EPTPolt is the interesting one. It's easy to forget that he figured out how to beat Top Tier Protoss during the Blink Era. Those games were awesome to watch, too!
Greatest HotS Players of All Time: Part 1 - Page 5
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
Polt is the interesting one. It's easy to forget that he figured out how to beat Top Tier Protoss during the Blink Era. Those games were awesome to watch, too! | ||
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Railgan
Switzerland1507 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On February 25 2016 17:01 Dungeontay wrote: oh, and why the f*** is Classic only 11th?? 2 Korean titles, 2 semis at blizzcon, overall very solid toss. I dare you if Rain is ahead of him with his single GSL title. I think the Classic anti-hype is really undeserved  Rain crushes Classic easily. He has a: + Show Spoiler + - GSL victory - OSL runner-up - Hotsix Cup victory - HSC victory - SSL ro4 - 2nd in IEM - GSL 2014 ro4 - Better SPL record in both seasons - full year more of being a top-tier Protoss Taeja, herO, Maru, Zest, sOs, soO, Life, and Bogus also easily beat him. Yes even Taeja I guessed that Polt has to be in the top 10 since he hasn't shown up yet (can't think of anyone else major that's missing), but I don't think I'd agree with placing him that high. | ||
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Executer08
Germany163 Posts
On February 25 2016 07:07 JonnySC2 wrote: Agree with that. Classic has always been a really good SPL player and had one of the best winrates last season. Problem is he only played one ace match. interestingly there was only one player on SKT who played 2 ace matches last year (i think it was dark and he was also the only one on SKT to lose an ace match :D ) | ||
munch
Mute City2363 Posts
On February 25 2016 18:54 Executer08 wrote: interestingly there was only one player on SKT who played 2 ace matches last year (i think it was dark and he was also the only one on SKT to lose an ace match :D ) Well they hardly ever lost 2 sets to start with tbf IIRC SKT do it on team house form, and whoever's doing the best that week gets sent out (can't remember where I read / heard it) | ||
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Naikonz
Romania65 Posts
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Chant1
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Lgnarrow
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Executer08
Germany163 Posts
On February 25 2016 18:55 thecrazymunchkin wrote: Well they hardly ever lost 2 sets to start with tbf IIRC SKT do it on team house form, and whoever's doing the best that week gets sent out (can't remember where I read / heard it) yeah even prime managed to win 2 sets one more time than SKT lost 2 sets. however they do it, it seems to work out rather well  | ||
Ragnarork
France9034 Posts
 Definitely like the part on Classic. It's true he's not been really flashy, but that guy can do anything as protoss. I've been a fan since that game against Rain I think on Neo Planet S where he'd combine great max army engagment just outside the base at 6 o'clock, positioning, flanking with that warp prism full of zealots, and great micro. The combination of these was cool to watch. Also, small mistake I think: Difference between Bomber and ByuL: Bomber’s overall results isn’t too different from MMA except Bomber had an additional WCS Season 2 finals victory as well as his Red Bull Washington victory which was filled with strong players. Bomber just hit a higher peak overall than MMA and that along with the length of time he was active as one of the best players in HotS (2 years to ByuL’s half a year) was enough to put him over ByuL. | ||
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
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insitelol
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Elentos
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On February 25 2016 19:43 ZAiNs wrote: Bomber doesn't belong on the list at all >_>. He achieved quite a bit and he was pretty strong in 2013/2014, it's understandable for him to be on the list. On February 25 2016 19:44 insitelol wrote: lolwhat parting is easily top 3 Not even close. He won 3 premier tournaments in HotS. He has no wins in Korea. His high peak skill level can't carry him past the fact that there's many players who just flatly won a lot more. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On February 25 2016 19:43 ZAiNs wrote: Bomber doesn't belong on the list at all >_>. He doesn't deserve to be ranked ahead of ByuL, but I'd say he narrowly makes the cut at #15. Less I've missed someone (entirely possible) the closest competition he'd have at that point is MMA and Dear. Neither of which can touch him. edit: oh and I think Solar is also competitive for being just outside the top 15. | ||
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Elentos
55555 Posts
On February 25 2016 19:52 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: He doesn't deserve to be ranked ahead of ByuL I'd say he does. He was way, way, way ahead of ByuL in 2013 and 2014. To the point where I don't think ByuL's 2015 is enough to catch up. If ByuL had won a single one of those tournaments definitely. But the way it is, Bomber just had way more success in HotS overall and his skill peaks were actually pretty high. Like, at RB: Washington he 4-0'd Cure who was a GSL semifinalist at the time. Also honorable mentions to Jaedong for placing 2nd in about 1000 events in HotS. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On February 25 2016 19:49 Elentos wrote: He achieved quite a bit and he was pretty strong in 2013/2014, it's understandable for him to be on the list. Not even close. He won 3 premier tournaments in HotS. He has no wins in Korea. His high peak skill level can't carry him past the fact that there's many players who just flatly won a lot more. WCG KR 2013 - 1st Uhh, KR stands for Korea, right?  | ||
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ZertoN
Germany214 Posts
On February 25 2016 09:06 wjat wrote: The top 2 players for each race in hots were: -Protoss: sOs, herO -Zerg: Life, soO, -Terran: Innovation, Maru. 1-Innovation 2-Life 3-sOs 4-soO 5-Maru 6-herO byul should be really really close for zergs, but anyway you have done a good job, you just made a better list than this useless writer is gonna make | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On February 25 2016 20:32 ZertoN wrote: byul should be really really close for zergs, but anyway you have done a good job, you just made a better list than this useless writer is gonna make sOs has the biggest wins in his sleeve from HotS. His achievement list is bigger than Innovation's so if Innovation > Life, then the proper list would be sOs, Inno, Life. Though I think that with the number of tournaments Life visited he will get enough StuPoints to get over sOs. | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24236 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On February 25 2016 21:08 [PkF] Wire wrote: I think Life and sOs are insanely close in HotS. But sOs should be #1 just because of those 2 Blizzcon wins. I mean in this world of inconsistence and volatiliy how likely was it that a player as unpredictable as sOs would win the most important title two times out of three ? It's just sheer class. A no-brainer for me. Depends on how big value these wins will have. Life has plenty of 2nd places(or top4) from other tournaments, he was pretty active. Also how big value reverse all-kill of KT has Mwahahahaha | ||
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