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On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too.
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On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too.
+ these gaps just arent true
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On January 05 2009 11:01 Kuja900 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too. + these gaps just arent true On the contrary, I think these gaps are somewhat accurate. What would your gaps be?
Also, I think that skill gaps generally do translate to a PR ranking... It's not just about titles, records, and Ro#s. The PR in my opinion is a measure of overall skill at the moment.
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On January 04 2009 21:11 Jaeden wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2009 20:30 Sentenal wrote:+ Show Spoiler [Bisu vs Flash] +IMO Bisu and Flash should be #1 and #2 this next rank. I gotta go to sleep now, so I won't know how this series turns out, but its currently 1-1, and this has been a really sexy series. Great play out of both thus far. how can u go to sleeeeep ?! :s Ya I know, I just couldn't stay awake any longer 
And someone would have to be crazy to put Jaedong above Jangbi right now.
My top 5 would be something like.. 1.) Bisu 2.) Flash 3.) Jangbi 4.) Jaedong 5.) Stork
And that would be with me being generous to Jaedong as well, but I think hes played well enough, and Stork lost to Backho.
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On January 04 2009 21:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2009 09:23 baubo wrote: Creativity is overrated, IMO. Flash no longer has creativity(he used to). Stork for a long time gathered silvers without creativity. Once you succeed by playing a certain style, usually you don't deviate unless you are naturally creative, like Kal or FBH.
The problem with Leta is that he's shown a conservative style that's of LOWER quality than the top players. I happened to have seen both his game against Jangbi and against Best. Both players just crushed him. It's what happens when a conservative player plays a better player. Yep. There's a huge difference between Leta's play and Flash's. However, I think it's correct to say that there aren't currently 10 people who qualify as 'better' players right now. Leta's level of play isn't the top, but it's pretty good and incredibly consistant.
That's true. I do think he deserves to be near the bottom of top 10. 3rd best terran right now behind Flash and FBH.
When I said top players, I actually meant like top 5 rather than top 10. That said, I don't believe he's played any top terrans recently beside Mind and Sea(the latter almost doesn't count because it was the OSL not PL). So it's hard to say where he fits among them.
On January 05 2009 11:32 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 11:01 Kuja900 wrote:On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too. + these gaps just arent true On the contrary, I think these gaps are somewhat accurate. What would your gaps be? Also, I think that skill gaps generally do translate to a PR ranking... It's not just about titles, records, and Ro#s. The PR in my opinion is a measure of overall skill at the moment.
I'd go something like
Bisu Flash/Stork/Jangbi Jaedong/Best Leta/FBH/Free Mind/Kal/I'm sure I'm forgetting some others...
Jaedong has been playing like a beast recently, but it only extends back one month. And the players aren't exactly "slumping" either, all playing very well in general. As for Flash, he hasn't beaten a top 10 player in months.
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Jaedong had a shaky november, but he's 8-2 in his last 10. He's still a monster, and is playing great. He fell last month because he had a few shaky games and the rest of the field were tearing shit up, but he is back in the mix with a vengeance.
It's almost like losing to Tempest pissed him off so bad that he started practicing 16 hours a day again
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On January 05 2009 12:06 baubo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2009 21:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:On January 04 2009 09:23 baubo wrote: Creativity is overrated, IMO. Flash no longer has creativity(he used to). Stork for a long time gathered silvers without creativity. Once you succeed by playing a certain style, usually you don't deviate unless you are naturally creative, like Kal or FBH.
The problem with Leta is that he's shown a conservative style that's of LOWER quality than the top players. I happened to have seen both his game against Jangbi and against Best. Both players just crushed him. It's what happens when a conservative player plays a better player. Yep. There's a huge difference between Leta's play and Flash's. However, I think it's correct to say that there aren't currently 10 people who qualify as 'better' players right now. Leta's level of play isn't the top, but it's pretty good and incredibly consistant. That's true. I do think he deserves to be near the bottom of top 10. 3rd best terran right now behind Flash and FBH. When I said top players, I actually meant like top 5 rather than top 10. That said, I don't believe he's played any top terrans recently beside Mind and Sea(the latter almost doesn't count because it was the OSL not PL). So it's hard to say where he fits among them. Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 11:32 fanatacist wrote:On January 05 2009 11:01 Kuja900 wrote:On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too. + these gaps just arent true On the contrary, I think these gaps are somewhat accurate. What would your gaps be? Also, I think that skill gaps generally do translate to a PR ranking... It's not just about titles, records, and Ro#s. The PR in my opinion is a measure of overall skill at the moment. I'd go something like Bisu Flash/Stork/Jangbi Jaedong/Best Leta/FBH/Free Mind/Kal/I'm sure I'm forgetting some others... Jaedong has been playing like a beast recently, but it only extends back one month. And the players aren't exactly "slumping" either, all playing very well in general. As for Flash, he hasn't beaten a top 10 player in months.
Flash hasn't really even played many top 10 players lately. I mean, that translates to his current sick record in PL, but it's not like its his fault. The one series where he played against a legitimately S-class opponent was last night, and it was a very close, highly skilled series. Flash is still as good as ever.
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Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo.
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On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo. I agree.
Also I hope that + Show Spoiler + is no longer doubted.
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On January 05 2009 13:03 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 12:06 baubo wrote:On January 04 2009 21:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:On January 04 2009 09:23 baubo wrote: Creativity is overrated, IMO. Flash no longer has creativity(he used to). Stork for a long time gathered silvers without creativity. Once you succeed by playing a certain style, usually you don't deviate unless you are naturally creative, like Kal or FBH.
The problem with Leta is that he's shown a conservative style that's of LOWER quality than the top players. I happened to have seen both his game against Jangbi and against Best. Both players just crushed him. It's what happens when a conservative player plays a better player. Yep. There's a huge difference between Leta's play and Flash's. However, I think it's correct to say that there aren't currently 10 people who qualify as 'better' players right now. Leta's level of play isn't the top, but it's pretty good and incredibly consistant. That's true. I do think he deserves to be near the bottom of top 10. 3rd best terran right now behind Flash and FBH. When I said top players, I actually meant like top 5 rather than top 10. That said, I don't believe he's played any top terrans recently beside Mind and Sea(the latter almost doesn't count because it was the OSL not PL). So it's hard to say where he fits among them. On January 05 2009 11:32 fanatacist wrote:On January 05 2009 11:01 Kuja900 wrote:On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too. + these gaps just arent true On the contrary, I think these gaps are somewhat accurate. What would your gaps be? Also, I think that skill gaps generally do translate to a PR ranking... It's not just about titles, records, and Ro#s. The PR in my opinion is a measure of overall skill at the moment. I'd go something like Bisu Flash/Stork/Jangbi Jaedong/Best Leta/FBH/Free Mind/Kal/I'm sure I'm forgetting some others... Jaedong has been playing like a beast recently, but it only extends back one month. And the players aren't exactly "slumping" either, all playing very well in general. As for Flash, he hasn't beaten a top 10 player in months. Flash hasn't really even played many top 10 players lately. I mean, that translates to his current sick record in PL, but it's not like its his fault. The one series where he played against a legitimately S-class opponent was last night, and it was a very close, highly skilled series. Flash is still as good as ever.
That's true. I just pointed that out because I don't think he's done anything to separate himself from other non-Bisu top players.
Although in the few games Flash has played against the best(Bisu, Stork, Jaedong), he has lost. They were close games well played by both sides, but a loss is still a loss.
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On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo.
Stork was shaky last month. This month he's recovered a bit, with the exception of the Backho debacle. Which, admittedly, can happen because Backho can sometime conjuer his practice-game self and actually play well.
Jangbi is 7-1 this month and 3-0 in Ace games. Saying he's "solid" is a gross understatement.
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On January 05 2009 00:31 AnOth3rDAy wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2009 23:44 Geo.Rion wrote:+ Show Spoiler +OMG what a series that was! When bisu statised his own shuttles i was, HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU SCREW UP THIS AWESOME SERIES LIKE THIS!! Than Bisu's insane multitask and harass skill granted to him the comeback. Seriously, he was in soo deep shit, he was behind in unit counts, and the push reached his natural, 2 of his expos were under siege. And he made it. God dammit, that guy is good. Put him on the first 2 places (or give the second place to someone who beat him :D) + Show Spoiler +Bisu was not behind at that moment. Flash needed some sort of miracle to take down all bisus expantions while bisu could macro from all his gateways. Since he was almost out of scans and no vessels he could not fight vs both arbiters and dark templars. frankly im abit sick of all these spoilers in this thread, only an idiot would read the thread if he hadn't seen the matches and didn't want anything to get spoiled imo.
oh yeah, finally one more people recognizes how boring and unnecesarry are these things. but i was told to use this here
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On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo.
Jangbi unarguably took over the "best-toss-in-khan" title. Had Stork beaten Backho it could be argued, but this way not really
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On January 05 2009 22:30 Geo.Rion wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo. Jangbi unarguably took over the "best-toss-in-khan" title. Had Stork beaten Backho it could be argued, but this way not really
It doesn't matter if he beat BackHO or not. You don't lose your best-toss-in-khan title by losing one Bo3. He got outplayed but it happens. He didn't play badly or anything, I wouldn't hold it against him. He's still the better player obviously.
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On January 05 2009 23:41 DoctorHelvetica wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 22:30 Geo.Rion wrote:On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo. Jangbi unarguably took over the "best-toss-in-khan" title. Had Stork beaten Backho it could be argued, but this way not really It doesn't matter if he beat BackHO or not. You don't lose your best-toss-in-khan title by losing one Bo3. He got outplayed but it happens. He didn't play badly or anything, I wouldn't hold it against him. He's still the better player obviously.
nope, sry. He lost it.
+ Show Spoiler +
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On January 05 2009 23:41 DoctorHelvetica wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 22:30 Geo.Rion wrote:On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo. Jangbi unarguably took over the "best-toss-in-khan" title. Had Stork beaten Backho it could be argued, but this way not really It doesn't matter if he beat BackHO or not. You don't lose your best-toss-in-khan title by losing one Bo3. He got outplayed but it happens. He didn't play badly or anything, I wouldn't hold it against him. He's still the better player obviously.
NO, jangbi is doing better in general. In PL, everywhere
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On January 05 2009 12:06 baubo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 04 2009 21:46 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:On January 04 2009 09:23 baubo wrote: Creativity is overrated, IMO. Flash no longer has creativity(he used to). Stork for a long time gathered silvers without creativity. Once you succeed by playing a certain style, usually you don't deviate unless you are naturally creative, like Kal or FBH.
The problem with Leta is that he's shown a conservative style that's of LOWER quality than the top players. I happened to have seen both his game against Jangbi and against Best. Both players just crushed him. It's what happens when a conservative player plays a better player. Yep. There's a huge difference between Leta's play and Flash's. However, I think it's correct to say that there aren't currently 10 people who qualify as 'better' players right now. Leta's level of play isn't the top, but it's pretty good and incredibly consistant. That's true. I do think he deserves to be near the bottom of top 10. 3rd best terran right now behind Flash and FBH. When I said top players, I actually meant like top 5 rather than top 10. That said, I don't believe he's played any top terrans recently beside Mind and Sea(the latter almost doesn't count because it was the OSL not PL). So it's hard to say where he fits among them. Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 11:32 fanatacist wrote:On January 05 2009 11:01 Kuja900 wrote:On January 05 2009 10:14 Avidkeystamper wrote:On January 05 2009 09:43 FzeroXx wrote: 1. Bisu
2. Flash 3. Jaedong
4. Jangbi 5. Stork 6. Best 7. Leta
8. Mind
9. Effort 10. FBH
(gaps = skill gaps at the moment)
Skill gaps don't always translate to a PR ranking, as in this month's case Last's month's too. + these gaps just arent true On the contrary, I think these gaps are somewhat accurate. What would your gaps be? Also, I think that skill gaps generally do translate to a PR ranking... It's not just about titles, records, and Ro#s. The PR in my opinion is a measure of overall skill at the moment. I'd go something like Bisu Flash/Stork/Jangbi Jaedong/Best Leta/FBH/Free Mind/Kal/I'm sure I'm forgetting some others... Jaedong has been playing like a beast recently, but it only extends back one month. And the players aren't exactly "slumping" either, all playing very well in general. As for Flash, he hasn't beaten a top 10 player in months. Leta is better than FBH, and I would say Mind too, although I see ur khan icon 
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On January 06 2009 00:22 Geo.Rion wrote:Show nested quote +On January 05 2009 23:41 DoctorHelvetica wrote:On January 05 2009 22:30 Geo.Rion wrote:On January 05 2009 15:23 DoctorHelvetica wrote: Is it just me or has Stork been kind of shaky recently?
I think even Jangbi has gotten more solid results. Not top 3 material imo. Jangbi unarguably took over the "best-toss-in-khan" title. Had Stork beaten Backho it could be argued, but this way not really It doesn't matter if he beat BackHO or not. You don't lose your best-toss-in-khan title by losing one Bo3. He got outplayed but it happens. He didn't play badly or anything, I wouldn't hold it against him. He's still the better player obviously. NO, jangbi is doing better in general. In PL, everywhere
NO, obviously, I just disagree with the game v.s BackHO being the point of no return. Obviously Jangbi is doing way better and is a better player.
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I don't know if he deserves a spot, but July's been tearing through the proleague with a six game winning streak. And not just against second-rate tosses, he's taken down FBH - a top flight TvZ'er.
I'd like to see another ZvP series of July against Stork, Bisu, Free, Janbi, or even Best again - to really gauge how strong his play is. It gets boring seeing him devour second-tier protoss players like Backho or Much.
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1.Bisu 2.JD 3.Flash I'm not sure who is BETTER between JD and Flash, but I do know JD has been putting up results. JD has beaten SkyHigh twice, and Hwasin Once. He has also beaten fantasy. He's beaten Bisu and Anytime. 8-2 in his last 10 Flash in his also 8-2 in his last ten only losing to Bisu. But he has beaten Bisu once. His next most impressive wins are...Casy and Effort. He also lost to JD and Stork before his last ten games putting him at 8-4 in his last 12.
Yeah flash looks good right now, playing excellently, but honestly, so does JD and he beat Bisu convincingly. EDIT: Mind is really really good. Sick timing senses...
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