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2000
Grrrr 70Games 45W 25L (64.29%) GARIMTO 64Games 43W 21L (67.19%) HOT 88Games 54W34 (61.36%) Byun 78Games 49W 29L (62.82%) SKELTON 76Games 43W 33L (56.58%) ChRh 66Games 41W 25L (62.12%) BoxeR 71Games 40W 31L (56.34%) TheMarine 57Games 36W 21L (63.16%) TheBoy 56Games 29W 27L (51.79%) Eagle 44Games 24W 20L (54.55%)
Best player of 2000: Grrrr...
-Hanaro OSL 1st -2000 king of king 1st -Freechal OSL RO8
2001
BoxeR 179Games 138W41L (77.09%) TheMarine 135Games 93W 42L (68.89%) YellOw 91Games 59W 32L (64.84%) Rain 111Games 61W 50L (54.95%) ChRh 103Games 60W 43L (58.25%) HOT 105Games 59W 46L (56.19%) GARIMTO 78Games 44W 34L (56.41%) JinNam 83Games 42W 41L (50.6%) NaDa 53Games 35W 18L (66.04%) Side 67Games 43W 24L (64.18%)
Best player of 2001: BoxeR
-Hanbitsoft OSL 1st -Coca Cola OSL 1st -SKY2001 OSL 2nd
2002
NaDa 239Games 169W 70L (70.71%) YellOw 200Games 135W 65L (67.5%) Reach 182Games 106W 76L (58.24%) BoxeR 169Games 102W 67L (60.36%) JinNam 188Games 98W 90L (52.13%) Junwi 151Games 94W 57L (62.25%) Sync 146Games 88W 58L (60.27%) HOT 147Games 88W 59L (59.86%) Zeus 138Games 77W 61L (55.8%) ArtOfHan 127Games 77W 47L (62.1%)
Best player of 2002: NaDa
![[image loading]](http://www.khgames.co.kr/images/imglib3/295_16_02.jpg) -KPGA 1st -panasonic OSL 1st -iTV 1st
2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
Best player of 2003: NaDa
![[image loading]](http://www.khgames.co.kr/images/imglib3/295_16_02.jpg) -4 times in MSL Final, in row!
2004
iloveoov 133Games 85W 48L (63.91%) NaDa 142Games 92W 50L (64.79%) July 138Games 90W 48L (65.22%) XellOs 111Games 73W 38L (65.77%) BoxeR 113Games 61W 52L (53.98%) Reach 101Games 60W 41L (59.41%) Kingdom 105Games 59W 46L (56.19%) GoRush 85Games 55W 30L (64.71%) Goodfriend 99Games 55W 44L (55.56%) Midas 96Games 66W 30L (68.75%)
Best player of 2004: iloveoov
-he got nicks like, Cheat terran, Monster Terran, Machine -he beat YellOw、NaDa、Kingdom、BoxeR -MSL 1st, 3 times in row
2005
iloveoov 92Games 59W 33L (64.13%) NaDa 127Games 71W 56L (55.91%) July 126Games 69W 57L (54.76%) XellOs 102Games 60W 42L (58.82%) BoxeR 96Games 58W 38L (60.42%) IPXZerg (sAviOr) 84Games 53W 31L (63.1%) Anytime 83Games 44W 39L (53.01%) Pusan 86Games 53W 33L (61.63%) Goodfriend 77Games 47W 30L (61.04%) YellOw 90Games 47W 43L (52.22%)
Best player of 2005: iloveoov - iloveoov was still best player, but other players like: NaDa、BoxeR、XellOs、July、IPXZerg (sAviOr)、GoRush、rA、Reach、Anytime were also showing good shape.
2006
IPXZerg (sAviOr) 109Games 79W 30L (72.48%) NaDa 118Games 72W 46L (61.02%) iloveoov 95Games 59W 36L (62.11%) Midas 91Games 58W 33L (63.74%) Casy 70Games 40W 30L (57.14%) July 85Games 54W 31L (63.53%) rA 82Games 48W 34L (58.54%) Jaedong 71Games 46W 25L (64.79%) JJu 72Games 39W 33L (54.17%)
Best player of 2006: IPXZerg (sAviOr)
-5 times in MSL Final, in row!(he won 3 of them)
2007
Jaedong 112Games 73W 39L (65.18%) Stork 140Games 99W 41L (70.71%) Bisu 130Games 83W 47L (63.85%) IPXZerg (sAviOr) 151Games 94W 57L (62.25%) Hwasin 130Games 83W 47L (63.85%) Sea 107Games 71W 36L (66.36%) free 102Games 60W 42L (58.82%) Iris 99Games 58W 41L (58.59%) Anytime 82Games 49W 33L (59.76%) GGPlay 89Games 47W 42L (52.81%)
Best player of 2007: Jaedong
-Stork got good Stats, but always lose in the final -Bisu was good, but not very stable (he might lose to a bad player sometimes, and the loss to InteR.Mind was a shock to many ppl) -Jaedong, the new revolution of zerg
2008
Flash 90Games 65W 25L Jaedong 67Games 45W 22L Best 39Games 29W 10L Sea 62Games 39W 23L Stork 65Games 35W 30L JangBi 52Games 33W 19L Kal 52Games 30W 22L Luxury 47Games 29W 18L Hwasin 51Games 29W 22L Mind 58Games 29W 29L
Best player of 2008: to be continued
Credit: LinYu)CoBeT
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United States20661 Posts
.... k. nothing we didn't already know.
hey i bet iloveoov will be next
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Some of this is pretty interesting, Thank you.
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Just waiting for sAviOr.
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote: 2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
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On June 30 2008 08:37 Carnac wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote:2003NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%)rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%) Best player of 2003: NaDa![[image loading]](http://www.khgames.co.kr/images/imglib3/295_16_02.jpg) -4 times in MSL Final, in row! the stats doesnt usually tell everything...But honor, stability, new revolution tells
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Wow never knew oov dominated so hard... in 03' A win rate of 79% is pretty sick and the highest ever for a single year right?
As the quote above me is asking... why was NaDa the #1 when oov seemed to be dominating so hard.
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So why wasn't Bisu best player of 2007? While he may have lost to Mind in the finals of Gom 3, he still won 2 golds in a row, and then a silver.
Not to mention his gay ass pvz that was an annoying prick for half a year.
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On June 30 2008 08:41 Jonoman92 wrote: Wow never knew oov dominated so hard... in 03' A win rate of 79% is pretty sick and the highest ever for a single year right?
As the quote above me is asking... why was NaDa the #1 when oov seemed to be dominating so hard. oov have higher winning rate than nada, but he didnt win any league except 1 MSL, nada was MSL finalist 3 times in year 2003, he also won GhemTV StarLeague
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On June 30 2008 08:44 EtherealDeath wrote: So why wasn't Bisu best player of 2007? While he may have lost to Mind in the finals of Gom 3, he still won 2 golds in a row, and then a silver.
Not to mention his gay ass pvz that was an annoying prick for half a year. imo I think bisu should be the best player of 2006 second half and 2007 first half =/
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On June 30 2008 08:41 Jonoman92 wrote: Wow never knew oov dominated so hard... in 03' A win rate of 79% is pretty sick and the highest ever for a single year right?
yeah, iloveoov also made a unbeaten history, 27 TVZ wins in row!!!
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Dam, didnt realize how much Flash plays, 23 games more than JD
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I thought it said "best play of every year" and I got excited for a new pimpest play-type thing.
YOU LET ME DOWN :[
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The way it's presented (showing the stats then ignoring them), it looks like the "best player" is chosen almost arbitrarily. Maybe add another column to the player data for # titles won that year would help? Thanks for the post though, it's interesting history!
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On June 30 2008 09:02 Nitrogen23 wrote: I thought it said "best play of every year" and I got excited for a new pimpest play-type thing.
YOU LET ME DOWN :[ my english sux, maybe "best player of each year" should fit this topic better =/
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Iris 99Games 58W 41L (58.59%) ☆ what's with the star? ._.
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On June 30 2008 09:08 Polemarch wrote: The way it's presented (showing the stats then ignoring them), it looks like the "best player" is chosen almost arbitrarily. Maybe add another column to the player data for # titles won that year would help? Thanks for the post though, it's interesting history! i donno, every player had played diffrend amount of games.. its very hard to say who is the best player if we just look those winning rates, imo
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if we look only the winning rate someone who is 1-0 would be number one =P
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this was really nice, thanks !
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United States1865 Posts
cool thread
*edit* man savior owned during his prime
five msl finals IN A ROW win 3 of them and find time for an OSL
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This year is definitely Flash and the following year will be flash again!!
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On June 30 2008 08:37 Carnac wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote: 2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
179 to 81 games, boy I wonder what would have happened if oov played that many hmm 
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you found the worst picture you could for jaedong. I take it you dont like him. LOL. Anyways uh, I have no idea why Jaedong won it last year. Yeah, he did good. Went on quite a streak, and won an osl. But that is only at the end of the year. The start of the year, Savior was raping it up, and in the middle to the end, bisu was. If were looking for the entire year, I don't think jaedong deserved it.
or is it based on winning percentage?
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United States22883 Posts
It's interesting how many games sAviOr was getting when he started to decline. Also, NaDa is a ridiculous work horse.
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On June 30 2008 09:11 tre2ettsexsju wrote:what's with the star? ._.
The original post had stars for titles. Solid stars for golds and hollow stars for silvers. Looks like most of the stars got lost over the translation though.
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On June 30 2008 11:17 Gryffindor_us wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2008 08:37 Carnac wrote:On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote: 2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
179 to 81 games, boy I wonder what would have happened if oov played that many hmm 
He most probably would have won around 79% of them.
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oov ftw.. I never get tired of saying that
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Idk how Bisu didn't get best player of 2007. He has 2 MSL golds and a Silver. He has an OSL ro8 appearance and a bronze medal.
I mean, Jaedong did great for 3 months to win 1 OSL title, Stork had a bronze and 2 silvers I believe.
Not to mention how Bisu revolutionized PvZ and seemed to have that special aura around him for a while. It could just be my bias, but look at the Power rank for 07 and how many months Bisu was number 1.
I think Jaedong might have been the best player at the end of the year, but Bisu was surely the best player throughout the year.
Cool list and information though.
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On June 30 2008 11:17 Gryffindor_us wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2008 08:37 Carnac wrote:On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote: 2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
179 to 81 games, boy I wonder what would have happened if oov played that many hmm 
His 2004 statistics would be a hint to what would have happened if Oov were to play more games against top class players. Trophy-wise, 2004 was by far Oov's most successful year, but once he qualified for both leagues and came up against top class opponents on a regular basis, his god like statistics were lost.
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On June 30 2008 13:03 Nick_54 wrote:I think Jaedong might have been the best player throughout the year, but Bisu was surely the best player throughout the year.
Interesting.
Hmm, very interesting.
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in 2003, oov's winning of msl + his recordbreaking win percentage and his overall performance that year (imo, but also i think in a lot of peoples' opinions) outweighs nadas 1 starleague and 3 final appearances (which is all they were). nada was an excellent player, one of the all-time greats, but id say oov outdid him that year.
edit: this makes me curious as to whether someone has the kespa/ELO formulas, as if you really wanted to know who was "best", they do a pretty good job of ranking players. all youd have to do is insert the years statistics rather than past 3 months (or whatever the standard is now). in theory you could apply this to career/lifetime (i know theres an outdated thread doing exactly that, somewhere). just a thought.
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Interesting seeing top players from before my time. Thanks.
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i miss savior dominating.
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On June 30 2008 13:03 Nick_54 wrote: Idk how Bisu didn't get best player of 2007. He has 2 MSL golds and a Silver. He has an OSL ro8 appearance and a bronze medal.
I mean, Jaedong did great for 3 months to win 1 OSL title, Stork had a bronze and 2 silvers I believe.
Not to mention how Bisu revolutionized PvZ and seemed to have that special aura around him for a while. It could just be my bias, but look at the Power rank for 07 and how many months Bisu was number 1.
I think Jaedong might have been the best player throughout the year, but Bisu was surely the best player throughout the year.
Cool list and information though.
The best player for the year 2003, 2005 and 2007 are up for debate. It looks like the person who picked the winners tried to weigh each players' accomplishments fairly as possible, though going by the winners of 2003 and 2005, I think it's a little harsh not to name Stork as the best player of 2007. Stork of 2007 was way scarier than Oov of 2005, though it must be said that he has more competition.
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On June 30 2008 12:27 Mindcrime wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2008 11:17 Gryffindor_us wrote:On June 30 2008 08:37 Carnac wrote:On June 30 2008 07:55 emucxg wrote: 2003
NaDa 179Games 117W 62L (65.36%) iloveoov 81Games 64W 17L (79.01%) rA 96Games 62W 34L (64.58%) YellOw 164Games 99W 65L (60.37%) XellOs 121Games 77W 44L (63.64%) ChoJJa 159Games 97W 62L (61.01%) BoxeR 133Games 73W 60L (54.89%) Sync 136Games 85W 51L (62.5%) Reach 126Games 68W 58L (53.97%) Junwi 120Games 63W 57L (52.5%)
179 to 81 games, boy I wonder what would have happened if oov played that many hmm  He most probably would have won around 79% of them.
No, and Letmelose said it for me ;P. If you go and look, at 179 games oov's record was 67.60% that was on January 12, 2005(after his run of 2004). It's not definitive but it is certainly a point. 179 games at 67.60% is certainly exemplary, but it definitely waters it down a bit.
My post was more of a jab toward Carnac.
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isn't this just given to the player with the highest win % at the end of the playing season (not the year)
hence JD for 2007 not stork (cause stork lost his last finals 3-0 when he only needed to win one to keep top spot)
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2003 / 2005 / 2007 ... It's not always easy to tell who was the best player of the year. The beginning of 2003 easily belongs to Nada, with Chojja as a close second, but later in the year, Ra was the man to beat and Oov was already a monster. In terms of titles, Nada won 1 osl and 1 msl, but they both happened very early in 2003, both leagues starting in 2002. He ended up 2nd in msl too. Ra also has 2 titles and and a 2nd place this year. Kingdom, Xellos and Oov have 1 title each.
I don't know how Nada managed to play way more games than Ra this year, maybe special events, proleague or something... I'd rate Nada #1 with Ra as a very, very close 2nd. Oov gets an honorable mention for his incredible winrate.
2005 is maybe the hardest year: By the beginning of the year, Nada and Gorush were the bests by far, both winning a title and providing us great games  Then, July and Goodfriend battled in osl while MSL became Savior's playground. By the end of the year though. To end the year, Anytime came out of nowhere to beat Boxer back to his best level. Damn, that's a hard pick this year. Maybe i'd give #1 to July, since he got a gold and a silver in osl this year, also winning KT-KTF... Oov was a force in both msl and osl of course and proleague is of course in his favor in those days when T1 won everything.
2007, Bisu imo should get #1, even though Jaedong had a huge impact on the second part of the year. I think probably once again proleague has an impact on this choice, given how Lecaz came out of the bottom teams to become 2007 champion. But well, it's Bisu / Jaedong or Jaedong / Bisu. Stork... has an insane record for a player who didn't win anything.
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On June 30 2008 22:57 ~chut~ wrote:2003 / 2005 / 2007 ... It's not always easy to tell who was the best player of the year. The beginning of 2003 easily belongs to Nada, with Chojja as a close second, but later in the year, Ra was the man to beat and Oov was already a monster. In terms of titles, Nada won 1 osl and 1 msl, but they both happened very early in 2003, both leagues starting in 2002. He ended up 2nd in msl too. Ra also has 2 titles and and a 2nd place this year. Kingdom, Xellos and Oov have 1 title each. I don't know how Nada managed to play way more games than Ra this year, maybe special events, proleague or something... I'd rate Nada #1 with Ra as a very, very close 2nd. Oov gets an honorable mention for his incredible winrate. 2005 is maybe the hardest year: By the beginning of the year, Nada and Gorush were the bests by far, both winning a title and providing us great games  Then, July and Goodfriend battled in osl while MSL became Savior's playground. By the end of the year though. To end the year, Anytime came out of nowhere to beat Boxer back to his best level. Damn, that's a hard pick this year. Maybe i'd give #1 to July, since he got a gold and a silver in osl this year, also winning KT-KTF... Oov was a force in both msl and osl of course and proleague is of course in his favor in those days when T1 won everything. 2007, Bisu imo should get #1, even though Jaedong had a huge impact on the second part of the year. I think probably once again proleague has an impact on this choice, given how Lecaz came out of the bottom teams to become 2007 champion. But well, it's Bisu / Jaedong or Jaedong / Bisu. Stork... has an insane record for a player who didn't win anything.
This was already said about JD got 2007 because the best player of 2007 award is an award that starts from april 2007 like this season to the end of the season which was March this year when the awards are given . So Bisu's 1 MSL victory was the season before 2007 but was still in 2007year . So Bisu had only 1 MSL 1 victory 1 second place were JD had 1 OSL and 1 MSL victory + his team won the PL in which he helped quite a lot .... So far the 2008 season no one has won eny titles !!!
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Well, in this case, the "2003 season" champion should be Ra and not Nada.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
The KeSPA MVPs from 05 onwards (can't remember 04 ) 2005: JulyZerg 2006: Savior 2007: Jaedong
Pretty sure 04 was Oov though
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My take on the best players of 2007 (not season 2007, so any matches or achievements in 2008 are excluded)
Candidate 1: Stork
All matches against progamers: 104 wins 43 losses 70.7% Official Kespa matches: 78 wins 37 losses 67.8% Shinhan Proleague R1: 16 wins 4 losses Shinhan Proleague R2: 14 wins 5 losses Individual Leagues: Daum OSL 3rd place, GomTV MSL S2 2nd place, Ever OSL 2nd place Other: WCG Korea 2nd place, WCG Finals 1st place, Shinhan Proleague R1 1st place, Shinhan Proleague R1 MVP
Candidate 2: Bisu
All matches against progamers: 81 wins 47 losses 63.3% Official Kespa matches: 63 wins 41 losses 60.6% Shinhan Proleague R1: 6 wins 7 losses Shinhan Proleague R2: 1 win 3 losses Individual Leagues: GomTV MSL S1 1st place, GomTV MSL S2 1st place, GomTV MSL S3 2nd place, Ever OSL 3rd place Other: IEF 2007 1st place, Blizzard WWI 1st place
Candidate 3: Jaedong
All matches against progamers: 90 wins 41 losses 68.7% Official Kespa matches: 57 wins 31 losses 64.77% Shinhan Proleague R1: 16 wins 7 losses Shinhan Proleague R2: 11 wins 6 losses Individual Leagues: Ever OSL 1st place Other: Seoul E-Sports Festival 1st place, Shinhan R1 Proleague 2nd place, Shinhan R2 Proleague 1st place
I personally believe that despite multiple failures at the higher stages of individual leagues, Stork was the best player of the year 2007 by some margin. That applies to season 2007 too. I know many of you feel that Stork shouldn't be in the discussion because of his lack of individual league titles, and I agree to some extent.
But I wonder how many of you are willing to say the same for Bisu. Bisu had by far the greatest success in individual leagues in 2007, but his lackluster proleague record cannot be ignored. How can you be the best player of the year if you weren't even the best player on your team that year? Bisu not only failed to lead his team to glory, but struggled to even put his name on the roster. On this day and age when proleague schedules occupy most of progamers' time, such poor results cannot be ignored for the sake of convenience.
If you're willing to overlook the horrible choking in the finals, Stork was by far the best player of 2007. If it's only the individual league titles you're interested in, Bisu was head and shoulders above everyone else. If you only seek players who reached the highest levels in both the proleague and individual leagues, Jaedong is the only player who succeeded in doing so although I believe that Jaedong's candidancy as the best player can only be truly argued for if you're taking season 2007, not year 2007, into account.
Nobody had true domination in 2007. Stork was the closest to actually doing so (but failed at vital stages which left strong impressions), Bisu was the closest to giving the illusion of true domination (by mimicking Savior's MSL rampage) and we saw a glimpse of true domination with Jaedong as the year 2007 came to a close. History will probably have Bisu as the best, as he grabbed the most headlines and created the most drama out of any players that year, and I agree that Bisu represents the year 2007 the best, but I think it would be a great injustice to dismiss Stork that easily when it was clear that no player was closer than him in performing the best in all competitions throughout the year.
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On July 01 2008 00:02 ~chut~ wrote: Well, in this case, the "2003 season" champion should be Ra and not Nada.
Distinguishing "season" performances and "yearly" performances only became an issue recently. I think it would be meaningless to distinguish the two as far back as 2003 because there were separate proleagues and ongoing competitions that hadn't died out which makes the concept of a "season" completely useless.
I would have LOVED to say that Nal Ra was the best player in 2003. He is the greatest protoss player I've seen and he would deserve such a title, but Nada was way too good that year. Not only did he start off the year by sweeping all competitions, but he proved his class time and time again in the MSL (Nal Ra and Oov bettered him in only one MSL each) and how can we forget his utter domination in KTF Premierleague (which I believe had the biggest tournament winnings at the time). Oov and Nal Ra were stronger players that him for periods of time, but they didn't even come close to having a year like Nada did.
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I definitely agree with that statement, Nada is probably the best player of 2003, but if we consider from ~ april 2003 until april 2004, that makes it a bit harder. You make a point with KTF premiere league though, Nada was incredibly good there. Well, not that it matters so much anyway
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On July 01 2008 00:11 Letmelose wrote: Nobody had true domination in 2007. Stork was the closest to actually doing so (but failed at vital stages which left strong impressions), Bisu was the closest to giving the illusion of true domination (by mimicking Savior's MSL rampage) and we saw a glimpse of true domination with Jaedong as the year 2007 came to a close. History will probably have Bisu as the best, as he grabbed the most headlines and created the most drama out of any players that year, and I agree that Bisu represents the year 2007 the best, but I think it would be a great injustice to dismiss Stork that easily when it was clear that no player was closer than him in performing the best in all competitions throughout the year. +1 totally agreed
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is any player still in both starlegues ?
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seriously someone get a new picture for Jaedong thats just disgusting....
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Stork choked too many times to be considered THE BEST player of 2007. In order to be THE BEST, you have to win, you cannot lose when it comes down to it. It's a competition between Bisu and Jaedong and I think it goes to Jaedong for having a better win percentage, far superior performance in proleague and similar performance in individual leagues.
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wow um nada was best player 2 years in a row and then second like 2-3 in a row? pretty sick
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Russian Federation4333 Posts
Jaedong > Bisu for ' 07 is a huge slap in the face for Bisu.
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Stork best player of 2007, easy. It really annoys me how people act as if Silver medals are the same as if he never even qualified for the tournaments. Also Stork did get a gold in 2007! People always act like WCG didn't happen; especially with the fact that WCG is weighted on the OP's list I think this is very unfair. Or does only the Korean qualifiers count? -_-
Bisu has the 2 golds and the most buzz, but as pointed out his winrate in proleague was not so great. Jaedong only really became a force at the very end of 2007 and I think Lecaf OZ's rise up the ladder ranks is as much due to his team mates improving as a show of his dominance.
<3 Stork.
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Bisu totally deserves the 2007 award and I was very surprised when KeSPa gave it to Jaedong for only his good performance at the end of the year vs. Bisu's performance throughout.
I think people deciding the best for 2007 now are influenced by the current performance of each player in question. Right now JD is still dominating, but Bisu isn't nearly at the level he once was at.
The OP's decisions for some of the years was completely arbitrary. Notice how he lists all the OSL/MSL titles from 2000-2006, then completely ignores this in 2007 and doesn't even give Bisu any credit for his 2 golds + silver. JD hasn't revolutionalized Zerg at all. He's just a continuation of Savior's play, but hasn't introduced anything new to the race as a whole.
If you look at the thread for the TL.net awards thread, it was nearly unanimous (in Jan 2008) that Bisu was by far the best player of 2007.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=64523 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=65120
Won Previously by: Boxer/HOT/Xellos, July, iloveoov, sAviOr
This year it is undisputedly given to the revolutionist,
Bisu.
As sAviOr dominated in 2006, Bisu dominated in 2007, with two straight MSL's and a semi-final appearance in the OSL, there was no one to match him in terms of consistancy. Although he struggled later on in the year (especially in the proleague), he still shows that he was the one to beat in 2007.
kNyTTyM During the 2007 year he was the closest to the bonjwa title. He won GomTV 1 and 2 and was the runner up in season 3. In his first MSL win, he dismantled the strongest ZvP player in the world and in his second final appearance, he beat Stork in an epic bo5 series. He revolutionized PvZ by making FE sair builds popular and shows consistent play in starleagues. During this year, all is losses were considered upsets therefore showing the reputation he has gained as best player of 2007. DJEtterStyle There just can't be any debate on this one: Bisu was the best player of 2007. Two MSL wins, an MSL second place, and an OSL third place? In a single year? Come on.
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where is bisu in 2008? -_-v
On July 01 2008 08:28 teamsolid wrote:Bisu totally deserves the 2007 award and I was very surprised when KeSPa gave it to Jaedong for only his good performance at the end of the year vs. Bisu's performance throughout. I think people deciding the best for 2007 now are influenced by the current performance of each player in question. Right now JD is still dominating, but Bisu isn't nearly at the level he once was at. The OP's decisions for some of the years was completely arbitrary. Notice how he lists all the OSL/MSL titles from 2000-2006, then completely ignores this in 2007 and doesn't even give Bisu any credit for his 2 golds + silver. JD hasn't revolutionalized Zerg at all. He's just a continuation of Savior's play, but hasn't introduced anything new to the race as a whole. If you look at the thread for the TL.net awards thread, it was nearly unanimous (in Jan 2008) that Bisu was by far the best player of 2007. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=64523http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=65120Won Previously by: Boxer/HOT/Xellos, July, iloveoov, sAviOr This year it is undisputedly given to the revolutionist, Bisu. As sAviOr dominated in 2006, Bisu dominated in 2007, with two straight MSL's and a semi-final appearance in the OSL, there was no one to match him in terms of consistancy. Although he struggled later on in the year (especially in the proleague), he still shows that he was the one to beat in 2007. Show nested quote +kNyTTyM During the 2007 year he was the closest to the bonjwa title. He won GomTV 1 and 2 and was the runner up in season 3. In his first MSL win, he dismantled the strongest ZvP player in the world and in his second final appearance, he beat Stork in an epic bo5 series. He revolutionized PvZ by making FE sair builds popular and shows consistent play in starleagues. During this year, all is losses were considered upsets therefore showing the reputation he has gained as best player of 2007. DJEtterStyle There just can't be any debate on this one: Bisu was the best player of 2007. Two MSL wins, an MSL second place, and an OSL third place? In a single year? Come on.
I totally agree with you and that's why now i really hate Jaedong -__-v
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On December 22 2011 06:50 Crunchums wrote:Looking to the future 2012 Flash2013 Flash2014 Flash2015 Flashand so on
Needs more Stork.
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This is actually a nice historical summary for someone who came to the scene later on. It seems like the rankings were a lot more turbulent in the early years; TBLS have been top of the pack for some time now.
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You can see why Kespa gave Protoss of the Year award to Stork in 2007. More wins and less losses than Bisu. Too bad he went 0-2 in finals that year.
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savior's nick for the early part of his career, iirc he wasn't much good when using that name :D
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On December 22 2011 10:49 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:savior's nick for the early part of his career, iirc he wasn't much good when using that name :D
From what I remember he changed to sAviOr pretty much when he broke out. I was actually surprised he hadn't been retconned from the list and then I realized that it's from 2008 :p
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Agreed for the most part. Bisu deserves 2007 for the PvZ revolution. I think 2008 and 2009 are too close to call. Would be weird to call 2008 the year of Jaedong when half of it was dominated by the dragons.
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