EPTBut most important: Plexa being forced to #2 JD, I see no out for you to undervalue him this month
Power Rank 04/04/2010 - Page 24
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
But most important: Plexa being forced to #2 JD, I see no out for you to undervalue him this month | ||
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SuperArc
Austria7781 Posts
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Malinor
Germany4733 Posts
On April 24 2010 05:44 Holgerius wrote: Well, to be honest that is actually how it is for me; I don't get much enjoyment out of watching the swedish football league when I have recently watched Messi and Barcelona. It can be very entertaining in it's own right, a game of football on any level can be given the right conditions, but with the spectacle of the world's absolutely best (TOTTI!) fresh in mind it bores the fuck out of me to watch those who cannot play on nearly the same level. Who wants to see a (relatively speaking) noob get 50% of his passes wrong (and all of passes that reaches the intended target does so in knee's hight and is controlled in a less than satisfactory way) when you can watch Xavi with his surgical precision? These days I mostly tune in to games with the big teams of the big leagues. When I watch Light get crushed by Stork's Carriers all that enters my mind is images of Flash destroying 5 bases within the span of a couple of minutes in a pre-carrier push vs Kal just days before. I automatically compare everything I see to The Ultimate Weapon, and everything seems bleach when I do so. Flash is so far ahead of everyone in terms of micro (vs Soulkeys Lurkers, holy fuck!), macro, game sense, timing and (especially) decision making (really) that it's not even funny. While his games aren't literally perfect (that would include stuff like each and every marine beng microed individually (would love to see what Data from Star Trek could accomplish playing SC  )), they most certainly strike me as being exactly that compared to the other players. There are virtually no moments when you go ''That's fucking retarded'' when Flash plays (other than thinking so about the opponent). I can point out a ton of such moments recently with Sea, Light, Baby, Jaedong or basically anyone not Flash. The 10 game winning streak that he's on is seemingly effortless, he just coasts along and wins his games due to being a sooo much smarter and better than his foe. He said that he didn't prepare much for TvP for the ace match vs Free (who's fucking good now, and probably prepared a lot), but it didn't matter - he just rolled him completely anyways. Flash is polluting the entertainment value of BW for me. I have a hard time finding joy or satisfaction when watching Great vs Fantasy (or similar) because they fail so hard in comparison the how The Special One would play. Some of the other top players can churn out awesome games enough to makes me intruiged in 50% of the games they play, but it's still far from how I felt a year ago. This is the way I see it. But I should not complain, I'm a Flash-fan. Go get the Golden Mouse already! I am with you on this one, although not in these absolute terms. There is still 3 races in SC, and watching Flash playing incredible does not carry over to not enjoying the best zergs or protosses play, just watching other terrans is a problem for me. My problem right now is actually that there is not one single protoss I enjoy watching, because I feel noone is really good. Kal is surely the best protoss right now, but I feel it is not that he has improved drastically but that the others have become worse or never were good in the first place. As soon as Kal faces the likes of Flash or JD, he mostly gets dominated in a cruel way or cannot translate an advantage into a win. | ||
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HopLight
Sweden999 Posts
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
#2 not even close #3Jaedong #4 BaBy(even though he lost to flash his play has been impressive except for MVP's game) #5 Midas(he's on a tear man) | ||
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ZZangDreamjOy
Canada959 Posts
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StylishVODs
Sweden5331 Posts
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Lebesgue
4542 Posts
The only thing I am wondering if his win vs Leta is the sign of revival in his ZvT or not... | ||
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
On April 24 2010 21:24 StylishVODs wrote: I don't see how Jaedong beating hite every time makes it less impressive... Agreed. That logic is analogous to the logic, "so-and-so wins the OSL every time and therefore it isn't impressive and shouldn't weigh into their ranking". It's not like Jaedong beat Leta automatically or by some sort of jinx --- he won by playing very impressive starcraft. (Obviously beating Puma isn't the greatest accomplishment ever, but at least it was thoroughly one-sided.) | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On April 24 2010 16:00 TwoToneTerran wrote: Jaedong beating Hite isn't pulling his shit together. Jaedong could lose both his arms in a tragic tectonic dancing accident and still beat hite. I'm sorry for butting in on this discussion, but this made me laugh out of control. New signature, sorry moletrap  I loved your quote too | ||
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NovaTheFeared
United States7230 Posts
TLPD fun fact: Light, at #17, is the highest rated player to have a sub-2000 matchup. The top 16 have all matchups >2000. | ||
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HopLight
Sweden999 Posts
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SuperArc
Austria7781 Posts
On April 26 2010 16:23 HopLight wrote: Its funny, considering how everyone has been performing lately, Midas and Hyvaa almost deserve a spot solely for taking a game off of Flash (well Midas should be on here no matter what, but still). you're crazy if you think hyvaa deserves a spot just for beating Flash | ||
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HopLight
Sweden999 Posts
On April 26 2010 17:32 SuperArc wrote: you're crazy if you think hyvaa deserves a spot just for beating Flash Well, I did say almost  , basically it's just that almost noone is performing. | ||
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o[twist]
United States4903 Posts
On April 26 2010 19:00 HopLight wrote: Well, I did say almost , basically it's just that almost noone is performing.this isn't true at all. in terrans, obviously flash is performing; baby is faltering a bit, but still good; midas is continuing to put up great results; sea and light are certainly better than hyvaa; forgg, hiya, and mvp are still alive in starleagues; hwasin is playing better than hyvaa and nada beat him; ruby is playing well too in protoss, kal, pure, movie, and free are in starleagues, and they're all playing pretty well at least somewhere; stork is way better than hyvaa even when faltering and shuttle has been solid in zerg, jaedong, calm, effort, zero, and great are all still in starleagues, and kwanro beat hyvaa | ||
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Mooncat
Germany1228 Posts
On April 26 2010 23:51 o[twist] wrote: this isn't true at all. in terrans, obviously flash is performing; baby is faltering a bit, but still good; midas is continuing to put up great results; sea and light are certainly better than hyvaa; forgg, hiya, and mvp are still alive in starleagues; hwasin is playing better than hyvaa and nada beat him; ruby is playing well too in protoss, kal, pure, movie, and free are in starleagues, and they're all playing pretty well at least somewhere; stork is way better than hyvaa even when faltering and shuttle has been solid in zerg, jaedong, calm, effort, zero, and great are all still in starleagues, and kwanro beat hyvaa God... give the man a break. He was obviously joking, implying that in times like these, where basically no one is worthy of #2 in the PR, the fact alone that they(hyvaa & Midas) beat Flash is almost enough to warrant a decent PR ranking. I'm pretty sure he wasn't seriously considering hyvaa or Midas for #2 in the next PR... | ||
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o[twist]
United States4903 Posts
still, i don't think people are playing all that poorly right now. | ||
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ZZangDreamjOy
Canada959 Posts
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StylishVODs
Sweden5331 Posts
On April 27 2010 03:26 o[twist] wrote: still, i don't think people are playing all that poorly right now. This is true. It's so easy to feel that people are underperforming when compared to flash. I'd really like to see Midas play well against Jaedong. I feel nostalgia for him.. | ||
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o[twist]
United States4903 Posts
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