• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 11:04
CEST 17:04
KST 00:04
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins Maestros of the Game 225ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12TL.net Map Contest #22 - Voting & Ladder Map Selection7
Community News
MC vs IdrA, Boxer vs Nal_rA to be Legacy Matches @ BlizzCon335.0.16 Hotfix (June 30) - Balance + Bug Fixes38Weekly Cups (June 22-28): Zergs thrive in new patch5[TLMC] Summer 2026 Ladder Map Rotation05.0.16 patch for SC2 goes live (8 worker start)99
StarCraft 2
General
MC vs IdrA, Boxer vs Nal_rA to be Legacy Matches @ BlizzCon ZOWIE DIVINA preview Serral wins Maestros of the Game 2 TL Poll: How do you feel about the 5.0.16 PTR balance changes? Server Blocker
Tourneys
GSL CK #5 race war HomeStory Cup 29 RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event Vespene Cup #1 — $300+ USD, July 10 Douyu Cup 2026: $20,000 Legends Event (June 26-28)
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
Mutation # 533 Die Together The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family Mutation # 531 Experimental Artillery
Brood War
General
Snow On New ASL S22 Map, Zerg Nerf ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool Farewell Beloved Starcraft (Youtube Videos) BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
CSLAN 4 is Coming! Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2 The Casual Games of the Week Thread [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies Why doesn't anyone use restoration?
Other Games
General Games
Dawn of War IV Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Summer Games Done Quick 2026! Nintendo Switch Thread ZeroSpace at Steam NextFest - Last free demo
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
Five o'clock TL Mafia NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Power Rank Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
The HerO Fan Club! The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion McBoner: A hockey love story TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Cricket [SPORT]
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard? Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Major Shifts in the Gaming I…
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
I'm an arrogant trash talke…
FlaShFTW
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 10263 users

Team Liquid GOAT contest Final 8 - Page 12

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Tournaments
486 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 10 11 12 13 14 25 Next All
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-15 22:19:03
July 15 2019 17:50 GMT
#221
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16082 Posts
July 15 2019 18:40 GMT
#222
On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).

Competed in a more competitive era, longevity, Proleague results, same amount of championships in korean tournaments. It's really not as much of a stretch.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12131 Posts
July 15 2019 18:41 GMT
#223
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(

4 GSL, but he won an SSL and an OSL during the Innovation reign of terror while beating him 4:0 in one of the fastest BO7 in history of SC2. (NOT sure if during the OSL or SSL ) One of the most stable Terrans(where was Inno during the blink era? ) one of the best Terrans in Proleague while being stable across all the seasons. While he wasn't the top based on the wins he wasn't nowhere near the 2nd tier.

But nice trolling
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-15 18:46:27
July 15 2019 18:42 GMT
#224
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.


After Life retired, people started playing LoTV, an entirely different game; also, foreigners beating koreans=low level of play? Old and stale, if ever was true.

Zest being the best Protoss and Mvp not being the best Terran are reasonable, yet debatable, claims.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18348 Posts
July 16 2019 10:04 GMT
#225
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.


Then you should probably have made a different tournament. I think we can definitely have a discussion about GPOAT, GTOAT and GZOAT, but that isn't this one. Even though Mvp's biggest successes came during GomTvT, terran wasn't actually that dominating. It just so happened that the best players of the time mostly played Terran. And the best of those was Mvp. Yes, both Innovation and Maru have since then overtaken him in most metrics (although Mvp should still be credited for figuring out most of the core mechanics of how to Terran in SC2), so he is only the 3rd best Terran. He's still better than all the Protoss. Both in what he meant to the game and in number of prizes he won.

Not sure I even agree with you that Zest is the GPOAT. sOs is, imho, greater. But sOs got knocked out last round by, you guessed it, Mvp
Philozovic
Profile Joined August 2012
France1677 Posts
July 16 2019 10:22 GMT
#226
On July 16 2019 03:41 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(

4 GSL, but he won an SSL and an OSL during the Innovation reign of terror while beating him 4:0 in one of the fastest BO7 in history of SC2. (NOT sure if during the OSL or SSL ) One of the most stable Terrans(where was Inno during the blink era? ) one of the best Terrans in Proleague while being stable across all the seasons. While he wasn't the top based on the wins he wasn't nowhere near the 2nd tier.

But nice trolling


OSL fuck that shit I member
INnoVation is the absolute best | I wept for i knew his words to be true
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7294 Posts
July 16 2019 12:38 GMT
#227
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Yonnua
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2331 Posts
July 16 2019 13:18 GMT
#228
On July 16 2019 19:04 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.


Then you should probably have made a different tournament. I think we can definitely have a discussion about GPOAT, GTOAT and GZOAT, but that isn't this one. Even though Mvp's biggest successes came during GomTvT, terran wasn't actually that dominating. It just so happened that the best players of the time mostly played Terran. And the best of those was Mvp. Yes, both Innovation and Maru have since then overtaken him in most metrics (although Mvp should still be credited for figuring out most of the core mechanics of how to Terran in SC2), so he is only the 3rd best Terran. He's still better than all the Protoss. Both in what he meant to the game and in number of prizes he won.

Not sure I even agree with you that Zest is the GPOAT. sOs is, imho, greater. But sOs got knocked out last round by, you guessed it, Mvp


Specifically, it wasn't that Terran just had the best players during GomTvT, it was that they had the most mapped out race, and that was because Mvp mapped out the whole playstyle, while even players like Nestea and MC left great areas of their race unmapped, so players had a harder time performing with those races.
LRSL 2014 Finalist! PartinG | Mvp | Bomber | Creator | NaNiwa | herO
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-16 13:42:44
July 16 2019 13:42 GMT
#229
On July 16 2019 22:18 Yonnua wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 19:04 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.


Then you should probably have made a different tournament. I think we can definitely have a discussion about GPOAT, GTOAT and GZOAT, but that isn't this one. Even though Mvp's biggest successes came during GomTvT, terran wasn't actually that dominating. It just so happened that the best players of the time mostly played Terran. And the best of those was Mvp. Yes, both Innovation and Maru have since then overtaken him in most metrics (although Mvp should still be credited for figuring out most of the core mechanics of how to Terran in SC2), so he is only the 3rd best Terran. He's still better than all the Protoss. Both in what he meant to the game and in number of prizes he won.

Not sure I even agree with you that Zest is the GPOAT. sOs is, imho, greater. But sOs got knocked out last round by, you guessed it, Mvp


Specifically, it wasn't that Terran just had the best players during GomTvT, it was that they had the most mapped out race, and that was because Mvp mapped out the whole playstyle, while even players like Nestea and MC left great areas of their race unmapped, so players had a harder time performing with those races.

That is actually a really interesting argument, I've never thought about it in that way before. The hurdle was more that there was few terrrans which good enough mechanics to really get the most out of terran while the other races were more in the dark. Interesting perspective.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
yht9657
Profile Joined December 2016
1810 Posts
July 16 2019 14:17 GMT
#230
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.
burnturn
Profile Joined December 2015
United States59 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-17 15:10:43
July 16 2019 15:09 GMT
#231
On July 16 2019 03:41 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(

4 GSL, but he won an SSL and an OSL during the Innovation reign of terror while beating him 4:0 in one of the fastest BO7 in history of SC2. (NOT sure if during the OSL or SSL ) One of the most stable Terrans(where was Inno during the blink era? ) one of the best Terrans in Proleague while being stable across all the seasons. While he wasn't the top based on the wins he wasn't nowhere near the 2nd tier.

But nice trolling


I would like to know his reasoning for having Zest AND TaeJa over Maru. I also think the words they are looking for is "Banned indefinitely."
sOs is best
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
July 16 2019 16:11 GMT
#232
On July 16 2019 23:17 yht9657 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.

No worries, this isn't far what a Brood War poll would have looked like. It's doubtful a Protoss touches the top 4 and arguably 3 Terrans could occupy the top 3. It's so similar too because you have to eliminate arguably Zerg best Savior from consideration too.

Top 10 arguably (and considerably in this order):
(T)Flash, (T)NaDa, (T)Oov, (Z)Jaedong, (T)BoxeR, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt

Elo Peak Order:
(T)Flash, (Z)Jaedong, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (T)Oov, (T)NaDa, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt, (P)JangBi
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2755 Posts
July 16 2019 16:36 GMT
#233
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4


It's not that surprising without Life, he is a legit top 5.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
July 16 2019 16:44 GMT
#234
On July 17 2019 01:11 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 23:17 yht9657 wrote:
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.

No worries, this isn't far what a Brood War poll would have looked like. It's doubtful a Protoss touches the top 4 and arguably 3 Terrans could occupy the top 3. It's so similar too because you have to eliminate arguably Zerg best Savior from consideration too.

Top 10 arguably (and considerably in this order):
(T)Flash, (T)NaDa, (T)Oov, (Z)Jaedong, (T)BoxeR, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt

Elo Peak Order:
(T)Flash, (Z)Jaedong, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (T)Oov, (T)NaDa, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt, (P)JangBi


With the notable difference Terran dominated Brood War in terms of Starleague titles, whereas Premiers are distributed pretty evenly in Sc2(Protoss ahead by two if I remember correctly, out of 250+ tournaments); curiously, in Korean leagues only, Terran won a lot, almost like in BW but that's not really the case in international tournaments(winning only two BlizzCon and one IEM Katowice, for example).
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-16 17:02:05
July 16 2019 17:01 GMT
#235
On July 17 2019 01:44 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2019 01:11 BisuDagger wrote:
On July 16 2019 23:17 yht9657 wrote:
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.

No worries, this isn't far what a Brood War poll would have looked like. It's doubtful a Protoss touches the top 4 and arguably 3 Terrans could occupy the top 3. It's so similar too because you have to eliminate arguably Zerg best Savior from consideration too.

Top 10 arguably (and considerably in this order):
(T)Flash, (T)NaDa, (T)Oov, (Z)Jaedong, (T)BoxeR, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt

Elo Peak Order:
(T)Flash, (Z)Jaedong, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (T)Oov, (T)NaDa, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt, (P)JangBi


With the notable difference Terran dominated Brood War in terms of Starleague titles, whereas Premiers are distributed pretty evenly in Sc2(Protoss ahead by two if I remember correctly, out of 250+ tournaments); curiously, in Korean leagues only, Terran won a lot, almost like in BW but that's not really the case in international tournaments(winning only two BlizzCon and one IEM Katowice, for example).

Yeah this really applies strictly to counting Korean only tournaments. Still is amazing how similar the histories look. Protoss having so many dragons in SC2, but none reaching god level like MVP, Inno, soO (or Life), Maru.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States881 Posts
July 16 2019 17:21 GMT
#236
To me, Zest vs Mvp was actually kind of a tough call... I have trouble justifying votes for NesTea and Mvp since their reigns of dominance ended so long ago. They were absolutely the two most celebrated players of WoL, but MvP has been irrelevant for 2/3rds of the SC2s lifespan and NesTea for even longer than that. Mvp was the GOAT for his era, but for all of SC2? I'm not so sure.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-16 17:47:16
July 16 2019 17:24 GMT
#237
On July 17 2019 02:01 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2019 01:44 Xain0n wrote:
On July 17 2019 01:11 BisuDagger wrote:
On July 16 2019 23:17 yht9657 wrote:
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.

No worries, this isn't far what a Brood War poll would have looked like. It's doubtful a Protoss touches the top 4 and arguably 3 Terrans could occupy the top 3. It's so similar too because you have to eliminate arguably Zerg best Savior from consideration too.

Top 10 arguably (and considerably in this order):
(T)Flash, (T)NaDa, (T)Oov, (Z)Jaedong, (T)BoxeR, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt

Elo Peak Order:
(T)Flash, (Z)Jaedong, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (T)Oov, (T)NaDa, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt, (P)JangBi


With the notable difference Terran dominated Brood War in terms of Starleague titles, whereas Premiers are distributed pretty evenly in Sc2(Protoss ahead by two if I remember correctly, out of 250+ tournaments); curiously, in Korean leagues only, Terran won a lot, almost like in BW but that's not really the case in international tournaments(winning only two BlizzCon and one IEM Katowice, for example).

Yeah this really applies strictly to counting Korean only tournaments. Still is amazing how similar the histories look. Protoss having so many dragons in SC2, but none reaching god level like MVP, Inno, soO (or Life), Maru.


I tried to count only tournaments won by Koreans (foreign event included) and I got 77 Terran, 50 Zerg (40 without Life) and 64 for Protoss.
So with Koreans, Terrans are well in the lead (and zerg well behind), nothing as crazy as BW tho.

Edit for Korean tournament I got: 21t-20z-26p (my commute to work is long guys)

Also: Who's (Z)GoRush? Granted I don't follow BW, but I never heard the name
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
July 17 2019 14:52 GMT
#238
On July 17 2019 02:01 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2019 01:44 Xain0n wrote:
On July 17 2019 01:11 BisuDagger wrote:
On July 16 2019 23:17 yht9657 wrote:
On July 16 2019 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
Seems like MVP will take this and will be the third Terran in the Top 4

Actually should the upper bracket be Inno-soO and Taeja-Nestea we would have 4 Terrans in top 4, such a missed opportunity.

No worries, this isn't far what a Brood War poll would have looked like. It's doubtful a Protoss touches the top 4 and arguably 3 Terrans could occupy the top 3. It's so similar too because you have to eliminate arguably Zerg best Savior from consideration too.

Top 10 arguably (and considerably in this order):
(T)Flash, (T)NaDa, (T)Oov, (Z)Jaedong, (T)BoxeR, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt

Elo Peak Order:
(T)Flash, (Z)Jaedong, (P)Bisu, (T)FanTaSy, (T)Oov, (T)NaDa, (P)Stork, (Z)GoRush, (Z)EffOrt, (P)JangBi


With the notable difference Terran dominated Brood War in terms of Starleague titles, whereas Premiers are distributed pretty evenly in Sc2(Protoss ahead by two if I remember correctly, out of 250+ tournaments); curiously, in Korean leagues only, Terran won a lot, almost like in BW but that's not really the case in international tournaments(winning only two BlizzCon and one IEM Katowice, for example).

Yeah this really applies strictly to counting Korean only tournaments. Still is amazing how similar the histories look. Protoss having so many dragons in SC2, but none reaching god level like MVP, Inno, soO (or Life), Maru.

Yeah protoss probably has the most entries if you were to list the top 15-20 sc2 players of all time. Just none in the top 5. Although they've certainly reached those high levels, they haven't maintained it across the years.

Zest had the best year in korea out of anyone in 2014 (until Maru 2018). And he has one of the highest peaks of any player. sOs at a time was the most clutch player in the game, especially in proleague. Dear in his prime looked like the best player to touch the game (at that point anyway). You could make arguments for Rain, herO, even Classic as well.

I also think there's arguments to put Zest over Mvp, but that's not really worth talking about given how one-sided the poll already is.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
TheAnarchy
Profile Joined January 2010
Chile1105 Posts
July 17 2019 20:21 GMT
#239
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.



Maru was not a GSL champion LOOOL. He was SSL and OSL champion. And in comparison of other players at that time he was second tier. Example Innovation, Taeja, Zest, Rain, Polt, Life, etc.
He lost regurarly against top zergs (soulkey, soo, etc) and top terrans.
If you dont like Maru example I can change it and we can say guminho (clearly second or third tier), stats and even Classic.
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
July 17 2019 21:53 GMT
#240
On July 18 2019 05:21 TheAnarchy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2019 02:50 Nakajin wrote:
On July 16 2019 02:27 TheAnarchy wrote:
1.- Life.
2.- Innovation.
3.- MVP
4.-Taeja.
5.-Zest

After Life retired lvl went down a lot, now even foreigners defeat regularly koreans. Even Maru who was a second tier won 3 gsl.
SC2 decadent begun that year =(


Maru was a already a GSL and an SSL champ, proleague best terran and should have won IEM Tapei + he had 4 Korean tournament semi final as well as a blizzcon semi, all of it at 16 years old, if that's second tiers I don't know who's suppose to be first tiers...

Also "retired"

On July 16 2019 02:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 16 2019 01:08 Nakajin wrote:
On July 15 2019 18:05 Harris1st wrote:
Voted for Zest cause we need a Protoss in Top 4 :D


I did to actually, I think Zest is the GOAT toss while mvp is my 3rd terran, and I feel like we are way to close to have 1-2-3 as T haha.

This reasoning doesn't make sense. If the top 3 GOATs are Terrans then so be it. Personally, I think the top 3 GOATs are 2 terrans and a zerg (who shall not be named), but lacking that certain zerg, it's 3 terrans. I don't really see how you can make a case for Zest being greater than Mvp unless you put a huuuuuge value on longevity (even if it's longevity without top results).


Well I think Zest is the person who was able to find the most success playing Starcraft as Protoss. While Mvp who had probably more success isn't the one who's the best at playing Starcraft as Terran.

Sure both are playing Starcraft but they are playing very different version of it, I think beeing the greatest has to go to the one who played his version better than anyone else.
Still it's a close one for me.



Maru was not a GSL champion LOOOL. He was SSL and OSL champion. And in comparison of other players at that time he was second tier. Example Innovation, Taeja, Zest, Rain, Polt, Life, etc.
He lost regurarly against top zergs (soulkey, soo, etc) and top terrans.
If you dont like Maru example I can change it and we can say guminho (clearly second or third tier), stats and even Classic.

Yes he was a dual starleague champion already, Rain and Zest whom you mentioned managed to get only two starleague championships during their whole career.

Your can have whichever personal tier list you want but it takes a particular brand of crazy to believe that you opinion = fact.

In my opinion Maru was not second tier, he was first tier, any player that got two starleague championships is first tier, in my opinion.

You can argue with us however much you want, that doesn't make your opinion right. Can't even believe you mention Polt in this context, seems your tier list is basically your "favorite player" list because it makes absolutely 0 sense.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
Prev 1 10 11 12 13 14 25 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
GSL
11:00
GSL CK #5 - Day 1
Ryung 400
SHIN 139
CranKy Ducklings SOOP116
Classic106
herO (SOOP)95
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko682
Ryung 400
SHIN 139
Classic 106
herO (SOOP) 95
Rex 52
Codebar 39
RushiSC 24
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 2240
Jaedong 1759
Soma 556
Hyuk 524
Soulkey 521
BeSt 460
EffOrt 419
Light 386
firebathero 369
Larva 284
[ Show more ]
ggaemo 239
Snow 223
Zeus 199
actioN 138
ZerO 100
hero 87
sorry 67
Pusan 63
Rush 59
Sea.KH 57
ToSsGirL 45
soO 38
scan(afreeca) 38
Free 35
Sharp 31
Terrorterran 29
910 28
Aegong 25
Movie 23
HiyA 19
Barracks 18
Bale 18
IntoTheRainbow 13
Dota 2
Gorgc4683
qojqva1645
Dendi1536
XaKoH 762
420jenkins157
XcaliburYe91
Counter-Strike
x6flipin198
edward116
kRYSTAL_86
pashabiceps16
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor28
Other Games
singsing1881
B2W.Neo904
Hui .191
Liquid`VortiX155
ArmadaUGS67
Trikslyr23
ZerO(Twitch)16
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick29641
StarCraft 2
IntoTheiNu 1556
Other Games
BasetradeTV216
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream112
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• HappyZerGling 75
• LUISG 26
• poizon28 26
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Nemesis3980
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
8h 57m
WardiTV Weekly
19h 57m
PiGosaur Cup
1d 8h
The PondCast
1d 18h
Replay Cast
2 days
CrankTV Team League
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
CrankTV Team League
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
4 days
Serral vs Bunny
ByuN vs GgMaChine
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Snow vs Jaedong
YSC vs hero
RSL Revival
5 days
Solar vs Rogue
Maru vs NightMare
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
GSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 21: Qualifier 2
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E1

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
YSL S3
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
SCTL 2026 Spring
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W2
ASL Season 22:Wild Card Qualifier
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Eternal Conflict S2 E2
Heroes Pulsing #3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.