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Power Rank - August 2014 - Page 4

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REyeM
Profile Joined August 2014
2674 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 15:10:27
September 01 2014 15:09 GMT
#61
On September 02 2014 00:08 phagga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2014 23:39 REyeM wrote:
PartinG and TaeJa above soO, Really?? Also Polt is number #8? Are you kidding me? It's arguable if he would even make Code A, let alone Code S.

You guys give WAY to much credit for people that play outside of Korea.

1.) Rain
2.) soO
3.) Maru
4.) Flash
5.) Zest
6.) Soulkey
7.) Cure
8.) Solar
9.) PartinG
10.) Random foreign Korean, or TeamLiquid player if you people have THAT big of a need to make a list with atleast 1 of those players I.E. TaeJa.

Edit: Slight adjustments

According to Aligulac, TaeJa is:

5-1 vs Zest
4-3 vs Solar
And 1-3 vs Flash. He did not play any other players of your list in the last two months, but regarding this results I don't see why he cannot be ahead of Solar and Zest at this point.




Would you consider Shine to be above Soulkey?

Edit: or Polt above TaeJa?
S4 Arrows, never forget. RIP Woongjin Stars.
sibs
Profile Joined July 2012
635 Posts
September 01 2014 15:11 GMT
#62
compared to the other TL power rank's this is pretty good.

and taeja is most definitely top10.
Reaper9
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 15:14:04
September 01 2014 15:12 GMT
#63
On September 01 2014 23:50 Tanzklaue wrote:
honestly, for august flash should've easily taken number 1 in this ranking. he had an 80% winrate over the best that the world has to give, and as much as i dislike the flash hypetrain, noone can deny that flash's august was one of the strongest months of any starcraft player in history.


Unless you have been a BroodWar fan like me XD. I was a fan when he was still the Cheddar/Cheese nobody Terran lol. In this case you'll know Flash isn't riding the hype train, he's ridin' the PAIN TRAIN. Watch out folks, hide your kids, hide your spouses, "god"/Terminator/The Ultimate Weapon/Little Monster is gonna give you guys a relevation!

The power ranking is fair for Flash, after all he dominated #1 for months in BW lol... Power Ranking is mostly about consistency for #1, the ability to keep hammering it in. Rain clearly is #1 at the moment.
I post only when my brain works.
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
September 01 2014 15:12 GMT
#64
On September 01 2014 23:14 Lorning wrote:
I'm ok with most of this list except PartinG


Haters gonna hate. PartinG will win this season.
PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
Reaper9
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1724 Posts
September 01 2014 15:13 GMT
#65
Parting who? :3
I post only when my brain works.
NexUmbra
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Scotland3776 Posts
September 01 2014 15:13 GMT
#66
On September 01 2014 23:47 Big-t wrote:
Hurray Power Rank!

For the next time please switch to the old format from 10 to 1 like this:
10
9
...
2
1
Most of the fun is gone when you start reading the power rank knowing who is #1

I agree with this
Life has won two GSLs and a Blizzard Cup. NOT three GSLs.
Reaper9
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1724 Posts
September 01 2014 15:14 GMT
#67
Yea the old Power rank Format was beast, countdown to the most baller of the month was always fun XD
I post only when my brain works.
prOPOns
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
Germany60 Posts
September 01 2014 15:21 GMT
#68
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/website-feedback/464648-please-bring-back-tl-power-ranks-3 THAAANKS

I actually agree with the rankings, I'd see the CURRENT effOrt and Life in there, prolly in place of Polt and INno?

Just 1 Zerg in there and that one on 7 makes me sad, even as a Protoss fanboy^^
★ Kim Taek Yong <3 ★ SKT1.PartinG <3 ★ SKT1.Classic ★ CJ.Sora ★ EG.Jaedong ★
REyeM
Profile Joined August 2014
2674 Posts
September 01 2014 15:24 GMT
#69
I really wonder how would a Korean website rank their players.
S4 Arrows, never forget. RIP Woongjin Stars.
SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
September 01 2014 15:25 GMT
#70
Cure so overhyped, man
Vasacast always in my <3
Aeceus
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1278 Posts
September 01 2014 15:29 GMT
#71
Surprisingly I agree with the list and all the placements. Good job!
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
September 01 2014 15:33 GMT
#72
Soulkey will punish the nonbelievers!
I think esports is pretty nice.
bluetrolls
Profile Joined October 2009
United States139 Posts
September 01 2014 15:35 GMT
#73
On September 02 2014 00:12 Reaper9 wrote:
The power ranking is fair for Flash, after all he dominated #1 for months in BW lol... Power Ranking is mostly about consistency for #1, the ability to keep hammering it in. Rain clearly is #1 at the moment.


Power Rank drama never ceases to entertain. Mark my words, in about 6 months, as Flash dominance is established beyond doubt, the rules will shift into Power Ranking being mostly about who's strongest this month, to add some variety to #1. X royal roads the sole major tournament of the month in Europe, all hail X as #1.

Nihil novi sub sole. If you followed BW Power Ranking, you know this is the truth.
Darrkhan
Profile Joined February 2012
Finland1236 Posts
September 01 2014 15:42 GMT
#74
I was about to post how stupid it is that Rain takes 1st but apparently he has had very good month, didn't even realize.

Good to see PR again!

No welmu in foreign list (((((
SoSexy
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Italy3725 Posts
September 01 2014 15:45 GMT
#75
Rain first and Life close? Lol...
Dating thread on TL LUL
phagga
Profile Joined February 2012
Switzerland2194 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 15:49:15
September 01 2014 15:47 GMT
#76
On September 02 2014 00:09 REyeM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2014 00:08 phagga wrote:
On September 01 2014 23:39 REyeM wrote:
PartinG and TaeJa above soO, Really?? Also Polt is number #8? Are you kidding me? It's arguable if he would even make Code A, let alone Code S.

You guys give WAY to much credit for people that play outside of Korea.

1.) Rain
2.) soO
3.) Maru
4.) Flash
5.) Zest
6.) Soulkey
7.) Cure
8.) Solar
9.) PartinG
10.) Random foreign Korean, or TeamLiquid player if you people have THAT big of a need to make a list with atleast 1 of those players I.E. TaeJa.

Edit: Slight adjustments

According to Aligulac, TaeJa is:

5-1 vs Zest
4-3 vs Solar
And 1-3 vs Flash. He did not play any other players of your list in the last two months, but regarding this results I don't see why he cannot be ahead of Solar and Zest at this point.




Would you consider Shine to be above Soulkey?

Edit: or Polt above TaeJa?


Shine has not gotten anywhere in any tourney in the last two months, so he has no business on this list.

The people Polt has beaten to get second place in Atlanta were all non-koreans. For the run in Detroit he beat San and violett (besides Taeja), not really the strongest opponents.

Taeja on the other hand has beaten Zest and violet in Toronto and Life, MMA, Zest, Jaedong and Solar in Shenzen. I think the difference in quality of opponents should be obvious. Therefore I would not put Polt ahead of Taeja.

If you look at the quality of the opponents that Solar has beaten in the last two months, I'd say Taeja has beaten the same quality of players as Solar has. Also, Solar placed Second in one premier tournament (Shenzen) since the beginning of july while Taeja won Shenzen, was the runner-up in Detroit and got into the semif-finals in Toronto. Finally, Their winrates against koreans is very similar around 65%, with 37-22 (90-56 in Maps) for Solar vs 12-6 (31-23 in maps) for Taeja. Therefore I'd take the direct confrontation more into account.

Edit: Looking through the results, I would agree though that zest could well be ahead of Taeja in the ranking.
"A person who does not concern himself with politics has already made the political choice he was so anxious to spare himself: he is serving the ruling party." - Max Frisch
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 15:52:02
September 01 2014 15:49 GMT
#77
I don't think PartinG deserves a spot here, otherwise I pretty much agree with this ranking.
PartinG hasn't performed up to his old standards in a long time. He is a great player, he consistently goes code S. Congratulations, he consistently gets code S and he consistently bombs out there, he hasn't gotten past the quarterfinals this year in Code S I think. You rate soO below him...

Hehe, besides all that stuff I really love the powerranking and I am so happy it is back, the foreigner version is also very nice. Especially now when we actually have a few skilled foreigners(What is going on!), looking forward to Bunny climbing to number 1!
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
lopido
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada245 Posts
September 01 2014 15:51 GMT
#78
Taeja, Polt and Innovation in the top 10...
This must be a joke, come on guys, foreign teams doesnt mean they deserve to be overhyped like this.
Taeja 4th is the biggest joke tho.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
September 01 2014 15:53 GMT
#79
Flash #1
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
September 01 2014 15:53 GMT
#80
3 non Kespa players in the top 3? what a fucking joke! the 10 best players in the world are all kespa, if not the top 25.
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