Power Rank 09/14/2010 - Page 12

On September 18 2010 22:07 SubtleArt wrote:
It's a new writer with a more neutral tone. Rather than heap praise in decorated language he says it factually and with little emotion....it's just his style.

On September 14 2010 15:04 Waxangel wrote:
For the first 23 minutes of Leta and Flash’s first OSL game, we were in some bizarre alternate reality where Leta was abusing Flash like Flash abuses Hiya. For 23 minutes, Leta constantly attacked Flash at a frenetic pace, with his attacks suffering no dullness despite their incredible speed. Even the turtle-king was bewildered, and soon gave up at a 6 to 3 base advantage.
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However, Leta then made a possibly career defining error, one so costly that it defeated his spirit and allowed Flash to slowly but surely grind out a win.

On September 18 2010 23:42 Crisium wrote:


Right. But many people here are saying they prefer a more excited and hyped style that the PR has had in the past. There are plenty of complaints here. But there's also constructive criticism. That post comparing when Jaedong won the Golden Mouse to Flash this month is called constructive criticism. Waxangle doesn't have to reinvent himself, but he would be wise to listen and consider new ideas for the next PR.

On September 19 2010 01:16 SubtleArt wrote:


Then "please write with more enthusiasm" is a much more valid complaint than "Waxangel stop trying to belittle Flash's accomplishments"

On September 19 2010 02:51 InRaged wrote:

No it's not more valid, cause it's only Flash's write-up that lacks a good deal of enthusiasm. Others get so much more enthusiastic writing style in comparison to their accomplishment last months (none). Leta's write-up quoted above is a good example.

It was another solid month for Jaedong, where his play was consistently in the great to awesome range. It was marked with a variety of tough TvZ tests, where Jaedong faced capable opponents in Light and Flash. Jaedong played well in all of these series, with some spectacular play in drawn out games against Light and Flash. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep Flash out of his head and complicated mind-games caused him to lose some one-sided but intriguing matches.

In addition, Fantasy had the boost of playing well in the Proleague post-season. He won his match at Kwang-an-ri for the second year running, although this time it could not help his team win a championship. Even so, winning at such an important event counts for a lot.

Combined with some solid wins over a variety of decent players such Calm, Shuttle, and Kal, Fantasy showed that he’s the best of the rest.

Free was on a OSL joyride, going undefeated on his royal road tour before Flash gave him a heavy dose of reality.

Besides his win with a slightly lucky (but still well executed) proxy gate rush, Free suffered a terrible thrashing at Flash’s hands. There was a clear gulf in class on display, as Free failed to put up any meaningful resistance. Even besides the 1-3 score, his skill level never suggested the threat of an upset like the above three players.

With solid statistical production but no realistic capacity to challenge for a championship, Free provides a solid buffer between the real contenders above him and the murky depths of inconsistency below.

Sea’s two surprise wins against Jaedong and dual top eight finish secures him a respectable #7.

On September 17 2010 08:13 Crisium wrote:


Actually I can. And you want an even more shocking number?

Distinct player winner's per race, last 6 seasons (2 years)

1 Terran:
Flash

2 Protoss:
Stork
Bisu

4 Zerg:
Jaedong
EffOrt
Calm
Luxury

You seem to forgot that success is measured by winning. No Terran has been capable of winning for YEARS besides Flash. If you push it back to 11 seasons, or 3.67 years, only 3 unique Terran have won compared to 7 unique Zerg. The highest stage is what matters. Only, and I mean only, if you use this most recent season can you claim Terran have dominated at the highest stage. You have to go back to when Oov and NaDa were winning to see non-Flash Terran winning the majority of tournaments. You remember why he is called the Ultimate Weapon? He transformed himself into the winning method; not his race.

On September 19 2010 10:02 kamizushi wrote:


You know I have to agree with you. I remember on the Round of 8 of the Ever OSL reading someone's comment. It was saying Terran are dominating. For those of you with sort memory, out of 8 players there was 4 zergs, 3 Protoss and Flash. If it wasn't for Flash's success Terran would do pretty bad. Beside Flash and Fantasy is there any Terran worth mentioning in the past 2 years?

On September 19 2010 12:34 Mortality wrote:Protoss is probably unique in this in that the lists of S-class gamers tended to be smaller. Pre-LYH/LYH era, it was sometimes said that if you weren't Giyom, Garimto or IntoTheRain, you didn't have a chance. And then post LYH it was Ra, Reach, Kingdom for a long time. Then Anytime, Pusan and Stork arose, although Pusan never went all the way and Stork had terribad PvZ back then (adequate vs schmucks, painful to watch vs toss killers like Chojja and Savior), but it wasn't until the Six Dragons that we ever had such a strong line-up for Protoss.

On September 14 2010 15:04 Waxangel wrote:
In addition, Fantasy had the boost of playing well in the Proleague post-season. He won his match at Kwang-an-ri for the second year running, although this time it could not help his team win a championship. Even so, winning at such an important event counts for a lot.
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