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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
January 31 2015 22:06 GMT
#201
ok am I missing some joke with Taeja being #1 protoss? I know he has sick off-races but haven't seen him use them outside of his stream...
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
January 31 2015 22:34 GMT
#202
On February 01 2015 07:06 Ej_ wrote:
ok am I missing some joke with Taeja being #1 protoss? I know he has sick off-races but haven't seen him use them outside of his stream...

i think tb is poking fun at the "liquid bias" of making Taeja the best terran this year again.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
hansonslee
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States2027 Posts
January 31 2015 22:42 GMT
#203
TaeJa as the best Terran and not Maru, who crushed Protosses with his aggressive bio play?

I'm really confused...
Seed's # 1 fan!!! #ForVengeance
PinheadXXXXXX
Profile Joined February 2012
United States897 Posts
January 31 2015 22:46 GMT
#204
On February 01 2015 07:42 hansonslee wrote:
TaeJa as the best Terran and not Maru, who crushed Protosses with his aggressive bio play?

I'm really confused...

Maru never was able to beat the very top Code S players outside of Proleague, especially in the early parts of the year, while Taeja did, albeit in weekend tournaments.
Taeja the one true Byunjwa~
Ammanas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Slovakia2166 Posts
January 31 2015 22:47 GMT
#205
Only thing I care about is Proleague winning the best tournament. Because it fucking is.
JangBi forever <3 || Classic! herO! Rain! Zest! | Rogue! Hydra! Solar! | Fantasy! Cure! Reality! Sorry! Journey!
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
January 31 2015 22:51 GMT
#206
Maru > other terrans
maru lover forever
Chiyosuke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States51 Posts
January 31 2015 23:15 GMT
#207
Great stuff. I loved this year a lot Thanks for the write up.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-31 23:18:12
January 31 2015 23:17 GMT
#208
On February 01 2015 07:46 PinheadXXXXXX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 07:42 hansonslee wrote:
TaeJa as the best Terran and not Maru, who crushed Protosses with his aggressive bio play?

I'm really confused...

Maru never was able to beat the very top Code S players outside of Proleague, especially in the early parts of the year, while Taeja did, albeit in weekend tournaments.


Maru beat top code S players it's just that he never went all the way and he strangely did worse in the period where Terran started to do well again in the latter half of 2014.

Taeja's results, while less prestigious individually, were numerous. He actually DID go all the way several times. Perhaps Maru could've done the same if he had the same opportunities, perhaps not. Fact is though, Taeja won stuff in 2014 Maru didn't.
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
Yonnua
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2331 Posts
January 31 2015 23:19 GMT
#209
On February 01 2015 05:47 argonautdice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 05:45 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Surprised Taeja wasn't awarded best Protoss

You mean Scarlett's 100% win rate as Protoss.


I'm sure even I could be Scarlett's protoss 20% of the time. ;p
LRSL 2014 Finalist! PartinG | Mvp | Bomber | Creator | NaNiwa | herO
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
January 31 2015 23:27 GMT
#210
On February 01 2015 08:19 Yonnua wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 05:47 argonautdice wrote:
On February 01 2015 05:45 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Surprised Taeja wasn't awarded best Protoss

You mean Scarlett's 100% win rate as Protoss.


I'm sure even I could be Scarlett's protoss 20% of the time. ;p

only if she goes mothership rush vs four gate
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Hydro033
Profile Joined July 2012
United States136 Posts
January 31 2015 23:30 GMT
#211
Will the best games always be Korean TvT?
#Wet4Ret
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
January 31 2015 23:38 GMT
#212
On February 01 2015 08:27 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 08:19 Yonnua wrote:
On February 01 2015 05:47 argonautdice wrote:
On February 01 2015 05:45 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Surprised Taeja wasn't awarded best Protoss

You mean Scarlett's 100% win rate as Protoss.


I'm sure even I could be Scarlett's protoss 20% of the time. ;p

only if she goes mothership rush vs four gate

Hey, mothership rush is a legit build.

(in WoL TT)
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radagastthe3rd
Profile Joined December 2014
United States12 Posts
January 31 2015 23:40 GMT
#213
the feels
boab
Profile Joined February 2012
United Kingdom23 Posts
January 31 2015 23:41 GMT
#214
Not even a mention of maru? do the writer's actually watch sc2 in korea?
Purdnstein
Profile Joined December 2013
United States12 Posts
January 31 2015 23:44 GMT
#215
Thanks to all the TL writers to give all of us raging nerds something to be passionate about. Whether you love or hate any of the choices, we're all here shouting about how great this game and the people who play it are. Keep it up guys!
ken 2014- "asians can grow beards unless your old"
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
January 31 2015 23:58 GMT
#216
On February 01 2015 08:41 boab wrote:
Not even a mention of maru? do the writer's actually watch sc2 in korea?

I don't know who Maru is but if he's not Life I probably didnt watch him play
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Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
February 01 2015 00:06 GMT
#217
Taeja best KR Terran lol.

Also soO >Life is completely correct.
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
February 01 2015 00:10 GMT
#218
On February 01 2015 07:46 PinheadXXXXXX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 07:42 hansonslee wrote:
TaeJa as the best Terran and not Maru, who crushed Protosses with his aggressive bio play?

I'm really confused...

Maru never was able to beat the very top Code S players outside of Proleague, especially in the early parts of the year, while Taeja did, albeit in weekend tournaments.


This confuses me. In the first half of the year, the only players Maru lost to in Code S were Life (in a wonky series) and Classic (twice). While TaeJa did beat Life at IEM, he's never even Classic, much less beat him. Outside of Code S/PL, Maru also lost to Dark, herO, Curious, Cure, ParalyzE, San and soO over the first half of the year. Alright. Let's see how TaeJa did against them. Over the same time period (first 6 months of 2014), TaeJa played one person from that list - San, who he lost to 0-2 in ATC. Okay. Well, maybe you were talking about other Code S players. Let's look at TaeJa's record vs players who made at least Ro16 Code S (in either of the seasons) in the first 6 months.

2-3 vs Dear (ASUS ROG)
4-1 vs Squirtle (King of the Iron)
3-1 vs Life (IEM WC)
1-3 vs sOs (IEM WC)
0-1 vs Dear (ATC)
2-1 vs INno (No Dice Gaming Invitational #4)
0-1 vs INno (ATC)

Total
3-4/12-11

Well, okay, that's respectable. Now, let's check Maru's results vs players who made at least Ro16 Code S over the same time - and since you discounted proleague, I will too.

0-2 Curious (IEM Cologne)
0-2 ParalyzE (IEM WC)
0-2 Classic (Code S)
2-1 Zest (Code S)
2-1 Dear (Code S)
2-1 Dark (Code S)
2-0 Stork (Code S)

Total
4-3/8-9

At the very worst, those are roughly equal. You might argue that Dark and maybe even Stork didn't represent the very top of Code S, but neither did ParalyzE, Curious or Squirtle. TaeJa's most impressive quality over the first 6 months was not his ability to beat the top tier of Code S players (as he only beat Life and went even with INno - who wasn't even that top tier at the time) but rather his ability to remain consistent against everyone else. It was Maru who was the terran beating top tiers during the first 6 months (and Polt as well), not TaeJa. TaeJa's on this list primarily because of his consistency against other players and because he proved against Zest at IEM Toronto & Shenzhen plus against soO/INno at Blizzcon that he's capable of going toe to toe with big champions and coming out successful. Maru's late year slump (relative slump - he wasn't awful or anything) combined with INno's early year slump, the fact that Polt didn't do much of note for the latter parts of the year and Bomber didn't do much of note for the early parts of the year make TaeJa the best korean terran of the year. He was the only terran who had great results in the first half and cemented those results with an even better second half.




Writermaru pls
fenner
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United Kingdom163 Posts
February 01 2015 00:17 GMT
#219
Best Zerg player = SoO... No close runner up? Did you guys notice the fact that Life was the best player in the world in 2014
Zerg Strategy & Stuff www.youtube.com/fenn3r
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
February 01 2015 00:27 GMT
#220
These are comedy gold, Ty tl !!!
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