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The Greatest Foreigners of All Time Part 3 - Page 2

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Spleydi
Profile Joined February 2014
Switzerland20 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 18:23:00
January 08 2016 18:22 GMT
#21
Lol Snute doesn't need a second place in a final to be places above Nani. Snute had to beat better player just to be qualified for IEM Shenzen. Snute beat top kespa koreans in their prime over and over again while top kespa koreans like Life trolled Nani in the finals.

ploguidice
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States233 Posts
January 08 2016 18:22 GMT
#22
Was excited to see Scarlett at number 5! I can't think of any other foreigner that had a rivalry with Jaedong during his peak.
I'm Joe
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 18:24:01
January 08 2016 18:23 GMT
#23
Okay, not to ride on this hate train too hard, but how can this:

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2nd WCS EU 2012
Top 8 WCS EU S2 2013
Top 8 WCS EU S3 2013
Top 4 WCS EU S1 2014
Top 8 WCS EU S2 2014
Top 4 IEM Cologne 2012
Top 8 DH Valencia 2012
Top 4 IEM Singapore 2012
Top 8 ASUS Northcon 2013
Top 8 DH Valencia 2014
2nd Fragbite Masters Spring
1st Vasacast Invitational


be #10 and this

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Top 4 WCS NA S2 2013
Top 8 WCS NA S3 2013
Top 8 Iron Squid 2
Top 4 HSC IX
4th MLG Anaheim 2014
6th Red Bull Washington
3rd Red Bull NY
Top 8 IEM Singapore 2013
2nd ASUS Northcon
1st RB BG NA


be #5, when they're so comparable and a argument can definitely be made that the results of Vortix were overall better. More WCS results (in the harder region) with fairly similar premier and major results. Maybe you can say some of Vortix's results were during BL/Infestor but that's all I can think of.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 18:27:49
January 08 2016 18:24 GMT
#24
You can only fit 5 people in the top 5. Nice articles Stuchiu

(legit complaints about vortix probably but writing these things are hard, lol)


can anyone find vod of stephano's 4kill? I don't actually remember it and want to rewatch.
Dumbledore
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden725 Posts
January 08 2016 18:29 GMT
#25
Stephano over Naniwa? Really?
Have a nice day ;)
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 18:37:04
January 08 2016 18:36 GMT
#26
“I had a dream.” - Stephano on why he used roach/hydra to defeat Polt


It was against GanZi at Lone Star Clash 2, where Stephano and Polt didn't face each other (unfortunately I must say, I still remember the fantastic preview written by Fionn about their rivalry).

By the way, the top 15 foreigners won a grand total of zero EPS Championship, that's a disgrace.

No but seriously, everyone can argue about the places, etc but all of that was very well written, thanks again stuchiu. And of course seeing Stephano #1 pleases me, it's pretty hard to remember now because a lot of time passed and his last performances were pretty awful but he was completely insane in the first half of 2012. He started the year destroying Europe (SHOUTcraft, SCAN Invitational) and then consistently placed well in NA tournaments when there were a lot of them and when they were stacked (IPL, MLG) and ended with Alicia's slaughter at NASL 3. This exact period was for me Stephano's highest peak.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Apoteosis
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile820 Posts
January 08 2016 18:36 GMT
#27
Maybe the writer has dyslexia, but he surely meant to write "elfi" instead of "stephano" in the #1 place
Life won like 200k and didn't hire a proper criminal lawyer.
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
January 08 2016 18:42 GMT
#28
stephano is indeed untouchable, got some chills while reading haha

nice writing stuchiu
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
January 08 2016 18:44 GMT
#29
On January 09 2016 03:23 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Okay, not to ride on this hate train too hard, but how can this:

+ Show Spoiler +
2nd WCS EU 2012
Top 8 WCS EU S2 2013
Top 8 WCS EU S3 2013
Top 4 WCS EU S1 2014
Top 8 WCS EU S2 2014
Top 4 IEM Cologne 2012
Top 8 DH Valencia 2012
Top 4 IEM Singapore 2012
Top 8 ASUS Northcon 2013
Top 8 DH Valencia 2014
2nd Fragbite Masters Spring
1st Vasacast Invitational


be #10 and this

+ Show Spoiler +
Top 4 WCS NA S2 2013
Top 8 WCS NA S3 2013
Top 8 Iron Squid 2
Top 4 HSC IX
4th MLG Anaheim 2014
6th Red Bull Washington
3rd Red Bull NY
Top 8 IEM Singapore 2013
2nd ASUS Northcon
1st RB BG NA


be #5, when they're so comparable and a argument can definitely be made that the results of Vortix were overall better. More WCS results (in the harder region) with fairly similar premier and major results. Maybe you can say some of Vortix's results were during BL/Infestor but that's all I can think of.


I used this and stuck to it. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/482944-the-process-of-creating-the-top-15-greatest-list
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3463 Posts
January 08 2016 18:45 GMT
#30
I can totally respect putting Snute at top 3, over Huk.

But....

Justifying putting Scarlett above Sen by saying she's a championsship level player is just a fat lie. Ohyea she won that one NA only tournament... meanwhile Sen has actually always been able to contest Korean players, played in the GSL, had a bunch of top 3's, top 4's of the actual hardest tournaments at the time. That's what makes him championsship level, he can actually play a series. Scarlett is just a ladder hero that did well with massing Mutalisks...

So I wouldn't call this list liquid bias at all, rather NA bias with Idra and Scarlett way too high.. saying that well they were the best of NA and then discarding the same arguments when it comes to Chinese and Taiwanese players just doesn't do it for me. And instead of feeling like a professional analysis of the situation, it instead feels like a public voting..
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
January 08 2016 18:48 GMT
#31
On January 09 2016 03:36 Boucot wrote:
By the way, the top 15 foreigners won a grand total of zero EPS Championship, that's a disgrace.

not true, Nerchio is the EPS Poland V champion
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
January 08 2016 18:49 GMT
#32
On January 09 2016 03:45 ejozl wrote:
I can totally respect putting Snute at top 3, over Huk.

But....

Justifying putting Scarlett above Sen by saying she's a championsship level player is just a fat lie. Ohyea she won that one NA only tournament... meanwhile Sen has actually always been able to contest Korean players, played in the GSL, had a bunch of top 3's, top 4's of the actual hardest tournaments at the time. That's what makes him championsship level, he can actually play a series. Scarlett is just a ladder hero that did well with massing Mutalisks...

So I wouldn't call this list liquid bias at all, rather NA bias with Idra and Scarlett way too high.. saying that well they were the best of NA and then discarding the same arguments when it comes to Chinese and Taiwanese players just doesn't do it for me. And instead of feeling like a professional analysis of the situation, it instead feels like a public voting..

Okay, I understand thinking Sen > Scarlett, but saying it's because Sen could compete vs Koreans is the worst justification for it. Scarlett was/is kind of known for playing better vs Koreans than she usually did against foreigners. That's one thing you CANT use against Scarlett.
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Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
January 08 2016 18:52 GMT
#33
On January 09 2016 03:48 Ej_ wrote:
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On January 09 2016 03:36 Boucot wrote:
By the way, the top 15 foreigners wo n a grand total of zero EPS Championship, that's a disgrace.

not true, Nerchio is the EPS Poland V champion

I meant EPS Germany of course, the truest test of skill ever imagined.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
January 08 2016 18:57 GMT
#34
1. Snute > HuK?
2. Snute's 2011 quote: LOL
3. sOs being top mental players. What is especially amazing is that he wasn't always this way (see WCS S1 Finals KR 2013 Finals v Innovation)
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CyCo
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium67 Posts
January 08 2016 18:57 GMT
#35
Great writeup. Pleasure to read!
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 19:14:12
January 08 2016 19:03 GMT
#36
On January 09 2016 03:24 travis wrote:
You can only fit 5 people in the top 5. Nice articles Stuchiu

(legit complaints about vortix probably but writing these things are hard, lol)


can anyone find vod of stephano's 4kill? I don't actually remember it and want to rewatch.

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One of the greatest runs of all time. Shit like this is why I can never see Naniwa > Stephano
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3463 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-08 19:11:43
January 08 2016 19:09 GMT
#37
On January 09 2016 03:49 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2016 03:45 ejozl wrote:
I can totally respect putting Snute at top 3, over Huk.

But....

Justifying putting Scarlett above Sen by saying she's a championsship level player is just a fat lie. Ohyea she won that one NA only tournament... meanwhile Sen has actually always been able to contest Korean players, played in the GSL, had a bunch of top 3's, top 4's of the actual hardest tournaments at the time. That's what makes him championsship level, he can actually play a series. Scarlett is just a ladder hero that did well with massing Mutalisks...

So I wouldn't call this list liquid bias at all, rather NA bias with Idra and Scarlett way too high.. saying that well they were the best of NA and then discarding the same arguments when it comes to Chinese and Taiwanese players just doesn't do it for me. And instead of feeling like a professional analysis of the situation, it instead feels like a public voting..

Okay, I understand thinking Sen > Scarlett, but saying it's because Sen could compete vs Koreans is the worst justification for it. Scarlett was/is kind of known for playing better vs Koreans than she usually did against foreigners. That's one thing you CANT use against Scarlett.

I'm probably not very clear, but what I meant was that Sen has always been this way, for way longer and his massive experience allows him to play the mind games as well. He can play preparation style and the long lans. His high tournament finishes were bigger stake tournaments.

When it counts, Sen is your guy.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
January 08 2016 19:14 GMT
#38
Yeah, agreed mostly, but Huk > Snute
DonDomingo
Profile Joined October 2015
504 Posts
January 08 2016 19:15 GMT
#39
Thanks to the writer(s?) for taking his time to offer his subjective opinion on who are the greatest foreigners of all time so far.
Girondelle
Profile Joined December 2010
France969 Posts
January 08 2016 19:15 GMT
#40
Sen saved the foreign honour more than once when the stakes were high, he should have placed higher. Good read nonetheless.
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