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Yodo
Profile Joined March 2010
Russian Federation327 Posts
February 22 2011 02:53 GMT
#421
2 lastmotion
Hydra ? Are you serious? Maybe you mean Killer ?
TheShimmy
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1808 Posts
February 22 2011 04:24 GMT
#422
Can't wait til Kal goes on a killing spree and takes back a spot in the power ranks.
Hyvaa #1 Fan. Gogo STX, Dear, Bogus, Classic, and Mini! Always a BW fan!
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
February 22 2011 11:18 GMT
#423
0-2 in WL after winning MSL. If he keeps this up he's definitely not a lock for #1.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Goragoth
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
New Zealand1065 Posts
February 22 2011 11:57 GMT
#424
On February 22 2011 20:18 Holgerius wrote:
0-2 in WL after winning MSL. If he keeps this up he's definitely not a lock for #1.

Because 2 ZvZ build-order losses mean so much? It's not even like Flash or Bisu are undefeated this month either. So who else is a contender for #1 then?
Creator of LoLTool.
Musou
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1375 Posts
February 22 2011 12:08 GMT
#425
JD overcame BO losses during his peak. The fact that Hydra couldn't says something, especially when his opponents were Killer and Action who have historically not had great ZvZ. Flash has only lost 1 game to Stork with a sniping build specifically prepared for one map. Bisu lost two straight up games against Hydra and Hiya. I'd say it's a tossup between Hydra and Flash, with Hydra getting extra credit for winning MSL, but losing credit for immediately losing when all he's practiced is ZvZ recently, and Flash getting credit for losing only because it's Stork and it was a snipe.
revy
Profile Joined September 2009
United States1524 Posts
February 22 2011 12:21 GMT
#426
On February 21 2011 09:38 L0thar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2011 07:44 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Oov was the best finals player ever despite the fact he'd get his clock cleaned nowadays. Nada is the most accomplished player despite the fact he couldn't repeat the feat of winning six titles again if asked. People can hold titles in the retrospective.


Oov is the best finals player because he did what nobody else has done yet. If somebody goes and win 10 finals out of 10 in brutal, dominat fashion, Oov won't be the best finals player anymore. The same goes for Nada's accomplishment. People can hold titles in retrospective but only so far.

And how is JD the strongest series player? Have you forgotten how Flash has always had his number in BO3? Always! It's a series too. The "Jaedong is the strongest series player" is absurdly strong statement, if you rephrase it "Jaedong was for a long time the strongest BO5 player", I've no problem with that.


I think you can kind of sum up the strength of JD's series play in this single fact:

JD hadn't lost a game 5 of a BO5 until Flash beat him in BigFile.

Flash is certainly making a case for being the strongest series player ever but I don't think he's there yet.
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 12:41:14
February 22 2011 12:38 GMT
#427
Hydra is certainly still a very very hot candidate to take the spot, I'm not saying anything else, but it's not a 100% guaranteed thing now, which it pretty much could've been with convincing play in the post-MSL WL games . It's also pretty interesting how few ZvTs Hydra has played recently. 23 games since that loss against Bogus. Considering how relatively new he is as a top player that makes it quite hard to actually make a decent judgement of how good he actually is at the MU.

Flash is still looking almost impossible to beat. The loss against Stork hurts him of course, but it was a nicely executed one-off super cheese by another top player.

Things would've been easier if we had gotten a Hydra vs Flash game today, but Action decided to ruin that for us.

The current #2 is also doing pretty well right now, 5-1 in February.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Goragoth
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
New Zealand1065 Posts
February 22 2011 13:06 GMT
#428
On February 22 2011 21:08 Musou wrote:
JD overcame BO losses during his peak. The fact that Hydra couldn't says something, especially when his opponents were Killer and Action who have historically not had great ZvZ. Flash has only lost 1 game to Stork with a sniping build specifically prepared for one map. Bisu lost two straight up games against Hydra and Hiya. I'd say it's a tossup between Hydra and Flash, with Hydra getting extra credit for winning MSL, but losing credit for immediately losing when all he's practiced is ZvZ recently, and Flash getting credit for losing only because it's Stork and it was a snipe.

Jaedong certainly did overcome BO losses at his peak, but even then only sometimes. It's not like he did it all the time. His strong ZvZ streak came mostly from winning all games where he had the BO advantage or mirror BO, as well as the occasional game where he had the worse BO. He also had a knack for picking the right BO (this is an important part of ZvZ, winning the mindgame before the match even starts). I might be wrong since I don't actually remember every single game and going back to check would be a lot of work, but I'm pretty sure that the JvZ OMG BO-loss reversed type of games were actually quite rare.
Creator of LoLTool.
mnesthes
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
5433 Posts
February 22 2011 14:05 GMT
#429
I think Action should make the list next month. Or at least shoutout/ CBNC. >_>
<+LighTofHeaveN> Ppl call this "Indigo Children"
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
February 22 2011 14:08 GMT
#430
On February 22 2011 11:26 Lightwip wrote:
Fantasy is an interesting person to place. He has 1 win, which is an impressive team save in ace, but on the other hand he doesn't really get a chance to play because Bisu is too good.

Perhaps this AK is proof enough that he doesn't really need to drop.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Fishmalk
Profile Joined November 2010
74 Posts
February 22 2011 15:44 GMT
#431
On February 22 2011 23:08 Lightwip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 11:26 Lightwip wrote:
Fantasy is an interesting person to place. He has 1 win, which is an impressive team save in ace, but on the other hand he doesn't really get a chance to play because Bisu is too good.

Perhaps this AK is proof enough that he doesn't really need to drop.


Allkilling Fox isn't much of an accomplishment.
lastmotion
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
368 Posts
February 22 2011 16:57 GMT
#432
I love how Flash fans try to discredit Hydra's performance so that they can try to make Flash #1. Hydra has been on fire and won MSL, and lost 2 ZvZ (which can happen to anyone looking at how unstable ZvZ matchup is)

Unless Hydra goes on a losing streak, I think it's pretty dumb to argue otherwise
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
February 22 2011 18:00 GMT
#433
If you try to say losing a couple of ZvZs isn't that big a deal, then winning them isn't either, which is what he did to win his MSL. You can't have it both ways. That said, I don't think it matters that much. He played just fine in the games he lost and that's what matters.
Remember Violet.
nodule
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada931 Posts
February 22 2011 18:04 GMT
#434
although he did need to win those ZvZ's against Jaedong
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
February 22 2011 18:27 GMT
#435
On February 23 2011 03:04 nodule wrote:
although he did need to win those ZvZ's against Jaedong


And Great, what's your point? If you're saying the matchup is the issue then the players obviously don't matter. That's why it's a dumb argument when clearly that isn't the case. It took something special to beat Jaedong in that matchup, it's something much much less special to lose the ones he did in WL. A double standard and false dichotomy in one.
Remember Violet.
lastmotion
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
368 Posts
February 22 2011 20:31 GMT
#436
On February 23 2011 03:00 TwoToneTerran wrote:
If you try to say losing a couple of ZvZs isn't that big a deal, then winning them isn't either, which is what he did to win his MSL. You can't have it both ways. That said, I don't think it matters that much. He played just fine in the games he lost and that's what matters.


Losing a matchup due to its unstable nature does not equate into a lesser valued matchup. I see your point about winning it might be due to the condition of the matchup as well and I can agree with that. However, the ZvZs that Hydra won were BO5, while the ones he lost were single games. Because BO5 means more games played, it reduces the likelihood that a player beat another player simply due to micro-luck factors (because that luck factor needs to happen in all games of that set). Basically winning a BO5 ZvZ shows more skill than you would if you won 1 game of ZvZ. I can imagine a C-Noob pssibly taking a single game from JD with a lucky BO, but I can't imagine that same player taking a BO5 from JD.
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 21:02:27
February 22 2011 20:56 GMT
#437
You made the exact same point I did. I was railing on people for picking and choosing what was important and using ZvZ's nature as their springboard for nonsense. ZvZ is a crapshoot of luck and skill, not one or the other, and you can't exclude one when it favors your point. Hydra was both lucky and good when he beat Jaedong -- he was both unlucky and, at the very least, mediocre when he lost his ZvZs. People want to say he either blew it or is a hero and it doesn't matter, when in reality it's more in the middle.

I don't think he played particularly bad enough in the games he lost to think he's either bad or in a slump, but he's not impressing anyone at the very least.
Remember Violet.
agarangu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile274 Posts
February 22 2011 21:51 GMT
#438
Well, who is the best player nowadays?
Progamers and coaches dream about him before a game.
He induces risky strategies, discourages playing standard .
He can disturb the mind of a player by just sitting in the chair.
When his first workers start mining, he's already winning.
When he's losing, he makes his opponent hesitate.
He faces the best players like they are average.
He ends winning streaks and doesn't care about momentum.
He helps his teammates while sitting on the bench.
He's name is Lee Young Ho, AKA Flash.
What's a quote anyway?
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
February 22 2011 22:43 GMT
#439
On February 23 2011 00:44 Fishmalk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 23:08 Lightwip wrote:
On February 22 2011 11:26 Lightwip wrote:
Fantasy is an interesting person to place. He has 1 win, which is an impressive team save in ace, but on the other hand he doesn't really get a chance to play because Bisu is too good.

Perhaps this AK is proof enough that he doesn't really need to drop.


Allkilling Fox isn't much of an accomplishment.

Even AKing ACE is a decent accomplishment.
But considering the unimpressive performances of Stork and Jaedong right now, I think Fantasy deserves #4. Bisu/Flash/Hydra for #1/2/3 in some order. Not sure who should be higher between Stork and Jaedong.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States7801 Posts
February 22 2011 22:46 GMT
#440
Jaedong beat ZvZ BO advantages when other zergs sucked at ZvZ. The matchup has evolved a lot since then and so has muta/ling control by progamers. While I don't particularly think Hydra should be number one nor that his loses in ZvZ shouldn't count against him (they should), to say "JD was way better in his prime" like it should mean anything is stupid.
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