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Which Non-Korea Nation has the best pro lineup? - Page 41

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brrrtmn
Profile Joined April 2010
Russian Federation154 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 22:06:36
December 30 2011 22:06 GMT
#801
we need good nations war league
eScaper-tsunami
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada313 Posts
December 30 2011 22:06 GMT
#802
The gap between Korea and the rest of the world is too big to give a fair assessment. We've seen so many foreigners go to Korea only to have a short lived career. Even the international TLPD is littered with code S and code A players and the foreigners that manged to squeeze into top 40 only have raised ELO because they were beating other foreigners and the occasional Korean but haven't won anything in a while.
RuhRoh is my herO
DrN0
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom184 Posts
December 30 2011 22:10 GMT
#803
Guys....
Seriously not one of you mentioned the UK we have Demuslim and BlinG and ummmm that Pureball guy he plays as well someone said he knows ALL of his race's hot keys but i cant confirm this so don't rely on what i am saying. So yeah beware.......

Rule Britannia and all that.
Kaitokid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1327 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 22:15:49
December 30 2011 22:15 GMT
#804
On December 30 2011 23:05 ShatterZer0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 10:47 TanTzoR wrote:
I'll base the ranks on the top 3 foreign players: Huk, Naniwa, Stephano. They will get 10 then it will decreases. Ill keep only the top 5 players. I won't rate China because too hard, but they are definetly out there.

Sweden: Naniwa (10) Thorzain (9.5) Morrow (9) Sase (9) Sjow (8) = 45.5
Lots of other good players tho
Ukraine:White-Ra (9) Kas (9.5) Strelok (8.5) Dimaga (9.5) Bly (7.5) = 44
After top 5 the amount of good players decreases rapidly
Poland: MaNa(9.5) SLiDeR(7) Tarson(8) DieStar(8) Nerchio(9.5)=42
Canada: HuK (10) TT1(7.5) KiWiKaKi(8.5) DDE(7.5) SLush(8)= 41.5
Russia: TitaN(8.5) Pomi(7.5) Brat_OK(9) Happy(8.5, sort of disapeared) LiveZerg (7.5)=41
USA: Gatored(8.5) qxc(8 allkilled IM but 8 xD) TriMaster(7) IdrA(9.5) Sheth(9.5)=42.5
Huge scene behind of 7ish...
France: ToD(9) Adelscott(8.5) SarenS(8) Stephano(10) MoMaN(7.5)=42
Huge scene of top master/GM
Germany: HasuObs(9) Socke(8.5) GoOdy(8) TLO(7.5) DarKFoRcE(8.5)=41.5
Even bigger scene of top master/GM than France

So following this:
1.Sweden
2.Ukraine
3.USA (ty Idra and Sheth^^)
4.Poland and France
5.Canada and Germany
6.
Russia
Really close tho. And keep in mind it's my point of view, you may not agree but then discuss it nicely



Are you SERIOUSLY putting Millenium's ToD on the same level as Whitera, SaSe, and HasuObs? Whaaa? The most exciting thing ToD's ever done is beat Alicia twice in prepatch PvP -.- All he has is his stellar PvP... all of his other match ups are subpar... even his crazy 3:2 win against Nerchio was a pretty bad series...

I know you said discuss nicely... but... Oh, and putting Stephano as a (10) on your list is just begging for a shitstorm...
Adelscott has no major tournament wins versus any equal or greater caliber player in 2011 in my opinion... maybe a PvP or two, but nothing else.

Please, if you don't want a crazy argument over this player is better than that player, base your point system on something, rather than leaving it ambiguous... for all we know you could be basing their scores on their looks!

Also... what criterion do you use for "Top 3 Foreign players"? HuK is almost a given seeing as he's been in recent GSL for a while now and has consistently great tournament results, but Naniwa and Stephano are pretty debatable...


ToD is in Fnatic, not Millenium.... And yes ToD is probably a little worse than SaSe but I'm pretty sure hes at least as good as WhiteRa and HasuObs. Also when talking about top foreigner HuK etc. you have to consider that players like HuK literally attend every foreign event because of their team. I'm sure if other great players had the chance to go to many events they would have similiar results. Also theres a huge difference between performance at events and performance in practice, some players are beasts on ladder and when they practice but just can't perform very well in tournaments for various reasons, but this will change over time.
WaSa
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden749 Posts
December 30 2011 22:17 GMT
#805
The answer to thread title has been answered no?
Sweden is the undisputed king of non-korean Starcraft.

Ukraine, Poland, Canada honorable mentions etc etc

Supert0fu
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States499 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 22:25:20
December 30 2011 22:23 GMT
#806
Can you really say USA behind France??? Idea, sheth, qxc, gatored vs Stephanie and them a. Bunch of people I never heard of...

Plus players like spanishiwa and destiny, who revolutionize the game.
Rewera
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland354 Posts
December 30 2011 22:28 GMT
#807
It really depends on how many players match and other specifications. For bo7 and higher I take Sweden, for bo5 I take Ukraine and for bo3 Poland.
Sphaero
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1697 Posts
December 30 2011 23:02 GMT
#808
On December 31 2011 07:23 Supert0fu wrote:
Can you really say USA behind France??? Idea, sheth, qxc, gatored vs Stephanie and them a. Bunch of people I never heard of...

Plus players like spanishiwa and destiny, who revolutionize the game.


You never heard of ToD, the best foreign WC3 player of all time after Grubby? OK...
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15737 Posts
December 30 2011 23:03 GMT
#809
On December 31 2011 07:23 Supert0fu wrote:
Can you really say USA behind France??? Idea, sheth, qxc, gatored vs Stephanie and them a. Bunch of people I never heard of...

Plus players like spanishiwa and destiny, who revolutionize the game.


lol, was this typed on a phone with auto correct? Idea and Stephanie xD
Oreo7
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1647 Posts
December 30 2011 23:05 GMT
#810
USA really isn't that bad. Idra, Sheth, Tyler (when he's in practice), Oreo, + tons of random ladder heroes, all of It's Gosu, half of HuK. We don't get enough credit!
Stork HerO and Protoss everywhere - redfive on bnet
SniXSniPe
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1938 Posts
December 30 2011 23:06 GMT
#811
There needs to be a nation war league. I'm really surprised nobody has started one yet, considering there's a collegiate league, high school league, and possibly a state vs state league.
pewpew444
Profile Joined May 2011
United States121 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 23:08:08
December 30 2011 23:07 GMT
#812
Which half of Huk do we get?
Cloud9157
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2968 Posts
December 30 2011 23:11 GMT
#813
Its definitely between Ukraine/Sweden.

I'll give it to Sweden myself.
"Are you absolutely sure that armor only affects the health portion of a protoss army??? That doesn't sound right to me. source?" -Some idiot
Oreo7
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1647 Posts
December 30 2011 23:12 GMT
#814
I think what USA has going for it is tons of random B-rank pros. As in S-rank is HuK, Naniwa, Idra, Stephano etc, A-Rank is like Sheth, Demuslim, etc. I mean we have:

QXC
Tyler
Gatored
Kawiirice
Axslav
All of team Vile, It's Gosu, most of EG

etc etc. I don't think any other country has a roster quite as deep as ours. So we'd lose Winners League to Canada, Sweden or France, but we'd beat France in proleague bo5, beat Canada bo7 and beat Sweden bo11 or so.

Anyway, it's really hard to measure.
Stork HerO and Protoss everywhere - redfive on bnet
Tsubbi
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany7996 Posts
December 30 2011 23:15 GMT
#815
On December 31 2011 08:12 Oreo7 wrote:
I think what USA has going for it is tons of random B-rank pros. As in S-rank is HuK, Naniwa, Idra, Stephano etc, A-Rank is like Sheth, Demuslim, etc. I mean we have:

QXC
Tyler
Gatored
Kawiirice
Axslav
All of team Vile, It's Gosu, most of EG

etc etc. I don't think any other country has a roster quite as deep as ours. So we'd lose Winners League to Canada, Sweden or France, but we'd beat France in proleague bo5, beat Canada bo7 and beat Sweden bo11 or so.

Anyway, it's really hard to measure.


plz tell me you're trolling
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15737 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 23:19:16
December 30 2011 23:17 GMT
#816
On December 31 2011 08:12 Oreo7 wrote:
I think what USA has going for it is tons of random B-rank pros. As in S-rank is HuK, Naniwa, Idra, Stephano etc, A-Rank is like Sheth, Demuslim, etc. I mean we have:

QXC
Tyler
Gatored
Kawiirice
Axslav
All of team Vile, It's Gosu, most of EG

etc etc. I don't think any other country has a roster quite as deep as ours. So we'd lose Winners League to Canada, Sweden or France, but we'd beat France in proleague bo5, beat Canada bo7 and beat Sweden bo11 or so.

Anyway, it's really hard to measure.

I think the most proper way to assess country dominance would be

"If all countries got to send a 5 man team to the GTSL, which team would win?", since GTSL and IPL team arena are both 5 man, right? So we should be thinking of this in terms of who has the 5 best players.

In such a case, I think Sweden wins. naniwa, Thorzain, Sase, Morrow, Jinro

I feel like there is another Swedish heavy hitter I am missing, but I do think that Sweden has the strongest 5 man team. Ukraine and Germany are of course also really strong countries, but they don't have as strong of a 5 man team.
Hydra3
Profile Joined September 2010
United States32 Posts
December 30 2011 23:20 GMT
#817
I think USA is one of the worst countries. We have a lot of pros sure, but that's just due to the size of the country.

At the end of the day not many of our pros actually harvest any results.
Can't come up with a creative quote O.O
hZi
Profile Joined October 2011
5 Posts
December 30 2011 23:26 GMT
#818
On December 31 2011 07:23 Supert0fu wrote:
Can you really say USA behind France??? Idea, sheth, qxc, gatored vs Stephanie and them a. Bunch of people I never heard of...

Plus players like spanishiwa and destiny, who revolutionize the game.


Well, destiny and spanishiwa wouldn't stand a chance agaisnt players such as Adel, who beat IMMvp or SarenS who beat Sen in one of the most macro and multitask oriented bo3 ive seen and also faced IdrA in the finals of one the first IEM. I mean, their creativity is very entertaining but in the end their level isn't just high enough.

No need to mention Stephano, whos just the best foreign zerg imo. So yeah, even though Idra, sheth, qxc are top foreign players I don't think they that the overall level reaches the french top 5.

And yes my opinion is biased cause im french :}
ClysmiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2192 Posts
December 30 2011 23:33 GMT
#819
Sweden for sure. Nani, thorzain, sase, sjow, haypro, thorzain, lalush, morrow, merz.

US is decent, but it can't match up to Sweden.
Vapaach
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland994 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-31 00:08:37
December 30 2011 23:33 GMT
#820
1. Sweden (Naniwa, SaSe, Morrow, Thorzain, Bischu, Sjow, HayprO etc)
2. Ukraine (WhiteRa, Dimaga, Kas, Strelok)
3. USA (Idra, Sheth etc.)

That is how it goes, I think.
If you never try you never know. Sase - Mana - TLO - WhiteRa - Naniwa - Sheth - HuK
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