But Zealously, Rain is actually the best player in the world, Artosis said so, and it's just not fair that WCS KR points don't count for more than winning the most stacked tournament of the year by beating arguably 3 of the top 5 players on the planet.

Are you really calling Blizzcon the most stacked tournament of the year?

On November 13 2014 08:12 Shuffleblade wrote:
This has nothing to do with blizzon final standings(then MMA would be higher placed.......). This has to do with the players that Life defeated on his way to winning blizzcon and the way he did it. He defeated Zest, 3-0 PvZ expert San and won over a Taeja that just took out soO and Innovation.

Stop whining about Taeja not playing in GSL and therefore he sucks when he kicked the shit out of both soO and Innovation. Doesn't matter where he plays if he is better than the GSL champion.

Life is nr 1 right now and most arguements against that are just silly. The kings of GSL got their asses handed to them by Taeja and Life, its not a bad dream its reality.

Of course it has to do with Blizzcon final standings. Look at MMAs games in October/November, do 3-1s over StarDust, Bomber and Classic really warrant 6th place?

MMA 1-4 Life
MMA 3-1 Classic
MMA 3-1 Bomber
MMA 3-1 StarDust
MMA 1-2 Happy
MMA 1-2 First
MMA 2-1 Kas
MMA 0-2 poizon (I assume this is a walkover because I don't see how else this would have happened)
MMA 4-2 YoDa
MMA 3-1 San

Compare that to Bomber's:
Bomber 1-3 MMA
Bomber 3-2 Jaedong
Bomber 4-2 Heart
Bomber 3-2 Polt
Bomber 3-1 Pigbaby
Bomber 4-0 Cure
Bomber 3-2 Polt
Bomber 2-0 Trap
Bomber 2-0 DongRaeGu

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

November 12 2014 23:32 GMT

#64

On November 13 2014 08:28 Zealously wrote:

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I'm thinking STFW at #3 right now unless something changes, but I'll consider your input!

oh god. ST is notorious for underperforming in team leagues. It would be evil to put those kind of expectations on them

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

November 12 2014 23:33 GMT

#65

On November 13 2014 07:57 vult wrote:
LOL LIFE AT #1.

NJ ZEALOUSLY.

Definitely top 3 still. That run was insane. And that shows he has what it takes. But I'd expect him to go down the ranks if he doesn't keep up this level of play consistently.

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

November 12 2014 23:36 GMT

#66

This one is kinda biased (sooo much emphasis on blizzcon :D), on the other hand there wasn't really much going on between the last power rank and this one either, so yeah.
But overall not that bad

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

November 12 2014 23:38 GMT

#67

Why the fuck is TaeJa always so high on everything ever?
TT

fezvez

France3021 Posts

November 12 2014 23:42 GMT

#68

I would swap MMA on the 9th spot for his honorable performance, put Rain on 10th, remove herO altogether, bump Bomber and the others accordingly, and finally, swap Life and Taeja

So much emphasis on Blizzcon, but I sure can't deny that the players prepared and prepared and prepared, and it showed in game.

nimdil

Poland3748 Posts

November 12 2014 23:48 GMT

#69

On November 13 2014 07:41 Die4Ever wrote:

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Yea but in your example Flash at least made the finals. Who are you suggesting to be first? Zest or soO maybe? They lost in the first round and still got good spots.

TaeJa or Zest. Both will work. Both lost to Life 2-3 so their performance was close to eventual winner.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

November 12 2014 23:50 GMT

#70

On November 13 2014 08:48 nimdil wrote:

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TaeJa or Zest. Both will work. Both lost to Life 2-3 so their performance was close to eventual winner.

Life threw game 3 against Zest, so that should have been a 3-0

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

November 12 2014 23:53 GMT

#71

Poll: Do you think Life should be #1?

Yes (91)

59%

No (64)

41%

155 total votes

Your vote: Do you think Life should be #1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

November 12 2014 23:54 GMT

#72

On November 13 2014 08:53 Shellshock wrote:

Poll: Do you think Life should be #1?

Yes (91)

59%

No (64)

41%

155 total votes

Your vote: Do you think Life should be #1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

shellshock is mad :D

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

November 12 2014 23:54 GMT

#73

On November 13 2014 08:53 Shellshock wrote:

Poll: Do you think Life should be #1?

Yes (91)

59%

No (64)

41%

155 total votes

Your vote: Do you think Life should be #1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

I dunno shellshock, that 100% "yes" vote for life looks pretty convincing so far

leandroqm

Netherlands874 Posts

November 12 2014 23:55 GMT

#74

awesome writeup!!
congrats :D

geokilla

Canada8240 Posts

November 13 2014 00:00 GMT

#75

The bias is strong in this article. Taeja was clearly better than Life this year overall as a player. Life wasn't talked about as much nor did he win nearly as much as Taeja did. The fact he slipped into Blizzcon was astonishing in my opinion.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

November 13 2014 00:02 GMT

#76

On November 13 2014 09:00 geokilla wrote:
The bias is strong in this article. Taeja was clearly better than Life this year overall as a player. Life wasn't talked about as much nor did he win nearly as much as Taeja did. The fact he slipped into Blizzcon was astonishing in my opinion.

I'm sure anyone would have been thrown off by having to stay up for an extra 5 hours to play 1 hr worth of gametime in tvt the night before. Can't really blame TaeJa for the venue's problems imo

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

November 13 2014 00:03 GMT

#77

On November 13 2014 09:02 Shellshock wrote:

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I'm sure anyone would have been thrown off by having to stay up for an extra 5 hours to play 1 hr worth of gametime in tvt the night before. Can't really blame TaeJa for the venue's problems imo

So, you think TaeJa should be #1?