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Your Top 10 Players of All Time for Each Race?

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StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
September 28 2020 18:19 GMT
#1
I was just wondering what your all-time top 10 players for each races would look like based on your personal criteria.

I'm especially interested to hear from very old school fans from way back who'd seen pro players like YellOw in their prime who can shed some light to newer fans on how great of a player he was.

Protoss:
1. Bisu
2. Stork
3. Nal_rA
4. Jangbi
5. Reach
6. GARIMTO
7. Anytime
8. Kingdom
9. Kal
10. Grrrr...

Terran:
1. Flash
2. NaDa
3. BoxeR
4. iloveoov
5. Fantasy
6. XellOs
7. Midas
8. Iris
9. Mind
10. ForGG

Zerg:
1. Jaedong
2. sAviOr
3. July
4. ChoJJa
5. YellOw
6. GoRush
7. Calm
8. EffOrt
9. Luxury
10. ZerO

My criteria weighed in Starleague playoff appearances, individual peaks, career longevity, and their significance as a player (ex. Boxer was the face of, not only BW, but e-sports in general in Korea for a very long time).
Burned Toast *
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada2040 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 18:41:38
September 28 2020 18:41 GMT
#2
Where's the love for (T)UpMaGiC ? And (Z)Shine ?

I appreciate that you mentionned (P)Nal_rA and my beloved (Z)July though.
TvT matchup is sometimes worse than jailtime
Timebon3s
Profile Joined May 2018
Norway687 Posts
September 28 2020 18:50 GMT
#3
What about Effort?
Best zerg of all time imo.
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania7985 Posts
September 28 2020 19:34 GMT
#4
OK ! LET'S DO THIS !!!

ZERG

1) JAEDONG
2) Effort
3) Savior
4) Zero
5) July
6) Luxury
7) Soulkey
8) Chojja
9) GoRush
10)Kwanro

PROTOSS

1) Bisu (Best PvZ of all time)
2) Stork
3) Jangbi (Best PvT of all time)
4) Best
5) Rain
6) Nal_rA
7) Reach
8) Kal
9) Free
10)Snow

TERRAN

1) Flash
2) Nada
3) Boxer
4) Fantasy
5) iloveoov
6) Xellos
7) Light
8) Sea
9) Mind
10) Midas
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1546 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 19:41:55
September 28 2020 19:39 GMT
#5
10 players for each race is a lot to ask so I will just make a list of players I did enjoy watching the most regardless their achievement, skill or whatever.

Protoss:
no one

Terran:
Boxer
[joypop]zodiac
NTT
NaDa

Zerg:
hdv.zarma.npg
[z-zone]byun
H.O.T-Forever
BratTsunami
sAviOr
Jaedong
EffOrt (winner)
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
EndingLife
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 21:17:34
September 28 2020 20:17 GMT
#6
No love for V-Gundam or IntoTheRain?
theaGOny
Profile Joined August 2019
10 Posts
September 28 2020 21:25 GMT
#7
wow pauline going really oldschool, i like it
LfunkGG
Profile Joined February 2019
78 Posts
September 28 2020 21:42 GMT
#8
nada
blackman
anytime
EndingLife
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 21:52:56
September 28 2020 21:52 GMT
#9
I'll do a top 5 favorite for each race. 10 is a lot!

Protoss:

Bisu
Jangbi
Stork
Mini
Sky (Yeah...I know)

Terran:

Flash
Nada
Boxer
Xellos
Fantasy

Zerg:

Jaedong
Yellow
July
Effort
Larva

ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
September 28 2020 22:16 GMT
#10
After Flash wins ASL, it will be

Terran: Flash
Protoss: Flash
Zerg: Flash
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
Ikirouta
Profile Blog Joined November 2017
Finland727 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 23:12:42
September 28 2020 23:10 GMT
#11
ZERG
1. Jaedong, best Z of all time.

2. July (don't need to say much imo)

3. Effort, a beast, but I rate him lesser than July.

4. Yellow, oh yellow, if only you could be #2 on this list.

5. Savior, only rating him #5 because you know what he did. Boo.

6. ZerO, consistent during the golden years, beast nowadays.

7. GoRush, I'd love to rate him higher but I just can't, I loved him back in the day though.

8. Chojja, mr consistency, mr ultralisk. A beast, wish he stuck around for a bit longer though.

9. H.O.T-Forever, the guy who I looked up to when I started playing, surprised nobody put him on his list but I might be a little bit biased.

10. Shark, one of my MBCboys and the inventor of muta micro, very underrated imo but def in my top 10!

TERRAN
1. FlaSh, probably don't need to explain this one, do I?

2. NaDa, the genius, I also respect his careers longevity.

3. Boxer, close between him and NaDa imo.

4. iloveoov, the old man with the builds, I rate him above Fantasy cause I think he perfected more stuff and had more impact on Terran as a whole.

5. Fantasy, I think this is the right spot for him, best of the non-bonjwas.

6. Xellos, might be the old guy in me talking but he was a beast for sure.

7. Light, the 2nd best modern terran, I think he will win stuff this and next year. Sadly he rose to the top a bit too late.

8. Goodfriend, oldschool beast, very underrated imo, sadly never won a starleague but finished very consistently.

9. Mind, sadly never became as good as people hyped him up to be, but still a beast at his prime.

10. Sea, not the brightest star but in my mind definitely belongs in the top 10 of terrans.

PROTOSS
1. Bisu, nuff said.

2. Stork, I don't think I need to explain this either.

3. JangBi, wish he didn't quit, a beast, we need a toss like him today.

4. Pusan, my true love. My favourite Neo king. I love everything about his play, but the biggest thing for me is his consistency and the longevity of his career. He was never a top player but he was consistent for his team in Proleague. He plays a style that I love, abuse the map. Capable of taking games off of the big names with well planned out builds, but never being the top star or center of attention. One of the original macro tosses and just a great player. Marry me.

5. Kingdom, bring me some tea boys, the micro god. Very underrated. I remember watching Kingdom vods years later and being astonished, better than most modern tosses in my book.

6. Anytime, one of the Neo kings. A beast at his peak. I tried stealing so many builds from him but I was too noob.

7. Nal_rA, I had a hard time evaluating Nal_rA but I couldn't place him higher nor lower than this, so here is. The dreamer, a legend.

8. Reach, manlots, so handsome, so gosu. I'd marry him in a heartbeat.

9. GARIMTO, the real OG.

10. Free, the 4th best dragon at his peak imo, the missing 2 would be #11 and #12.
Pusan fan #1, bad sair/reaver enthuisiast. twitch.tv/ikirouta
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10143 Posts
September 28 2020 23:27 GMT
#12
Imo, not gonna count the post-Kespa era.

Terran's top 5 I think are fairly undisputable being FlaSh, NaDa, Boxer, oov, and Fantasy. Ordering is debatable between oov and Boxer.
6-10 would probably be something like Iris, Xellos, Goodfriend, Midas, Casy/Forgg.
Sea is great for Proleague, but his awful individual league results are a stain on his legacy.

Zerg's top 6 will be Jaedong, savior, July, Effort, Yellow, Chojja
Followed by GGplay, GoRush, Calm, Hot-Forever.
Calm's ACE rating in proleague is surprisingly good.

Protoss top 4 should be undisputed, Bisu, Stork, Jangbi, NalRa.
5-10 might be Garimto, Reach, Anytime, Kingdom, Pusan, Grrr/Kal. Not sure how to judge Grr's OSL win tbh.

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StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
September 29 2020 00:03 GMT
#13
On September 29 2020 08:27 FlaShFTW wrote:
Imo, not gonna count the post-Kespa era.

Terran's top 5 I think are fairly undisputable being FlaSh, NaDa, Boxer, oov, and Fantasy. Ordering is debatable between oov and Boxer.
6-10 would probably be something like Iris, Xellos, Goodfriend, Midas, Casy/Forgg.
Sea is great for Proleague, but his awful individual league results are a stain on his legacy.

Zerg's top 6 will be Jaedong, savior, July, Effort, Yellow, Chojja
Followed by GGplay, GoRush, Calm, Hot-Forever.
Calm's ACE rating in proleague is surprisingly good.

Protoss top 4 should be undisputed, Bisu, Stork, Jangbi, NalRa.
5-10 might be Garimto, Reach, Anytime, Kingdom, Pusan, Grrr/Kal. Not sure how to judge Grr's OSL win tbh.



The reason why I gave more weight to Grrr's OSL run is because he was one of the first Royal Roaders as well as the only foreigner to have won a Starleague. You could downplay his Starleague win by saying that it was during the infancy of BW where players were much "worse".
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-29 04:37:51
September 29 2020 04:25 GMT
#14
I think in terms of achievements, the top 10 for each race is generally pretty clear. i think in terms of post-2007 peak skill level (I chose this period because I consider it personally to be the period when the meta looked fairly modern) though I can do a top 10 list just to add some variety to the thread while still being somewhat pertinent. I want to stress my list is not ranking by talent. I think in terms of raw talent, people like Nada or July could be in top 10, for example.

Top 10 in terms of peak skill level:
1. Flash
2. Jaedong
3. Bisu
4. Fantasy
5. Stork
6. Jangbi
7. Last
8. Effort
9. Rain
10. Queen

iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1546 Posts
September 29 2020 06:34 GMT
#15
On September 29 2020 05:17 EndingLife wrote:
No love for V-Gundam or IntoTheRain?


V-Gundam was a name I completely forgot, it is true that his endless 2 fact push vs protoss was very entertaining to watch and deserves a spot in top 10 terran just for that.
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
kidcrash
Profile Joined September 2009
United States620 Posts
September 29 2020 06:50 GMT
#16
My list with putting more weight towards kespa era matches:

1.Flash
2.NaDa
3.iloveoov
4.Boxer
5.Fantasy
6.ForGG
7.Xellos
8.Iris
9.Sea
10.Light

1.Jaedong
2.EffOrt
3.SaViOr
4.July
5.GoRush
6.ChoJJa
7.YellOw
8.Zero
9.Soulkey
10.Calm

1.Bisu
2.Stork
3.JangBi
4.BeSt
5.Kal
6.Nal_rA
7.Reach
8.GARIMTO
9.Anytime
10.free
asel
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Germany1599 Posts
September 29 2020 17:18 GMT
#17
Would be fun to have a kor and a foreigner list. The list is less about achievements and more about my Personal fanboyism.

KOR

Zerg
1. Julyzerg
2. Savior (RIP)
3. Yarnc
4. hyvaa
5. Kwanro
6. Calm
7. Crazyhydra
8. Effort
9. Zero

Protoss
1. Daezang
2. Anytime
3. Reach
4 Flying
5. Bisu
6. Much
7. Free
8. Nal_rA
9. Violet
10. Chalrenge

TERRAN

1. Flash
2. Really
3. UpMagiC
4. NaDa
5. Iloveoov
6. Mind
7. Leta
8. ForGG
9. Boxer
10. Skyhigh


FOREIGNER

Zerg
1. Mondragon
2. F91
3. MidiaN
4. SEn
5. Ret
6. Eonzerg
7. Notforu
8. DinOt

Protoss
1. Testie (He mostly played p)
2. FiSheYe
3. Draco
4. GeNtLeMaN
5. HeXeR
6. AiR
7. Lx

Terran
1. Advokate
2. Fenris
3. Cope
4. Skew
5. Assem
6. Strelok
7. Super
8. ChinaTTTT
9. Hbq
10. Brat_OK
eSTRO for life | #3 Sea.Really fan! | GGoliath! | aeterna societas honoris | cbta~ | Flash makes Terran look like Toss | aka RevaL
Timebon3s
Profile Joined May 2018
Norway687 Posts
September 29 2020 18:11 GMT
#18
What about [GG99]Slayer? He even won a tournament in Korea!
Essbee
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada2371 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-01 23:08:16
September 29 2020 22:24 GMT
#19
Almost purely based on talent... and just going top 6...

Terran
Flash
Boxer
Nada
Fantasy
iloveoov
midas

Zerg
savior
Jaedong
JulyZerg
effort
Yellow
chojja

Protoss
Jangbi
Rain
Nal_rA
Stork
Bisu
Anytime
KungKras
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden484 Posts
September 29 2020 23:14 GMT
#20
On September 29 2020 03:41 Burned Toast wrote:
Where's the love for (T)UpMaGiC ? And (Z)Shine ?

I appreciate that you mentionned (P)Nal_rA and my beloved (Z)July though.


July deserves to be mentioned just for rocking that awesome cape of his during some of the tournaments,
"When life gives me lemons, I go look for oranges"
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