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shell
Profile Joined October 2010
Portugal2722 Posts
May 01 2011 14:47 GMT
#661
the more recent games i've seen out of all these players i would rank it:

idra/july
Nestea

I know that both koreans won more then idra but i also feel idra is performing so good recently and has a new style of mixed agression, macro and mixed armies that will eventually give him gold
BENFICA || Besties: idra, Stephano, Nestea, Jaedong, Serral, Jinro, Scarlett || Zerg <3
DNB
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Finland995 Posts
May 01 2011 14:55 GMT
#662
On May 01 2011 10:24 Irrelevant wrote:
Top 20 IMO

1) TamponZerg
2) Losira
3) July
4) FruitDealer
5) Dimaga
6) Sen
7) Min
8) LeenockfOu
9) Zenio
10) Check
11) CoCa
12) Morrow
13) Moon
14) MoonGlade
15) Idra
16) Sheth
17) MVPViolet
18) Kyrix
19) Yugioh
20) Ret


Fixed that for you
WeeKeong
Profile Joined October 2010
United States282 Posts
May 01 2011 14:55 GMT
#663
On May 01 2011 10:24 Irrelevant wrote:
Top 20 IMO

1) Nestea
2) Losira
3) July
4) FruitDealer
5) Dimaga
6) Sen
7) Min
8) LeenockfOu
9) Zenio
10) Check
11) CoCa
12) Morrow
13) Moon
14) MoonGlade
15) Idra
16) Sheth
17) MVPViolet
18) Kyrix
19) Yugioh
20) Ret


Rofl, what a joke.

Time to defend Idra

1. What has Sen done over Idra? They should be in the same tier or maybe either one of them slightly ahead.

2. Why is Min 7? He won a baneling bust against MVP and lost 1-2. He also beat Inca in one match and lost to TOP. Idra beat MVP in a macro game on STEPPES and lost 1-2 partly due to close position Meta. He also beat Check, Genius, Nada, Ensnare, Clide, other Koreans and did well in other foreign tournaments. Hmm I guess MIN > IDRA...

3. Why is Leenock 8? Of all people, LEENOCK! Mr I lost 2 TvZs, one against Liveforever of all people to drop to Code A, where he has now dropped to Code B.

4. WHY IS MOONGLADE AHEAD OF IDRA? LOL OF ALL PEOPLE, MOONGLADE! I know he might dominate in SEA tournaments, but I have not seen a good game of Moonglade in my entire life. He just continues to disappoint over and over and over.


So, switching Idra and Min, moving Leenock below moon, Violet, Kyrix, Yugioh and Ret above Coca, and possibly Sheth up a few places (or not, it's debatable), this might look like a reasonable list, not that I would agree with it, but reasonable at least.
ManicMarine
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia409 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-01 15:02:15
May 01 2011 14:56 GMT
#664
I can't believe that Idra has 20% of the votes here. I'm no Idra hater, I consider myself a diehard Idra fan. But he simply doesn't have the results that you need to claim that he's not just the best zerg in the world, but is the zerg king. You can't be a king without a kingdom! I say again, Idra doesn't have the results to be considered the king.

Now if the poll did not have the option to say that there is no zerg king, then I think that there's a strong case to be made for Idra (although I think NesTea is slightly better). However this is not that poll. We can answer that there's no king, and there isn't. No zerg is anywhere near dominant enough to be considered the King. No player's name is synonymous with zerg domination. The throne is not only empty, it has never been filled.
Manic by name, Manic by nature.
Blasphemi
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom980 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-01 15:06:25
May 01 2011 15:05 GMT
#665
Results are everything, no one cares how someone played in random Husky/HD show matches, what matters is what players have won in the big LAN's in which case Nestea is well out in front having won the big daddy itself, July's second in Code S slightly outweigs Losira's Code A win and Idra's MLG DC puts him above the rest.

1. Nestea.
2. July
3. Losira
4. Idra

I'd bump Losira to above July if he makes it to the GSL semis/final and above Nestea if he wins the whole thing.

As for one player dominating a race, only really MC can claim that.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
May 01 2011 15:09 GMT
#666
On May 01 2011 23:56 ManicMarine wrote:
I can't believe that Idra has 20% of the votes here. I'm no Idra hater, I consider myself a diehard Idra fan. But he simply doesn't have the results that you need to claim that he's not just the best zerg in the world, but is the zerg king. You can't be a king without a kingdom! I say again, Idra doesn't have the results to be considered the king.

Now if the poll did not have the option to say that there is no zerg king, then I think that there's a strong case to be made for Idra (although I think NesTea is slightly better). However this is not that poll. We can answer that there's no king, and there isn't. No zerg is anywhere near dominant enough to be considered the King. No player's name is synonymous with zerg domination. The throne is not only empty, it has never been filled.


I can, too many fanboys. Even then, it's kind of absurd to even think about ranking them at all atm. Might as well switch rank with favorite.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
May 01 2011 15:20 GMT
#667
On May 02 2011 00:05 Blasphemi wrote:
Results are everything, no one cares how someone played in random Husky/HD show matches, what matters is what players have won in the big LAN's in which case Nestea is well out in front having won the big daddy itself, July's second in Code S slightly outweigs Losira's Code A win and Idra's MLG DC puts him above the rest.

1. Nestea.
2. July
3. Losira
4. Idra

I'd bump Losira to above July if he makes it to the GSL semis/final and above Nestea if he wins the whole thing.

As for one player dominating a race, only really MC can claim that.


I would say exactly like you. Those 4 zergs seems to be best atm.
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
May 01 2011 15:25 GMT
#668
I like Idra, but I don't know how he can be overwhelmingly thought to be "the best." His dominance over even non-Koreans has no longer been the consistency it was, and though he displayed consistent showings in GSL when he was in Korean, he was consistently losing in earlier in the elimination bracket.

Hell, it seems like he's in a recent slump [although I have been busy this past week and haven't kept up to date with his progress in NASL/IPL] in recent tournaments, ie no top 10 showing at the most recent MLG, and losses in TSL3, IEM, and HD World Tournament.
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
Lazy_89
Profile Joined April 2011
United States87 Posts
May 01 2011 16:39 GMT
#669
I think nestea is the best zerg right now followed by July and losira. Nestea I hunk is just more solid than the other two. He is just a little bit better than them. July of the three is my favorite to watch though because of his style its so aggressive.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13011 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-01 16:49:41
May 01 2011 16:49 GMT
#670
On May 01 2011 23:55 WeeKeong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2011 10:24 Irrelevant wrote:
Top 20 IMO

1) Nestea
2) Losira
3) July
4) FruitDealer
5) Dimaga
6) Sen
7) Min
8) LeenockfOu
9) Zenio
10) Check
11) CoCa
12) Morrow
13) Moon
14) MoonGlade
15) Idra
16) Sheth
17) MVPViolet
18) Kyrix
19) Yugioh
20) Ret


Rofl, what a joke.

Time to defend Idra

1. What has Sen done over Idra? They should be in the same tier or maybe either one of them slightly ahead.

2. Why is Min 7? He won a baneling bust against MVP and lost 1-2. He also beat Inca in one match and lost to TOP. Idra beat MVP in a macro game on STEPPES and lost 1-2 partly due to close position Meta. He also beat Check, Genius, Nada, Ensnare, Clide, other Koreans and did well in other foreign tournaments. Hmm I guess MIN > IDRA...

3. Why is Leenock 8? Of all people, LEENOCK! Mr I lost 2 TvZs, one against Liveforever of all people to drop to Code A, where he has now dropped to Code B.

4. WHY IS MOONGLADE AHEAD OF IDRA? LOL OF ALL PEOPLE, MOONGLADE! I know he might dominate in SEA tournaments, but I have not seen a good game of Moonglade in my entire life. He just continues to disappoint over and over and over.


So, switching Idra and Min, moving Leenock below moon, Violet, Kyrix, Yugioh and Ret above Coca, and possibly Sheth up a few places (or not, it's debatable), this might look like a reasonable list, not that I would agree with it, but reasonable at least.

I will only talk about point2 : season 3 IMMvp is not IMMvp of now, I mean that he is better now so you can't compare Min with IdrA based on their results against IMMvp.
And I dont think you (Irrelevant) can compare foreign zergs to korean zergs at all, except zergs that went to Korea (IdrA and SEn) , but how can you judge that MorroW is better than YuGiOh, viOlet or any other zerg? They don't compete in the same environment :o, so we just can't know...
WriterMaru
garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
May 01 2011 16:52 GMT
#671
On May 02 2011 00:09 StarStruck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2011 23:56 ManicMarine wrote:
I can't believe that Idra has 20% of the votes here. I'm no Idra hater, I consider myself a diehard Idra fan. But he simply doesn't have the results that you need to claim that he's not just the best zerg in the world, but is the zerg king. You can't be a king without a kingdom! I say again, Idra doesn't have the results to be considered the king.

Now if the poll did not have the option to say that there is no zerg king, then I think that there's a strong case to be made for Idra (although I think NesTea is slightly better). However this is not that poll. We can answer that there's no king, and there isn't. No zerg is anywhere near dominant enough to be considered the King. No player's name is synonymous with zerg domination. The throne is not only empty, it has never been filled.


I can, too many fanboys. Even then, it's kind of absurd to even think about ranking them at all atm. Might as well switch rank with favorite.

Absurd to rank them? So these players aren't showing any distinguishable skill at the moment?
#TeamBuLba
garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
May 01 2011 16:54 GMT
#672
On May 02 2011 00:25 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:
I like Idra, but I don't know how he can be overwhelmingly thought to be "the best." His dominance over even non-Koreans has no longer been the consistency it was, and though he displayed consistent showings in GSL when he was in Korean, he was consistently losing in earlier in the elimination bracket.

Hell, it seems like he's in a recent slump [although I have been busy this past week and haven't kept up to date with his progress in NASL/IPL] in recent tournaments, ie no top 10 showing at the most recent MLG, and losses in TSL3, IEM, and HD World Tournament.

I recommend that you start paying attention to him again then. Since MLG, he's become one of the most consistent Zergs. Watch his matches in IPL and NASL if you can. I think he's playing some of the best SC2 of his career right now.
#TeamBuLba
rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
May 01 2011 17:01 GMT
#673
On May 02 2011 01:54 garlicface wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2011 00:25 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:
I like Idra, but I don't know how he can be overwhelmingly thought to be "the best." His dominance over even non-Koreans has no longer been the consistency it was, and though he displayed consistent showings in GSL when he was in Korean, he was consistently losing in earlier in the elimination bracket.

Hell, it seems like he's in a recent slump [although I have been busy this past week and haven't kept up to date with his progress in NASL/IPL] in recent tournaments, ie no top 10 showing at the most recent MLG, and losses in TSL3, IEM, and HD World Tournament.

I recommend that you start paying attention to him again then. Since MLG, he's become one of the most consistent Zergs. Watch his matches in IPL and NASL if you can. I think he's playing some of the best SC2 of his career right now.


Hard to call him the best when he's not playing the best.
The Notorious Winkles
DoubleReed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4130 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-01 17:07:19
May 01 2011 17:03 GMT
#674
I don't know. If Idra isn't considered "dominating" right now, I expect him to be dominating soon. He's been playing very frightening in all recent tournaments and matches. I really don't think there is anybody that can comfortably step to him.

He has a solid, consistent ZvT and ZvZ. His ZvP has recently gone wild with several different strategies in his pocket, all of which are scary to deal with. He's been showing off his more impressive multi-tasking abilities (and no I'm not talking about hydra-drop all-ins), and really I think he's starting to revolutionize the matchup.

I really think Idra is going to start dominating soon if he can keep it up. IdrA fiiiiightinggg!!
Hypemeup
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden2783 Posts
May 01 2011 17:05 GMT
#675
Its empty. Nestea if there has to be one. IdrA as a runnerup.
sang
Profile Joined February 2011
United States251 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-01 17:13:15
May 01 2011 17:12 GMT
#676
My rankings:

1) NesTea
2) IdrA/LosirA
3) July
4) Dimaga/Sen
5) Fruitdealer/Min

Despite NesTea showing a little hitch in the armor in his ZvZ matchup, he is still the best Zerg in the world in my opinion simply based off performance and consistency. If you look at his matches, rarely does NesTea lose a match against a generally considered "weaker" player.

Right under him I would put IdrA and LosirA, but only by a hair. What really stands out about both these players is how much work they have put into their ZvP matchup. I would even argue both IdrA and LosirA have stronger ZvP matchups than NesTea. July rounds out at 3 simply because I think he's a stronger player in all matchups than the next closest players.

One of the only reasons Dimaga isn't ranked higher is because July and the other players above him have stronger ZvPs. I view Sen as a stronger ZvP player than Dimaga, but also a weaker ZvZ player, thus why they both round out at 4.

Despite Fruitdealer's performance this season in GSL, I'm simply not sold on his overall game. Out of everyone on this list, I feel like he is declining slightly. Meanwhile, I think we can all agree Min is on his way up. Although we were all impressed with his play during the GSL Team League, you can't evaluate a player off two games. The biggest factor for Min being ranked so high is based off his series against MVP. The first two games in the series were cheese/all-in/timing attacks which really didn't tell us anything, but the final game was very impressive. I think Min had a great build planned, teching to early Hive, but overall his execution and decision making as the game wore on declined. Overall though, I think that is something he will definitely improve in seasons to come.

Outside these eight players, I think there is a considerable drop-off. If I had to pick a player or two right below them it would probably be Ret, Zenio, and Sheth.
ZephyrCat
Profile Joined April 2011
United States13 Posts
May 01 2011 17:15 GMT
#677
I personally think the throne is empty as it stands. Until a Zerg player makes an outstanding showing in a major tournament I don't think it is fair to put anyone at the top.

The problem is that the title is kind of fluid. I wouldn't give anyone the title of ___ king, unless it was absolutely obvious that they are a dominant player that is terrifyingly close to unbeatable. Until I see someone that takes more than a 4th place finish at a major tournament, I think it's undecided.

Also I voted for being a IdrA loving fanboy, mostly because I am disgusted by the extreme opposite. The people who constantly question him and ask "lulz gg from idra, whats the world coming to?" make me angry, simply because ignorance makes me angry. Yes IdrA is known to have outbursts, I don't blame him, I get pissed of when I lose to something stupid like a cannon rush or something similiar.

Yes, it is one thing to get angry about something, and something entirely different to rage about it in public, when you are a sponsored player, but I think that it is fair to say that IdrA is human, and humans have faults. However I don't think he will ever be considered the Zerg king, until we see much better performance from him.
"I'll kill you with my tea cup" -Riddick
eoLithic
Profile Joined July 2010
Norway221 Posts
May 01 2011 17:16 GMT
#678
Fruitdealer

He drinks sake and doesn`t give a fuck

end.
"You`re a pro or you`re a noob...that`s life"
weiliem
Profile Joined January 2008
2073 Posts
May 01 2011 17:18 GMT
#679
spanishiwa?? xP
Oppa feeding style
hugman
Profile Joined June 2009
Sweden4644 Posts
May 01 2011 17:20 GMT
#680
On May 02 2011 02:16 eoLithic wrote:
Fruitdealer

He drinks sake and doesn`t give a fuck

end.


If you don't give a shit who the Zerg king is, vote for Fruitdealer...
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