EPTReason being - JD is kind of just hanging out right now, first month of PL, no leagues to qualify for. He just won his THIRD OSL and the new leagues haven't started since then. He's the favorite in any BO5 at the moment and the best player in the world. In other words - he's achieved near "Savior right after OSL" status as a guy who has earned a higher level of respect in the PR than everyone else has. Nobody else is allowed to have a month off, but JD is. Unfair? Win a Golden Mouse and back to back OSLs and still be the best player in the world afterward and you can get away with it too.
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darktreb
United States3016 Posts
Reason being - JD is kind of just hanging out right now, first month of PL, no leagues to qualify for. He just won his THIRD OSL and the new leagues haven't started since then. He's the favorite in any BO5 at the moment and the best player in the world. In other words - he's achieved near "Savior right after OSL" status as a guy who has earned a higher level of respect in the PR than everyone else has. Nobody else is allowed to have a month off, but JD is. Unfair? Win a Golden Mouse and back to back OSLs and still be the best player in the world afterward and you can get away with it too. | ||
Elyvilon
United States13143 Posts
On November 02 2009 03:32 Holgerius wrote: Why hasn't Hwasin been mentioned at all? 5-1 and made in into both leagues and he's not even a CBNC? Because he's Hwasin and does this shit every single time. He always gets into the MSL, almost always gets into the OSL, and ends up losing at the Ro16 every time. Not only that, but people like Notice and Last are seeing proleague playtime over him. Good PR overall, I think I'd switch Jaedong and Calm, but that's about it. | ||
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Djin)ftw(
Germany3357 Posts
i wonder how it will look next month when savior re-enters the top10 jd calm effort hyuk savior and probably shine & zero great :x | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:09 Ideas wrote: there's just no real reason for JD to be above Calm this month. This is one of the worst month's JD has ever had in his career, ESPECIALLY since all of his loses were ZvZ. And TBH PRs are always changing their stance on "strongest player ATM" vs "strongest player of the month". Just look at that time Zero was the highest ranked Zerg on it. Admittedly Calm did lose the ace match vs Roro, but it wasn't necassarily bad play and he was a big BO disadvantage (even though I'd say that's not an excuse for losing in ZvZ any more). It's hard to ignore 9-2, especially when Flash at #1 (or even JD at #2) didnt really have any harder competition. While it wasn't specifically stated, Flash's craziness also came from pulling a 10-0 while sick, and having to play Proleague (which comes with ace duty practice) and OSL qualifiers in the same day, which is a lot to pull off in one day and come out flawless. | ||
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Ideas
United States8055 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:40 TwoToneTerran wrote: While it wasn't specifically stated, Flash's craziness also came from pulling a 10-0 while sick, and having to play Proleague (which comes with ace duty practice) and OSL qualifiers in the same day, which is a lot to pull off in one day and come out flawless. every progamer always says they're sick. Even calm said he was sick last week. Main point being I think progamers just say they are sick a lot and might not actually be sick a lot. | ||
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Orbifold
United States1922 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:44 Ideas wrote: every progamer always says they're sick. Even calm said he was sick last week. Main point being I think progamers just say they are sick a lot and might not actually be sick a lot. He almost forfeited all his games that day. | ||
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Ideas
United States8055 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:49 Orbifold wrote: He almost forfeited all his games that day. do you have any other evidence for this other than his interview? | ||
tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:40 TwoToneTerran wrote: While it wasn't specifically stated, Flash's craziness also came from pulling a 10-0 while sick, and having to play Proleague (which comes with ace duty practice) and OSL qualifiers in the same day, which is a lot to pull off in one day and come out flawless. T3,  Flash is #1, and you're still going on about how he's even better than we think? He's at the top, no need to say anymore! | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On November 02 2009 04:29 darktreb wrote: I would put Calm above JD too but I'm actually ok with JD being 2nd (though it is funny that Flash once dropped off the rank for having a rough month). Reason being - JD is kind of just hanging out right now, first month of PL, no leagues to qualify for. He just won his THIRD OSL and the new leagues haven't started since then. He's the favorite in any BO5 at the moment and the best player in the world. In other words - he's achieved near "Savior right after OSL" status as a guy who has earned a higher level of respect in the PR than everyone else has. Nobody else is allowed to have a month off, but JD is. Unfair? Win a Golden Mouse and back to back OSLs and still be the best player in the world afterward and you can get away with it too. This guy gets it! (Plus JD's ZvP/ZvT just look a bit stronger than Calms at the moment, particularly ZvP) | ||
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Tribulation
Norway86 Posts
On November 02 2009 05:05 Ideas wrote: do you have any other evidence for this other than his interview? Do you have any evidence when you are suggesting that he might be lying. I would say that him canceling his first interview after the PL match speaks to the fact that he was sick. Progamers in my opinion don't usually cancel their interviews. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On November 02 2009 05:06 tree.hugger wrote: T3, Flash is #1, and you're still going on about how he's even better than we think? He's at the top, no need to say anymore! I WILL NEVER STOP | ||
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SkelA
Macedonia13017 Posts
 Calm 2nd place  Stork for 3rd and Jaedong at 4th for this month and Movie deserve at least 10th place.With rest i kinda agree. | ||
SilverskY
Korea (South)3086 Posts
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Orbifold
United States1922 Posts
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Shauni
4077 Posts
JD should switch with Stork. Ruby should switch with Luxury for close but no cigar. | ||
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
As it stands now, not only did JD have a pretty mediocre month, but he didn't really look any stronger than any other A-class Zerg in his games to me. I'd say Flash and Calm are both clear favorites over him in his current form in a Bo5 right now. But eh, I guess we'll see what's up with JD in this coming month. Anyway, yay for Flash taking his throne again. It's been over a year since Flash was #1, it's good to see him back there again. | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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Illusion.
United States348 Posts
Dinotoss is going all the way. Stork> Bisu | ||
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Harpoon
Philippines93 Posts
Flash! though it's a shame he didn't snag any big names on his way to #1. So many programers are doing well this month, it's really confusing to arrange who is who on the 8th to 10th spot. I personally disagree with Jaedong and Bisu's ranks especially with his recent performance in IEF (if it counts). Other than that, good read. | ||
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