Power Rank 04/10/2009 - Page 13

On April 29 2009 07:34 Avidkeystamper wrote:
Skyhigh really making a tear up the ranks. I don't remember the last time someone went up so fast so soon. I'm not counting Leta, since he was good for a long time before his PR entrance.

On April 29 2009 22:29 samachking wrote:


Did everyone forget the fact that Skyhigh was a GOM season 2 semifinalist and teared everyone's ass through( except Bisu who was in god-mode at that time) including his series vs Best which was fucking impressive SC while Best was still playing good PvT? Skyhigh was playing good SC last season 2, just his all kill put him on the spot, thats all. Fantasy(In series especially),Flash,Leta, are better than Skyhigh although he has been playing sick SC recently.

On April 29 2009 23:36 Mogwai wrote:
I don't envy FakeSteve's job for next month, this month's results are pretty hard to analyze as it's just early GOM games, MST groups, and proleague games on some maps with serious balance issues...

I'm honestly expecting a pretty unambitious rank next month with some ordering of Flash/Bisu/Jaedong in the top 3 pending anything silly happening and knocking any of them out of a league early. Other than that, I don't really know what to expect besides Lux remaining on the list at either 8, 9, or 10 with some sort of warning of dropping off if he doesn't step his shit up, Jangbi getting smashed for his poor proleague performances (and probably for losing to Baby too, but Baby played a hell of a series, so it's harder to fault him for that loss even if it is in his godmode matchup), and Stork getting a stern talking to for fucking up vs. MVP or possibly being removed from the list straight up.

eh, as per usual, I just wanna see Steve write some ridiculous shit that's a good read.

On April 30 2009 00:33 Verilan wrote:
I think you're forgetting Fantasy, Mogwai.

It's gotta be Jaedong at 1 (poor week but enough to hold his OSL win for another month since Fantasy and Bisu have only played 4 games each).

Bisu for 2nd if he 2-0s his MST, otherwise he switches with Fantasy for 3rd.

Flash for 4th, it's a big jump from 7 for 6-2 but everyone in between dropped the ball.
(3-1 proleague, 1 bo3 over Pure, 1-1 to loser's game in MST)

The rest of the rankings is muddy but uncontroversial.

Luxury played even below expectations, if that's possible. His MSL win had to be honored last month but this month's proleague results should put him in a spot he more accurately deserves.

Jangbi may have narrowly averted a free fall with his + Show Spoiler + but won't be in the conversation for the top spots with his performance.

Not that Skyhigh and by.hero aren't great and all but no matter what, their positions this month are probably going to be overrated. Expectations exceed results for them by a large margin simply because there weren't enough games.

I'd still put Stork somewhere around the 8th spot. Nada is out of course, but Leta belongs somewhere.

Zero, Effort, and Calm are all looking really good. Is it enough to break Power Rank? You could easily slap them all on CBNC, zerg has the best up and coming talent.

On April 30 2009 01:06 Mogwai wrote:


If Steve's not willing to put Fantasy over Bisu for 3-0ing Bisu and taking 2 out of 5 vs. Jaedong because he's "He just isn't as good as Bisu yet," what makes you think that he'll put Fantasy over Flash in a month where their results aren't as lopsided as last (where Fantasy did a helluva lot and Flash didn't do jack). Fantasy isn't as good as flash and in a month where you can mostly just look at proleague, losing to a Zerg on battle royal is a foregone conclusion anyway and that's the only real difference in their records. I'd be surprised to see Fantasy over Flash, and if that's the way it is, I'll be interested to hear the method behind FS's madness.

On April 30 2009 02:51 Mogwai wrote:
well, let's see what happens with Fantasy in MST tonight, though I fully expect him to make it out of that group tonight.

I just think that it's a PR theme that if FS has a gut feeling about who's a better player in a slow month, he will put his gut feeling ahead of somewhat inconsequential differences in recent game results. I'm still not sold on Fantasy being better than Flash, and at the end of the day, I think that Steve's gut feeling on that issue is what's going to determine their ordering.