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Muirhead
United States556 Posts
On July 17 2011 07:34 swanized wrote: well 2008 marks the start of the modern era I believe (with savior's fall and Jaedong/Flash starting to dominate the scene and bringing many innovations to the game) In the time between Savior's fall and Jaedong/Flash there was another player that did well for a while... | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On July 17 2011 14:31 Muirhead wrote: In the time between Savior's fall and Jaedong/Flash there was another player that did well for a while... Stork was pretty beastly in 2007.  | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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Cpadolf
Sweden1199 Posts
On July 17 2011 13:48 Mumei wrote: As you said, you were mistaken. However, Hydra has gotten increasingly closer in the last few months: May - 248.2 Point Margin June - 138.7 Point Margin July - 72.7 Point Margin I think this is the first time Jaedong has been in real danger of losing his spot since first taking it. Yeah, he runs a pretty high risk of losing it to Hydra next month since he gets to play a bunch of playoff games, which gives you a lot of points. If both advances in the OSL but Hydra gets 3-4 wins in the playoffs, he'll probably get #1 Zerg in Kespa ranking. | ||
swanized
Canada2480 Posts
On July 17 2011 14:31 Muirhead wrote: In the time between Savior's fall and Jaedong/Flash there was another player that did well for a while... yeah sure GGPlay was pretty great too | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
We should most definitely wait until after PL is over so we can make the most accurate possible rank of these beasts.  | ||
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
 Light deserves a spot too somewhere in there next PR. | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
Edit: huge fan of his TvZ too, although that match against Crazy-Hydra looked a bit scrappy to my eyes. | ||
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erikzbi
China43 Posts
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
On July 18 2011 17:14 erikzbi wrote: i feel sorry for bisu though Why? Jaedong has only 2 games left this month, both ZvZ. Bisu still has MST and PL GF, which will be counted towards the next ranking. No idea when MSL starts so I suppose JD could end up with more than 2 more games, but it's unlikely. Bisu has plenty of opportunity to place higher than his rivals, or alternatively to fall behind them, according to how he plays. | ||
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mustaju
Estonia4504 Posts
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
On July 19 2011 01:10 Mortality wrote: Why? Jaedong has only 2 games left this month, both ZvZ. Bisu still has MST and PL GF, which will be counted towards the next ranking. No idea when MSL starts so I suppose JD could end up with more than 2 more games, but it's unlikely. Bisu has plenty of opportunity to place higher than his rivals, or alternatively to fall behind them, according to how he plays. the last MST games will be played on 2nd august (followed by group selection and stuff..), so there won't be any MSL games for JD before the next PR is published. On the other hand, should JD win the remaining 2 games, he would be on a 12 game winning streak, which pretty much guarantees a top spot. In the end, the contenders for the top are pretty clear (-> Flash, JD, Bisu, Zero) but it's too close to call anything yet. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
On July 19 2011 04:49 Holgerius wrote: Hydra is most definitely a part of those names; there are 5 players that currently stand out completely from the rest. Hydra will, along with Bisu, get his chance to show his worth in the PL play-offs. Well, Hydra only played one game in July, and he lost that one, so I wouldn't mention him yet. We will see if he deserves a spot in the top 5 as soon as CJ enters the PL playoffs. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
To me it looked like a total fail build -> failed 9 pool agression into fast 3 base, which delayed his tech so much that Hydra had 2-3 control groups of marine/medic in his third base, before he could start morphing lurkers. He also failed to do anything to keep Flash in his base with his Zerglings and Mutas. While Flashs dropship play at the end was kinda cool, the game really was pretty much lost, when Hydras third went down. In my eyes, Hydra has to take the blame for that game - wheter or not Flash "played like he is supposed to". I agree, that he is a strong candidate for the top spots, If he delivers in proleague, but I wouldn't reserve a top spot for him, before he has won a single game in July | ||
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InFdude
Bulgaria619 Posts
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Elroi
Sweden5595 Posts
On July 19 2011 05:06 Holgerius wrote: That one loss was against Flash, who played like Flash is supposed to, in OSL. I for one can't really fault him too much for that one. His amazing track record in the recent Starleagues as well as Proleauge makes him a super strong candidate for the top spots as long as he delivers like he's supposed to in the playoffs. As of right now he most definitely deserves a place amongst those names, despite that loss against Flash. Maybe im just blinded by Flash's brilliant timings but I really felt Hydra just rolled over when I watched game. His build was very strange I think: 9 pool into 3 hat with slow tech and I didn't feel his muta micro was that good. Hydra is without a doubt a very talanted player, but he seems inconsistant, like last season when he could own in the OSL and still lose left and right in PL. | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
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b0lt
United States790 Posts
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