To put it into modern day terms, it's as if Proleague switched to all-kill Bo9 format, INnoVation switched teams to Prime, then proceeded to all-kill Samsung, ST-Yoe, CJ, Jin Air, KT, and SKT 1.5 times. That was the relative difficulty that Taeja had to overcome with his run.

...this made me laugh and gave me nerdchills at the same time: when he was in shape, TaeJa was a monster!

MarianoSC2

Slovakia1855 Posts

December 10 2015 08:12 GMT

#22

Wow... I have seen much fanboyism here but this is simply too much. Just stop it with the Taeja bias already its getting old. And really hurts this site in general. These kind of articles simply cant be taken seriosly. Its a Shame...

nimdil

Poland3765 Posts

December 10 2015 09:05 GMT

#23

Wasn't Taeja's IPL TAC run made easier thanks to korean teams playing generally from different server (IIRC most of the games were played online)?
Playoffs were offline. Still impressive but Proleague is always offline.

stuchiu

Fiddler's Green42661 Posts

December 10 2015 09:31 GMT

#24

Since Taeja lived in Korea, either both Koreans played on the KR server or they both played on the NA server, he didn't have any inherent advantage.

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

December 10 2015 09:40 GMT

#25

Taeja. Witnessing that finals against IM on stream was so amazing, one of the rare times I was on the edge of my seat watching this. And even when it was all over, I felt so damn happy with how close he made it. Taeja was a monster this summer.

Elentos

55585 Posts

December 10 2015 10:18 GMT

#26

I like how the part about Taeja completely leaves out the EG-TL Proleague disaster where his winrate was below 50%. I mean, for Flash, half the text is about the worst Proleague season of his career. Taeja's worst isn't even mentioned in any shape or form, even though it was all offline in contrast to ATC.

negativedge

4279 Posts

December 10 2015 11:19 GMT

#27

that taeja run was hilarious (TL_LiquidSucksBallsWithoutMe nevar forget) but come on, Innvoation is the easy pick for greatest. consistently great over a long period of time, and he literally won every team league he's ever entered. no contest.

Lgnarrow

104 Posts

December 10 2015 11:41 GMT

#28

Taeja - player of the year 2015

Veldril

Thailand1817 Posts

December 10 2015 11:43 GMT

#29

On December 10 2015 20:19 negativedge wrote:
that taeja run was hilarious (TL_LiquidSucksBallsWithoutMe nevar forget) but come on, Innvoation is the easy pick for greatest. consistently great over a long period of time, and he literally won every team league he's ever entered. no contest.

For those who wonder:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/359920-pics-liquid-new-recuits

That was legendary indeed.

Jer99

Canada8159 Posts

December 10 2015 11:45 GMT

#30

Teamliquid recruits new players

+ Show Spoiler +

Elentos

55585 Posts

December 10 2015 11:55 GMT

#31

MoustacheTerran is the best.

FunKaDeLiC

France79 Posts

December 10 2015 11:56 GMT

#32

Inno's stats are just disgusting.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

December 10 2015 12:03 GMT

#33

On December 10 2015 18:40 Ragnarork wrote:
Taeja. Witnessing that finals against IM on stream was so amazing, one of the rare times I was on the edge of my seat watching this. And even when it was all over, I felt so damn happy with how close he made it. Taeja was a monster this summer.

Yeah Taeja single-handedly saved an otherwise awful event. Guy was like fucking Majin Buu, just wouldn't die.

Lgnarrow

104 Posts

December 10 2015 12:19 GMT

#34

Inno's stats are simillar to Flash's stats from bw. Clearly best TL player in SC2.

Btw, will we see "best HotS players" ranking, or article ?

imre

France9263 Posts

December 10 2015 12:19 GMT

#35

Main problem with Inno is that he rolled a 0 for his charisma stat.

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

December 10 2015 12:20 GMT

#36

On December 10 2015 15:52 Charoisaur wrote:

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you always find a way to disregard taejas achievements do you?
also there were all the top teams of the world so it is comparable to proleague

Hey it's not my fault that Taeja gets overhyped all the time

I don't even wanna complain because i really like the articles and that stuchiu takes the time to write these, it's a great way to remember and revisit all of these events/moments, but yes anytime Taeja is mentioned i am here to make fun of him a bit.
"all these premier titles" Nobody ever mentions that there were quite a few uncompetetive ones in there. (just an example)
But yeah i doubt i can change the general view on Taeja, it's pretty much a lost cause

Ej_

47656 Posts

December 10 2015 12:44 GMT

#37

INnoVation > Taeja
just for the Frost game vs SuperNova

forsakeNXE

Germany539 Posts

December 10 2015 14:33 GMT

#38

On December 10 2015 21:44 Ej_ wrote:
INnoVation > Taeja
just for the Frost game vs SuperNova

Do you mean the whirlwind map?

Ej_

47656 Posts

December 10 2015 14:38 GMT

#39

On December 10 2015 23:33 forsakeNXE wrote:

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Do you mean the whirlwind map?

nope, before the Whirlwind super ace they played a game on Frost where INnoVation was fucking dead in what had been a complete mech mirror with no way to come back. Then he suddenly turned the game around and snatched the GSTL championship from AZUBU and, after that, he finished off heartbroken SuNo on Whirlwind.