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On February 12 2016 07:16 Lumi wrote:
Form is temporary, class is permanent.

On February 12 2016 07:28 The_Red_Viper wrote:

No i did not, but in a gsl style format they never did too well. Who cares about their results in weekend tournament with lesser competition when we talk about gsl?

On February 12 2016 07:40 DarkLordOlli wrote:


I love when people bring up "lesser" competition. Look at Taeja's record vs the best players in the world. He's winning head to head against pretty much everyone. Both HerO and Taeja made semifinals of GSLs (Taeja 3 times iirc?). So yeah. They were pretty fucking good.

On February 12 2016 07:32 Lumi wrote:


The presence and distinction of class, separating one from the class of their fellow competitors, regardless of their form, suggests the ever present capacity to demonstrate a level of form which others, lacking that same degree of class, cannot ever be relied upon to demonstrate, as there is no precedent for it in their career to date.

It is people who under appreciate this who are surprised when those of the highest class continue to maintain or return to the highest of form. Frankly, there is no more basic and narrow appraisal of a player than to appreciate simply, and only, their most recent or current form. For a people who account for only this data to condescend the appraisal of others, who, let's be honest, is just as likely to include this very same data, first and foremost - is to embarrass oneself by way of an obvious oversight and will to assume a lack of intelligence in their fellow community members and conversation holders.

On February 12 2016 07:57 The_Red_Viper wrote:

Lesser competition because at weekend tournaments you only have a handful of really good players each time. Sure he did beat code s players to win these tournaments, but in code s you would need to do that every single round, not 1-2 times per tournament. That is the difference when people talk about "lesser competition"
The format is obviously different as well, but that's another topic.

Three semi finals is surely pretty good though, i can give you that. Still, historically Taeja did't do too well in gsl style formats, especially when we compare it to his weekend success. There are multiple reasons why.


You talk so much and say so little. You also miss the point completely, nobody here is denying "class", "class" is the reason i still believe JD could do well if he would join a kespa team or i still believe that Zest will win more korean titles.
The point is that Taeja is historically not the championship contender for gsl style tournaments. I simply think the stronger competition in code s (in comparison to weekend tournaments) AND the format (preparation is important) are enough to say that Taeja is in this context probably not one of the best players. His success in Dreamhacks still matter somewhat, but not enough to value him higher imo.
Feel free to disagree, Taeja fans always do.

On February 12 2016 07:31 Silvana wrote:


Can someone explain me why this line is so loved by everyone. Like, you can be a S Class player but if you are not in form then any average player can beat you. Thus I think Class won't make you win tournaments but Form will.

I might not be grasping the concept of Class.... ???

On February 12 2016 14:53 KonanTenshi wrote:
I call fake, no mandatory TL teamkill.

On February 12 2016 08:15 swissman777 wrote:
I am not a Taeja fan, can I disagree? :\
Tbh tho, lotv is still new so taeja might come with a build that no one can stop for months. Idk, but without life, sOs, maru, rain, stats etc, in code s, he really has a chance