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Greatest Players of All Time: Part 2 - Page 19

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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
April 19 2015 13:16 GMT
#361
On April 19 2015 21:26 lichter wrote:
i don't like polt myself but i'm surprised how many people don't like him

remember the days when people would post "who?" in reply
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shadymmj
Profile Joined June 2010
1906 Posts
April 19 2015 13:19 GMT
#362
lots of different benchmarks for greatest players

as for "the best a man can get" it is no doubt innovation. that didn't last for very long but he wiped the floor with everyone.
for "mr. consistency" of course it's mvp.
There is no such thing is "e-sports". There is Brood War, and then there is crap for nerds.
Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
April 19 2015 13:19 GMT
#363
On April 19 2015 21:26 lichter wrote:
i don't like polt myself but i'm surprised how many people don't like him

Remember when he said Jinro reached the ro8 (or was it ro16?) of the GSL twice by luck? I'm guessing that's the reason.

Personally, I think he's awesome.
Flash | Mvp
Mikku
Profile Joined June 2012
Czech Republic58 Posts
April 19 2015 13:51 GMT
#364
There are 6 titans left for 5 spots. At 1st I was
like WTF? ... but then I. have realized what Stuchiu is going to do with this list. Five places for Life & co. and on t he top MVP declared as 1st Sc2 Bonjwa. Years after his era, there is almost no1 who tries to argue about MVP taking the 1st spot. t simply shows how big and dominant he was. And this is the definition of Bonjwa. In BW it was up to Korean crowd to crown their Boxer, Flash ... . In Sc2 I can see the possibility, that community can accept this declaration made on the central pointt website of Starcraft 2 scene.
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
April 19 2015 13:53 GMT
#365
Not sure why people are including stephano. He was top tier for sure in wol. However, he was never the very best.
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-19 14:00:17
April 19 2015 13:59 GMT
#366
Seems quite crazy yet logical at the same time that two Blizzcon/World champions won't be in the top 15 of all time.

Genius I understand entirely, besides the 2010 win and a single runner up in GSL.

But let's spare a thought for $O$.
Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
Mallidon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Scotland557 Posts
April 19 2015 14:01 GMT
#367
If MC doesn't make the top 5 then I call shenanigans and Pinnacle should void the result! :D
Bleh.
Rocket-Bear
Profile Joined July 2014
3070 Posts
April 19 2015 14:06 GMT
#368
On April 19 2015 23:01 Mallidon wrote:
If MC doesn't make the top 5 then I call shenanigans and Pinnacle should void the result! :D

He will for sure.

MC Taeja Life Mvp are all going top 5.

Last spot is between Parting and Polt atm, we'll see who gets it.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55578 Posts
April 19 2015 14:14 GMT
#369
On April 19 2015 22:59 messioso wrote:
Seems quite crazy yet logical at the same time that two Blizzcon/World champions won't be in the top 15 of all time.

Genius I understand entirely, besides the 2010 win and a single runner up in GSL.

But let's spare a thought for $O$.

Well, good thing for $O$ is, he still has a shot to move up in the rankings as SC2 goes on. Some of the others don't.
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kaykoose
Profile Joined February 2014
United States2302 Posts
April 19 2015 14:18 GMT
#370
There is literally no competition between Polt and Parting on an all-time list. Polt is objectively higher. I think Parting should have got on here, but he's being overrated big time if people actually think he is top 5. Look at his results. The most impressive feat people are listing for him is making Code S a bunch of times. Actually WINNING tournaments is most important when ranking all-time. Scale/weight the tournaments how you'd like... at the end of the day Polt was playing Koreans in the playoff rounds of these tournaments.

Also, the whole preparation tournaments > weekend tournaments is weird. Both are valuable and should be treated as such. BUT, if we're trying to find players who are straight out more talented, why wouldn't a weekend tournament be the best way to determine a player's raw skill?
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3491 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-19 14:40:19
April 19 2015 14:37 GMT
#371
On April 19 2015 18:25 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 18:16 fancyClown wrote:
I realized that the GSLs of 2011 and 2012 should get lower weight since there were more GSLs per year.
2011: 7 GSLs per year (multiply with 0.429)
2012: 5 GSLs per year (multiply with 0.6)
the rest had 3 GSLs per year (including 1 OSL)

Here are the adjusted Top15 based on the number of times the players made it to GSL Code S Ro8:

PartinG 6.2
Innovation 6
Soulkey 6
Rain 5
MC 4.5
NesTea 4.3
Symbol 4.2
Maru 4
soO 4
HongUn 3.9 <-----
MarineKing 3.6
Taeja 3.2
Life 3
Zest 3
Mvp 2.9


Truly one of the greatest

Hey! He basically invented double forge vs Terran. I quite liked HongUn, remember when he would go Carriers, just to please his fans?

Also, the whole preparation tournaments > weekend tournaments is weird. Both are valuable and should be treated as such. BUT, if we're trying to find players who are straight out more talented, why wouldn't a weekend tournament be the best way to determine a player's raw skill?

This is probably also why Nestea is so high on the list. He's a preparation monster, but anytime he would travel to events out of Korea he would just suck.
If you cannot play both styles well, you don't deserve to be one of the greatest players of all time. If a player like Rain that have no clue how to play a bo7, you should not be one of the greatest players of all time.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
TheAnarchy
Profile Joined January 2010
Chile1105 Posts
April 19 2015 14:44 GMT
#372
On April 19 2015 12:23 Alucen-Will- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 12:13 braller wrote:
On April 19 2015 11:25 nimdil wrote:
On April 19 2015 07:00 Soularion wrote:
It's funny to think how much current success influences opinion.

The same is for Brood War - NaDa and Flash has the same amount of Golds (unless you count Flash's GOM which seems unfair); yet Flash is GOAT and NaDa has more silvers and was relevant for many many years. In fact the distance between his first and last gold is greater than is the case of July.


Cmon son. All three of Nada's MSLs and one of his OSLs came in 2002-03. The competition back then wasn't even close to as good as it was when Flash was destroying everyone. No player ever reached Flash's peak and he won as many titles as anyone else, so he's the best.


No one reasonable argues about Flash not being the best of all time


Flash played at the time Bw was in decadence at 2008. I played bw since 99 and bw peak was surely at the time of Nada or Savior there was much more competition in servers and professional leagues. NA servers where dead at time. Ive seen all the players named bonjwa and flash is probably out of my top 3 (Nada, savior and bisu).
TheAnarchy
Profile Joined January 2010
Chile1105 Posts
April 19 2015 15:04 GMT
#373
Parting didnt make the top 15 due to the lack of results. His four premier where tier 2 or 3 events (only in homestory there were more than 3 koreans). In the blizzcon cup wich he came second he played only one korean and he lost (the final against creator).
So his only results that counts are 2 gsl finals and his homestory cupcup the rest is pretty bad.
Hier
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
2391 Posts
April 19 2015 15:14 GMT
#374
FruitDealer hasn't been ruled out yet.
"But on a more serious note..." -everyone on this forum at some point.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
April 19 2015 15:15 GMT
#375
On April 19 2015 23:37 ejozl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 18:25 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
On April 19 2015 18:16 fancyClown wrote:
I realized that the GSLs of 2011 and 2012 should get lower weight since there were more GSLs per year.
2011: 7 GSLs per year (multiply with 0.429)
2012: 5 GSLs per year (multiply with 0.6)
the rest had 3 GSLs per year (including 1 OSL)

Here are the adjusted Top15 based on the number of times the players made it to GSL Code S Ro8:

PartinG 6.2
Innovation 6
Soulkey 6
Rain 5
MC 4.5
NesTea 4.3
Symbol 4.2
Maru 4
soO 4
HongUn 3.9 <-----
MarineKing 3.6
Taeja 3.2
Life 3
Zest 3
Mvp 2.9


Truly one of the greatest

Hey! He basically invented double forge vs Terran. I quite liked HongUn, remember when he would go Carriers, just to please his fans?

Show nested quote +
Also, the whole preparation tournaments > weekend tournaments is weird. Both are valuable and should be treated as such. BUT, if we're trying to find players who are straight out more talented, why wouldn't a weekend tournament be the best way to determine a player's raw skill?

This is probably also why Nestea is so high on the list. He's a preparation monster, but anytime he would travel to events out of Korea he would just suck.
If you cannot play both styles well, you don't deserve to be one of the greatest players of all time. If a player like Rain that have no clue how to play a bo7, you should not be one of the greatest players of all time.


I agree completely, which is the main argument for me to disagree with Taeja being in the top 5.

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Psychonian
Profile Joined March 2012
United States2322 Posts
April 19 2015 15:28 GMT
#376
i predicted nestea at #7. do i get anything?
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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 19 2015 15:32 GMT
#377
On April 19 2015 23:44 TheAnarchy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 12:23 Alucen-Will- wrote:
On April 19 2015 12:13 braller wrote:
On April 19 2015 11:25 nimdil wrote:
On April 19 2015 07:00 Soularion wrote:
It's funny to think how much current success influences opinion.

The same is for Brood War - NaDa and Flash has the same amount of Golds (unless you count Flash's GOM which seems unfair); yet Flash is GOAT and NaDa has more silvers and was relevant for many many years. In fact the distance between his first and last gold is greater than is the case of July.


Cmon son. All three of Nada's MSLs and one of his OSLs came in 2002-03. The competition back then wasn't even close to as good as it was when Flash was destroying everyone. No player ever reached Flash's peak and he won as many titles as anyone else, so he's the best.


No one reasonable argues about Flash not being the best of all time


Flash played at the time Bw was in decadence at 2008. I played bw since 99 and bw peak was surely at the time of Nada or Savior there was much more competition in servers and professional leagues. NA servers where dead at time. Ive seen all the players named bonjwa and flash is probably out of my top 3 (Nada, savior and bisu).


Bisu above Flash all time? TT
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8309 Posts
April 19 2015 15:49 GMT
#378
MMA not in the top five!? Man you crazy. So let's see, Polt, Taeja, MC, Life, MVP I guess?
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Thax
Profile Joined July 2014
Belgium1060 Posts
April 19 2015 16:15 GMT
#379
On April 19 2015 21:58 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 21:35 negativedge wrote:
On April 19 2015 21:26 lichter wrote:
i don't like polt myself but i'm surprised how many people don't like him


you forget how many people exist who will put literally every kespa player over everyone not on a kespa team.

It's not about Kespa, it's about preparation style tournaments > weekend tournaments
Add: korean ones > foreign ones

A real GOAT has to do well in both, preferably also in the korean edition.
Polt won that one super tournament in 2011, his results after that in korea were just ok and decent.
Sure he also won 3 wcs seasons, but let's be real, none of these tournaments is even remotely comparable with a gsl win or even semi final tbh.
I don't wanna say that Polt doesn't deserve to be on a top 15 list, he probably does.
But top 5?


I'd say 3 WCS and being relevant for 5 years is *a lot* more impressive than 1 GSL (or whatever big name Korean tournament) and never really achieving anything again. This list isn't just about achievements, it's about legacy. It's about their lasting impact on the scene.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
April 19 2015 16:17 GMT
#380
On April 20 2015 00:32 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2015 23:44 TheAnarchy wrote:
On April 19 2015 12:23 Alucen-Will- wrote:
On April 19 2015 12:13 braller wrote:
On April 19 2015 11:25 nimdil wrote:
On April 19 2015 07:00 Soularion wrote:
It's funny to think how much current success influences opinion.

The same is for Brood War - NaDa and Flash has the same amount of Golds (unless you count Flash's GOM which seems unfair); yet Flash is GOAT and NaDa has more silvers and was relevant for many many years. In fact the distance between his first and last gold is greater than is the case of July.


Cmon son. All three of Nada's MSLs and one of his OSLs came in 2002-03. The competition back then wasn't even close to as good as it was when Flash was destroying everyone. No player ever reached Flash's peak and he won as many titles as anyone else, so he's the best.


No one reasonable argues about Flash not being the best of all time


Flash played at the time Bw was in decadence at 2008. I played bw since 99 and bw peak was surely at the time of Nada or Savior there was much more competition in servers and professional leagues. NA servers where dead at time. Ive seen all the players named bonjwa and flash is probably out of my top 3 (Nada, savior and bisu).


Bisu above Flash all time? TT

The only players in contention for GOAT in BW are Boxer, Nada and Flash Boxer dominated the beginning of BW so unbelievably hard. Nada won 6 titles across three distinctly different phases of BW's life (from like 2003?-2007) and then Flash rocked the end of BWs life span from 2008 onwards. Jaedong/Oov/Savior probably fill out the top six.
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