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Valhalla18444 Posts
Close but No Cigar:
HWASIN: WAY TO SUCK
UpMagic: UpMagic has done well, but within a 2 week span he played Jaedong, Bisu, and Sea. He got mangled by all three and bounced out of Power Rank. Looks like he kind of did revert back to ol' unreliable UpMagic, but we'll see if he can do it again and with more consistancy in the future.
Anytime: Good job, beat someone other than a nobody once in a while though.
Yarnc/Luxury: Still waiting for these guys to.. you know... DO something. They don't win often enough to place without some OSL/MSL results.
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I think you should have waited until the Bisu-Jaedong game.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Really? I should have waited until the month was a third over before releasing the Power Rank? Are you fucking nuts?
Furthermore, the ranking doesn't change, regardless of what happens between Jaedong and Bisu. Jaedong losing to Bisu isn't something anyone should be surprised by, and considering EVERY zerg loses to Bisu, its not something that would put Bisu above Jaedong in the Power Rank. Not when Jaedong is as dominant against Zerg as Bisu is, and much better against Terran. On the other hand, if Jaedong wins, he's already got the top spot.
So no, I shouldn't have waited until after January 8th to post the Power Rank.
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb but gj jaedong!! (plz pwn bisu)
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I like this power rank, I think its a pretty strong resemblance of how things are going this m onth. Thanks FS
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WOOT JAEDONG NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+ Show Spoiler +Flash did cheese today
Great power rank, the only thing i would like to change is xellos over flash and light. I also feel that FBH is getting better (even though people hate him).
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On January 03 2008 06:23 3 Lions wrote: if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb
Surely it takes more than that to qualify for Power Rank? Nostalgia aside, Nada hasn't exactly been a win factory lately, or even a source of impressive play.
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United States1654 Posts
Nice! Jaedong and Bisu's spots are debatable, but I like it the way it is.
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hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1)
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On January 03 2008 06:31 IntoTheWow wrote:Flash... + Show Spoiler +5 raxed UpMagic yesterday. I hope he dies.
+ Show Spoiler +yeah, flash really luck'd his way into the OSL this morning, even though he probably would have made it anyway
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Valhalla18444 Posts
On January 03 2008 06:35 Sunyveil wrote: hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1)
The thing to consider is that Bisu is more likely to repeat his strong performance in both leagues than anyone else. With the way Bisu plays we sort of have to wait for something to happen before he gets moved. Stork, on the other hand, is just useless PvZ, and didn't make MSL. If he'd made MSL and the series against Jaedong was a little less of a blowout, Bisu wouldn't be #2. He's fortunate Stork played like ass in the last half of december.
edit: as for Xellos and Anytime, look at Anytime's games list. Every strong opponent he's faced has handed him a loss. And hell, Xellos ran Anytime the fuck over in their OSC group stage game
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On January 03 2008 06:31 IntoTheWow wrote:Flash... + Show Spoiler +5 raxed UpMagic yesterday. I hope he dies.
Oh, right. I was watching his December games earlier and I didn't watch his ODT group. He 2-0'd it though, and I'd bet he could do that playing any which way.
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On January 03 2008 06:39 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2008 06:35 Sunyveil wrote: hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1) The thing to consider is that Bisu is more likely to repeat his strong performance in both leagues than anyone else. With the way Bisu plays we sort of have to wait for something to happen before he gets moved. Stork, on the other hand, is just useless PvZ, and didn't make MSL. If he'd made MSL and the series against Jaedong was a little less of a blowout, Bisu wouldn't be #2. He's fortunate Stork played like ass in the last half of december.
ah so I think what you're saying is that it's more of a comparative thing than an absolute thing, and that nobody else is "better" let alone "good enough"
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
On January 03 2008 06:33 Waves wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2008 06:23 3 Lions wrote: if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb Surely it takes more than that to qualify for Power Rank? Nostalgia aside, Nada hasn't exactly been a win factory lately, or even a source of impressive play.
But, nada's group for ODT is a group of death, he will face yarnc and probably savior too if he wins both games, then he has just beat the #7 and some other guy in the top 15
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On January 03 2008 06:41 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Oh, right. I was watching his December games earlier and I didn't watch his ODT group. He 2-0'd it though, and I'd bet he could do that playing any which way.
+ Show Spoiler +Well, the first game luxury fucking 4 pooled him and lux played the other game like shit too. But won vs Shudder is what it seems it could be the worst game of 2008 already. Getting past his ODT group is not an accomplishment when shitty players and cheeses the only real contender, UpMagic.
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On January 03 2008 06:19 triangle wrote: I think you should have waited until the Bisu-Jaedong game.
He's right because, in December at least, Jaedong did a lot better than Bisu. I can't wait until they play though, except I'm kind of disappointed the game is happening on Blue Storm.
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wooooo
jaedong for president
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