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INnoVation wins TL community GOAT contest - Page 2

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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
August 04 2019 15:40 GMT
#21
well deserved. i remember when playing vs zvt was going against a known evil and still losing even though you knew every single thing he was going to do. he's not as dominant now but deserves the accolades. and some one link him smelling those 2nd place flowers pls
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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
August 04 2019 19:34 GMT
#22
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
August 04 2019 20:51 GMT
#23
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


It proves Terran has had the most dominant players in Sc2 history.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
August 04 2019 22:40 GMT
#24
On August 05 2019 05:51 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


It proves Terran has had the most dominant players in Sc2 history.

It has the highest skill ceiling of any race and therefore the best players will be more successful with it
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JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4415 Posts
August 04 2019 23:35 GMT
#25
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


Terran has the least overall winnings despite having the top 3 players of all time. Terran is not the best race. Maru, Inno, and Mvp were all just that damn good.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
August 05 2019 00:04 GMT
#26
On August 05 2019 08:35 JJH777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


Terran has the least overall winnings despite having the top 3 players of all time. Terran is not the best race. Maru, Inno, and Mvp were all just that damn good.


If you mean any kind of tournament, I'm not sure.
If you mean Majors, you are right; if we speak of Premier, Protoss have more than Terran that have more than Zerg.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4415 Posts
August 05 2019 01:27 GMT
#27
On August 05 2019 09:04 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 08:35 JJH777 wrote:
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


Terran has the least overall winnings despite having the top 3 players of all time. Terran is not the best race. Maru, Inno, and Mvp were all just that damn good.


If you mean any kind of tournament, I'm not sure.
If you mean Majors, you are right; if we speak of Premier, Protoss have more than Terran that have more than Zerg.


I meant money.
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
August 05 2019 07:29 GMT
#28
Thanks Nakajin, it was fun
The final vote as close as it should have been. Cograts Inno.
Now Maru to win the next GSL or Blizzcon to definitely and unquestionably surpass him.
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7081 Posts
August 05 2019 08:46 GMT
#29
Thank you so much for doing this @Nakajin! Must have been a lot of work. Your write-ups were informative and quite funny at times!

Big shoutout to you <3
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Hadronsbecrazy
Profile Joined September 2013
United Kingdom551 Posts
August 05 2019 11:23 GMT
#30
couldnt we have given soO another second >_>
No need Build Orders, Only Micro,Favourite Players: Maru, Zest, soOjwa , CJherO
JoeCool
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany2520 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-05 11:39:17
August 05 2019 11:38 GMT
#31
On August 05 2019 16:29 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Thanks Nakajin, it was fun
The final vote as close as it should have been. Cograts Inno.
Now Maru to win the next GSL or Blizzcon to definitely and unquestionably surpass him.


Innovation is the greatest of ALL TIME. So it won't really matter what happens in the future... otherwise the title would be meaningless.
Plus we don't know about SCII in 2020...

Anyways, well deserved #1 spot for Innovation, he truly is the GOAT in SCII.

@Edit:

And thanks to Najakin for all the work and the write-ups. Good job!

Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-05 11:42:23
August 05 2019 11:41 GMT
#32
Loved the tournament Nakajin, thanks a ton for putting in so much effort it was really fun to do this and added one more enjoyable thing to do at TL. Loved you summary too, very objectively written.

Inno deserves the seat (even if its Maru in my mind), going to be interesting to see what happens in SC2 since the power balance seems to shifting quite rapidly at the moment. Hoping Inno can return to form too, he is really under performing this year.

With recent results in mind maybe Stats could have gone farther too!
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7081 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-05 12:00:47
August 05 2019 12:00 GMT
#33
On August 05 2019 20:38 JoeCool wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 16:29 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Thanks Nakajin, it was fun
The final vote as close as it should have been. Cograts Inno.
Now Maru to win the next GSL or Blizzcon to definitely and unquestionably surpass him.


Innovation is the greatest of ALL TIME. So it won't really matter what happens in the future... otherwise the title would be meaningless.
Plus we don't know about SCII in 2020...

Anyways, well deserved #1 spot for Innovation, he truly is the GOAT in SCII.

@Edit:

And thanks to Najakin for all the work and the write-ups. Good job!



It is more like GOAT from the beginning of time until today I guess

We'll see 2020/ 2021

- if Maru can usurp the throne
- if Stats can break the Terran stranglehold of the top 3
- If Serral can brute force his way in the top 10
- if soO can place 2nd in yet another tournament
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26255 Posts
August 05 2019 13:12 GMT
#34
Yeah this was a great tournament, thanks for all the effort Najakin

Can we have a worst player of all time tournament now? :p
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
August 05 2019 13:26 GMT
#35
Thanks everyone!
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Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States880 Posts
August 06 2019 03:58 GMT
#36
The year of 1-vote terrans

Thanks for all your work Najakin.
"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
HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
534 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-06 05:06:30
August 06 2019 05:06 GMT
#37
On August 05 2019 05:51 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


It proves Terran has had the most dominant players in Sc2 history.

It proves that out of the people that voted, most thought that these terrans have been the best out of all players available to be voted Personally would have put SoO as third, but the people have spoken.
StabiloBoss20
Profile Joined July 2015
313 Posts
August 06 2019 06:18 GMT
#38
i missed the vote and would have voted for Maru. So lets call it a draw :D
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
August 06 2019 09:58 GMT
#39
On August 06 2019 14:06 HeroSandro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2019 05:51 Xain0n wrote:
On August 05 2019 04:34 DSK wrote:
At the very least this proves Terran is the best race poggers.


It proves Terran has had the most dominant players in Sc2 history.

It proves that out of the people that voted, most thought that these terrans have been the best out of all players available to be voted Personally would have put SoO as third, but the people have spoken.


Votation aside, Terran titles are heavily polarized: a few have won many Premier tournaments(TaeJa, Inno, Mvp, MMA, Polt, Maru won at least seven each, while no Protoss exceeds that amount; only Life and Serral won more than four among Zerg).
RatzBarcode
Profile Joined December 2013
United States98 Posts
August 06 2019 23:38 GMT
#40
Najakin loved your write-ups and this tournament made me reconsider a lot of players
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