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[WL] Top of the World

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[WL] Top of the World

Text byFzero
February 19th, 2009 14:48 GMT
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Top of the World


Overall Standings
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+ Show Spoiler [Lyrics] +
Such a feelin's comin' over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it´s a dream.

Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
it´s because you are here
you´re the nearest thing to heaven

That I´ve seen.

I´m on the top of the world lookin'

Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since

You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.

Something in the wind has learned my name
And it´s tellin' me that
things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch

Of the breeze
there´s a pleasin' sense of happiness for me.

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope

That I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same

For you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here.

I´m on the top of the world lookin'

Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I´ve found ever since

You´ve been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world.


2009 Shinhan Bank Winners League


Flash. Jaedong. Monsters. The words that come to mind when I think about just how incredible these two players are playing would probably be synonymous to the way I might have thought when Roman Legionnaire phalanxes trampled over Hannibal's ass in Zama. What is so amazing about these guys is how fresh they are to the scene. I can't get over the fact that two basic newcomers are destroying a game this evolved and far along. Flash is closing in on SEVENTY percent win ratio lifetime. The difficulty in achieving something like that is so far beyond my realm of understanding... just wow. Can you guys imagine how his opponents must feel? They walk up to the booth trembling, perhaps it is their first encounter with the Ultimate Weapon. Ten minutes into the game they notice that Flash hasn't left his base. They haven't been in his base either. Shit. Oh god.. TANKS. This sucks. GG.


This Week at a Glance
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Where the hell did STX come from? 2-0? What? Since when did Kal have a backbone? Did you guys see the way he brushed off smacking down the then 6-0 frontrunners CJ Entus? Big surprise there. eSTRO finally won some games!! Thank god. I actually kind of have a soft spot for them. UpMagiC is just so happy all the time. It's infectious. A big LOL to all the people who didn't pick KTF in Fantasy Proleague. Hah. Seriously? It's pretty easy to see how broken that was now that we can see some of the results in fantasy. We're more than half way through Winner's League and there isn't a damn thing I can say for any of the dragons besides maybe Kal from this week. Helllooooo out there to Protoss. Hi guys, don't you remember 2008? You were pretty good. Maybe you should try that out again. Leta has finally cooled down some. Blame sAviOr imo.


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Well lookie here... Rush Hour 3 and Sin Chupung Ryeong appear to be sniper maps. We're also learning that the first guy to be sent out has a pretty damn good chance of winning more than one game thus far. Perhaps coaches aren't making very good decisions with their second player. Something to keep an eye on as we get closer to playoff time. What would you change about all the teams from 4-9 who are fighting for a playoff spot right now? The map pool seems ripe for new Terran stars to continue stepping up. It's also very interesting to look at race strength for your opponents and plan your strategy that way. If you can't tell, I love the idea of being a coach for a pro-team!


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Maps are a weird place to examine. It's a little funny how random some of these matchups can be. Once playoffs roll around I'll release all the little graphics side by side so we can see just how coaches have evolved their plans over the course of WL. Terrans continue to dominate at the moment. We've got Chupung, RH3, Harmony, and Colosseum II for the Terrans. Andromeda seems to be a zerg map with Medusa being the Protoss map. This leaves Destination and Tau Cross as fairly balanced. Not too much the coaches can do about half the map pool favoring Terrans I suppose. I'm not sure how I like all this TvT after a few weeks of it. There's only so much Memory, Notice, go.go, BaBy, and Iris I can watch before I get bored. Thank the lord for the zergs stepping it up at least so we can watch TvZ quite a bit.



Players of the Week

Game 1 of CJ v Oz
(T)Memory < Neo Harmony > (T)HiyA


Memory's Overall Record: 2-2


Game 7 of Stars v SKT1:
(P)GuemChi < Medusa > (P)Bisu


GuemChi's Overall Record: 4-4


Game 7 of Oz v OGN:
(Z)Jaedong < Sin Chupung Ryeong > (T)Leta


Jaedong's Overall Record: 13-3


Game 5 of ACE v FOX:
(P)Reach < Sin Chupung Ryeong > (Z)RorO


Reach's Overall Record: 7-6


Game 6 of KTF v eSTRO:
(T)Flash < Andromeda > (P)SangHo


Flash's Overall Record: 14-2


Don't be afraid to scan through Nevake's latest videos for a few other games this week. I did not prepare a CBNC this week because the games frankly weren't all that great after 6 or 7. I'm hoping that the familiar names can start getting rid of these smaller Terrans so we can close out as strong as we started. Keep up the fantastic work in IRC and the forums about covering this awesome league. If only it lasted forever...

Check out Proleague Updates!! for more information about Winner's League. See you next week!
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dibban
Profile Joined July 2008
Sweden1279 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-20 00:40:56
February 20 2009 00:40 GMT
#2
Simply h'awesome.
이제동 - 이영호 since '07.
KO_SharpMind
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada277 Posts
February 20 2009 00:41 GMT
#3
Great, A Very Nice Read
Act the way you'd like to be, and soon you'll be the way you act.
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
February 20 2009 00:49 GMT
#4
muahahah Flash is better then Jaedong!
eatmyshorts5
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1530 Posts
February 20 2009 00:52 GMT
#5
To bad since KTF's reliance on Flash has destroyed him in individual leagues. GG to flash this starleague season.
BF:BC2 ID: BisuStork//CJ Entusman #32
firedodo
Profile Joined November 2008
China116 Posts
February 20 2009 01:07 GMT
#6
Cheers to LeeSsang!
erGo)ProXy
Profile Joined February 2009
United States19 Posts
February 20 2009 01:09 GMT
#7
Nice read.
I <3 JaeDong
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
February 20 2009 01:11 GMT
#8
On February 20 2009 09:49 Racenilatr wrote:
muahahah Flash is better then Jaedong!

You just wait. Jaedong will pull something out.
And great read up. I love these when I can't watch much SC, not to mention with the masses of games coming from the WL.
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
February 20 2009 01:11 GMT
#9
hmmm, can I ask why you said flash was nearing in on 70% and talked about that when Jaedong has around 30 more games played in his career and is .14% higher that Flash? His last 10 Jaedong is 9-1 and flash is 7-3 I think?
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Fr33t
Profile Joined June 2008
United States1128 Posts
February 20 2009 01:15 GMT
#10
On February 20 2009 09:49 Racenilatr wrote:
muahahah Flash is better then Jaedong!

I don't know about that. Take a look at the latest games both have played.

+ Show Spoiler +
Flash lost the final game against estro almost getting a reverse all-kill and has dropped out of the OSL and MSL. Jaedong on the other hand got the first reverse all-kill, became the first player to get two all-kills, and is still in the OSL. People complain all the time about how Flash has to carry KTF but do you honestly think OZ would be #1 or even top 3 without JD? No way.


Nice report!
"Wow you could literally transport Lomo's face to a girl and the result would be pretty deceptive."
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
February 20 2009 01:40 GMT
#11
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHHHHHHHHHHHH
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
February 20 2009 01:55 GMT
#12
Thanks Fzero! I too am totally wowed by Flash and JD...WL is making them look truly invincible.
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Shiznick
Profile Joined December 2008
United States2200 Posts
February 20 2009 01:55 GMT
#13
On February 20 2009 10:15 Fr33t wrote:
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On February 20 2009 09:49 Racenilatr wrote:
muahahah Flash is better then Jaedong!

I don't know about that. Take a look at the latest games both have played.

+ Show Spoiler +
Flash lost the final game against estro almost getting a reverse all-kill and has dropped out of the OSL and MSL. Jaedong on the other hand got the first reverse all-kill, became the first player to get two all-kills, and is still in the OSL. People complain all the time about how Flash has to carry KTF but do you honestly think OZ would be #1 or even top 3 without JD? No way.


Nice report!

Flash all-killed Oz though and in doing so, he defeated Jaedong very convincingly. On the other hand, Jaedong killed ACE and OGN, and OGN's only real way to defeat Jaedong is Leta.
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
February 20 2009 01:59 GMT
#14
Jaedong takes steroids! (Or is an alien!)
Look at the picture on the front page (the one from fomos linking to this article) between his nose and his right eye. There are two Dots! Either they are two extra eyes (aliens) or they are some sort of progaming steroid. Explains why he's so beast.
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or they might just be covering up pimples...
nice writeup btw.
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
February 20 2009 02:01 GMT
#15
I love the fact that these posts have the best games of the week in them. thanks for the news.
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thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
February 20 2009 02:04 GMT
#16
I'm glad Kal managed to muster the balls for that sick all-kill. He'd been looking a little down lately.
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
February 20 2009 02:05 GMT
#17
Good stuff! go bisu!
Moderatorgold coin
onihunter
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States515 Posts
February 20 2009 02:12 GMT
#18
And to think I would have had both Jaedong and Flash for Fantasy PL if it wasn't for last minute changes :S
jaedong forever~
JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
February 20 2009 02:31 GMT
#19
Wow, I was amazed when I saw Jaedong's record: 13-3. Then I kept reading and saw Flash's 14-2. Damn, those guys are amazing. Jaedong is more entertaining to me, though. Maybe it is because I play zerg .
perfecting the art of five pool forever
Mista
Profile Joined January 2009
Singapore1022 Posts
February 20 2009 02:40 GMT
#20
I still can't get over the fact that Flash's has to carry his team's burden and ends up dropping out of both leagues ):
Time for some Revolution !
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