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trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
July 20 2014 19:26 GMT
#121
On July 21 2014 04:21 OminouS wrote:
Taeja is so consistant it's scary. Bonjwa is hard to call with so many tournaments around be he is probably the closest to a SC2 one we ever had.


uh MVP?
Deleted User 261926
Profile Joined April 2012
960 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 19:38:25
July 20 2014 19:34 GMT
#122
On July 21 2014 02:40 phantomfive wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 00:45 Vaftrudner wrote:
On July 21 2014 00:21 Tenda wrote:
When are we allowed to call taeja the fist sc2 bonjwa?

If he wins a couple of Korean tournaments. Some people will always doubt him while he doesn't have GSL or OSL pins. And I don't even know if he's the best player right now, there are other candidates.

Who is better? Zest? Doesn't look like it. Innovation? Do you remember this epic series (especially the last game)? Jaedong?

Soo, soulkey, herO, maru are at least on his level based on the games I have seen. Zest played way below his level for some reason ( really bad decisions that you cannot really explain) but in general would say he is up there aswell. Not sure why you bring up jd and inno as of now. They are not as good as taeja and those I listed although Inno reached scary peaks of dominance and jaedong as moments of perfect play here and there but nothing consistent.
Morbidius
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil3449 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 20:15:36
July 20 2014 20:14 GMT
#123
Look at this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/357124-statistical-bonjwa-theory-the-history-of-bw
I dont have stats for Mvp but i'm pretty sure his latter 2011-2012 run can rival most of those except for Flash. As for Taeja he is consistent as hell, but he never had the entire scene under his shadow like Mvp.
Bonjwa is not about consistency, its about pure domination.
Has foreign StarCraft hit rock bottom?
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3340 Posts
July 20 2014 20:34 GMT
#124
On July 21 2014 05:14 Morbidius wrote:
Look at this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/357124-statistical-bonjwa-theory-the-history-of-bw
I dont have stats for Mvp but i'm pretty sure his latter 2011-2012 run can rival most of those except for Flash. As for Taeja he is consistent as hell, but he never had the entire scene under his shadow like Mvp.
Bonjwa is not about consistency, its about pure domination.

Would be interesting to see such statistics, but in SC2.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
July 20 2014 20:46 GMT
#125
This is one of the few times watching the finals even knowing the final outcome was amazing.

Esp. in game 6 - I really wondered if I had misread the end score because Solar seemed to be in such a dominant position
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 20:48:13
July 20 2014 20:48 GMT
#126
On July 21 2014 05:34 ejozl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 05:14 Morbidius wrote:
Look at this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/357124-statistical-bonjwa-theory-the-history-of-bw
I dont have stats for Mvp but i'm pretty sure his latter 2011-2012 run can rival most of those except for Flash. As for Taeja he is consistent as hell, but he never had the entire scene under his shadow like Mvp.
Bonjwa is not about consistency, its about pure domination.

Would be interesting to see such statistics, but in SC2.

http://aligulac.com/records/history/
You can play with that. Mvp was definitly ahead of everyone by far in 2011/2012
Evil_Sheep
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada902 Posts
July 20 2014 20:55 GMT
#127
On July 20 2014 23:53 Disarmed wrote:
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On July 20 2014 22:18 phil.ipp wrote:
why should he retire?

if i would have pain when playing AND i dont win money at all -> retire

if i have pain when playing AND i win thousands of dollars with it -> go take some painkillers



he said in an IEM interview that he is gonna do his military service at the end of the year

Hard to imagine Taeja in the military. How is he going to do pushups and lift heavy objects when typing at a computer is a challenge for him?

With this tournament win, Taeja has finally overtaken friend/rival HerO as the highest earning Liquid player. It seems a long time ago that HerO was the undisputed #1 on Liquid, with vastly higher tournament winnings and dominating Taeja whenever they met (invariably in finals.)

Taeja "just" needs to win a couple more 10K tournaments (and change) to push him to the 5th highest earning player of all time (also assuming the goalposts don't move.) I make that sound so trivial but Taeja seems to take these tournaments as free money at this point, like passing Go on a monopoly board.
movac
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada494 Posts
July 20 2014 21:53 GMT
#128
I'm watching the ro16 VODS now. Was the tournament only offline starting from the ro8?
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
July 20 2014 21:56 GMT
#129
On July 21 2014 06:53 movac wrote:
I'm watching the ro16 VODS now. Was the tournament only offline starting from the ro8?

No it was a lan. Everything was played offline
merz
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Sweden2760 Posts
July 20 2014 22:04 GMT
#130
Spent the entire sunday on the couch, catching up on all of the IEM Vods including the finals.

Totally worth it.

Best final i've seen in a while. Knowing the result beforehand didn't even matter
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
movac
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada494 Posts
July 20 2014 22:14 GMT
#131
On July 21 2014 06:56 Faust852 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 06:53 movac wrote:
I'm watching the ro16 VODS now. Was the tournament only offline starting from the ro8?

No it was a lan. Everything was played offline


yeah makes sense, I guess it wasn't played on stage with a live audience until ro8.
AxiomBlurr
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
786 Posts
July 20 2014 22:49 GMT
#132
Awesome stacked tourney~~ Shame Zest, Inno, and Life did not perform to their reg standards, but Taeja and Solar made up for that...Super series. SC2 ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...what is the next big tourney???? I am HOOKED!!!!
Radicalness
Profile Joined September 2011
United States271 Posts
July 20 2014 23:45 GMT
#133
TaeJa is definitely the best player in the Hots era.

But he hasn't done enough to be considered better all-time than the WoL greats of MVP, MC and Nestea yet. All those guys won multiple GSLs. MVP alone had four.

MVP is the best player SC2 has seen and the closest thing to a bonjwa but TaeJa is the best Hots player imo.
The Devil Terran - The Ambitious Terran - The Towel Terran - The Macro Master Terran - The Tyrant
Tanzklaue
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany1412 Posts
July 21 2014 02:06 GMT
#134
On July 21 2014 04:34 Karpfen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 02:40 phantomfive wrote:
On July 21 2014 00:45 Vaftrudner wrote:
On July 21 2014 00:21 Tenda wrote:
When are we allowed to call taeja the fist sc2 bonjwa?

If he wins a couple of Korean tournaments. Some people will always doubt him while he doesn't have GSL or OSL pins. And I don't even know if he's the best player right now, there are other candidates.

Who is better? Zest? Doesn't look like it. Innovation? Do you remember this epic series (especially the last game)? Jaedong?

Soo, soulkey, herO, maru are at least on his level based on the games I have seen. Zest played way below his level for some reason ( really bad decisions that you cannot really explain) but in general would say he is up there aswell. Not sure why you bring up jd and inno as of now. They are not as good as taeja and those I listed although Inno reached scary peaks of dominance and jaedong as moments of perfect play here and there but nothing consistent.

soulkey wasn't convincing in months. hero burnt his 3 month stride. maru and soo i will agree with though.

caznitch
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada645 Posts
July 21 2014 03:51 GMT
#135
Game 6 will be remembered as one of the best holds in sc2 history I think.
why?
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
July 21 2014 05:12 GMT
#136
On July 21 2014 08:45 Radicalness wrote:
TaeJa is definitely the best player in the Hots era.

But he hasn't done enough to be considered better all-time than the WoL greats of MVP, MC and Nestea yet. All those guys won multiple GSLs. MVP alone had four.

MVP is the best player SC2 has seen and the closest thing to a bonjwa but TaeJa is the best Hots player imo.


MC is especially impressive in terms of consistency. He picks up so many 2-4th place finishes even when he doesn't win.
Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-21 07:54:39
July 21 2014 07:54 GMT
#137
Yeah another Taeja debate

Gratz to him, this win is much more convincing than HSC or Dreamhack summer, Zest and Solar are really worthy opponents, no matter if Zest is in good shape or not 3-0 is just huge...
Dear INno and all the former STX boys.
Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
July 21 2014 07:56 GMT
#138
On July 21 2014 12:51 caznitch wrote:
Game 6 will be remembered as one of the best holds in sc2 history I think.


Maru vs effort never forget!

Dear INno and all the former STX boys.
Adreme
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5574 Posts
July 21 2014 09:11 GMT
#139
On July 21 2014 08:45 Radicalness wrote:
TaeJa is definitely the best player in the Hots era.

But he hasn't done enough to be considered better all-time than the WoL greats of MVP, MC and Nestea yet. All those guys won multiple GSLs. MVP alone had four.

MVP is the best player SC2 has seen and the closest thing to a bonjwa but TaeJa is the best Hots player imo.


Its a little unfair to use that comparison though because there was a GSL every month at that point and now there is one every 3 months.
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3748 Posts
July 21 2014 10:03 GMT
#140
"(T)TaeJa was able to continue his recent strong performances against (Z)Jaedong with his third victory over Jaedong this year, keeping Jaedong to winning just one map"

somehow there are 3 Jaedong's in one sentence.
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