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Greatest Players of All Time: Part 1 - Page 4

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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44368 Posts
April 11 2015 19:19 GMT
#61
Top 5 should include Mvp, Life, Nestea, MC imo. I love these nostalgic trips down memory lane I think these lists also do a particularly great job of angering people though ^^
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55550 Posts
April 11 2015 19:20 GMT
#62
On April 12 2015 04:18 Noonius wrote:
Maru, 13th. How fitting. I'm interested to see where TaeJa and Polt (the real terrans) are gonna be placed. One of them must be in top 3 for sure

Still contending with all time greats like MC and NesTea over the 3rd spot. And TaeJa is kinda missing the big wins in Korean tournaments.
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Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-14 13:29:15
April 11 2015 19:20 GMT
#63
1/2. Life/Mvp
3. TaeJa
4. MMA
5. MC
6. Zest
7. herO
8. INnoVation
9. PartinG
10. Stephano

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nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
April 11 2015 19:21 GMT
#64
1. Life
2. MVP
3. Nestea
4. IdrA
5. MC
6. MMA
7. HuK
8. sOs
9. Parting
10. Polt
11. Stephano
12. Innovation
13. Maru
14. Naniwa
15. Soulkey
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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 11 2015 19:21 GMT
#65
On April 12 2015 04:18 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2015 04:17 Zealously wrote:
On April 12 2015 04:16 sharkie wrote:
Did I miss SC2's end or why are we suddenly talking GOATs? o.O


On April 12 2015 03:59 Zealously wrote:
On April 12 2015 03:58 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Nice. I'm surprised that it took so long for this article to be written.


It was mostly written (we had a project called Kings of Wings going to be released around HotS release) but we got stuck with other projects. stu eventually took it upon himself to write it himself.



So SC2 died a while ago?
I like top player articles as much as others but its a pretty misleading title no?


I disagree. It doesn't imply that these are the greatest players that will ever be (Mvp is commonly referred to as the GOAT), only that these are the greatest players to have touched the game thus far. GOAT rankings aren't and shouldn't be exclusive to games no longer being played professionally, I think.
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imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
April 11 2015 19:22 GMT
#66
On April 12 2015 04:18 Noonius wrote:
Maru, 13th. How fitting. I'm interested to see where TaeJa and Polt (the real terrans) are gonna be placed. One of them must be in top 3 for sure


the real terrans with 1 GSL won between the 2.
Let's speak about MMA and Mvp please.
Zest fanboy.
BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
April 11 2015 19:23 GMT
#67
Hmm. In no order

sOs
MC
Stephano
Bomber
Parting


Top 5 is probably Life MVP Taeja Parting Polt
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 11 2015 19:24 GMT
#68
On April 12 2015 04:07 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2015 04:05 OtherWorld wrote:
Hmm remaining players are probably Mvp, Life, NesTea, MMA, Polt, Zest, TaeJa, Stephano, MC, ActionJesus sOs. In order :
#1 Mvp
#2 Life
#3 TaeJa
#4 NesTea
#5 MMA
#6 Polt
#7 sOs
#8 Zest
#9 MC
#10 Stephano

I'm not going to lie, if the list looks like this and INnoVation doesn't get on there despite being more successful than Maru and MK, and at his best better than most of the players you listed, I'd be a bit disappointed.

I first put him on the list, but on second ththought, looking at the intro :
-did he play in a time with increased talent pool? Yes, like Maru.
-did he dictate the meta and refine strategies? Yes, but nothing too groundbreaking.
-did he stay consistent as opposed to peak/clutch? No, like Maru.
-did his success happen when his race was weak? Hell no, as opposed to Maru.
-how does his success rate in terms of prestige? Well a GSL win and a second place isn't too bad, sure, but that's all he's got since PL is apparently not taken into account. Meanwhile Maru has an OSL, several good performances in GSL when Terrans were weak, and a NSSL. INnoVation also did worse than Maru at BlizzCon 2013. So yeah to me INno making the top10 while Maru doesn't would feel strange. If anything the lack of PartinG on my list is more shocking d:
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Ja.Y.
Profile Joined February 2015
United States253 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-11 19:25:49
April 11 2015 19:24 GMT
#69
On April 12 2015 04:20 Inflicted wrote:
1/2. Life/Mvp
3. TaeJa
4. sOs
5. MC
6. Zest
7. herO
8. INnoVation
9. PartinG
10. Stephano


No MMA? Really? That's a pretty bold statement, imo, especially what he did in his prime on SlayerS AND what he's done thus far on Team Acer. No one expected a Ro4 finish for the first GSL he had been back in over 2 years.

10. Zest
9. PartinG
8. Polt
7. Innovation
6. MC
5. MMA
4. Taeja
3. Nestea
2. Life
1. Mvp

I don't think Life can dispute Mvp's stance as #1, yet. Unless Life goes on to win a few more GSL's in dominant fashion.
MMA will reign supreme once again // MaSa is gawd
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
April 11 2015 19:24 GMT
#70
Why is everybody overlooking bomber? I don't think he's in the top ten, but I'd rank him above Leenock.
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BretZ
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1510 Posts
April 11 2015 19:25 GMT
#71
I'm sooo excited that TL is doing a series on this! I feel like i've been waiting forever for some sort of list/write up on the greatest SC2 players ever
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
April 11 2015 19:25 GMT
#72
On April 12 2015 04:24 Ja.Y. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2015 04:20 Inflicted wrote:
1/2. Life/Mvp
3. TaeJa
4. sOs
5. MC
6. Zest
7. herO
8. INnoVation
9. PartinG
10. Stephano


No MMA? Really? That's a pretty bold statement, imo, especially what he did in his prime on SlayerS AND what he's done thus far on Team Acer. No one expected a Ro4 finish for the first GSL he had been back in over 2 years.

10. Zest
9. PartinG
8. Polt
7. Innovation
6. MC
5. MMA
4. Taeja
3. Nestea
2. Life
1. Mvp

I don't think Life can dispute Mvp's stance as #1, yet. Unless Life goes on to win 2 more GSL's.


Yeah, replaced PartinG with MMA. iunno they both belong there but I bet Stephano will be on top 10 too
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BakedButters
Profile Joined November 2011
United States748 Posts
April 11 2015 19:25 GMT
#73
10. Innovation
9. Zest
8. Parting
7. Polt
6. MMA

5. Taeja
4. Nestea
3. MC
2. Life
1. MVP
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life617
Profile Joined July 2012
United States25 Posts
April 11 2015 19:26 GMT
#74
TaeJa and Life are the top 2
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
April 11 2015 19:26 GMT
#75
On April 12 2015 04:19 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Top 5 should include Mvp, Life, Nestea, MC imo. I love these nostalgic trips down memory lane I think these lists also do a particularly great job of angering people though ^^


Isn't that part of the fun of it?
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nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
April 11 2015 19:26 GMT
#76
On April 12 2015 04:24 Ja.Y. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2015 04:20 Inflicted wrote:
1/2. Life/Mvp
3. TaeJa
4. sOs
5. MC
6. Zest
7. herO
8. INnoVation
9. PartinG
10. Stephano


No MMA? Really? That's a pretty bold statement, imo, especially what he did in his prime on SlayerS AND what he's done thus far on Team Acer. No one expected a Ro4 finish for the first GSL he had been back in over 2 years.

10. Zest
9. PartinG
8. Polt
7. Innovation
6. MC
5. MMA
4. Taeja
3. Nestea
2. Life
1. Mvp

I don't think Life can dispute Mvp's stance as #1, yet. Unless Life goes on to win a few more GSL's in dominant fashion.


If all we do is judge people by # of gsl titels then an article like this isn't really needed. We'd just go on liquipedia.
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18413 Posts
April 11 2015 19:28 GMT
#77
I guess you guys are true about the GOAT reasons.

My problem with this list is probably that it will include people like MK and Nestea who are long past their primes and got their achievements in comparatively easy environments..
Also soO already so low...
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
April 11 2015 19:30 GMT
#78
God I hope Taeja is top3
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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
April 11 2015 19:30 GMT
#79
i have a problem. i have 12 players left for 10 spots :O

Zest
Nestea
Innovation
sOs
Bomber
Taeja
Polt
Parting
MMA
MC
Life
MVP
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 11 2015 19:30 GMT
#80
Guys, what if Sniper is in the top 10? d:
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