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Sweden's Best SC2 Player of 2012

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Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-03 17:12:57
January 03 2013 17:03 GMT
#1
Hi Guys!

Fragbite (a Swedish gaming website) are hosting a poll (click here) asking who you think Sweden's Best SC2 Player of the year 2012 is!
The nominees are (T)ThorZaIN, (Z)SortOf, (P)NaNiwa, (P)SaSe and (P)Seiplo.


Here is a bit of information (achievements this year, history etc...) about each player translated from the website.

(T)ThorZaIN
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Sweden is definetly on the world map when it comes to starcraft 2 and one of the reasons for this is Marcus "ThorZaIN" Eklöf. After placing high in multiple tournaments, he stepped up the Game in his homecountry and won the DreamHack EIZO Open Stockholm event, E-Sport SM, WCS Sweden and then finally ASUS ROG all within the first half of this year.


(Z)SortOf
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Rickard "SortOf" Bergman blossomed in Sweden's as one of the top players after having placed 2nd in both E-Sport SM and WCS Sweden. Those however weren't his Only feats this year, but he also placed 4th at the NASL 4 tournament. His prestige over the year just tells us it would not do anyone justice by not giving him a nomination.


(P)NaNiwa
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Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi showed us during 2011 why he could be one of the best players and has continued this year to show us why he's one of the best of the best in starcraft 2. Making it to the quarter finals in GSL Code S is no laughing matter, making sure that he is one of our choices as a nominee.


(P)SaSe
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Kim "SaSe" Hammar tends to be named as one of the better Swedish players. He initially started of the year by being rather anonymous, practicing vigorously in Korea and it was not until May that he struck everyone by surprise by winning the NASL Sunday Showdown. Throughout the Summer of 2012, he placed 4th aT MLG, making him the the best non-Korean at the tournament. After that he finished the year with a first place trophy from the IEF 2012 tournament, truly earning him a nomination as Sweden's best SC2 player of 2012.


(P)Seiplo
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John "Seiplo" Seipel has not yet grabbed any big titles in his SC2 career, nor has he prestiged in any minor titles either during this past year. He grabbed a bronze medal in WCS Sweden and another in the Copenhagen Games, placing higher than giants like Happy, NaNiwa and SaSe. This however was enough proof for us to award him with a nomination.

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Source of the above information - http://www.fragbite.se/?articleID=10583&page=3


The following Link is a direct link to the voting page: http://www.fragbite.se/?pollID=124488
Who do YOU think is Sweden's player of the year 2012?

Personal Opinion: Tie breaker between ThorZaIN and NaNiwa... But I am a big NaNi fan so... However. ThorZaIN has had Great results and it's always fun to watch them two battle it out! So we'll see. I'll have to ponder on this one.

edit: Updated for easier access to poll.
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birchman
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Sweden393 Posts
January 03 2013 17:05 GMT
#2
I love me some Thorzain. Got some nerdchills when he got that proleague win!
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Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
January 03 2013 17:06 GMT
#3
Nani got pretty far into Code S a few times. He is one of the best non-koreans. The other guys are okay too I guess.
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1803 Posts
January 03 2013 17:07 GMT
#4
NaNiwa, he did beat Flash in a bo3 and lost by 1 in the extended series. Also, Protoss fighting~
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Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
January 03 2013 17:08 GMT
#5
NaNiwa for sure I think, but everyone's got their own taste.
Flying, sOs, free, Light, Soulkey & ZerO
Luepert
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1934 Posts
January 03 2013 17:09 GMT
#6
Naniwa had 0 top 4 finishes in major or premiere tournaments in 2012. Thorzain won a premiere tournament, won 3 major tournaments, and got 3rd at another major event. I feel that outweighs 2 gsl round of 8s.
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Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
January 03 2013 17:09 GMT
#7
On January 04 2013 02:07 Master of DalK wrote:
NaNiwa, he did beat Flash in a bo3 and lost by 1 in the extended series. Also, Protoss fighting~

On January 04 2013 02:05 birchman wrote:
I love me some Thorzain. Got some nerdchills when he got that proleague win!


Hahaha, these two exactly! You see why I can't make up my mind? It's so hard. Both of them are so good! Thorzain's win in proleague and Naniwa's GSL placement. Hehehe. They're both excellent! But then again, SortOf and SaSe have proven to be worthy recognition this year!
Jaedong <3
Callynn
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands917 Posts
January 03 2013 17:10 GMT
#8
Where is the poll in the OP? I think that's appropriate.
Comparing BW with SCII is like comparing a beautiful three-master sailing ship with a modern battlecruiser. Both are beautiful in their own way, both perform the same task, but they are worlds apart in how they are built and how they are steered.
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
January 03 2013 17:11 GMT
#9
My heart tells me ZaIN, of course ! But Nani had better results imo.
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Atoissen
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway1737 Posts
January 03 2013 17:11 GMT
#10
In my opinion Nani and Thorzain stands out of the five, and I would give my vote to Nani, for he's grat performances in Code-S!
“Strength lies not in defense but in attack.”
MisterFred
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2033 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-03 17:32:07
January 03 2013 17:17 GMT
#11
I think I'd vote for Thorzain, but I can definitely see support for SortOf and Naniwa. SortOf should get a little more recognition for, you know, winning WCS Sweden . Edit: They say memory is the first to go...
"The victor? Not the highest scoring, nor the best strategist, nor the best tactitian. The victor was he that was closest to the Tao of FFA." -.Praetor
Trasko
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden983 Posts
January 03 2013 17:22 GMT
#12
On January 04 2013 02:17 MisterFred wrote:
I think I'd vote for Thorzain, but I can definitely see support for SortOf and Naniwa. SortOf should get a little more recognition for, you know, winning WCS Sweden .


Thorzain won WCS Sweden. SortOf placed second
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http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2012_StarCraft_II_World_Championship_Series/Europe/Nationals/Sweden
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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
January 03 2013 17:26 GMT
#13
Poor SortOf, with his amazing performance in MLG, it would've been enough to put him top place in any european country, except sweden and france.
paradoxOO9
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1123 Posts
January 03 2013 17:27 GMT
#14
My personal favourite of the bunch has to be Sase, but going off solely results the title of best Swede has to go to Naniwa or Thorzain
Baggins
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada86 Posts
January 03 2013 17:30 GMT
#15
Yeah Naniwa or Thorzain for sure. It's hard to fight with bo8's in the gsl
duckmaster
Profile Joined August 2011
687 Posts
January 03 2013 17:32 GMT
#16
NaNiwa, back to back GSL ro8, impressive stuff
RanDomFox
Profile Joined November 2012
United States84 Posts
January 03 2013 17:33 GMT
#17
thorzain wins because he has manner, naniwa has none
Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen
speknek
Profile Joined February 2012
758 Posts
January 03 2013 17:38 GMT
#18
clearly thorzain
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-03 17:40:44
January 03 2013 17:38 GMT
#19
You have to pick between Nani's GSL runs and Thorzain's DH win (not counting WCS Sweden). Terran had a tougher year. It's not an easy choice. Glad SaSe and SortOf got mentioned as well, but considering the EG bandwagon I think this one is all said and done already.
UberNuB
Profile Joined December 2010
United States365 Posts
January 03 2013 17:40 GMT
#20
Poor Naniwa, always coming in second to Thorzain.
the absence of evidence, is not the evidence of absence.
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