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SpunXtain20
Profile Joined January 2014
Australia554 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-17 08:26:29
June 17 2014 07:50 GMT
#3141
I remember way back on Slayers watching Taeja win his first ESL tournament and thinking 'this guy is playing great'. He went on to win 6 of those offline tournaments with very few people noticing, despite the monster record he posted against some top players.

The guy has passed MVP for me now. They're different - Taeja definitely doesn't have the same set planning skills that MVP did. But his actual skill level has to be higher to me. He's been dominant for a longer period, and he has t shown incredible consistency. In a weekend event, there's no one in the world I'd put ahead of him.
*Hugs all* | I came here to drink milk and kick asses, and I've just finished my milk.
TW
Profile Joined March 2012
Poland255 Posts
June 17 2014 08:49 GMT
#3142
I think they should make grand prize like 10 001 so that Teaja does not win yet another 10k
Xoronius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany6362 Posts
June 17 2014 08:54 GMT
#3143
On June 17 2014 08:48 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2014 08:39 Xoronius wrote:
On June 17 2014 08:32 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On June 17 2014 08:25 shockaslim wrote:
On June 17 2014 08:13 Fischbacher wrote:
On June 17 2014 08:06 Prugelhugel wrote:
What. A. Fkin. Bonjwa. Period.

A "bonjwa" that has never won (or made the finals of) a Korean tournament, who plays in arguably the easiest WCS region and who has never managed to win that either. Right.

He might be the best Terran right now and one of the best week-end tournament player ever but he's not anywhere close to being a bonjwa.


Oh stop it. He is still beating those same Koreans that are playing in GSL consistently, and WCS NA is full of good Korean players.

"beating koreans that are playing in GSL consistently"
Like Oz, Patience, Jaedong and Hero?
Sry, but there are 2 groups of koreans right now, the ones that compete in gsl and everyone else.
That doesn't mean that the "foreign koreans" (haha so silly, but whatever^^) can't compete at all, but in general they are worse.

They are maybe a little bit behind, but if you remember, what happened to TY (ro16 loss to MC) , RorO (ro32 loss to Welmu), Flash (ro 32 loss to YugiOh, MMA, getting stomped by DIMAGA in ro64) etc, when they entered the DH, you should see, that this is an incredible achievment from Taeja. Even Life, Inno and co. droped a few maps during their last DH runs.

Noone of them was in code s this season. Also i don't think it is a fair comparison, these guys never had to travel much, i am pretty sure that they would do a lot better if they got more chances.
I mean i think he could compete in korea, but i am pretty sure he would not be extremely consistent.

Stork was in Code S this season. At HSC he lost to Snute, got demolished by Bomber in one of the most one-sided series of the cup, and then lost to Scarlett. Taeja won that tournament as well. I think he is nearly on Marus level atm, maybe not quite there, but at least extremely close.
Parcelleus
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1662 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-17 08:58:34
June 17 2014 08:57 GMT
#3144
Congrats Taeja !

Also nice run by HerO !
*burp*
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4137 Posts
June 17 2014 09:21 GMT
#3145
gogo Taeja win MLG Anaheim at this weekend ezpz
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
June 17 2014 09:23 GMT
#3146
On June 17 2014 18:21 Dingodile wrote:
gogo Taeja win MLG Anaheim at this weekend ezpz


He's not going
Complete
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1864 Posts
June 17 2014 09:33 GMT
#3147
lol wow thanks Dodgin, I was literally about to ask if he was going to be at MLG here as I wasn't sure where to ask :D
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26096 Posts
June 17 2014 09:53 GMT
#3148
I was thinking earlier of Taeja's place in the hall of fame of Terrans, he's definitely up there for sure and almost certainly would have him in the top 5 of all time.

In no particular order:
Mvp - Self explanatory
Taeja - Championships with regularity, that IPL TL showing v IM, I also feel he put up decent Korean results in a tough era for Terrans before emigrating.
Maru - A beast who has carried his race's hopes in GSL for a pretty damn long period by SC standards.
Innovation - The previous Terran hope and a team league monster. IMO scariest player ever at his peak.
MMA - For those multiple championships and winning Korean championships alone. Even after that he has slowly climbed back to relevance.

Actually harder than I thought, as it seems wrong to not have Polt or Bomber in there
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Complete
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1864 Posts
June 17 2014 09:54 GMT
#3149
MKP?
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26096 Posts
June 17 2014 10:00 GMT
#3150
I don't like MKP so no Facetiousness aside it seems rough to exclude him but I don't know who you could put him in instead of.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
June 17 2014 10:49 GMT
#3151
http://aligulac.com/records/hof/
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
June 17 2014 11:19 GMT
#3152
are there vods for Taeja - Jaedong?
I had a good night of sleep.
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
June 17 2014 11:29 GMT
#3153
On June 17 2014 20:19 Koshi wrote:
are there vods for Taeja - Jaedong?


Yes there are. You can find them in the op if you open the spoilers under "vods"
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
June 17 2014 12:11 GMT
#3154
On June 17 2014 20:29 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2014 20:19 Koshi wrote:
are there vods for Taeja - Jaedong?


Yes there are. You can find them in the op if you open the spoilers under "vods"

oh yes very smart.

thx
I had a good night of sleep.
Xoronius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany6362 Posts
June 17 2014 12:34 GMT
#3155
On June 17 2014 19:00 Wombat_NI wrote:
I don't like MKP so no Facetiousness aside it seems rough to exclude him but I don't know who you could put him in instead of.

MKP has almost the combined earned prizemoney of Maru and Innovation and more than doubles Marus. I think you are a bit biased towards Maru/Inno because of their current success, but realistically putting them above MKP/Polt or even Bomber in terms of overall succes seems wrong IMHO. I mean, Inno hasn't won a GSL either, but MKP has made more finals than him.
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
June 17 2014 12:45 GMT
#3156
On June 17 2014 16:41 stubzi wrote:
Taeja is amazing.
Hero gets pretty destoryed by Code S players right now though. Taeja is still not on Maru's level but it would be nice to see him try in Korea again at some point.
Not much point though when he can just rake the winnings in elsewhere.




Define "Code S level players"

If you mean Soulkey, maru, Zest level of players I would probably agree. But I seriously don't think every code s level player can 'destroy' Hero
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
iloveav
Profile Joined November 2008
Poland1478 Posts
June 17 2014 13:32 GMT
#3157
When I think of Taeja I always think of a train. Its almost impossible to stop, but a very well placed bump and it totally de-rails.
Perhaps nowdays he is getting more solid, so it happens less often, but I have seen him in some Clan Wars where he lost to some very underrated players, with weak builds.

I saw some of Taeja Games from DH, but I actually went to sleep b4 the finals.
I dont know why but when it gets to this Korean vs Korean slugfest, even thou there is a big price money, it dosent feel much different than watching proleague or code S matches. Well, for me I mean, not saying its the same, just that it dosent feel different for me.
aka LRM)Cats_Paw.
sorrowptoss
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada1431 Posts
June 17 2014 13:43 GMT
#3158
Taeja, first real SC2 bonjwa?
Fuell
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands3111 Posts
June 17 2014 13:45 GMT
#3159
sjaak still winner for me
fOu/Zenith/NEX/WeRRa/SlayerS
bloondii
Profile Joined April 2013
Germany9 Posts
June 17 2014 14:51 GMT
#3160
Congrats to Taeja!
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