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Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
January 31 2015 17:01 GMT
#21
Not even a mention of Maru in best terran

Writers are dead to me
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Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
January 31 2015 17:04 GMT
#22
Hm, shouldn't a "breakout player" be someone who actually had a breakout, not one of the best Korean Protoss that in 2014 grew even stronger. (goes for the runner up as well)
E.g. Pigbaby or Sacsri

Also naming Has as entertaining while there are players out there that people actually tune in for is mildly concerning.
tomastaz
Profile Joined January 2013
United States976 Posts
January 31 2015 17:04 GMT
#23
Absolutely beautiful, although I prefer Flash's kicking the ball ceremony
No church in the wild --- @tzhang0126
rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5595 Posts
January 31 2015 17:05 GMT
#24
On February 01 2015 02:01 Lorning wrote:
Not even a mention of Flash in best terran

Writers are dead to me

FTFY
don't wall off against random
Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
January 31 2015 17:11 GMT
#25
Best Korean Zerg had no runner up? Life won Blizzcon, just throwing that out there Aside from that it was good tho ^^
munch
Profile Joined July 2014
Mute City2363 Posts
January 31 2015 17:13 GMT
#26
On February 01 2015 02:04 Big J wrote:
Hm, shouldn't a "breakout player" be someone who actually had a breakout, not one of the best Korean Protoss that in 2014 grew even stronger. (goes for the runner up as well)
E.g. Pigbaby or Sacsri

Also naming Has as entertaining while there are players out there that people actually tune in for is mildly concerning.


Zest's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Group stage exit from IEM NY

Solar's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Qualified for challenger / Code A twice
WriterForm is temporary, MMA is permanent || http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/508630-article-archive
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37043 Posts
January 31 2015 17:14 GMT
#27
What the heck? I'm seeing several different outcomes than I expected Oo;;

But, none the less, a fantastic job from TL staff as always.
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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BlackCompany
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany8388 Posts
January 31 2015 17:14 GMT
#28
KT best KT. Best korean T is arguable i think but Z/P is pretty obvious.
So surprised that Naniwa took greatest drama award. Not.
tjtombo
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States295 Posts
January 31 2015 17:15 GMT
#29
On February 01 2015 01:59 sc2chronic wrote:
im almost positive Bomber had a better year than Taeja- not to say i didnt expect this coming in to this article from TL.

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As a big fan of both those players, I would ask that you back up why you say that not just say TL bias.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3811 Posts
January 31 2015 17:16 GMT
#30
Agree with everything except Taeja > Innovation
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BernabusStarcraft2
Profile Joined September 2012
Scotland112 Posts
January 31 2015 17:17 GMT
#31
Major deserved a Mention for best foreign Terran for sure
Bling. MC. DeMusliM. EG.
Yonnua
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2331 Posts
January 31 2015 17:19 GMT
#32
Every year Taeja beats a bunch of lower tier players at random tournaments then edges it over the one or two top tier players that turn up and teamliquid writers (and many other people) just start going mental and calling him the best player ever. Then when he gets smashed by top tier players at other events they completely ignore it and act as if it never happened. It's crazy.

Players like Maru, Innovation and Bomber have performed on much bigger stages and with greater consistency against the top tier players, but don't get anywhere near as much credit. :/
LRSL 2014 Finalist! PartinG | Mvp | Bomber | Creator | NaNiwa | herO
Jer99
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada8159 Posts
January 31 2015 17:22 GMT
#33
TaeJa haters out in full force today
StrategyTaeJa #1 || @TL_Jer99 || "seeker seeked out his seeking"
tjtombo
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States295 Posts
January 31 2015 17:24 GMT
#34
On February 01 2015 02:19 Yonnua wrote:
Every year Taeja beats a bunch of lower tier players at random tournaments then edges it over the one or two top tier players that turn up and teamliquid writers (and many other people) just start going mental and calling him the best player ever. Then when he gets smashed by top tier players at other events they completely ignore it and act as if it never happened. It's crazy.

Players like Maru, Innovation and Bomber have performed on much bigger stages and with greater consistency against the top tier players, but don't get anywhere near as much credit. :/

Yeah like when he edged out Zest 3-0, or edged out soO 3-1, or edged out innovation 3-1. Or maybe you are refering to him getting "smashed" by losing 3-2 to Life twice recently (and lets be real, almost everyone is losing to life right now especially in ZvT) in two of the best series of the year. I know what you mean when you say people overlook his losses, but the way you phrase it passes off his multiple tournament wins as "Taeja beats a bunch of lower tier players at random tournaments then edges it over the one or two top tier players that turn up". Aren't you doing the same thing you claim TL writers are doing? Your view comes off just as biased
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
tjtombo
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States295 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-31 17:28:21
January 31 2015 17:26 GMT
#35
On February 01 2015 02:22 Jer99 wrote:
TaeJa haters out in full force today

Hate is the burden of success. As James Franco once said "they hate us, cus they aint us".
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
January 31 2015 17:26 GMT
#36
On February 01 2015 02:13 thecrazymunchkin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 02:04 Big J wrote:
Hm, shouldn't a "breakout player" be someone who actually had a breakout, not one of the best Korean Protoss that in 2014 grew even stronger. (goes for the runner up as well)
E.g. Pigbaby or Sacsri

Also naming Has as entertaining while there are players out there that people actually tune in for is mildly concerning.


Zest's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Group stage exit from IEM NY

Solar's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Qualified for challenger / Code A twice

maybe I'm wrong about Solar and he actually only went on to be strong in Proleague 2014, but Zest was longtime the best Proleague player 2012-13 with the highest winrate (70% and higher for some time) and an amazing amount of wins despite never being allowed to play ace.
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-31 17:30:54
January 31 2015 17:28 GMT
#37
On February 01 2015 02:26 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 02:13 thecrazymunchkin wrote:
On February 01 2015 02:04 Big J wrote:
Hm, shouldn't a "breakout player" be someone who actually had a breakout, not one of the best Korean Protoss that in 2014 grew even stronger. (goes for the runner up as well)
E.g. Pigbaby or Sacsri

Also naming Has as entertaining while there are players out there that people actually tune in for is mildly concerning.


Zest's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Group stage exit from IEM NY

Solar's individual achievements prior to 2014:
Qualified for challenger / Code A twice

maybe I'm wrong about Solar and he actually only went on to be strong in Proleague 2014, but Zest was longtime the best Proleague player 2012-13 with the highest winrate (70% and higher for some time) and an amazing amount of wins despite never being allowed to play ace.


Zest ended the 12-13 season with a score that was roughly 30-18 if I recall correctly. Seventh or eighth place. He was definitely good back then, but it's hard to argue that 2014 wasn't his breakout year.
Edit: 29-17, 7th player overall.
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Pino
Profile Joined June 2013
1032 Posts
January 31 2015 17:33 GMT
#38
I still remember staying up super late for IEM Cologne, just because the games were incredible
TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
January 31 2015 17:33 GMT
#39
TaeJa instead of Bogus for the title of best Korean Terran? Muahahaha
Between those two, someone actually won a Code S. And it was not TaeJa.
And why Bomber among the runners-up instead of Maru??
munch
Profile Joined July 2014
Mute City2363 Posts
January 31 2015 17:34 GMT
#40
On February 01 2015 02:33 Pino wrote:
I still remember staying up super late for IEM Cologne, just because the games were incredible


I've never been so satisfied and disappointed with a finals in SC2 before

You only needed one more Polt
WriterForm is temporary, MMA is permanent || http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/508630-article-archive
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