EPTPower Rank: August 2018 - Page 4
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HungrySC2
United States191 Posts
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Rodya
546 Posts
He wins a single tournament with Koreans in it (and the least serious korean tournament at that) and all of the sudden he's number 2... lol TL serral fanboy writers never fail to overhype him when given the chance to be the center of attention. | ||
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BjoernK
194 Posts
On August 08 2018 23:04 Rodya wrote: Serral is ranked too high again, but at least you guys didn't put him at number one. He wins a single tournament with Koreans in it (and the least serious korean tournament at that) and all of the sudden he's number 2... lol TL serral fanboy writers never fail to overhype him when given the chance to be the center of attention. What place would you give him? Anything below 3 is very hard to justify in my opinion. | ||
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Ciaus_Dronu
South Africa1848 Posts
On August 08 2018 23:04 Rodya wrote: Serral is ranked too high again, but at least you guys didn't put him at number one. He wins a single tournament with Koreans in it (and the least serious korean tournament at that) and all of the sudden he's number 2... lol TL serral fanboy writers never fail to overhype him when given the chance to be the center of attention. He's performed well against koreans in two prior tournaments, won 3 WCS events back to back in utterly dominant fashion and his wins against Dark and Inno were pretty convincing. It's hardly "sudden". | ||
Olli
Austria24417 Posts
On August 08 2018 23:04 Rodya wrote: Serral is ranked too high again, but at least you guys didn't put him at number one. He wins a single tournament with Koreans in it (and the least serious korean tournament at that) and all of the sudden he's number 2... lol TL serral fanboy writers never fail to overhype him when given the chance to be the center of attention. I've lost count of how many things we're fanboys of that all contradict each other. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
#2 is perfectly fine after this performance. This is the August 2018 ranking, not the GOAT of LotV ranking. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On August 08 2018 23:35 Musicus wrote: You guys remember that Serral did beat Rogue, Impact, Zest and Trap and IEM Katowice to reach the semis earlier this year? It's not like this was the first time Serral played vs Koreans and did well. #2 is perfectly fine after this performance. This is the August 2018 ranking, not the GOAT of LotV ranking. Him being 2nd is fine for sure, the notion that he was extremely close to take 1st is kinda laughable though imo. On August 08 2018 23:31 Olli wrote: I've lost count of how many things we're fanboys of that all contradict each other. Don't worry about that, the community has the spreadsheet and images rdy. Now that Taeja's military service is over i expect him on the PR sooner than later  | ||
Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On August 08 2018 23:38 The_Red_Viper wrote: Him being 2nd is fine for sure, the notion that he was extremely close to take 1st is kinda laughable though imo. Don't worry about that, the community has the spreadsheet and images rdy. Now that Taeja's military service is over i expect him on the PR sooner than later For what it's worth, no writer put him #1, and there wasn't much of a debate about him being #1. However, if Maru loses out of the Ro16/continues to show the form he did in GSL vs the World.. the story can change very quickly. That's where the 'close' comes from. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On August 09 2018 01:30 Soularion wrote: For what it's worth, no writer put him #1, and there wasn't much of a debate about him being #1. However, if Maru loses out of the Ro16/continues to show the form he did in GSL vs the World.. the story can change very quickly. That's where the 'close' comes from. I mean losing in the ro16 or even ro8 would be enough in my book to give serral the number 1 spot assuming he wins wcs. Losing in the ro4 or even gsl finals? For me personally that would not be enough, i guess for TL it would be though  (though we can argue about it when/if it happens) What do you mean with "form" exactly? Maru losing to stats and the bo1 vs serral or do you also look at the close match vs soO and evaluate that negatively for maru ? | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
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Elentos
55502 Posts
On August 09 2018 01:30 Soularion wrote: For what it's worth, no writer put him #1, and there wasn't much of a debate about him being #1. However, if Maru loses out of the Ro16/continues to show the form he did in GSL vs the World.. the story can change very quickly. That's where the 'close' comes from. At this point if Maru drops out of GSL in the Ro16 with his group you need to consider whether he's top 10 at all. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On August 09 2018 02:20 MockHamill wrote: I agree with this ranking if you look at achievements. If you look are pure skill though Serral has surpassed every Korean, including Maru. How does this "pure skill" manifest itself in reality ? | ||
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Z3nith
485 Posts
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
On August 09 2018 02:33 The_Red_Viper wrote: How does this "pure skill" manifest itself in reality ? Micro, macro, multitasking and decision making. It is hard to quantify but if you look at the gameplay Serral is playing closer to perfect than any other SC2 player. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On August 09 2018 03:01 MockHamill wrote: Micro, macro, multitasking and decision making. It is hard to quantify but if you look at the gameplay Serral is playing closer to perfect than any other SC2 player. Yeah he is great at all of those things, but "hard to quanitify" is the problem here i think These absolute skill statements are imaginery if you do not quantify it. I would just stick with the actual results, he does great there :D | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On August 09 2018 03:01 MockHamill wrote: Micro, macro, multitasking and decision making. It is hard to quantify but if you look at the gameplay Serral is playing closer to perfect than any other SC2 player. Not sure about this. Anyone looks perfect when they're outclassing their opponents, getting nothing but 3-0's etc. But when Serral is faced with actual challenges you see areas to improve. His matches against Scarlett, Maru, Classic, Has, and Stats certainly showed this. Another example of this is Maru's WeSG runs. You couldn't find any flaws in his play when he's grinding 3-0 through every foreigner. But the finals against TY and Dark certainly showed some. Even though he was probably putting much more effort into them than the earlier matches. | ||
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
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Kitai
United States870 Posts
On August 09 2018 01:30 Soularion wrote: For what it's worth, no writer put him #1, and there wasn't much of a debate about him being #1. TaeJa is always #1 in my heart's PR. | ||
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hexhaven
Finland926 Posts
This dude knows what's up. | ||
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Fanatic-Templar
Canada5819 Posts
Fruitdealer is #1 in mine. | ||
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