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hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland963 Posts
July 31 2017 23:01 GMT
#41
On August 01 2017 07:50 highsis wrote:
How long has it been since the last one? Been years, I think.

Please don't drop this again. I really enjoy SC2 PR.


There was one for IEM Katowice.
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Kafka777
Profile Joined December 2015
361 Posts
July 31 2017 23:25 GMT
#42
Many Terrans appear underrated, especially TY, Gumiho, Maru, Special, Kelazhur on the other hand personally I think their strength is somewhat balance related and may be fixed to some degree by nearest patch. In general, Korean rank is slightly flawed but reflects the trends, WCS ranking is also fairly ok and justified for the time it reflects. Good article overall, thanks..
yoshi245
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2972 Posts
August 01 2017 00:02 GMT
#43
On August 01 2017 01:04 Cricketer12 wrote:
Stats isn't number 1. Fake list


Yep. Inno is the only case imo at least to challenge Stats there, but Stats at #9 is a slap to his face.
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-01 00:39:00
August 01 2017 00:38 GMT
#44
On August 01 2017 09:02 yoshi245 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2017 01:04 Cricketer12 wrote:
Stats isn't number 1. Fake list


Yep. Inno is the only case imo at least to challenge Stats there, but Stats at #9 is a slap to his face.

Well Stats did lose to iA, which doesn't exactly help his case for being #1. It's also been quite awhile since Stats won GSL, while players like herO/Rogue/Inno have won more recently.
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Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-01 01:48:26
August 01 2017 01:44 GMT
#45
On August 01 2017 07:17 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
RIP Zest

Would be interesting to see foreigner 6-10. It's quite hard to determine I think. Would iAsonu make it after his sick IEM performance?


I'd personally have it at
6. Nerchio
7. TRUE
8. Kelazhur
9. uThermal
10. PtitDrogo

ShoWTimE vs PtitDrogo is super debatable - really, the entire top 10 is, the top 5 is much more concrete - but IMO they had similar HSC success, PtitDrogo did better at Valencia due to ShoWTimE failing out really earlier in qualifiers, and PtitDrogo had a nice Jonkoping run. You have to go back to Austin to find a major tournament ShoWTimE significantly did better than Drogo at, and that's quite a while ago, but maybe if I analyzed the online stuff more I'd come to a different conclusion. iAsonu doesn't get a top 10 spot because he didn't play at Valencia and his Jonkoping performance was poor, but he'd probably show up on the top 15. MaSa, Scarlett and Harstem would fill out my top 15 probably.

Also, am I missing something about the Kelazhur hype? I don't get why he's being argued for top 5; he hasn't made a finals like the top 3, he's been significantly outperformed by SpeCial domestically, and he got 3-0'd by Snute last tournament. Sure he's a crazy talented player, but I don't think his results are top 5 worthy. It's not like his online results are crazy either, but maybe other people are seeing something I'm not.
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Mahanaim
Profile Joined December 2012
Korea (South)1002 Posts
August 01 2017 04:00 GMT
#46
Good to see Inno on the top.
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yht9657
Profile Joined December 2016
1810 Posts
August 01 2017 05:24 GMT
#47
This power rank looks heavily based on the results of IEM Shanghai, with the disturbing exception of TY.
And ByuN ranked this high simply because he showed up at HSC (any Korean player on this list could have made to the finals) and kept abusing reapers to cheese out the better player Soo is even more disturbing. He got trashed by Stats at GSL and he isn't in SSL premier at all, so HSC and IEM Shanghai over the Starleagues?
StabiloBoss20
Profile Joined July 2015
313 Posts
August 01 2017 06:03 GMT
#48
i feel like Classic is a little high at No. 4. But to rank the players is pretty hard right now. i guess inno is an easy pick at No. 1 but behind that nearly every player had a lot of up and downs.
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2217 Posts
August 01 2017 08:03 GMT
#49
Sub in TY and Dear for Solar and Stats.
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
August 01 2017 08:56 GMT
#50
Would there be honorable mentions I'd certainly put in TY and Dear, as well as even Bunny.
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AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
August 01 2017 09:22 GMT
#51
On August 01 2017 10:44 Soularion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2017 07:17 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
RIP Zest

Would be interesting to see foreigner 6-10. It's quite hard to determine I think. Would iAsonu make it after his sick IEM performance?


I'd personally have it at
6. Nerchio
7. TRUE
8. Kelazhur
9. uThermal
10. PtitDrogo

ShoWTimE vs PtitDrogo is super debatable - really, the entire top 10 is, the top 5 is much more concrete - but IMO they had similar HSC success, PtitDrogo did better at Valencia due to ShoWTimE failing out really earlier in qualifiers, and PtitDrogo had a nice Jonkoping run. You have to go back to Austin to find a major tournament ShoWTimE significantly did better than Drogo at, and that's quite a while ago, but maybe if I analyzed the online stuff more I'd come to a different conclusion. iAsonu doesn't get a top 10 spot because he didn't play at Valencia and his Jonkoping performance was poor, but he'd probably show up on the top 15. MaSa, Scarlett and Harstem would fill out my top 15 probably.

Also, am I missing something about the Kelazhur hype? I don't get why he's being argued for top 5; he hasn't made a finals like the top 3, he's been significantly outperformed by SpeCial domestically, and he got 3-0'd by Snute last tournament. Sure he's a crazy talented player, but I don't think his results are top 5 worthy. It's not like his online results are crazy either, but maybe other people are seeing something I'm not.

TRUE as foreigner?
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AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
August 01 2017 09:26 GMT
#52
For GSL, Innovation No 1
For the World, Neeb no 1
Couldn't give any more shits about the rest, cuz they just ain't No 1
Faker is the GOAT!
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
August 01 2017 10:49 GMT
#53
On August 01 2017 18:22 AzAlexZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2017 10:44 Soularion wrote:
On August 01 2017 07:17 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
RIP Zest

Would be interesting to see foreigner 6-10. It's quite hard to determine I think. Would iAsonu make it after his sick IEM performance?


I'd personally have it at
6. Nerchio
7. TRUE
8. Kelazhur
9. uThermal
10. PtitDrogo

ShoWTimE vs PtitDrogo is super debatable - really, the entire top 10 is, the top 5 is much more concrete - but IMO they had similar HSC success, PtitDrogo did better at Valencia due to ShoWTimE failing out really earlier in qualifiers, and PtitDrogo had a nice Jonkoping run. You have to go back to Austin to find a major tournament ShoWTimE significantly did better than Drogo at, and that's quite a while ago, but maybe if I analyzed the online stuff more I'd come to a different conclusion. iAsonu doesn't get a top 10 spot because he didn't play at Valencia and his Jonkoping performance was poor, but he'd probably show up on the top 15. MaSa, Scarlett and Harstem would fill out my top 15 probably.

Also, am I missing something about the Kelazhur hype? I don't get why he's being argued for top 5; he hasn't made a finals like the top 3, he's been significantly outperformed by SpeCial domestically, and he got 3-0'd by Snute last tournament. Sure he's a crazy talented player, but I don't think his results are top 5 worthy. It's not like his online results are crazy either, but maybe other people are seeing something I'm not.

TRUE as foreigner?


It's a WCS ranking, not limited to non-Koreans!
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boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
August 01 2017 15:11 GMT
#54
Innovation #1 <3

Gumiho though. Wow. Given that I stopped following the scene, that's a surprise.
njoe
Profile Joined June 2012
Sweden26 Posts
August 01 2017 15:42 GMT
#55
I guess the list has its moments, but herO at 2 and Classic at 4?
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
August 01 2017 15:42 GMT
#56
On August 01 2017 05:16 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2017 03:00 MrWayne wrote:
On August 01 2017 01:37 Fango wrote:
TY not on the list but ByuN


this ranking must be from an parallel universe where Byun and TY switched IDs.There are no objective reasons to consider Byun to be better than TY.
The two reasons TY is so underrated by the most people are that he´s not playing a lot of tournaments and he´s looking like a genius when he wins but unbelievably awful when he lose.

The objective reason is that TY has barely played anything in the past few months and so there's practically nothing to judge his 'Power' by.


And ByuN has? I suppose the list is based of online performances? Because ByuNs best result all year is a ro4 at IEM, which TY also did (along with a year of better results than Byun)
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55570 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-01 16:38:21
August 01 2017 16:37 GMT
#57
On August 02 2017 00:42 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2017 05:16 Elentos wrote:
On August 01 2017 03:00 MrWayne wrote:
On August 01 2017 01:37 Fango wrote:
TY not on the list but ByuN


this ranking must be from an parallel universe where Byun and TY switched IDs.There are no objective reasons to consider Byun to be better than TY.
The two reasons TY is so underrated by the most people are that he´s not playing a lot of tournaments and he´s looking like a genius when he wins but unbelievably awful when he lose.

The objective reason is that TY has barely played anything in the past few months and so there's practically nothing to judge his 'Power' by.


And ByuN has? Because ByuNs best result all year is a ro4 at IEM, which TY also did (along with a year of better results than Byun)

Yes. Almost 5 times as many tournament games if we include online (and even offline only, it's more than twice as many). And what their best result across the whole year is doesn't matter when judging players by current form.
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207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
August 01 2017 16:39 GMT
#58
On August 02 2017 01:37 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2017 00:42 Fango wrote:
On August 01 2017 05:16 Elentos wrote:
On August 01 2017 03:00 MrWayne wrote:
On August 01 2017 01:37 Fango wrote:
TY not on the list but ByuN


this ranking must be from an parallel universe where Byun and TY switched IDs.There are no objective reasons to consider Byun to be better than TY.
The two reasons TY is so underrated by the most people are that he´s not playing a lot of tournaments and he´s looking like a genius when he wins but unbelievably awful when he lose.

The objective reason is that TY has barely played anything in the past few months and so there's practically nothing to judge his 'Power' by.


And ByuN has? Because ByuNs best result all year is a ro4 at IEM, which TY also did (along with a year of better results than Byun)

Yes. Almost 5 times as many tournament games if we include online (and even offline only, it's more than twice as many). And what their best result across the whole year is doesn't matter when judging players by current form.


Seriously, how many times have we seen someone win a tournament only to get crushed in groups the next time they play 3 weeks later?

It's always been this way. Doesn't matter what you did 3 or 6 months ago.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13994 Posts
August 01 2017 17:41 GMT
#59
On August 02 2017 00:11 boxerfred wrote:
Innovation #1 <3

Gumiho though. Wow. Given that I stopped following the scene, that's a surprise.

Holy shit you are back
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-01 18:05:04
August 01 2017 18:04 GMT
#60
On August 02 2017 01:39 207aicila wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2017 01:37 Elentos wrote:
On August 02 2017 00:42 Fango wrote:
On August 01 2017 05:16 Elentos wrote:
On August 01 2017 03:00 MrWayne wrote:
On August 01 2017 01:37 Fango wrote:
TY not on the list but ByuN


this ranking must be from an parallel universe where Byun and TY switched IDs.There are no objective reasons to consider Byun to be better than TY.
The two reasons TY is so underrated by the most people are that he´s not playing a lot of tournaments and he´s looking like a genius when he wins but unbelievably awful when he lose.

The objective reason is that TY has barely played anything in the past few months and so there's practically nothing to judge his 'Power' by.


And ByuN has? Because ByuNs best result all year is a ro4 at IEM, which TY also did (along with a year of better results than Byun)

Yes. Almost 5 times as many tournament games if we include online (and even offline only, it's more than twice as many). And what their best result across the whole year is doesn't matter when judging players by current form.


Seriously, how many times have we seen someone win a tournament only to get crushed in groups the next time they play 3 weeks later?

It's always been this way. Doesn't matter what you did 3 or 6 months ago.



Right, so when Gumiho won GSL then started losing to "lesser" players at IEM and HSC shortly after, why is he on here?

Results 3 or 6 months ago matter when a player has been consistant for that time. TY has his WeSG/IEM win, consecutive GSL playoffs, and then a ro4 at IEM. To me, that shows he's stronger than guys like ByuN that don't have any exceptional results but play more often

If you really wanna say TY hasn't won a tournament in 4-5 months and so doesn't deserve a spot then fine. But then why is Solar on the list? All he has in an SSL final from last season. Why is Dark on here when he's been going downhill for months? The only justification is that Solar and Dark are in SSL (and TY isn't), which they aren't even doing that well in
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
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