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FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts
Close But No Cigar
 BeSt
I think BeSt is closer than EffOrt or Bogus in taking the 10th slot. His game against Jaedong was impressive [though as a Jaedong fan I stubbornly stick by my belief that Jaedong had very little practice time and what practice time he did have he spent not preparing for vP], and he is 4-2 for the season so far. But BeSt didn't win an OSL last season, so sucks for him. Perhaps next month.
 Last
Like Skyhigh before him, Last is making a name for himself in TvT... and only in TvT. 4-0 with victories over the likes of BaBy and Fantasy, Last shows that he is afraid to play neither long, drawn-out games nor short, aggressive timing-based games. However, as elucidated above until he posts results in something other than TvT he won't make it onto the Power Rank.
 EffOrt
CJ fans may be upset with me, but I'm going to say EffOrt was overhyped. He started out playing quite well with a 3-0, and had a very impressive victory over Iris amidst that, but then slowly I start to see cracks in EffOrt. And by cracks, I mean sloppiness. While Bisu and Stats played well, I believe a good portion of the reason why EffOrt lost to them is due to poor control. And in this Power Rank where "good control" has been touted so much, EffOrt isn't too high up there.
Bogus
Poor Bogus. Were you to just look at his record for the season you would see 2-4 and wonder "how did he even make it onto CBNC?" But then you look at who he's played and in what manner it was done. Bogus has brought us the most entertaining games of the first round against, yet has come up just short. His two wins are over Bisu and Killer, and exceptional micro was the key to those [well, along with blindly countering Bisu as explained above]. I expect he'll do better next round.
Shoutouts
sHy
Hallucinated arbiters and whatnot. Pretty baller.
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Thanks for the power rank, I hadn't much time to follow proleague this month, so this is a great way to keep up with what has been happening. I love your detailed explanations!
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This month has been hard to judge because so many players have been looking phenomenal. With that in mind I would say that you have done a pretty amazing job of making a PR that makes sense. Maybe it's because i'm a Bisu anti-fan or maybe it's because i'm a fan of Jangerella from the Osl, but I think Jangbi deserve spots over Bisu with Hydra being 10th. I'm also not completely sold on Fantasy being so high, but again that might be influenced from a mix of fanboyism, anti-fanboyism and so many players doing well.
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Think Bogus had a tough opponent list? Light had it worse.
Good ranking overall. Not 100% what I'd do, but given how little there is to go on... well, I'm not about to argue.
I think you made smart choices.
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"If there's anything reprehensible about Bisu's PvZ, it occurred in his game against Stork" I think you mean PvP? Awesome job anyway.
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I managed to miss the article on the front page because I am used to directly checking here. I hope my comment won't be buried, otherwise I'll have to thank you again in the main thread :-)
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Whoo, Power Rank. Will have to comment for real later.
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Flash and Stats for #1 and #2. Awesome
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Glad Bisu still made it.
I don't follow the scene well enough to make any real criticisms.
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PR LIVES! Let's hope Zerg perseveres this season and proves me wrong about the map pool weirdness. Also I hope Kal continues his awesome tear.
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I knew Jangbi would drop and Flash would be back at the nr.1 spot long before any games even were played. I personally never would have given Jangbi first place in the first place...lol. But now that Flash is back on top I can rest easy.
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Russian Federation327 Posts
The problem with Flash is that we can be sure about his real level yet.
From the 7 games he played only two were vs good opponents: Light and JD and JD game was a mindegame win.
It seems like other teams dodge him with sacrificial lambs. Hope OSL will start soon and we would be able to see the real deal.
OMG. We are still on the first page of PR.
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Why is Jangbi on this? BeST has been playing far better
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Bogus is smashing all Protoss with his Iron Nose. He better have a spot come next ranking 
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Jeezuz, 15 comments only?! =(
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You know, Fantasy's bio has stopped sucking about a year and a half ago.
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Sorry to be super-duper petty, but when is JangBi expected to play, "TvT?"
Is there terminology that I'm missing out on?
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United States7639 Posts
On February 02 2012 08:21 IntoTheheart wrote:
Sorry to be super-duper petty, but when is JangBi expected to play, "TvT?"
Is there terminology that I'm missing out on?
Read it again. That sentence was talking about Last.
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