• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 23:41
CEST 05:41
KST 12:41
  • 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
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash10[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy18ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple6Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research8Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool51Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win4
StarCraft 2
General
Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple
Tourneys
RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 520 Moving Fees Mutation # 519 Inner Power Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone
Brood War
General
BSL 22 Map Contest — Submissions OPEN to March 10 so ive been playing broodwar for a week straight. Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Pros React To: JaeDong vs Queen
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Ro24 Group E [ASL21] Ro24 Group F Azhi's Colosseum - Foreign KCM
Strategy
What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The Chess Thread NASA and the Private Sector Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Broowar part 2
qwaykee
China Uses Video Games to Sh…
TrAiDoS
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Electronics
mantequilla
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 11110 users

[spoilers] The next generation

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
1 2 3 4 5 14 15 16 Next All
scwizard
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1195 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 21:14:23
April 22 2009 18:27 GMT
#1
Now that (Z)Jaedong, (T)Flash and (P)Bisu have lost their most recent game, I think it's a good time to consider what the next generation of great players may look like.

Who is it going to be? A few names immediately come up, the most obvious one being (T)sKyHigh, who hasn't lost the momentum he gained from all killing OZ. However other than that it's hard to tell, especially for the zerg where I personally can't picture any zerg ever winning against (Z)Jaedong, but past trends show that it must one day happen, just as (T)iloveoov started losing to zerg.

If there is time for another generation of great players to emerge before the release of Starcraft II, which names do you think could make up that next generation?

ANTI CONFUSION EDIT:
I'm deleting a paragraph in the OP that probably contributed to the confusion.

I'm not saying that the top players aren't the top players cause they dropped a game in proleauge. They are still the top players. They won't be forever though, and this topic is about what will happen when they'll fall. It's not saying "they're falling, who will replace them." I'm not saying the top players are all falling now, I'm saying they'll eventually fall and people will eventually rise up to replace them and this topic is speculating over who those players might be.
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
April 22 2009 18:31 GMT
#2
(T)sKyHigh, (T)Leta and (T)fantasy for terran,
(Z)by.hero, (Z)HoeJJa and (Z)EffOrt for zerg.
Not much in sight for protoss really.
sushiman
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden2691 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 18:33:07
April 22 2009 18:32 GMT
#3
I seriously doubt any of the new players will win next starleague. Jaedong is still really fucking scary, and probably the strongest player out there. Flash and Bisu are going strong, and Luxury, Jangbi and Stork are still extremely strong contenders that I doubt skyhigh and the other new generation chums would really stand a chance against in BO#'s.
1000 at least.
Wurzelbrumpft
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany471 Posts
April 22 2009 18:33 GMT
#4
movie
beam me up scotty, this planet suxX
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 18:35:09
April 22 2009 18:34 GMT
#5
(T)sKyHigh, (T)BaBy, (Z)Thezerg, (Z)by.hero, (Z)EffOrt, (T)fantasy, (Z)Orion and + Show Spoiler +
Savior

+ Show Spoiler +
Sorry (P)PrOtoss, Your time is over
Bond(i2)
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada926 Posts
April 22 2009 18:34 GMT
#6
ZerO, Fantasy, Sangho
roses are red violets are blue, Im schitzophrenic and so am i
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
April 22 2009 18:34 GMT
#7
Hwaseung Oz has a nice crop of Zerg players coming up. (Z)PirateZerg has been showing some ferocious ZvZ, and I just can't picture (Z)MustacheZerg losing any of his games.

In all seriousness, recent results aside, I think the TaekDong era is far from over.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
April 22 2009 18:35 GMT
#8
It's way too early to say that Jaedong, Bisu, and Flash are done.
Nevertheless: Leta
brood war for life, brood war forever
Sanity.
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States704 Posts
April 22 2009 18:35 GMT
#9
fantasy and hero
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 18:38:01
April 22 2009 18:36 GMT
#10
I dont see a young super star coming up. Bisu won his MSL duo when he was so young, Flash dominated the same way, JD is just so consistent. But I feel Tazza is champion material

and btw isnt leta the same age as jd/bisu ? I guess he just showed up pretty late, rather than being young and promising, same case with BeSt
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 22 2009 18:37 GMT
#11
On April 23 2009 03:33 Wurzelbrumpft wrote:
movie

movie is bad imo...
one game tells nothing...
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
April 22 2009 18:38 GMT
#12
flash is gonna win bacchus
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
April 22 2009 18:39 GMT
#13
next generation ? lol
flash is 16 years old ffs
And all is illuminated.
Ry-Masta-T
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States478 Posts
April 22 2009 18:39 GMT
#14
Movie/Tazza/Herb[Shield] imo
Speak the word...
lordmordor
Profile Joined February 2009
United States209 Posts
April 22 2009 18:41 GMT
#15
just because Jaedong dropped two proleague games doesn't mean he is on the decline. Both he and Bisu are still scary good, both of them are still solidly the top players of their respective races.

Flash is a little more iffy though, if he continues to fail in individual leagues he may lose his place as top Terran, if he hasn't lost it already. Skyhigh is on a wicked streak, he just needs to prove himself in a starleague. Fantasy is a good contender to if he can keep up the level of play he has been showing
scwizard
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1195 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 18:44:15
April 22 2009 18:41 GMT
#16
On April 23 2009 03:31 Scorch wrote:
Not much in sight for protoss really.

(P)Movie's recent performance against (Z)Jaedong was very impressive.

I'm disappointed with the VOD though, whoever was broadcasting it wasn't moving their mouse around very well, I didn't see that (P)Movie had starports until he had like 6 corsiars, and I didn't see that (P)Movie had a templar archive, let alone a pair of archons until the archons were in (Z)Jaedong's main.

Also (P)free is performing well. Kind of old for "next generation" though.

On April 23 2009 03:39 freelander wrote:
next generation ? lol
flash is 16 years old ffs

Meh, what matters is that he's already done the rising thing and is now doing that falling thing.

Flash could turn out to be like Nada, and come back again and again. But if he does comeback I doubt it will be for this OSL.
Zalfor
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States1035 Posts
April 22 2009 18:42 GMT
#17
baby.
555, kthxbai
ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-22 18:44:13
April 22 2009 18:42 GMT
#18
(T)sKyHigh all they way.
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
Phrogs!
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Japan521 Posts
April 22 2009 18:42 GMT
#19
Tell you who's going to be an amazing terran player when he's older

(T)BaBy
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
April 22 2009 18:43 GMT
#20
On April 23 2009 03:39 freelander wrote:
next generation ? lol
flash is 16 years old ffs

Lim Yo Hwan forever!
1 2 3 4 5 14 15 16 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 6h 19m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft387
PiGStarcraft319
RuFF_SC2 214
ProTech124
Ketroc 52
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 5967
ggaemo 120
Nal_rA 111
NaDa 28
Shinee 22
Noble 21
Bale 17
Terrorterran 11
Dota 2
monkeys_forever540
NeuroSwarm114
League of Legends
JimRising 724
Counter-Strike
tarik_tv4347
m0e_tv481
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor121
Other Games
summit1g17311
C9.Mang0150
ViBE104
Nina22
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick907
BasetradeTV127
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH281
• Hupsaiya 122
• Light_VIP 22
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
League of Legends
• Lourlo962
• Stunt220
Other Games
• Scarra812
• Shiphtur139
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
6h 19m
Wardi Open
6h 19m
Replay Cast
20h 19m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 6h
Kung Fu Cup
2 days
The PondCast
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
CranKy Ducklings
5 days
BSL
5 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
BSL
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Elite League 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W2
IPSL Spring 2026
Escore Tournament S2: W3
Acropolis #4
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
RSL Revival: Season 5
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 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.