Personally I think Welmu would've had a more bright 2014 if it weren't for his medical condition, and a lot of the players he beat were more high tier like YoDa, RorO, MMA, MC, HyuN, etc, so it was a close call.

A lot of things would probably be quite a bit different without all that hassle.

Consistency was awarded here and Jim had more places to show it. Unfortunately there are no sympathy-points awarded in Starcraft2 in general.

vult

United States9400 Posts

January 31 2015 21:00 GMT

#183

Awesome awards as always, all your choices seem pretty spot on! :D

stuchiu

Fiddler's Green42661 Posts

January 31 2015 21:01 GMT

#184

On February 01 2015 05:48 SackOfWetMice wrote:

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Missing the joke here :\ (I know you're referencing Naniwa, but I don't get the joke

)

According to liquipedia, Rain did beat Zest in their PvP in the Proleague finals. So that last should be Zest 0-1 to Rain, right?

I think I saw the mistake, its a double 0-1 0-1 in PL. I must have glanced over it. Updated those stats.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

January 31 2015 21:02 GMT

#185

On February 01 2015 05:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
The amount of TL players winning feels excessive, but I love these awards and wouldn't have it any other way!

Reddit says the same thing and I don't get it.

Taeja has always been controversial when it comes to rating him. For some gsl = everything.

Snute and Bunny though? Those two seemed pretty clear cut to me. I was under the impression that Snute was widely considered the best foreigner and Bunny the best foreign Terran.

HerO vs Polt was also an incredible final.

Circumstance

United States11403 Posts

January 31 2015 21:06 GMT

#186

Snute is easily the best foreign Zerg and best foreign player of 2014, and Bunny is easily the best foreign Terran (I think Major should've been another runner-up, though.) No bias, just fact.

ANLProbe

667 Posts

January 31 2015 21:07 GMT

#187

On February 01 2015 03:59 Alucen-Will- wrote:
I have a really hard time with Taeja as the best Korean Terran, Honestly I would favor Bomber, MMA (maybe), and perhaps innovation over Taeja. Much of Taeja's success is against inferior competition.

Innovation won a gsl. (That in itself is far more difficult than winning the tournaments that taeja won)

MMA 2nd at blizzcon

Bomber won the RBBG in very impressive fashion, defeating several solid Kespa players, including cure. Who at the time was in the semi-finals of the GSL who went on to lost to Innovation 4-3.

Taeja's run at Blizzcon was far harder than MMA's. He also came much closer to beating Life. If MMA was in the lower bracket I doubt he would even reach ro4.

DERASTAT

Germany99 Posts

January 31 2015 21:24 GMT

#188

I am totally Agree, good to put SoO and Zest up there,because most players forget them because both of them had a downn.

as Protoss Zest is my Guy and as Zerg soO!!

Cheren

United States2911 Posts

January 31 2015 21:27 GMT

#189

So, as Protoss haters constantly pointed out last year, Taeja's Dreamhack and Homestory Cup runs didn't have a single Code S player in them. His IEM Shenzen run was fantastic, as was his Blizzcon run even though he didn't win. Overall I can agree with giving Taeja best Terran, but I think it should have been more half-hearted, there were no consistently great terrans in 2014.

I also think that leaving Flash off the runner-ups is likely due to his 2015 performance. In 2014 he had a better proleague record than Zest, won a very stacked tournament and got 2nd in another, and went 6-1 against the "top terran". He deserves to be mentioned alongside Innovation and Bomber.

will216

United States185 Posts

January 31 2015 21:31 GMT

#190

Best Korean Zerg,sOO? Life won Blizzcon

Meavis

Netherlands1300 Posts

January 31 2015 21:32 GMT

#191

The only good reason I see for handing TaeJa best korean terran would be his blizzcon performance, but if that was the great contributor, where's life?

if consistency was the reason like for soo, surely innovation would be a better candidate than taeja, he may have stomped tournaments outside of korea, but you can hardly compare that to consistant performance in korea.

Ctesias

4595 Posts

January 31 2015 21:36 GMT

#192

On February 01 2015 06:31 will216 wrote:
Best Korean Zerg,sOO? Life won Blizzcon

4 consecutive GSL finals is far more impressive, even if he won none of them.

christophequirion

France82 Posts

January 31 2015 21:38 GMT

#193

I guess the cash price collected by these players in 2014 could be mentionned. Not everything, but at least an objective data.

will216

United States185 Posts

January 31 2015 21:39 GMT

#194

On February 01 2015 06:36 Ctesias wrote:

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4 consecutive GSL finals is far more impressive, even if he won none of them.

But not even a honorable mention? Come Team Liquid, really ? And I'm not even going to talk about best korean Terran...

Ctesias

4595 Posts

January 31 2015 21:39 GMT

#195

On February 01 2015 06:38 christophequirion wrote:
I guess the cash price collected by these players in 2014 could be mentionned. Not everything, but at least an objective data.

But the thread would never get 10+ pages of replies if we only went by objective standards.

TheDwf

France19747 Posts

January 31 2015 21:42 GMT

#196

On February 01 2015 06:38 christophequirion wrote:
I guess the cash price collected by these players in 2014 could be mentionned. Not everything, but at least an objective data.

IEM World Championship begs to differ

Ctesias

4595 Posts

January 31 2015 21:44 GMT

#197

On February 01 2015 06:39 will216 wrote:

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But not even a honorable mention? Come Team Liquid, really ? And I'm not even going to talk about best korean Terran...

Life should definitely have been honorably mentioned. So much, in fact, I believe it was a typo to leave him out.