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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
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Minaegi
155 Posts
On a pure talent level I feel oGsHerO is maybe the most talented 'unknown' protoss but his nerve problem is horrendous and dwarfs the issues PuMa has had. Another great terran posting good results is TSL_Alive! Nobody really mentions his name but he does great in all the online cups | ||
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lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
The Terran slot is really the only one up for grabs, where there's so many potential gosu's who could become to Terran what MC is to Protoss or Nestea for Zergs. Guys like the ones you mentioned plus MKP, TOP, Bomber all have a shot. | ||
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lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:23 drgonzhere wrote: I know it makes me soooo happy that that tournament exists. The play is AMAZING everyone go watch it! +1 for the Korean Weekly being awesome. If you want to know about guys like Puma, Puzzle, Hack, Sage, Tassadar, Hwangsin and others before they become big stars that's where to go. | ||
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lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:24 Whitewing wrote: No foreigners at all? There are a number of foreigners who are considered to be some of the best players period (by the Koreans), like Thorzain and HuK. Thorzain in particular has a number of Korean Pro players (like MC and MMA) on record saying how amazingly good he is. Thorzain is not even amongst the top 10 Terran's worldwide. He's way too inconsistant and one 3-2 win over MC aside (having since lost 4-2 and 2-0 to MC in his worst matchup) has done little to prove he's up there with the S Class guys. | ||
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Ssoulle
United Kingdom149 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38255 Posts
Puma is an animal (see what I did there?), I implore Terrans to go check some of his replays from the NASL open/iCCup weekleis etc because there's so many good things to take on board there. I don't think there's even a question about whether he can become good enough to compete at the highest level, there's only a question about his nerves. Sage has been a sheer joy to watch lately, both in the GSTL and the KR weeklies (3-0 vs MKP now). I adore the fact that he's seemingly so willing to experiment and try and make new things work (though apparently not even he can make Nex first work in PvP =p) I've been waiting on Puzzle to break out forever (since we got all excited back during the zotac invitational) and it looks like he's finally going to, though with that said I think Tassadar is shaping up to be an equally strong contender from Code A too (his last match erased many of my doubts) Despite some specualation of sC possibly being in a mini-slump, I really do agree that he's at the forefront of Terran. He has great mechanics, unit control, and understands how to play TvZ better than almost anyone right now. Qualified for NASL S2 pretty easily, and while he lost in a very close series to DRG it shouldn't be forgotten that that was the finals of an event, not just one random match. It's nice to see all this new (or old in some terms) talent coming to the fore and starting to challenge for the crown. It keeps the innovation moving along at a rapid pace and forces everyone to improve giving us better and better games =) | ||
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Yaotzin
South Africa4280 Posts
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Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:37 lunchforthesky wrote: Thorzain is not even amongst the top 10 Terran's worldwide. He's way too inconsistant and one 3-2 win over MC aside (having since lost 4-2 and 2-0 to MC in his worst matchup) has done little to prove he's up there with the S Class guys. Other than the word of Korean Progamers themselves (MC said he has top 5 TvP in the world easily), every person who plays against him says he's a serious threat. I can't wait to see him in the GSL :D | ||
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drgonzhere
United States447 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:39 Asha` wrote: Coca getting mentions makes me happy, I've been a bit of a fan ever since after his first Code A qualifiers he said that he didn't have a PC at home and was having to practice mostly at PC Bangs. I figure he must have moved intro the team house by now, and it's really awesome seeing his improvement. You watch him and you can really see some huge potential, once he irons out some of his later game decision making he can really be a force. Puma is an animal (see what I did there?), I implore Terrans to go check some of his replays from the NASL open/iCCup weekleis etc because there's so many good things to take on board there. I don't think there's even a question about whether he can become good enough to compete at the highest level, there's only a question about his nerves. Sage has been a sheer joy to watch lately, both in the GSTL and the KR weeklies (3-0 vs MKP now). I adore the fact that he's seemingly so willing to experiment and try and make new things work (though apparently not even he can make Nex first work in PvP =p) I've been waiting on Puzzle to break out forever (since we got all excited back during the zotac invitational) and it looks like he's finally going to, though with that said I think Tassadar is shaping up to be an equally strong contender from Code A too (his last match erased many of my doubts) It's nice to see all this new (or old in some terms) talent coming to the fore and starting to challenge for the crown. It keeps the innovation moving along at a rapid pace and forces everyone to improve giving us better and better games =) The only problem I have with Tassadar is that he is rather boring and uninspiring to watch. He is clearly better than the players he has faced so far in Code A, but they have been rather unimpressive. I would like to see him play against someone I actually thought was good against Protoss. Puzzle on the other hand went through two great players in MMA and Sheth | ||
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lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:39 Ssoulle wrote: Personally I think DRG is better than NesTea now, yeah he has won alot but if DRG had been playing GSLs regularly from the start rather than just joining a recent GTSL with a fairly low skilled team [ by Korean Standards ]. DRG is nowhere near Nestea standards, what an absurd post. Nestea in the reigning GSL Code S Champion, a two time winner and also a semi finalist and two time Ro8. He has the highest win ratio on TLPD for both ZvP and ZvZ and is second only to MC for total winnings in Sc2 history. DRG won a random online tournament and did well in one season of the team league. | ||
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lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:46 Whitewing wrote: Other than the word of Korean Progamers themselves (MC said he has top 5 TvP in the world easily), every person who plays against him says he's a serious threat. I can't wait to see him in the GSL :D Thorzain's a very good player and when he's good he's really good. But he still gets knocked out of tournaments by players like Tarson and didn't make it out of the groups at Dreamhack, at MLG he was knocked out by MC but he still dropped a game to Ret. He lost in the Open Tournament for NASL to TSL Revival. So yeah, he's got a long way to go before we put him up to the level of guys like MKP, MVP, Bomber, SCFou, Nada and MMA. | ||
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Chise
Japan507 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:37 lunchforthesky wrote: Thorzain is not even amongst the top 10 Terran's worldwide. He's way too inconsistant and one 3-2 win over MC aside (having since lost 4-2 and 2-0 to MC in his worst matchup) has done little to prove he's up there with the S Class guys. Thorzain might not be top10 Terrans right now, but I think he has a lot of potential. Same with Naniwa. Both of them will hopefully improve a lot while they stay in Korea. On topic: I've been thinking about this aswell lately. There are plenty of new faces and we might see the old best players fall behind them very soon. I pretty much agree with everyone mentioned in the OP. | ||
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IcedBacon
Canada906 Posts
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RinconH
United States512 Posts
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tdt
United States3179 Posts
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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GinDo
3327 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:56 RinconH wrote: Great thread but I'd like to see Losira and Leenock get some love. I knew someone was missing. Losira, not Leenock. Losira has demonstrated that he's amazing, but Leenock not so much. | ||
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Olinim
4044 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:53 IcedBacon wrote: ...LosirA? his vT is just too bad to ever be a top player IMO. | ||
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loazis
Netherlands381 Posts
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