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TemplarCo.
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico2870 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 19:53:22
September 24 2011 19:43 GMT
#381
Ah SeleCT is from South Korea not from the US but he has lived and trained in the US for a time so he counts (just change the flag), also I think that SaSe is a bit overrated and Stephano is not on the same page as HuK or ThorZain, and Sen, Kas and MaNa have not been playing as well as from the times of TSL 3.

White-Ra should be there tbh as well as Fenix and Sjow imo.

But from that list I would say HuK, SeleCT or ThorZain, maybe Naniwa in his best day.
With an average game length of 7m36s over his 6 games in GSL3, this is a no-brainer. BitByBit pulls more SCVs than yo momma at a club on Mar Sara. ♞
Citadel.i
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada52 Posts
September 24 2011 19:44 GMT
#382
SaSe is going to rock some domes pretty quick, making top 50 GM in Korea and staying pretty consistant. He's only going to keep getting better and you'll see him winning huge tournaments very, very soon.

SaSe fighting!
"A coward thinks he'll always live If it keeps himself from strife, Old age leaves no rest and peace, though spears may spare his life"
Lunas
Profile Joined September 2011
253 Posts
September 24 2011 19:45 GMT
#383
On September 25 2011 04:43 Kevan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:40 Lunas wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:37 Zooper31 wrote:
On September 25 2011 03:33 Kevan wrote:
On September 25 2011 03:32 Klaas wrote:
On September 25 2011 03:25 Aocowns wrote:
On September 25 2011 03:22 ForlornHope wrote:
oh and Mana and Stephano is a level above Huk ( If not everyone in the poll apart from Thorzain of course) Mana best foreigner protoss , Stephano best foreigner Zerg and Thorzain best foreigner Terran

Stephano/Nerchio shouldnt be counted amongst top before they have shown they can hold their own against Koreans


They've shown that already.


At what LAN?


It doesn't exist. Unless you count laddering as a LAN, in which it's not even remotely close to measuring true skill. IPL is basically a glorified ladder.


Nerchio went 3-0 in his group at IEM beating Huk 2-0, Stephano got 3rd place at Assemply summer beating the likes of Sen

wassup son?



Sen and HuK aren´t Koreans you know...


Beating Huk and Sen still huge and saying they haven't proved them self at lans is just bullshit
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
September 24 2011 19:45 GMT
#384
On September 25 2011 04:34 Zooper31 wrote:
Voted for HuK as best foreigner atm because it's really hard to argue with him being the only foreigner currently in Code S and how dominating he's looking. Hero might give him a run for his money.

Then I looked at the other poll about who should NOT be on the list. Idra is #1 with about 50% of the vote, then I sighed because I knew the trolls won.


seriously? it aint trolling. any person with a brain can take a look at idra's performance over these past few months and understand that he doesn't deserve it. the trolls are the people who actually think idra is good compared to the rest.

the fact is, the world has caught up to him. during the beta, his bw experience helped him power through enemies with macro. but now everyone can macro and he is being left in the dust. unless we see a DRAMATIC change within his training (moving to korea and playing like a madman), we are going to forget idra in a year.
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
September 24 2011 19:45 GMT
#385
On September 25 2011 04:41 LoLAdriankat wrote:
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On September 25 2011 04:40 MCDayC wrote:
Select going back to Korea basically makes him a Korean now. He lives in Korea, he speaks Korean as his first language, he is Korean.

It's not about his personal life which was set in stone before Starcraft even existed, it's about which scene he trained in.


This completely. Select is a foreigner, hes been playing in NA/EU since the beginning. If he stays in Korea permanently this time we can call him Korean. Atm I'd say Huk/Jinro are also considered Korean since they've been living and practicing in Korea for quite some time now.
Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
K3Nyy
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1961 Posts
September 24 2011 19:46 GMT
#386
On September 25 2011 04:41 LoLAdriankat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:40 MCDayC wrote:
Select going back to Korea basically makes him a Korean now. He lives in Korea, he speaks Korean as his first language, he is Korean.

It's not about his personal life which was set in stone before Starcraft even existed, it's about which scene he trained in.


Yup, this.

I'm pretty sure this how it's classified otherwise the Koreans that play in NA would be considered Korean.
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
September 24 2011 19:46 GMT
#387
On September 25 2011 04:45 Golgotha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:34 Zooper31 wrote:
Voted for HuK as best foreigner atm because it's really hard to argue with him being the only foreigner currently in Code S and how dominating he's looking. Hero might give him a run for his money.

Then I looked at the other poll about who should NOT be on the list. Idra is #1 with about 50% of the vote, then I sighed because I knew the trolls won.


seriously? it aint trolling. any person with a brain can take a look at idra's performance over these past few months and understand that he doesn't deserve it. the trolls are the people who actually think idra is good compared to the rest.

the fact is, the world has caught up to him. during the beta, his bw experience helped him power through enemies with macro. but now everyone can macro and he is being left in the dust. unless we see a DRAMATIC change within his training (moving to korea and playing like a madman), we are going to forget idra in a year.


Results > everything. Idra has them half the people on that list have none. Until that changes in their favor Idra deserves to be on that list.
Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
sLBraemar
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada285 Posts
September 24 2011 19:47 GMT
#388
On September 25 2011 04:28 RezChi wrote:
If Selects a foreigner then i guess HuK, Naniwa, Thorzain, Jinro, and every "white" guy in Korea is korean.


lol, SeleCT is in Korea and ThorZaIN is not anymore.
Don't wait for an opportunity to come to you, create your own.
kedinik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States352 Posts
September 24 2011 19:47 GMT
#389
On September 25 2011 04:40 MCDayC wrote:
Select going back to Korea basically makes him a Korean now. He lives in Korea, he speaks Korean as his first language, he is Korean.


I think it's pretty well understood that race and that stuff is completely irrelevant. "Foreigner" is more about where you trained and learned the game, and having the same race as the local Koreans does not make him magically lose his training ties with NA the second he enters the country.

Though on the other hand, I would almost hesitate to even claim Huk as a foreigner because his current level of play is obviously a product of living and training in a local Korean team house for so long. Jinro, too.
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 19:49:19
September 24 2011 19:48 GMT
#390
On September 25 2011 04:46 Zooper31 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:45 Golgotha wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:34 Zooper31 wrote:
Voted for HuK as best foreigner atm because it's really hard to argue with him being the only foreigner currently in Code S and how dominating he's looking. Hero might give him a run for his money.

Then I looked at the other poll about who should NOT be on the list. Idra is #1 with about 50% of the vote, then I sighed because I knew the trolls won.


seriously? it aint trolling. any person with a brain can take a look at idra's performance over these past few months and understand that he doesn't deserve it. the trolls are the people who actually think idra is good compared to the rest.

the fact is, the world has caught up to him. during the beta, his bw experience helped him power through enemies with macro. but now everyone can macro and he is being left in the dust. unless we see a DRAMATIC change within his training (moving to korea and playing like a madman), we are going to forget idra in a year.


Results > everything. Idra has them half the people on that list have none. Until that changes in their favor Idra deserves to be on that list.

The question is not who the most successful player is (or in Idra's case, was at one time a couple months ago), but who is the best player outside of Korea right now.
mikyaJ
Profile Joined April 2011
1834 Posts
September 24 2011 19:49 GMT
#391
On September 25 2011 04:43 TemplarCo. wrote:
Ah SeleCT is from South Korea not from the US but he is, also I think that SaSe is a bit overrated and Stephano is not on the same page as HuK or ThorZain, and Sen, Kas and MaNa have not been playing as well as from the times of TSL 3.

White-Ra should be there tbh as well as Fenix and Sjow imo.

But from that list I would say HuK, SeleCT or ThorZain, maybe Naniwa in his best day.

Except for Sen getting, you know, 3rd at NASL.
MKP||TSL
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 19:51:09
September 24 2011 19:50 GMT
#392
On September 25 2011 04:48 Bobster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:46 Zooper31 wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:45 Golgotha wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:34 Zooper31 wrote:
Voted for HuK as best foreigner atm because it's really hard to argue with him being the only foreigner currently in Code S and how dominating he's looking. Hero might give him a run for his money.

Then I looked at the other poll about who should NOT be on the list. Idra is #1 with about 50% of the vote, then I sighed because I knew the trolls won.


seriously? it aint trolling. any person with a brain can take a look at idra's performance over these past few months and understand that he doesn't deserve it. the trolls are the people who actually think idra is good compared to the rest.

the fact is, the world has caught up to him. during the beta, his bw experience helped him power through enemies with macro. but now everyone can macro and he is being left in the dust. unless we see a DRAMATIC change within his training (moving to korea and playing like a madman), we are going to forget idra in a year.


Results > everything. Idra has them half the people on that list have none. Until that changes in their favor Idra deserves to be on that list.

The question is not who the most successful player is (or in Idra's case, was at one time a couple months ago), but who is the best.


No the question is who is not deserving to be on that list. Idra should in no way be at the top.

I agree thought that Idra is currently doing badly and hes def not the best foreigner, but he's far from the worst we have to offer.
Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
stork4ever
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1036 Posts
September 24 2011 19:51 GMT
#393
On September 25 2011 02:56 SafeAsCheese wrote:

Sen is going to get worse because he is in Taiwan, no longer playing KR servers and will get worse very quickly.

Clarification : He is focusing on Taiwan esports and tourneys, he is not even top 200 on KR/TW ladder and doesn't practice as much there.



Sen was always in Taiwan even when he was on Fanatic. And his practice partners if he even bothered with Fanatic...is as bad if not worst. The only thing that changed in his environment is that now he has regularly scheduled games and (presumably) practice time. If anything, the structured practices and the experience of playing live will make him better. He still has access to the Asian servers. While his opponents/team/tournaments are unknown to the non-Tawianese scene his situation has vastly improved. He is like like shaolin monk that disappears into some obscure mountain to train by himself and will return to civilization (foreign tournaments) to test his training.
VPlilky
Profile Joined August 2011
United States12 Posts
September 24 2011 19:51 GMT
#394
All of the korean pros like Nestea, MC, and IMMVP have been directly quoted saying that Huk is the best foreigner.
FlamingForce
Profile Joined September 2011
Netherlands701 Posts
September 24 2011 19:51 GMT
#395
Where's White-Ra?
Heathen
Profile Joined January 2011
Philippines351 Posts
September 24 2011 19:52 GMT
#396
Stephano beat alot of high tier koreans lately. So its Stephano
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
September 24 2011 19:53 GMT
#397
Sen is extremely underrated, if he would enter more tournaments he would be considered the best by far.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 19:54:03
September 24 2011 19:53 GMT
#398
On September 25 2011 04:52 Heathen wrote:
Stephano beat alot of high tier koreans lately. So its Stephano


1 word, online.

I'll wait till he goes to a LAN and stomps people before I judge how good he is.
Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
September 24 2011 19:53 GMT
#399
On September 25 2011 04:50 Zooper31 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 04:48 Bobster wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:46 Zooper31 wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:45 Golgotha wrote:
On September 25 2011 04:34 Zooper31 wrote:
Voted for HuK as best foreigner atm because it's really hard to argue with him being the only foreigner currently in Code S and how dominating he's looking. Hero might give him a run for his money.

Then I looked at the other poll about who should NOT be on the list. Idra is #1 with about 50% of the vote, then I sighed because I knew the trolls won.


seriously? it aint trolling. any person with a brain can take a look at idra's performance over these past few months and understand that he doesn't deserve it. the trolls are the people who actually think idra is good compared to the rest.

the fact is, the world has caught up to him. during the beta, his bw experience helped him power through enemies with macro. but now everyone can macro and he is being left in the dust. unless we see a DRAMATIC change within his training (moving to korea and playing like a madman), we are going to forget idra in a year.


Results > everything. Idra has them half the people on that list have none. Until that changes in their favor Idra deserves to be on that list.

The question is not who the most successful player is (or in Idra's case, was at one time a couple months ago), but who is the best.


No the question is who is not deserving to be on that list. Idra should in no way be at the top.

I agree thought that Idra is currently doing badly and hes def not the best foreigner, but he's far from the worst we have to offer.


ok i agree with that. he HAS done a lot more than a lot of the people on the Not Deserve List. Realistically he shouldn't be at the top. but perhaps it is because his decline has been so steep that people cannot but help mark him down? That is my thinking, cuz his results and his manner has created a dramatic downfall.
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-24 23:20:31
September 24 2011 19:55 GMT
#400
Ret/Huk, and then Jinro <-> Sase, WhiteRa <-> Kas. I think Ret is still far from capitalizing the maximum of his ability, but when he does, he can be unstoppable.

Also, who deserves mentioning, at least in the second list - Tyler.
edit: and god damn QXC, of course. o.O
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