EPTPower Rank 05/15/2009 - Page 9
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infinity2k9
United Kingdom2397 Posts
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funkie
Venezuela9374 Posts
 I love the photo! | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8090 Posts
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scwizard
United States1195 Posts
 HoGiL over Thezerg, really...Also Jaedong over Zero (Jaedong is still invincible in ZvZ) and Leta over Zero (Leta beat Zero you realize...) In fact I'd rank things: Bisu Fantasy Leta Jaedong ZerO Effort Skyghigh KeSPA Flash Hogil | ||
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Hammy
France828 Posts
Nice touch with the "kespa" at 9th  It happens to fit in perfectly imo, because TheZerg is relatively far behind Flash anyways^^ If I were to change some stuff though, I'd push Zero down to 5th and push effort down to 8th, but unlike JWC, I haven't studied their stats all that much (and missed a couple of ProLeague matches recently). PS: where are the tosses? 4 Ts, 4 Zs, 1 P and 1 incompetent establishment. Me likes. | ||
Chill
Calgary25963 Posts
Even though I've read your justifications, I still think Zero > JaeDong was a mistake. Other than that it looks right to me. The other case you could make is TheZerg @ 10, but frankly, that spot could go to 10 players so it's not a big deal. Thanks JWD. | ||
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SuperArc
Austria7781 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
But seeing TheZerg at ten is a bit random to me  .Well i guess this months is based heavily on performance i don't follow TheZerg that much and would argue that even BackHo is a far better player then him .Also the shock of seeing the Jaedong fourth still hasn't passed out from my head . Zero has potential , but there is still quite a gap beetween him and Jaedong in execution . I would argue that Fantasy sucks at the #2 spot , but the Great Minds here have their reasonings , his TvZ sucks thought even if it is original or crap like that . | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
On May 15 2009 12:30 Chef wrote: Look how happy KeSPA looks in his photo... That's the mark of a true winner. Someone who really enjoys doing what he does. And to think he can manage that true emotionless pokerface when dismantling so many great players, effortlessly. | ||
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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Tom Phoenix
1114 Posts
Anyway, it is nice to see  Bisu do well again. Hopefully, he will produce some great results this time around. However, I agree that ZerO over Jaedong is a bit hard to swallow. | ||
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animus123
United States171 Posts
On May 15 2009 13:33 Fr33t wrote: Thank You! JD at number 4? Really? Oh well, it all made sense once I saw the SKT logo. | ||
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tirentu
Canada1257 Posts
As for the ranking itself, I agree with Bisu going back to the top, he remains dominant. While I'm sad that Jaedong is down, being a massive fanboy (did you know that his mutas are imba?), I have to agree that his PL play recently has been stagnant, especially that game where he massed mutas vs sairs... too stubborn to tech switch? I just hope he can return to form for the OSL to hit two straight victories, because there's no doubt that he's an absolutely incredible player in terms of micro and strategy. Maybe I like him so much because my only good matchup is ZvZ... EDIT: This is pretty much what I'd do for rankings... 1. Bisu (actually KeSPA, but that's not the point) 2. Fantasy 3. Jaedong (sorry ZerO, but JD is still better) 4. Leta 5. ZerO 6. SkyHigh 7. Flash 8. Effort 9. GoRush (damn right! ACE zerg ftw!) 10. who the hell cares at this point | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On May 15 2009 15:19 GTR wrote: wow. i'm a jaedong fan and a zero anti-fan, and i stand by jwd's opinion that zero is the better zerg at the moment. not the better zerg at the moment, the better-performing zerg at the moment | ||
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animus123
United States171 Posts
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Jonvvv
Norway1530 Posts
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
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StylishVODs
Sweden5331 Posts
It all comes down to what the powerrank really is.
Now I would definately pick the second alternative when creating a rank. And If you do too, can you seriously say that we have a new Zerg at the Zergthrone? Zerg has had a tough time for a while with the 6 dragons but now they are back with Zero in the front line. Sounds really odd to me. What has ZerO actually done to deserve a spot over jaedong? A winning record of 12-2 isn't that crazy, sure its pretty good but then you watch his opponents and it seems pretty obvious that his winningratio would be high, specially since he is really good right now (thus being on the PR at all). Watch Flash's streak when he was in top shape, or Letas streak when he was ripping up the pro league, thats the kind of results in proleague that would justify a huge upset like the jaedong/zero rank. But as it is now, it's simply not justified. Simply put, Zero didn't do enough. He didn't even beat players from the PR, this is usually necissary to get a top 3 spot let alone beat down the obvious master of the race. There are some players that I haven't followed enough, such as Leta and Skyhigh. Therefor its very hard to rank them for me, but looking purely at results Leta seems like he's on a small streak right now after some bad performance for a while and his rank is way too high. However I will watch all his games now to make up my mind. This would be my rank. 1# Bisu - putting him under luxury last PR was a bad mistake and we know it now. He is always a contender for the 1st spot when he plays like he does atm, and whenever Jaedong slips for a while he is there.2# Jaedong - He's a monster, he could all-kill any team just a month ago and he won the OSL. After he won the OSL he had a few losses, but he stepped up his game fast enough and won all the important games. The players he lost to were players he came back to beat later on to secure his place in all leagues. A few hickups like this isn't enough to place him any lower right now. He and Bisu is a class above the rest until someone steps up his game consistantly for some time.3#  fantasy - Fantasy hasn't played perfectly this month but not bad either and we all know what he is capable off. He's been in the OSL finals twice in a row and when he prepares for a game he can take anyone down. If the PR was based only on BoX performances he might very well take the top spot if he continues playing like he does.4# ZerO / sKyHigh - These are fairly new players in the top ranks, give them some more time to prove themselves. There hasn't been any big matches this month. If someone of them takes a title soon I will gladly put them higher on the ranks. (take in account that I havent watched sKyHigh closely, just a few games lately and then watched his results so I might change my mind here I'm not sure yet.) I wont explain the rest, dont have time atm. 6# EffOrt7# Leta8# Flash9# Calm10# HoGiL | ||
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tedster
984 Posts
If you can honestly argue that JD has been a more dangerous opponent for the last month than ZerO or Fantasy it's because you don't actually watch games. | ||
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