Power Rank 06/06/2008 - Page 13

1 - Best is best. My protoss bias + his AMAZING AMAZING comeback against Luxury (best PvZ comeback in OSL history). Every game he won, he had a huge huge disadvantage, whether Lux sacrificed his econ to pool hard and seal his base on troy, or do a speedling all in to disrupt his main on othello, his probe save vs 7 or so speedlings, his sick on the spot zealot/reaver sneak around, his perfect sair/reaver management - these kinds of plays really give his game a shine and did you see the map pool? LOL, luxury won't sleep for weeks! This kid is the definition of clutch.

2 - Jaedong. My opinon on current TvZ's are that Hwasin and Flash have the best. A lot of Jaedong's recent losses were actually Hwasin. And did you see the authority and force he shut Hwasin down with? In my eyes, that was a very thorough redemption. Game 2 was insanely close/lucky, but game 3 and 4 were almost laughable. Game 3 was art. Game 4 was brutal. Really brutal. .... Terrifying... Rape =(. And the intensity in the little chogoling in the booth as he is biting his lips, twitching his eyes, and ripping across the keyboard is just too awesome.
Long live the Jaedongling~

3 - Flash - What? Flash so low? Yeah, what of it. His competition hasn't been as hard and his record this month is weakest. Plus his semis are so ridiculously easier than vs Hwasin or Lux.
Lomo, you are an awesomely cute player... but Flash is awesomely ruthless, and will facesmash you into oblivion. Still, Flash honestly hasn't looked QUITE as perfect as before. And what I mean by that is Jaedong and Best really put on some amazing performances while Flash has not recently. That's really all. I thought the two players above showed something truly special the last two days. While Flash instead lost to this guy.

4 - Luxury - The guy played the month of his life, eliminated the favorite from the OSL in truly truly great games. His play on Andromeda and Troy were both solid and he outclassed Lee Young Ho pretty clearly in that series. Ofc Flash fought well, but by mid game in both games, Luxury had an advantage and was pressing to end the game while Flash was gasping for air. Game 1, he took a crafty, passive management approach using the map very well to his advantage, then in game 2, he did such a ballsy 3 lurker muta harass in front of Flash's face when he tried to move out to hugely swing the game into his favor. Solid play. Then he looked to be poised for an OSL title, 2-0 up against Best. Sad eh? Still... the zerg that beat Flash, need I say more? Plus, who are you gonna tell me who's better? ... -_-;

5 - Hwasin - It must suck so bad to be Hwasin after what Jaedong did to him. Hwasin's story every MSL. Look brilliant, look solid, take out strong competition like Nada. Always come in to challenge the defending champion. Always get heart wrenchingly beat, whether it's cold brutal heartless murder like Jaedong, or through scouts and being called insurance. When people think about Terran, they all think Flash right now, but Hwasin is the other guy. This captain has a team to steer for proleague playoffs while the best terran does not.... assuming STX beats ACE which I am so sure will happen.
6 - Kal - Kal = Storm is imba. Kal played very well vs ForGG, but ForGG played better. Still, Kal has been consistantly playing hard opposition and doing well. All five games were good and some of them were downright outrageous. Scout DT? The modern reinvention of the Stove? Yeah, Kal deserves a spot not only for his consistant good results as the other half of STX but also because his ability to innovate and bring back the stove, 14 nexus style. So sick.
7 - Nada - You're always a good filler. GJ
8 - ForGG - ... ... Yeah. He makes stuff, and A LOT OF IT. But not only that, but his noticable growth to fill the Lecaf roster from a ace duo to an ace tio is worth notice. His weaker TvT from the days have sharpened up and it's not bad. ForGG's ability to give every human being a gun a tank or bike and sendin em out to fight is pretty hard to match. Lecaf isn't 1st because Anytime and Jaedong are undefeatable this season. No sir, ForGG has truly helped Lecaf fill up and the last bits of PL have really helped him shape up. While samsung is #1 in PL, I still think Lecaf is the team to beat.
9 - July may be the first finalist to not be on the PR~~ LOL. But he plays too few games. The only thing I can really tell is that July is definately in a good place. STX is about to go to playoffs, his games vs Rock were one-side (although andromeda coulda been bad), and he's been helping out the team in 2v2 in so-so fashion, but it's positive! So things are looking up for July.. plus it's his month so even if there are more deserving players, there really aren't.
10- Backho - He's had his fair share of fights to get here. Let's remember he made it from a hard group in funny ways. But also, his series where he beat Jangbi was solid. Jangbi played a little sub-par, but then again, beating down jangbi in his best MU so easily is quite impressive. On Andromeda, Jangbi was never given intiative even though backho seemed behind.

NOPE LIST
- Grandpa. NOOO GRANDPA NOooooo.
- Mind ... you're playing terribly bad... terribly terribly bad... Did I mention how bad and uninspired you are playing right now? Yeah, you're playing bad.
- Sea - LOL Sea? Why did I even put him here? To laugh at steve and his PL Star who won't even go to playoffs but instead if gonna be playing foreigners for EZ wins and then lose the tournament to someone like Bisu or such.
- FBH - AHAHAHAHAHA, Grandpa owned you. God, if it wasn't for that, imagine.... But grandpa's love too overwhelming.
- Jangbi - Way to suck.