EPTPersonally, I still think Parting is one of the most talented Protoss players in the world. He hasn't had a huge level of success recently, but I'd still favour him for 3rd just because when he brings his A-game, he comes closest to Dear in amazing me (albeit in a different way).
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Shiori
3815 Posts
Personally, I still think Parting is one of the most talented Protoss players in the world. He hasn't had a huge level of success recently, but I'd still favour him for 3rd just because when he brings his A-game, he comes closest to Dear in amazing me (albeit in a different way). | ||
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cpower
228 Posts
1. Dear 2. Rain 3. sOs 4. Parting 5. Trap 6. First then a closer list: KR code S Hero YongHwa Naniwa herO Super KR code A MC Duck Oz Jim Avenge Sora Hurricane Macseed San | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
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cpower
228 Posts
On November 10 2013 23:34 liberate71 wrote: Parting really isnt doing that flash at the moment - I'd have MC & HerO above him and maybe even Trap & Sora at LEAST equal to him, if not above. parting is at least 2 levels above MC... | ||
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TeeTS
Germany2762 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On November 10 2013 23:34 liberate71 wrote: Parting really isnt doing that flash at the moment - I'd have MC & HerO above him and maybe even Trap & Sora at LEAST equal to him, if not above. PartinG is doing pretty well at the moment, qualifying for Red Bull and beating HerO 4-0 in SWL finals. | ||
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hipo
France482 Posts
On November 12 2013 01:19 Darkhoarse wrote: PartinG is doing pretty well at the moment, qualifying for Red Bull and beating HerO 4-0 in SWL finals. PartinG also won WCG Korea and is in Code S since the first GSL of 2012 (3 appearances in the RO8 this year). Concerning the #1 spot, I rank Dear above sOs right now because of his win WCS Korea and WCS S3 Finale. sOs run in Blizzcon was amazing but Dear path to those 2 championship were harder imo. However, sOs is definitively the best Protoss of 2013 because of his awesome record in PL and because of his performance in WCS S1. | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
On November 11 2013 14:29 mongmong wrote: If you want to rate a player's achievements by sorting them out by the skill level of players he beat, what about Parting? cuz i got tons to say about him. He won 2 championships at the end of wings which are BWC and WCG. In BWC he made it ezpz beating foreigners left n right. The only notable player he beat in that tourney was Creator, who at that time was a pvp monster. What happened after that? People fucking hyped him as the best player of the world. What about WCG? i don't remember him beating any good koreans but a bunch of mediocore foreigners taking ez money. Why talk about WoL? PartinG is 20-1 in his last 21 matches vs. Korean Protoss/Terran (since July 14). http://aligulac.com/players/5/results/?after=2013-07-14&before=2013-11-12&race=ptr&country=KR&bestof=all&offline=both&game=HotS&op=Filter He's still below sOs/Dear right now though because he can't beat Zergs. | ||
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
On November 11 2013 14:23 mongmong wrote: Haha ofc MC is a better player he just didn't come to my mind when I wrote it. Naniwa was kinda easy to write because he is the only foreigner that can consistently put up a fight against koreans. Think of it as a "foreigner premium" E.g. in the aligulac rankings, players like Stardust, Squirtle, Avenge and Genius are much higher ranked than MC, whom you can't even find in the top 40. So the claim that MC is bad isn't unmotivated. | ||
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Lunareste
United States3596 Posts
He's got that something subtle that I only see in sOs, but I think strategically he relies less on gimmicks. Not that gimmicks are a bad thing (like cannon openings vs Jaedong) but I think Dear's mid/late game are more fleshed out, and a bit better mechanically. | ||
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Caladbolg
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
Aligulac says sOs is the better of the two, though!! | ||
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On November 12 2013 17:50 Lunareste wrote: Definitely going with Dear imo. He's got that something subtle that I only see in sOs, but I think strategically he relies less on gimmicks. Not that gimmicks are a bad thing (like cannon openings vs Jaedong) but I think Dear's mid/late game are more fleshed out, and a bit better mechanically. You know that gimmicks are actual strategies right? If anyting; they are actually more strategic then raw mechanics. I never understood why people are so against it. Remember Mvp, the most achieved player in SC2 ever? How many times did he "gimmick' his way to victory? From abusing a new map with bunkers against Nestea to 2raxing Squirtle. | ||
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awesomoecalypse
United States2235 Posts
On November 12 2013 20:29 Assirra wrote: You know that gimmicks are actual strategies right? If anyting; they are actually more strategic then raw mechanics. I never understood why people are so against it. Remember Mvp, the most achieved player in SC2 ever? How many times did he "gimmick' his way to victory? From abusing a new map with bunkers against Nestea to 2raxing Squirtle. The most famous player ever, SlayerS_BoxeR, used mindgames, "cheese", and tricky/"gimmicky" plans all the time. Of course, even in his prime some people hated it. Some people want every single game to be a long macro game with tons of action throughout the game all over the map, with mechanics playing a big role in the eventual winner. Anything that deviates from that is therefore seen as bad. But, as you say, for those who have an appreciation of clever tricks and mindgames, players like sOs are fun to watch. | ||
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bypLy
757 Posts
just lol | ||
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Lunareste
United States3596 Posts
On November 12 2013 20:29 Assirra wrote: You know that gimmicks are actual strategies right? If anyting; they are actually more strategic then raw mechanics. I never understood why people are so against it. Remember Mvp, the most achieved player in SC2 ever? How many times did he "gimmick' his way to victory? From abusing a new map with bunkers against Nestea to 2raxing Squirtle. I'm not disagreeing with you at all. Gimmicks are good to have, but if they can be countered, you lose. Notice I also said that his mid and late game are more fleshed out, and that's why I think he's better =) | ||
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Ctone23
United States1841 Posts
All other arguments seem obsolete, except for the humor and discussion of TL, of course! xD | ||
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Darrkhan
Finland1236 Posts
idd..MC is kinda bad tbh. Far from being top anyways. I would say top dogs atm are Dear and sOs obviously but also Trap has been doing really good lately. Rain is good but we haven't seem much from him lately. It is bit early to say much about Sora but he really has shined in online qualifiers at least  HerO is otherwise good but his pvp is really really lacking  | ||
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FalconHoof
Canada183 Posts
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