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Greatest Players of All Time: Part 3 - Page 11

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bartus88
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands491 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-25 21:16:17
April 25 2015 21:15 GMT
#201
On April 26 2015 06:04 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 05:45 bartus88 wrote:
On April 26 2015 05:03 Darkhorse wrote:
2. MoustacheTerran
1. LiquidSucksBallsWithoutMe

but seriously a bunch of you are idiots repeating the same "durrr Liquid bias Taeja never won a single game in Korea I heard"

Guessing ya'll didn't watch Taeja in IPL TAC. Guessing ya'll don't think about how he has won more Premiers than anyone else. Guessing none of you have seen him body GSL heavy hitters (in weekend events and sometimes in GSL remember he has actually made some Ro4s) over a period of 3+ years

On my GOAT list I had Taeja at 4 behind MC but I can see him at 3

The reason people keep saying Liquid bias is because it happens in every single ranking article Liquid has produced. I really love most of the articles the writers of this site put out, but I really can't take the rankings serious any more. I have written longer posts about it in the past but it's not really worth it.


I think this is an unfair assessment. Anyone who has read my posts in LR threads will know that I am no fan of Taeja or even of Team Liquid, but I was still routinely accused of being biased in favor of Taeja when I was writing Power Ranks. It's not impossible, but isn't it just as likely that you, and many others, are biased against Taeja?

Fair point, but I hardly read the power ranks for SC2, so I can't say anything about that.

My main problem is with the yearly player rankings which are done by collective voting. You may not be biased. But the way I perceive it, is that the staff as a collective is biased. But obviously that might be my own confirmation bias.
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Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
April 25 2015 21:18 GMT
#202
Taeja #3, not a complete farce argument under that criteria...... but how many people would actually say Taeja is #3? Lack of wins in Korea is like never winning a grand slam in tennis.
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-25 21:25:43
April 25 2015 21:24 GMT
#203
On April 26 2015 06:18 Thrillz wrote:
Taeja #3, not a complete farce argument under that criteria...... but how many people would actually say Taeja is #3? Lack of wins in Korea is like never winning a grand slam in tennis.


Or rather not winning Roland Garros, winning some others (that could be considered a bit less "hard"), but beating the likes of Nadal, Federer, Djokovic on the way. That counts.

Also, some GSL were truly not as hard as some others (like GSL November 2011, GSL Season 3 2012, etc.), so uh, yeah, I'd not overrate players that won a GSL.

Seriously, Taeja has won way more premier tournaments than anyone else. If the ones that actually win GSLs are so better than him, how come they don't win these foreign tournaments?

On April 26 2015 06:15 bartus88 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:04 Zealously wrote:
On April 26 2015 05:45 bartus88 wrote:
On April 26 2015 05:03 Darkhorse wrote:
2. MoustacheTerran
1. LiquidSucksBallsWithoutMe

but seriously a bunch of you are idiots repeating the same "durrr Liquid bias Taeja never won a single game in Korea I heard"

Guessing ya'll didn't watch Taeja in IPL TAC. Guessing ya'll don't think about how he has won more Premiers than anyone else. Guessing none of you have seen him body GSL heavy hitters (in weekend events and sometimes in GSL remember he has actually made some Ro4s) over a period of 3+ years

On my GOAT list I had Taeja at 4 behind MC but I can see him at 3

The reason people keep saying Liquid bias is because it happens in every single ranking article Liquid has produced. I really love most of the articles the writers of this site put out, but I really can't take the rankings serious any more. I have written longer posts about it in the past but it's not really worth it.


I think this is an unfair assessment. Anyone who has read my posts in LR threads will know that I am no fan of Taeja or even of Team Liquid, but I was still routinely accused of being biased in favor of Taeja when I was writing Power Ranks. It's not impossible, but isn't it just as likely that you, and many others, are biased against Taeja?

Fair point, but I hardly read the power ranks for SC2, so I can't say anything about that.


Wait, you call out PR writers for something you say happens in all PR, but you didn't read those?
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bartus88
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands491 Posts
April 25 2015 21:32 GMT
#204
On April 26 2015 06:24 Ragnarork wrote:
Wait, you call out PR writers for something you say happens in all PR, but you didn't read those?

No I'm not. If I did, I probably stated it wrongly. Also, you cut out the part where I said my problem was not with the PR. I only mentioned the PR because he was defending himself as a non-biased writer for the PR. Read better next time.

Once again commenting on 'Liquid bias' has resulted in unproductive discussion and Taeja fans name-calling me in PM's. I'm done with this topic.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-25 21:36:13
April 25 2015 21:34 GMT
#205
Top 5 is pretty obvious, so it isn't as interesting. Taeja over MC is something that you could easily argue both ways (though personally I'd favour MC), so w/e. Part 4 next week though...
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-25 21:51:33
April 25 2015 21:41 GMT
#206
On April 26 2015 06:32 bartus88 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:24 Ragnarork wrote:
Wait, you call out PR writers for something you say happens in all PR, but you didn't read those?

No I'm not. If I did, I probably stated it wrongly. Also, you cut out the part where I said my problem was not with the PR. I only mentioned the PR because he was defending himself as a non-biased writer for the PR. Read better next time.

Once again commenting on 'Liquid bias' has resulted in unproductive discussion and Taeja fans name-calling me in PM's. I'm done with this topic.

The reason people keep saying Liquid bias is because it happens in every single ranking article Liquid has produced

I hardly read the power ranks for SC2, so I can't say anything about that.

Write better next time
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Ingvar
Profile Joined April 2015
Russian Federation421 Posts
April 25 2015 21:45 GMT
#207
Whatever Stuchio writes, MMA will hold #5 place on that list in my heart.
MMA | Life | Classic | Happy | Team Empire | Team Spirit
showBanquo
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden182 Posts
April 25 2015 21:46 GMT
#208
Taeja has not been in a single GSL finals.

Not a single GSL finals, or WCS.

That is all
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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
April 25 2015 21:49 GMT
#209
On April 26 2015 06:46 showBanquo wrote:
Taeja has not been in a single GSL finals.

Not a single GSL finals, or WCS.

That is all

Rainbow has though, Rainbow should've been #3 instead
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
April 25 2015 21:51 GMT
#210
On April 26 2015 06:49 Die4Ever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:46 showBanquo wrote:
Taeja has not been in a single GSL finals.

Not a single GSL finals, or WCS.

That is all

Rainbow has though, Rainbow should've been #3 instead

Starting the coalition to have stuchiu write Inca into the top spot
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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
April 25 2015 21:52 GMT
#211
On April 26 2015 06:51 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:49 Die4Ever wrote:
On April 26 2015 06:46 showBanquo wrote:
Taeja has not been in a single GSL finals.

Not a single GSL finals, or WCS.

That is all

Rainbow has though, Rainbow should've been #3 instead

Starting the coalition to have stuchiu write Inca into the top spot

The #0 spot would be perfect
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LTAskill
Profile Joined April 2015
1 Post
April 25 2015 21:53 GMT
#212
Rank 1 and 2 is Jaedong and Flash.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17750 Posts
April 25 2015 21:54 GMT
#213
On April 26 2015 06:53 LTAskill wrote:
Rank 1 and 2 is Jaedong and Flash.

you must be thinking of the "Most Disappointing Players of All Time" list
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
April 25 2015 21:56 GMT
#214
On April 26 2015 06:54 Die4Ever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:53 LTAskill wrote:
Rank 1 and 2 is Jaedong and Flash.

you must be thinking of the "Most Disappointing Players of All Time" list

Would still be wrong since Bisu played sc2
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
April 25 2015 21:59 GMT
#215
On April 26 2015 06:56 Shellshock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2015 06:54 Die4Ever wrote:
On April 26 2015 06:53 LTAskill wrote:
Rank 1 and 2 is Jaedong and Flash.

you must be thinking of the "Most Disappointing Players of All Time" list

Would still be wrong since Bisu played sc2

If only sentries were as good as he thought they were
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Apoteosis
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile820 Posts
April 25 2015 22:09 GMT
#216
Basically, I am ok with taeja in the top 5... even if I hate taeja.

But you know, I would have rate him #5 or #4. Taeja has no premiere wins in Korea, and when you are making a top 15 GOAT rank, I don't know if you can easily underestimate that fact, even when in some of Taeja's weekend runs he's faced strong opposition. And imo, homestory cups don't deserve the premiere tournament tag, since it's basically a friendly reunion, and lacks the hype, tension and stress of a regular tournament.

Anyways, it's stuchiu's oppinion, and the guy knows a lot of sc2. A proof of this fact it's his avatar: 10pool is the greatest BO ever.
Life won like 200k and didn't hire a proper criminal lawyer.
showBanquo
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden182 Posts
April 25 2015 22:09 GMT
#217
Can't we have a huge vote on the top 15? let's put in 30 players and everyone votes for 15 players and gives them points on some scale, and we'll crown the "TL community" top 15. I'd imagine e.g. parting making it in there, which he doesnt seem to here (I mean even when I saw the top 15 concept, I called mvp and life for top 2, I don't think many would argue that).
Naniwa - king of the north
BeastRoW
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada16 Posts
April 25 2015 22:10 GMT
#218
Mvp is the only bonjwa sc2 ever had and life is looking promising to complete that. But I definitely think Taeja deserves top 3 even though its hard to decide between MC or Taeja.

Yes arguments can be made between MC and Taeja, but the reason I believe Taeja is the best, is that while MC created protoss, Taeja has his own build-style to playing terran that I haven't seen many other players create.

I don't know guys, but I do think Taeja deserves third.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. - Imagination rules the world. - Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. - Ability is nothing without opportunity.
robih
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria1086 Posts
April 25 2015 22:13 GMT
#219
got a little sad that MC is #4 behind Taeja. To me the top3 were a no brainer with Mvp/Life/MC.

won't care about it in probably about 2 minutes and still view Mvp/Life/MC as my top3 all time
Fuell
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands3111 Posts
April 25 2015 22:15 GMT
#220
parting should really be ahead of leenock, mkp, rain
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