EffOrt is playing tough opponents in his sponbbang matches, unlike Light (who's also high in ELO but he's pretty much farming low tier players).
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FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
September 04 2018 08:15 GMT
#24
damn i didnt know effort was doing so well online..i havent watched his stream in forever cuz it seemed like he always did UMS for a while. Looking forward to his play in ASL6, its about time hes had a deep run
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whaski
Profile Joined December 2012
Finland577 Posts
September 04 2018 09:26 GMT
#25
On September 04 2018 15:19 oEkY wrote:
Its nice to have those past 2 Power Ranks in august/september, but i really hoped for an extended september version which would include all ASL participants :/

Btw after Horang2 (who would be #9, cause Larva doesnt participate in ASL) i would rank the remaining participants like this (if anyone mind to discuss the lower ranked players as well):

Effort (10) --> Shuttle (11) --> Action (12) --> Mind (13) --> Light (14) --> Mong (15) --> Stork (16) --> Sharp (17) --> Miso (18) --> Sea (19) --> Shine (20) --> Movie (21) --> Killer (22) --> Rush (23)--> Guemchi (24) --> Calm (25) --> Sacsri (26) --> Yerim2 (27) --> Eros_Byul (28)



I would rank Effort then to #9, he has been very impressive online, when Horang2 seems still struggle too much against zerg. And Mind has been looking horrible either way, streaming PUGB more than bw ☹️. I am pretty sure, that nowdays even Sea is playing better than Mind...
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Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
September 04 2018 10:02 GMT
#26
Does this list mean that Horang2 will win the next International?
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prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8511 Posts
September 04 2018 10:21 GMT
#27
Speaking of Effort , apart JD, he has the best mechanics imo from all zergs out there !
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Kurao
Profile Joined April 2018
215 Posts
September 04 2018 12:59 GMT
#28
Good ranking! I think Last absolutely deserves his spot; beating Soulkey in a TvZ is no easy feat. And most importantly, the top 2 spots are reserved for the right people
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1713 Posts
September 04 2018 14:37 GMT
#29
nice write up. glad to see flash back.
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
ortseam
Profile Joined April 2015
996 Posts
September 04 2018 15:55 GMT
#30
On September 04 2018 19:21 prosatan wrote:
Speaking of Effort , apart JD, he has the best mechanics imo from all zergs out there !

Koreans consider him to have the worst muta micro out of all zerg progamers, I think it was Lemmata who mentioned this recently.
Odoakar
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia1837 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-04 16:03:32
September 04 2018 15:59 GMT
#31
nice list. For me it would be nicer if the count started from 10 to 1...it would build more hype reading it.
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1660 Posts
September 04 2018 16:05 GMT
#32
On September 04 2018 12:30 TT1 wrote:
EffOrt should easily be in the top 10 over Horang2, other 9 players are fine tho.


Based on skill no question about that but I believe this power rank is related to official games. Now I am excited because he is reducing his 3v3@hunter time for more training, probably because of asl, i believe his group is easy, I mean everytime I saw effort playing vs stork it was pure anal rape. Can't wait to see him gaining the spot his skill deserves. Effort I am counting on you, please show who is the real ultimate god of zvt.
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10253 Posts
September 04 2018 16:55 GMT
#33
On September 05 2018 00:59 Odoakar wrote:
nice list. For me it would be nicer if the count started from 10 to 1...it would build more hype reading it.

this wad how the old brood war power rank was formatted so we wanted to stay as close to it while modernizing the graphics
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outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
September 04 2018 22:19 GMT
#34
FlaSh and JD on top, what a time to be alive! Fingers crossed for FvJ bo5 rematch.
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Pvvned
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States405 Posts
September 04 2018 22:43 GMT
#35
flash and jaedong top 2 in the rankings

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Moopower
Profile Joined May 2017
128 Posts
September 04 2018 22:58 GMT
#36
sigh, no protoss can truly replace bisu's pvz match up... all protoss struggle against zerg no one dominates pvz ever like bisu did...
reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2216 Posts
September 06 2018 02:59 GMT
#37
On September 05 2018 07:58 Moopower wrote:
sigh, no protoss can truly replace bisu's pvz match up... all protoss struggle against zerg no one dominates pvz ever like bisu did...

That just means more TvZ! The best matchup in the world!
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8511 Posts
September 06 2018 07:45 GMT
#38
On September 05 2018 00:55 ortseam wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2018 19:21 prosatan wrote:
Speaking of Effort , apart JD, he has the best mechanics imo from all zergs out there !

Koreans consider him to have the worst muta micro out of all zerg progamers, I think it was Lemmata who mentioned this recently.

Really? i didn't know that
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
rackdude
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States882 Posts
September 20 2018 02:47 GMT
#39
On September 04 2018 19:21 prosatan wrote:
Speaking of Effort , apart JD, he has the best mechanics imo from all zergs out there !


I wouldn't say JD has the best mechanics at all. In fact, when you watch his games it always seems like his macro is a bit behind when comparing it to someone like Soulkey or hero, and some of his micro is a bit off. But what JD does well and has always done well is he makes some damn good decisions. JD always looks like he has too few units and threw a few away, then makes a gorgeous decision and you go "huh, looks like he's going to win now". I think that's why he's so fun to watch.

And I think Snow is too low. He showed some PvZ weakness, but I don't think it's so bad because in the PvZs he won he showed some great strengths. He just needs to patch up (the walls in) his early game. When he doesn't let lings into his base he has a good winrate, the issue is the amount that he lets lings into his base...
Sweet.
Moopower
Profile Joined May 2017
128 Posts
September 20 2018 03:08 GMT
#40
When will we ever get more PvZ specialists?
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