EPTPower Rank 03/04/2009 - Page 6
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animus123
United States171 Posts
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
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X_Tr3mem1sT
United States4 Posts
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HaXxorIzed
Australia8434 Posts
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On March 05 2009 14:16 n.DieJokes wrote: Are we not counting the end result of the "most hyped match ever"? Sure it was a crappy game but c'mon, one person walked away the victor and it was not the num.1 on the pr. Bisu has played consistantly stronger over the duration of February. The only way Jaedong would be #1 was if he totally destroyed Bisu. The series was immensely close, and both players were stellar. Bisu has been better in the games he's played outside that series by a pretty significant margin, why on earth would Jaedong be #1 when that GOM series was as close as it was? You can't decide this shit on one best-of-five, players are more than one matchup and five games. | ||
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x89titan
Philippines1130 Posts
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Ronald_McD
Canada807 Posts
With a lot of the good play we've been seeing it must have been hard to choose these 10 | ||
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Signet
United States1718 Posts
On March 05 2009 15:00 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: Bisu has played consistantly stronger over the duration of February. The only way Jaedong would be #1 was if he totally destroyed Bisu. The series was immensely close, and both players were stellar. Bisu has been better in the games he's played outside that series by a pretty significant margin, why on earth would Jaedong be #1 when that GOM series was as close as it was? You can't decide this shit on one best-of-five, players are more than one matchup and five games. #1/2 was the part of hte PR I was most anticipating. I agree with you FakeSteve. Bisu beat Jaedong the day before in WL. They were 3-3 over a 24 hour period. All but game 5 of the showmatch were high quality games. Bisu's choke is a mark against him. He kinda earns it back since three of the games were played on >60% ZvP maps. Call the weekend a wash. Eh, maybe slight edge Jaedong, since he did win the Bo5 series. I don't feel like there is another player right now who could take Bisu in a Bo5. Possibly July, ever the god of ZvP. Certainly no P or T -- his play in these matchups has been devastating, almost unbeatable in anything but a fluke single game. With Jaedong, I feel like Flash could take him in a series. Possibly Hwasin or free. (really hoping for Hwasin vs Jaedong OSL semis) ZvZ is the only matchup I would just write the opponent off against Jaedong without knowing who it is. The difference isn't their near-perfect play against each other. It's their play against the rest of progaming. It's also close enough that if Jaedong does better in OSL, he should climb to #1. What I really like about this PR is that the differences it had with the PR I would have made... I ended up agreeing with them. For example Jangbi > Flash. Also nice catch with hyvaa's strong February. | ||
Empyrean
17017 Posts
Besides Jaedong, I think the only player at the moment who could stand a chance would be Jangbi, and to a lesser extent, Flash (not really on Flash, here). Anyone else remember that PvP on Destination where Jangbi's insane multitask and control sealed the win with multiple harass on different fronts? The storm drops were just devastating, and Jangbi's defense was rock solid. Bisu had nothing on Jangbi, who was in control the entire game. That being said, Bisu for sure deserves the number one spot. ...I await the day EffOrt appears on the powerrank  | ||
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On March 05 2009 15:54 Signet wrote: #1/2 was the part of hte PR I was most anticipating. I agree with you FakeSteve. Bisu beat Jaedong the day before in WL. They were 3-3 over a 24 hour period. All but game 5 of the showmatch were high quality games. Bisu's choke is a mark against him. He kinda earns it back since three of the games were played on >60% ZvP maps. Call the weekend a wash. Eh, maybe slight edge Jaedong, since he did win the Bo5 series. I don't feel like there is another player right now who could take Bisu in a Bo5. Possibly July, ever the god of ZvP. Certainly no P or T -- his play in these matchups has been devastating, almost unbeatable in anything but a fluke single game. With Jaedong, I feel like Flash could take him in a series. Possibly Hwasin or free. (really hoping for Hwasin vs Jaedong OSL semis) ZvZ is the only matchup I would just write the opponent off against Jaedong without knowing who it is. The difference isn't their near-perfect play against each other. It's their play against the rest of progaming. It's also close enough that if Jaedong does better in OSL, he should climb to #1. What I really like about this PR is that the differences it had with the PR I would have made... I ended up agreeing with them. For example Jangbi > Flash. Also nice catch with hyvaa's strong February. He didn't choke, he made a bad build decision. I know he said he thought he had the game won when he saw 9pool, but you need to bring more probes. Let's be very clear here - to block the ramps on Andromeda you need two zealots and a probe, and Bisu had 'em. Yes, they were on hold position. However, watch the probe count on the overlay; a probe dies while Bisu's scout is still alive. Most zergs wouldn't try to bust in, which is why Bisu let the probe and two zealots chill together, but Jaedong made a quick decision and executed his ling attack really well. It's still very much a luck-based thing, sometimes those two zealots will manage to stop the lings, sometimes they won't. It's a matter of pixels, not something a player has any true control over. At any rate, Jaedong is the best ZvP player we've got, and Bisu is acceptably on par with him. He's been unstoppable on PvP and PvT lately as well, there is absolutely no reason why he would be lower than first | ||
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Lockon Stratos
United States126 Posts
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keV.
United States3214 Posts
On March 05 2009 00:32 ]343[ wrote: my CBNC... HiyA, by.hero, ZerO, free, iris? HiyA's games have been fun as hell to watch lately. | ||
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Signet
United States1718 Posts
On March 05 2009 16:06 Empyrean wrote: You honestly think July has a chance of beating Bisu in a bo5? :/ I'd say July has about a 40% chance of taking a Bo5 against Bisu. Along with being one of the top two players at the matchup, July is also the kind of player who favors very aggressive hydra play, which if anything is Bisu's weakness in PvZ. | ||
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On March 05 2009 16:23 keV. wrote: HiyA's games have been fun as hell to watch lately. They certainly have | ||
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deathgodtoss
Korea (North)189 Posts
On March 05 2009 05:40 DreaM)XeRO wrote: Bisu - on fire, and in Bonjwa God mode JD - probably the only person in the world that can take a bo5 from Bisu ( oh wait... ) bisu aint anywhere close to bonjwa as long as people like jaedong are there threatening to take his thrown. savior in his prime wasn't questioned when it came to Bo5s, auto liquibet for any BoX with savior in it as long as it wasnt some super z v z expert, but even then, he did quite well during his run. and when it comes down to results, jaedong won the bo5, bisu didnt. oh well, this upcoming OSL will show u that bisu can't attain the bonjwa status ever as long as jaedong is on the scene, plus im hoping for flash's comeback next season. | ||
Emlary
China3334 Posts
On March 05 2009 16:23 keV. wrote: HiyA's games have been fun as hell to watch lately. Hiya won 9 out of his latest 10 TvP :O The only loss was the game that Bisu went to 2BG+DT. This Hiya guy kicked asses of 5 dragons in a month. What a TvP monster! | ||
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
I want to believe Savior will be there. | ||
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strongwind
United States862 Posts
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okum
France5778 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Okay, after his rape of Nada, I take back what I said about Jangbi Edit: thanks to the mod who added the spoiler tag; that was careless by me. | ||
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