EPTPower Rank 09/01/2009 - Page 9
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:10 riptide wrote: We haven't seen this combination of panache, charisma and pure, unadulterated guts in a while, and for bringing it to our screens this August, Fantasy is #2. i honestly don't see how fantasy has any more charisma than the average progamer. Also, there's a difference between using your coach's cheese strats and having guts sure fantasy is a top player, but he did got stomped in every individual league this month. 1 nice game and 1 successful cheese in PL should not make him no.2 | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Just in the past year or so we've gone through a period of Zerg dominance (now, led by Jaedong), Protoss dominance (8-9 months ago, the six Dragons era) and Terran dominance (led by Flash's innovations to TvP, a little over a year ago). The Swarm Season won't last forever, the metagame will shift again...hopefully soon, because ZvZ is ZzZzZzzzzzzzzzz | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
On September 02 2009 00:50 On_Slaught wrote: I actually laughed out loud in the middle of class. i'd go 1 bisu 2 fantasy 3 hyuk 4 mong 5 boxer & oov 6 jd and so on while we are at that :/ | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On September 02 2009 11:07 Hinanawi wrote: It really goes to show what a balanced game Brood War is with what a nice spread we get of top players' races, and how we sometimes get 'swings' in the metagame favoring one race or another (which always eventually swing a different way). Just in the past year or so we've gone through a period of Zerg dominance (now, led by Jaedong), Protoss dominance (8-9 months ago, the six Dragons era) and Terran dominance (led by Flash's innovations to TvP, a little over a year ago). The Swarm Season won't last forever, the metagame will shift again...hopefully soon, because ZvZ is ZzZzZzzzzzzzzzz Flash's time to shine was probably the worst time in history to be a terran because Jangbi, Stork, Bisu and Best ate every terran not named Flash alive, and maps like Katrina, Destination and Medusa 1.0 were around, which completely crushed every terran not named Flash. That aside, Terrans have 3 bonjwas and like 6 years of dominance so no tears shed here. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21552 Posts
On September 02 2009 07:05 Archaic wrote: TEAM LIQUID POWER RANKERS. DUN DUN DOO DOO DOO DOO DOOOOOOO. zXk3 is a graphics hero :D | ||
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AlwaysGG
Taiwan952 Posts
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johanes
Czech Republic2246 Posts
On September 02 2009 11:55 TwoToneTerran wrote: Flash's time to shine was probably the worst time in history to be a terran because Jangbi, Stork, Bisu and Best ate every terran not named Flash alive, and maps like Katrina, Destination and Medusa 1.0 were around, which completely crushed every terran not named Flash. That aside, Terrans have 3 bonjwas and like 6 years of dominance so no tears shed here. According to new maps, terran age is incoming, sweet times for FlaSh's fan | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
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johanes
Czech Republic2246 Posts
On September 02 2009 16:00 TwoToneTerran wrote: We haven't seen them play out. Everyone (including me) thought HBR was going to play out as Protoss's new Katrina in theorycrafting, but Zergs figured it out and took a 70% loss rate and turned it into a +55% winrate. The PL maps are looking pretty Terran-y at a glance, though. yep, i was watching when ret was testing them, didn't like some of them because of the narrow chokes | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
On September 01 2009 00:10 riptide wrote: FA News - JWD declines contract and retires amidst a collective shout of anguish It's with a tinge of sadness that we bid adieu to JWD, destroyer of PR and writing team Ace. While LJD retiring would have sent many of you into a downward spiral of depression, I maintain that JWD's retirement is far more detrimental to I was wtfing for 5 minutes thinking it was Lee Jaedong who dropped his just-signed contract with oz to retire ... Damn ... Got me right there ... | ||
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baubo
China3370 Posts
On September 02 2009 11:07 Hinanawi wrote: It really goes to show what a balanced game Brood War is with what a nice spread we get of top players' races, and how we sometimes get 'swings' in the metagame favoring one race or another (which always eventually swing a different way). You must have a short memory. Because SC history is full of terran dominance. With sprinkles of zerg dominance here and there. The 6 dragons era lasted for all of 3 month. And if that counts as protoss dominance, it's quite sad for the race in general. It is by far the weakest race in progaming history. | ||
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Abyzou
Sweden209 Posts
God I love him so much <333 So happy to see him up there. He's awesome.  Also Fantasy and Bisu, fuck yes. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On September 02 2009 21:09 baubo wrote: You must have a short memory. Because SC history is full of terran dominance. With sprinkles of zerg dominance here and there. The 6 dragons era lasted for all of 3 month. And if that counts as protoss dominance, it's quite sad for the race in general. It is by far the weakest race in progaming history. I think until just this season, Protoss had more major titles than Zerg. Honestly, in the Terran days, Protoss is lackluster on dominant periods, but overall is quite solid. They've just never had a single player who was better than everyone else for a while, though if you combine Taek-Bang you get what amounts to a protoss bonjwa out of 2 players (3 msls, lots of side tournaments, 1 OSL, good WCG showings, strong in PL, etc). Protoss tends to do fine even when other races are dominating, even if it is usually just a handful of PRotoss keeping the race alive, there always seems to be that few around that will win tittles and put up fights, regardless of it being a Terran or Zerg age. | ||
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
On September 02 2009 21:09 baubo wrote: You must have a short memory. Because SC history is full of terran dominance. With sprinkles of zerg dominance here and there. The 6 dragons era lasted for all of 3 month. And if that counts as protoss dominance, it's quite sad for the race in general. It is by far the weakest race in progaming history. As Artosis said, Starcraft is not perfectly balanced game but is balanced enough to overcome the other race with enough practice. I fully agree that SC history had too much T dominance. Savior + JD (maybe July) gave Zergs some breathing room and Bisu/Ra/Stork saved the Toss race from utter destruction | ||
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
Charisma is this unspoken beauty you find in a person. It makes you admire them for who they are, and they always seem to be confident, and good at everything. I think Charisma really lacks in a scene like progaming where kids are forced to play computer games all day, missing out on all the social interaction + life lessons they could be learning outside of games. But if I did have to call a few SC players as charismatic, I can only think of Boxer, Savior, Reach. Not even Jaedong or Bisu who seems to be at the top nowadays seem charismatic. Jaedong is getting there slowly but still seems to be growing up. Bisu has his looks advantage but he is awkward too imo. Fantasy is like a puppet of Oov. Even if that was not the case, that is the kind of image that he is sending when he has to consult with Oov after every little game in a BO series, or when Oov makes his builds. Even the way he talks is very awkward and he says the weirdest things sometimes (watch the interview right when he loses from OSL finals against JD) | ||
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geod
Vietnam450 Posts
[QUOTE]On September 01 2009 00:10 riptide wrote: sure fantasy is a top player, but he did got stomped in every individual league this month. 1 nice game and 1 successful cheese in PL should not make him no.2[/QUOTE] Jeadong is also a top player but he did got stomped in every league this month except the OSL of course. Guess what? He is still the undisputed number 1 in PR. | ||
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luckybeni2
Germany1065 Posts
On September 02 2009 21:09 baubo wrote: You must have a short memory. Because SC history is full of terran dominance. With sprinkles of zerg dominance here and there. The 6 dragons era lasted for all of 3 month. And if that counts as protoss dominance, it's quite sad for the race in general. It is by far the weakest race in progaming history. Take bisu and stork and combine what they managed to do in the last couple of years. Stork may be short on golds but he was the second place for a very long time. Every silver he got meant he lost in the finals. They may never had a streak of compleat dominace for long but they always had players who were title material. The Protoss era did not last long but what do you expect? One race on all good spots for a year would be pretty boring and the mapmakers helped end that era too. | ||
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