EPTTaeja defeats Zest 3-0, IEM semifinalists determined - Pag…
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LockeTazeline
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NovemberstOrm
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Cool idea, I like it. | ||
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Lumi
United States1616 Posts
Oh cool, I can dig it :D | ||
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extinctosaurus
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Also I can't believe I missed the Taeja vs Zest matches ;_; 3-0... wut | ||
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ETisME
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
Sad Snute got taken out but Jaedong is a boss, was planing on watching the games but didn't expect them to be finished already when waking up 06:30 on a bloody saturday. Damnit Awesome Taeja rocked Zest ^_^ | ||
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purakushi
United States3301 Posts
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Abradix1
Netherlands609 Posts
On July 19 2014 13:42 Lumi wrote: Main news update just for the outcome of a single Ro8 series? Is there a precedent for this? I like it, Snute vs JD was the one result I was going to look up after waking up. Thanks for saving me a trip to liquipedia TL, saved me 15 seconds! | ||
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Radicalness
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ETisME
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On July 19 2014 16:05 Radicalness wrote: Going into this, I think Zest and TaeJa are the only players that really could be called "the best player in the world" right now. I guess there is no question now. And TaeJa also shuts up all the people who say he couldn't compete with the best of the GSL. Sure, Pigbaby showed that he's not invincible but neither is anyone else right now. No, there still definitely is. While yes, a very good win, grats, etc etc. Until he plays with those players all the time, like in proleague and GSL, it will always be questioned. He got stomped by Pigbaby, then stomped Zest. Zest is better than Pigbaby, variance happens. Would Taeja win 70% of his games in GSL? We'll never know until he tried - which he won't. Theorizing is also irrelevant, because unless it happens it doesn't matter. Now, Taeja is good, I just refuse to say he's the best. His typical tournament win involves a bunch of foreigners, then 2-4 koreans, which are usually frequent international tournament attenders (hyun, mc, etc). Not the same as going vs 10 kespa players. | ||
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vult
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lichter
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baubo
China3370 Posts
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Radicalness
United States271 Posts
On July 19 2014 16:16 Zenbrez wrote: No, there still definitely is. While yes, a very good win, grats, etc etc. Until he plays with those players all the time, like in proleague and GSL, it will always be questioned. He got stomped by Pigbaby, then stomped Zest. Zest is better than Pigbaby, variance happens. Would Taeja win 70% of his games in GSL? We'll never know until he tried - which he won't. Theorizing is also irrelevant, because unless it happens it doesn't matter. Now, Taeja is good, I just refuse to say he's the best. His typical tournament win involves a bunch of foreigners, then 2-4 koreans, which are usually frequent international tournament attenders (hyun, mc, etc). Not the same as going vs 10 kespa players. So who would you say is the best player in the world then? Sure, it's kind of a subjective and biased/speculative title in today's world of StarCraft where every tournament seems to be won by someone new but looking at 2014 in a whole thus far, I think TaeJa's accomplishments edge out anything anyone else has done especially after he just 3-0'd Zest as I had them 1-2. It's even more clear if he ends up winning this tournament but there's still a long ways to go there. Solar is looking the hottest right now imo. Anyways, TaeJa is 5-1 in maps against Kespa players thus far in this tournament and his 10 premier wins are more than anyone else in the history sc2 but he'll always get flack for not winning or consistently competing in the GSL. | ||
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PerSe
United Kingdom550 Posts
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Teoita
Italy12246 Posts
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baubo
China3370 Posts
On July 19 2014 17:11 Radicalness wrote: So who would you say is the best player in the world then? Sure, it's kind of a subjective and biased/speculative title in today's world of StarCraft where every tournament seems to be won by someone new but looking at 2014 in a whole thus far, I think TaeJa's accomplishments edge out anything anyone else has done especially after he just 3-0'd Zest as I had them 1-2. It's even more clear if he ends up winning this tournament but there's still a long ways to go there. Solar is looking the hottest right now imo. Anyways, TaeJa is 5-1 in maps against Kespa players thus far in this tournament and his 10 premier wins are more than anyone else in the history sc2 but he'll always get flack for not winning or consistently competing in the GSL. I would say the true answer, even if it's a bit of a cop out, is that no one really knows. Not just the insular nature of GSL/SPL tournaments, but also the fact that players that may be great at preparation that comes with SPL/GSL, may suck at weekend tournaments around the world format. And vice versa. | ||
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timchen1017
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In general, I see Kespa players pretty good; the code S players are perhaps in average better than Koreans that are commonly seen at WCS NA/EU Ro8, but not like dominantly so. | ||
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