King should stand above all the others, Terran clearly doesn't have anyone like that atm.

MvP may have been at his prime but right now, not so much. Bomber hasn't really done that much regardless of how much people hype him and seems to fail at delivering under pressure, I'm not saying he is bad but he ain't the undisputed King either.

SxYSpAz

United States1451 Posts

July 26 2011 11:43 GMT

#104

I actually think Puma and Thorzain have the best shot at terran king right now. The other terrans are either withering or growing slowly. MMA is drop king.

Only thorzain and puma are showing dominating styles though. Less so for thorzain, but i think that he has amazing builds and if he was in the right practice environment he could start to dominate.

Nifel

706 Posts

July 26 2011 12:01 GMT

#105

On July 26 2011 20:15 cilinder007 wrote:

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and yet he isnt getting tournament wins recently....

Yeah, because Koreans are in them. He's for sure a contender for the title foreign Terran king though. Honestly, he's such an amazing player with tons of potential that I'm sure he'll quickly climb a tier or two after getting some real practice in Korea.

h41fgod

Sweden377 Posts

July 26 2011 12:46 GMT

#106

On July 26 2011 18:50 lee365 wrote:

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Sorry, Brian and I typed up our parts separately and we formatted the players differently

Hey, no biggie, but couldn't you just bold the titles and change the position of photos to be more consistent?

lee365

United States448 Posts

July 26 2011 12:55 GMT

#107

On July 26 2011 21:46 h41fgod wrote:

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Hey, no biggie, but couldn't you just bold the titles and change the position of photos to be more consistent?

I'll ask him to edit it when he wakes up. I should also make him edit in the rest of the Polt part

Nizzy

United States839 Posts

July 26 2011 13:09 GMT

#108

xiLith, at least in NA server.

Good thread, but really hard to call at the moment. Maybe near the end of the year it will be easier to tell.

rysecake

United States2632 Posts

July 26 2011 13:58 GMT

#109

Back in January Mvp was easily the best player in the entire world. Guy has fallen off a bit but I'm hoping for a comeback. No terran king at this point imo. Hopefully one rises to the throne soon.

PartyBiscuit

Canada4525 Posts

July 26 2011 14:09 GMT

#110

There is none.

There are LOT of strong Terrans though (unlike the other races) that can be relevant at any given time, but I don't see any kind of domination anymore. Bomber is ok, but he never had a pure domination like Mvp had back in January (and yes, I still don't enjoy Bomber's TvZ).

Art_of_Kill

Zaire1232 Posts

July 26 2011 14:15 GMT

#111

Nestea is the best player right now, so just count him as the terran king while there is none dominating terran player :p

lunchforthesky

United Kingdom967 Posts

July 26 2011 14:50 GMT

#112

There's obviously no Terran king.

There's lots of good Terran's, more depth than any other race but no clear leader like MC for Protoss or Nestea for Zerg.

cscarfo1

United States307 Posts

July 26 2011 16:28 GMT

#113

great job on the thread 5/5

Mordiford

4448 Posts

July 26 2011 16:31 GMT

#114

The clear leader for Zerg is NesTea.

The clear leader for Protoss is MC.

The throne for Terran is currently being held on to, just barely by MVP but at this point anyone could topple him over. In short, he's still on the throne, but barely on the edge and there are plenty of hungry Korean Terrans looking to seize it.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

July 26 2011 16:33 GMT

#115

I voted "there is currently no king" because no one is consistent enough in my opinion.
But all the players you named in the poll are definitely serious contenders. I think I'll have to wait till GSL August in order to make up my mind.

Midgetman101

United States825 Posts

July 26 2011 16:33 GMT

#116

I think it's overwhelmingly clear that the general opinion is that there is no terran king. Ty for all the feedback guys!

xza

Singapore1600 Posts

July 26 2011 16:35 GMT

#117

Terran wont have a king so soon because people are still figuring out how to beat certain builds with certain unit compositions.

It wasn't until recently where koreans start using mech in tvt or start using ghosts in tvt openers. and people are still finding using bio for tvp late game is hard and mixing blue flame hellions here and there.

not so soon, maybe not ever in wings of liberty until maybe we get new units to support the roles of mech such as vultures in the new expansion.

Aegeis

United States1619 Posts

July 26 2011 16:41 GMT

#118

Thorzain will forever be the terran king in my heart.

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

July 26 2011 16:41 GMT

#119

If Rainbow gets honorable mention, Ryung and Ganzi should too. My vote goes to MMA simply because he's my favorite and has the potential and work ethic. Obviously ST finals and onward aren't so great, but MKP and MVP have had serious trouble since then too, in addition to not getting anywhere near the ST finals. But heart aside, Bomber is probably #1 currently.

Micket

United Kingdom2163 Posts

July 26 2011 16:43 GMT

#120

There is no king, as no Terran is good at all of the matchups.

TvZ King

SC
MVP
MMA

TvP King

Bomber
Optimus

TvT King

Most Terrans are pretty amazing at this matchup lol. We will have to wait till the dust settles on the mech revolution to see how good people actually are. Too many games are decided by 4 blueflame hellions / banshees atm, and don't actually show people who has the best multitasking, decision making, positioning, knowledge of composition, macro. Since all the Terrans are so good, they cannot outclass each other, meaning they cannot get monumental advantages through minor details, but only major advantages from stuff like (I guess I'll drop 4 hellions onto that mineral line). Once the Terrans figure out mech more, and start having better blueflame hellion defence, then we'll see who the real king of TvT is.

Old school TvT king:

MVP
Bomber

Edit: also, its kinda funny how Terrans good at TvP are considerably worse at TvZ and vice versa. Is there a Terran that is really really good at both? (Optimus? Maybe??)