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Which Non-Korea Nation has the best pro lineup? - Page 43

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Vildhjarta
Profile Joined September 2011
Sweden126 Posts
December 31 2011 07:58 GMT
#841
On December 31 2011 08:56 CptCutter wrote:
what happened to the UK?

demuslim > all


right so there's demuslim and then there's...
No man has ever been entirely and completely himself. Yet each one strives to become that, one in an awkward, the other in a more intelligent way, each as best he can. - Hermann Hesse, Demian
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
December 31 2011 08:02 GMT
#842
On December 31 2011 16:58 Vildhjarta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 31 2011 08:56 CptCutter wrote:
what happened to the UK?

demuslim > all


right so there's demuslim and then there's...


Right and when you look at what Demuslim has done then there's....OH wait he hasn't done anything significant in starcraft.
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jonathan1
Profile Joined October 2010
United States395 Posts
December 31 2011 09:28 GMT
#843
sweden easyyyy
Mise
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland580 Posts
December 31 2011 09:34 GMT
#844
China and if not quite yet they will be soon.
And if the Chinese really take a liking in SC2 they could get as big or bigger than Korea.
nastyyy
Profile Joined December 2009
United States262 Posts
December 31 2011 09:43 GMT
#845
They need a World Cup style tournament in eSports. Events like ESWC and WCG don't count. Those are basically just international tournaments, and not country vs. country. I think that would be sick.

Anyways, my vote would be Sweden.
one time
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
December 31 2011 09:44 GMT
#846
I'm confident if there was a team league (of any format) of international teams excluding Korea, Sweden would win at least 75% of all their matches.

I'd love nothing more than to see a TEAM SWEDEN in the GSTL at some point.
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giorgio
Profile Joined January 2011
Poland32 Posts
December 31 2011 09:51 GMT
#847
On December 31 2011 16:43 Resonance wrote:
1)Sweden for sure: Thorzain, nani and jinro. No Sase morrow and the others aren't that great.
2)USA: IdrA(pronounced ih-dra, kinda like idiot), Sheth
3) Canada: HuK, combatex, HairZerg(firezerg)
something high)France: definitely not. You have stephano kbye


C'mon. Idra is TOP player ? He's kinda good, but not a very high level. USA so hype

From Europe it's Sweden. Can't say who on 2nd place, bcuz have many strong national teams.
NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
December 31 2011 09:52 GMT
#848
We need team league for nations, that would be sick !
But I think that Sweden got the best non-korean players + there are so many of them, not just in SC2. then I think its Germany - Ukraine - USA - Poland maybe
DeadCell
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada256 Posts
December 31 2011 09:55 GMT
#849
I think it would be Sweden too, Naniwa, Thorzain, Morrow, Jinro, Sjow;

Team Sweden would be really hard to deal with if it came to a nationality team tournament lol.

Canada, without me being too biased because I love this country; Has good players but most notably HuK, KiWiKaKi , Drewbie, and Stalife.

HuK being our all-star most improved player by far would be our ace.

But Honestly you can't count out any foreign players in that sense because you never know what could happen.

The qxc all-kill against IM really shocked the hell out of me; you never know what to expect.

I'm just happy to see a foreign player beat a high level Korean pro because it shows we have potential.

If it comes down to you or them, send flowers.
jcc
Profile Joined January 2011
United States472 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-31 10:15:39
December 31 2011 10:15 GMT
#850
So much european bias lol.

People actually making strong impacts at most tournaments are people from

1) Korea (obviously)
2) Sweden / USA / Ukraine
3) China / Germany / Poland
4) Canada / France

I sort of group Huk into USA, but IdrA, sheth, rain, Huk, and qxc have all had pretty good tournament presence / rankings, and i would say on par numbers with sweden as of now.
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labbe
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1456 Posts
December 31 2011 10:16 GMT
#851
Sweden, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, USA, Canada

In that order.
labbe
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1456 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-31 10:17:32
December 31 2011 10:17 GMT
#852
Ooooooooooops double post.
labbe
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1456 Posts
December 31 2011 10:17 GMT
#853
Ooops double post.
Caryc
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany330 Posts
December 31 2011 10:18 GMT
#854
its clearly sweden/usa(+canada)

i think germany could need some results! (besides goody winning every cup that ever has been played)
i believe!
tehneXus
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia38 Posts
December 31 2011 10:19 GMT
#855
Ukraine, they have spechial taktics
I eat NOOBS
box-killa
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia13 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-31 10:24:31
December 31 2011 10:20 GMT
#856
Its kind of spread out across the entire globe

You've got idra from the US
Huk from canada
stephano from france
whiteRA and Kas from ukraine

they are the best foreigners to be honest. sweden has a lot of good pros but no "super pros" if you know what I mean.

I'd have to say the best is ukraine because it has the best protoss and terran in europe.

It makes me think that sc2 is going to end up like sc1 in korea.

We've already got way more korean uber pros, hero, DRG, Nestea, MMA, MVP. That's already more than uber pro's than the entire foreign scene.
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chrisolo
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2609 Posts
December 31 2011 10:35 GMT
#857
On December 31 2011 16:43 Resonance wrote:
1)Sweden for sure: Thorzain, nani and jinro. No Sase morrow and the others aren't that great.
2)USA: IdrA(pronounced ih-dra, kinda like idiot), Sheth
3) Canada: HuK, combatex, HairZerg(firezerg)
something high)France: definitely not. You have stephano kbye


LOL, so Adelscott, ToD, MoMaN, Aures, KenZy, Sarens is worse then Combat-Ex and HairZerg (I heard that nick the first time ever on TL...) ?

I do not think so, buddy. France is on par, if not better then Canada.

For Canada you can make a good team too:
HuK, Kiwikaki, TT1, Drewbie, JF (does he still play some?)

I think it would be close in an all-kill format Canada vs France. Pretty even:

HuK =< Stephano
Kiwikaki = ToD
TT1 >= Sarens
Drewbie >= MoMaN
JF = Aures/KenZy

Imho.

My top 10 (with 5 players each):

1) Sweden (Naniwa, SaSe, Morrow, ThorZaiN, (Sjow/Bischu/Jimpo/JinrO/merZ one of these) )
2) Ukraine (White-Ra, Kas, DIMAGA, Strelok, (Bly/Alf/HappyZerg) )
3) Poland (MaNa, Nerchio, Tarson, Diestar, Tefel/ParanOid/Slider)
4) France (Stephano, ToD, Sarens, MoMaN, KenZy)
5) Canada (HuK, TT1, Drewbie, Kiwikaki, JF)
6) Germany (Socke, HasuObs, DarKForCe, GoOdy, Delphi/Mondragon/XlorD/RINE)
7) USA (IdrA, Sheth, qxc, Attero, Gatored)
8) BeNeLux (Grubby, Ret, Feast, DabOo, Orly)
9) Finland (Naama, Satinii, Fuzer, elfi, SeiN)
10) Russia (Brat_OK, TitaN, Aristeo, slivko , Abver/VERDI/Roll/Ho8ot)

Rank 8-10 is really close tho.
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nastyyy
Profile Joined December 2009
United States262 Posts
December 31 2011 10:46 GMT
#858
On December 31 2011 18:51 giorgio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 31 2011 16:43 Resonance wrote:
1)Sweden for sure: Thorzain, nani and jinro. No Sase morrow and the others aren't that great.
2)USA: IdrA(pronounced ih-dra, kinda like idiot), Sheth
3) Canada: HuK, combatex, HairZerg(firezerg)
something high)France: definitely not. You have stephano kbye


C'mon. Idra is TOP player ? He's kinda good, but not a very high level. USA so hype

From Europe it's Sweden. Can't say who on 2nd place, bcuz have many strong national teams.


Which American do you think is better than IdrA?
one time
Zorgaz
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2951 Posts
December 31 2011 10:46 GMT
#859
Sweden!

But seriously, we have alot of good players .

ThorZaIN, Naniwa, Sase, Morrow, Jinro, (SjoW, Merz, Bischu ->list goes on)

Man i would love to see a National Team League where countries can battle it out with teams of say 5-10 players. That would be AWESOME

Furthermore, I think the Collosi should be removed! (Zorgaz -Terran/AbrA-Random/Zorg-Dota2) Guineapigs <3
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-31 10:47:25
December 31 2011 10:46 GMT
#860
On December 31 2011 19:20 box-killa wrote:
Its kind of spread out across the entire globe

You've got idra from the US
Huk from canada
stephano from france
whiteRA and Kas from ukraine

they are the best foreigners to be honest. sweden has a lot of good pros but no "super pros" if you know what I mean.

I'd have to say the best is ukraine because it has the best protoss and terran in europe.


...I'm kind of puzzled why you consider whitera/kas "super pros" but not Naniwa. 1st at MLG Global/2nd at MLG providence...neither Whitera nor Kas have had any tournament wins in a place with a korean presence, which seems to be what you define as a "super pro."

This is really a tough question to settle because different tournament formats and the variables of a team league mean that the "best team" on paper doesn't always pan out - look at GSTL.

While there's lot of talk about the US being overrated, you can never underestimate US players. There's the obvious top lineup for Idra, Sheth, qxc, and Gatored, but you have those like Trimaster or wbc that can always snipe/pull off upsets out of nowhere (trimaster beating idra/hwangsin, wbc beating Oz, hell even Gatored's great performance being so recent). There's a lot of talent that just doesn't get that much exposure, imo.

Of course, Sweden, Ukraine, and Poland are up there. France, while having a solid enough lineup, doesn't exactly have many players with strong wins in big tournaments besides Stephano - this could be an issue of exposure like the US, but the plenitude of european tournaments says otherwise.

Awhile ago Germany would've been near the top, but players like Socke, Darkforce, and TLO are all a bit far from their last big tournament performances. If Canada had Huk, they'd be solid, too. Huk, Kiwikaki, Slush, Drewbie, TT1, dde. Of course, my bias would want Huk on the US team ^^, in which the US would really be a force to reckon with.

I also think a lot of people are underrating China. At WCG, the Chinese players seemed to be consistently a level above others (with the exception of the koreans of course).

Personally, I'd put:
1. China
2. Sweden
3. US
4. Ukraine
5. Poland
6. France
7. Germany
8. Canada

[last 4 are pretty arbitrarily arranged, and #3 is if US has Huk, otherwise I'd say it'd be the last 5 that could be interchangeable]
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