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IEM Toronto 2014 - Power Rank! - Page 3

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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
August 28 2014 11:08 GMT
#41
On August 28 2014 19:55 Jer99 wrote:
oh my god i am going to get annihilated


Make sure to play mech vs Snute to experience what playing vs the swarmhost king feels like
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jakethesnake
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada4948 Posts
August 28 2014 11:16 GMT
#42
On August 28 2014 19:55 Jer99 wrote:
oh my god i am going to get annihilated

non-sense. I'll give you some patented Jakethesnake strats in the car on our drive down. you'll win this thing.
Community Newsjjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji || jjakji nshoseo.jpg
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44228 Posts
August 28 2014 11:36 GMT
#43
Flash vs JD finals boys

calling it !
this is a quote
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
August 28 2014 11:37 GMT
#44
Jer #1, TL writers what the fuck
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coL.hendralisk
Profile Joined September 2009
Zimbabwe1756 Posts
August 28 2014 11:44 GMT
#45
*posts in the thread*

The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 28 2014 11:45 GMT
#46
On August 28 2014 19:55 Jer99 wrote:
oh my god i am going to get annihilated

Just BC rush.
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Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-28 12:04:32
August 28 2014 12:03 GMT
#47
Taeja, herO, Flash those are my bets for having the greatest likelihood of taking this tournament.

Zest is falling off, Cure showed it expertly in their code S group. Still Zest managed to squeeze through by taking out SK a second time. Still not promising for him.

sOs? He is the master of builds, he is superb when planning for a series like for example PL. He does however need a lot of bracket luck to get far in weekends tournaments, he is weaker with less planning. sOs and Taeja are opposites, this is Taejas field not sOs's

Dark horses: Polt, First and Jaedong.

First is greatly under appreciated, he is amazing, he will prove you all wrong. Jaedong usually shows sparks of brilliance after long periods of inactivity (tons of training), this feels like a time when the Jaedong monster will show its beautiful mug yet again. Polt is simply the master of strategy, he can take out anyone, any day. Wash your neck and wait.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
August 28 2014 12:04 GMT
#48
Taeja isn't high enough for me to complain about liquid bias
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Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
August 28 2014 12:08 GMT
#49
fucking GREAT write up guys, love it
KT FlaSh FOREVER
MtlGuitarist97
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1539 Posts
August 28 2014 12:09 GMT
#50
Despite only being 1 rank higher than Jer, Bones is probably around 2x as good.

Wow, so bm
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 28 2014 12:22 GMT
#51
On August 28 2014 20:44 coL.hendralisk wrote:
*posts in the thread*



I expect to see more of this during the weekend

:p
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SFDuality
Profile Joined December 2012
United States1318 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-28 12:23:35
August 28 2014 12:23 GMT
#52
Taeja only seems to lose when he's favored, so him being #5 on this PR actually gives me hope that he'll win the tournament.

Unless he loses to Jer somehow.
sciserr
Profile Joined June 2012
Norway16 Posts
August 28 2014 12:46 GMT
#53
Mandatory Snute-chant. Channel you inner beast and slaughter herO in open bracket!
I have no time for gains!
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
August 28 2014 12:49 GMT
#54
MC and Stardust a little high. Bunny is good, but I really think people are getting ahead of themselves on him. Hyun a bit too high also. I have no idea what Violet has done to merit being above Snute and Scar. Rest looks mostly good.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
August 28 2014 12:49 GMT
#55
Lookin' good guys. I want moar! Power rank should be a basic thing done for every premier event.
"The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure. Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?" - Jon Foreman ('Your Love Is Strong' - Spring EP)
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
August 28 2014 12:52 GMT
#56
On August 28 2014 21:49 looknohands119 wrote:
Lookin' good guys. I want moar! Power rank should be a basic thing done for every premier event.

Takes a ton of time and effort, and is often very arbitrary because competition in Sc2 is so scattered. It was easier in BW because the scene was far more centralized.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25657 Posts
August 28 2014 12:59 GMT
#57
I am not joking jer, should you eliminate snute I will 100% ban you. The length of this ban will depend on my mood
AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
August 28 2014 13:09 GMT
#58
On August 28 2014 17:38 fatalbino wrote:
I think Taeja should be first. He is by far one of the most consistent Starcraft II players in the world right now. Did you forget how recently Taeja 3-0'd Zest? He won the most recent IEM, Shenzhen, and came really close to winning the RedBull Detroit. I really think if you are going to rank someone it should be on recent results, not overall achievements.


I think it's the opposite. Taeja is at a disadvantage if you take recent results into account. Long term he's one of the most consistent players ever and definitely the best foreign tournament player of all-time. He's played some games in foreign events that give even the best gsl games a run for their money (His game vs Bogus on Newkirk for instance).

==

I can buy this ranking since it seems we're just talking about the best players on recent results and ofc more weight was given to those performing in Korea. Personally, I'd lean more favoring those who have proven themselves in foreign events in the past though, since that is the environment we find ourselves in. It should be very apparent by now that some people just don't do as well in different types of tournaments.

Zest for instance came into IEM Shenzen as probably the best player in the world, but his level of play was far from what you'd expect given that title. Especially against Taeja, he really made some embarrassing moves that series. I'm confidently calling that he doesn't even make it out of his group this IEM.

Taeja and herO are my top 2 picks to win this tournament. herO has already proven he's good in like any environment and Taeja is just Taeja the collector of 10k checks.
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 28 2014 13:10 GMT
#59
I'm so excited for this tournament. It gathers some of the best KR Koreans, the best Koreigners and the best Foreigners. When was the last time that happened ?
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 28 2014 13:20 GMT
#60
I'm surprised no one has insulted our intelligence yet
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