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On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1)
I would say no one has passed him yet. MVP is in Code A so yeah...
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On April 30 2011 12:50 sjschmidt93 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:On April 30 2011 10:50 amarillo wrote:oGs MC the world's best StarCraft 2 player quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1) I would say no one has passed him yet. MVP is in Code A so yeah... MVP falling to code A was a long time ago during his slump... since then he's won the WC and he's cruising through code A while MC's achievements have been both up and down. Won copenhagen, but also got knocked out of code S by polt, and got knocked out of TSL 3, lost to Ret in NASL. He definitely isn't as clear cut since his 2nd GSL championship when everyone else around seemed to be doing bad.
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On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1)
He definitely has some of the best results; 2 GSLs, Dreamhack, Copenhagen..
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I think its pretty tough to dispute MC being the best SC2 player right now. Say what you want about his playstyle, it gets him consistent results. 2 GSL championships, dreamhack invitational champion, copenhagen champion, TSL3 RO8 contender. He's the only person in the world who has dominated both Korean and Western tournaments. Sure MVP has a GSL championship and the world GSL championship (really a mostly korean tournament) but thats it. Nestea is undisputable the best Zerg in the world, however he only has one GSL championship. MarineKing has great consistency in GSL but hasn't done anything other than that.
Foreigners that might come close would be WhiteRa, Dimaga, Naniwa, and Idra, but lets be honest victories in the korean scene are more prestigous than those in the west (at least for now).
That being said despite MC being the best SC2 player in the world, he's by no means invincible. He's suffered several defeats in the GSL, TSL, and NASL. I think SC2 is too young for bonjwas, but MC is the closest we've got.
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SC2 is like the old folk's home of RTS games. It's where Broodwar players go when they get old/retire. So hopefully we won't see any of TBLS switching over for years to come.
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he WAS the best..
now.. erm. not so sure. especially not with his most recent sets of results.
so to say what he's saying.. i lolled. =]
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Flash is not allowed in any SC2 tourneys because he is considered by Blizzard to be an exploit.
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MVP was a pretty good player when he was on Stars. Making Ro8 and taking games off of Flash.
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On April 30 2011 12:53 Itsmedudeman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 12:50 sjschmidt93 wrote:On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:On April 30 2011 10:50 amarillo wrote:oGs MC the world's best StarCraft 2 player quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1) I would say no one has passed him yet. MVP is in Code A so yeah... MVP falling to code A was a long time ago during his slump... since then he's won the WC and he's cruising through code A while MC's achievements have been both up and down. Won copenhagen, but also got knocked out of code S by polt, and got knocked out of TSL 3, lost to Ret in NASL. He definitely isn't as clear cut since his 2nd GSL championship when everyone else around seemed to be doing bad.
MVP also got knocked out of TSL 3 (earlier than MC, I might add), so I don't know how you thought that would be a fair point to make.
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On April 30 2011 13:15 HolyArrow wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 12:53 Itsmedudeman wrote:On April 30 2011 12:50 sjschmidt93 wrote:On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:On April 30 2011 10:50 amarillo wrote:oGs MC the world's best StarCraft 2 player quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1) I would say no one has passed him yet. MVP is in Code A so yeah... MVP falling to code A was a long time ago during his slump... since then he's won the WC and he's cruising through code A while MC's achievements have been both up and down. Won copenhagen, but also got knocked out of code S by polt, and got knocked out of TSL 3, lost to Ret in NASL. He definitely isn't as clear cut since his 2nd GSL championship when everyone else around seemed to be doing bad. MVP also got knocked out of TSL 3 (earlier than MC, I might add), so I don't know how you thought that would be a fair point to make. because again that was a long time ago? thought this was obvious... All the losses MVP incurred were during the same period of around 2 weeks where he was in the slump and since then he's looking to be like his old self
still too early for bonjwa status though , back when MVP was in his prime it looked like no one could even take a game off him considering he only dropped 1 game in his GSL run and 1 game in his long gainward tournament run, but now it seems like anyone is capable of taking at least a game off him in a boX
same with MC when he won his 4th GSL albeit he didn't really beat the best players in that tournament considering there were so many upsets in the ro32
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I'm sure flash would do well eventually if he switched over.
But I'm willing to bet that he wouldn't dominate. At least definitely not for a few months when he first starts.
SC2 isn't a game you can just pick up and play and beat everyone based on your BW instincts, as some other legends have shown. People like Nada and July have basically had to relearn the game from scratch, because it is a new game. It took a lot of work for them to even get to the same level as most of the other pros.
I can see Flash getting there a bit faster though.
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On April 30 2011 13:17 Itsmedudeman wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 13:15 HolyArrow wrote:On April 30 2011 12:53 Itsmedudeman wrote:On April 30 2011 12:50 sjschmidt93 wrote:On April 30 2011 10:51 MadCatZ wrote:On April 30 2011 10:50 amarillo wrote:oGs MC the world's best StarCraft 2 player quite debatable at this point. he's def great 1)but he has flaws in his gameplay 2)and his mental mindset (1+2 go together, compliments of each other. 2 effects 1) I would say no one has passed him yet. MVP is in Code A so yeah... MVP falling to code A was a long time ago during his slump... since then he's won the WC and he's cruising through code A while MC's achievements have been both up and down. Won copenhagen, but also got knocked out of code S by polt, and got knocked out of TSL 3, lost to Ret in NASL. He definitely isn't as clear cut since his 2nd GSL championship when everyone else around seemed to be doing bad. MVP also got knocked out of TSL 3 (earlier than MC, I might add), so I don't know how you thought that would be a fair point to make. because again that was a long time ago? thought this was obvious... All the losses MVP occurred were during the same period of around 2 weeks where he was in the slump and since then he's looking to be like his old self
So, you're basically saying that getting knocked out of a tournament earlier than a different player somehow works in the favor of the player that got knocked out earlier when you compare their skill levels? What?
Oh, and okay, sure - MVP was in a slump then, just as MC could be in a slump now. Still don't see your point - they're both slumping, just at different times. As it stands now, MC and MVP both have two GSL wins (though the WC win I would argue is slightly less laudable than a normal GSL win since it was a shorter tournament), while MC has also had more international success than MVP (though, to be fair, MVP isn't as popular as MC overseas so he doesn't get invited to stuff that MC does).
Overall, MC still appears to be in the lead.
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On April 30 2011 13:17 Itsmedudeman wrote: still too early for bonjwa status though , back when MVP was in his prime it looked like no one could even take a game off him considering he only dropped 1 game in his GSL run and 1 game in his long gainward tournament run, but now it seems like anyone is capable of taking at least a game off him in a boX
same with MC when he won his 4th GSL albeit he didn't really beat the best players in that tournament considering there were so many upsets in the ro32
No one is talking about bonjwas. Don't know where that statement came from.
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different paragraph, different tangent..?
I was saying that MC was considered the best player back then, but that was relatively a long time ago where a lot of stuff has happened since then
anyways, it's highly debated who is the best right now because even though MC has had more success,because he's been in more tournaments, he certainly isn't looking to be the "superior player" over MVP currently. Just because you take more shots and convert on 40% of them doesn't mean you're as good as the player who shoots less shots but makes 50%
realize that MVP hasn't lost a BoX since entering the GSL WCs, and he did relatively well in the GSTL, eventually losing to MMA but getting a 3 kill and 2 kills prior to that
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On April 30 2011 13:23 TedJustice wrote: I'm sure flash would do well eventually if he switched over.
But I'm willing to bet that he wouldn't dominate. At least definitely not for a few months when he first starts.
SC2 isn't a game you can just pick up and play and beat everyone based on your BW instincts, as some other legends have shown. People like Nada and July have basically had to relearn the game from scratch, because it is a new game. It took a lot of work for them to even get to the same level as most of the other pros.
I can see Flash getting there a bit faster though. Tbh,Flash is like 10000x better than boxer/nada/july when they switched to sc2, whether be it macro/gamesense. Though he would lose here and there due to BO losses and such.
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On April 30 2011 13:32 thoradycus wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 13:23 TedJustice wrote: I'm sure flash would do well eventually if he switched over.
But I'm willing to bet that he wouldn't dominate. At least definitely not for a few months when he first starts.
SC2 isn't a game you can just pick up and play and beat everyone based on your BW instincts, as some other legends have shown. People like Nada and July have basically had to relearn the game from scratch, because it is a new game. It took a lot of work for them to even get to the same level as most of the other pros.
I can see Flash getting there a bit faster though. Tbh,Flash is like 10000x better than boxer/nada/july when they switched to sc2, whether be it macro/gamesense. That may be true, but it's still a different game and they'd need to learn a lot more than most people think.
At the very least I'd say it would take him a month.
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On April 30 2011 10:50 amarillo wrote:-Does the lack of success of NesTea, MVP, during their BW careers mean Flash, Jaedong, Stork and Bisu would dominate SC2 if they switched? MVP was very successful in BW, was in the Top 20 players when he switched. And NesTea wasn't that bad, much, much better than Iron and Clare though
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On April 30 2011 11:32 infinity2k9 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 11:26 jaiiiii wrote:On April 30 2011 11:20 Stoids wrote: I'm surprised that a mediocre B team Brood War player like MC thinks that Flash, the greatest Brood War player of all time, would be a good player. Really good comment from the "best Starcraft 2 player" in the world. this is perhaps the most arrogant sounding thing i've read in this entire thread, and thats saying something. What's arrogant about it. His statement just consists of facts. Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 11:31 floor exercise wrote:On April 30 2011 11:17 infinity2k9 wrote:Yeah seriously from a BW perspective MC is a bit of a joke. Any A-team and probably half of the B-team members could play at his SC2 level. I have to say i cringed a bit when he said he'd like people to call him 'god protoss'. I mean seriously what? And yes MVP was definitely the best player to switch. But IrOn wasn't THAT far behind.. MVP got played a lot because of being the only half-decent T on his team, while MC/IrOn was not first choice at all. On April 30 2011 11:12 Tazerenix wrote: Depends on what you mean by best. Is it the best player when they switched or the most accomplished player?
As a basketball analogy, think of Boxer and Nada as Shaq and Duncan while MVP is Zach Randolph. Is Zach Randolph close to being one of the best players in the NBA? No, he isn't. But he's a whole lot better than those two right now. This isn't quite correct though, the thing is MVP was better than Nada or Boxer at their peaks as well. That's just how much skill has progressed over the years. No way lol MVP was not good. He was probably higher ranked because of a decent MSL showing but Nada was still an active, winning player in pro league in 2010, July was slumping in 2010 but completely revitalized his career from a similar slump not so long ago to win another OSL. Never in a million years could MVP be considered the better player. If they all focused 100% on SC2 MVP is trash compared to July or Nada I dunno how you can say this. MVP is the technically better player because he would definitely beat the others head to head even if those players were at their peaks. So skillwise alone yes he is the better player.
MVP played NaDa in broodwar In october of 2008, in a proleague match and lost. That alone discredits the statement your making that he would "definitely beat the others head to head"
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=79813
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On April 30 2011 13:32 Itsmedudeman wrote: different paragraph, different tangent..?
I was saying that MC was considered the best player back then, but that was relatively a long time ago where a lot of stuff has happened since then
anyways, it's highly debated who is the best right now because even though MC has had more success,because he's been in more tournaments, he certainly isn't looking to be the "superior player" over MVP currently. Just because you take more shots and convert on 40% of them doesn't mean you're as good as the player who shoots less shots but makes 50%
Your last paragraph makes a good point with the shots analogy, but I argue that more shots shows a clearer picture. MC has also had plenty of success in international tournaments (getting knocked out by Thorzain's ridiculous TvP isn't something to be ashamed of), especially the LAN tournaments where he has an almost perfect (if not perfect) record, if I recall correctly (I speak of the Dreamhack invitational and Copenhagen, to be specific). It's not like MC is just going to every international tournament around and performing crappy in most of them - he's consistently doing very well, if not winning outright. I don't really count his loss in the NASL because top Koreans overall don't seem to be doing as well in the NASL for some reason, so it wouldn't be fair to single out MC (this could be due to how they have to play matches at 4am, lag issues, or whatever - I've observed a trend of Koreans simply doing worse in international online tournaments than they seem to do at LANs, but that's a discussion for a different topic).
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On April 30 2011 13:38 eXigent. wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2011 11:32 infinity2k9 wrote:On April 30 2011 11:26 jaiiiii wrote:On April 30 2011 11:20 Stoids wrote: I'm surprised that a mediocre B team Brood War player like MC thinks that Flash, the greatest Brood War player of all time, would be a good player. Really good comment from the "best Starcraft 2 player" in the world. this is perhaps the most arrogant sounding thing i've read in this entire thread, and thats saying something. What's arrogant about it. His statement just consists of facts. On April 30 2011 11:31 floor exercise wrote:On April 30 2011 11:17 infinity2k9 wrote:Yeah seriously from a BW perspective MC is a bit of a joke. Any A-team and probably half of the B-team members could play at his SC2 level. I have to say i cringed a bit when he said he'd like people to call him 'god protoss'. I mean seriously what? And yes MVP was definitely the best player to switch. But IrOn wasn't THAT far behind.. MVP got played a lot because of being the only half-decent T on his team, while MC/IrOn was not first choice at all. On April 30 2011 11:12 Tazerenix wrote: Depends on what you mean by best. Is it the best player when they switched or the most accomplished player?
As a basketball analogy, think of Boxer and Nada as Shaq and Duncan while MVP is Zach Randolph. Is Zach Randolph close to being one of the best players in the NBA? No, he isn't. But he's a whole lot better than those two right now. This isn't quite correct though, the thing is MVP was better than Nada or Boxer at their peaks as well. That's just how much skill has progressed over the years. No way lol MVP was not good. He was probably higher ranked because of a decent MSL showing but Nada was still an active, winning player in pro league in 2010, July was slumping in 2010 but completely revitalized his career from a similar slump not so long ago to win another OSL. Never in a million years could MVP be considered the better player. If they all focused 100% on SC2 MVP is trash compared to July or Nada I dunno how you can say this. MVP is the technically better player because he would definitely beat the others head to head even if those players were at their peaks. So skillwise alone yes he is the better player. MVP played NaDa in broodwar In october of 2008, in a proleague match and lost. That alone discredits the statement your making that he would "definitely beat the others head to head" http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=79813 how does a game 3 years ago prove anything exactly? talking about when they switched over for SC2 which was like in 2010
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