Which Non-Korea Nation has the best pro lineup? - Page 42

On December 31 2011 08:36 Aunvilgod wrote:
Sweden and Canada.

On December 31 2011 08:26 hZi wrote:


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 :}

On December 31 2011 08:37 Ventor wrote:
USA has only 3-4 top players. IdrA, HuK (Also Canadian), Sheth and Gatored ( I think if this guy was picked up by a big team, he would shine; I love you gatored). Sweden also has a very strong lineup with Nani, Sase, Thorzain and Morrow.

On December 31 2011 08:37 Lebzetu wrote:

No way, has to be Sweden, USA and then canada.

On December 31 2011 07:06 eScaper-tsunami wrote:
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.

On December 31 2011 08:51 Belki wrote:
USA so overhyped!
For me :
-Sweden(Naniwa, Thorzain , Morrow, Sase, Bischu)
-Ukraine ( Kas,DIMAGA, White-Ra, Strelok, Bly)
-Poland ( Nerchio, Mana,Tarson, Diestar, Tefel or Paranoid)
-France(Stephano, ToD, SarenS, Adelscott, Kenzy)
-Germany(Socke, Goody, Hasuobs, Darkforce,Xlord)
-US(Idra,Sheth, qxc, Gatored and a last one)

On December 31 2011 08:56 Shortynut wrote:


Korea's >decade of professional BW competition is probably the biggest factor. Barely any foreigners could afford to even get to Korea before the exchange program. Looking at how insanely huge the foreign community has grown since the release of Starcraft 2 I'd say It's only a matter of time before we see a non-K GSL champion, the 2012 prophecy comes to mind :D




add Huk to the USA

On December 31 2011 08:17 Mohdoo wrote:

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.

On December 31 2011 09:14 Belki wrote:

I don't know what is so hard to understand.
Huk claims that he is canadian first even if he is American too so we can't count him in the US team.
You know, Zidane is also algerian, but he was competing for France and Algerians didn't say that he could play for their team.

On December 31 2011 09:14 Belki wrote:

I don't know what is so hard to understand.
Huk claims that he is canadian first even if he is American too so we can't count him in the US team.
You know, Zidane is also algerian, but he was competing for France and Algerians didn't say that he could play for their team.

On December 31 2011 15:03 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:


Where did Huk say he was Canadian first? AFAIK everytime he's asked he considers himself half and half.