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With the end of WoL only a few months away, who would you put on your Mount Rushmore for each race when we think back to the days of Wings of Liberty?
For me, I'd go:
Terran: Mvp, MMA, Polt, MarineKing
Probably the easiest for me. The four Terrans with the most money, and they've all either won a GSL title or been in a lot of them. Mvp, Polt and MKP have been around the top of SC2 since the start of SC2, and MMA came on a bit later to win a few GSTL's and two GSL's.
Protoss: MC, ?, ?, ?
Yeah, I have no clue. MC and three guys. There are tons of guys you could put there. You figure it out.
Zerg: FruitDealer, Nestea, Leenock, Stephano
FruitDealer for being the George Washington of SC2, Nestea for being Nestea, Leenock for his various title wins throughout the life of Wings, and Stephano for his countless accomplishments.
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I dunno about your Zerg one, I think it'd go Fruitdealer, Nestea, Stephano, DRG. Sorry Leenock, but I think DRG deserves that spot more.
Stephano only gets the nod for being a fantastic foreign Zerg before those became common place.
Protoss would look like.
MC, Seed, HerO, Parting IMO.
Your Terran one sounds pretty solid I'm having a hard time coming up with a good argument for why any of those Terrans should be replaced.
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MMA 2 times GSL champion? I remember he only won once and got destroyed by Polt the second time.
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Don't forget Squritle he just saved all of Korea!
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This is a great idea. I'd go Mvp, MarineKing, and MMA for Terran. NesTea, Stephano, and DongRaeGu for Zerg. MC, PartinG, and HerO for Protoss. Pulled these strait from the SC2Earnings for each race 
Edit: Shit... there have to be 4 for each.
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Huk and Hero are probably next in line among Protoss for lengthy success. 4th Protoss is a super coin flip.
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Terran: BitByBit, Marine, SCV, SCV
Self explanatory~
Protoss: MC, White-Ra, Squirtle, Naniwa
Naniwa get's a place for all the controversy. White-ra for the WP 4-gate win against MC.
Zerg: Leenock, Life, Symbol, Dimaga
Dimaga because he owned Nestea with a 10 pool drone pull.
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How come people are forgetting our water starter type Squirtle? The guy got second place in GSL! He is good!
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Protoss: HerO, PartinG, MC and Seed
Terran: TaeJa, MvP, Polt and MMA.
Zerg: Stephano, DRG, Leenock and Nestea.
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United States97276 Posts
Terran:
Mvp, MMA, Polt, Marineking
Zerg:
NesTea DRG Stephano Leenock (Fruitdealer was the first champion but i just dont feel like he was as influential in how the game was played as these 4. sorry FD)
Protoss:
MC, PartinG, Seed, Creator (Squirtle needs to win something; maybe HerO. this one is tough too)
On December 04 2012 05:34 Kakaru2 wrote:
MMA 2 times GSL champion? I remember he only won once and got destroyed by Polt the second time.
Blizzard Cup is counted as a GSL by Gom. He got a pin for it
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IMO for toss aside from MC it should be PartinG, Rain, and NaNiwa
Parting because he won BWC
Rain because he won OSL and is a top tier toss atm
NaNiwa because he's the best foreign toss player and had some really good runs in the GSL
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United States307 Posts
Interesting idea. I agree with your Terran list.
I think you probably shouldn't leave DRG out of the Zerg listing, though. It's a tough call, though. Obviously NesTea has to be on there, and FruitDealer is really tempting because he won't define any future expansions, and he really did define Wings of Liberty back when it was... you know. (I'm not going to lie, I still associate "Wings of Liberty" with the Terran-favored metagame from around when it was released.)
Here are a couple nominations for the Mount Protoss Rushmore:
MC - Agreed.
Genius - Blizzcon champ, constantly in Code S, still relevant even up to 2012.
HuK - Always a top finisher at foreign events, and reasonably strong in GSL. Well, until recently. I guess the case for Naniwa is equally strong with his MLG performances.
HerO - two-time Dreamhack champ, lots of strong performances, still on the upswing
InCa - his can be the invisible Dark Templar face next to the others.
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There can only be three: MVP, Nestea, MC.
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On December 04 2012 05:30 Fionn wrote:
With the end of WoL only a few months away, who would you put on your Mount Rushmore for each race when we think back to the days of Wings of Liberty?
For me, I'd go:
Terran: Mvp, MMA, Polt, MarineKing
Probably the easiest for me. The four Terrans with the most money, and they've all either won a GSL title or been in a lot of them. Mvp, Polt and MKP have been around the top of SC2 since the start of SC2, and MMA came on a bit later to win a few GSTL's and two GSL's.
Protoss: MC, ?, ?, ?
Yeah, I have no clue. MC and three guys. There are tons of guys you could put there. You figure it out.
Zerg: FruitDealer, Nestea, Leenock, Stephano
FruitDealer for being the George Washington of SC2, Nestea for being Nestea, Leenock for his various title wins throughout the life of Wings, and Stephano for his countless accomplishments.
parting and seed at least deserve a spot and HuK for being the only foreign toss you really do well in GSL for a good amount of time
Leenock doesnt deserve that spot DRG deserves it alot more or life since hes the first ever royal roader
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On December 04 2012 05:44 Warlock40 wrote:
There can only be three: MVP, Nestea, MC.
I think exactly the same.
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On December 04 2012 05:44 Warlock40 wrote:
There can only be three: MVP, Nestea, MC.
For the sake of four, MKP.
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Terran: MVP, MMA, MarineKing and Polt - MVP, MVP, MVP and MVP
Protoss: MC, PartinG, Naniwa and Squirtle - many guys to choose from
Zerg: DongRaeGu, Leenock, Stephano and NesTea - who else to put really?
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MC, Seed, Squirtle, Creator
Ok, Seed is debatable, but he is one of the two P GSL champs, so he is set imo. Squirtle and Creator for basically inventing the whole P metagame for the last year+.
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Hehehe, love the idea Fionn
Terran- Mvp, MKP, Polt, MMA
These four are the pinnacle of Terran really, all won major events, three are GSL winners (MKP is Kong), have been on top of the scene since 2010 and probably the posterboys for Terrans really.
Protoss- MC, HerO, HuK, Parting
MC requires no explanation, while HerO is one of the most entertaining and skilled Protosses around. HuK saved foreigner face back then, and PartinG for being so soulful :p
Zerg- DRG, Stephano, NesTea, Leenock
DRG is possibly the greatest Zerg result-wise (counting out NesTea's GSLs), Stephano is the only bright light for foreigners currently, NesTea is god, and Leenock has the distinction of being young and an octopus.
I really wanted to put a TSL Zerg, but I just don't see them doing anything major until HoTS. Terran one was really easy, and Protoss was more mixed, I had to decide between results and personality (but personality won out).
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