Scariest Starcraft 2 Player [Teamliquid Pick]

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

April 09 2012 22:19 GMT

The mods allowed this thread to be remade as long as it remains objective to the goal it is trying to achieve (determine who is the SCARIEST player out there), so please refrain for flaming or bashing others because of their opinions or it'll be closed again ):

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***Next Round @ 21:00 GMT (+00:00)***

DAY THREE VOTING ON!

Hello Teamliquid, I really want to create a list of who the best players are for each race, and be able to rank them. We never really had a solid Power Rank for SC2 and right now I feel is a pretty good time to let the community objectively vote for who the best players are as I feel the hype around certain players has died down a bit (MKP maybe?(; )

The power rank is staying true to what Teamliquid made it to be. Which player is the most terrifying, which player makes their opponent shake before they enter their booth, when your favorite player plays against them tears start running down your cheeks. It's not about results, it's about which player gives off that aura, and no rankings that look at results can gauge that. How one-sided are the games, are they being able to troll players from the get-go because they flow with so much confidence, this is the player who we are after.

I feel as the best way to go about this would be pick 16 Best Korean Terrans, Korean Zerg, Korean Protoss, Foreign Terran, Foreign Zerg, Foreign Protoss, and put them into groups of 4, having 4 polls per race category, and the ones' who get the top two votes advance out of their groups. Until you are left with one final group.

I will to the best of my ability pick the best players, top #5 according to TLPD for their race will be automatically added the other ones based on respectable achievements. The numbers in front of their name will represent their TLPD rank.

So without further adieu, put your objective voting face on, put your inner hardcore fan inside, and please vote subjectively. When voting I ask not to gauge skills from the last week exclusively and consider time 3 months, and about as far as 6 months back the road.

I'm unsure whether there will be any interest in this, but I for certain am very curious, and I think a two days to vote for each round will be satisfactory.

So these are the players I chose for the Top 16:

Korean Terran
1 (T)

TaeJa
2

MarineKing
3 (T)

MMA
4

MVP
5

SuperNoVa
6 (T)

Jjakji
7

aLive
11

Bomber
14

Ryung
16

fOrGG
17

GuMiho
18

Polt
20

NaDa
21

GanZi
22

sC
23

PuMa

Excluded:

8 (T)

TheStC
9

Maru
10

Noblesse
12 (T)

IMHappy
13 (T)

Yoda
15

Byun
19

Keen
24

TOP
25

Hack

Korean Zerg
1 (Z)

DongRaeGu
2 (Z)

Leenock
3

NesTea
4

Curious
5

July
6

Lucky
8

Symbol
9

Life
10

Zenio
12

LosirA
13

JookTo
14

BBoongBBoong
15 (Z)

HoRRoR
16

CoCa
23

RevivaL
24 (Z)

YuGiOh

Korean Protoss
1 (P)

Tear
2

Genius
3

Squirtle
4 (P)

Puzzle
5

Oz
6

MC
8

HerO
9

PartinG
10 (P)

Creator
11 (P)

Seed
12

InCa
15

San
18

TAiLS
24

SangHo
25

JYP
26

Alicia

Excluded:

7 (P)

Crank
13

HuK (Koreans Only)
14 (P)

soulman
16 (P)

finale
17

Extreme
19 (P)

GuineaPig
20 (P)

Tiger
21

Brown
22

YoungHwa
23 (P)

Choya
31

Sage
32

Tassadar

Foreign Terran

(T)

Kas

qxc

GoOdy

Foreign Zerg

(Z)

Sen

TLO

Ret

Bly

Killer

Foreign Protoss

(P)

HuK

White-Ra

*Notes: vileIllusion and Empire.VioleT would have been good picks but they were omitted unintentionally, no hard feelings to them (:

Polls

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Before the polls are created, I want to let everyone in the community decide if I have any obvious players I should have added. I feel like my choices we're pretty decent, but if there are any differences feel free to suggest there here, ideally a list that doesn't contain your top 8, because it's very possible my 15th pick would be your 18th pick and so-on. If everything is good, the polls will be created within two hours. Cheers (:

The players are given a seed from 1-16 depending on where on the list they are, and the groups will be created as follows:

1,8,9,16
2,7,10,15
3,6,11,14
4,5,12,13

I believe it'll yield good results, and be within a reasonable time-frame.

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Day One
Korea Terran

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group A

TaeJa (602)

58%

Bomber (338)

33%

Puma (70)

7%

Ryung (24)

2%

1034 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group A

(Vote): TaeJa
(Vote): Bomber
(Vote): Ryung
(Vote): Puma

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group B

Marineking (883)

84%

aLive (110)

11%

ForGG (39)

4%

sC (13)

1%

1045 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group B

(Vote): Marineking
(Vote): aLive
(Vote): ForGG
(Vote): sC

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group C

MMA (852)

85%

Jjakji (130)

13%

GuMiHo (13)

1%

Ganzi (11)

1%

1006 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group C

(Vote): MMA
(Vote): Jjakji
(Vote): GuMiHo
(Vote): Ganzi

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group D

MVP (598)

60%

Polt (348)

35%

Nada (31)

3%

SuperNova (25)

2%

1002 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Terran Group D

(Vote): MVP
(Vote): SuperNova
(Vote): Polt
(Vote): Nada

Korea Zerg

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group A

DongRaeGu (909)

96%

Zenio (16)

2%

Life (13)

1%

YuGiOh (11)

1%

949 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group A

(Vote): DongRaeGu
(Vote): Life
(Vote): Zenio
(Vote): YuGiOh

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group B

Leenock (756)

86%

LosirA (85)

10%

Symbol (34)

4%

Revival (8)

1%

883 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group B

(Vote): Leenock
(Vote): Symbol
(Vote): LosirA
(Vote): Revival

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group C

Nestea (792)

88%

CoCa (92)

10%

Lucky (14)

2%

JookTo (7)

1%

905 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group C

(Vote): Nestea
(Vote): Lucky
(Vote): JookTo
(Vote): CoCa

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group D

July (458)

48%

Curious (445)

46%

BBoongBBoong (54)

6%

HoRRoR (6)

1%

963 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Zerg Group D

(Vote): Curious
(Vote): July
(Vote): BBoongBBoong
(Vote): HoRRoR

Korea Protoss

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group A

PartinG (681)

79%

Creator (151)

18%

Alicia (18)

2%

Tear (11)

1%

861 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group A

(Vote): Tear
(Vote): PartinG
(Vote): Creator
(Vote): Alicia

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group B

Genius (522)

57%

Hero (348)

38%

JYP (33)

4%

Seed (6)

1%

909 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group B

(Vote): Genius
(Vote): Hero
(Vote): Seed
(Vote): JYP

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group C

MC (589)

64%

Squirtle (321)

35%

InCa (7)

1%

SangHo (5)

1%

922 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group C

(Vote): Squirtle
(Vote): MC
(Vote): InCa
(Vote): SangHo

Poll: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group D

Oz (532)

64%

Puzzle (267)

32%

TAiLS (17)

2%

San (11)

1%

827 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Korea Protoss Group D

(Vote): Puzzle
(Vote): Oz
(Vote): San
(Vote): TAiLS

Foreign Terran

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group A

SjoW (419)

54%

Lucifron (151)

19%

Beastyqt (117)

15%

GoOdy (90)

12%

777 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group A

(Vote): Lucifron
(Vote): SjoW
(Vote): Beastyqt
(Vote): GoOdy

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group B

SeleCT (417)

48%

Demuslim (333)

39%

Jinro (56)

7%

Strelok (54)

6%

860 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group B

(Vote): Strelok
(Vote): SeleCT
(Vote): Demuslim
(Vote): Jinro

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group C

Happy (344)

45%

Brat_OK (193)

25%

MajOr (149)

20%

Naama (73)

10%

759 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group C

(Vote): Brat_OK
(Vote): Happy
(Vote): MajOr
(Vote): Naama

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group D

Thorzain (572)

70%

Kas (207)

25%

QXC (31)

4%

Tarson (8)

1%

818 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Terran Group D

(Vote): Thorzain
(Vote): Kas
(Vote): Tarson
(Vote): QXC

Foreign Zerg

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group A

Stephano (771)

91%

TLO (52)

6%

Darkforce (15)

2%

dKiller (5)

1%

843 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group A

(Vote): Stephano
(Vote): Darkforce
(Vote): TLO
(Vote): dKiller

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group B

Ret (404)

49%

Nerchio (160)

19%

Sheth (149)

18%

DIMAGA (110)

13%

823 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group B

(Vote): Nerchio
(Vote): Sheth
(Vote): Ret
(Vote): DIMAGA

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group C

Sen (468)

51%

IdrA (261)

28%

Morrow (178)

19%

biGs (19)

2%

926 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group C

(Vote): Sen
(Vote): Morrow
(Vote): IdrA
(Vote): biGs

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group D

Snute (396)

69%

Lalush (84)

15%

Livezerg (53)

9%

Bly (40)

7%

573 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Zerg Group D

(Vote): Livezerg
(Vote): Snute
(Vote): Lalush
(Vote): Bly

Foreign Protoss

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group A

HuK (596)

76%

White-ra (96)

12%

Grubby (65)

8%

KiWiKaKi (28)

4%

785 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group A

(Vote): HuK
(Vote): Grubby
(Vote): KiWiKaKi
(Vote): White-ra

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group B

NaNiWa (563)

73%

SaSe (100)

13%

Feast (66)

9%

Socke (39)

5%

768 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group B

(Vote): NaNiWa
(Vote): SaSe
(Vote): Feast
(Vote): Socke

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group C

HasuObs (405)

62%

elfi (155)

24%

NightEnd (62)

10%

Fraer (30)

5%

652 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group C

(Vote): Fraer
(Vote): HasuObs
(Vote): elfi
(Vote): NightEnd

Poll: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group D

Mana (397)

58%

Bling (222)

32%

Titan (57)

8%

Bischu (13)

2%

689 total votes

Your vote: Round of 16 Foreign Protoss Group D

(Vote): Titan
(Vote): Mana
(Vote): Bling
(Vote): Bischu

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Korea Terran

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Terran Group A

Marineking (313)

85%

Polt (24)

7%

Taeja (16)

4%

Jjakji (14)

4%

367 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Terran Group A

(Vote): Taeja
(Vote): Marineking
(Vote): Polt
(Vote): Jjakji

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Terran Group B

MMA (222)

63%

MVP (88)

25%

Alive (35)

10%

Bomber (8)

2%

353 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Terran Group B

(Vote): MMA
(Vote): MVP
(Vote): Alive
(Vote): Bomber

Korea Zerg

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Zerg Group A

DongRaeGu (301)

91%

Leenock (16)

5%

CoCa (11)

3%

Curious (4)

1%

332 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Zerg Group A

(Vote): DongRaeGu
(Vote): Leenock
(Vote): CoCa
(Vote): Curious

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Zerg Group B

Nestea (277)

85%

July (23)

7%

Zenio (14)

4%

Losira (12)

4%

326 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Zerg Group B

(Vote): Zenio
(Vote): Losira
(Vote): Nestea
(Vote): July

Korea Protoss

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Protoss Group A

PartinG (146)

42%

Genius (131)

38%

Squirtle (60)

17%

Puzzle (10)

3%

347 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Protoss Group A

(Vote): PartinG
(Vote): Genius
(Vote): Squirtle
(Vote): Puzzle

Poll: Round of 8 Korea Protoss Group B

MC (213)

62%

Hero (83)

24%

Creator (23)

7%

Oz (22)

6%

341 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Korea Protoss Group B

(Vote): Creator
(Vote): Hero
(Vote): MC
(Vote): Oz

Foreign Terran

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Terran Group A

Kas (177)

57%

SeleCT (99)

32%

SjoW (20)

6%

Brat_OK (14)

5%

310 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Terran Group A

(Vote): SjoW
(Vote): SeleCT
(Vote): Brat_OK
(Vote): Kas

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Terran Group B

Thorzain (235)

73%

Demuslim (56)

17%

Lucifron (19)

6%

Happy (12)

4%

322 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Terran Group B

(Vote): Happy
(Vote): Thorzain
(Vote): Demuslim
(Vote): Lucifron

Foreign Zerg

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Zerg Group A

Stephano (285)

83%

Idra (31)

9%

Ret (24)

7%

Lalush (4)

1%

344 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Zerg Group A

(Vote): Stephano
(Vote): Idra
(Vote): Ret
(Vote): Lalush

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Zerg Group B

Sen (161)

50%

Nerchio (97)

30%

TLO (53)

16%

Snute (14)

4%

325 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Zerg Group B

(Vote): TLO
(Vote): Nerchio
(Vote): Sen
(Vote): Snute

Foreign Protoss

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Protoss Group A

HuK (210)

61%

Naniwa (125)

36%

elfi (6)

2%

Bling (5)

1%

346 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Protoss Group A

(Vote): HuK
(Vote): Naniwa
(Vote): elfi
(Vote): Bling

Poll: Round of 8 Foreign Protoss Group B

Sase (188)

58%

White-ra (71)

22%

Mana (53)

16%

Hasuobs (14)

4%

326 total votes

Your vote: Round of 8 Foreign Protoss Group B

(Vote): Sase
(Vote): White-ra
(Vote): Hasuobs
(Vote): Mana

Poll: Scariest Korean Terran

MKP (251)

60%

MMA (80)

19%

MVP (75)

18%

Polt (9)

2%

415 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Korean Terran

(Vote): MMA
(Vote): MKP
(Vote): MVP
(Vote): Polt

Poll: Scariest Korean Zerg

DongRaeGu (259)

66%

Nestea (96)

25%

July (18)

5%

Leenock (17)

4%

390 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Korean Zerg

(Vote): DongRaeGu
(Vote): Leenock
(Vote): Nestea
(Vote): July

Poll: Scariest Korean Protoss

MC (187)

47%

PartinG (150)

38%

Genius (37)

9%

Hero (23)

6%

397 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Korean Protoss

(Vote): PartinG
(Vote): Genius
(Vote): MC
(Vote): Hero

Poll: Scariest Foreign Terran

Thorzain (223)

58%

Kas (76)

20%

Demuslim (50)

13%

SeleCT (33)

9%

382 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Foreign Terran

(Vote): Kas
(Vote): SeleCT
(Vote): Thorzain
(Vote): Demuslim

Poll: Scariest Foreign Zerg

Stephano (348)

85%

Idra (34)

8%

Sen (17)

4%

Nerchio (12)

3%

411 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Foreign Zerg

(Vote): Stephano
(Vote): Idra
(Vote): Sen
(Vote): Nerchio

Poll: Scariest Foreign Protoss

Naniwa (240)

57%

Huk (148)

35%

White-Ra (23)

5%

SaSe (10)

2%

421 total votes

Your vote: Scariest Foreign Protoss

(Vote): Huk
(Vote): Naniwa
(Vote): SaSe
(Vote): White-Ra

Yaki

France4234 Posts

April 09 2012 22:21 GMT

MMA scariest player in the world imo. TvZ invincible

...what

England94 Posts

April 09 2012 22:27 GMT

some of the groups are screwed up, eg foreign toss B compared to C.

I also think the context is important in this, MMA in a finals where he has prepared builds than MMA in a compact tournament format.

Regardless, cool poll!

SkimGuy

Canada709 Posts

April 09 2012 22:28 GMT

Has to be HoRRoR by default xd

JOJOsc2news

3000 Posts

April 09 2012 22:28 GMT

The groups are quite unfortunate I think.
I am interested to see how this turns out. Hoping the thread will stay open!!!

Serimek

France2274 Posts

April 09 2012 22:37 GMT

Cool poll !

(Some groups are screwed though (e.g. Foreign Zerg Group B is so stacked compared to others).)

CruiseR

Poland4014 Posts

April 09 2012 22:42 GMT

wow there are some surprising results there... as for koreans i pretty much voted for the player who had the most votes, but i think:
sjow - goody - lucifron => the third one needs far more than the first two imo
thorzain - kas => i think its alot closer than ~80-20 for Tzain
ret - nerchio => i would switch the votes , also dimaga is underrated there+ ret overrated
sen - idra - morrow - bigs => interesting group, idra overrated, bigs underrated imo
snute - livezerg - bly - lalush => interesting and close too, bly very underrated.

also, where is sLivko ? OP didn't even list him (and not everyone listed is even included in the polls) and i personally think he is better than half of the players listed.

edit: i know all the polls have a very small sample and everything could turn around, but i was just commentating on the actual results

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

April 09 2012 22:45 GMT

Are you going to be doing this on a regular basis because if not this ranking is going to be irrelevant in a month.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

April 09 2012 22:47 GMT

On April 10 2012 07:21 Yaki wrote:
MMA scariest player in the world imo. TvZ invincible

His 50-% TvP makes up for that.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

April 09 2012 22:48 GMT

#10

On April 10 2012 07:47 Aunvilgod wrote:

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His 50-% TvP makes up for that.

Yeah if MMA's tvp/tvt were as good as his tvz he would be the scariest player by far lol xD

nicknup

Brazil316 Posts

April 09 2012 22:48 GMT

#11

No illusion as foreigner terran after he beat 3 code s players?

Synergy

United States90 Posts

April 09 2012 22:48 GMT

#12

why the hell did people vote idra nearly high as sen... it's ridiculous because idra is doing terrible as of now...

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

April 09 2012 22:50 GMT

#13

On April 10 2012 07:45 red4ce wrote:
Are you going to be doing this on a regular basis because if not this ranking is going to be irrelevant in a month.

I honestly think it's longevity is going to be a lot longer, considering MVP hasn't done anything even close to impressive lately and is still being picked over Polt who has been getting to the finals left and right.

The one shocking result for me is Demuslim so high D:

CruiseR

Poland4014 Posts

April 09 2012 22:52 GMT

#14

and btw. i don't quite understand the "Scariest Player" (or other commonly used adjectives) part, it's equal to "The Best Player" isn't it?

I mean how can you be super good and not scary, or scary and not good?

Art_of_Kill

Zaire1232 Posts

April 09 2012 22:53 GMT

#15

no question, Dimaga

hootsushi

Germany3468 Posts

April 09 2012 22:54 GMT

#16

Why is Violet missing? :[ Definitely Top 16 Zerg and if you want to call him a foreigner, together with Stephano the best foreign Zerg

SupLilSon

Malaysia4123 Posts

April 09 2012 22:55 GMT

#17

TheSTC, Maru and Byun need serious reconsideration IMO. As well as Choya for Protoss.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

April 09 2012 22:57 GMT

#18

On April 10 2012 07:48 blade55555 wrote:

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Yeah if MMA's tvp/tvt were as good as his tvz he would be the scariest player by far lol xD

Yeah. Slayers should pick up some more Protosses.

Jlei

97 Posts

April 09 2012 23:02 GMT

#19

On April 10 2012 07:27 ...what wrote:
some of the groups are screwed up, eg foreign toss B compared to C.

I also think the context is important in this, MMA in a finals where he has prepared builds than MMA in a compact tournament format.

Regardless, cool poll!

This. Give MMA time to prepare and have a gameplan (i.e. GSL Code S/A) his TvP weakness becomes a positive (beating Oz, and MC in last 2 GSL's) and his TvT turns from just ok to scary (basically has smashed everyone in TvT since October except for Alive this past season).

There is no coincidence his last 4 GSL's have gone Champion, Ro8 (lost to a bunch of Oz cheeses and Calm Before the Storm), Champion, Ro8 (beats Oz and loses to Alive's really strong TvT).

His style is prone to dying to timing attacks since he plays really greedy and he kind of freestyles and reacts in the compact tournaments. Against Zerg, Terran doesn't actually just straight lose if he gets behind to an early bust so even if he gets behind his godly style almost always makes him win. Against Terran and Protoss their timing attacks can just end games which is why he can die to an aggressive player like Puma or MarineKing or Squirtle etc.

With a set build against a certain player he will either get far ahead (usually) or at least get to the mid/end game without dying where his decision making is very good.

MVP used to be the King of both. His overarching style was so solid and powerful that he could just play standard and destroy pretty much everyone and he always pulled out some ridiculously strong builds in GSL (his cheeses are like ridiculous and he basically always wins).

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

April 09 2012 23:05 GMT

#20

MMA's less than average TvP is here to remind us that Flash still doesn't play SC2.

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But honestly, if his TvP and TvT were as strong as his TvZ, he would probably be unbeatable until BW S-class switch or something :D

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