He's 2nd ELO in Korea, just won the biggest e-sport tournament of all-time prize wise, 4-0'ed in the finals, and is somewhere around 48-14 in his past 62 games.

It's hard to argue he's not around the top in the world at this moment. Could totally change starting now, but you can't look past his accomplishments.

Yeah, but. . .have you seen him play? Maybe he is the fourth best player in the world but I really hope he isn't and that this season proves it. If he remains at the very top with a similar. . .uh. . ."style" I'm going to cry.

I have a feeling that Keen or SuperNova will have a good tournament. I really like both players and keep waiting for SuperNova to do well. Maybe this is finally his time. Sadly, they're going to have TvT gods to fight in the Ro16 if they even advance.

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

June 26 2011 23:09 GMT

#50

I also have a sneaky feeling that MMA will lose to Puzzle and get knocked out of Code A. I hope it doesn't happen though.

VGhost

United States3606 Posts

June 26 2011 23:13 GMT

#51

MKP is the new Sea.

Unlike Sea, MKP is one of my favorite players.

Great writeup!

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

June 26 2011 23:14 GMT

#52

On June 27 2011 08:09 Telcontar wrote:
I also have a sneaky feeling that MMA will lose to Puzzle and get knocked out of Code A. I hopoe it doesn't happen though.

Yeah, MMA TvP has really been suspect in the past and Puzzle is actually pretty good.

Very sad, but you can't have weak matchups or off days in the GSL.

Numy

South Africa35471 Posts

June 26 2011 23:20 GMT

#53

Awesome write up. Really liked the code A stuff. It's cool hearing from the players and not just random hype.

Spekulatius

Germany2413 Posts

June 26 2011 23:28 GMT

#54

I especially agree with the big thank you to GomTV. I think they're doing a fantastic job and their tournaments just keep getting better and better.

Tschis

Brazil1511 Posts

June 26 2011 23:31 GMT

#55

holy smokes, that was a well made thread :}

thank you!

stokes17

United States1411 Posts

June 26 2011 23:41 GMT

#56

well done guys

...enjoyed the whole thing.

That's wild that soccer is progamer in 2 games simultaneously!...didn't even realize Korea still had a WC3 scene

phyre112

United States3090 Posts

June 26 2011 23:42 GMT

#57

On June 27 2011 07:47 Meteora.GB wrote:

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Think its all based off of relative recent success (aside from the big three; MVP, Nestea and MC). MKP lost to MMA in 3-2 fashion. Polt? He 4-0'd MMA in the finals. Yeah sure Polt has a wealth of replays to watch off of MMA, but MMA TvT'd his way towards the finals and Polt's weakest match up is arguably TvT.

And its all opinionated anyways, one rank higher is negligible in my opinion.

Great read by the way.

MKP is forever-second-place as of right now. Polt just won the biggest prize pool of any tournament in sc2, but before that was just sort of "hanging around" in GSL. They're on the same team, they play the same race, and the only reason MKP is named MKP is that when he switched from being Fake Boxer, he wanted to "prove himself" as the best prime player before taking OptimusPrime.we

If Polt comes out and does better than MKP, or god forbid takes a nother tournament, who knows if we'll ever see OptimusPrime? Or hell, who knows if Polt might even take it himself? With these two players playing very well right now, arguably for 2nd best terran in the world, and definitely for 1st best on their team (with a sick name ridingi n the balance) I'm looking at this as a race, and it's VERY exciting. Negligible? Bro you trollin?

Pe[N]guiN

Canada48 Posts

June 26 2011 23:44 GMT

#58

I agree that sheth over san is a pretty bold prediction.... although it would be exciting if they are correct.

Enervate

United States1769 Posts

June 26 2011 23:48 GMT

#59

Font so prettyyyyy

Thanks for the writeup!

Bladgrim

Canada179 Posts

June 26 2011 23:53 GMT

#60

On JuNe 27 2011 06:44 Waxangel wrote:This would leave us with HuK agianst Killer. PvP. Oh man, HuK's worst match-up! Luckily for HuK, Killer also hasn't shown that great of PvP, going 1-4 all-time in Korea with his Only win coming against ACE in the First GSTL. In the End, I have to go with HuK. He's on Fire at the second, and I think that win at DreamHack will help his GSL performance big time.

In this statement, you SaiD that PvP was HuK's worst matchup. Was is the key word, here, as he has had some amazing PvPs at HSC3. 3-1ing oGsMC, and 4-1ing (Only counting actual games played) Naniwa, HuK is Actually quite good at PvP now. It may not be his best, but practising with MC and IncA sure has brought his skill up.

If HuK can continue playing like he was at DH and HSC3, I believe he will make it far in this tourney.