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On September 05 2013 18:51 painkilla wrote:Show nested quote +On September 05 2013 18:15 Zealously wrote:On September 05 2013 17:59 DarkLordOlli wrote:On September 05 2013 17:51 Zealously wrote:On September 05 2013 17:45 painkilla wrote:On September 05 2013 17:29 Zealously wrote:On September 05 2013 17:26 painkilla wrote:
Taeja is clearly the most powerful player and should be #1. His domination of Rain demonstrated nothing but power. Bomber might have won WCS, on the back of smart preparation and diverse strategies but no one can play TvP like Taeja did. Yes, clearly Yes, clearly. Bomber's play is efficient but not awe inspiring. He had good brackets too. I felt Rain would have beaten him again if they met. This just in: TvP only match-up that matters What's going on darling, you seem aggressive recently :/ As a summary of the month I agree with most things on this list. Only thing to criticize imo is Maru that high considering how hard he got smacked around at the WCS Finals by aLive and Scarlett. People want to deny Bomber his rightful #1; with Life not on the list, I have to get behind the next best player! TT It's just that I don't trust this resurgence of his to be long term. I mean in WoL he just almost couldn't beat any good TvT player and in HoTS he suddenly just beat everyone in TvT? Maybe he is the type of player that is good when the game is still kinda fresh. I feel that Taeja has more of a long-term qualities. But we'll see.
Power Rank isn't for long term. Its for how good a player looked comparison to the rest in ONE month of play. Bomber can retire in September and he'd still be on this list since its for last month.
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On September 05 2013 18:43 Elroi wrote:
I think Maru should be #1 for winning wcs korea.
As usual these aren't very interesting anymore because there are not really any difference in 'power' between the players - only difference in achievements.
why in the world should he be first? why would wcs korea be valued more that the FINALS?
Lets not forget how baddly Maru got stomped in the finals!!
Ofc there is difference in Power! Looking at your phrase makes me wonder if you actually watched the games this month! or your just commenting these based on the results!
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Power rank continuing it's trend of ridiculous decisions. "Duckdeok only won WCS EU by beating non-koreans and MC so he can't be in the top 10, but Rain beat non-koreans and MC to get to the WCS Ro8! Clearly he deserves to be better than players that actually played well this month." The same logic seems to have been used throughout with Polt at 5 despite going straight out in WCS, Jaedong at 4 (despite Soulkey being on the list because he's the best korean zerg", Maru at 3 and Taeja at 2.
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On September 05 2013 19:14 Naniwa wrote:
TL writers so fukin biased
Towards what? Just so we are clear
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On September 05 2013 19:44 Grovbolle wrote:Towards what? Just so we are clear
Naniwa. We did predict him to beat Innovation in WCS season finals.
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I like bomber and taeja as #1-2 but innovation and soulkey are still way better than first,polt,jaedong and maru imo. Innovation got edged out barely against taeja and admittedly had a lousy series against naniwa but he is still insane.
Going by recent results I get this power rank but if I actually had to bet i'd still go with innovation and soulkey against pretty much anyone on this list.
I like Rain being put so low though, technically he had pretty good results with KR finals and getting out of the group in WCS finals but he just looked lousy throughout. He is playing crappy lately being way too safe but not having the sheer dominance later to make up for it anymore.
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Hmm if Naniwa would of won global finals I guess he would be in "close but no cigar" right ?....
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On September 05 2013 18:15 Zealously wrote:
People want to deny Bomber his rightful #1; with Life not on the list, I have to get behind the next best player! TT
Thing is, I agree with Bomber at #1. This is a power rank after all.
But I don't have the feeling that he is the best player in the world, not in the same way I had with Innovation in june and july. Also august have been pretty volatile in some ways, maybe due to WCS. Looking forward through September I hope we will see consistent results from our top players.
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Canada8159 Posts
Next month, Taeja will finally be back at #1
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Innovation is just renting out his top spot, after winning the SPL and signing for Acer, he took a holiday. He's already heading back to the top, after his all kill in the GSTL. His win rate is set to soar now he is playing GSTL all kill format instead of proleague. I wonder if he might even break the record for the most all kills in one year - he's already up to 4?
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Taeja looked so solid the last past 2 months
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Bad list delete First, he just got rolled. Oh well nice to see Polt up there I would have thought Scarlett deserved to sneak in there, RO8 WCS finals beating Korea Champion to get there and taking on bomber head to head. Ah well.
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On September 05 2013 19:14 Naniwa wrote:
TL writers so fukin biased
Don't see what's wrong with it. I didn't write it but overall this seems like the most solid ranking yet.
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opterown
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Austria24422 Posts
On September 05 2013 22:19 opterown wrote:
hater ^
Just think Maru shouldn't be 3rd place after what happened at WCS Finals. Rather have Jaedong take third cause he's consistently been improving and placing very high. He's only really weak against finals.
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On September 05 2013 21:43 TrevaH wrote:
Bad list delete First, he just got rolled. Oh well nice to see Polt up there I would have thought Scarlett deserved to sneak in there, RO8 WCS finals beating Korea Champion to get there and taking on bomber head to head. Ah well.
The list is for performance in August, not for future performances....
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On September 05 2013 21:33 Lock0n wrote:
Innovation is just renting out his top spot, after winning the SPL and signing for Acer, he took a holiday. He's already heading back to the top, after his all kill in the GSTL. His win rate is set to soar now he is playing GSTL all kill format instead of proleague. I wonder if he might even break the record for the most all kills in one year - he's already up to 4?
It depends if they keep sending him out first. I think they did it this time because he was just signed so they made sure he would play. But I think it is likely they will keep him as 4th or maybe 3rd in the future. So his kill totals will depend how the rest of his team does.
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This PR is pretty reasonable. Maybe you could have mentioned Flash, as he is still top5 terran in the world.
There is absolutely nothing to complain in regards to Innovation's placement. I'd actually not have been surprised if the author didn't place him top 10 overall.
Innovation was overhyped the last months and last month he looked like any other mediocre korean terran, maybe except that fantastic vs. Taeja game (best game of the year imo).
Foreigners' situation is sad. Naniwa in a slump (out of WCS already!), Scarlett not having the spirit (taking a "break") and Stephano retiring (after too many losses?). Even TLO is in a slump and out of WCS already.
Koreans are now miles and miles away and have finally achieved complete dominance over the world, like in Broodwar days.
So this PR will most likely never ever again see a foreigner in top 10.
But it will be tense to watch Jaedong and Flash on their further way. Will be nice to see *if* they can turn on that final switch that once turned them from really good players to giants.
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Not a single mention of flash...
BEWARE
WCS S3 champ inc.
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