On Fire - Page 3

He has defeated the likes of BeSt, Bisu, Stork

On January 11 2009 13:10 bubblegumbo wrote:


Some of those wins were from one year ago, and his TvP is not where near the level of Flash and Mind.
Fairly recent is a terrible term. You are just padding his accomplishments, he still has yet to beat a top Protoss player(any of the "Dragons") since late 2008 during the Protoss resurgence.
I liked Leta since his performance in the last proleague, but he needs to win a star league or come close at least, or become classified as another guy with "Sea syndrome."

On January 11 2009 13:12 EscPlan9 wrote:
This has to be the most repetitive write-up I've ever read.

Leta's good though, no doubt.

On January 11 2009 13:15 DoctorHelvetica wrote:


Yeah, it's not the best write-up I've done. There isn't as much to say about Leta as I wish there was, but I really wanted to write about him since his play has been exciting me.

I'm really pumped to see how he'll do in the individual leagues this season.

On January 11 2009 13:27 d_so wrote:


yeah... ultimately, no matter how good this article may be, it ultimately falls under a "hype" thread... perhaps waiting a bit till after the individual league results came in would have been more fruitful, if not deserved.

whatevvssss im pretty sure articles like this fall under an editorial process so if the staff is cool with it then cool.

On January 11 2009 13:30 Guybrush wrote:
This is cool and all, but Flash is just way better

Ive already expressed my opinions on Leta in the PR, I like him and I think hes good, definitely top 5 terran at the moment, but he still has alot to prove in individuals and vs protoss to be comparable to LYH. Matchupwise he is comparable to FBH(FBH too busted out with sick TvT play early in his career), but I think they have different styles - Letas unit-positioning really makes him unique.

Thanks for the article, good work DH

On January 11 2009 13:34 Cambium wrote:
Very nicely written article.

I still think Leta needs to prove a little more for him to truly live up to all the hype over this forum

And I just realized that SkyHigh is another player similar to Leta, who is absolutely incredible (except TvZ I guess).

On January 11 2009 13:32 DoctorHelvetica wrote:


The point of the article wasn't to call Leta a starleague champion. It's one part hype and one part speculation. He has certainly risen above your average Proleague winner, his status in the proleague isn't "good" it's complete domination.

But he's not a legend yet, and that's something that needs to play itself out.

Most TLFE's that I have seen are just cool little expose's on a player, rather than cold analysis.

Yeah there is an editorial process, if the writing staff didn't feel it was good enough it wouldn't be here.

I admit I'm not the best writer ever, but hopefully as I write more articles my skills will improve! I have a few ideas, and since I seem to get a lot of negative response I'll try a bit harder. :/

On January 11 2009 13:39 d_so wrote:


dont get me wrong. im not dissing your writing, and though i believe everyone has room to improve, i'm not going to take a shit on someone who put a quantifiable amount of effort to contribute to the site. though ive only been on this site for a year or so, i like it; and i like it when people help make it better.

maybe you could be open to editing the article pending on the upcoming individual league results? I'm not saying that you have to take back any of your sentiments or anything like that... but i think most leta fans, if there's gonna be a coronation, want the coronation to be deserved so we don't have to hear shit from other fanboys yaknow? so maybe... if he does win osl/msl... you can update this and be like WHATS UP MOTHERFUCKERS LETA OWNS.

On January 11 2009 13:41 DoctorHelvetica wrote:


Oh I know, but I'm pretty critical of myself. Which is a positive thing tbh, it just means I'll improve very quickly.

No, it's called Final Edit for a reason. This FE is not about Leta the StarLeague Champion it is about Leta the Proleague Badass and Potential StarLeague champion.

On January 11 2009 10:24 n.DieJokes wrote:
Still not impressed wiht leta strong TvT and TvZ but weak toss reminds me of FBH and I HATE FBH, but fantastic write up, thank you.

On January 11 2009 13:34 DoctorHelvetica wrote:


Oh yeah. In my honest opinion, FlaSh is the best player alive, and no one even comes close to his current or potential skill level.

His TvP is certainly better than Firebathero's, it isn't bad. It's just the match-up he seems to have the most difficulty with (no surprise considering the current map pool, and the caliber of top protosses out there).

He's still young, and whether or not he rises to the hype is completely up for speculation. I think he will, his Proleague stats are too impressive to just be another Sea.