EPTI'd vote for : rA, Reach, Boxer, oov, July, JJu, YellOw, GooDFrienD and blah, blah tons of other oldschool progamers :D Boxer FTW obviously, no doubts here.
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
I'd vote for : rA, Reach, Boxer, oov, July, JJu, YellOw, GooDFrienD and blah, blah tons of other oldschool progamers :D Boxer FTW obviously, no doubts here. | ||
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imperfect
Canada1652 Posts
On June 30 2009 05:36 cz wrote: Do you mean highest absolute skill level or highest relative skill level for an extended period, or overall greatest contribution to the game, or longest period of dominance? There are many ways of interpreting this question. this. plus most people will vote for their favourite player | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
Mentally, I'd probably say July. As far as peak overall skill goes, I'd probably say Jaedong. | ||
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On June 30 2009 05:29 B1nary wrote: Yeah, these polls are always more "who has the biggest fanboy base". But honestly, fanboy-ism aside, I think Nada is the best answer. He has the most league titles. He was on the Kespa top 30 list for 87(?) months. And he's still quite a bit better right now than the other oldies like Boxer (sorry) and Yellow who couldn't keep up with modern play. lol @ Stork being one of the options ^^ Nada's careers greatest accomplishment imo is his skill level and accomplishments over a large span of time. Nobody, nobody is even close to Nada in that. He was the main league rival for Boxer/Xellos in 2002-03, and won a large number of leagues then, but in 2006-07 was still winning a league or coming in close 2nd to Savior (and beating him in at least one bo5 final), who was the bonjwa at the time. His endurance in the top is not even close to being challenged by anyone. Bisu/Jaedon would effectively have to be in the top 3 about two-three years from now to be able to claim the same distinction, but as we've seen from all other top players, their relative skill fades. edit: July won a league after his period of dominance, true, but that's nowhere near Nada's accomplishments during his 05-07 period. He was the constant rival to Savior, the bonjwa: July was never anywhere near the rival of Jaedong/Bisu/Flash when he won his league last year. | ||
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Pufftrees
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fanatacist
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Arbiter[frolix]
United Kingdom2674 Posts
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Arbiter[frolix]
United Kingdom2674 Posts
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
Waaay to many newcomers to the poll. Like no Grrr... ect WTF-mate. | ||
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Volshok
United States349 Posts
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Mania[K]al
United States359 Posts
On June 30 2009 05:20 plated.rawr wrote: Let's rename this thread to "Greatest fanboy-base on TeamLiquid of all time!" instead. That sums up this thread. Way too many JD nuthuggers on this website. And to contribute, Boxer, YellOw, Reach, Nada, July, Oov and rA should be the only ones on the list. | ||
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
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GGQ
Canada2653 Posts
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Mania[K]al
United States359 Posts
On June 30 2009 05:42 Pufftrees wrote: I voted for Jaedong because in his prime I think he can beat anyone else in a bo7 series in their prime. OfC these are speculative matches (like saying Tyson in prime vs Ali etc), but Jaedong is just fucking ridiculous combination of everything the best player should be. Yeah so far JD has been amazing at playing over 80% ZvZs and then winning most of his games in the new Zerg favored map pool. I hope someone misses my sarcasm. | ||
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Just because Boxer invented micro doesn't mean he's the best ever. Just because iloveoov invented macro doesn't mean he's the best ever. Other people copied off of Boxer and oov and did things better than they ever did. They might be the smartest ever to play the game, but they're not the greatest. | ||
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
On June 30 2009 05:59 Mania[K]al wrote: Yeah so far JD has been amazing at playing over 80% ZvZs and then winning most of his games in the new Zerg favored map pool. I hope someone misses my sarcasm. Don't get bitter if someone besides your favorite player wins, god forbid, an internet poll. Also, "nuthugger" is a new one. XD | ||
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FranzF1
Chile1710 Posts
There are a lot of new people that doesn't really know Boxer/Nal_ra/Iloveoov/Nada/etc... and saying that if boxer (on his prime) plays vs jaedong or something like that he will still lose is cus JD picked the Game with all the knowledge thanks to older gamers like iloveoov/yellow/etc.... =P voted for boxer anyway | ||
LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
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Mania[K]al
United States359 Posts
On June 30 2009 06:09 Avidkeystamper wrote: Don't get bitter if someone besides your favorite player wins, god forbid, an internet poll. Also, "nuthugger" is a new one. XD Of course im not bitter, Im just stating if youre going to make a thread about the best SC players at least do it right. SC2 brought in tons of brand new kids that dont know what the oldschoolers were capable of and all they know is how to scream OH MY GOD EE JAE DONG!!! millions of times everywhere they see something SC related. | ||
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