DH: Summer 2014 Recap - The Perfect Summer - Page 4

On June 19 2014 02:32 Proseat wrote:
TaeJa excels at performing strongly in ad-hoc play weekend tournaments where you cannot prepare extensively for your opponents as you can in GSL for instance. There are probably not many other Korean players that would perform on par or better in such an environment. Anyways, great run again for him this summer, hopefully he'll not retire too soon.

On June 18 2014 14:14 Waise wrote:
lol, the "different kind of tournament" thing is a reaaaaaaaaaal stretch. to each his own opinion, but i think saying taeja is better at a different kind of league is like saying a minor league baseball player is better at minor league baseball than major leaguers. if he were better at anything he would be in the major leagues

only difference is yes, there is a reason to play in foreign tournaments - money and global exposure. and those ARE good reasons. but you can't just ignore the fact that one league has a higher average and maximum skill level than any other. it's the premier starcraft league in the world.

tl;dr i think taeja would do well in gsl and he's a great player, but saying he's the best player in the world is wishful thinking. you can't prove that without competing in korea. and i think a lot of people are discounting that when a player like taeja plays against weaker competition, he WILL look better than he really is because of the juxtaposition and skill gap

On June 19 2014 12:32 Baroninthetree wrote:

Still think GSL is major tournament? Just look at the viewership. GSL matter less and less now to the whole SC2 scene. Soo is consistent in GSL. I doubt he had a chance against Taeja.

On June 19 2014 13:25 StarStruck wrote:


What the hell are you talking about? The viewer base for each tournament let alone each time zone has been ridiculously consistent. The viewers are no different for instance the difference between the ATC versus PL yet the competition level is severely different. It's not even in the same ballpark. Stop being ridiculous.